The Rise of the European Emperor

Soon, after Marin arranged the next few days, he went to Emden Naval Port to board the warship and went to London. When I went to London, there were still 10 warships traveling together. Although the cost of travel is a bit high, it is better than safety.

You must know that Beihai is not a pure land, and there are many pirates here. If you are not careful, if you take an ordinary ship and happen to meet a powerful pirate fleet, then the gutter will capsize. Therefore, it is good to say that he cherishes his life, or it is good to talk about ostentation. Every time he goes to sea, Marin will bring at least a few 500-ton warships with him. Only in this way can safety be guaranteed.

After arriving in London, Marin proposed to Edward a plan to take the opportunity to annex Ireland...

"Annex Ireland? What's the purpose of annexing it? It's a poor country, and it's raining all day long, so it's not easy to grow food..." Edward frowned, as if he didn't like the western part of the island of Ireland.

Indeed, the island of Ireland faces the warm Atlantic current directly, and most of its western regions are rainy all year round, with rare sunny days. Such weather is not suitable for growing food. Because, when it’s time for the autumn harvest, it’s very likely that there will be continuous rain, causing the grains to rot in the ground...

Of course, this humid climate is very suitable for growing pasture. Whether it's pasture or forest, I like the warm and humid climate in the west of Ireland. As long as there is no waterlogging and rotten roots, pastures and forests grow well.

However, England is not short of livestock these days, nor is it short of timber...

After all, the population of England is now only 3 million people, which is nearly 20 times worse than the 55 million people of later generations. Therefore, there is also a large area of ​​uncultivated wasteland in England at the moment. There is no shortage of forests and grasslands, and there is no shortage of livestock.

The pastures and forests of Ireland, therefore, were of little interest to England. As for the eastern coastal counties suitable for growing crops on the island of Ireland, they are now under the control of England.

Therefore, Edward has little interest in annexing the rainy areas in the west of the island of Ireland...

No way, Marin could only persuade him earnestly:

"Your Majesty, you are going to send troops to the coast of northern France. Why? Is there any benefit?"

"I... I want to take back the Fortress of Calais..." At this point, Edward himself felt a little guilty.

The Calais Fortress was England's only stronghold on the European continent that year, so England spared no expense to build the Calais Fortress very tall and strong. The French besieged many times, but they all failed. Now, the Calais fortress has fallen into the hands of the French, and the French also attach great importance to Calais,

Heavy troops were stationed inside and the city defenses were reinforced. The British now want to take back the Calais fortress...it's not so difficult...

According to the speculation of the French generals, the current Calais fortress can withstand England's full siege for 8 months or even longer. And 8 months, enough time for France to react and send reinforcements...

Of course, the premise is that Marin did not participate in the siege of the Calais fortress. After all, the cast iron gates of the Calais fortress can't stop Marin's aqua regia...

But Marin's aqua regia is a secret thing, and the outside world doesn't know it. Therefore, according to normal thinking, the cast iron city gate is indeed difficult to solve. And if you climb the city wall, the taller and stronger the city wall, the more difficult it is to conquer...

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Hearing Edward's lack of confidence, Marin rolled his eyes and said:

"Your Majesty, do you believe that the English army can conquer the Calais fortress before the French react?" Marin specifically named "England" without including himself. Because, he has aqua regia...

Edward stopped talking...

Marin continued:

"Unable to capture the fortress of Calais, we sent troops to northern France to rob at most some property, but it is said that this time the French had already prepared and hid most of the property, money and food in various coastal fortresses in advance. They want to loot France The northern coast is not easy... In this way, there is not much benefit for us to send troops to northern France. We can only land and grab some property like the Vikings and run away, which is too bad..."

"Then...then what do you think we should do? To attack Ireland? Even if we capture a few indigenous forces in the west of Ireland, it won't do much good... maybe, the loot is not as much as looting the coast of northern France..." Edward retorted.

Marin stroked his forehead with a look of helplessness:

"My lord, you can't imitate those businessmen in your thinking! You are a king, so you have to take a long-term view! Indeed, even if you take down those small aboriginal countries on the island of Ireland, you won't get much property. But, it's of great significance! At that time, you will become the first great king in the history of England to completely unify Scotland and Ireland! Such a feat will be recorded in the annals of history forever!"

Marin felt that Edward's strategic vision was terrible. Although Edward was still smart, he was a bit petty and did not have the tolerance and long-term vision that a great nobleman should have.

However, this cannot be blamed on him. Edward was imprisoned by Henry VII for more than ten years before Marin joined forces with Princess Margaret to rescue Edward from the Tower of London. And those ten years should have been Edward's youth when he was educated by the nobility...

It is precisely because he did not receive the proper noble education in time when he should receive education most, so although Edward's talent is not low, his foundation is too poor. After becoming a monarch, although he is not stupid, his eyelids are still a little shallow. His mode of thinking is more like a businessman than a monarch...

Therefore, Marin decided to give him a good lesson...

Marin spread out a map of Ireland, pointed it to Edward, and explained:

"Look, Your Majesty, this is the Earl of Ulster..." (Please refer to the map on the 8th floor of the European Emperor's Rising Bar)

The Ulster County of this era is not the Ulster Province of later generations. The province of Ulster covers more than 8,000 square kilometers, accounting for more than half of the area of ​​Northern Ireland in later generations.

And Marin remembers that the southern part of Northern Ireland is still very suitable for agriculture because most of it is in the east of the rainfall shadow area. After all, the warm North Atlantic current that brings moist air flow is rushing from the southwest, and the northeast of the island of Ireland is just on the back. Of course, its back coast is still affected by warm and humid air currents, but the southern part of Northern Ireland is still suitable for agriculture.

But now the County of Ulster is very small, only a small part of the easternmost coast of the later Ulster Province, and it is about the same size as Wicklow County, with an area of ​​about 2,000 square kilometers. Most of its inland areas are still indigenous.

As long as troops are sent to sweep away the Irish natives, among other things, just the west and south of the current Earl of Ulster, and the north of the territory directly under the King of England, that large piece of land can be reclaimed with a lot of fertile land.

"...If troops are sent to occupy this place, according to my estimation, one million acres of arable land should be reclaimed here... And, it belongs to you completely..."

Marin casually reported a figure of 1 million acres, which is roughly equivalent to 4,000 square kilometers. This number is still very reliable. After all, what about the 8,000 square kilometers of Ulster Province in later generations. Moreover, it seems that he has seen a British topographic map in later generations. Although there are some mountains in Northern Ireland, most of them are green (the plains are green), so it should be possible to produce so much cultivated land...

Then, Edward stood up abruptly:

"Is it really possible to reclaim so much arable land?" Obviously, Edward was tempted.

These days, although the English nobles love to raise sheep to make money. However, Edward, who is a king, also knows that food is the foundation of the country...

For example, when sending troops to fight, can you use sheep as military rations? cannot! Moreover, sheep are not used to kill and eat meat. Normally, herdsmen only shear sheep. If you are hungry, squeeze some goat milk with strong smell or make goat milk products with strong smell. If you really want to use sheep as military rations, there is not enough to eat. As for eating goat milk products with a strong smell, those soldiers who were originally farmers in England might not be able to bear it.

Therefore, for Edward as king, food is still more important than wool. Wool can only be used to make money, food is the foundation of the country. If there are 1 million acres (6 million mu) of arable land, even if it is not sold for money, it can guarantee the food supply of tens of thousands of troops for a long time. In fact, let alone 1 million acres, even 500,000 acres can impress Edward. After all, one acre equals six acres. Even if England's agricultural technology is backward at this time, the output of 6 acres of land is always comparable to the output of 1 acres of land in Marin Beihai, right? If one soldier is raised on the basis of 6 acres of land, 500,000 acres can feed 500,000 troops...

The more Edward calculated, the happier he became, so he happily nodded and agreed to give up raiding the northern coast of France and instead send troops to annex the entire island of Ireland...

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