Soon after, under the coercion of thousands of soldiers and horses sent out by Marin, the nobles of the Duchy of Schleswig had no choice but to rush to the city of Schleswig to attend the assembly of all the nobles of Marin. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When Marin sent out the thousands of soldiers, he gave them most of the horses, including those stolen from Denmark. So, everybody's moving fast. Even the nobles who were coerced into coming to Schleswig came on horseback. Therefore, in less than half a month, the nobles of all sizes in the entire principality gathered in the city of Shileswig.

Marin, on the other hand, took the former Danish Prime Minister Mikel, who had just submitted to him, to entertain everyone warmly and introduce Mikel to the nobles of the Duchy of Schleswig.

However, to Marin's frown, Mikel seemed to be more than happy to deal with the Danish nobles in the northern part of the Duchy of Schleswig. Moreover, Mikel did not speak German very well. In this way, it is easy to cause Mikel to become prime minister in the future, and reuse the Danish aristocracy in the north.

Of course, there is no need to worry about this. Because, Marin had already prepared to buy the land of the Danish nobles and "gift" them to Denmark.

In this way, in the future Duchy of Schleswig, there will be a situation where the prime minister is Danish, but the people below are all Germans. In this way, Marin is not worried that Mikel, a lonely Dane, will be able to cover the sky in the Duchy of Schleswig.

After all, Marin will not be able to stay in the Duchy of Schleswig in the future, but will return to Aurich. On the side of the Duchy of Schleswig, in addition to handing over the political affairs to Mikel, Marin also planned to send a trustworthy general and stationed 10,000 troops here to guard against the Danish counterattack at any time. At the same time, monitor Mikel's behavior.

At the banquet, Marin brought out barrels of fine wine. These fine wines were collected by Marin from the cellar in the royal palace in Copenhagen. Originally, Marin was going to bring them all back. After all, the collection of a powerful king, it will certainly not be bad.

However, when the nobles met the assembly, Marin simply took out a few large barrels and used them to entertain those nobles......

To Marin's surprise, the Duchy of Schleswig, with a population of only 150,000, had 500 nobles, big and small. On average, there is one nobleman for every 300 people......

And in fact, the number of nobles is much more than that. Because, the 500 nobles who came today are actually representatives of various aristocratic families, not all members. That is, the total number of nobles in the Duchy of Schleswig, which may be as high as two or three thousand, is very large...... And that's not counting the nobles who were killed for their rebellion......

Marin took a deep breath, raised his glass, and greeted everyone first. Then, in a loud voice, he said:

"Welcome to this meeting of nobles, and I, in the name of the new Duke of Schleswig, welcome you!" After saying that, Marin bowed gracefully.

"You're the Duke of Schleswig, what about Duke Frederick?" A Danish aristocrat, speaking German with a Danish accent, said in astonishment.

A cold light flashed in Marin's eyes, and he thought to himself - sure enough, these Danes are unreliable, Lao Tzu has already controlled Denmark, and this thing still thinks about Frederick......

Marin hurriedly took out the instrument signed by King Hans of Denmark, as well as the instrument signed by Prince Frederick himself to renounce the title of Duke of Schleswig, and let the representatives of these nobles visit.

On the side, former Danish Prime Minister Mikel said to everyone with a smile:

"That's right, I witnessed the signing of this document by His Majesty King Hans of Denmark, conferring the title of Duke of Schleswig on Lord Marin!"

Mikel is the former prime minister of Denmark, and everyone present, except for those small landowners and aristocrats who stay in the countryside, knowledgeable and high-status nobles, know who he is. Moreover, they were also curious about why Mikel abandoned the good Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark and came to become the Prime Minister of the Duchy of Schleswig......

In fact, Mikel is still wronged in his heart. If he hadn't signed that unfortunate diplomatic paperwork, would he have run away to save his life? However, even if he did not run away, he was in great danger and was disposed of as a scapegoat by King Hans of Denmark. In this case, he had to leave Denmark and take refuge in Marin, who was willing to take him in.

After the collective appraisal of several important local nobles, it was confirmed that the two documents were in the handwriting of the Danish kings Hans and Prince Frederick, and the ink was also authentic.

After establishing his legal status, Marin began to make a furious speech, the main content of which was to repeatedly emphasize that the Duchy of Schleswig was an integral part of Germany and should not be controlled by the Danes. Duke Schleswig, too, should be a German......

Hearing Marin's speech, the German nobles in the south of the Duchy of Schleswig applauded, while the Danish nobles in the north had their faces darkened.

However, in this era, although there were many Danes in the northern part of the Duchy of Schleswig, there was not as much Danish as the entire northern half of the Duchy was Danish in the 19th century, during the Prussian-Danish War.

At present, only 40,000 of the 150,000 people in the Duchy of Schleswig are Danish. Moreover, half of them gradually migrated from Denmark after the union of Denmark and the Duchy of Schleswig in 1460.

Similarly, of the 500 nobles present, only 100 were Danes. The other 400 were all Germans. In peacetime, within the Duchy of Schleswig, the Germans and the Danes were also fighting openly and secretly. However, the Danes had the king's backing and were more confident, and although they were small in number, they did not fall behind in the battle.

Marin's speech was clearly to support the German nobles and suppress the Danish nobles, so it's strange that those Danish nobles can be happy. Some Danish aristocrats even whispered underneath that they were going to stumble Marin.

However, they discussed how to make Marin a stumbling block, and Marin threw out a big weapon - the land redemption policy......

In this policy, the first to take those Danish nobles was to open the knife and announce the ransom of the land of all Danish nobles......

"Why? Why should we be deprived of our land? Many Danish aristocrats shouted. For the aristocracy, having territory is considered a real aristocracy. has a title but no territory, he can only be regarded as a face-saving nobleman, and he has no lining. To deprive them of their land is to kill them......

"When did I say that I had taken away your land? I'm paying for it, you know? Marimpi replied with a smile.

"If we lose our land, are we still nobles?" A Danish nobleman asked angrily.

"That's not my business, you know, the Duchy of Schleswig is the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, the territory of the Germans. As for the Danes, it is no problem to come to live in the Duchy of Schleswig, but they want to be nobles here...... "Marin paused and then disappeared, but apparently, the meaning was no.

"Yes, yes, this is the territory of the Germans, what kind of nobles should the Danes be? It's all Christian I and his son! At this time, some local German nobles who were already at odds with the Danish aristocracy jumped out and supported Marin. Marin glanced at him, and his eyes showed appreciation--those who know the times are handsome......

"Well, I think that although the Germans do not recognize your nobility, King Hans should still recognize it. After all, you're Danish. With the money I paid for your land, you can buy a new piece of land from King Hans as a fief. ”

At this time, the entire Danish area of about 37,000 square kilometers (excluding the North Schleswig region) had a population of only 600,000, and there was a lot of idle area. As long as you have money, it is indeed easy to buy territory.

Moreover, at this time, because the treasury was robbed, it was the time when King Hans of Denmark was most short of money, and these guys used the money to buy the territory, which was definitely a charcoal to King Hans.

Although it would be more beneficial for Hans to be unhappy, Marin knew that he couldn't do too much. Otherwise, if you attack other countries in the future, no one will be willing to surrender yourself. Therefore, he could only spend money to buy the land of these Danish nobles. And they were allowed to go to Denmark with their money and buy lands from King Hans.

Marin told the Danish nobles that King Hans's treasury had been emptied by himself and that he was short of money. If you take the money to buy a territory from Hans, the territory you sell may not be smaller than it is now. The Danish nobles thought about it too, so most of them agreed to sell the land for money. There were also a few who wanted to oppose it, but under the threat of the big saber and gun under Marin's command, they also had to give in.

In this way, through the policy of forcible redemption, Marin cleaned up the 100 Danish nobles in the Duchy of Schleswig.

However, Marin did not allow the Danish nobles to take any of the Danish serfs with them when they left. Because, Marin also needs labor......

Next, it was a matter of how to deal with the German aristocracy. Marin planned to conduct an examination among the 400 German nobles. Those who excel will be admitted as local officials, and their family's land will be retained. And the nobles who did not pass the assessment, the land of their families will be entrusted.

The so-called trusteeship refers to those lands, which in the future nominally belong to the nobles of the trustee territory, but the actual managers are all replaced by Marin's people.

Marin, however, does not infringe on the interests of the nobles of the Mandate. In the past, how much grain they could receive every year, in the future, Marin will give them the same amount of money and grain every year, and there will be no less than them.

But in fact, because Marin knows fertilizer technology, the same field, in the hands of Marin, can increase the yield by three or four times. For example, rye, which originally yielded more than 100 pounds per mu, was at least 400 pounds per mu in Marin's hands. In that way, the extra 200 pounds of harvest will all go into Marin's pocket...... But what Marin provided to the landowners and nobles was based on their original harvest......

In this way, using the original land and serfs, Marin could earn more than two hundred pounds per acre, much more than the landowner.

Moreover, because of the lack of population, a large amount of land in the Duchy of Schleswig is still barren. You know, the Duchy of Schleswig has 9,200 square kilometers and a population of only 150,000, which is about the same as the current East Friesian Lamb. However, East Friesland has just over 3,000 square kilometers, while the Duchy of Schleswig is another 9,200 square kilometers. It can be said that the Duchy of Schleswig has a lot of land, and it only hates the lack of people to develop it.

But the population problem is really not a problem for Marin. If he wanted people, he could recruit many poor Germans directly from the southern regions. As long as there is enough food, population is not a problem at all......

Moreover, the Duchy of Schleswig is a coastal region with many rivers and lakes, no mountains, only some hills. In this kind of terrain, it is very easy to develop wasteland into fertile land. The premise is that Marin gets enough immigrants first......

In this way, an order was given, and the official examination of the Duchy of Schleswig began. The person in charge of the assessment is none other than Mikel. Mikel has served as the prime minister of Denmark for ten years, and he is naturally no stranger to evaluating his subordinates and is very proficient. Leaving this to him also reassures Marin. It's just that those German nobles who participated in the assessment didn't know that this assessment was related to whether they could control their fiefdoms again...... Because, Marin didn't talk to them in advance......