Duke George wasn't surprised that Marlin had come forward, as Marin had proposed it before. Moreover, this price was proposed by Marin.

In fact, West Friesland is not worth that much at market prices. According to the normal situation, it can be worth 600,000 gold coins, which is considered a high price.

That's not how it works, though. There were so many German princes and nobles, but the land was very limited. So, if you have the money, you may not be able to buy such a big place. Moreover, it's not like you can buy a big place if you have the money. According to the regulations, a great nobleman must have a corresponding title to be eligible to purchase a large territory. So, a place as big as West Friesland, only earls and dukes are eligible to buy it. Ordinary civilians, even wealthy merchants, are not allowed to buy such large land.

However, those traditional hereditary aristocrats often spent extravagantly and did not save much money. If George offered 600,000 gold coins, perhaps some nobles gritted their teeth and borrowed money to buy it. But George offered 1 million in cash, plus help to get back the prisoners of war worth millions of gold coins, a price that no one could afford.

Even if they can bear it, no one will be the one who is wronged, because it is not worth it......

What's even more terrifying is that even if you buy West Friesland, you may not be able to get it. Because, as everyone knows, West Friesland is now occupied by the French-backed Duchy of Guedes. If you want to get West Friesland, you must first defeat the powerful Duchy of Goddes......

However, the powerful Duchy of Saxony was defeated, and most of the princes were not confident that they would be able to defeat the Duchy of Geds. After all, I've heard that there are a lot of powerful Swiss mercenaries in the Duchy of God's army.

When Marin stood up and said that he wanted to be the wronged leader, everyone was first surprised, and then suddenly ......

Why? Because Marin is not afraid of the Duchy of Godes......

No matter how strong the Principality of Gedes is, there are only 10,000 elites. Even if you add the local elite, he will be killed by 20,000 elite soldiers. Such a power is enough to dominate in front of most German princes, but in the face of Marin, it is really not enough......

Because, Marin was a strongman who had defeated 50,000 of the Bosa coalition forces, including 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. No matter how strong the Duchy of Gedes is, it can't be stronger than 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, right? Marin can settle the 20,000 authentic Swiss mercenaries, and he is not afraid of the Duchy of God's army in West Friesland.

However, many princes were dissatisfied. Why? Marin had just acquired almost 2.5 square kilometers of land, and they were jealous that they were going to add a large amount of land here. So, some of the princes obstructed:

"Why do you want to get West Friesland? You're too greedy, aren't you? ”

Marin was not angry, but said the extremely confident words of Ba Shen (Balotelli):

"Because, I can!"

This is said very domineeringly, but it is also a fact......

Why? Because Marin could afford the exorbitant price demanded by George, according to the agreement, Denmark, the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony would not only cede large tracts of land, but also pay an indemnity of 1 million gold coins each (which was later halved in Denmark). Although he had to split the account with Lübeck and Hamburg, it was still no problem to come up with a million gold coins.

As for the Saxon prisoners of war worth a million-dollar ransom? This matter is easy to solve. Marin has an army of 40,000 people, and his combat power is strong, so he doesn't need to spend money, just grab it back! Moreover, he also won the West Frisian ......

Therefore, Marin said "I can", which is not wrong at all.

"It's so arrogant, we are against it!" In the face of Marin's arrogant speech, some princes were upset and spoke out against it.

But Marin did not quarrel with them, but smiled at the one who quarreled the most among the opposing princes:

"Your Excellency, if you can come up with 1,000,000 gold coins and help Duke George get back those prisoners of war, then I am willing to give you this opportunity!"

At this moment, those who opposed it suddenly became dumbfounded...... Most of the noisy princes were middle-class princes, neither strong nor weak, and they liked to make a fuss at the Imperial Council. However, it would be too difficult for them to let them come up with real money. Not to mention 1 million gold coins, 100,000 gold coins may not be able to be taken by these people.

At this time, Frederick III, who was originally depressed because of the reparations for the cession of land, suddenly had a bright eye. He asked Marin:

"Grand Duke Marin, can you use the 1,000,000 gold indemnity owed to you by the Elector of Saxony to cover the cost of your purchase of West Friesland?" In fact, the Electorate of Saxony had to pay more than 1 million gold coins in reparations. However, under the mediation of the princes, Marin, Lübeck and Hamburg had to agree to "erase the fractions", as long as each family was a whole number of 1 million (in the end, Denmark only had to pay 500,000 gold coins because they were willing to accept and settle the Oldenburg family). According to the agreement, the three companies need to pay this huge amount within five years.

And Frederick III thought that if the 1 million gold coins that the Elector of Saxony needed to pay were transferred to the Duchy of Saxony, with the relationship between the two families, there would be no need to rush to repay the 1 million gold coins within 5 years. Perhaps, it can be paid off in 20 years. Even, it can be delayed a little longer...... Anyway, George is better fooled......

This is like buying a house in the future and taking out 1 million at once, which ordinary people can't do at all. However, if you pay it back over 20 or 30 years, then many people can afford it.

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, had this idea, hoping to transfer the indemnity to Duke George, and use the relationship between the two families to make the repayment as long as possible. In this way, the economic pressure on the electorate of Saxony will be much less, and the recovery will be much faster. Of course, although the time was extended, Frederick III did not intend to pay more interest to Duke George, but to repay it in the original amount, and it was divided into about 20 years......

Marin was a little indifferent, but George, Duke of Saxony, was a little unpleasant. Because, he vaguely guessed that his cousin might be going to trap him......

But Frederick III threatened:

"If Grand Duke Marin agrees to my proposal, I will help you persuade everyone to agree to your purchase of ...... from West Friesland"

The subtext of this sentence is - if you don't agree, I'll find a way to mess up the deal. In turn, I can help make this happen......

Duke George was reluctant, but Marin didn't care. In the end, Duke George and Frederick III reached an agreement that Frederick III would have to pay 300,000 gold coins for the first three years, and the next 700,000 gold coins would be repaid...... In this way, George can also get the money of 300,000 gold coins quickly and turn around the financial difficulties. And Frederick III didn't have to pay back the 700,000 gold coins in a hurry, which was good news......

The agreement reached by the brothers is somewhat similar to the buyer's loan in later generations – a 30% down payment is made first, and the rest is repaid slowly. The only difference was that Frederick III intended to pay off the interest...... You know, those benefits add up to a lot......

Once the two cousins come to an agreement, the rest will be easy. Frederick III was already the leader of the anti-Marin group, and he and Marin reached a consensus, so that there was no objection to Marin's purchase of West Frisland. In this way, under the witness of all the imperial councilors present at the meeting, the Grand Duchy of Beihai under Marin had an additional territory of more than 5,000 square kilometers......