Marin is engaged in construction in the Wadden Islands, and of course the benefits are huge. But when it comes to earnings, at least a few months away. Before that, it was completely net investment, and the investment was huge.
That is, Marin got millions of gold coins from the Venetians in Italy, if there were no more than 300,000 gold coins Marin brought back from Venice. As for Marin's character of building everything and launching everything, the money is not enough to spend.
Even the boiled salt in Yancheng requires the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce to sell the salt, and the payment is settled only once every six months. So, Marlin paid the price for his extravagance - he's out of money now...
Originally, during the war with Friesland, Ten Burg still saved tens of thousands of gold coins. But after the war, the entire island of Texel needed to be rebuilt, and spring plowing required a lot of investment. In addition, Marin captured many fishermen and recruited many mercenaries and serfs, spending money everywhere, and it cost a lot.
In particular, to support the development of fishermen on the island, many fishing boats need to be purchased, which is very expensive. At this time, fishing boats in Europe were still relatively expensive. A medium-sized fishing boat with dozens of tons can cost hundreds of gold coins.
Originally, those fishermen could use cheap small fishing boats with a displacement of only a dozen tons. However, this small boat has poor wind and wave resistance. When encountering strong winds and waves at sea, it is easy to die.
Therefore, Marin, who has a high vision, asked the fishermen to cooperate in two or three, and they all used 50-ton medium-sized fishing boats. In this era, a ship over 200 tons is definitely considered a big ship, and a ship over 100 tons is not too small. As far as merchant ships and warships are concerned, they are considered medium-sized when they reach 100 tons. But for fishing boats, a displacement of 50 tons is considered medium-sized. Because fishermen are generally poor and cannot afford big ones. A 100-ton fishing boat can be considered a giant.
Marin is not sensitive to money. For the "recruited" fishermen, the policy promotes medium-sized fishing boats over 50 tons, resulting in huge expenses. Of course, the fishermen didn't have the money to buy big boats, so Marin paid out of his own pocket and gave them low-interest loans to buy medium-sized fishing boats. For this reason, Den Bog spent 20,000 gold coins, which made Kohler feel bad.
In addition to buying cattle, buying sheep, and reclaiming farmland and building villages on several other large islands, everything is very expensive. Fortunately, Marin vigorously promoted grass-reinforced adobe houses, which made the cost of house construction very low. There is not enough money to build stone or wooden houses for tens of thousands of people.
When Kohler handed over the financial report to Marin with red eyes, Marin was also taken aback:
"What! Kohler, we have no money?"
"Yeah, young master, you have a lot of ideas. Every time you come up with an idea, your subordinates have to spend a lot of money. The more ideas you have, the faster we spend them. No, there is no money..."
"Ah... Fortunately, we still have savings in Venice..." Marin said with fear.
"That's right, the subordinates also knew that Venice still had a lot of savings, so they didn't stop the young master from doing what he did before. Otherwise, he would have raised different opinions a long time ago!"
"Hehe..." Marin smiled awkwardly...
"Young master, I have no money now, should we go to Venice to get some money back? Otherwise, the mercenary salaries won't be able to be paid..."
"Okay, I'll take someone to Venice to withdraw money...Made, Venice is so far away, why is there no ATM in Denburg for me to withdraw directly..." At the end, Marin muttered.
Taking hundreds of thousands of gold coins is no small matter. For the sake of safety, Marin selected 200 veterans who had moved here to accompany them under the command of Schwartz. And Frundsberg is still responsible for guarding Texel Island and is responsible for the training of recruits.
Right now, there are not many Marin soldiers and horses, and so many troops can no longer be stationed on every island. Therefore, Marin's request is to fully protect the core Texel Island. As for the other islands, the farmland hasn't been cultivated yet, so let's put it aside.
Then, Schwartz selected 200 veterans who were proficient in horseback riding, each of whom was assigned two horses, followed Marin across the sea to Den Helder, and went directly to Venice, Italy, intending to withdraw money...
In the previous Texel defense battle, Marin recruited 400 veterans, because everyone was wearing breastplate armor and helmets. Therefore, there were no casualties when they were attacked by Frisian javelins on the battlefield. Moreover, these people's families are all hostages on Texel, and Marin is not worried about what they will find or betray him.
But this time when he went to Venice, Marin planned to take hundreds of thousands of gold coins to escort back. He was not a reliable person, and Marin didn't dare to take it with him. Marin felt that now that he was getting bigger, it was inevitable that there would be other undercover agents among the newly recruited mercenaries. For such a big matter as withdrawing money, if an undercover agent finds out...with hundreds of thousands of gold coins in front, even the emperor can't help but send troops to rob. Therefore, the person who escorts the gold coins can only be his reliable old brother. In addition to being reliable, these people are also important constraints on the island. Even if they are greedy for money, they have to think about the parents and family on the island...
More than 200 people, one man and two horses, did not wear a heavy full set of plate armor, but only wore three-quarter breastplate armor and iron helmets. Therefore, the team traveled very fast, heading south all the way to Venice.
Halfway, Marin didn't bother to say hello to the local nobles. Because the herd of horses roared past without stopping. And there are so many princes in Germany, if they have to exchange customs clearance documents every time they pass through a country like Tang Seng, the ghost knows that they can only arrive in Venice in the year of the monkey.
Moreover, even if some local lords felt that Marin and his group were threatening, they had no time to react. Because, Marin and his group on two horses were no slower than those who reported the news. When the local lord received the news and did not wait to respond, Marin had already taken people across the border. Even if you want to chase, you can't catch up.
What's more, although Marin's team is not fully armed, they are well armed. Ordinary people, how dare to provoke them
Therefore, Marin does not need to greet anyone, just cross the border quickly and go straight to Venice...
In fact, Marin could choose to use warships to ship gold coins to Venice. However, Marin now lacks reliable sailors. As for the captive sailors, Marin didn't quite trust them. Therefore, although warships are more convenient, Marin still chooses to go by land to avoid being sold at sea.
To get the money, Marin had to do it himself. Because most people don't know about the existence of this money. Even if Schwartz, Kohler and others knew something, Marin didn't dare to hand over the procedures of hundreds of thousands of gold coins to them.
You know, the 750,000 gold coins are almost equivalent to billions in future generations. Marin didn't worry about handing over billions to just one subordinate. If his subordinates ran away with money, he would have no place to cry. Because, in this era, there is no online arrest, not even regular police. Those who steal money can easily get away with it. Therefore, he had to do it himself to withdraw the money this time.
In addition, he has another very important thing to do—that is, by the way, go to Italy to recruit Da Vinci, the all-round genius of this era...