Edward was very angry when he saw Marin bringing his army into London and standing in the square in front of the palace. Because the meaning of this demonstration was too obvious.
However, he did not dare to turn against him directly, so he had to endure his dissatisfaction and asked with a pleasant look:
"Malin, why did you bring so many guards to London this time? I was shocked."
Marin stood up with great shame at this time and said:
"Please atone for your sins. I have fought countless wars in the past 20 years, defeated too many enemies, and killed many mortal enemies. When it comes to war, I am not afraid of anyone. However, someone in Chenpa took the opportunity to assassinate halfway! Moreover, Beihai Kingdom lacks everything, but it is not short of invincible elite soldiers. These guys are fine and bored in the country, so I just brought them to protect me. With 3,000 guards in person, I don't believe who can assassinate me!"
Marin's words are meaningful. On the surface, he is self-deprecating, timid and afraid of assassination. In fact, he is showing off his strength. For example, he said, "When it comes to war, I have never been afraid of anyone", and "The Beihai Kingdom lacks everything, but it is not short of invincible elite soldiers." It is clearly the Hongguoguo tells all the English monarchs and ministers present - they are strong and positive, and I am invincible!
This sounds very domineering, but the English monarchs and ministers present cannot refute it. Because Marin has never lost any battle, and he has the right to brag...
In fact, it’s not that Marin is really a god of war, but that Marin can survive. When he encounters a war that is not sure, this guy doesn’t fight at all. When he should be cowardly, he doesn’t have any face at all. Therefore, it seems that he is “invincible”.
Of course, shamelessness also has shameless benefits. If you are not dragged down by reputation, you will not do things that you are unsure of. For example, Napoleon, a real god of war, is exhausted by reputation, and really wants to conquer the whole of Europe. In the end, it fails in Russia and then collapses in the whole world...
The reality is that in the later period, the entire French Empire was somewhat superstitious about Napoleon's war ability and felt that the empire could be invincible. Then, the entire country expected France to push the entire Europe together. At that time, even Napoleon was a little difficult to get on the verge of the tiger. Because the entire French Empire hoped that their emperor could lead them to conquer the whole Europe. In a later comment, it was "The emperor was kidnapped by the public opinion of the French people."
Malin was unwilling to be the fool who was kidnapped by public opinion. He was not sure. He would rather be a turtle than take risks. Because he knew that this was not a game and could not be repeated. Once he failed, his body and soul would be destroyed.
Therefore, when facing the Alliance of German princes and the Kingdom of France, he showed his "invincible" side and implied that he was not easy to mess with; on the other hand, he was humble and did not provoke the Alliance of German princes and the Kingdom of France. Because he was not sure to attack the joint attack between France and the princes at the same time.
But if one of the French or German princes was weakened or held back, Marin was more confident. So Marin desperately instigated France to compete with Spain for the Kingdom of Naples to consume France's strength.
But France has a strong foundation. As the largest land and population power in Western Europe, France's war potential is greater than that of Spain. Therefore, Marin judged that when France is willing to overdraw its national strength, they can even fight two wars at the same time...
Yes, France is poor. Compared with Spain, which has spice trade, France's financial situation is not good. However, the problem of poverty is not impossible to solve. For example, lending...
As long as France is willing to pay a high price, Venice is willing to lend money to the French. Because France lacks nothing but money...
Therefore, Marin specially invited the emperor to send troops to unite England and looted Paris and the Paris Basin where Paris is located. There is no need to conquer Paris, just destroy the crops near Paris, and the French will be greatly damaged.
Why do you say that? Because the volcanic ash that France brought from the Kingdom of Naples that could fertilize tens of thousands of acres of land was transported back to Paris by the French and fertilized in a royal manor near Paris...
In other words, because of these volcanic ash fertilizers, the royal manors near Paris can bring tens of millions of pounds of grain to the French royal family in autumn.
Tens of millions of pounds of food are definitely enough for the French to form a large army and launch a large-scale war. You should know that each war horse has only 4.8 kilograms of feed per day (more than 10 pounds). 100,000 war horses consume only one million pounds of food per day.
What Marin wanted to do most was to let tens of thousands of soldiers from Britain and Austria trample all the grain fields in the Paris Basin, so that the French not only did not increase their income, but also shortened their food...
However, His Majesty the Emperor had his own little intentions and refused to send troops. So Marin had to come to the UK to think of a solution...
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The demonstrations were just by the way. Marin is not a second-generation bastard or a bad temper. How could he go on this trip specifically for the demonstration? This time he came to persuade Edward to attack France.
Of course, because of the existence of ministers, Marin is not easy to say directly. Some things are best discussed with Edward in private. Because Marin suspected that there were French spies in Edward's court...
Marin's suspicion is normal. In this era, most of the traditional European aristocrats were two-faced. It was normal for someone to have an affair with France in England. Therefore, he could not discuss this issue with Edward in public, and could only wait for the discussion in private...
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At the public welcome banquet, Marin was arrogant and showed an attitude of "I am invincible". He did not take the English nobles present seriously at all. He was so angry that many English nobles present wanted to duel with Marin. Only when talking to Edward did Marin show enough respect. After all, Edward was above him, and even his nominal monarch. After all, Marin was still the Earl of England.
After the banquet, when Edward privately entertained Marin's family of three, Marin immediately bowed to Edward and apologized:
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry for the rudeness before. I have my own difficulties in doing that..."
"Have you any difficulties? What's the difficulties?" Edward was a little curious.
Marin signaled Edward to hold his left and right back, and after the two arrived at the study, Marin whispered:
"Your Majesty, I suspect there are French spies in the English court..."
"What? French spies? It's unlikely... I've cleaned up the government and the public several times..." Edward was a little unbelievable.
Marin said confidently:
"There must be French spies, because my people can find out the news in His Majesty's palace in Paris..." In fact, this is Marin fooling Edward. Even if the French have installed spies in London, the news they get will not be leaked casually in Paris.
Edward didn't believe it, but Marin's words left him speechless...
"Your Majesty, have you discussed with the Queen privately about marrying Princess Margaret to Henry Pohl?"
Edward was shocked - this was what he and Queen Anna discussed in private, how did Marin know?
Marlin laughed in her heart. In fact, this was the message sent back by the spy he had inserted into the London Palace. However, his words were-
Chapter completed!