Chapter 1463: Persuade success
Soon, after arranging for the next few days, Marin went to Emden Military Port to board the battleship and went to London. When I went to London, I was still traveling with 10 warships. Although the cost of such travel is somewhat high, it is better to be safe.
You know, the North Sea is not a pure land, and there are many pirates here. If you are not careful, take a general vessel, and happen to encounter a powerful pirate fleet, then you will have to overturn the gutter. Therefore, it is good to say that he cherishes his life and talks about his appearance. Every time he goes to sea, Marin will take at least a few 500-ton warships with him. Only in this way can safety be guaranteed.
After arriving in London, Marin proposed to Edward a plan to annex Ireland ...
"Swallow Ireland? Why do you swallow it? The backcountry, the rainy days, it's not easy to grow food ..." Edward frowned, seemingly dismissive of the western part of the island of Ireland.
Indeed, the island of Ireland directly faces the warm Atlantic Ocean, and most of its west is rainy and rainy throughout the year, and it is rare to have sunny days. Such weather is very unsuitable for growing food. Because, at the time of the autumn harvest, it is likely to give you a rainy rain and let the grain rot in the ground ...
Of course, this humid climate is very suitable for growing grass. Whether it is pasture or forest, I like the warm and humid climate in the west of the island of Ireland. As long as the roots are not accumulated, the grass and forest grow well.
However, in this year, England is not short of cattle, and there is no shortage of wood ...
After all, the population of England is now only 3 million people, which is nearly 20 times the 55 million of future generations. Therefore, there is a large area of wasteland in England that has not been reclaimed. There is no shortage of forests and grasslands, and there is no shortage of animals.
Therefore, England is not very interested in the pastures and forests of Ireland. As for the eastern coastal county on the Irish island suitable for growing crops, it is now under the control of England.
So, for the annexation of those rainy areas in the west of Ireland, Edward ’s interest is lacking ...
No way, Marin can only persuade him with bitterness:
"Your Majesty, what are you doing to send troops to the northern coast of France? What are the benefits?"
"I ... I want to recapture the Calais Fortress ..." At this point, Edward himself was a little guilty.
The Calais Fortress was England ’s only stronghold on the European continent at that time. Therefore, at any cost, England repaired the Calais Fortress very high and strong. The French besieged many times and all returned. Now, the Calais fortress fell into the hands of the French, and the French also attached great importance to Calais, stationed heavy soldiers in it, and strengthened the city defense. The British now want to recapture the Calais fortress ... not that hard ...
According to the French generals speculation, the current Calais fortress can withstand the full siege of England for 8 months or more. And 8 months, enough for France to respond and send a large army to reinforce ...
Of course, the premise is that Marin did not participate in the siege of Calais. After all, the cast-iron gates of the Calais Fortress can't stop Malin's royal water ...
But Marin's royal water is a secret, and the outside world does not know it. Therefore, according to normal thinking, the cast iron gate is indeed difficult to solve. If you climb the wall, the taller and stronger the wall, the harder it is to overcome ...
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Hearing Edward's lack of energy, Marin rolled his eyes and said:
"Your Majesty, do you believe that the English army can capture the Calais fortress before the French react?" Marin specifically named "England" and did not include himself. Because he has royal water ...
Edward stopped talking ...
Marin continued:
"Unable to overcome the Calais fortress, we sent troops to northern France and robbed some of the property at most, but it is said that the French had already prepared this time, and most of the property and money were hidden in the fortresses along the coast. We wanted to rob France It ’s not difficult on the northern coast ... In this way, we ’re sending troops to the north of France, and there is not much benefit. We can only run like the Viking pirates, land and grab some property, and it ’s too much ... "
"Then ... what do you say? Going to attack Ireland? Even if you capture a few indigenous forces in western Ireland, the benefits are not great ... Maybe, the loot has not ransacked the northern coast of France ..." Edward retorted.
Marin touched his forehead, but his face was helpless:
"My majesty, you can't learn from those businessmen! You are a king, and you have a long-term vision! Indeed, even if you won't get much from the small indigenous countries on the island of Ireland. But this is of great significance! At that time, you will be the first great king in the history of England to completely unify Scotland and Ireland! Such merits are to be permanently recorded in history! "
Marin felt that Edward's strategic vision was terrible. Although Edward was still clever, he was a little kid-like, not as grand-noble as he should have.
However, this should not blame him. Edward was imprisoned by Henry VII for more than ten years before Marin used the plan to work with Margaret County Master to rescue Edward from the Tower of London. In those ten years, it should have been Edward's youth age receiving noble education ...
Precisely because he did not receive the education of the great aristocrats in time when he was the youngest person who should receive education, Edward's talent is not bad, but his foundation is too bad. After becoming a monarch, although not stupid, his eyelids are still shallow. Its mode of thinking is more like a businessman than a monarch ...
Therefore, Marin decided to give him a good class ...
Marin spread out a map of Ireland, showed it to Edward, and then explained:
"Your Majesty, please see, here is Alster ..." (please refer to the map on the 8th floor of the Emperor's Rise)
The Ulster State in this era is not the Ulster Province in later generations. The province of Ulster has more than 8,000 square kilometers, accounting for more than half of the area of Northern Ireland.
And Marin remembers that because most of the later Northern Ireland was located in the eastern part of the rain shadow area, its southern region is still very suitable for agriculture. After all, the warm North Atlantic current that brought humid air flow rushed from the southwest, and the northeast of the island of Ireland was just on the back. Of course, the back coast is still affected by the warm and humid airflow, but the southern part of Northern Ireland is still suitable for agriculture.
But now Alster is very small, only a small part of the east coast of the province of Alster, which is about the size of Wicklow County, about 2,000 square kilometers. The large inland areas are still indigenous.
As long as troops are sent to sweep the indigenous people of Ireland, let alone, the vast area of land can be reclaimed from the vast area of land just to the west and south of the current Alster State and to the north of the kingdom directly under the King.
"... If troops are sent to occupy this place, I estimate that one million acres of arable land should be reclaimed here ... and it belongs to and belongs to you ..."
Marin casually reported a figure of 1 million acres, which is roughly equivalent to 4,000 square kilometers. This number is still very reliable. After all, the area of 8000 square kilometers in the province of Ulster. Moreover, it seems that he saw a topographic map of Britain in later generations. Although there are some mountains in Northern Ireland, most of them are green (the plains are green). It should be possible to get so much cultivated land ...
Then Edward stood up in a hurry:
"Really so much cultivated land?" Obviously, Edward moved.
This year, although the English nobles love to raise sheep to make money. However, as a king, Edward also knew that food is the root of the country ...
For example, sending troops to fight ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Can you make sheep a military food? No! And sheep are not used to kill meat, usually, herders only cut wool. Hungry, squeeze a bit of goat's milk with strong flavor to drink or make goat's milk products with full flavor. Really want to use sheep as military food, not enough to eat. As for eating goat's milk products with a strong flavor, soldiers from English farmers may not be able to bear it.
Therefore, for Edward as king, food is still more important than wool. Wool can only be used to make money, and food is the country's capital. If there is 1 million acres (6 million acres) of arable land, even if it is not used to sell money, it can guarantee the food supply of tens of thousands of troops for a long time. In fact, not to mention 1 million acres, or 500,000 acres, can move Edward. After all, one acre is equal to 6 acres. Even if England's agricultural technology is backward at this time, the output of 6 acres of land is always comparable to the output of 1 acre of land in the Malin North Sea country? If we count one soldier on 6 acres, 500,000 acres can support 500,000 troops ...
Edward became more and more happy, so he nodded happily and agreed not to attack the northern coast of France, but to send troops to annex the entire island of Ireland ...
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