Chapter 1734: Dead candidate

The reason why the height of the devil is so low has been mentioned before, that is, he has been eating vegetarian for thousands of years. It was not until the Meiji Restoration that Ito Hirofumi first ate beef in Japan and discovered the famous Wagyu variety.

But the changes were not dramatic at the time. It was not until the devils of World War II suffered too much from the fight against the thorns that the official felt painful and ordered the whole population to drink milk and eat meat to increase. This is not for appearance, but for practicality. You know, the northern militia composed of peasants who had not been trained at the time could have a good relationship with the old devil who had been training for many years, which was really shocking.

Many people say that the old devil is powerful, but I haven't seen people training for ten or eight years. But what about the militia in North China? Soon after she dropped her hoe, she was able to rely on her height advantage and struggle with the old devil. Even if the old devil has a slight upper hand, the devil is a big loser. After all, raising an old devil is very expensive. Just like Europe in this era, a knight was trained for more than ten years, and the results were comparable to the farmers of the other party. This result will make people vomit blood three liters.

It is for this reason that muskets replaced longbows in England. In fact, the longbow has more range and power than the musket. However, longbowmen training costs are high. A longbowman has trained for more than ten years and has bent the spine. As a result, a musketeer recruit who has been training for two weeks across from others is on par with you. If the Longbowmen are dead, it is difficult to replenish them. The Musketeers can just grab some peasant training ...

The advantage of height and arm length is also very obvious in the battle of Zhenjiang in the first war. During the defense of Zhenjiang, most of the Qing's defending soldiers were not killed by muskets, but stabbed to death.

At that time, Britain had already completed the industrial revolution. The people in the country were well-off and well-nourished, and the soldiers were naturally tall and strong. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was in a dark age, full of yellow-skinned people with short stature. Even the flag soldiers guarding Zhenjiang are of average height. Even if they practiced martial arts, they could only face hatred in the face of the bayonet formation of the long arm of the British army.

Of course, the Swiss in this era are more chicken thieves-I am not tall enough, but I use an extra long spear of five or six meters long, and use my weapons to make up for the shortcomings of height and arms ...

Relying on ultra-long spears, the Swiss often fight against the wild in the wild. But then everyone wasn't stupid anymore, they all started to learn Swiss, and they all switched to long spears. Then the advantage of the Swiss decreased. Although it is still very powerful, it is not an absolute advantage.

Then, Marin became a chicken thief and popularized the use of muskets. No matter how long your spear is, it cannot be longer than the range of a musket. Therefore, the Swiss mercenaries who used super-long spears were gradually eliminated. Even without Marin, it would be eliminated by the original German mercenaries with a matchlock.

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Just before the end of spring cultivation, a big event happened in Calais, France-an English businessman named Wilson and another English businessman named James, both of whom were killed at their home in Calais. Moreover, the whole family was hit by poisoned hands, and no one was spared ...

This kind of door-killing case is very bad in nature, and there are two cases at once, which immediately caused a sensation. At this time, King Edward also protested against the French, arguing that French officials failed to protect the English diaspora in Calais. Then Edward expressed his intention to send a messenger to Calais to help investigate the case and appease the English in the city.

King Francois I of France was not happy about the English wanting to intervene in the investigation. However, at this time the Englishmen in the city were indeed panicked and needed to be appeased.

Therefore, François I agreed that England should send a messenger to appease the English in the city so as not to cause panic. Of course, it would be better if all these Englishmen could be brought back to England.

After all, Calais was ruled by England for more than 100 years, and there were many English people in the city. Although many English people chose to return to China after being captured by France, many people stayed. As far as the algorithmic countries strive to increase the number of Frenchmen, Calais still has nearly half of its residents as English.

Therefore, in order to ensure the stability of Calais, those Englishmen should also appease. Therefore, Francois I allowed Edward to send a messenger to help calm down. However, the messenger was not allowed to intervene in the investigation.

And Edward had never thought that he would really intervene in the investigation. After all, the perpetrator was sent by him. All he wanted was to send the unlucky messenger to Calais ...

Therefore, Edward agreed with François I ’s request, but the request can observe the results of the investigation to protect the people ’s duty ...

In fact, Edward did not want to bargain, but then he would feel that there is a problem if he listens to the French. Therefore, he deliberately made a small request to confuse everyone.

The French were obviously confused, allowing the English to watch the case, but not allowed to intervene. In this way, England obtained permission to send envoys to Calais.

Then, Edward picked a bad luck named Robinson, went to Calais to appease the Englishmen in the city, and watched the results of the investigation.

Robinson is an opponent of Edward and a veteran baron of Cornwall. This product is not the aftermath of the Tudor dynasty, so it was not killed by Edward when it was cleaned up.

But after Edward took the throne, Robinson became Edward's opposition because he and Edward had different views on many things.

In general, Edward can tolerate him. However, last year, this guy actually concealed an important remnant of the Tudor dynasty. The man was Marquis, a former friend of Robinson. He used to be a baron. The two were colleagues during the Henry VII period and had a close relationship. Even, the two almost married.

But after Edward overthrew Henry VII, Robinson was neutral and escaped. Marquez fled England with his family and went to France in exile. Later, Margaret Bong Tuo and Henry's false son Henry predominated and actively planned to participate in the activities to subvert Edward's rule.

Marquis was also a baron of Cornwall and was naturally sent back to his hometown. Last year, because he was worried that England would attack France from behind, Louis XII sent people to Wales to plan the uprising, and also sent Marquis to sneak back to Cornwall to plan the riot, in order to drag Edward.

At that time, Marquis quietly lived in Robinson's country manor, sleeping during the day, going out to find people at night, and tempting everyone to rebel ...

But the accidental capture of the Welsh rebel leader led to Marquis' bankruptcy before he even started his rebellious career. In desperation ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Marquez had to board a fishing boat at night and stole back to France ...

Later, this matter was inadvertently learned by Edward's men. However, the agents did not receive specific information and could not convict Robinson. However, since then, Robinson was labeled "anti-thief" in Edward's heart. Although Robinson did not directly participate in the rebellion, but to contain the anti-thief and allow the anti-thief to contact the rebellion everywhere, it would be considered an anti-thief's accomplice.

But Edward had no evidence, so he had to replace Robinson from the seat of the Cornwall county guard and transfer it to London's foreign affairs department.

You know, the county guard is an absolute real power. If the county guard participates in the rebellion, the success rate is high and the consequences are serious.

Edward transferred Baron Robinson to London to serve as the adjutant of the Foreign Secretary Howard. He was nominally promoted, but he had no real power. After all, when the local princes and ministers are deputy officials, there is a big gap between their real powers.

Robinson also complained about this, and then often found fault with Edward in official meetings, making Edward very annoyed.

Exactly, this time an aristocrat was required to die in Calais, Edward thought of the bad luck Robinson ...