After performing this series of dramas, Malin breathed a sigh of relief:
"This time, the French should believe it?"
As expected by Marin, Louis XII believed in his evil spirit. After all, Kohler expressed anxiety, anger, and even threats... This kind of acting skills can be completely used as a Little Golden Man. How can Louis XII, who has never watched a movie, not believe it?
Back then, the people in the mainland were flocking to the shoddy low-cost movies made in Xiangjiang. Why? I haven’t seen the world before. So I was frightened. After thirty years, in the 21st century, the people in the mainland were still the same as before when they saw Xiangjiang, and they were no longer afraid of them... After all, the problem of seeing is impossible to overcome...
In this era, because information transmission was extremely difficult, let alone ordinary people, even monarchs like Louis XII have limited knowledge. Therefore, it is not uncommon to be fooled...
Moreover, the most terrifying thing is that Marin's panic is false. For example, the French transported volcanic ash back to their country and spread it in the ground, which can indeed make the land rich. These lies, which are seven parts true and three parts false, are all advanced lies in later generations. Not to mention those who are unsaved in this era, even people in the 21st century are easily deceived.
It seemed that he was worried that the Beihai Kingdom would fall to Spain because of this matter, so Louis XII decided to take the initiative. So he sent John Lafite as an envoy to "visit" the Beihai Kingdom on behalf of France. His mission was to "please" Marin so that he could not send troops to help Spain.
At the same time, Louis XII also sent another subordinate, Charles, the former Duke of Gedder, to send him to the German region to contact some powerful anti-Marin princes. Recently, they joined forces to make a move to scare Marin so that they did not dare to send troops to leave the land of the Beihai Kingdom easily...
But what Louis XII didn't know was that the representatives he sent were clearly Marin's people. Earl Charles sent to Germany to contact the princes to scare Marin, and John Raffie reported directly to Marin...
Of course, even if Marin didn't know about this, he wouldn't care. Because he didn't plan to send troops to help Spain.
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As for Haider, the trip to Denmark was quite smooth. Hans was surprised that Marin wanted to buy the remote and desolate island in Iceland and hesitated for several days.
Originally, in history, Hans should have died in early spring. But I don’t know what happened, because Marin’s incest is almost summer now, and Hans is still alive.
Hans then asked Haider about the reasons for Marin to buy the island. Haider naturally followed the script and said that Prince Caesar liked short Icelandic horses very much, and planned to equip a dozen of his followers with an Icelandic horse to practice equestrianism since childhood. After all, children are not suitable for riding tall horses.
Heidel even fooled that Marin, who loved his son, planned to build a horse breeding base in Iceland, specifically selecting small breeds to cultivate small breeds of horses as pets for noble children...
This lie is made up like a perfect match, without any flaws. Because, Marin remembers that later ponies were indeed very popular with children. For example, the Farabella horse was particularly popular with children in later ponies. A cute kid riding an equally cute pony can make her face full of blood...
Haider described the scene Marin depicted based on his memory to Hans. After Hans heard it, he believed it...
Why did Hans believe it? Because his son raised a pony when he was a child. It was really cute when he stood with a pony. Unfortunately, the pony his son raised when he was a child was of a tall breed. It soon grew taller and threw his son away and was no longer cute. After all, horses grew much faster than humans... It would be really tempting to have a pony that could not grow up to accompany his child's growth...
Then, Hans, who had eliminated his doubts, agreed to sell Iceland. But the price was raised by 8,000 gold coins...
After some bargaining, the two sides finally sold at a price of 25,000 gold coins...
At this time, John Rafi also arrived in the North Sea Kingdom in the name of "French envoy". After learning the news, John Rafi reported to Marin for some work, he quickly sent the news to Italy with a carrier pigeon and handed it to Louis XII to find out.
"Iceland? I have heard of it. By the way, do you know if there are volcanoes on Iceland?" Louis XII asked his ministers around him.
A clerk named Elta replied:
"I have heard that according to a traveler, there are indeed volcanoes on the island northwest. Moreover, it will erupt once every few dozen or hundreds of years."
"I'm really lucky..." Louis XII was a little unhappy. He didn't like Marin because he dared to compete with him for England. Of course he was unhappy if he failed to cut off his wealth.
Then Louis XII asked again:
"Is it possible for us to take this Iceland off?" He naturally hoped that the more the volcanic ash soil would be better.
The officials under his command shook their heads - kidding, England directly suppressed the French maritime power, what about France to occupy Iceland? Swim over? Stop kidding...
Elta thought for a while and said:
"Unless England can be taken down by us..."
"England...Union...Oh, I still lack a son..." Louis XII was extremely melancholy. He decided that once the decisive battle with the Spaniards, he would immediately return to Paris, fiddle with the queen, and must give birth to a prince and annex England. As long as he annexes England with a strong naval power, it would not be a problem to seize Iceland...
But poor Louis XII didn't know that although he was not kicked or ligated, his wife was drugged and sterilized...
If it were in ancient East Asia, the infertility of the eldest wife was not a problem. At worst, I could ask my younger wife to give birth to an heir. For example, the Ming Empire was like this, and several queens could not give birth to legitimate sons. Then, they could only find a concubine's son to be the emperor. Emperor Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty, so Emperor Hongzhi, who was born to the captured Yaomin female slave, inherited the throne. The same was true for Emperor Wanli. Wanli's mother Li Caifeng was originally just a maid in Prince Yu's mansion, and her father was just a bricklayer. Because she was beautiful, she was given to him by Prince Yu and gave birth to Wanli...
However, Europe does not allow you to find a little wife. Even if you secretly find a little wife, it doesn’t count if you have a son, and you don’t have the right to inherit...
...
Just when Louis XII was feeling the lack of his son, in northern Italy, Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, who had originally hid in the Mistyre Valley on the junction of the Graubinden area of ​​Switzerland, returned to Milan with 8,000 elite troops.
He led his troops back to Milan under the persuasion of the Spanish envoy. Originally, he planned to wait until France and Spain decided to decide whether to leave the valley after the victory or defeat was decided. However, Juan III's envoy told him that because the French were numerous and powerful, Spain was not sure. If Spain was defeated, he would never have the chance to retake the city of Milan.
Therefore, Spain needs him to stab the French. It is best to take back Milan City and force the French to divide their troops to rescue the country. In this way, the Spanish main army will have a greater chance of winning...
At this time, there were only four or five thousand defenders in Milan, and they were Italian mercenaries temporarily hired by the French, plus some French soldiers and civilians. Such a scale of defenders showed that the French did not intend to defend this place well. After all, for Louis XII, the most important thing now is to seize Naples, obtain a large amount of volcanic ash soil sources, so that the grain output of the royal arable land under his name surged, and then strengthen the strength of the French army and dominate Europe...
Although Ludovico Sforza's withdrawal was a bit hasty this time, he was not a fool. He had put nails in the city before. So, 8,000 soldiers came outside Milan and blew the trumpet as a secret code. Someone opened the west gate of Milan for him...
Afterwards, Ludovico Sforza successfully brought the elite of 8,000 Italian mercenaries into the city and defeated the remaining enemy with low combat power...
Then, a letter of help was sent to the city of Naples in the south through the pigeon system...
"Report! Milan City fell and fell back into the hands of the tyrant Ludovico Sforza!" The French officer responsible for reporting on military information reported seriously.
Louis XII thought for a while, then sighed:
"If you lose it, you will lose it, that doesn't matter. It's not too late to turn back and deal with that clown..."
Chapter completed!