Pope Julius II felt embarrassed to see Marin's embarrassing performance. Although other German princes despised him, they also "understand" Marin's embarrassing performance.

Why? Anyone who gets a territorial area of ​​20,000 to 30,000 square kilometers will be extremely happy. However, Marin is more embarrassed and smiles foolishly in public.

Seeing the contemptuous gazes coming from the princes around him, Malin was not annoyed, but smiled friendlyly to everyone and said kindly:

"Sorry, I'm making all the experts laugh. I won't take the initiative to invade others, but I'm welcome to invade me. Because, so I can have the right excuse to expand my territory. After all, no one will think that there is too much territory..."

"Welcome others to invade me" - Marin's confident words made the princes' heads cool... Damn, Marin did not attack others on their own initiative, but the more they were attacked, the bigger the territory... We should not provoke him...

Frederick III was also angry - yes, why did I provoke this villain at the time? If I didn’t have much trouble, I would not have had these huge losses at the moment. Not only did I cede the land, I would have to pay 1 million in compensation... More importantly, Marin robbed Wittenburg before, and I guess many wealthy families in Wittenburg went bankrupt... I don’t know how long it will take to restore Wittenburg to its previous prosperity...

Jokiem I also regretted it - why did I marry Denmark? If I didn’t marry the Danish princess, Brandenburg’s electorate would not be involved in this war that broke out in Denmark, and Stendal, the prosperous city on the west bank of the Elbe River, would not be lost...

The King of Denmark Hans probably wanted to die at this time. What he lost was not the territory of one or two counties, but the territory of four principalities, and the territory of a larger principality. The Principality of Holstein, the Principality of Schleswig and other areas of the Jutland Peninsula, combined, has an area of ​​about 40,000 square kilometers. Moreover, this can be regarded as the area with the best climate in Denmark.

Through these two lost wars, Denmark lost all the territory on the European continent, leaving only a few islands such as Zeland, and the northernmost kingdom of Europe - the Kingdom of Norway...

The Kingdom of Norway is indeed very large, and the local area alone is more than 200,000 square kilometers. However, that's useless...

Most of the territory of the Norwegian Kingdom is located in the area north of 60 degrees north latitude. What is the concept of 60 degrees north latitude? In Asia at the same latitude, it is already an extremely cold place where the Outer Xing'an Mountains are still north. Harbin, the ice city in later generations, was only about 45 degrees north latitude.

Of course, because of the North Atlantic warm current, Norway is not as cold as the Northeast in winter. However, don’t think about the high temperatures here in summer. Only a few areas south of 60 degrees north latitude can be engaged in special agriculture. For example, plant some cold-resistant crops, such as potatoes.

As for grains, they are not impossible to grow. But the key is that the varieties of grains in Europe are currently very poor. The most core problem is that the growth period is too long...

In Europe now, rye is normal to grow for more than half a year. The wheat varieties are even worse. They are planted in November of the first year and harvested on the second year of 10 years. They will have to grow for a whole year...

There is no problem in southern Europe with low latitudes, but it will be a death toll in high latitudes like Norway. Summer was short, and spring and autumn were mainly cold. If it were later wheat seeds that were planted in spring and summer, they might be able to be barely planted. But now, this variety with a particularly long growth period is not enough to be planted in Norway.

Moreover, although Norway has an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers south of 60 degrees north latitude. But it is mainly mountainous terrain... If it is a plain, cut down the forest and free up grasslands, it might be possible to develop animal husbandry. After all, weeds and livestock do not necessarily need the high temperature in summer. The wool is so thick that it can still be supported. Moreover, although Norway is long in winter, it is really not too cold. However, the rugged mountains in Norway have also shattered the idea of ​​large-scale development of animal husbandry.

Of course, another important bottleneck restricting the development of the Kingdom of Norway is population issues...

The area of ​​more than 200,000 square kilometers in Norway is only 240,000 people. In total, it is equivalent to an average of one person per square kilometer. What is this concept? One square kilometer is equivalent to 1,500 acres of land - 1,500 acres of land per capita!

Of course, it is mostly mountainous land, which is useless. But to be honest, the tens of thousands of square kilometers of land south of 60 degrees north latitude of Norway will still make great achievements as long as it is developed.

Marin remembers a number - the total agricultural land for Norway in later generations was more than 10,000 square kilometers, of which pasture land accounted for more than 6,300 square kilometers... These places should be within the tens of thousands of square kilometers south of 60 degrees north latitude in the southernmost part of Norway. After all, although there are many mountains, there are still river valleys and coastal plains that can be used when squeezed. If those places are really used in place, they can still feed hundreds of thousands of people (with the current backward agricultural and animal husbandry technology). But the problem is that it requires a large population to engage in agriculture and animal husbandry...

Just as he was thinking about Norway, the Denmark King Hans came to find him with a bitter face...

At this time, the emperor publicly announced that the order had been over long ago, and the members of the parliament could not refute, so they agreed. Moreover, the meeting was almost over at this point. Next, it was the time for the princes to talk and build relationships.

Marin was a little confused about the Danish King Hans coming to find him, but soon he knew what the other party was going to do - Hans didn't want to take over the Danish nobles on the Jutland Peninsula. Because that was a heavy burden to Denmark...

You should know that Denmark has a population of about 250,000 square kilometers newly ceded to Marin by more than 20,000 square kilometers, with nearly 250,000 nobles of all sizes and sizes, all of whom are Danes.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content below! If all the six or seven hundred nobles of all sizes are brought back to the island of Zeland and they lose their land, they may have to rely on the Danish court to support them. Because they are nobles, the cost is not low. This is a burden for the Denmark Kingdom, which was defeated twice in a row and cedes land for compensation...

So, Hans meant that he wanted Marin to accept these six or seven hundred Danish nobles, and let them turn their loyalty to Marin...

But after hearing this, Marin shook his head repeatedly, why? This is a thunder, you can't answer it randomly!

Marin didn't think there was anything about the 250,000 civilian Danes. At most, use soft means to slowly assimilate them. After all, those Danes are not educated and can promote German education by themselves. Under financial subsidies, they can still win over them.

But the six or seven hundred Danish nobles are different. The families of these nobles have a systematic cultural heritage - the Danish cultural heritage...

This kind of cultural heritage may not be able to see anything now. But once nationalism emerges, these Danish cultural heritages will become the battle program for the Danes to resist and the cultural backbone of the Danish nation.

Therefore, keeping these cultured Danish nobles is definitely to lay mines for themselves and their descendants. Look at the terrible Scottish referendum and Catalonian referendum in later generations... Marin had long planned to assimilate all the Danes in the Jutland Peninsula into German-speaking population, so naturally he was not happy to leave those culturally inherited nobles. Clearing them out is what Marin needs to do the most.

"But Denmark really can't afford them!" King Hans said sadly. He had no choice. Now Denmark is becoming a poor dog, and the maritime trade has been destroyed by the Hanseatic Alliance. How could he have the money to support six or seven hundred noble families?

"This... Your Majesty, you can send these six or seven hundred families to southern Norway to reclaim land! As far as I know, although there are many mountains in southern Norway, there are many unreclaimed plains and valleys. These nobles should be able to be placed..." Marin suggested.

"But Norway is not suitable for farming..." Hans said.

"Why do you need to farm? Is it not possible to raise sheep? You can provide mutton, sheepskin and wool! Six or seven hundred families will cut down trees, free up plains and valleys, and rely on raising sheep, it seems that you can survive. Even His Majesty can collect trade taxes on wool and sheepskin!" In order to get rid of this hot potato, Marin did not hesitate to give advice to his rival King Hans.

"Yes, this is a good idea!" King Hans's eyes lit up.

These days, the aristocrats in the fiefdoms did not pay taxes, but raising sheep involves trading wool and trading sheepskin (parchment is very popular at this time in Europe). Once there is a transaction, the king has the power to collect taxes, which is simply too beautiful! As for cutting trees to destroy the environment? Paralyze the treacherous guy who said that he was so stupid that he would quickly tie him up and burn him to death...

But after a while, King Hans's eyes dimmed again and said:

"But after these nobles left the Jutland Peninsula, they could not cut down trees or raise sheep without serfs... Moreover, there were too few people in the Norwegian Kingdom, and no one gave them work..."

Hans is right. According to the agreement, Hans will take away all the Danish nobles and their families on the Jutland Peninsula, but they are not allowed to take away serfs. Without serfs, do you expect these nobles to do production? Just starve to death for you... Only those lower-class knight families who often participate in labor will not starve to death. Moreover, the Norwegian Kingdom was originally short of people, so it was difficult to send these six or seven hundred nobles to southern Norway. It would be difficult to share some serfs with them...

Hearing this, in order to get rid of the thunder, Malin gritted his teeth and decided to release blood:

"So, Your Majesty, I allow those nobles to take 10 strong men and their families to go with them! Of course, it is best to take people away by following the principle of voluntary action!"

King Hans looked at Marin in surprise - this guy was so kind? However, he immediately accepted Marin's gift - which was good for him...

Of course, Marin was not so kind. He did this to send away the "plague gods" so that they would not leave any seeds of civilization and spirit on the Jutland Peninsula. It is not easy to fool a bunch of uncultured serfs? At worst, I could pay some money to let their children go to school to learn German for free... A hundred years later, when those German-study children grow up, who still remembers Denmark? I remember that the Danish nobles all went to Norway to cut trees and raise sheep...

Although Marin would lose thousands of strong men and 20,000 to 30,000 people, he did not regret it. Because this was "removing mines" to the Jutland Peninsula in advance...

Unlike other German regions, most of the Jutland Peninsula are Danes. It is very difficult to assimilate these Danes. Especially those with culture, they are the leaders in the eyes of ordinary people. With their existence, the Danes' culture will not be passed down.

Haven’t you seen that the northern China was invaded by nomadic peoples several times, but it still survived tenaciously. Moreover, it also assimilated the alien race. Why? Because of those literati!

If nomadic people kill all the literati and teach uncultivated common people's foreign languages, those people will be transformed into Hu after several generations. However, those nomadic people themselves have no culture and have to use the local Chinese literati. The final result is that they are transformed into Chinese...

Literatures are immortal and culture is immortal. Because there are always literati who remind those people - we are XX people...

If Scots can’t speak Scottish anymore and Catalans can’t speak Catalans anymore, will they still have the idea of ​​splitting?

Marin even believed that the existence of dialects is unnecessary...

Because the existence of dialects causes regional differences and differences in identity. The existence of dialects not only causes communication difficulties. It also automatically divides people into groups in dialects, causing cultural division.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind it! Even regional discrimination will be caused by dialect. What impressed Marin in his previous life was that when he was in Shanghai, he met Aunt Shanghai, and he seemed very arrogantly asked - "Ala Shanghai people, where is Nong from?" I heard that you are from another place, and your eyes showed contempt...

If everyone speaks the same Mandarin without the difference in dialects and cultural differences, who can despise who?

The local accent is friendly, but it is easy to cause cultural differences and group differentiation, resulting in ideological division...

The simplest example is the descendants of Chinese immigrants living abroad. Many of them became the legendary "banana people" because they could not speak Chinese, with yellow skin and white hearts... They spoke fluent English, French, German... but they couldn't speak Chinese...

Although they have Chinese blood, you treat him as your own, but he treats you as a strange outsider. For example, NBA star Jeremy Lin is sought after by many people, but they don’t speak Chinese at all. They are a standard banana person. The Chinese spoken on TV is extremely poor and they are still temporarily learned. If it weren’t for the terrifying Chinese market in the NBA during the Yao Ming period, he might not be willing to learn Chinese. It is said that this is what the NBA league asked him to do in order to maintain the huge Chinese market. Unfortunately, Jeremy Lin was not Yao Ming, and it was difficult to integrate into the Chinese circle, nor could he succeed Yao Ming and become the flagpole of the NBA in China. Except for some people who are easily fooled, most people do not buy it. Because he is a banana person who can’t even speak Chinese...

So, let’s expel all the educated Danes on the Jutland Peninsula, leave only those illiterate illiterate ones, and teach them German... Then, the Danes on the Jutland Peninsula Germanized...
Chapter completed!