Chapter 2025: Emperor Gou
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Frankly speaking, Marin is not short of money now. He has reached the point where "money is just a number in my eyes". Therefore, his so-called "cutting the knife" does not want more money, but wants to extend his hands more into all aspects of England, especially the navy.
Although it is said that Marin now has the confidence to dispatch the North Sea Fleet, defeat the English fleet, and enter England strongly. However, doing so is also costly. The most troublesome thing is that many sailors will run to France because of confrontation and be accepted by France.
If France suddenly possesses a large number of nautical talents and experienced sailors, it will definitely be a big threat to England. Moreover, this threat is long-term.
Therefore, Marin tried his best to reach into the coast of England to suppress possible future resistance. In addition, try to win over England's sea power as much as possible.
However, Edward VI was no fool. Marin has long wanted to intervene in England's maritime affairs, but Edward is only willing to let Marin intervene in the shipping of Newcastle and the Isle of Wight. In addition, Southampton on the other side of the Isle of Wight, because it is too close to the Isle of Wight, also acquiesced in part of Marin's involvement. Other places, especially strategic places such as Plymouth and Dover, are determined not to let Marin get involved.
But now that England has asked Marin, Marin will naturally make a request. But Howard Jr. was not qualified to agree to the conditions, so he used the homing pigeons specially trained by the North Sea Country to contact Edward VI in London and explain Marin's request.
Marin's request is simple-to allow the forces of the North Sea State to establish dedicated terminals and offices in Dover, Plymouth and other seaports...
This is somewhat similar to the consulate of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which will affect England's 100% control over these ports.
Edward saw the conditions and was very dissatisfied. Although his only daughter has a marriage contract with Caesar, he is still young and does not think that he will have no heirs in the future. If it doesn't work, you can change to a queen. He didn't know yet that it was he, not Queen Anna, whom he suspected, who had lost his fertility.
In particular, giving birth to Princess Margaret before, and still being able to do that kind of thing with the queen normally afterwards, caused him to never doubt his loss of fertility. If it weren't for fear of angering France, he would start to replace the queen now. You must know that the reproductive cycle of men is very long. At the age of 80, as long as they marry a young man, they can still give birth to offspring. And women, over the age of 40, are rarely able to bear children.
It is based on this idea that Edward does not completely regard Princess Margaret as an heir, but just a spare tire. In this way, he naturally does not want the future son-in-law's family to be too powerful in England.
But this time,
The coast of England is in danger, and it is impossible for him to completely reject Marin...
After thinking for a long time, Edward gave his answer-agreeing to hand over the entire Port of Southampton to Marin. At the same time, Marin was allowed to expand his interests on the island of Ireland. The island of Ireland is not the mainland, and no matter how strong Marin is there, it will not endanger London.
After Edward's reply was sent to Aurich by carrier pigeon, Marin was also a little dissatisfied. Although the lion opened his mouth in front of him and allowed the other party to bargain, but this bargain was too ruthless.
In this way, the two monarchs conducted a price bargain through the air "express". After several rounds of negotiations, Marin has won more conditions.
For example, in addition to obtaining all the ports of Southampton, Marin also obtained the right to use Liverpool, a port town in northwest England.
The current Liverpool is not the metropolis of later generations, but a small town with a population of less than 500 people. But it is a port closer to the island of Ireland in England.
Now, half of the two ten-thousand-man legions of the Fourth Marin Army and the Fifth Army have been sent to the island of Ireland, and they cannot "enter the king of Jingqin" in England. Therefore, Liverpool, a port close to the island of Ireland, has become a good landing point.
But in fact, Liverpool is just a blindfold. If he really wants to attack London, Marin's first choice must be to use a powerful fleet to directly break into the Thames River and reach the city of London instead of landing from other places.
The reason why he wants Liverpool is to attract Edward's attention on the one hand, and on the other hand, to prepare for his future entry into England. After all, the Port of Liverpool is an excellent port, very suitable for developing maritime trade.
Edward was really fooled and turned his attention to the west. In order to curb Marin's possible landing operations in the future, Edward intends to set up a military camp near Liverpool Port in the future to specifically guard against possible large army landings in Liverpool Port...
In addition, Marin also discussed some coal mines in Lancashire near Liverpool. These coal mines in Lancashire have large reserves, and this is also the birthplace of the British Industrial Revolution, and it is a very good coal field. However, because it is too remote (mainly far away from London), the current degree of development is not high. Unlike the coal mines in the Newcastle and Nottingham areas, a large number of developments have already begun.
Marin's real intention was to get more coal fields. Under the circumstances that briquettes have been popularized, coal fields are the guarantee of stable wealth.
As for infiltrating England's maritime forces, Ma Lin can only do so on the surface. But secretly, he still has countermeasures. It is to let Kohler dispatch intelligence personnel to plant downlines in the coastal areas of England, so that the "informants" of the intelligence agency of the North Sea State can gain more control over England's maritime forces, and strengthen the influence of the North Sea State on the coast of England.
In addition, some established maritime forces can also spend money to buy them off. Give a small benefit first, and then give a big benefit when Marin enters England. Those who don't give face, of course, are killed...
At the same time, in addition to the above benefits, money is indispensable. You can borrow on credit, but you have to give...
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Because the bargaining was successful, Edward was in a good mood. When Marin signed with Howard Jr., he deliberately pretended to be unhappy, so that Edward would feel better.
Out of goodwill, before Howard Jr. left, Marin reminded:
"Mr. Howard, please tell Your Majesty that you must cooperate with the Spaniards to seal off the Strait of Gibraltar and prohibit any non-Spanish galleys from entering the Atlantic Ocean, so as not to fall into the hands of the French. You know, the galleys are converted into Calais ships... ..."
Little Howard woke up like a dream-yes, the French are slow in building their own ships, but there are plenty of galleys in Venice. If Venice's galleys are sold to France in large quantities, France will soon have a large Calais fleet, which will immediately pose a threat to the coast of England.
As for the skilled sailor? As long as the French are willing to hire Italian sailors, they are free from training...
Feeling the seriousness of the situation, Howard Jr. had no time to return to China, so he sent the news back to China with carrier pigeons.
After reading it, Edward also felt that the situation was serious. Therefore, he immediately sent Foreign Secretary Howard Sr. to Spain to discuss with Spain the issue of blocking the Strait of Gibraltar. In order to seal off the Strait of Gibraltar, England is even willing to send dozens of warships to station in Gibraltar for a long time to cooperate with the Spaniards to block it...
As long as the French don't immediately obtain the Venetian galleys and want to build them themselves, it will take at least several years to scale up. And a few years later, England was ready too.
As for the Italian sailors, there was no way. After all, they could travel by land to the French Atlantic coast. But as long as they don't have ships and guns, no matter how good the sailors are, they will not be able to exert their combat effectiveness.
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At the same time, Marin once again showed weakness, and deliberately sent someone to let out the wind, saying that the North Sea country did not dare to sell the large gunboat to England because of concerns about the feelings of the French. This news is mainly spread in the direction of France.
Why did Marin show weakness to France? It is because he is seeking to obtain a large number of disaster victims immigrants from France recently, and get them to North America. At this time, it is obvious that France cannot be angered, lest they cut off the source of the victims.
Sure enough, upon hearing the news, Francois I and the French courtiers were very satisfied with Marin's "awareness". Naturally, there is no plan to find Marin bad luck in the near future.
But in private, the shipyards in the North Sea State are working hard to manufacture low-profile Dover ships for England. In order to conceal the source of these ships, Marin also asked Edward to send people to the Genoa region of Italy with a high profile to buy galleys on a large scale...
Genoa is a pro-Spanish force, and it is a sworn enemy with Venice. It is also one of the maritime powers in the Mediterranean region. Although it has begun to decline, it is still famous. It is very reasonable to buy a galley from Genoa. Moreover, the Strait of Gibraltar is obviously open to the English.
In this way, the French would not think that it was the North Sea country that was secretly building galleys to supply the British. But what Lev saw the galley before reminded Marin. For this reason, he sent people to relocate all the equipment and workers of the Emden shipyard to manufacture galleys to the relatively secluded military port of Wilhelmshaven. Here, building ships is very quiet and undetectable. Unlike the trading port of Emden, where there are many people, it is easy to be seen.
At this time, Marin still needs French victims, and it is not suitable to fight against France. Therefore, it is the best way to deal with it secretly to support England, to disregard the relationship on the surface, and to show weakness publicly...
Marin suddenly felt that he was too stubborn? Maybe, in future generations, my nickname will be called "Emperor Gou"...
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