Although Frederick III was the "leading elder brother" of the princes, he was only the eldest brother after all, not the boss of the princes. Therefore, he also does not have the right to sign directly on behalf of everyone.

Therefore, in order to implement these conditions, Marin also needs to cooperate with Frederick III to put on a good show and persecute the princes. When the princes were desperate, Frederick III "stepped forward" and spoke with Marin on behalf of the princes. In this way, the princes will accept the terms agreed upon by the two.

As for what kind of play? It's very simple, it's Marin who led people to the door to persecute those princes......

The princes are proud lords, and they will not be easily subservient. Therefore, Marin must drive them to a corner, make them feel fearful, and they will give in and bow their heads. Otherwise, they would not be able to subdue these arrogant princes with their mouths alone.

However, before he could raise his army south to intimidate the princes, Marin needed to gather all his men scattered throughout Alsace......

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It is important to note that the Alsace region is not currently a whole, but is divided into several parts. For example, the southern region of Alsace, which is currently under the control of the Habsburgs, belongs to Haute-Burgundy, or Franche-Comté.

The northern part of the country was divided into the Free City of Strasbourg, the Duchy of Lorraine and the Duchy of Württemberg (with only a small enclave).

At present, there are about 300,000 or 400,000 people here, and there are 60,000 or 70,000 young and middle-aged people. It's just that Marin abducted more than 10,000 people before and enriched them into the First and Second Legions.

However, with the fight of more than ten years of war, the more than 10,000 Alsatian veterans who followed Marin back then have only more than 7,000 healthy ones still in service. This is also the reason why Marin often wins battles, and if he keeps losing battles, there will be no more than 10,000 people left.

The reason why Marin stopped in Alsace this time was to let these veterans fool some of their fellow villagers into joining the army.

Ma Lin has heard a lot of pyramid schemes in later generations, and those lawbreakers who engage in pyramid schemes are the most likely to be their fellow villagers......

Of course, Marin didn't really let his subordinates go to the village, but just provided a way to live. After all, people in this era have a hard time surviving, and it is a luxury to be able to eat and drink enough.

It is dangerous to go to war, but it is better to always be well fed than a big man starving to death at home. Moreover, with Marin, most of them will win the battle. Winning a battle means that you have a good chance of surviving.

Moreover, the most important point is - to be a soldier for Marin, even if he dies in battle, his family will be protected!

Under normal circumstances, those who dare to sacrifice their lives to become soldiers are only a minority after all, and even if they are martial Germany, only a few are willing to serve as soldiers.

However, Marlin came by coincidence......

Before the arrival of Marin's army, the southern part of Alsace, which was under the jurisdiction of the Habsburgs, was robbed of food by the coalition of princes after the autumn harvest. Therefore, the people of southern Alsace will not be able to survive at this time......

If you can't find a new source of food, you can be sure that many people in the area will not survive this winter.

Some people may say that you can wait for the imperial court to provide disaster relief...... What about ancient China at that time? In ancient times, China's grain production was so much higher than that of Europe, and in the event of famine, there may not be enough food for disaster relief.

In Europe, in the event of a famine, you either die or die...... Want to wait for the government to come to the rescue? What about dreaming......

In particular, the ruler of the southern region of Alsace was now impoverished Emperor Maximilian I, and it was impossible for him to provide food for disaster relief.

So, when Marin sent his soldiers, dressed in tall new clothes and carrying a handful of silver coins in their pockets, to go around looking for friends and relatives to catch up (in fact, to show off), it caused a great sensation in the southern region of Alsace.

The thirty or forty thousand young adults in the south of Alsace suddenly saw a bright avenue - yes, I can serve as a soldier and eat food, and by the way, I can earn a commission to support my family......

Then, more than 20,000 young men from the south of Alsace flocked to Strasbourg to sign up for the army of the North Sea State......

However, Marin's Beihai army was not just for everyone. First of all, the city dwellers and thugs were eliminated. Then, a jousting contest takes place. The officer in charge of the selection stared silently at the contestants who were competing with wooden sticks, and the contestants worked very hard. Many people who won the battle were overjoyed and thought they had been accepted. Actually, they don't know - the North Sea State selects soldiers only on the basis of bravery, not on the level of force......

In this way, Marin finally selected only 6,000 men from more than 20,000 people to replenish the aging First and Second Legions as new blood. Many veterans of the First and Second Legions will take a back seat in the near future and become reservists, or instructors and physical education teachers in schools (Marin changed the physical education class in the Beihai State school directly to a military class, and sports are only part of it).

Of course, for the 10,000 people who were defeated, Marin did not completely reject them, he said - if he really can't get by, he can choose to move his family to live in Beihai Country. As long as you bring your family to the recruiting point in Strasbourg to register, you can go to the North Sea Country through Marin's post system. Along the way, the inns would provide basic food to help them make their way to the North Sea Country. Of course, the Alsace region is on the Rhine River, and the North Sea Kingdom will regularly send ships to pick people up......

Although it was not good to dig into the corner of Maximilian I in this way, Marin knew that Maximilian I was not able to help the victims. Instead of watching them starve to death, why don't you take them to the North Sea Country......

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In addition to the Alsace region on the west bank of the Rhine, more than 20,000 young people signed up to join the army, and more than 20,000 people from Baden on the east bank of the Rhine also signed up for the army......

Baden, like the southern part of Alsace, forced a wave of grain after the autumn harvest this year. The so-called "forcible conscription" is actually a forcible robbery. Looting grain is much more terrifying than requisitioning grain, because the army that robs grain will not leave rations for the common people......

Therefore, it seems that the people of Baden will not be able to survive this winter this year......

It just so happened that I heard that Marin was recruiting troops in Strasbourg, the core city of the Alsace region west of the river. As a result, the young people of Baden, who were unwilling to starve to death like this, also looked for boats to cross the river and came to Strasbourg to sign up for the army......

Marin thought about it for a moment and agreed to choose soldiers among the young men of Baden.

However, the youth of Baden do not seem to be as brave as those of Alsace. Although more than 20,000 people came, only more than 4,000 people were selected. And the remaining 10,000 people, Marin picked a few thousand and allowed them to take their whole family to the North Sea Country. As for the others, they didn't. However, Marin promised to send a shipment of grain for relief after a while......

It's not that Marin doesn't want to emigrate more, he mainly thinks - the Count of Baden is a Baden country, and if he poachs all the young people in Baden, the impact will be very bad. Therefore, in the end, he only poached 10,000 young people from Baden, including their families. That's it, Marin is equivalent to digging tens of thousands of people and leaving, so he has to make Christopher I, Count of Baden, cry to death.

So, Marin thought about compensating him with a batch of food so that he could tide him over. Anyway, after this catastrophe, Baden could no longer provide food to help the victims. It is also mutually beneficial to exchange grain with him for a group of people......

In this way, taking advantage of the local military disaster, Marin recruited tens of thousands of recruits and tens of thousands of civilians in Alsace and Baden, which can be described as making a lot of money......

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