The Rise of the European Emperor

Because of the warm North Atlantic current and sailing in the prevailing westerly belt, the fleet sailed smoothly along the way, and it was close to the mainland in a few months.

However, Marin did not land directly in Emden, but took four 250-class armed merchant ships to the Wilhelm Port in the northern part of Oldenburg Province. There are few people there and it is a very hidden military port. Merchant ships and fishing boats are not allowed to approach at ordinary times. A cordon is also set up on the land, and ordinary people are strictly prohibited from crossing the line.

Marin is very cautious and does not know what is going on at home. In order to avoid the upheaval in the homeland, he first sent a ship to Wilhelmshaven to listen to the news. After discovering that there was no coup in the North Sea Kingdom, the ship signaled to Marin's ship that everything was safe.

Then, Marin docked with the remaining three boats. Moreover, he landed in the evening when he landed. And the naval fleet commander in Wilhelmshaven, Scheer, also transferred the ordinary sailors according to the order, leaving only a few cronies to welcome Marin to avoid information leakage.

When they landed, Marin and his men all wore black cloaks, revealing their hidden identities. All the way to the interior of the Wilhelmshaven Naval Command, Marin, Kahn and others took off their cloaks.

After dinner, Marin sat at the dining table smoking a homemade cigarette and asked:

"Tell me, what happened in the country in the past two years?"

Sher thought for a while and said:

"A lot of things happened. The first year you left, the country was peaceful and nothing happened. However, from the second year, someone secretly started to spread rumors that you had died in the sea..."

"Haha..." Marin sneered, not surprised by this.

After taking a few more puffs of cigarettes, Marin continued:

"What kind of people are jumping around?"

"It's mainly the frustrated old-fashioned aristocrats in Bremen who are having fun, but they're not a big threat. I heard that some German princes secretly sent people to start wooing the lieutenant generals...even, there may be France involved... "

Marlin was shocked all of a sudden...

Those frustrated nobles are just like what Scheer said, even if they make trouble, it will not become a climate. However, if someone reached out to his army, that would be a big deal.

You must know that most of Marin's army was recruited from the mountains of southern Germany, and they were not natives of their own. Although Marin treated them well and gave them good treatment, that was when Marin was still there.

However, under the influence of the rumor that "Marin has died in the sea", it is difficult to guarantee that someone will have a wandering mind...

So Marin asked Scheer to send someone to contact Kohler overnight and let Kohler come to Wilhelmshaven. By the way, Scheer was also an intelligence officer under Kohler before, and he was transferred to Wilhelmshaven by Marin only because he had been a captain, had experience in naval battles, and was more reliable. So, it was easy for Scheer's people to contact Kohler.

Kohler came over early the next morning after receiving the news, and also brought Sauer, another intelligence chief under Marin. Both are intelligence chiefs, but Kohler is mainly responsible for foreign intelligence collection and civilian intelligence collection, while Sauer is mainly responsible for monitoring the military and officials.

Knowing that Marin wanted to keep it a secret, both of them disguised themselves as ordinary messengers and rode over after putting on makeup.

After seeing Marin, both of them jumped up and hugged Marin excitedly. Of course, Kohler will not forget his big brother Kahn.

Seeing this, Marin first asked Kohler and Kahn to tell about the separation of the brothers, and then first summoned Saul in the secret room. In fact, he is also worried that the two will deceive him in series, and ask questions separately, so he is more at ease.

"Is the army okay?" Marin went straight to the topic. He didn't bother to ask the officials questions, because if the army was stable, it would be better than anything else. After all, the Great Ancestor said that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Even in a very chaotic decade, the military didn't have any major problems. Otherwise, it would have collapsed already.

Sauer frowned and said:

"According to the investigation by the intelligence officers, it seems that some wandering knights who joined you at the beginning were shaken after hearing the rumor that you had an accident. Over the past year, many middle-level officers from the wandering knight family have been secretly contacted by outsiders. …”

"Are there any leaking issues? I mean, agricultural issues. You know, the secret of high agricultural yields is the foundation of Beihai Kingdom..."

"Maybe...there may be some leaks..." Sauer hesitated and said.

"Part of the leak? How to say it?" Marin didn't understand.

Sauer explained:

"That's right. Our high-level generals are basically unshakable, but a small number of unsatisfactory middle-level officers and some low-level officers may have a tendency to leak secrets. For example, some people have disclosed the secrets of high agricultural yields that you value. But , Those unhappy middle and low-ranking officers don't know much about the secrets of high agricultural yields. They only know that we have a special fertilizer that can make the land more productive. The problem is that they don't know the specific formula of fertilizers..."

"Haha..." Marin laughed. At the beginning, he specially built a fertilizer field to collect excrement for centralized treatment, and also specifically required that the excrement must be fermented and air-dried for several months to keep the odor as low as possible. Therefore, even if many people have seen fertilizer, they may not know that there is feces in it.

In addition, apatite and potash, only a few of the most reliable people, such as Kohler, know the source. Even close associates like Kohler only knew about potassium salts, not apatite. Because, the potash mine was bought by Kohler. As for the apatite mine in Laayoune, Western Sahara, Marin sent someone else to do it.

Therefore, in the entire Beihai country, few know all three of the specific components of compound fertilizers. Even a cronie like Kohler knows both feces and potash. However, they also know the secret that fish bones and fish guts can replace apatite. The reason why Marin used apatite instead of fish bones and fish guts was for better confidentiality. After all, in the whole of Europe, apart from Marin and his cronies, no one knows what apatite is...

"So, those who have betrayal in their hearts are asking around for fertilizer ingredients?"

Sauer nodded:

"Yes, it was precisely because they were inquiring about the fertilizer composition that our spies caught the clues and targeted them..."

"How did you deal with it?"

"Still researching... Mainly, Schwartz believes that in the absence of you, the main thing is to be stable, and try to avoid conflicts with other countries... After all, if we find some princes, we can't just do it. what……"

Marin nodded, and Schwartz was right. It was indeed a bit ill-considered to leave the country by myself, mainly because Ming had seen too much in his previous life, and he had a heavy Ming Dynasty plot in his heart, so he went to Daming irrationally to see it.

If you are not there, it means that the country has no owner, and people must be panicked. In addition, someone maliciously spread rumors, it is indeed not suitable to turn against people.

Fortunately, because I did a good job of keeping secrets at the beginning, I didn't let the enemy completely succeed. After all, the human heart is greedy. Those mid-level and lower-ranking officers who have given up on their intentions will definitely not be reconciled if they don't get a complete fertilizer formula. After all, a complete fertilizer formula is a very good investment certificate. If you go to other lords with this kind of voting certificate, you will definitely be reused.

After Kohler and Kahn came in after reciting their brotherhood, Marin ordered:

"To mobilize all the spies and concentrate on dealing with the leakage of agricultural secrets. In addition, organize killers and be ready to assassinate nobles from other countries who have obtained some secrets, even if he is a prince..." Malin said murderously.