On the sidelines, Heinrich, the speaker of the Lübeck Parliament, and the chairman of the Hamburg parliament, Bernard, did not have any emotional turmoil about the dirty deal between Hector and Marin.

Why? Because they feel that it should be so. Moreover, this time, the main target of Hamburg and Lübeck is actually the 53 Hanseatic merchants of Bremen. Because, Bremen's business channels in England and the Netherlands are basically in the hands of these 53 big households. As for the other small Hanseatic merchants, they were either attached to these 53 large households, or they did not become a climate.

Therefore, whether it is Bernard, who needs these channels the most, or Heinrich, who wants to pick up the bargain, there is no opinion on the Hanseatic petty merchants who sold Bremen by Hector and others. Even the small Bremen and Hanseatic merchants were just a tax increase for them. If those small businessmen are in crisis, not only will they not help, but they may also take advantage of the situation. This is the mall, there is no warmth, there is only profit. A pure businessman, if not so bad that he bleeds, is by no means a good person. Because, the good people have long been trapped......

In the era of the rule of law in later generations, there might be good businessmen who would have survived. But in these wild times, a good businessman is hard to stand on.

To give a simple example, in this era, there is no one who engages in maritime trade. In order to ensure safety, almost every merchant ship will have a group of outlaws to deal with pirates. If he was a good businessman who loved peace, he would have been swallowed up to the point that there was no bone left. Therefore, in this era, none of the businessmen who can survive and sit on the throne are good at stubble. Even, many big businessmen have a lot of lives in their hands. There are pirates and there are competitors......

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After this negotiation, Marin went to issue salt quotations and arrange for the production and supply of Lüneburg salt mines. Hector and others did not return to Bremen, but quietly invited the 53 Hanseatic merchant families in Bremen to Oldenburg. Bernard and Heinrich, the speaker of the Hamburg Chamber, and Heinrich, the speaker of Lübeck, did not leave, because they wanted to stay and divide up the 53 Hanseatic merchants......

As soon as 53 Hanseatic merchants arrived, Bernard took the lead in wooing, especially those who had channels in England and the Netherlands, and became Bernard's main target.

These Hanseatic merchants were reluctant to leave the city of Bremen, where they had lived for generations, but they also knew that Marin had been ruthless this time. If you don't leave, not only will your family property be deprived by Marin, but you may not even be able to save your life. So, they could only reluctantly accept the wooing of Hamburg and Lübeck.

Eventually, Hamburg co-opted 27 Hanseatic merchants. These were the dominant tycoons in England and the Netherlands, and they were needed by Hamburg. The remaining 26 Hanseatic merchants all went to Lübeck. Although some of them had some commercial channels in England and the Netherlands, according to the agreement reached by Hamburg and Lübeck, Hamburg could only win over half of the Hanseatic merchants.

After negotiating, Marin issued them a salt guide for the purchase of the property. Then, these 53 bigwigs went back to Bremen City to pack up their belongings and left.

However, Marin had made a pact with them beforehand - in addition to their possessions, they were only allowed to take away the outlaws and seafaring sailors that their families usually raised. None of the boatmen and sailors in Bremen who were good at inland waterway shipping, including the ships of inland waterway, were not allowed to take away...... Of course, those river boats, Marlin will buy at market price......

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Marin's plot against Bremen was mainly for the boatmen and sailors who were good at inland waterways. Why? Marin had repaired the Münster Canal and was planning to use it to develop inland shipping from the Ruhr to Emden.

However, there was a serious shortage of shipwrights and sailors who were proficient in inland waterway shipping in Marin's hands. In addition, there is a shortage of vessels for inland waterway shipping.

In the near future, Marin intends to fully develop coal in the Ruhr area. So, he needed a lot of inland waterway vessels, including boatmen and sailors who were proficient in inland waterway shipping. But if you cultivate it yourself, the process is very slow. Therefore, snatching it from Bremen is the best option. Coincidentally, the Bremen people died by themselves, which happened to be cheaper than Marin......

The city of Bremen has a population of nearly 20,000, and most of the rest of the population, except for a few hundred Hanseatic merchants, is related to shipping. Or, to work as a slave and thug in the family of a Hanseatic merchant in Bremen. According to statistics, there are about 8,000 boatmen and sailors in Bremen City. These people make up nearly half of Bremen's population.

Of course, nearly half of the more than 8,000 boatmen and sailors were not natives of Bremen, but migrant workers recruited from other parts of Germany. But in any case, these boatmen and sailors, for the most part, were journeymen. If you pull it over, you can get started immediately. Even if the Bremen Hanseatic merchants would take some of the shipwrights and sailors with them, the number of river boatmen and sailors who remained would be at least 5,000. 5,000 boatmen and sailors skilled in inland waterway shipping are enough to support Marin's inland waterway shipping empire.

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After getting the salt guide given by Marin, these 53 large families, after returning to Bremen, immediately packed up their belongings, moved all the property they could move to the seafaring ship, and prepared to leave. They were accompanied by outlaws and seafaring boatmen and sailors who were employed by them. These were the foundations of their later careers in Hamburg or Lübeck.

Marin, on the other hand, at this time, also sent statisticians, escorted by the army, into the docks of Bremen, where all boatmen and sailors were questioned and registered. Even, in order to prevent them from lying, it is required that there must be witnesses. In this way, it was possible to prevent the Bremen and Hanseatic merchants from taking with them inland waterway boatmen and sailors who had no seafaring experience. Subsequently, the statisticians issued permits to the sailing experienced shipwrights to leave with the Hanseatic merchants.

At the same time, because of the fact that there is already a shortage of food in the city. In order to avoid starving to death, Marin began to distribute free Kohler bread mixed with grass bran to the families of boatmen and sailors who were destined to stay. And the Hanseatic merchants and outlaws who were destined to leave, as well as their families, were doomed to not receive the bread.

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After the evacuation of 53 Hanseatic merchants, the city of Bremen was in chaos. However, because the usual leaders have fled, Bremen is considered to be leaderless at this time. Some stubborn little Hanseatic merchants tried to organize a recalcitrant rebellion, but because Marin began to distribute black bread to the common people, no one responded to the call of these radicals.

In desperation, the little Hanseatic merchants, who had intended to organize a resistance from the townspeople, had to compromise. Although the property was depreciated in half, Marin didn't rob it in vain, did he?

With the salt quotations issued by Marin, most of the small Hanseatic merchants successively evacuated Bremen, totaling more than 500.

Ten days later, Marin's army entered the city of Bremen without encountering violent resistance......