Chapter 689: Disguised Calais in disguise
After learning that Henry VII might call the sailors to defend the City of London, Edward hoped to bring more troops to attack London to ensure success.
However, Marin did not care much. Why? Because in the city of London, there are many spies of his North Sea Chamber of Commerce. Using these people, one can open the city gate.
It's just that these are Marlin's followers. After all, it took Marlin several years to install these spies in the City of London. If you have participated in the battle to seize the city, it must be exposed.
Once exposed, Edward will certainly be monitored in the future. During the years Edward ruled, it was difficult for Marin to intervene in London. Therefore, less than a last resort, Marin did not want to use this killer tool.
Moreover, Marin also asked the spies of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce in London to gather a group of deceased men to seize the city gate, buy a courtyard near the city gate, and dig an underground chamber of Tibetan soldiers. It's just that there are currently more than 20 people who have been recruited. It is not enough to seize the city gate.
Fortunately, the Margaret County Lord, as a ground snake, prepared hundreds of people to help seize the city gate. Marin's plan was to let Margaret County's people live in the basement of the small courtyard prepared by the North Sea Chamber of Commerce spies. When the siege broke out, the two sides joined forces to win the game. But before that, Marin would let his hands down to inform Henry VII, so that Henry VII would kill Margaret Lord. However, this time should be grasped, it is best not to affect the dead to seize the city gate ...
Therefore, for these seven thousand French soldiers to leave, Marin actually does not matter. However, he could not tell Edward of these plans. Otherwise, Edward knew that he wanted to murder his sister, and he would have the heart to kill himself, although it would not necessarily be implemented ...
Frankly, Edward wanted to silence the French messenger. However, when this guy came, he fantasized and brought a lot of Dutch merchant ships. Those French soldiers knew about it. At this moment, I can't cover my mouth ...
When they heard about the difficulties in the country, those French soldiers suddenly rioted. Even the Francois Cavaliers, who had been surrounded by Edward's promise, revealed the intention of "returning to the Kingdom of Kings".
"Knight Francois, have you thought about it? Once you go back now, the Earl's title will leave you ..."
Faced with this temptation, Francois changed his face constantly. After struggling for a long time, he said frustrated:
"Your Majesty, I also want to stay to help you. But my comrades-in-law are gone, and I stay alone, it doesn't help ..."
When Edward thought about it for real-everyone else was gone, leaving the Francois Knight alone, hairy?
In the end, Edward could only accept the reality of releasing the seven thousand French soldiers ...
But before leaving, the French messenger suddenly asked for compensation. After all, the French helped Edward so much, and spent 7,000 regular troops to help so long, so it was reasonable to ask for compensation.
Edward felt very difficult, so he asked Marin to help him find a way ...
The French have a very clear meaning-they want land. However, Edward couldn't just cede the land to the French. Not to mention that after ceding the local land, it endangered the national security of England. Even ceding non-native land will also be regarded as a “king king” by the nationals. If you can't convince the crowd, there may be resistance in the future. Moreover, Edward really did not want to cede the land to the French. In particular, now that the French have no navy, Edward is not too afraid of France.
After thinking about it, Marin smiled and said:
Hosting
"Your Majesty is unwilling to cede the land openly to France? This is easy to handle! Haven't you promised to make Knight Francois the Earl?"
"Yeah, but what does this have to do with the payment to the French?" Edward puzzled.
"Now that the French have occupied Calais, then the Knights of Francois are condemned as the Earl of Calais ..."
"what do you mean?"
"Now that you have lost Calais, then, in the name of an enclosing seal, you will sub-regionalize the Calais region to the French knight Francois. Moreover, you are given the right to self-government in the Calais. In this way, Calais is willing to be ruled by France , We can't control it either. "
"You mean ... Did you cede Calais in disguise?"
"Yes! Anyway, Calais was taken by the French, and it is difficult for us to take it back. In that case, it is better to name it to the Francois Cavaliers. In this way, on the surface, Calais is still England, and you have not lost your land. . As for the fact, just ignore him ... "
Edward's eyes suddenly brightened:
"This is good, this is good!" Although Calais was actually lost, in this way, on the surface, England can pretend to be Calais or British. Edward likes this way of covering his ears and stealing his bells-it is finally a shame ...
"The Channel Islands can't hold it anymore. It's too close to France ..." Edward sighed.
The Channel Islands are only over one hundred square kilometers, but they are too close to the French coast, and the French can go up by boat. The French really want to rob, even if they don't have a navy.
Today, even if Edward controls the UK, he has no power to expand in a short time. Therefore, it is estimated that the Channel Islands will be controlled by the French for a period of time.
"Then give it to Earl Calais' escrow ..." Marin said after thinking about it.
"Hosting? What do you mean?"
"It means temporarily handing over to the management of the Earl of Calais. Since it cannot be held temporarily, it will be handed over to the French temporarily. Moreover, the word" custodial "is very flexible. Now your majesty is temporarily unable to withdraw it, it will be given to the French Control chant ... wait until your majesty you stand firm, then end this trusteeship, take it back ... after all, this archipelago is only temporarily "trusted" by the Earl of Calais, not incorporated into the Count of Calais. Legally speaking The king has the right to take it back. And in the eyes of the French, it is estimated that you would be embarrassed to say that the word game played by ceding ... but in fact, when England is stable and strong again, you can take back the trusteeship ... "
Marin is from a later generation and has seen many word games. Such tricks come casually ...
Edward suddenly lighted up and said:
"This is good, that's it!"
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When the French messenger heard of Edward's plan, he was ashamed:
"Your Majesty, are you right? The fortress of Calais is occupied by our kingdom of France. What do you mean by sealing this to Francois?"
Edward said seriously:
"That ’s what I mean, I do n’t want to be a humiliating monarch who ceded the territory. So, I hope to use this disguised means to hand over the Calais to the French. Francois is a French officer anyway. Does the Upper Caleb State have autonomy, does it not mean that it was given to France? Moreover, the Channel Islands were added ... "
The French messenger suddenly suddenly turned out to be embarrassed to say that he would cede the territory.
"But, is a Calais area and a small Channel Islands too small?" The French messenger felt that it was not enough, except for the Calais area already occupied by the French, only one small archipelago was sent to Hanako?
"Mr. Messenger, I am also saddened by the loss of the French army this time. However, according to the original agreement, the French army should cooperate with our army to lay down the south of England ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ and help capture London before I can give You, the native county. However, the French army failed and did not complete the task of cooperating with our army. Therefore, your country has not completed the agreement. According to the agreement, I cannot give you more territory. The Calais region and the Channel Islands are actually It is the reward of these seven thousand French soldiers! "
The French messenger was suddenly speechless-yeah, the French army did not complete the agreement, and others did not pay without problems ...
Moreover, the most important thing is that this time the French have been annihilated by the entire navy, and even the ability to "arm wages" is gone. Even if you want to use these seven thousand French troops to threaten Edward, you can't do it-didn't you see the 20,000 troops with Marin around?
In desperation, the French messenger had to return with 7,000 troops. Before returning, Edward held a simple ceremony, conferring the French knight Francois who commanded the 7,000 French army as the Earl of Calais, and entrusted him with the Channel Islands ...
In this way, Edward did not seem to betray any interest in England. The French, this time, only got a bad luck in the Channel Islands, with a total area of more than 100 square kilometers. Counting the huge losses of the Shanghai Gorge War, the French lost their grandma's house this time ...
"Hey, I gave the French fortress Calais personally after all!" Edward sighed reluctantly.
"No, the Calais Fortress has long been lost. It was lost during the reign of Henry VII. You can keep the apparently Calais area from being lost. You have done a good job." Malin advised.
He is not optimistic about whether the British can retake the Calais fortress. You know, although France has navy slag, it is very arrogant on land. If the fortress of Calais is not lost, it is better to say. Now, it's hard to get into the French mouth and try to pull it out again. Since I ca n’t get it back, losing it in such a decent way is also a good way to helplessly ...
