Marin was reluctant to give up the throne of the King of Norway. After all, being called His Majesty Marin and Duke Marin are completely different things.

However, he also knew that his father-in-law, Julius II, was right. I haven't grown enough to be able to take on the whole of Germany alone, and the most important thing at the moment is to eat the benefits that I deserve, digest them all, and transform them into strength.

Previously, Marin's estimate was that as long as the religious princes did not participate in the war, in the face of a coalition of hundreds of thousands of secular princes, even if he could not win, he would not lose.

However, Julius II told him another possibility - although the religious princes did not dare to declare war openly against Marin under the pressure of his pope, it was not a problem to secretly contribute money and efforts to hire more troops to attack Marin.

Moreover, it is the era of mercenaries, and there is no difference between paying money and sending troops. When the time comes, in the face of all-round group fighting, he has 40,000 troops and has to kneel. You must know that the tactics used by Marin's current army are only in line with the Spanish phalanx of this era, although it is stronger than most opponents of this era, but it is also limited.

It's not that Marin is reluctant to use more advanced infantry formations, but Marin lacks enough gunpowder to fight a protracted battle in line to be shot. If most of the soldiers had used muskets, the gunpowder might have run out before the battle was over.

Thus, until a steady and large supply of gunpowder (mainly saltpeter) was obtained, Marin could only use the Spanish phalanx, which accounted for only one-third of the musketeers, and the infantry line, which was two-thirds of the musketeers used by Gustav II.

In the same way, Marin was afraid of being beaten by the German princes, not because the army was not combative, but because there was not enough gunpowder......

This battle with the Bossa coalition and the Danish army consumed most of the gunpowder. Until Americago's cargo ships to India brought back enough Indian saltpeter, Marin's musketeers simply didn't have enough gunpowder to deal with the muskets and artillery needed to fight against the allied forces.

If there is no gunpowder in half of the battle with the princes' coalition army, then the arquebuses of those musketeers in the Marin army are no different from burning sticks, and the same is true for artillery. Even, musketeers and artillerymen who run out of ammunition will become a burden.

And having lost the strong fire support of musketeers and artillerymen, Marin's army, even with the use of advanced Spanish phalanxes, was in vain. Because, the essence of the Spanish phalanx is the musketeers. Without the fire support of the musketeers, Marin did not think that his army could withstand the mass attack of the princes' coalition forces. In the same case of using cold weapons, there are so many people in the alliance of other princes, and you can be killed by piling up the number of people.

Moreover, in the original history, the HRE Emperor Charles V, who owned both the Spanish Empire, Austria, Hungary and the Netherlands, was much stronger than Marin, and was able to defeat France and capture the French king alive, but in the end he still failed to win the alliance of princes and failed to complete the task of unifying Germany.

Marin's strength is now much weaker than that of Charles V in the original history, and he does not think that he has the ability to single-handedly take on all the German princes. Therefore, now it is the most advantageous choice to learn from Zhu Yuanzhang to "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become king".

In addition, after this armistice, Marin had to find a stable source of saltpeter that would support Marin in waging a large-scale war. Otherwise, Marin would not have the courage to start a war with other countries.

You know, in the era of smoothbore guns, it was difficult to hit a bullet more than 50 meters away, and it was a ......

With such a low hit rate, the platoon gun tactic is also very powerful for wasting gunpowder, and it often takes a lot of shots to hit an enemy. Therefore, if you do not stock up on enough gunpowder, you will not be able to start a large-scale war at all.

Therefore, in the future, while digesting the fruits of this war, Marin also needs to find a way to find a stable supply channel for saltpeter. This channel can be to purchase from India, Daming, or Chile to mine the hour...... In short, with the inexhaustible saltpeter, Marin was able to wage war without restriction and with unlimited right to fire...... But before that, Marin should be honest for a while......

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Negotiations continued in the afternoon, and while talking about Denmark, Marin threw out harsh conditions that he wanted for the Kingdom of Norway and Jutland......

The Danish king Hans's face turned green - Nima, the Danish kingdom was already small, and Marin ceded Jutland again. Then, the land area of the Kingdom of Denmark is not even half of what it used to be.

That's it, if the Kingdom of Norway is cut away, what is left of the Danish royal family, which once had a powerful Kalmar alliance? Only Zealand and a few nearby islands left?

Sure enough, when Marin made a request to Denmark, there was an uproar......

"Hmph, this guy! I don't even look at what kind of background I have, and I actually want to be a king? It's a dream! ”

"That's right! Want to be king? It's a dream! ”

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Many princes at the scene expressed their opposition to Marin becoming king. As for whether Marin could get the territory of the Kingdom of Norway, the princes were a little less concerned. Because, they also know, although the Kingdom of Norway is called a kingdom, it is not suitable for farming, and although the area is large, it is not so affordable.

Therefore, although the Kingdom of Norway is called a kingdom, the most precious thing is the crown......

The princes present didn't really care much about how much territory Denmark had lost. After all, it is not they who are at stake. Their primary concern is the ownership of the throne.

After all, Marin was just a wandering knight 11 years ago who wasn't even a nobleman. Now, if they were allowed to get the Kingdom of Norway, it would be a terrible thing. Not to mention anything else, Marin has become the words of His Majesty King Marin, and in the future, when these nobles see Marin, they must first bend down and salute. This is a very difficult thing for these nobles who are naturally arrogant to accept.

If a nobleman who was originally from a royal family became His Majesty, they might not feel anything. But the problem is that Marin's background is very low, his father is only a knight, and he has no inheritance rights......

For such a person to become a noble king, riding on his head, for most nobles, it is difficult to accept.

Seeing that the nobles were opposed to becoming the king of Norway, Marin had expected it. But according to the "script" he had negotiated with Julius II, he should stick to his own opinion and become king at this point.

Ignoring the objections of the princes, Marin insisted that Denmark cede Jutland and the Kingdom of Norway to the throne of Norway. And, in order to provoke the princes, Marin also said dismissively:

"I won the war against Denmark, and I demanded the Kingdom of Norway and Jutland from Denmark, and it is your business? This is not an internal German affair, and you have no right to interfere. I should let go of all your opinions......"

In fact, Marin said this, and there was no problem at all. It is true that the matter between him and the Danish king has nothing to do with the German region.

But where are the always arrogant German princes willing to admit this fact? They have always thought highly of themselves and think they can do anything. Even though Marin was telling the truth, they were outraged......