Although he had the intention of extorting money, Otto did not dare to go too far when he actually made conditions.
He was concerned about the thoughts of the surrounding lords and the reactions of all parties who later captured the Basel area.
Otto gave up the idea of asking for more territory, and just made the other party admit that the previously taken territory belonged to Otto, and instead sought more economic benefits.
Since the Bern area had already begun to collect commercial taxes and made huge profits from it, Otto was naturally eyeing this huge income.
Originally, Otto's idea was to establish a simple customs union with the Bern Territory. That is, the two parties would jointly collect commercial taxes at a ratio of thirty taxes to one, and then merchants would be able to pass through unimpeded without having to pay more fees.
Two territories.
Every year, both parties share the profits from commercial taxes according to a certain proportion, and the nobles of the two regions also share.
Otto's original intention was to use the means of economic penetration through the customs union to gradually control and encroach on the Bernese Territory, and finally achieve control of the Bernese Territory without any bloodshed.
At the same time, in this way, it can also greatly promote the development of business and trade in Allgäu and Bern, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
This proposal also received support from some nobles in the Bern area.
However, Adar disagreed.
He would rather give Otto a large share of the generous commercial taxes collected by the Bernese Territory today, rather than agree to any proposal of "collecting taxes once and getting rich together".
This was not because Adal saw through Otto's plan to use the Customs Union to control Bern, but because the short-sighted Adal did not want to share profits with other nobles in the territory.
If a business and tax alliance is formed, judging from the situation, Otto will undoubtedly take the lion's share, while a lot of the profits that Adal can get will be divided by other nobles.
Since the tax is only collected once, the apparent revenue figure will definitely appear to be larger than that of a single territory, but definitely not as much as the current two territories combined.
What's more, the Grodunning family's reputation and strength have been severely damaged after losing this battle. If the vassals below are allowed to get a share of the business tax, it will be difficult to make the vassals obedient in the future.
, will shake the Grodunning family's rule in the Bern region.
After all, he had been exposed to aristocratic education since he was young. Adal saw this very clearly, so he firmly refused to agree.
Otto gave up the idea after trying several times to convince the other party to no avail.
In the end, Otto and Adal signed a treaty. The treaty first demarcated the border based on the territory currently controlled by both parties. Then it stipulated that in the next five years, 60% of the revenue from Bern's commercial tax will be paid to Allgäu as war reparations.
collar.
Watching Adal and a group of nobles leave, Otto looked at the still-written treaty in his hand and shook his head.
He is indeed a stupid person. It seems that the Bern Territory will fall into his hands within a few years.
Adal seems to have continued to maintain the Grodunning family's dominance in the Bern region by refusing to share the commercial tax revenue with the territorial vassals, but in fact he has greatly offended the vassals, and the Bern Territory is not far away from the situation of alienation from Germany.
As the saying goes, killing someone's wealth is like killing their parents.
Otto's proposal was to allow the nobles of Bern to make money and enjoy the dividends from commercial taxes, but Adal refused, which would undoubtedly make the vassals below even more resentful of the Grodunning family.
In this war, the Grodunning family suffered huge losses. Didn't the losses of the vassals below be small? Don't they need to restore blood?
If I win over the nobles of Bern at this time, I might really have a chance to win the title of Earl of Bern.
Now that the war with Bern is over, it is time to respond to the call of the Duke of the Netherlands and lead troops to "King Qin".
However, since both the East and West Frankish kingdoms have officially sent out troops, don't be too anxious at this time.
Winter is about to enter the end of the year, and the New Eagle Fort is about to be completed. After the New Eagle Fort is completed, it will be completely late to start again in the spring.
Cold weather will undoubtedly bring more non-combat attrition, and I believe no one is willing to fight in this weather.
Just when Otto was counting on his fingers when the new Eagle Castle would be completed and how many days Lothair II had left to live, Mrs. Kelin came to Lafite Manor.
Along with her came the progress of the news about Otto's marriage.
"The Sighard family said that if you are willing, you can get engaged to Miss Sophie this year.
The generous Earl of Ansbach expressed his willingness to give land in a barony as a dowry to Miss Sophie. As long as you and Miss Sophie are engaged, the family can send someone to take over.
As for the Austrian region, I have not found a suitable marriage partner. Several count families there are not interested in marrying with our family. However, a few baron families have expressed interest, but their family strength and prestige are too weak.
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Mrs. Kelin introduced the general situation. She was really very concerned about Otto's marriage. After hearing Otto mention Austria last time, she spent a lot of time inquiring about it.
Otto frowned. It seemed that his dream of entering Austria through marriage was shattered. So now let's manage the two territories that the family has.
To be honest, the three marriage families that Mrs. Kelin was looking for before. Except for the Welf family, which is well-known and familiar to Otto, the other two families are completely unheard of. It is estimated that they will decline in the future. It doesn’t matter who they marry with.
No difference.
"Then please trouble Mrs. Kailin to write a letter to the Sighard family for me, prepare a gift to send over, and invite Miss Sophie and important members of the Sighard family to come to Aargau. I will combine this place with
Miss Sophie is engaged.
By the way, everyone in the Sighard family is also invited to visit the Eagle Castle that I am about to complete."
Mrs. Karin nodded in agreement, and when she was about to discuss with Otto what gifts to give and what guests to invite to the engagement banquet, Otto asked again.
"By the way, is there a Babenberg family in Austria?"
"The Babenberg family?" Mrs. Kelin repeated, then shook her head. "There seems to be no such family in Austria. Babenberg, a family named after the castle is not difficult to find. Do you need me to contact them for you?
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"That's no need." Otto just asked out of the blue and didn't want to deal with this family.
He did not know the history of the Babenberg family. He only remembered that Austria had been the fiefdom of the Babenberg family for a long time. He thought that Babenberg was a small family in Austria that gradually developed and grew.
Now it seems that there is a high probability that this is not the case, and it should be the Austrian region that entered the country later.
Since they are all outsiders, why can the Babenberg family do it but they can't do it themselves?
Otto was once again full of confidence in winning Austria.