The Rise of the European Emperor

Hearing the news, Marin was in a bad mood. Then, the memory of the Eight-Power Allied Forces forcing "My Great Qing" to pay 450 million taels of silver in the previous life will always unconsciously come to mind.

In her previous life, Marin had always wondered why there was Qingfan. It's okay to have Ming fans, after all, the Ming Dynasty did not lose many foreign wars. And the Qing Dynasty... Kang Mazi's Yongzheng era was okay in the early stage, but it was miserable in the later period. The whole of China was pressed on the ground and insulted... Marin couldn't figure out why some people would miss "My Great Qing"...

Of course, he is not a fan (Ming Dynasty is his own death), nor is he particularly hostile to the Qing Dynasty. But to be honest, the Qing Dynasty did lose Huaxia's face, and it couldn't get it back until the 21st century. Before Marin was reborn, Huaxia was still working hard to gain face internationally, just to make up for the huge loss of face lost by the Qing Dynasty.

However, although they are all called "Eight-Power Allied Forces", Marin did not take this army seriously. Especially the country of Rietberg, which was added last, is a small country at the township level. This kind of thing is here to give away people's heads... No, it's here to give away land. But Marin still disliked that the country of Rietberg was too small, a small place of only one or two hundred square kilometers, which was equivalent to a larger town, so Marin had no interest in moving them.

But no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. Since the Rietberg family wants to die, Marin doesn't mind making it happen. Moreover, the Principality of Rietberg is close to the southeastern border of the Bishop of Münster, so it is easy to manage after annexation. Therefore, Marin was also "disrespectful"...

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In fact, when Marin heard that Bishop Conrad deliberately separated three-quarters of the church property in the South Munster area in order to empty out the South Munster area, he was extremely happy. Because, Bishop Conrad did what he wanted to do, but he had many scruples.

Although most of these properties will be taken by this so-called "eight-nation coalition", that is not a problem. As long as Marin destroys all these 8 vassal states, they can all get them back.

Moreover, what makes Marin most happy is the land issue. Most of the church's land was separated from the church by Bishop Conrad, who was determined to "digging his own walls", which saved Marin a lot of trouble. Although Bishop Conrad dug the foot of the church to benefit himself and his allies. But in fact, Marin was the cheapest in the end. After all, according to the legal documents, three-quarters of the church land in the South Münster area will be owned by Marin. Speaking of which, Marin wanted to thank Bishop Conrad...

Of course, gratitude does not exist. After all, it is an unforgivable crime for Bishop Conrad to conspire with the princes of the Seven Kingdoms to seize the foundation of the North Sea Kingdom.

Therefore, Marin sentenced Bishop Conrad to death...

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Prior to this, Marin had already arranged for Bishop Conrad to die-immediately wind...

Moreover, the relevant intelligence personnel have long been in place, waiting for Marin to give an order.

"Let's get started, give Bishop Conrad more drugs to cheer up, and make sure the old man is 'happy' to see God." Marin told Kohler.

"Okay, I'll arrange it now!"

Then, several secret letters were quietly sent to the south. These secret letters all use the simplest Morse code, and the letters are full of Arabic numerals, which are incomprehensible to ordinary people.

It should be pointed out that although Arabic numerals are also popular in Europe at present, Arabic numerals are not dominant. For example, on the coins of this era, the numbers are Roman numerals,

instead of Arabic numerals.

Strictly speaking, the North Sea Copper Coin ordered by Marin was the first coin to use Arabic numerals in the European Christian world. Because Marin engraved the year "1508" on the brass coins, which are somewhat similar to coins of later generations. But in this era, the numbers on European currencies are basically Roman numerals.

Arabic numerals really squeezed out Roman numerals and occupied a dominant position in Europe. After the rise of Protestantism, mathematics began to develop explosively without the pressure of the church. Because of the convenience of calculation, Arabic numerals squeezed out the status of Roman numerals.

Moreover, Arabic numerals were introduced to China very early, not as described in those time-traveling novels, but only in modern times. In fact, Arabic numerals were introduced to China during the Yuan Dynasty. However, it didn't catch on.

Because, at that time, Huaxia already had an abacus that was very convenient for calculation, so there was no need to use Arabic numerals. In addition, Arabic numerals are very convenient for writing calculations on drafts. But the problem is - ancient paper is very expensive, how can it be as cheap and popular as paper in later generations? Do you try to do calculations on rice paper? It's a prodigal thing, it's weird if you don't get your legs broken...

Abacus is not only convenient, but also does not consume expensive paper. If it is just addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, Arabic numerals are not used at all. Only by doing more complex mathematical calculations can the superiority of Arabic numerals be shown. However, mathematics in ancient China was underdeveloped and did not need the convenience of Arabic numerals. Therefore, it will not be popular.

Therefore, it is a bit nonsense that the Arabic numerals mentioned in those novels will kill the Quartet as soon as they appear. Did you try to calculate with a pen and paper in ancient times? This is as extravagant as wiping your ass with rice paper, but it is more cost-effective to use an abacus...Of course, if you promote modern papermaking and severely lower the cost of paper, you can do calculations with white paper and pen. Otherwise, using blank paper to perform Arabic numerals and pen calculations is something that only ancient local tyrants could do...

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However, Marin knows the superiority of Arabic numerals. Moreover, he also took out the middle school mathematics textbook. Therefore, Arabic numerals are naturally very useful. In addition, Marin made cheap paper in Cape Breton Island, so he has no problem promoting Arabic numerals in the North Sea country.

As for the spies of the North Sea country, they all have learned the mathematics of Arabic numerals, and they all know Arabic numerals. Then, each of them has a code book in their hands. Then refer to a novel, or the Bible. According to the numbers, find the words in the corresponding ranks, and translate the entire information, it's that simple...

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After the news was delivered, the Beihai State spies in Münster received the order to "start action". Then, the lurking spies in Münster Cathedral moved...

"My lord bishop, this is the milk tea you want!" Walt, an intelligence officer from the North Sea State, gave Bishop Conrad a cup of milk tea with added drugs respectfully...

At the same time, the concubine nun of Bishop Conrad named Alice also drank the drink with added ingredients...

Soon, Bishop Conrad and Sister Alice, who had a feeling, started to gossip in Bishop Conrad's secret room...

At the beginning, the spies didn't add much material, because they were afraid that Bishop Conrad would be finished before he could get it done. However, in the secret room, there is a teapot, which also has added tea. And, it's too much...

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