Marin was probably too excited and jumped on the boat. As a result, because the ship was deliberately broken and the repair was not too solid, the board that was repaired on the side fell off directly. Then, water began to flow into the side...
Marin was frightened, but fortunately, he didn't just bring one ship back to his country. Although the ship he was on was over, there were three broken ships beside him, plus the five ships sent by Kidd, who released lifeboats and rescued Marin and others from the leaking water on the side. When he returned to Port Emden, Marin was still scared - he almost got rid of it...
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Just as Marin rushed back to the country, many major events happened in central Europe. One of them was that the Habsburg family and the coalition forces of the princes made their brains...
When Frederick III hired mercenaries who "subcontracted" from the princes of the church, he encountered great trouble - about two-fifths of the mercenaries were intercepted by the Habsburg family...
Because of Kohler's vulgar suggestions and the unwillingness of the church princes to publicly turn against the emperor, Maximilian I found a loophole - before the mercenaries left the church prince states and the coalition of princes had not yet contacted the mercenaries who had terminated the contract, Maximilian I sent people to secretly contact the mercenaries...
The results vary greatly - mercenaries from southern Germany seem to have a good impression of the Habsburg family. Therefore, many German mercenaries from the southern region were hired by the Habsburg family at a higher price.
On the contrary, those German mercenaries from central and northern Germany were hostile to the Habsburg family because of the malicious propaganda of the local princes. Therefore, even if the emperor sent lobbyists to lobby the mercenary leaders, most of them were rejected. For those mercenaries who were brainwashed and hostile to the Habsburg family since childhood, the Habsburg family would not do anything much money...
But no matter what, Maximilian I dug out seven or eight thousand German mercenaries from the mercenaries with a total of about 20,000 people. And the vassal coalition forces poached about 12,000 people.
After receiving the news, Frederick III and others became very angry. You know, these 20,000 people were originally their dishes, but they were "stealed" by the emperor...
The final result was that Frenzberg's troops increased by another 8,000, reaching 35,000. The coalition of princes was slightly larger, with about 37,000.
It seems that the coalition of princes seems to have the advantage of military strength. However, in fact, it is not so calculating. After all, Frenzberg's original "Swiss Army" had relatively strong combat power, which was comparable to 20,000 to 30,000. As for the mercenaries hired later, everyone's level was similar. After all, they were all mercenaries hired from outside, and everyone's level was not much different.
Therefore, in total, the combat effectiveness of the vassal coalition with more people is even worse...
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However, in Switzerland, there are not only the Habsburg family army and the vassal coalition. In front of Frenzberg, there are more than 20,000 French troops and Swiss mountain militias.
Therefore, if we calculate the overall strength, the coalition of princes will still have the upper hand...
Of course, Frenzberg is not stupid either. Since he does not have the upper hand, there is no need to take the initiative to attack. After all, hiding in a solid city and relying on the city wall to defend, can offset many gaps in military strength.
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At this time, the contest between the two sides mainly depends on how great the French are. If France is willing to spend a lot of money and fight with the elite French forces together, the Habsburg family will not be able to bear it. If the French refuse to contribute, it will be the coalition of princes in danger...
In fact, Louis XII did think of using the power of the whole country to bet on this war. Then, take the opportunity to destroy the Habsburg army in one fell swoop. As long as the Habsburg army is broken, it will be easier for the French to plot against the Francheconte region, which is the only remaining in the Principality of Burgundy. Even, you can take the opportunity to plot against the rich Netherlands...
Originally, Louis XII had already planned to make a bet and prepare to join the German princes' coalition forces to deal with the Habsburg family.
But unexpectedly, Baron John Lafite brought the secret of high grain yield in the North Sea, which suddenly diverted Louis XII's attention...
After all, the newly promoted Baron Lafite John is right - if the huge problem of cavalry consumption of money and food is solved, then the iron hoof of the French knight can travel all over Western Europe...
Therefore, during this period, Louis XII suspended the plan to participate in the Swiss competition, but began to send people to verify whether the volcanic ash is really an excellent agricultural fertilizer...
For this reason, Louis XII specially sent people to follow John Lafite to Italy, bought the mountains near Mount Vesuvius, and began to dig out the ash covering Pompeii under the name of archaeology. Then, he quietly sent people to ship the dug ash and transported them back to France.
Originally, Louis XII planned to use this batch of volcanic ash as fertilizer for crop growth next spring. In this way, the authenticity of what John Lafite said can be fully verified.
However, John Lafite suddenly suggested - instead of waiting until next year, why not just try it now?
As for how to experiment? This is simple, just build a glass greenhouse to cultivate flowers...
Glass is not rare in Western Europe, and John has also visited the North Sea country and has seen the glass greenhouse built by Marin for growing herbs and ginger.
So he sent someone to build a glass greenhouse in the garden of the Royal Palace in Paris...
However, unlike the glass greenhouse in Beihai Country in Marin, because there is no rolling large flat glass (Baihai Country was naturally created under Marin's suggestion), it is very complicated to build a glass greenhouse here, and many small wooden frames need to be trimmed to inlaid small pieces of glass for light transmission.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! So, the greenhouse in the Royal Palace in Paris looks awkward. Because it is a greenhouse made up of small grids and glass windows.
Of course, it is still September, the temperature is not low, and the glass greenhouse has not been used yet. So, John Lafite can experiment slowly.
He found two groups of roses and conducted cultivation experiments. The two groups of roses used the same seeds. After the seeds germinated, they began to manage them separately.
One group asked the palace gardeners to manage and cultivate in traditional ways. As for the other group, the palace gardeners were mainly responsible for taking care of it. However, John Lafite would mix the volcanic ash into powder, stir the river mud, and sprinkle it in the flowerpot as the medium soil. The other group of gardeners only used ordinary soil as the foundation.
John smiled. As a spy, he had learned a lot of knowledge. For example, when growing flowers, he heard Marin personally talk about some key points. For example, the soil in the flower pot should not be too hard and solidified. This will make the roots of the flower poor breathability.
Therefore, the soil in the pot should be more fluffy. The volcanic ash that stirs the river mud will definitely have a lower degree of solidification. Unlike the soil dug directly from the ground by another group of gardeners, it is too tight and is not suitable for growing flowers.
In later generations, Marin had heard that many people deliberately put small stones into the pot in order to make the roots of the flowers breathable, so that the soil will fluff. But Marin knew that this was not very scientific, and it was not necessary to put stones to make the soil fluffy. For example, John asked someone to stir it with dry and hard volcanic ash and phosphorus-containing river mud. Then, he deliberately put some dead weed roots (fibers) in the pot so that the soil is not so solid.
Volcanic ash is indeed fertile, and John's fluffy subsoil is more suitable for growing flowers. Then, the group John is responsible for, roses grow much better than the other group.
Louis XII was not blind, so he naturally understood that volcanic ash was indeed fertilizer. So he once again ignited his ambition to annex Italy...
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Coincidentally, at this time, Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, sent a secret envoy to request France to dispatch troops to participate in the Swiss Battle. But Louis XII was full of his mind at this time, and the volcanic ash that could be used as fertilizer. Therefore, he politely rejected the invitation of the coalition forces of the princes. At the same time, he began to prepare for the relevant matters of invasion of Italy...
Chapter completed!