Chapter 608: Albert is injured
The benefits of the Fayilun Copper Mine are really huge, and at present, the Fayilun Copper Mine can produce 500 kilograms of copper per day under the huge investment of Marin. Even if the copper mine cannot be mined because of the winter freeze, only two-thirds of the time of the year can produce copper, and the annual copper output is more than 120,000 kilograms.
And now the price of copper in Europe is very high, 15 kilograms of copper can be exchanged for 1 kilogram of silver. Therefore, 120,000 kilograms of copper, which is equivalent to 8,000 kilograms of silver, is converted into gold at a ratio of 1 to 12, which is 666.7 kilograms of gold, which is equivalent to 187,000 gold coins......
This amount of money may not be too big a number for Marin. However, for Sweden, which is in the cold temperate zone, it is simply a huge amount of money......
Most of Sweden is not suitable for agriculture, and even if agriculture is done in the south, the yield is not high. As for the timber, the Hanseatic merchants tried their best to lower the price, which was not very valuable (in fact, the price of selling it to Western Europe was not low, but the Hanseatic merchants monopolized the industry and desperately lowered the price). The annual output value of the Fayilun copper mine exceeded 187,000 gold coins, which inevitably aroused the covetousness of the poor Swedish aristocracy.
As for Marin, a strong figure, perhaps the Swedish nobles would have been afraid before. But since Marin had to give up the invasion of Saxony and Brandenburg under the "persecution" of the HRE Imperial Council, and was "forced" to dissolve the military alliance with Sweden, the Swedish nobles did not care much about Marin's strength.
What about being powerful? In the face of the Imperial Parliament, still not admitted? Therefore, the great nobles of Sweden have some contempt for Marin. In fact, they didn't know that Marin was just keeping his head in the dark.
Moreover, it is said that Marin has invested heavily in bringing in more equipment and workers, which will increase the daily copper production of the mine from 500 kilograms to one tonne. As a result, the annual output value of the copper mine will exceed 374,000 gold coins......
This is a huge amount of income for the poor Nordic turtle aristocracy. For the sake of this income, what is it to turn against Marin? In any case, Marin had already dissolved his military alliance with Sweden. Stealing copper mines is not a prey on allies......
Marin, who got the news, was very angry and despised the short-sightedness of this group of turtle nobles. And after the news reached Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, King Hans laughed wildly in the royal palace:
"Hahahaha...... Hahahaha...... God is on my side! Originally, I was worried that Marin would stab me in the back when I attacked Sweden. Now, I'm completely relieved! ”
Crown Prince Christian was also happy:
"Father, I didn't expect that group of Swedish barbarians to be so short-sighted, offending Marin, the god of murder, and killing themselves!"
King Hans stopped laughing, and after a sigh of relief, he said:
"I'm not sure Marin will send troops to take revenge on those fools, but I'm sure that with this incident, that Marin guy will definitely not be on the side of the Swedes. Old Sten. After the death of that old dog of Sture, Sweden will not even have a smart person, God bless me! ”
"Yes, Father, this time we can recover the vast area of Sweden, so happy!" Prince Christian said with a wistful look on his face.
"It's hard......," said King Hans, sighing.
"Why?" Prince Christian was puzzled.
"The Swedes are already disobedient, and now that Denmark is in decline, it is too difficult to continue to rule them! So, this time we can only guarantee the capture of those places in southern Sweden where there are already a lot of Danes. It seems that it is not easy to want the north of Sweden...... Besides, there really isn't much to plan for in northern Sweden. Only the places on the southern coast that are suitable for agriculture can be worth grabbing! ”
"I see......"
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In the face of the Swedish turtle aristocracy's covetousness for the Fayilun copper mine, Marin chose to remain silent, as if it had nothing to do with him. In fact, this matter played into Marin's hands.
I was worried that I couldn't find an excuse to draw a line with Sweden, but I didn't expect the Swedes to send it themselves......
You must know that as a previous military alliance, although it "broke up" with Sweden, if Denmark launched an attack on Sweden, as a former military alliance, if the Swedes asked for it, Marin would really not be able to refuse.
But now, the Swedes actually covet the huge profits of the Failon copper mine and want to embezzle half of their own profits, which is simply an excuse for Marin. In this way, when Denmark began to attack Denmark, Marin would have plenty of excuses to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight......
In order to encourage the Swedish nobles to seek to seize the copper mines, Marin directly acquiesced in their behavior of sending people to seize the copper mines, and even avoided protesting.
In this way, several local nobles were emboldened......
In fact, for the current Wasa family patriarch Eric . Johansson, Marin was deeply jealous. This guy may not have much talent, but his son Gustav I is the future king of Sweden. That's it, his great-grandson Gustav II, who is called Niu Break, is known as the Nordic Lion......
Of course, with Marin intervening in the history of Europe, perhaps Gustav II did not exist. However, this family, Marin is still a little jealous...... Therefore, it is Marin's current intention to acquiesce to Denmark to clean up Sweden...... Even, Marin had the intention of instigating the Danes to destroy the Vasa family. In that case, Second Master Gu will not be able to come out at all......
As a traverser, Marin does not dare to guarantee that his son and grandson have the same vision and ability. Therefore, he was very jealous of Gustav II, who might be a contemporary of his grandson or great-grandson.
If his grandson or great-grandson is not angry, and Gu Erye emerges as scheduled, then North Germany, which Marin worked so hard to fight, may be cheap Gu Erye. That's why Marin is so jealous of Sweden. Even, for the entire Vasa family is very jealous. That's why Marin is now supporting Denmark......
While ostensibly acquiescing to the Swedish aristocracy embezzling their interests in the Fayelon copper mine, Marin secretly sent a letter to the Danish king Hans - you go, I will call you 666, and I will never stab you in the back......
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Just as Marin was plotting against Sweden, the door to his office was suddenly kicked open by old Hoffman. Then, Marlin saw old Hoffman in full armor rushing in with anger on his face......
"What's wrong, father?" Marin was a little puzzled by the anger of old Hoffman.
Then, from behind Hoffman Sr., came a messenger - what appeared to be Albert's retinue, Welch......
"Welch? Didn't you follow Albert to America? How did you get back? Marin asked curiously.
"Marin, your brother was wounded by the natives of the Indians with a bow and arrow, I want you to send troops immediately, sweep away that tribe, and avenge your brother!" Old Hoffman yelled angrily.
"What?" Marlin jumped up in fright, and then asked:
"Is it badly injured? How's it going? ”
"It's not very heavy, but luckily the bows and arrows of the Native Americans are not metal arrows. So, the arrow didn't go too deep, but it was only a little bit away from Albert's heart. A little closer, and Albert is finished! Old Hoffman roared with red eyes......
Modified, next is the New York Raiders......