Chapter 2025: Goudi

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Frankly speaking, Marin is not short of money now. He has reached the realm of "money is just a number in my eyes". Therefore, what he called "cutting the knife" did not want more money, but wanted to extend his hands more into all aspects of England, especially the navy.

Although, Marin now has the confidence to dispatch the North Sea State Fleet, defeat the England Fleet, and enter England strongly. However, this is also costly. The most troublesome thing is probably that it will cause many sailors to go to France because of confrontation and be accepted by France.

If France suddenly had a large number of sailors and experienced sailors, it would definitely be a threat to England. Moreover, this threat is long-term.

Therefore, Marin tried his best to reach into the coast of England to suppress possible resistance in the future. In addition, as much as possible to win over the sea power of England.

However, Edward VI was not a fool. Marin had long wanted to intervene in the maritime affairs of England, but Edward was 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 to Marin's partial involvement. Other places, especially strategic locations such as Plymouth and Dover, are determined not to let Marin get involved.

But now that England has gotten Marin's head, Marin will naturally ask for it. But Howard 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 of London and elaborated on Marin's request.

Marin's request is simple-allow North Sea powers to establish dedicated docks and offices in Dover, Plymouth and other seaports...

This is somewhat similar to the later Manchu consulates, which will affect England's 100% control of 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 children in the future. It really doesn't work, you can change to a queen. He still didn't know that it was him who lost his fertility, not the Queen Anna he suspected.

In particular, the birth of Princess Margaret before, and the fact that he was still able to do that with the queen normally, caused him to never doubt his fertility loss. Had it not been for fear of angering France, he would now start to change the queen. You know, men have a long reproductive cycle, 80 years old, as long as you marry a young one, you can still give birth to offspring. And women, over 40 years old, can still give birth to very few people.

It is based on this idea that Edward does not regard Princess Margaret as a heir, but as a spare tire. In this way, he naturally refuses to be too strong in England for his future son-in-law.

But at 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 a reply-agreeing to hand over the entire Southampton Port to Marin. At the same time, allow Marin to expand his interests on the island of Ireland. The island of Ireland is not a native country, and no matter how strong Marin is there, it will not endanger London.

After Edward's reply was delivered to Aurich via carrier pigeons, Marin was also a little dissatisfied. Although only the lion opened his mouth in front of him, allowing the other party to bargain, the bargaining was too cruel.

In this way, the two monarchs carried out bargaining through air "express". After several rounds of negotiations, Marin can be regarded as fighting for more conditions.

For example, in addition to all the Port of Southampton, Marin also obtained the right to use the port town of Liverpool in the northwest of England.

Liverpool at the moment is not a big city in later generations, but just 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, of the two ten-thousand corps of the Marin Fourth Army and the Fifth Army, half of them have been sent to the island of Ireland, and they cannot "get King Qin King" in England. Therefore, Liverpool, the port close to the island of Ireland, has become a good landing point.

But in fact, Liverpool is just a blindfold. If he really wanted to attack London, Marlin's first choice was definitely to use a powerful fleet to penetrate directly into the Thames and reach down to 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 make plans for the future rule of England. After all, the Port of Liverpool is a very good port, very suitable for the development of maritime trade.

Edward was really fooled and turned his attention to the west. In order to curb Marin's possible future landing operations, Edward plans to set up a military camp near the Port of Liverpool in the future to specifically guard against the possible landing of troops in the Port of Liverpool...

In addition, Marin also asked for some coal mines in Lancashire near Liverpool. These coal mines in Lancashire have large reserves, and they are also the birthplace of the British Industrial Revolution and are very good coal fields. However, because it is too remote (mainly far from London), the current level of development is not high. Unlike the coal mines in Newcastle and Nottingham, large-scale development has already begun.

Marin's real intention is to get more coal fields. In the case that briquettes have been promoted, coal fields are a guarantee of stable wealth.

As for the penetration of English maritime forces, Ma Lin can only do so. But secretly, he still has countermeasures. It is to let Kohler dispatch intelligence personnel to plant off the line in the coastal areas of England, so that the "informants" of the North Sea country's intelligence agency will have more control over England's maritime power and strengthen the North Sea country's influence on the coast of England.

In addition, some established maritime forces can also spend money to buy them. Give some small benefits first, and then give big benefits when Marlin takes over England. If you don't give face, of course it is to get rid of...

At the same time, in addition to the above benefits, money is indispensable. You can pay on credit, but you have to...

...

Because the bargaining was successful, Edward was in a good mood. When Marin signed with Howard Jr., he deliberately pretended to be unwilling to make Edward feel better.

Out of goodwill, before Jr. Howard left, Marin reminded:

"Mr. Howard, please tell your Majesty that you must cooperate with the Spanish to seal 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 must know that the galleys are modified to be the Calais... …"

Little Howard woke up as he dreamed--yes, the French are slow to build their own ships, but there are so many sailing boats in Venice. If Venice’s galleys were sold to France in large quantities, France would soon have a large fleet of Calais, which would immediately pose a threat to the coast of England.

As for skilled sailors? As long as the French are willing to hire Italian sailors, training is not required...

Feeling that the situation was serious, Howard didn't have time to return home, so he sent the news back to the country with carrier pigeons.

Edward also felt that the situation was serious after reading it. Therefore, he immediately dispatched the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Old Howard, and ordered him to rush to Spain to discuss the blockade of the Strait of Gibraltar with Spain. In order to seal the Strait of Gibraltar, England is even willing to send dozens of warships to station in Gibraltar for a long time and cooperate with the Spanish to seal it...

As long as the French don't get the Venetian galley immediately and want to build it themselves, it will take at least several years to scale up. And a few years later, England is also ready.

As for the Italian sailors, there is no alternative. After all, they can rush to the French Atlantic coast from land. But as long as they don't have ships and guns, no matter how good sailors are, they won't be able to play combat power.

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At the same time, Marin showed weakness again and deliberately sent people to let out the news, saying that the North Sea country did not dare to sell the large gunboats to England because of concerns about the feelings of the French. This news is mainly disseminated in the direction of France.

Why did Marin show weakness to France? It is because he recently sought to obtain a large number of immigrants from France to North America. At this time, it is obvious that France cannot be offended, lest they cut off the source of the victims.

Sure enough, upon hearing this news, François I and the French courtiers were very satisfied with Marin's "acquaintance". Naturally, there is no plan to find Marin bad luck in the near future.

But privately, the North Sea country’s shipyards are doing their best to manufacture low-profile versions of Dover ships for supply to England. In order to conceal the origin of these boats, Marin also asked Edward to send high-profile people to the Italian region of Genoa, UU reading www.uukanshu.com to buy galleys...

Genoa is a pro-Spanish force, and Venice is a mortal enemy. It is also one of the maritime powers in the Mediterranean. Although it has begun to decline, it is still famous. It is very reasonable to buy a galleon from Genoa. Moreover, the Strait of Gibraltar is obviously open to English people.

In this way, the French would not have thought that the North Sea country was stealing the oars to supply the British. But before Lev saw the paddle sailing boat, he reminded Marin. To this end, he sent people to relocate all the equipment and workers used to manufacture the oars at the Emden Shipyard to the relatively secluded military port of Wilhelmshaven. Here, the building of the ship is very quiet and will not be discovered by anyone. Unlike the trading port of Emden, it is crowded and easy to be seen.

At this time, Marin still needs French victims, and is not suitable for antagonism with France. Therefore, it is the best way to secretly support England, clear the relationship and show weakness publicly...

Marin suddenly felt that he was too aggressive? Maybe, later generations own nickname will be called "Gou Di"...

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