In fact, Yevre's problem, it seems, is huge. However, compared with the various troubles at the beginning of the founding of the country, it can only be regarded as a small problem.
The first one is the diplomatic issue...
Marin seized the Earl of East Frisia, because the dynasty changed and it was not a natural succession. Therefore, Marin needs diplomatic recognition from various countries to recognize Marin's legal status.
Without legal status, Marin, the earl, would not be really regarded as an earl. Then, the current regime in East Frisia is an illegal regime. In this way, other vassal states have reason to declare war and forcibly seize East Frisia without being blamed.
And if Marin's status is recognized by many countries, especially the emperor, then he will truly become an earl, a prince.
Therefore, Marin took the lead in sending Jeffrey to Vienna as a representative, bringing a large number of gifts, meeting the emperor, and requesting canonization. Once the negotiation is settled, Marin will personally go to Vienna to accept the canonization and swear allegiance to the emperor.
In addition, Marin also wanted to send representatives from the surrounding princes, hoping to be recognized by the surrounding neighbors. Because, for countries that do not border East Frisia, Marin does not need to care about their attitude. However, several neighbors in East Frisia need to negotiate. Otherwise, the hidden danger of war will be planted. Among other things, the new Counties of East Frisia must first exchange maps with neighboring countries to confirm the boundaries. Otherwise, the border will be unclear and easily lead to border conflicts.
However, among the four neighboring countries - Saxony in West Frisia, the Earl of Oldenburg in the east, the Bishop of Münster in the south and the Archbishop of Utrecht in the southwest, only the Archbishop of Utrecht has a better attitude . However, the archbishop of Utrecht, Frederick IV from Baden, did not directly recognize the legitimacy of Marin, but waited for the emperor to recognize it before recognizing Marin's legal status.
As for the other three, it's hard to say. Bishop Munster accepted Marin's credentials and gifts, but said nothing, neither acknowledging nor objecting.
The Earl of Oldenburg's requirements are very harsh. Adolf, Count of Oldenburg proposed that if Marin allows Jever to be independent, he will recognize the new Earl of Oldenburg.
Naturally, the emissary did not dare to agree to this very rude condition. Even if Marin was angry in his heart, he didn't dare to speak out. Because, getting angry indiscriminately will involve the great power Denmark. Therefore, regarding the negotiations with the Earl of Oldenburg, Marin simply pretended that it never happened.
When Marin sent someone to see Prince George in West Frisia, he was ridiculed fruitfully—Prince George said that he had never heard of the Brock family, but only knew the East Frisian Lambert recognized by the empire The ruling family of the country is the Sexner family...
This is what I don't want to talk about at all, and Marin also heard from George's words that the Principality of Saxony coveted the Counties of East Frisia. If it hadn't been for scaring the grandson with the army last time, maybe the Saxon army had already begun to attack East Frisia.
Marin didn't worry about George's grandson's 5,000 troops, but the Saxony department was able to gather an army of 10,000 to 20,000. And, that's not the bottom line. If you are ruthless, it is possible for the Saxons to have 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers.
Therefore, even if Marin is angry, it is not easy to attack.
However, in order to demonstrate, Marin publicly announced that he would send people to Württemberg and Alsace to recruit 3,000 mercenaries back...
Counting the previous 6,000 mercenaries, the number of Marin's regular army reached a terrifying 9,000. Fortunately, Marin has huge trade income from Yancheng. And the first batch of merchant ships to the Teutonic Kingdom also brought back tens of thousands of gold coins. With the addition of the 200,000 gold coins retrieved from Venice, Marin can afford to support a 9,000 army, and he can also mobilize and recruit some local soldiers.
If it were an ordinary poor earl with only tens of thousands of people, he really couldn't afford to support so many people...
Marin's act of sending people to recruit recruits was so loud that it was mainly for the Saxese in West Frisia and the Oldenburg people. The purpose, of course, is to warn the other party not to think wildly. Moreover, some rebellious people in the country were also shocked.
In addition, this time, Marin finally made up his mind to return Siwager and the remaining 500 Frisian prisoners of war.
In this attack on Emden, 700 Frisian prisoners of war took the lead. Therefore, their casualties were also the largest, with only 500 of the 700 remaining. However, these 500 people have grown into real elites after Marin's rigorous training and combat tempering. And Sivager is also more familiar with his own training methods. Of course, it was a cold weapon training method for those Frisian prisoners of war. As for the training method of the Spanish phalanx, Marin did not let Sivager see it. Moreover, using the Spanish phalanx consumes a lot of gunpowder, and even local tyrants can't afford it.
When these 500 people go back to the 9 Frisian nobles, they can immediately increase the strength of those Frisian nobles. Adding in the 300 warriors who went back before, and the 120 knights around the original nobles, then, in the hands of the 9 Frisian nobles, there are 920 elite warriors. With such strength, plus some conscripts, even if they can't beat George's 5,000 Saxon regular army, they can still cause huge losses to their opponents...
After entertaining Sivager and his men with good wine and good food, Marin sent a boat to transport the 500 people to the coast of the Principality of Gedes, and notified the nine nobles in advance to send people to meet them.
Before leaving, Marin took Sivager and said a lot. Of course, not talking nonsense, but teaching him how to fight guerrillas...
Marin handed over part of the essence of the great grandfather's guerrilla warfare to Sivager, and asked him to lead his army to fast forward and back, and use it to harass the Frisian area in a wind-like manner.
In addition, in response to the stupid behavior of the nine nobles who robbed the common people before, Marin also gave Sivag a trick and came up with a very wicked idea.
The idea is to let the Frisian army change into the costumes of the Saxon army when they rob, pretend to be the Saxon "official army", and use the German dialect of Saxony to shout a few times, so that the people who are robbed are convinced that the Saxons have robbed them. . Of course, when robbing, make-up is necessary, it is best to smudge the face, or block the face so that people cannot recognize it.
Then, after the "Saxony Army" left, another group of Frisian troops appeared pretending to be good people, and even provided some food to help the local people and win the hearts of the people...
In fact, the food used for relief was taken away by people who pretended to be the Saxon army before, and it was only part of it...
But the common people don't know, they think they are good people. In this way, when they need to mobilize the masses and recruit new soldiers, the common people will "actively join the army". Moreover, when fighting against the Saxon army, it can also increase combat effectiveness because of hatred...
With this bad move, the Saxon people will definitely lose their hearts. Then, the people everywhere will become the source of soldiers for the Frisian nobles...
Marin didn't believe that after such a clever trick, Prince George could still settle down in Friesland. Coupled with the secret support of the Duke of Geddes, if the Saxons still have the strength to attack East Frisia, there will be ghosts...