Both sides of the negotiation have their own requirements and bottom lines. Frederick III offered to pay reparations himself. In addition to the ransom of about one million Gulden gold coins from the 15,000 captured Saxon troops, he was willing to pay compensation for several hundred thousand gold coins, and scraped together 2 million Gulden gold coins to redeem Wittenberg, his brother's family, and the nobles of the Electorate of Saxony.

As for the cession of land, Frederick III was absolutely unwilling. Saxony has already been split in two after the Leipzig split. If the territory is ceded to Marin, there really won't be much left. Now, the territory of the Electorate of Saxony is less than 10,000 square kilometers, and in the cession of territory, the Elector of Saxony is really no different from an ordinary principality.

Therefore, Frederick III's attitude was - it is okay to lose money, but not to cede territory......

Moreover, the Electorate of Saxony had more than 20 cities, all of which developed industry and commerce. 2 million Gulden gold coins, it looks very scary, and ordinary principalities can't be killed. But the Electorate of Saxony is different, and the industry and commerce of the Electorate of Saxony can be regarded as the most developed part of the German region. Moreover, industry and commerce in Saxony are complementary. It is not a pure business, but a combination of developed handicrafts and commerce. Combined with the Elbe's excellent water transport, it's no surprise that it's well developed.

Although he despised Frederick III as an old fox, Marin also had to admit that without the support of modern knowledge, Saxony was the region that attached the most importance to industry and commerce. Frederick III was also one of the few German princes who attached great importance to commerce.

The German princes were generally poor and knew only how to forage for food in the barren lands. So, they are generally poor. It will be very difficult for an ordinary duke to come up with 200,000 gold coins.

But the Electorate of Saxony was different, and when the Elector of Ernst split up, he chose the most fertile and flat north, as well as most of the prosperous cities. The Duchy of Saxony, which was left to the Duke of Albrechette, was mountainous and had relatively few cities.

Therefore, the Electorate of Saxony is not only a rich country with developed industry and commerce, but also good agriculture. Frederick III was able to become the leader among the princes, in addition to his wisdom, but also had a lot to do with his wealth.

Just like later generations, Wang Wanda and Ma Taobao are very rich, and they are regarded as classics when they say anything. Even if he could not necessarily get money from Frederick III, a wealthy tycoon, the princes usually liked him very much.

From the harvest of the sack of Wittenberg alone, Marin knew that losing money was nothing to Frederick III. Because Frederick III was a rare local tyrant in Germany in this era.

But the problem is, Marin is not short of money......

As a traverser who has mastered modern agricultural technology and the use of low-cost, high-return coal boiling salt technology, Marin is not short of money or food. All he lacked was land and status.

Therefore, Marin naturally did not approve of Frederick III's plan to lose money without ceding land.

The plan proposed by Marin is - the money is compensated, mainly the ransom, according to the market price. In addition, the Electorate of Saxony had to cede territory equivalent to an ordinary Electoral State. Probably, it is equivalent to two or three thousand square kilometers. In any case, Marin made the request according to the area standard of the East Friesian Lambeth......

Frederick III was immediately furious, the Electorate of Saxony is currently only eight or nine thousand square kilometers of land, if you want to cut off 3,000 square kilometers of land, isn't that equivalent to cutting off one-third of the territory of the Electorate of Saxony?

You must know that when the Elector of Ernst was choosing land, he specially selected places with many cities, flat terrain and fertile land, leaving only the inferior areas for his younger brother Albrecht. Therefore, there is no place in the Electorate of Saxony that is desolate and barren, and everywhere there is prosperity and fertility. Marin wants one-third of the land of the Elector of Saxony with one mouth, and he simply wants the life of the Elector of Saxony! Moreover, with such a large area, it is inevitable that several cities will be cut away from it. And the city is prosperous in commerce and has a lot of taxes, and no one is willing to cede it to anyone!

Therefore, Frederick III jumped out in a hurry and spoke out against Marin's demand for cession of territory. But I didn't expect that Marin now has the Pope in charge of the scene, and his self-confidence is bursting, and he is a little carried away, and he doesn't take Frederick III seriously at all. So, like a kindergarten teacher howling a bear child, he loudly rebuked and reprimanded Frederick III.

If an old fox like Frederick III could endure it, and if he became another prince, he might have to draw a sword against Marin. Of course, Frederick III was also eager to kill Marin at this time. But he knew that he was no match for Marin, whether it was a heads-up or a group fight. That's why he endured it.

However, at this juncture, Frederick III stumbled upon a glimpse of the anger on the faces of the surrounding princes - apparently, they were also dissatisfied with Marin's arrogant behavior......

Therefore, the clever Frederick III suddenly thought of a very good way - to pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic......

Frederick III knew deeply that in Germany, a country that admired knights, the princes and nobles, although degenerate and decayed, still had a sense of honor and responsibility in their hearts. This point has been passed down from generation to generation in aristocratic families. Because, all the princes and nobles present, most of the ancestors, developed from knights or knight lords.

And the knight's Medri has a very important quality, that is, mercy......

What is mercy? It means to sympathize with the weak. Although the pity of the cunning nobles is weak, there is still a little.

Moreover, Marin has long been hacked into a villain at the level of a big demon king by him. Under the preconceived thinking, most of the princes present, especially the secular princes, were not interested in Marin.

Now, because of the support of the Pope, Marin is too confident, and even a little arrogant.

Frederick III understood that if he and Marin exchanged ideas at this time, he would be overwhelmed by the other party in terms of momentum, and it would be almost impossible to suppress the other party.

Therefore, he decided to do the opposite—to pretend to be pitiful, in order to win the sympathy and pity of the princes...... At the same time, it also confirms the identity of Marin's villain......

After understanding this, in the face of Marin's aggressive and unreasonable reprimand, Frederick III pretended to be frightened, took several steps back, and almost fell......

Seeing Frederick III's frightened look, Marin, who had just finished spraying the other party, was also stunned - what is the situation? How lethal is my words?

Immediately afterwards, a situation that subverted his cognition appeared-

Frederick III's face was full of horror, and then he turned to grief, and he bowed to Marin, and said in a pleading tone:

"Please, don't cede the land of Saxony! It was my fault for taking the initiative to provoke the war, and I was only moved by my sister's cry, and I helped Denmark send troops as soon as my mind was hot. If the land left by my ancestors is ceded to me, how can I have the face to face the heroic spirits of the ancestors of the Wertin family after I die? ”

"It's all my fault. Please don't take away the fiefdom of the Wettin family! If you don't get rid of your hatred, I can give my life to appease your anger! But please don't deprive us of the hereditary lands of the Wettin family! ”

After saying this, Frederick III closed his eyes with tears in his eyes, as if waiting for Marin to kill him to vent his anger......