The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin is almost certain that once Edward succeeds in becoming King of England, the Princess Margaret, who is her own sister, will definitely become a powerful man like Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping, like Princess Margaret, is resourceful, and Princess Taiping also contributed a lot in the actions of Li Tang's restoration and killing Wei. Similarly, Princess Margaret contributed greatly to Edward's struggle for the throne.

It is conceivable that when Edward became king, he would definitely rely on the sister Margaret, rather than the outsider Marin. At that time, Princess Margaret will inevitably become a righteous man who invades the court and the opposition like Princess Taiping after Li Dan's resettlement.

At that time, Princess Margaret is likely to interfere in the marriage of Edward's daughter, Princess Margaret. Maybe, let his son marry Princess Margaret. Because then the throne is her son's.

Even if she doesn't do this, if something happens to her younger brother Edward, then the regent will be the aunt of Princess Margaret, the worthy and capable Princess Margaret. Marin wants to help his daughter-in-law regent, but I'm afraid he can't do it...

Therefore, from the point of view of Marin's control of England, it is absolutely necessary to get rid of a female careerist like Margaret County. Otherwise, Marin would never have thought of winning the regent of England. Even the marriage of Caesar and Princess Margaret may not be maintained.

Moreover, Marin is also worried that Princess Margaret will murder Princess Margaret. Why? Because Edward is now only the sister of the Princess Margaret alive. Once Edward died and Princess Margaret had an accident, then, according to the law of succession, it must be Henry Ball, the eldest son of Princess Margaret, who would inherit the throne.

If Edward is dead, Princess Margaret is not dead, and little Caesar and little Princess Margaret are engaged, then, out of self-interest, for the sake of her own son, Princess Margaret is very likely to murder Little Princess. niece.

Therefore, no matter from which point of view, Marin seems to have the need to get rid of Princess Margaret. And borrowing a knife to kill, and then killing the Princess Margaret with the hands of Henry VII seems to be the best way...

Of course, for now, this woman still has value. So, Marin decided, at a later date, to send someone to inform Henry VII to expose the Princess Margaret. To this end, Marin sent his men and began to ask the Lord of Margaret for the distribution map of the English army garrison. Princess Margaret has been operating in England for many years, and this information can still be found. In addition to her ability and financial resources to inquire about information, her husband Richard Ball, himself a general under Henry VII, was not difficult to obtain such information.

Moreover, Marin also hopes that the Lord Margaret can find a group of warriors who can help open the city gates of London when his army is under the city, including London...

Of course, Marin wouldn't just count on her. When asking Margaret County Lord to prepare manpower, Marin will also let the London branch of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce under his command also prepare manpower to open the city wall.

Marin's plan was to send the North Sea Chamber of Commerce's men to inform and sell the Lord of Margaret to Henry VII before the siege. Henry VII, in his rage, would definitely kill the Princess Margaret. Moreover, it is very possible to dig out the news that the Margaret County Master prepared people to help open the city gate. At that time, Henry VII captured the "inner ghost", and naturally he would not have thought that another group of people also planned to open the city gate. Without precautions, the Beihai Chamber of Commerce's personnel can easily succeed...

In order to ensure success, Marin has ordered people from the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to buy a few yards near London's city gate.

And dig basements to hide ambushes and weapons and armor. When the army is besieging the city, the people hiding in the basement will put on plate armor and sword shields, rush to the inside of the city gate, and then open the city gate in the middle of the night...

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It was a plan on land, and on the sea, Marin's plan worked. Just when Marin and Margaret County Lord communicated and planned to calculate the food and forage of the British army's rear camp, at the five major ports in England (Hastings, New Romney, Hayes, Dover, Sandy Wich (also called Sandwich City)), a spy sent by Marin, has successfully set up the so-called "Chamber of Commerce Office", and has placed some big orders for the large merchant ships of the Five-Port Alliance (especially the often charging A large merchant ship of warships), helped deliver some cargo, and paid a lot of money...

As a result, the "Chamber of Commerce Branch" established by Marin at the wharf of the Five-Port Alliance has established a successful foothold and gained the trust of most ship owners.

Sometimes trust is just that simple. As long as you complete a business cooperation happily, the other party's trust in you will be established. Of course, in later generations, this is also a trick used by liars - first, use perfect cooperation once or twice to deceive your trust. The last time, the next big order, tricked you into losing all Neku (Harmony)...

However, in this era, such clever tricks have not yet appeared. How could the simple English ship owners in the early 16th century think that there would be such bad people? So, they still don't know that they have been calculated...

On the basis of the very successful first cooperation, the so-called "persons in charge" of the so-called "Italian Chamber of Commerce Branch" or "Dutch Chamber of Commerce" on the wharf of the Five-Port Alliance have won the trust of most ship owners of the Five-Port Alliance .

This time, these "chamber branches" placed a large order, requesting most of the large merchant ships of the Five-Port Alliance to help those chambers of commerce transport a batch of materials to Italy or the Baltic Sea region - all of which are relatively far away...

Moreover, the "persons in charge" of these "Chamber of Commerce branches" are very cool. As soon as the shipowners agreed, 30% of the deposit was directly offered... Such a grand gesture aroused great affection from the shipowners of the Five-Port Alliance...

In this way, with the exception of a few ships that need to go to the Irish Sea for rotation, most of the other large merchant ships that will be called up as war ships during wartime have received offers from the "foreign chamber of commerce branches" with "good credit". The big list - freight 20% higher than normal sailing...

It's just that the other party asked—in order to ensure safety, be sure to bring enough sailors to fight to prevent pirates from robbery at sea...

As for why this request is made, it is naturally to draw wages from the bottom of the pot and take away all the sailors who can fight in England...

Those merchant ships, sailors are not fixed. Because of the development of shipping, the five ports of Hastings, New Romney, Hayes, Dover, and Sandwich (also called Sandwich City) have gathered a large number of merchant ships and sailors.

However, due to cost considerations, those merchant ships do not usually keep a large number of sailors. Because that would be too expensive. Therefore, those ship owners generally only keep core characters such as captain, chief mate, navigator, and a few trusted sailors who can fight and can be bodyguards.

Most of the rest of the sailors were recruited temporarily at the tavern in the port before departure. Those sailors, like temporary hirelings, usually drank some poor beer in the taverns of the port, and bragged along the way. The tavern in the port seems to have also become a labor market for sailors...

Whenever a ship was about to set off, the owner would come in person or have the captain come to the tavern and recruit sailors to accompany the ship. Of course, among these temporarily hired sailors, there are veterans with high prices (that is, those who have good sailing skills and can fight relatively well), and there are cheap new ones. And those veterans with high prices are often the excellent sailors that the English Navy prioritizes recruiting when they go to war.

Therefore, Marin asked his men to pay high prices to get those shipowners to take away those seasoned sailors. That way, his fleet would face less resistance when it raided the Irish Sea...

It is now March, and a trip to Italy or the Baltic Sea will take about a month or two. Exactly, will be back in May. At that time, the French fleet across the strait will encounter these large ships that are returning, with a large number of seasoned sailors...

Under the trend of money, most of the large merchant ships of the Five-Port Alliance took the orders, brought many experienced sailors and went to sea. And the "heads" of the so-called "foreign chambers of commerce" also sent back information to the local headquarters - "Tiger, has left the mountain"...