Marin's estimate was not wrong. When he sent someone to tell the handsome King Philip the news that the French secretly used the Amsterdam merchant ship to transport French goods, Philip was indeed furious.
For Philip, his hatred for France was greater than that of his father Maximilian I. Why? Because Maximilian I was not the ruler of the Netherlands. The real ruler of the Netherlands was Philip, and the Principality of Burgundy was also inherited by Philip from his grandfather's bold Charlie. Therefore, France took away most of the territory of the Principality of Burgundy (Burgundy Region), and the direct victim was Philip. Philip's resentment towards France was much greater than that of his father Maximilian I.
Philip was never a good-tempered person, and he was narrow-minded. Back then, Spain sent a fleet to the Netherlands to pick up his sister, Margaret of Austria, back to Castilla and Prince Juan to get married, and he didn't know where to offend Philip. As a result, this guy left the fleet where Spain came to the Netherlands to welcome him there for several months, and did not provide supplies. As a result, many Spanish sailors starved to death.
Moreover, this guy is ruthless and unrighteous. His son, Maximilian I, misses him. He never goes to Innsbruck to visit his father, but Maximilian I personally rushed to Gent to see him. As for the story of his wife, "Crazy Girl Juana", it is even more famous because he went crazy.
Of course, because of Marin's intervention, Prince Juan did not die, and Juana did not inherit the Castile throne. The Juana and his wife did not return to Spain to compete for the throne. Then, Philip did not die of illness in Spain in 1506. Now, Philip is running around. The reason why Juana went crazy is inseparable from Philip's death. Philip was not dead, so Juana was not crazy either. However, because Philip was flirting with all kinds of things and looking for lovers outside, Juana was not crazy, but depressed. Therefore, Juana is not a crazy woman now, but a patient with depression.
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How could a ruthless and unruly ruler who has a bad temper tolerate merchants colluding with enemy countries? So, after receiving the news, Philip sent someone to confirm it, and then directly sent troops to surround more than a dozen sea merchant families in Amsterdam...
Next, the house was naturally confiscated. That's not all, all the main males in these dozen families were hanged in the name of "colluding with the enemy country."
Things were extremely sudden, and before everyone could react, Philip had already raised his butcher knife. By the time some members of the Dutch Parliament who colluded with these maritime merchants raised their objections, the main men of the dozen maritime merchant families had already died on the gallows.
Then, all the ships belonging to these dozen maritime merchants were seized in the port of Amsterdam. On the ship, French sailors and French cargo were indeed found, and the Dutch MPs who gave way to the spoken maritime merchants had nothing to say.
What made Philip very happy was that this time, he actually obtained property worth 500,000 gold coins. This is not counting, because the 30 shipyards and more than 70 merchant ships under the name of more than a dozen maritime merchants have not been auctioned yet...
And Marin's people have been waiting for this auction...
Marin did not intend to transfer all these shipyards and merchant ships at once, because if this were done, it would cause Amsterdam shipping to paralyze and attract Philip's attention.
Therefore, Marin's countermeasure was to use the spies arranged in the North Sea Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands in the early years to divide them into multiple houses in the name of Dutch merchants, and eat up these shipyards and merchant ships.
In the end, after fierce auctions, the spies under Marin took all 30 shipyards. As for the 70 merchant ships, they only got 50, and more than 20 were taken away by several high-ranking noble families in the Netherlands. The spies of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce had no choice but to intervene in the great nobles. After all, these high-ranking nobles do not reason with you at all, and simply use their power to suppress others, which makes people helpless.
But this has little impact. Just over 20 merchant ships will not make the Netherlands sail. If they cannot get the trade share of popular routes such as the Baltic trade route, it will be difficult for the Netherlands to rise.
Today, the Hanseatic League has not yet declined and still controls the maritime trade in the North Sea and the Baltic region. It is very difficult for Dutch merchants to get a piece of the pie. And help the French transport goods... the bodies on the gallows in Ghent Square are still hanging and not removed...
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But it is not enough to just buy all the shipyards and most merchant ships in Amsterdam. What if there are new shipyards? Therefore, Marin intends to cut off the Dutch man-made ships from the source.
For example, the wood of Dutch man-made ships mainly comes from forests in Norway and southern Sweden. For this reason, Marin planned to find a way to monopolize the wood. Now, Norway and southern Sweden are in the hands of Denmark. But there is an agreement between Denmark and Lubeck and Hamburg that Denmark cannot develop a naval force. Therefore, Denmark cannot use those woods for shipbuilding.
As for Marin, those woods are not actually used. Why? Marin now has a large area of ​​primeval forests on the North American continent. Is it short of wood? Obviously there is no shortage of wood...
However, if he doesn't buy wood from Norway and southern Sweden, others will buy it, such as the Dutch...
So, Marin decided that we must help the Danes find the sale of wood, but we must not sell it to the Dutch…
For example, Marin could sell Danish wood to the Hanseatic League. After all, the Hanseatic League has more ships and requires more wood. After all, due to the damage of shipworms, sea ships have to be overhauled every time they sail, such as replacing wooden boards at the bottom of the ship.
In addition, Marin himself will find ways to eat some oak from the forests of Norway and southern Sweden for shipbuilding. Although this is a waste, it at least prevents the Dutch from buying wood to build ships.
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These are the exclusion of the supply of wood for Dutch man-made ships from the outside, but this is not enough. Because if the Dutch really wanted to build ships, they would not be able to import oak and other ship-made wood from Norway and southern Sweden. At most, the cost of importing wood from there is relatively low.
Not to mention, there is a lot of oak in the Netherlands itself. Although the quantity is not large and the price is high, it is still not a problem to build hundreds of large ships. Moreover, the Dutch can also import wood from Germany in the upper reaches of the Rhine, and even import wood from France. As long as they want to build ships, it is far from enough to cut off the supply of wood from Norway and Sweden.
But how can the Dutch not have the idea of ​​building a ship? Marin thought hard and finally came up with a solution - to help the Dutch gain bad talent...
What does it mean to be a talented person? It means to guide the Dutch astray and no longer pursue shipbuilding and voyage...
The specific method is to encourage the Dutch to use wood to do something else. For example, to create furniture, wooden crafts, etc.... In addition, wood can also be used to build houses and use firewood...
In short, Marin's purpose is to let the Dutch use limited wood for other purposes. The Netherlands lacks wood, so they actively use wood to create furniture and wooden crafts. If you want to build a ship, you need to have enough wood...
To this end, Marin planned to spend huge amounts of money to build a number of furniture factories in Amsterdam, the Dutch shipbuilding center, specializing in the creation of various furniture.
In order to make Dutch furniture popular, Marin plans to personally make a move and draw many popular furniture patterns in later generations according to memory. Then, he guides the furniture factory in Amsterdam to manufacture it. With the perfect furniture styles ready-made in later generations as a reference, it is difficult for the furniture creation industry in Amsterdam to not be popular...
When Amsterdam became the center of European furniture construction, a large amount of wood was naturally consumed on furniture construction. Then, Marin invested in a batch of wood carvings and other wooden craft workshops to help consume not much wood in the Netherlands...
At that time, if the Dutch wanted to build a ship, they would find that they could not find the wood. Because the wood was bought out by furniture factories and wooden craft workshops...
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