Marin's original intention of disbanding the four-way alliance was to encourage Denmark and Sweden to fight each other. Because if he maintained a military alliance with Sweden, the Danish king Hans, who had been completely beaten, might not dare to send troops.
However, Marin was also afraid that King Hans would be too stupid and did not understand his original intention. Therefore, after sending a letter announcing his withdrawal from the four-party alliance, Marin also wrote a secret letter to the King of Denmark, clearly telling the other party that I would not cover Sweden anymore, and you will do it next...
But this is just the opinion of the Marin family. Whether Lubeck and Hamburg will reach a military alliance with Sweden in private is beyond Marin's control. He only has the ability to suggest and cannot control the final decision of Lubeck and Hamburg.
The problem now is that Denmark no longer has a navy, and it is difficult to transport its troops to Sweden's land. It is unlikely that Denmark will allow warships to be owned again.
Therefore, if Denmark wants to fight with Sweden, it must first obtain the support of Lübeck and Hamburg, at least make the two neutral. Otherwise, the Danish army will not even cross the Ore Strait.
Based on the principle of good people to do the best and sending Buddha to the West, Marin privately gave King Hans a suggestion - to sell Sweden's interests in exchange for support from Lübeck and Hamburg...
How to sell Sweden's interests? Marin knew that after obtaining a port on the southern coast, Sweden was very excited and had actively prepared to build ships and planned to participate in the profitable maritime trade.
As a Baltic country, how could Sweden not know the huge profits of maritime trade in the Baltic region? Especially the salt trade, it is simply huge profits. Others, such as wood trade, fur trade, etc., have also made a lot of profits.
Moreover, Sweden is a country with a high forest coverage rate, and most of its territory is covered with forests. Although there are many coniferous forests, there are also many broad-leaved forests in the southern region, with a rich variety of shipbuilding wood oak, pine, etc., which are everywhere.
Therefore, after obtaining the southern coastal areas, especially the southwest coastal areas, the old Sten Steui began plans for shipbuilding and maritime trade.
Although two important towns and ports in the north and south of the Ore Strait - Helsingborg and Malmo had to "tentatively lend" Hamburg and Lubeck to station and control, resulting in the Ore Strait being controlled by two external forces of Lubeck and Hamburg, Old Sten Sturre was very visionary. He built a port city called Gothenburg at the mouth of the Yota River on the southwestern coast of Sweden...
In fact, Gothenburg was originally built by Gustav II in 1619. But Old Sten Steur's vision was no worse than Gustav II. Therefore, more than a hundred years ahead of schedule, Old Sten Steur also built the port city Gothenburg at the mouth of the Yota River on the southwest coast.
Gothenburg is located on the southwestern coast of Sweden, but is on the north side of the narrow Ore Strait. This allows Sweden to get rid of the blockade of the Ore Strait by Lübeck and Hamburg and the collection of toll taxes, allowing Sweden to face the Atlantic Ocean and directly face the large Western European market.
However, the old Sten Sturre's own way of doing it alone caused the displeasure of Lübeck and Hamburg. You should know that after defeating Denmark, Lübeck and Hamburg basically regarded the Baltic Sea as their sphere of influence and could not tolerate others' involvement. Except for Marin's merchant ships, merchant ships from other countries are now subject to heavy taxes by two cities through the Ore Strait.
Therefore, Old Sten Sturley's self-reliant behavior made Lübeck and Hamburg feel that their cheese was moved...
However, Sweden is their military ally, and both sides have been members of the four-sided alliance before. Therefore, even if they are dissatisfied with the behavior of Old Sten Sturre's attempt to intervene in the Baltic trade, Lübeck and Hamburg are not easy to say.
Before, when Marin was leading the army through Hamburg, he drank and chatted with Hamburg Speaker Heisenberg. Heisenberg complained about the Swedes' desire to grab cakes, and Marin remembered it in his heart...
This time, Marin gave Denmark the idea to use Lübeck and Hamburg to dissatisfie with Sweden's construction of Gothenburg port, and to first and then fight Sweden...
The specific approach is to let King Hans completely admit defeat to Lübeck and Hamburg, promising to contract all the marine transportation in Denmark to Lübeck and Hamburg in the future. In addition, Helsingborg and Malmour were formally ceded to Hamburg and Lubeck. At the same time, they were also given the right to collect the tax on the Ore Strait...
This practice is quite ruthless, which is equivalent to self-destruction of martial arts. Of course, it is a martial arts at sea. But now Denmark has no need to self-destruction, and its martial arts at sea have been abolished by Lubeck and Hamburg. Therefore, this condition is actually just to publicly recognize the vested interests of Lubeck and Hamburg.
But he had a very critical point, that is, if Denmark obtained the southern coastal areas of Sweden, then maritime trade transportation in these coastal areas would be contracted to Lübeck and Hamburg. But if it was in the hands of the Swedes, the Swedes might use the new Gothenburg port to compete with Lübeck and Hamburg for maritime trade...
By comparison, as long as Lubeck and Hamburg are not fools, they will understand that letting the Danes control the southern coastal areas of Sweden is obviously more beneficial to them than the Swedes control the southern coastal areas of Sweden.
Because the Danes had completely abandoned their maritime interests and contracted all maritime transportation to Lübeck and Hamburg. However, the Swedes had to independently compete with Lübeck and Hamburg. Moreover, the Danes also ceded Malmö and Helsingborg, which controlled the north and south of the Ore Strait, to Lübeck and Hamburg, which was equivalent to allowing two Hanseatic cities to legally control the Ore Strait. Where can I find such a good thing?
You should know that according to the previous internal agreement of the four-party alliance, although Sweden was willing to hand over Malmö and Helsingborg to the fleets of Lubeck and Hamburg respectively, it required that the fleets of Lubeck and Hamburg must evacuate within ten to twenty years. Obviously, the Swedes did not want to give up the interests of the Ore Strait to others.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! As long as the Danes are willing to give up this benefit, the merchants in the two Hanseatic commercial cities of Lubeck and Hamburg will most likely agree. At that time, Lubeck and Hamburg will support Denmark in private to confront Sweden. After all, for Lubeck and Hamburg, Denmark, which has completely lost its naval power, is much better than Sweden.
The only question now is, with King Hans' IQ, can he think through this?
Because he was afraid that King Hans would not understand, Marin directly pointed out in the letter that the cedes of Helsingborg and Malmö is temporary, and Denmark still has a chance as long as it can regain southern Sweden. Otherwise, with Denmark's current situation of losing its Jutland Peninsula and maritime rights, decline will be inevitable. After all, after losing the Jutland Peninsula, there are only some islands left in Denmark, which is only more than 10,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a larger principality.
If the fertile area of ​​southern Sweden is regained, not only will the territory be several times larger, but it will also be able to re-enter the Baltic Sea.
In his letter, Marin hinted semi-publicly that Hans - even if he lost his navy, it would be temporary. Because no one knows what drastic changes will happen in the European landscape in the future. If a suitable opportunity is found, Denmark may rise again...
Of course, this is Marin's deception of Denmark. How did Denmark rise in so many powerful people around? At most, Denmark bullies Sweden. But if Gu Erye appears, whoever bullies whom may be.
In fact, Denmark is now neither economic nor population than Sweden. In terms of economy, due to the two defeats and the loss of trade rights in Shanghai, Denmark's economy is still on the verge of collapse, which is worse than the newly born Sweden. In terms of population, Sweden now controls Finland, with the combined population of the two places reaching 850,000. Denmark only has more than 400,000, plus Norway's 240,000, which is only more than 600,000. If it is a one-on-one fight, Denmark may not be able to beat Sweden.
However, Denmark has an advantage that Sweden does not currently have. That is, Denmark has many "friends"...
Chapter completed!