As Marin expected, after receiving Marin's threatening letter, Charles II, Duke of Guedes, was so angry that Marin's behavior resembled picking peaches was so angry that he wanted to pick a knife to cut Marin.

However, in the end, Charles II calmed down and chose to give in......

Why? Because at this time, the Duchy of Gedes is powerless to compete with Marin. At present, the army of the Duchy of Godes, the local and West Friesian combined, is only more than 10,000 people, which is completely incomparable to Marin's army of 40,000.

Moreover, in terms of combat effectiveness, Marin's army defeated the 50,000 elite Bossa coalition army with 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. Although the army of the Duchy of Guedes also followed the route of Swiss mercenaries, its combat effectiveness still could not catch up with that of Swiss mercenaries. Therefore, they are simply not able to compete with Marin's army.

So, it was inevitable to cede West Frisland. Even if Charles II didn't want to let it, Marin could beat it down. Rather than this, it is better to withdraw your own 7,000 troops and preserve your strength.

For the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war, Marin bid 300,000 gold coins, which was obviously far lower than the actual value. However, Charles II, Duke of Guedes, could not refuse. For, at the same time as Marin sent a letter to him, he had already sent troops to the west, and occupied the southwestern border of West Friesland, blocking the southward way of the 4,000 Gedes troops and more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war who had been reclaiming land west of West Friesland. Even if the Duchy of Gedes wanted to transfer the prisoners of war back to China, the retreat was cut off by Marin's army.

Moreover, Charles II did not dare to give the order to kill the prisoners. Not to mention that this is not in accordance with the rules, it is easy to arouse Marin's anger. The 20,000 troops who entered West Frisland were not vegetarians. If they were provoked, the 7,000 Gedas soldiers who were in West Friesland would have no way to live......

After thinking about it again, Charles II could only choose to swallow his anger and withdraw the people first. Anyway, he can barely get back 300,000 gold coins. If he starts fighting, he will have nothing, and maybe Marin will take advantage of the situation to attack the mainland.

Therefore, Charles II was very reluctant to accept Marin's terms, and decided to voluntarily give up West Friesland, and handed over the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war to Marin in exchange for a low ransom of 300,000 gold coins.

Before the start of the autumn harvest in October, the two sides completed the final deal. Seven thousand men of the Geddes army evacuated West Frisland and handed over more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war. And Marin, as promised, paid a ransom of 300,000 gold coins to the other party.

Marin then turned his attention to the autumn harvest......

In fact, the use of potash fertilizer in the arable land of East Friesland has accelerated crop growth, and the autumn harvest begins in mid-September.

However, with the exception of East Friesland and the previously controlled farms in Oldenburg, Schleswig, and North Münster, most of the newly acquired farmland in West Friesland, Bremen, and Jutland began to be harvested in October. So, the autumn harvest will be busy for a long time.

And, to Marin's great excitement – the new arrivals of West Friesland, Bremen and Jutland will provide him with plenty of land.

There were already close to 100,000 yugrams, plus the 110,000 yugrams, Duke Charles II, who used the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war, to cultivate the 110,000 yugrams.

Moreover, most of this cultivated land is ownerless. Why? Because the previous eight barons of West Friesland were basically killed. Most of the knights under the Eight Barons were also killed. Therefore, most of the 110,000 Yogram lands are now ownerless. Originally, these were occupied by Charles II, Duke of Guedes, and his men. However, after the people of the Duchy of Gedes withdrew from West Friesland, these lands basically fell into the hands of Marin.

According to statistics, of the 110,000 Yograms, except for the more than 10,000 Yograms, which belong to the church, the rest of the nearly 100,000 Yograms' lands have been seized by the Gedes people, and 80,000 Yograms. But now, all of the 80,000 Ugram's arable land has gone to Marin......

Of course, these lands are not all owned by Marin. Because, he also wants to reward a part of the land as a war merit to meritorious soldiers. However, because Marin has snatched too much land this time, he only needs to divide a small portion to complete the reward. The rest of the big head is still Marin's......

The situation in Jutland was similar to that in West Frisland, and according to the agreement, the Danish king Hans took with him six or seven hundred local nobles. Thus, about 90,000 eugrams of 20,000 square kilometers of Jutland land were all owned by Marin.

Despite the vast land area of Jutland, the Danes have a tradition of developing animal husbandry, and there are only 90,000 yugrams of arable land on such a large land, which is not as good as West Frisland, which has only more than 5,000 square kilometers. However, Jutland has a lot of pastures, which are good for grazing. The most important thing is that the land in Jutland belongs to Marin, except for the land of tens of thousands of yugrams, which belong to the church, which cannot be moved......

As for Bremen, the situation here is a little more complicated. Although Archbishop John of Bremen. Rod. Vaal accepted the land swap out of interest, and took all the Vaal family with him (because they could get better and more land in the Stendal area). The other bishops of the Archdiocese of Bremen who accompanied him also took many people with them, leaving behind a lot of unclaimed arable land. However, of the more than 60,000 yugrams of arable land in the Archdiocese of Bremen, only 30,000 yugrams were left unowned.

Why? Because John. Rod. The Archbishop of Vaal took with him only the main high-ranking officials of the Archbishopric of Bremen, and did not take all the clergy. Most of the middle and lower clergy remained in the Bremen area.

These people and the families behind them, as well as the church, occupy the remaining more than 30,000 yugrams. For these people, Marin is really not very active. Moreover, it is very good to be able to get half of the arable land.

Fortunately, the Archbishopric of Bremen is a vast country with a lot of land that has yet to be cultivated. As long as Marin can recruit enough people, the 6,000-square-kilometre province of Bremen will have land to cultivate. In addition to those swamplands that are more expensive to develop, the reclamation of other wastelands is still more convenient, as long as you have the labor...... And this may be a problem for other princes, but Marin can spend a lot of money to recruit the poor and outcasts in the south...... Although it costs a lot of money to bring those homeless people to his own territory, the last thing Marin is afraid of is spending money. And after these people came, they farmed for Marin, because of advanced agricultural technology and fertilizers, they could quickly bring more profits to Marin......

In order to ensure the smooth autumn harvest, Marin sent most of his army to the fields to help harvest rye, leaving only a few thousand elites to ensure safety.

After all, in those days, rye was harvested manually with a sickle, which was very slow. If the harvest is too slow and it happens to rain, it will be bad luck and the wheat may rot in the ground. Therefore, every time the autumn harvest comes, there will be the word "rush", which means to finish the grain harvest before the weather changes. Otherwise, if it rains and the wheat rots in the ground, the loss will be great......