Chapter 1603: buy?

It was also Maximilian I's good luck that after Louis XII returned to Paris, he had been busy making a villain with Queen Anne who had become an aunt, hoping to give birth to a prince to unite England. Therefore, it was only during this time that the Swiss side was ignored. Otherwise, the Habsburg family estimates that there is no time for reaction.

You know, Spain does not have the strength to join forces with the Habsburg family at the moment, and more than half of Marin ’s horses have also been caught on the islands of Britain and Ireland. At this time, if France concentrates its energy, whether it is to go to Switzerland and join the Swiss to eliminate the main force of the Habsburg family, or take the opportunity to annex the Netherlands, it is a great opportunity.

Unfortunately, these are not important. For Louis XII, the birth of a son is estimated to be the most important. If you can use your son to unite England, a century-old enemy, it is estimated that the whole of France will celebrate.

In addition, Marin's swing training method at the Emden Port to demonstrate the force of the sailor contest, it really spread to France.

Now, while Louis XII is busy making villains, he is ordering to pick out combat masters from the army and use the extra-large swings to train the balance ability at sea.

The French actually did not lack ships, but cut some oak trees to build ships. Moreover, even if the national oak tree is not enough for shipbuilding, the French can also buy warships from the Portuguese.

Because the Portuguese are not stupid. Although on the issue of India, the Portuguese and the Spaniards together dealt with the Venetians and the Arabs. However, the Portuguese always understand that Spain is their real enemy.

Therefore, the Portuguese would not mind selling some warships to France and adding a bit to Spain. This is diplomacy, the enemy of the enemy, and an excellent object of union.

Of course, it is impossible for the Portuguese to go all out to support the French. Because, if the Spaniards were really overturned by the French, then the Portuguese would not be spared. Therefore, the Portuguese will sell warships to France, but there will never be many.

Louis XII also knew that if he wanted to surpass the United Kingdom or Spain in naval strength, he was basically delusional. But Louis XII couldn't help but want to reserve some sailors to prepare for the future war with England.

Because Louis XII was also prepared to have no son before the end of 1515. At that time, Louis XII planned to come hard. Whether it is successful or not, it is a trial, what if it is done?

Therefore, outside Paris, there are now many French samurai who hang large swings in contact with sailor scimitars. This news also caused unanimous concerns from England and the North Sea.

But Marin really doesn't look down on the French navy. Even if your PK technology on the deck is good, what's the use? Laozi got dozens of gunships and used heavy artillery to slam the warships that the French finally came together. All the warriors carefully trained by the French went to the sea to feed fish ...

It's just that in that case, the North Sea and France are really going to die. Therefore, Marin hoped that what kind of medicine presented by John Capote would kill Louis XII earlier. In this way, it is less troublesome.

After all, if Louis XII died, Francois I married Princess Claude, but he did n’t dare to marry his daughter-in-law. Unless, he does not want to be king of France.

However, it is really not easy to kill Louis XII. Louis XII was not the same thing as Bishop Conrad of Münster and could not be moved lightly. Bishop Marin of Conrad sent him to do it without pressure. Anyway, Bishop Conrad was just a bad luck that had been abandoned by the church long ago, and even the title of prince was deprived. Quietly get rid of it without causing much repercussions.

Unlike Louis XII, they are the monarchs of Europe's number one power and are the world's most watched gangsters. Not to mention, Marin has no ability to assassinate easily. Even if the assassination was successful, Marin would definitely not be able to walk around if he was found out. Because, if this matter is exposed, Marin will definitely become a cross-street rat across Europe. Everyone shouts and beats, and even the father-in-law cannot save him.

Therefore, Marin can only expect Louis XII to collapse himself and die on the woman's belly as in the original history, and he dare not easily send someone to assassinate.

For things on the Swiss side, while Louis XII made a villain with the queen and trained sailors on land, he did not forget to find fault with Maximilian I. After all, the two are old rivals.

Directly sending French troops is a bit difficult, and France lacks a reason to do it. Therefore, Louis XII only thought of accomplishing this with the 16,000 German mercenaries of Gudendorff.

Gudendorff is now in a dilemma, because he does not want to turn his face with the Habsburg family. The reason for this is because he himself is a nobleman from the Swabian area, with the title of Baron on his head. However, the ancestral fiefs have been defeated. Last resort was to hire mercenaries. Moreover, before that, Gudendorff's mercenaries mostly served the nobles and Habsburgs in the Swabian region. Even the war for the Spanish is a business introduced by the Habsburg family. Now, let him turn around against the Habsburg family, Gudendorff is in a dilemma.

But the problem is that when he signed an employment agreement with Louis XII, Gudendorff insisted on refusing to fight the original employer Spain, but did not say that he refused to fight the Habsburg family. The French seized this and forced him to attack the remnants of the Principality of Milan in the Mistel Valley and then attack the Graubünden area ...

The traditional Germans are dead-headed, and Gudendorff is such a person. He is unwilling to fight against the Habsburg family, but in the employment agreement, the non-hostile object does not include the Habsburg family! Therefore, Gudendorff is now very contradictory.

This contradiction caused him that the 16,000 German mercenaries did not immediately attack the Mistel Valley, but also gave Marin and others the opportunity to prepare.

In order to preserve the Mistel Valley, the main communication route between northern Italy and Switzerland, Marin has also invested a lot of money, even reinforced concrete ...

You know, even in Beihai, there are not many reinforced concrete. This is because although cement is not valuable, it is difficult to get steel bars!

Beihai now has two small iron-making blast furnaces. Although the production of guns and guns is sufficient, it can manufacture steel bars. After all, if a large project is to be repaired, the amount of rebar required is huge.

Now, the production of steel bars is manual. The thicker straight bar is easy to get, just cast it. The thinner wire rods are very difficult to process and require manual work by craftsmen. The cost is very high.

Therefore, at present in the North Sea, only a few important town fortresses, such as Aurich, use reinforced concrete. Nowhere else.

Even for future water conservancy projects, Marin did not plan to use steel bars, but bamboo-reinforced concrete made of bamboo. Only a few fortresses of strategic value will use reinforced concrete, a material that can resist shelling.

...

However, because of Gudendorff's hesitation, Marin's spies also had time to investigate Gudendorff's background information. When Marin got the information of Gudendorff, he looked at it and suddenly smiled ...

"Maybe, this person can buy it ..." Marin thought.

Then he did the same. He sent people flying pigeons to pass the book to the emperor, and made suggestions to buy Gudendorff ...