Germany was very large, and Johann. The indulgence sales team led by Tezell is scraping the floor again. So, so far, his team has only traveled a few episcopal states. Today, the episcopal states of northwestern Germany have been largely exhausted. Next, there are the secular vassal states.

It's just that those secular vassal states are currently waiting and seeing, and no one wants to be the first to try. So, John. Tezel came to Marlin for help. After all, the North Sea Kingdom is currently the largest power in Northwest Germany. The Beihai State took the lead, and the other vassal states were not easy to say.

John. Tezel was brought with his master Giovanni. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici sent a letter in person, hoping that Marin would openly take the lead in subscribing to indulgences, so as to make a good start for the sale of indulgences in the secular vassal states.

Moreover, Marin has fought a lot of battles over the years, and he has caused a lot of killings. When it comes to the need for atonement, Marin is definitely at the forefront.

What is a indulgence? It is used to "take away iniquity." It stands to reason that a general who fights a lot of wars, especially a general who often wins battles, must be guilty of a great sin. For example, Marin, who has won so many battles, I don't know how many enemies he has killed, and his sin value is also ranked among the highest in all of Europe. Coupled with the fact that the North Sea State was already one of the top secular powers in Germany after annexing a number of vassal states, it was indeed a good idea to let Marin take the lead in subscribing to indulgences.

However, Marin was not very happy in his heart. Because, everyone knows, this "indulgence" is just a nonsense thing, which is used by the Holy See to collect money. As for the role of the atonement, it is simply nonsense on the part of the church.

But, despite his reluctance, Marin had to take the lead in subscribing. After all, he is on the side of the Holy See and cannot slap the Holy See in the face. Moreover, in charge of the matter was the future Pope Leo X, who could not fail to give face.

It's just that Marin is not willing to ask Marin to take out real money, especially gold coins, to subscribe for indulgences. Beihai is still very short of currency, how can it be taken away by the Holy See?

After much thought, Marin agreed to subscribe to the indulgence, however, he asked to pay with food!

It is true that the Beihai country is short of money, but it has never been short of food. If he could redeem the money with food to buy indulgences, Marin was willing to buy them in large quantities. Anyway, among the many granaries he built with cement, there is a lot of old grain.

Can John. Tezel was dumbfounded, because Marin's request was not in accordance with the rules! According to the process of selling indulgences, the redeemer throws the gold coins into a cash box similar to a merit box, and when the gold coins jingle the gold coins, the redeemer can go to heaven after death.

If Marin uses food and throws it into the cash box, it is impossible to make a crisp sound of "jingling......

See John. Tezel couldn't call the shots, so Marin simply used carrier pigeons to contact Giovanni in Rome. Advance. Lorenzo. Morality. The Medici and their own papal father-in-law.

In the letter, Marin said that it would be okay for him to take the lead in buying more indulgences. The only problem is that he doesn't have that much cash, so he has to replace it with food. So, he asked for food instead of gold coins to buy a batch of indulgences.

The son-in-law's face must definitely be given, and Pope Julius II, after thinking about it, agreed that Marin would replace gold coins with grain. However, gold coins are still required for the ceremony of subscribing to indulgences. Only, after the fact, Marin was allowed to exchange the gold coins for the equivalent grain.

After receiving the reply, Marin officially decided to replace gold coins with grain and subscribe to a large number of indulgences. Moreover, it is the price of grain in Germany that the value of gold coins is offset by grain. At the same time, Marin promised that the grain would be transported to Rome by the merchant ships of the North Sea States and delivered to the Holy See......

This would make the Holy See a lot of money, because the price of food in Italy was much higher than in Germany. Because of the war, food prices in Italy have remained high for a long time. Rye, for example, costs only 1 pfennig per pound in Germany, while in Rome it costs 2.5 pfennig per pound. If Marin directly handed over the grain, it would make the Holy See a lot of profit.

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Subsequently, Marin held a ceremony to redeem indulgences in the square outside the palace of Aurich, in the presence of envoys from various countries. Tezer's indulgence sales team builds momentum.

On the high platform of the square of the palace of Aurich, Marin was half-kneeling on the ground, confessing to God with a serious expression. Behind him, Kahn, Schwarz, Wagner, Steindorff, Heynckes and other generals of the North Sea Kingdom knelt behind Marin in unison and confessed to God with Marin.

After reciting the prayers of repentance with a group of "murderous" generals of the Beihai Kingdom, Ma Lin took out a pocket and poured gold coins into the cash box with a "clanging clang", blinding the eyes of the onlookers.

Among them, Marin poured the most, almost 10,000 gold coins. Tezel had to change the cash box several times to hold the gold coins. Several generals also fell a lot, and each of them had at least a thousand gold coins.

Subsequently, a cadre of officers from the Beihai Kingdom also stepped forward to repent and subscribe for indulgences. Everyone, you and I threw gold coins into the cash box one by one, so that John. Tezel had to change the cash box several times.

According to the statistics, the generals and soldiers of the First Legion in the city of Aurich, as well as the nobles and officials of Aurich, bought a total of 220,000 gold coins, which shocked the envoys of other countries who were present to watch the ceremony.

And that's not even counting it, because the Third Army Corps, which is stationed in the east, and the Second and Sixth Army Corps, which are stationed in the central and southern regions, have not yet begun to subscribe. In short, the 40,000 troops in the Beihai Kingdom are the bulk of this indulgence subscription. After all, when it comes to sin, what is deeper than a murderous soldier?

Although the money of ordinary soldiers is small, the other three legions of the Beihai Kingdom and the nobles in several cities worked together, and it is estimated that the sales of indulgences in the country will not be less than 300,000 gold coins, and maybe, they can reach about 400,000 gold coins......

This time, even John. Tezel, the leader of the sale of indulgences, was shocked. Originally, he just planned to let Beihai Country take the lead. Unexpectedly, Ma Lin's headband was too fierce, and it was more than 200,000 gold coins as soon as he shot it, which made others embarrassed to buy less......

Of course, after the subscription ceremony, all the 220,000 gold coins were recovered by Marin. Then, according to the spoils-sharing agreement, Marin only needed to load 110,000 gold worth of grain onto the ship and ship it to Rome. At the same time, more than 80,000 gold coins worth of grain were sent to the Beihai State Church.

However, how dare Archbishop Taylor, who knows Marin's ruthless temperament, really want so much? He only received more than 10,000 gold coins worth of grain, and refused to accept it anymore. But what Taylor didn't expect was that Marin recently disliked that the grain in the granary could not be filled, so he was stunned to give all the grain worth more than 80,000 gold coins and sent it to the church's warehouse.

Subsequently, John. Carrying the banner of the Holy See in high spirits, Tezer continued to Eamden, Groningen, Münster, Osnabrück, Oldenburg, Bremen, Las Vegas, Lüneburg, Wolfenbüttle, Goslar, Bochum, Recklinghausen and other major cities to continue selling indulgences. With so many cities coming down, plus three legions, the indulgences of hundreds of thousands of gold coins will definitely be sold......

Of course, Marin didn't suffer either. Because of his excellent attitude towards taking the lead in subscribing to indulgences, Pope Julius II took the opportunity to order that the "tithes" of the North Sea State would be levied in the future according to the current cultivated land area of 2 million acres (12 million mu) in the North Sea State. The levy rate is 90 pounds of rye per acre, which translates to 15 pounds per acre. In the future, as long as the territorial area of Beihai does not change, the amount of this tax will be determined, and it will not increase or decrease......

In other words, even if Beihai newly cultivates cultivated land in the future, there will be no tax increase. This is great news for the North Sea Kingdom. Moreover, everyone actually knows that the tax rate of 90 pounds per acre is not one-tenth of the yield per acre of Beihai Country at all. This is because the grain production of the North Sea country has always been high......