The Rise of the European Emperor

How expensive was blue dye in ancient Europe? It is said that in ancient Europe there was a pigment called ultramarine blue (dark blue), which was widely used and was often used in oil painting. However, this pigment was very expensive in ancient times.

How expensive is it? The same weight of ultramarine blue pigment is five times that of gold. Moreover, the ancient European ultramarine blue pigment had only one source - lapis lazuli from Afghanistan. As for the blue of indigo grass, it is close to cyan, just like the blue on the Scottish flag of later generations, which belongs to blue cyan. Prussian blue, on the other hand, is dark blue, similar to ultramarine blue (ultramarine blue is also dark blue).

Because ultramarine is too expensive at present, it has to be imported from Afghanistan. Therefore, the cost of oil painting is quite high now. After all, ultramarine blue is an important raw material for oil painting. It is said that Michelangelo gave up creating a certain creation because the ultramarine was not enough.

Later, after the appearance of Prussian blue, a color-stable dye, many painters began to switch to lower-cost Prussian blue instead of expensive ultramarine blue. After all, ordinary painters can't afford Afghan Ultramarine which is more expensive than gold.

Generally speaking, ultramarine is exported from Central Asia to West Asia, and then sold by Arabian merchants in West Asia to Venetian merchants at a high price. Venetian merchants said that after Ultramarine was shipped back to Europe, the price was more expensive than gold.

Moreover, in oil paintings, ultramarine is the exclusive color of the Virgin Mary, which is very noble. In fact, it is mainly because ultramarine is expensive. Expensive things are naturally used for noble objects...

The Prussian blue that appeared later was somewhat different from ultramarine blue. But because they are all dark blue, they were adopted by many poor painters instead of ultramarine blue. Mainly, it's cheap...

These days, dark blue is a symbol of tallness and expensive in Europe. Marin suddenly didn't want to promote dark blue clothing in the army so early. If it is used as a military uniform, it is a bit downgraded. So, let's take advantage of the high price and make more money...

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Here, Marin has a headache for Angela who likes to walk in the rain. Angela has been pregnant for several months and is now a pregnant woman. However, this woman likes walking in the rain, she said it is very poetic...

Marin doesn't care whether it is poetic or not, he only knows that this woman has a child in her belly, and if she walks in rainy days, she has a windbreaker-type raincoat, so she doesn't worry about her getting caught in the rain. However, the road is slippery in rainy days. If you accidentally fall, you may take at least one life, either big or small, and you may take it together...

So, next, Marin forcibly restricted Angela from going out in the rain. This woman has a big belly and can't even use a waistband, but she likes rainy days. Although she promoted the raincoat, Marin paid more attention to the child in her belly...

And the medical department,

The natural side cutting technology has been developed, and it has been upgraded from delivering animals to being used for humans. When Angela produced it, it was almost ready to be applied. Then, the low-tech things like forceps were also produced. In short, the risk factor for Angela's production this time should be low...

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While Marin was busy making raincoats and paints, the southern European side was full of war clouds. Gonzalo de Cordoba is the number one player in Spain. After learning that the French were going to defend the city of Naples for a decisive battle, Gonzalo de Cordoba adjusted his tactics and planned to transfer the French army, or part of the French army, away from Naples first...

After all, with 70,000 to 80,000 French troops stationed in a strong city like Naples, even Gonzalo de Cordoba, who claims to be a famous general, is very helpless.

Therefore, Gonzalo de Cordoba intends to take some actions to distract the attention of the French and force the opponent to divide their troops...

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Then, Gonzalo de Cordoba contacted the Aragon Navy and asked them to block the sea line of communication of the Kingdom of Naples. Then, the Aragonese navy attacked the port of Marseilles, posing a gesture of attacking the port of Marseilles. Its purpose is to "encircle Wei and save Zhao" and force the French army to divide its troops.

However, what depresses Gonzalo de Cordoba is that Louis XII doesn't seem to care about the danger of Marseille port. The Spaniards bombarded and harassed Marseilles many times, but failed to separate the French army in Naples. Obviously, Louis XII was determined to fight the Spaniards in Naples this time. As for Marseille, he really didn't care...

The only thing Louis XII could care about was the safety of Paris. However, Louis XII accepted John Lafite's suggestion and deployed 20,000 militiamen to pretend to be defenders in the barracks outside Paris. But because of the good secrecy work, apart from Marin knowing about it, other countries really think that France has left more than 20,000 people to guard Paris. Therefore, no one will play Paris's mind.

Therefore, Gonzalo de Cordoba's plan of "encircling Wei and saving Zhao" failed...

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In desperation, Gonzalo de Cordoba had no choice but to withdraw the Spanish army and warships that surrounded and pretended to be besieging. Then, the Spanish army began to land at the port of Salerno not far from the capital of the Kingdom of Naples, Naples.

It's not too far from Naples, and it's only a dozen kilometers away from Pompeii. After landing here, it only takes more than a year to reach the city of Naples, which is convenient.

Gonzalo de Cordoba has already realized it—the opponent made it clear this time that he was going to fight the Spaniard in Naples. He had no choice but to send troops to surround the city of Naples first. At least, the source of supply for the French must be cut off first...

Wait until the supply is cut off, what about the siege. After all, Gonzalo de Cordoba is not an idiot. Facing a larger number of enemy troops, the siege will not only result in heavy losses, but may even fail because of it...

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This is a national war, the top national war...

The combined size of the armies of the two sides already has hundreds of thousands of troops. Remember, it is a real army of hundreds of thousands, not the kind of fake army that uses grain and people to make up the number.

Here, no one can afford to lose. Because, once a party loses, the price to pay is too high. Most directly, the Kingdom of Naples will be lost.

This is still light, the loss of the Kingdom of Naples is nothing but the loss of territory. But if the tens of thousands of troops were to fall in Naples, it might be the fate of the country that would be destroyed...

The fate of a country is often linked to the outcome of a war. If the war is won, the country will prosper and be strong. If the war is lost...the country may also be destroyed...

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Whether it is King Louis XII of France or Gonzalo de Cordoba, the supreme commander of Spain, they dare not joke about the future and destiny of the country.

Therefore, both sides are very careful, lest the defeat affect the development of the national destiny...

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