Although he has some sympathy for the unlucky guy of Joakim I, Marin will not let the other party go easily. After all, if you fail, the other party will not make you feel better.

However, there are priorities. For Marin, Joakim I was not his confidant, but Frederick III was.

Moreover, this negotiation was held in Worms, and Frederick III also pulled a large number of princes to help. Marin thought with his toes, knowing how difficult negotiations can be.

In addition, after the negotiations began, King Hans and Joakim I, as the defeated side, must have wanted to pay less. Therefore, when the time comes, it will be a battle of dragons and tigers no less than war. Therefore, Marin hopes to divide the alliance between Frederick III and Joakim I, so that the other side does not fall into a group.

It just so happened that after hearing the lament of Joakim I, Marin's heart moved......

Marin knew that Joakim I really didn't have much money. And the reason why this war was drawn together by Frederick III was that in addition to the good relationship between the two and the marriage relationship with Denmark, the coveting wealth of Lübeck and Hamburg was an important motivation for Joakim I to send troops. In order to win and reap the huge profits, Joakim I made a desperate gamble and pulled almost all the regular army of the Elector of Brandenburg to the front.

Being able to speak bluntly about his financial embarrassment in front of Marin, Marin can conclude that Joakim I was still hungry for money.

Of course, as a nobleman, he will not directly say that he likes money. Therefore, like Joakim I, lamenting that he will have to eat black bread in the future, is the correct way to speak.

But the truly arrogant aristocracy is ashamed of his words, and the fact that Joakim I can lament the damage to his interests in the face of an enemy like Marin proves that this is a nobleman who values interests, not a noble nobleman.

So, Marin's eyes rolled, and an idea suddenly germinated. So he said to Joakim I:

"Lord Jokim, actually, if you want to reduce your losses, it's not impossible to ......" Speaking of this, Marin suddenly stopped, and then smiled mysteriously at Joakim I......

If Joakim I was a nobleman, he would have disdained it. And if Joakim I was a very practical nobleman, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity......

Sure enough, Joakim I's eyes lit up, and then he asked:

"What's the solution?"

"Work with me......" Marin replied leisurely.

"Working with you? Could it be that you will divide the ransom from me with the extortion? You know, I'm being blackmailed by you......" Joakim I said dissatisfied.

"It's not a good thing like dividing the ransom to you, but in nature, it's not too much ......," Marin said unhurriedly as he took a sip of his tea.

"What do you mean?" Choakim I didn't quite understand.

"I mean, as long as you cooperate with me in the negotiations with Worms, Master Joakim, I can significantly reduce the amount of your ransom......"

"How much?" Joakim I asked with some emotion.

"How can I have hundreds of thousands of gold coins......" Marin is not short of money now, but there are a lot of troubles in politics. If Joakim I was willing to help him, he didn't mind giving him some favor.

"Hundreds of thousands of gold coins...... That...... Can you cede less land? Joakim I asked with a look of emotion.

"Don't think about it, Lord Jokim, if you lose some money, others won't be able to see it, anyway, I have the final say on whether I received your money or not, and others don't know. If less land is ceded, will all Germany know about it? When the time comes, you will be in the aristocratic circle, but it will be difficult to be a person. Marin rolled his eyes.

Joakim I thought about it, and it was really ......

Money is not going to happen in front of the public. How much compensation the Elector of Brandenburg paid to Marin will certainly not be delivered in the presence of everyone. In the end, it is not clear how much Brandenburg paid Marin.

But if the Elector of Brandenburg ceded land to Marin, it would not escape the eyes of others. For it is clear to everyone who sent the officials on the land involved in the cession.

It was humiliating enough for Joakim I to be defeated and captured. If it is known that he hooks up with Marin in private, it is really shameless. His former allies will also distance themselves from him.

Therefore, Joakim I said to Marin with a serious face:

"It's okay for me to cooperate with you, but how do you make sure that the news doesn't leak out?" This is also the biggest scruple of the cooperation between Joakim I and Marin.

Marin thought for a moment, borrowed a Bible from the chaplain, and then stroked the Bible in the presence of Joakim I, swearing to keep it a secret. If it leaks out, it will run in the square in front of the palace of Aurich......

"Goben ......" Joakim I was taken aback by Marin's oath. But think about it, in the square outside the palace, running in front of the public, it is indeed gray and often humiliating, it is better to die......

Eventually, Joakim I believed Marin. But how did he know that Marin didn't believe in Christianity at all, he believed in the great god of crossing (who told him to cross over)......

Of course, Marin is also a trustworthy person. As long as Joakim I cooperates with him, he will not be so cheap as to divulge his secrets.

In the end, Marin and Joakim I reached an agreement privately - Joakim I did not join forces with Frederick III to create obstacles in the negotiations, and tried to cooperate with Marin as much as possible, causing trouble for the anti-Marin alliance, so as to make the negotiations more favorable to Marin. Marin was rewarded with only half of the negotiated reparations to be paid by Joakim I......

It's half a lot, but it's not a small number. Brandenburg was defeated this time, and nearly 15,000 prisoners of war were captured, plus Joakim I himself, the most valuable super prisoner of war.

Therefore, the ransom alone is more than a million gold coins. If you add a little more...... The Elector of Brandenburg, an agrarian country, can't take it out......

Marin agreed to let the other party only pay half, which is equivalent to reducing the other party's compensation of more than 500,000 gold coins! Faced with such a huge exchange of interests, Joakim I agreed without thinking about it. Besides, if you really want Brandenburg to come up with more than a million gold coins, you can't get it out if you kill him...... If it's hundreds of thousands, you can still get it if you squeeze it and borrow it......

And Marin seems to have received hundreds of thousands of gold coins less, but in fact, he can't lose much. Why?

First of all, Marin is not short of money. But the money he snatched from Wittenberg, the capital of Saxony, was enough for him to make a fortune. As for the hundreds of thousands of gold coins given to Brandenburg to be divided equally with Lübeck and Hamburg? Marin was not worried, as long as he took out the 2 million gold coins worth the 2 million gold coins that were stolen from Wittenberg and took out the part worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins that belonged to him and gave them to the two cities, it would be enough to settle the account. Most of those things are luxury goods, and Marin doesn't need them, so they just give them to people in two cities to play with, and they can be auctioned off.

Second, naturally, Marin is worried that the negotiations will be lost. The other party is already a large number of people, and if they are united, they will definitely be very sad. Even, it can be said that the pressure is very high. After all, Marin was not ready to turn against the many German princes. Marin was very worried that he would suffer a big loss in this negotiation. So, he doesn't want to see a united opponent. If Joakim I did not cooperate with the princes in the negotiations and took the initiative to agree to his own conditions, the other party would be very passive at that time. Even, the strength they finally gathered together will punch in the empty place - one of the parties doesn't care, you are an outsider, you care about a P?

At that time, the anti-Marin alliance will be very passive, and it will be difficult to unite against Marin. Coupled with the fact that Marin would ask his papal father-in-law to send heavyweight representatives to suppress those religious princes, Marin would be much better off in the negotiations. At the very least, it will not be completely suppressed by the opponent...... And this is also an important reason why Marin is willing to pay a huge price of hundreds of thousands of gold coins in exchange for Joakim I's rebellion.

Moreover, the price of these hundreds of thousands of gold coins does not require Marin to take out real money himself, even if the part that is distributed to Lübeck and Hamburg only needs to be divided from the auction property worth 2 million gold coins. Those possessions may not be auctioned off in a day or two, or even months. It just so happened that Marin directly gave those to the two cities and slowly auctioned them. And themselves, they reap the political benefits.

In any case, the biggest threat that Marin now faces is that he is politically suppressed by his opponents. Because, this kind of huddle suppression, may force Marin to harvest very little ceded land. For example, Marin originally wanted to cede 10,000 square kilometers of land, but under the suppression of the other party, he only got 1,000 square kilometers...... That's definitely a big loss......

If you can solve the problem of the other party's grouping in the negotiation, resolve this problem, and keep your own negotiation interests, it is really not a big deal to have hundreds of thousands of dollars. After all, land is eternal and can be passed down from generation to generation. And money, with Marin's insight beyond the times, is not difficult to earn......

Moreover, because Marin has mastered advanced agricultural technology, the land is very profitable. As long as you gain a few more territories, the long-term benefits will far outweigh the cost of these hundreds of thousands of gold coins. Therefore, the private agreement with Joakim I, in the short term, Marin is more at a loss. But if you get more territory, in the long run, Marin will earn ......