The Rise of the European Emperor

After this series of plays, Marin was relieved:

"This time, the French should believe it, right?"

Marin's expectations were right, and Louis XII really believed his evil. After all, Kohler expressed restlessness, anger, and even threats... This set of acting skills can completely win the statuette. In this regard, can Louis XII who has never seen the movie believe it?

Back in the day, the common people in my mainland also flocked to Xiangjiang's shoddy and low-budget movies. why? Never seen the world. So, be bluffed. Thirty years later, in the 21st century, the people in the mainland see that Xiangjiang is still the same old way, and they don't like them immediately... After all, the problem of knowledge cannot be overcome...

In this era, because information transmission is extremely difficult. Not to mention ordinary people, even a great monarch like Louis XII has limited knowledge. Therefore, it is not uncommon to be fooled...

Moreover, the most frightening thing is that Marinsa's panic is not all false. For example, the French transported volcanic ash back to the country and sprinkled it on the ground, which can indeed enrich the land. This kind of lie that is 70% true and 30% false is a high-level lie in later generations. Let alone people who have no experience in this era, even people in the 21st century are easy to be fooled.

It seems that he was worried that the North Sea country would fall to Spain because of this matter, so Louis XII decided to take the initiative. Therefore, he sent John Lafite as an envoy to "visit" the North Sea State on behalf of France. Its task is to "pacify" Marin so that he will not send troops to help Spain.

At the same time, Louis XII also sent another subordinate, Charlie, the former Duke of Geddes, to the German region to contact some powerful princes who opposed Marin. Don't dare to send troops to leave the mainland of Beihai easily...

But what Louis XII didn't know was that one of the representatives he sent out was clearly from Marin. Earl Charlie sent to Germany to contact the princes to scare Marin, and John Rafi reported directly to Marin...

Of course, even if Marin didn't know about it, he wouldn't care. Because, he didn't intend to send troops to help Spain.

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As for Haider, the trip to Denmark went smoothly. Hans was surprised that Marin wanted to buy that remote and desolate island in Iceland, and hesitated for several days.

According to history, Hans should have died in early spring. But I don't know what's going on, because of Marin's intrusion, it's almost summer now, and Hans is still alive and kicking.

Hans then asked Haider about the reason why Marin bought the island. Haider naturally fooled around according to the script, saying that Prince Caesar liked the little Icelandic horses so much.

Prepare to equip an Icelandic pony with a dozen of his attendants, and practice equestrianism since childhood. After all, children are not suitable for riding tall horses.

Haider even said that Marin, who dotes on his son, plans to establish a pony breeding base in Iceland, specially selecting dwarf breeds to breed small breeds of horses, as pets for noble children...

This lie is made up in a plausible way, without any flaws. Because, Marin remembered, ponies in later generations were indeed very popular with children. For example, the Falabella horse is especially popular with children in later generations. A cute baby riding a pony that is also very cute, can sprout blood all over his face...

Haider described to Hans the scene drawn by Marin based on his memory, and Hans believed it after hearing it...

Why did Hans believe it? Because his son raised a pony when he was a child. The child and the pony standing together are really cute. It's a pity that the pony his son raised when he was a child was a tall breed, and it didn't take long for it to grow taller, leaving his son behind and not being cute anymore. After all, horses grow much faster than humans... If there is a small pony that can grow up with children, it is indeed very tempting...

Then, reassured, Hans agreed to sell Iceland. But the price, raise the price by 8000 gold coins...

After some bargaining, the two parties finally settled the deal at a price of 25,000 gold coins...

At this time, John Lafite also arrived in Beihai in the name of "French envoy". Upon hearing the news, John Rafi reported the work to Marin, and quickly sent the news to Italy with pigeons, and let Louis XII know.

"Iceland? I've heard of it. By the way, do you know if there are any volcanoes on Iceland?" Louis XII asked the courtiers around him.

A clerk named Erta replied:

"I have heard that, according to a traveler's record, there is indeed a volcano on the island in the northwest. Moreover, there will be a major eruption every few tens or hundreds of years."

"It's really lucky..." Louis XII was a little upset. For Marin, he is not used to it, because he dared to compete with himself for England. Of course he was upset that he failed to cut off his source of income.

Then Louis XII asked again:

"Is it possible for us to snatch this Iceland?" As for the volcanic ash soil, he naturally hoped that the more the better.

The officials under him shook their heads one after another—just kidding, England directly and steadily suppressed the French sea power, so why did France occupy Iceland? Swim over? Do not make jokes……

Erta thought for a while, and said:

"Unless England can be taken by us..."

"England... United Kingdom... Oh, I still lack a son..." Louis XII felt extremely melancholy. He decided that once the decisive battle with the Spaniards was over, he would return to Paris immediately, play with the queen severely, and must give birth to a prince to annex England. As long as England, which has a powerful navy, is annexed, it will not be a problem to seize Iceland...

It's just that poor Louis XII didn't know that although he wasn't kicked or sterilized, his wife was sterilized by drugs...

If it was in ancient East Asia, the infertility of the eldest wife would not be a problem, and the big deal would be to find a younger wife to give birth to an heir. This is the case in the Ming Empire, where several empresses failed to give birth to a son. Then, he could only find the bastard to be the emperor. Emperor Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty was like this, so Emperor Hongzhi, who was born as a slave to the captured Yao people, inherited the throne. The same is true of Emperor Wanli. Wanli's mother, Li Caifeng, was originally a maidservant in Prince Yu's mansion, and her father was just a mason. Because she was born beautiful, King Yu gave birth to Wanli...

However, Europe does not allow finding a concubine. Even if you secretly find a concubine, it doesn't count if you give birth to a son, and you have no right to inherit...

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Just when Louis XII lamented the lack of a son, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, who originally hid in the Mistel Valley on the border with the Graubünden region in northern Italy, swaggered back with 8,000 elites. milan.

He led his troops back to Milan under the persuasion of the Spanish envoy. Originally, he planned to wait until the decisive battle between France and Spain was decided before deciding whether to leave the valley. However, Juan III's envoy told him - because the French are so many, Spain is not sure. If Spain is defeated, he will never have the chance to retake Milan.

Therefore, Spain needs him to stab the French. It is best to take back the city of Milan and force the French to divide their troops and go north to rescue. In this way, the chances of winning the main Spanish army will be even greater...

At this time, there were only four to five thousand defenders in the city of Milan, and they were Italian mercenaries temporarily hired by the French, plus some French soldiers and civilians. This size of the defenders shows that the French did not intend to guard here properly. After all, for Louis XII, the most important thing now is to capture Naples, obtain a large source of volcanic ash soil, increase the food production of the royal family's arable land under his name, and then strengthen the strength of the French army to dominate Europe...

Although Ludovico Sforza withdrew his troops in a bit of a hurry this time, he was not an idiot, and he had planted nails in the city before. No, 8,000 soldiers and horses came outside the city of Milan, and after blowing the horn as a signal, someone opened the west gate of Milan city for him...

Afterwards, Ludovico Sforza successfully brought the elite of 8,000 Italian mercenaries into the city, and defeated the remaining weak enemy troops...

Then, a request for help was sent to the city of Naples in the south through the carrier pigeon system...

"Report! The city of Milan fell and fell back into the hands of the tyrant Ludovico Sforza!" The French officer in charge of reporting the military situation reported seriously.

Louis XII thought for a while, then sighed and said:

"Let's just fall, it doesn't matter. When we defeat the Spanish army, it won't be too late to deal with that clown..."

Then, Louis XII turned a deaf ear to this information and continued to wait with the main force for the arrival of the main force of the Spanish army...