Vladislas II was stunned for a moment, then suddenly said:

"Well, this is what you deserve. Let me calculate it... You pay 10,000 infantry, and your salary is three Finneys per day, and 10,000 people means 30,000 Finneys per day, equivalent to 500 Goulden gold coins... The price of cavalry is 9 Finneys per day, and the plate-armored heavy cavalry is 1 shilling 6 Finneys per day... You pay 5,000 Light Cavalry, and your salary is 45,000 Finneys per day, equivalent to 750 Goulden gold coins... In this way, the daily salary expense is 1,250 Goulden gold coins, one month is 37,500 gold coins, and two months is 75,000 gold coins..." Vladislas II calculated seriously.

Marin couldn't help but interrupt:

"Wait, your majesty, I am a veteran of a hundred battles. I can't calculate the lowest 3 Finney every day!"

Vladislas II, who was writing, raised his head, smiled at Marin and said:

"We are all real relatives. Do you have the nerve to ask me for a high price? Just calculate it according to the normal market..."

Marin was stunned for a moment, then muttered:

"You are not short of money, the Bohemian silver mine is a big silver mine!"

Hearing Marin's words, Vladislas II put down his pen and sighed:

"What you are talking about is the past. In recent years, the Kutnahora silver mine in Bohemia is about to run out. I am also worried now. Without Kutnahora silver mine, where will the income come from in the future? You know, the royal family has a lot of pomp and a lot of expenses, which is really a headache!"

Marin suddenly remembered that it seemed that in the 16th-century historical materials that later generations had mentioned the Tyrol silver mine, the Saxony silver mine, and the Lamersberg silver mine in Goslar, which was not mentioned the Bohemia silver mine. The Bohemia silver bars, which were famous in Germany, seemed to be a medieval event...

In other words, there was indeed no Bohemian silver mine in the 16th century. Otherwise, the Habsburg family, who obtained the Bohemian Kingdom through marriage, would not have continued to be poor. If Charles V, who had previously unified Spain in history, overdrawed the finances of the Spanish Empire, which had gold and silver seas in the Americas, the Habsburg family would probably not be able to afford a war.

So, what Vladislas II said should be true, not crying for poverty.

Of course, Marin didn't care whether Vladislas II had money or not. He said with great concern:

"Your Majesty, since you have financial difficulties, why don't I change the plan to pay the compensation?"

Vladislas II said curiously:

"A different plan? How to pay? Do you want to delay payment and then ask me to pay interest?"

Marin shook his head:

"No, I mean, we don't have to pay the bills..."

But Vladislas II became nervous:

"What do you mean? Do you want land? Then I'd better pay! Although the finances of Bohemia are not very good, I still have money to pay my salary after I get it together!"

Marlin suddenly felt amused:

"No, I don't want your land either. I mean, when we defeat these 70,000 or 80,000 rebels, there will be tens of thousands of prisoners of war, right? Then, you can give me all the prisoners of war!"

"Prisons of war? Why do you want tens of thousands of prisoners of war? Do you want to expand your army?" Vladislas II became alert. If Marin expanded his army tens of thousands, even if he had a good relationship with Marin, he would feel uneasy. After all, he was also a great prince of the Holy Roman Empire and did not want to see too strong princes appear.

Marin certainly denied:

"No, you should know that last year I took the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbitel and obtained the Lammersberg silver mine in Goslar. Now, I am short of money and hope to expand the silver mine production. If I can get tens of thousands of miners, I think I will definitely produce a lot of silver!"

Vladislas II nodded and agreed with Marin's statement. Indeed, if you want high yields of gold and silver mines these days, you need to place tens of thousands of people in the mines. Otherwise, if there are fewer people, the output will not be increased.

But the northern part of Germany is sparsely populated, so it is indeed not cost-effective to let farmers who are already lacking go to mining. Generally speaking, mines in the north require recruiting miners in the southern part of Morals. But mining is too dangerous, and no one is willing to go to the mine to mine. In particular, mining in deep wells is very dangerous. For example, the Kutnahola silver mine in Bohemia is now mined deep underground. Moreover, the amount and grade of ore are also decreasing sharply.

Therefore, Vladislas II believed in the statement that Marin wanted tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war to mine silver mines. Because, this sounded very reasonable and had no loopholes.

However, as an old fox in politics, Vladislas II didn't want to be too cheap Marin. So he asked for a lot of money:

"It's okay to pay the POWs, but POWs are valuable. So, you count 20 Gulden gold coins for you, how about it? This price is more reasonable..."

Of course, Marin knew that the price was reasonable, but the problem was that if he really paid 20 gold coins per person, wouldn’t he have to pay millions of gold coins if he was 50,000 prisoners of war? However, his 15,000 mercenaries fought for Vladislas II, and only 75,000 gold coins were available in two months.

So he called out:

"Your Majesty, this is outrageous? If I don't want those prisoners of war, most of them will be executed by you, and you won't get a penny. Now, to offset the commission for my troops, you will make a lot of money!"

Vladislas II smiled and said:

"That's right, but this is not a few thousand people, nor tens of thousands of prisoners of war, but there may be tens of thousands of prisoners of war! If you are given the hiring fee, it would be too expensive. Moreover, it is not your family to send troops. I can also send some of the other prisoners of war to my younger brother Sigmont to offset the commission of the Winged Cavalry..."

Marin shook his head repeatedly:

"It's impossible. Only when I'm rushing to develop a silver mine, I need so many people. Others should be asking for more money, right?"

...

Then, the two sides went back and forth and bargained. After dark, the two sides finally reached an agreement - prisoners of war within 10,000 people were not worth the money. More than 10,000 people were counted as 10 gold coins. Of course, if those prisoners of war were originally from Hungarian nobles, they would not be able to sell them to Marin if they wanted to go back.

After the negotiations, Marin said with a depressed face:

"If there are 50,000 prisoners of war, except for the 10,000 people who don't have money to pay for the cost of sending troops, wouldn't I have to pay you 400,000 gold coins in reverse? Oh my God, it was you who hired my army to fight, but in the end, I would owe you hundreds of thousands of gold coins! I'm really losing money!"

In fact, Marin was not depressed at all. Because if he went to buy Eunuch Mao, including the money he gave to the Crimeans, the shipping fee and tolls passing through the Turkish Strait, it would cost more than 20 gold coins per person. If he could spend 10 gold coins, Marin would be considered a profit. The only thing he was unhappy was that he failed to get Vladislas II. After all, he was also an old fox in the political arena and it was not so easy to fool him!
Chapter completed!