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Therefore, the lack of good war horses in Spain is easy to explain. This is the destruction of agriculture due to the oppression of two mountains – one for the climate and geography of Spain itself, and the other for the Spaniards themselves.

Why can't horses eat well, and people can't eat enough? In addition to the climate in Spain, man-made disasters prevailed, with the herdsmen's guilds indulging their flocks and trampling on the farmland, the government's taxes on yeoman farmers increasing instead of decreasing, and the bankruptcy of farmers, which devastated agriculture.

In addition, it is also because the technology is not good. At this time, agriculture in Europe was changing, and Northern Europe adopted a three-nursery system, that is, a three-year rotation system, while Spain and other Mediterranean regions still preserved the two-year rotation system, which is not mentioned for the time being.

Therefore, to improve the supply of war horses, on the one hand, it is to establish horse farms in other regions and supply excellent war horses, such as establishing horse farms in North America. On the other hand, it is necessary to carry out internal medical surgery to protect agriculture, improve agriculture, and then build more horse farms. Food production can be raised.

However, at present, Ferdinand has not yet had time to implement the relevant plans. As far as the bargaining chips that made the Castilian nobility concede on the question of royal power, giving preferential policies to the Shepherds' Guild and buying wool and mutton on a large scale were considered economic bargaining chips.

Another bargaining chip is the ownership of the Kingdom of Navarre.

In the future, Ferdinand's original lord used the Castilian army to capture Alto Navarre in the Italian War, but annexed Upper Navarra to the crown of Aragon. Later, under pressure from the Castilian nobility, Upper Navarra was transferred to the Castilian crown.

And now ruling the kingdom of Aragon, which has made faster progress and has a stronger economy and military under the Ferdinand point technology tree, Ferdinand is confident that he will use the Aragonese army at that time, and with a group of German mercenaries, he will take care of the kingdom of Navarre. If he also established a better image in Castile and gained a group of supporters and attracted some troops, the Castilian nobles would not dare to put strong pressure on him.

At that point, the ownership of the Kingdom of Navarre could be used as a bargaining chip to help Ferdinand become co-king of Castile once again and permanently.

Of course, there is a third method, which would be roaring if it succeeds - perhaps try to convince Isabella to officially profess herself as "the two co-emperors of the Roman Empire" while they were still alive, and to put Castile and Aragon in the framework of a "new Roman Empire". Although the expressions of European countries looking at the sudden appearance of the "Roman Empire" on the Iberian Peninsula are likely to be reluctant to laugh, no matter how funny it is, as long as the legal principles are unified, it is very loud.

If both monarchs were alive and jointly suppressed the opposition and put the name of Roman orthodoxy directly on it, it would be the earliest to be effective, and it would be nine out of ten. However, this requires Isabella's consent, and there are some hidden dangers, if the unification of the kingdom is not completed, it is doubtful whether the unity of the empire can firmly bind the kingdom.

But in any case, it is always beneficial to take the name of Roman orthodoxy.

However, even when it was decided to obtain Roman orthodoxy, Ferdinand's attitude was very cautious.

The first reason for being very cautious is very simple -

Bargain!

Because, when Ferdinand asked Manuel how much the throne and imperial succession were sold, Manuel quoted a figure -

50,000 Ducats!

This is too much of a lion's mouth!

Although Ferdinand can get 50,000 ducats, it doesn't mean that he has to take so much money, and if he scatters so many ducats out of three days and two things, even if he doesn't go bankrupt, it will hurt so much.

The Eastern Roman emperor in exile was not the Pope Alexander VI, and he had no capital in his hands except for the throne, and Ferdinand would not spend as much money as he did to give the Pope the crown of courtesy.

Let alone......

"When His Majesty Emperor Andrés Palaiologos sold the crown before, I had already paid ten thousand ducats. Now it's just to buy an empty throne title, and it costs 50,000 ducats?! ”

Ferdinand asked with a dark face. The phrase "you profiteer has too a black heart" has been fully revealed through his expression.

"Ahem...... "Manuel himself felt a little embarrassed to ask for so much, but his brother and a group of royal relatives were very short of money! That's all I can do.

Manuel sorted out the wording, ready to blow another wave of the Roman Empire:

"But Your Majesty, this is the throne of Rome! Emperor of the Romans! Fifty thousand ducats is only the price of a fief in your country......"

It's okay that Manuel didn't say anything, but as soon as he spoke, Ferdinand couldn't stand it.

The blood from the Visigothic barbarians in his body began to boil again, and he was about to imagine the hegemony of the empire and the sea of stars.

"But I want to know ......," retorted Ferdinand, "which fiefdom of the Eastern Roman Empire will we receive after we buy this throne?" Moreah? Thrace? Trebizond? Or Constantinople? If there is any fief, even if it is a small town, I can pay ten times the price you request......"

"It's ......," Manuel couldn't speak. Even if the Eastern Roman Empire lost the post of mayor of Constantinople, even the last continuation, the Morean autocracy and the early split derivative Trebizond, were annexed by the Ottoman Empire, and indeed there was not a single fief left......

"The Eastern Roman Empire is indeed a thousand-year-old empire with a flourishing culture and high status, but one thing bad about you is that you like to write empty checks and default. When you said that you wanted the Catholic and Orthodox churches to start a church, you ran faster than the pope's emissary, and every time you made a lot of trouble, you finally failed. ”

"I remember that you hired a group of mercenaries from our country in Aragon to deal with the Ottoman heretics, and the results were not bad, but you didn't pay after you gave the first salary! Regardless of whether it is a debt or a real lack of money, the consequences are very serious, and the mercenaries made a big fuss about Thrace and made a big news......"

"Today, as a long servant, it is necessary for me to tell you some life experiences of the exiled royal family, there are two idioms in a certain big country in the East - a promise is a thousand gold; Not worthy of the name......"

After some earnest teachings, Ferdinand felt comfortable, and the barbarian blood in his body also felt very ashamed, and temporarily stopped making waves.

Manuel had nothing to say and had to ask, "So, what do you think is the right price?" ”

"I spent 10,000 ducats to buy the crown of the Eastern Roman Empire, and this time I will spend another 10,000 ducats to buy the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire."

Ferdinand offered a bid.