The Rise of the European Emperor

Not to mention how Edward sent someone to contact Maximilian I, and not to mention the fact that Marin secretly drugged Louis XII, Marin was in England, but he was waiting for Sacca, the commander of the Fourth Legion stationed in Newcastle, and Siwager, commander of the Fifth Army Corps, stationed in Edinburgh, Scotland.

According to the agreement with Edward, Marin publicly took the two to enter the Royal Palace of the Tower of London, and at a royal dinner that invited most of the nobles in London, he asked Saqqara and Siwager to make a public statement, saying that the two legions would fully support Edward suppressed rebellions at home.

The news spread quickly, and then, many local forces in England died down, only Wales and Lancashire, because of their deep grievances with Edward and the entry of the French army, still persisted in rebellion.

But without worries, Edward could concentrate on the rebellion in Wales and Lancashire. But Louis XII, who got the news, didn't say anything about it. Although he was annoyed that Marin stood up to support Edward again, he had no intention of taking the opportunity to overthrow Edward. He just hoped that England would stop for a while, so that it would not affect his march into Italy. And Edward wants to quell the rebellion in Wales and Lancashire, it is estimated that it will take a long time. Because Wales is mountainous, it is easy for the rebels to hide. Although Lancashire has more plains, there are also mountains of the Pennine Mountains in the east. By the time Edward clears up the rebellion at home, the French are almost done with the Italian side.

All in all, the rebellions in Wales and Lancashire were clearly a waste of England's time by Louis XII. Although he would definitely not be able to beat Edward, he would definitely be able to last a long time by relying on hiding in the mountains.

After the banquet, Marin left a doctor Matthew who was proficient in paediatrics in the name of "concerning about the health of a possible future daughter-in-law", and he also left a doctor who knew Frisian who could communicate with the English, and who also communicated with Sri Lanka. Kangda has studied Chinese translation. But Marin emphasized from the beginning that this person is only proficient in pediatrics, and is afraid that Edward will seek him for treatment of infertility.

And Physician Matthew is also happy to be at leisure. He usually pretends to be stupid. Only when the little princess Margaret is sick will she use all her skills to deal with it...

Marin then took his family to Newcastle for inspections, and then to the Isle of Wight and Southampton, across from the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is also a fief of Marin, while Southampton is the fief of Schwartz and others, and is indirectly under the jurisdiction of Marin.

Considering the needs of the great seafaring, Marin ordered the construction of a shipyard in Southampton, employing English craftsmen, specializing in the manufacture of armed merchant ships and fishing boats.

In fact, considering the cost, it seems more cost-effective to build ships in the Americas. But the problem is that America has abundant timber resources, but it lacks skilled shipbuilders.

Although Marin dug up shipbuilding craftsmen for a few dollars from Daming, it would take several batches to transport them to the Americas. Moreover, the habits of those shipbuilders in the Ming Dynasty were different from those in Europe, even if they came to the New York shipyard,

It is estimated that it will take a long time to adapt to learn to manufacture European-style ships.

Moreover, Marin originally planned to let the New York shipyards make all-out 500-ton warships, not to waste craftsmen to make any armed merchant ships and fishing boats.

Therefore, the manufacture of armed merchant ships and fishing boats, Marin intends to place in Europe. Mainly, Marin intended to take advantage of Europe's plentiful resources of shipbuilders and craftsmen.

For example, England, as a traditional seafaring country, has many ships, many shipyards and craftsmen. Ma Linxin said that the North Sea country also needs a large number of armed merchant ships and fishing vessels. It is better to manufacture and moor a large number of armed merchant ships and large and medium-sized fishing vessels in Southampton, a very good freshwater estuary.

At the moment, Marin has no shortage of money or lumber, because he will send people to Norway and Sweden to buy lumber. Now, what Marin is most emotional about is that there is an urgent shortage of skilled shipbuilders...

In Beihai Kingdom, almost all craftsmen who can build ships have been recruited by Marin. Moreover, they also let those experienced shipbuilders take thousands of apprentices. But it would take at least several years for an apprentice to become a teacher, and Malin couldn't wait. So, he started poaching people in other countries.

For example, Marin used capital to acquire more than a dozen shipyards in the Amsterdam area of ​​the Netherlands, and deliberately transformed furniture production, destroying the shipbuilding industry in Amsterdam. He hired thousands of the original dozen shipyards in Amsterdam Experienced shipbuilder.

However, Marin is afraid that these shipbuilders from the Netherlands will turn against the tide in the future. Therefore, these people are mainly responsible for the manufacture of fishing boats in the shipyard he runs.

Coincidentally, Marin vigorously promoted the policy of lending to fishermen to buy large and medium-sized fishing boats in Beihai, which made the demand for fishing boats in Beihai country very large, and these people also came in handy.

In fact, the fishermen of this era were very poor. Before, they dared not go deep into the ocean to fish because there were no big boats. At the same time, because there is not enough salt to pickle the salted fish, they dare not catch more fish. Because, even if they catch a lot of fish, they don't have enough salt to make salted fish. Like the fishermen in Sweden, because of the lack of salt, they invented the extremely foul-smelling "stinky herring can", which stinks ten feet into the wind...

Marin not only promoted the system of official loans to buy fishing boats in Beihai, but also promoted the policy of buying salt on credit, so that the fishermen of Beihai now dare to catch a lot of fish at one time, and they are not afraid of salting the salted fish without salt. For this reason, the production of salted fish in Beihai has soared more than ten times, and it has been able to supply the entire Beihai country. And as fishermen take out loans to buy more large and medium-sized fishing boats, the production of salted fish in the North Sea will increase substantially in the future, and it may become an important export commodity...

Of course, in addition to the policy of providing loans to buy fishing boats and buying salt on credit, Marin also vigorously promoted the "V"-shaped modern trawl nets and winches with pulleys, which greatly improved the efficiency of fishing.

In today's Beihai Kingdom, with Marin's intentional support, the fishermen have become a high-income group, living better than the average inland serfs. Because, these fishermen can eat meat (fish) every day. Unlike the serfs in the inland areas, they can only eat Kohler bread with straw husks and occasionally eat salted fish to improve their lives.

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As it happens, Marin intends to rule England in the future. So, he is now starting to lay out in England.

First, he decided to recruit thousands of skilled shipbuilders in England to build a large shipyard in Southampton and repair 4 docks. so that 4 ships can be built together.

He would then promote, within his own domain in England, the system of buying fishing boats on loan and buying salt on credit within the North Sea. In this way, there will be a large number of English fishermen who will be willing to put themselves under their command.

Of course, Marin's loan didn't come for nothing. In addition to paying the normal interest, Marin will specially stipulate that the loan fishermen must send a male to serve their fleet, or join the navy, or be a sailor on Marin's armed merchant ships...

In this way, Marin can acquire a large number of English sailors to serve him. Unlike England and Germany, only parts of the northwest and northeast of Germany are coastal areas, and there are really not many fishermen.

England is very different. It is surrounded by sea on all sides, and there are many fishermen who rely on the sea to eat the sea. As long as Marin's loan bundling policy was implemented, Marin would have no difficulty recruiting thousands of sailors in England.

When the warships on the American side really start to explode, England will soon be able to provide tens of thousands of sailors to dominate the ocean and block the English Channel.

All in all, although it has not yet officially controlled England, Marin has begun to make a long-term layout in England, and cultivate the sailors and sailors needed for a comprehensive voyage in the future...