In fact, Marin had hidden strength before so as not to scare Henry VII. Only when Henry VII was not scared by Marin's army could he have the courage to fight with the French. Otherwise, if he learned that there was a 20,000 or 30,000 troops from Marin to the north, Henry VII would probably have no courage to fight with the French...
It was precisely because Marin hid his strength that Henry VII had enough confidence. According to the information provided by Marin, he schemed the French and completely destroyed the French navy.
The birds are gone, and the good bows are hidden; the cunning rabbits die, and the lackeys are cooked (will this resentment from dog lovers? Ancient people seemed to love eating dog meat)... Now, the French fleet no longer exists, so Marin doesn't care whether to destroy the English ships.
Therefore, Marin decided to pull out the main warships he hid and the 250-level armed merchant ships to protect the food logistics base. It would be fine if the English ships did not come. If they dared to come, they would sink them...
Anyway, the cunning rabbit (French Navy) are all dead, so it doesn’t matter whether these lackeys (English ships) stay or not…
When he heard that Marin had only sent 10 warships to protect Grimsby, the grain transport port, Edward couldn't help saying:
"Marin, are there too few 10 warships? That guy Henry has more than 100 warships in his hands. Can your 10 warships be blocked?"
Marling immediately laughed:
"Your Majesty, you have never seen my warship. It has 500 tons per ship..." Damn, Marin suddenly remembered that Edward didn't understand what a ton is... After pausing, Marin changed his words:
"That's my warship, more than twice as large as ordinary English warships..." Well, England's warships usually look more than 200 tons (there's no way, now the mainstream Europeans are at this level. A few years ago, Dagama was only more than 100 tons to find Indian flagships). Marin had to compare this way so that Edward had an intuitive understanding.
"But, it's useless to double the size... 10 ships are equivalent to 20 ships on the other side..." Edward said after thinking about it.
Marin was speechless - this child was good at elementary school mathematics, but is the ship so comparable? Moreover, his elementary school mathematics actually made Marin unable to find a reason to refute, so he had to be depressed...
Suddenly, Malin's second disease broke out and decided to prove it to Edward...
So the army camp was temporarily moved to Port Grimsby. On the one hand, Marin directed his soldiers to build a temporary Long Bridge Wharf to facilitate Newcastle ships and local warships to dock. On the other hand, Edward also saw how awesome his warships were...
Of course, Marin did not really have a second-year disease. In fact, he also had the intention of showing off his martial arts.
Edward had already revealed his desire to eat alone. Marin was afraid that Edward would not see the situation clearly and thought that the English Navy was invincible. In this way, Edward might lose the fiefdom and title that he had originally promised to be allocated to Marin.
So, taking this opportunity, Marin decided to show Edward, the country bumpkin, the invincible warship of the powerful North Sea Duchy... Only when he scared this country bumpkin, he would not dare to lose the fiefdom and title he promised to give him, and even the engagement between Little Caesar and Princess Margaret...
Edward was also a little amused about Marin's sudden appearance of the child's anger that "will let you see my best toys". However, now the main force of the British army has been eliminated, and Henry VII could not find any other army at all. Therefore, Edward was not in a hurry to go south. Just so, he admired the so-called "Cow Bi Battleship" that Marin boasted unparalleled in the sky and the earth...
To be honest, Edward really had the idea of ​​"the fleet of the British Kingdom is invincible in the world". Although he had never thought about refusing Marin's reward, he was indeed a little self-inflated. If Henry VII was eliminated and then he used his title and interests to win over all the big ship owners, Edward would really have the idea of ​​"I am the only one at sea". Moreover, Edward was not worried that he would not be able to win over those big ship owners. Because as long as he defeated and killed Henry VII on land, he could control their home port. These ships would eventually rely on the port. If he did not surrender to himself, would he be a pirate at sea? Therefore, Edward had no doubt that he would become the king of the ocean power...
It was during the usual conversation that Marin saw Edward's inflated thoughts, so he decided to show off his super warship.
The 500-ton warship, after decades, P is not considered a battleship. Because the main force of decades is a thousand-ton warship. However, at this early 16th century, it was definitely a giant-level existence. Moreover, because the ship was full of artillery and volleys, it was absolutely shocking...
A week later, the 500-ton warship formation of Marin and others finally arrived. The army of Marin also built more than a dozen temporary long bridge docks in Grimsby for these ships to berth.
Then, with a smug look, Marin pulled Edward, who was already stunned, and boarded the warship to visit...
"I have never seen such a mighty warship!" Before I could get on the deck, Edward was shocked by the huge and mighty appearance of these warships.
In fact, it was Marin himself who was shocked by the huge "Constitution" model aircraft sent by his classmates on his birthday, and then he became fascinated by the sailing warships. These warships were basically designed and manufactured by Marin according to his memory. Although the tonnage is 4 times smaller than the "Constitution", overall, there is still the shadow of the "Constitution".
Looking at Edward's expression of a shocked bun, Marlin felt very happy...
What shocked Edward even more was still behind - before boarding the deck, Edward did not see the 40 heavy artillery on the ship. Because, it is not a state of combat, the window of the lower artillery deck has not been opened. The upper artillery, in order to prevent wind and rain, was covered with canvas...
After Marin climbed onto the deck, he ordered the crew to uncover the canvas and open the gun door on the lower deck...
"This...this..." Edward was so surprised that he couldn't even speak.
Of course he knew the artillery. At the beginning, in the Hundred Years of War between Britain and France, the British army was defeated by the French artillery.
Originally, Edward thought that the French would be considered a rich man if they could invest hundreds of artillery in a warship. But he did not expect that there were 40 artillery pieces on one of Marin's warships. If 10 were ships, wouldn't it be 400...
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the size of these cannons is far larger than the bronze cannons Edward saw in France... and they are all golden bronze cannons... How many copper cast cannons do you need... Edward was stunned...
In fact, the so-called "copper cannons" he saw were all fake. These cannons were actually cast from medium and low-carbon steel with inaccurate carbon content control. Moreover, they were cast by an old English blacksmith in Sussex, Old John, who helped Marin...
However, Marin didn't want to let people know that he had mastered the technology of casting large iron cannons. So, before showing it to Hamburg and Lubeck people, Marin thought of a way to paint the surface of the iron cannon with a layer of "gold paint" and pretended to be a "copper cannon"...
The so-called gold paint is tin sulfide. Tin sulfide looks very much like the color of gold. Those who cheat or pretend to be rich like to use "gold powder" such as tin sulfide as paint so that certain buildings or utensils can shine goldenly...
The production of tin sulfide is also very simple. Just find an alchemist, buy some tin from the UK, and buy some sulphur from Italy. If you tinker with it, the "gold powder" will come out...
Marin asked someone to dim the color of the "gold powder" paint, and brush it on the outside of the steel cannon, which looked like a bronze cannon. Moreover, when visiting the guests, the muzzles were blocked, and others could not see the iron in the muzzles...
In this way, others want to engage in a naval arms race with Marin - OK, if you have money, first cast a few bronze heavy artillery for me... The price of copper is so expensive, if you cast a ship of 18-pound cannons, ordinary princes will go bankrupt... How to engage in an arms race with Marin? So, this layer of gold paint is a misleading person. If others don't know, they use tons of copper to cast guns, and Marin uses steel to cast guns, the cost difference is greater than that... If several warships use guns, all of them are made of copper, generally European countries will go bankrupt...
The rustic Edward was indeed frightened. Seeing so many heavy copper cannons weighing two or three thousand pounds (more than one ton), he could only express the word "suit" on his face...
What convinced him even more was that in order to scare him, Malin took him out to sea to "test the cannon"...
When 20 heavy artillery fired angrily and shot out an 18-pound iron ball shell, the entire hull was shaking. If Marin hadn't helped him, Edward would have almost fallen on the deck...
"This...this...this...fire power is too strong..." Edward could already imagine the terrible scene of those "thin-skinned" English merchant ships being smashed into the side of the shells when facing these warships...
Chapter completed!