The Rise of the European Emperor

After disembarking, Edward became silent. He is now complicated because he has to completely re-evaluate the partner of Marin.

Before, Edward's impression of Marin was nothing more than a king of soldiers who could fight 6 ground. Although powerful, it is nothing in front of England's "invincible" fleet. Even Edward had the intention of wanting to default on his debts.

However, what I saw and heard today completely overturned Edward's previous cognition. Think about it, how terrible would a prince with a powerful 6 army and a navy be?

"Why are you helping me?" Edward said suddenly. As soon as he said it, Edward felt a little regretful. Still, he looked nervously at Marin, hoping for an answer.

After being a big noble for a few years, Edward is no longer the little white who was just rescued from the Tower of London. He understands that in this world, there is no hate for no reason, and there is no love for no reason. So, he was curious to know what Marin was really thinking.

Seeing Edward's face so heavy, Marlin knew he was thinking too much. Edward was crucial to his layout, though. So, Marin decided to find a very suitable reason to destroy Edward...

So, after thinking for a while, Marin raised his head and replied solemnly:

"The first is for the safety of navigation in the English Channel. You know, I have a fleet to trade with India. And England, to put it badly, is a country with a pirate tradition. England, which is controlled by the Tudor family, has nothing to do with me. What is the intersection, I am afraid that they will covet my merchant fleet. Therefore, I would rather rescue you and restore the York Dynasty. In this way, I will obtain an Isle of Wight and station the fleet there, which will ensure the safety of my fleet. In addition, I became the Earl of England, which can also deter those English pirate ship owners. As long as I dare to rob my ship, I can send troops to attack his hometown..."

Edward thought for a while, and partially agreed with Marin's words, but still asked inexplicably:

"If you value the safety of the English Channel, it should be a county on the coast of the English Channel, not Northumberland, the northernmost county in England..."

"I thought so too, but I was attracted by the coal mines of Newcastle. You know, East Friesland and West Friesland are on the coast of Germany, but there aren't many forests, a lot of swamps, and there's a lack of firewood. So, Newcastle's coal, I really need it... So, I chose Northumberland. But I didn't want to give up the safety of the English Channel, so I also asked for the Isle of Wight as a fleet station..." Marin half-truth He said it falsely, but his expression was very sincere.

Edward thought about it, it seems that what Marin said is quite reasonable...

"Then what's the matter with your son taking Margaret?" Now that he had said that, Edward simply asked clearly.

Marin thought for a while and said:

"It's like this, Your Majesty, you know, I came from a humble background, and my father was a poor country knight. So in Germany, the traditional princes actually looked down on me. I defeated the Electorate of Saxony and Brandon before. The Dengbo Electorate, but it didn't get much compensation, because those old nobles looked down on me and united to restrict me..."

"In this case, there must be very few great nobles who are willing to marry our Hoffman family. I am very worried that my son Caesar will not be able to marry princesses of equal status in the future. Just, taking this opportunity, if I My son, Caesar, can marry the princess of the mighty Kingdom of England, I think our entire Hoffman family will be deeply honored!" Marin said earnestly.

Although this is a bit of a delusion, the last sentence is true. If Caesar married Princess Margaret, the rest of the Hoffman family would surely be honored.

"However, your son's ranking is after the son of His Majesty Louis XII..."

"Hehe, His Majesty Louis XII is getting old and may not be able to give birth to a son. Besides, Queen Anne's physique is poor, and the children born will always die..." Marin laughed and said, and,

There are fat brothers staying at the Royal Palace in Paris, Louis XII still died and gave birth to his son's heart...

Edward nodded. Although he didn't dare to believe Marin, the explanation given by Marin was really reasonable, so reasonable that he couldn't find a point to refute...

Watching the lively scene of people coming and going on the pier, and listening to the conversations of the sailors around, Edward suddenly asked:

"Why do you sailors speak English?" Edward said, in fact, those Frisian sailors. The language they speak is very similar to English, like a dialect of English.

"No, Your Majesty, they speak Frisian!" It was obvious that Edward had not read the book "The Origin of European Nations" edited by himself and Leonardo da Vinci. But it's no wonder that Edward has been busy with Henry VII in recent years, so how can he have time to read miscellaneous books? Moreover, he was in Ireland before, and the information was not smooth.

Edward was stunned for a moment, so Marin introduced the relationship between the English and the Frisians in detail, which stunned Edward for a moment. Of course, Marin wasn't really fooling Edward, but really...

"No wonder we English and Scots never deal with each other, it turns out we are Germanic, they are Celtic..."

"Yes, the English were originally descended from the Germanic people who migrated from the coast of northwest Germany and the coast of western Denmark, of course not the same as those Celts in Scotland. The Gauls and Scots in France are Celts. People, so it's normal for them to be close..." Marin casually said nonsense.

"You have a lot of sailors! Are they all Frisian?" Edward said casually, looking at the Frisian sailors gathered on the pier.

"Well, I recruited them from the Frisians along the coast of Germany... wait..." Marin's face suddenly changed, and he remembered an important question...

"What's wrong?" Edward asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, we may have overlooked a very important issue..." Marin smiled wryly.

"what is the problem?"

"The sailors of England are also capable of fighting..."

"You mean..." Edward vaguely thought of something, but he didn't have a clue for a while.

"Although the main force of Henry VII's 6th Army was eliminated by us, I am worried that Henry VII will call in those sailors to help defend London. I heard that there are many sailors in England, and it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of them. Among them, those who can fight should be More than 10,000 people. If these people are recruited by Henry VII to defend the city, they will be very powerful..." Marin explained with a wry smile. He almost forgot that sailors could also land to defend the city. Although they couldn't beat regular infantry in the field, but defending from the city, their combat effectiveness was at least much stronger than that of the militia. You must know that these people are all master swordsmen, and their personalities are also very strong. With the cover of the tall city wall, the combat power is not bad...

Edward realized after thinking for a while, and his face suddenly became ugly. If Henry VII actually recruited tens of thousands of sailors to help defend London, the siege would really be difficult.

"Then, what should we do?" Edward was not good at strategy, so he could only ask Marin for help.

Marin walked around and thought for a while, then said:

"I remember, the intelligence said that Henry VII transferred the main fleet to the Irish Sea to prevent you from escaping back to the island of Ireland?"

"There is such information, my sister said it in the letter." Edward nodded.

"It's almost time for Henry VII to know about Henry Percy's defeat, so he is likely to send someone to call those sailors back to London to help in the battle..."

"Then what should we do?" Edward was a little worried.

"Well, Your Majesty, you send someone to the wharf of the Five-Port Alliance to quietly post a notice..."

"What notice? Why go to the Five Harbors Alliance to post it?" Edward was a little puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the most powerful sailors in the English Navy are basically from the five ports of the Five-Port Alliance. Those sailors' homes are basically near the docks of the five ports... and this notice is a threat notice... …”

"Threats? What do you mean?"

Marin suddenly put on a vicious expression and said:

"Those who threaten the families of those sailors...you can announce on the notice - if you help Henry VII, the kingslayer and false king, to defend London, we will send armies to arrest their families in five ports and open them outside London. Execute!"

"What?" Edward jumped up in shock:

"This is the behavior of a tyrant!"

"It's nothing, it's just to prevent those sailors from really going to London to help Henry VII defend the city. Besides, helping the kingslayer is equivalent to the crime of kingkilling. Is it too much to put the family to death?" Marin said lightly.

Edward wanted to refute, but felt that Marin was right. In fact, the general practice of Marin's words was common in ancient China. Even the nine and ten clans have them, so what's the point of killing a family member? Even in Europe, it is very common. But because of the spirit of chivalry, everyone just does it and doesn't talk about it. It's really not good to post a notice like this to Marin.

However, Edward had to admit - this trick is very good. For the safety of their families, those sailors must be afraid, and it is difficult to make up their minds to follow Henry VII. Even if there are those who are willing to hang out with Henry VII, they will have to take their family members into the city of London for refuge. Otherwise, the family cannot escape death.

"Of course, we don't all use this method. We can also win over those ship owners and sailors, mainly the ship owners. Because they have a great influence on the sailors." Sailors rely on the ship owner for their meals. You will lose your job. Therefore, the owner of the ship has a great say.

"But... I don't know those ship owners..." Edward said embarrassedly. He also knew the importance of those ship owners. In the future, he also expects those shipowners to cooperate with him to protect the safety of the English Channel. But he doesn't know them.

"I'll handle this!" Marin said confidently.

Before, he had sent people to hire ships from the Five Harbors Alliance, so he naturally knew the residences of those ship owners. Moreover, even now, Marin has left North Sea Chamber of Commerce spies to operate in five important ports.

Those shipowners certainly wouldn't go to war, but lived in mansions in five ports. But for those sailors to come back to guard London, the ships must go back to port first. Marin decided to "persuasion" the shipowners to persuade the sailors to remain neutral.

The specific method is to send spies to throw packages into the yards of those ship owners late at night. The package contained a letter of persuasion, a dagger and a bag of coins—the meaning is very simple, those who obey me will prosper, those who go against me will perish... The choice between the death of the whole family or the quiet wealth depends entirely on a single thought...

I believe those ship owners, as long as they are not too deeply involved with Henry VII, know that watching is the best choice at this time... At the same time, they also have enough prestige to persuade those sailors not to stand in line easily. Their words are quite useful to sailors...

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