The Rise of the European Emperor

At this time in Naples, it is said that the war has started, but the situation of the war is extremely strange. Neither side took the initiative to engage, but went their separate ways. After the Spanish army took control of Mount Vesuvius, they began to dig trenches and build fortifications, as if they were the ones being attacked.

On the French side, the French army has always liked to use plate armor knights to launch group charges. However, the army currently guarding the city of Naples is mainly infantry, and its field combat capabilities are not strong. Therefore, the coach Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, did not have the confidence to take the initiative. On the contrary, Earl Charles hired fishing boats from the Papal State to help transport rations at night in a similar way to smuggling, and he brought a lot of rations to Naples. Among them, a lot of military rations were simply purchased from the Papal State at high prices.

As Earl Charles thought, there are indeed many French bishops in the Holy See, and there are also many pro-French bishops. Under the French money offensive, these bishops opened the door for the French army.

As for Pope Julius II, although he knew the situation, he chose to pretend not to know. The reason for this is not that Julius II was afraid of France, but that Julius II did not want to see the French army easily defeated.

Marin had already written to him to discuss the situation in Naples. With Gonzalo returning, it was difficult for the French to get cheap from the Spaniards. As far as the Papal State is concerned, neither France nor Spain is a good thing, and Julius II wished that the two countries would lose both sides. Therefore, now that the French army is in an unfavorable situation, Julius II simply pretended to be ignorant and allowed his bishops to collude with the French. Of course, it is possible to sell grain, but the price must rise a little. It would be good to take advantage of this opportunity to blackmail more from the French.

But in any case, the Spaniards have the upper hand right now. Because, Gonzalo's army occupied Mount Vesuvius, which is very important to the French. In this way, the source of volcanic ash in mainland France is cut off...

Louis XII was in a hurry, and was frowning recently when he and Queen Anne made villains. Due to natural disasters and the looting of most of the grain in the Principality of Milan, the Kingdom of France has lost the ability to launch an offensive this year. There is even a shortage of food for domestic disaster relief.

According to Earl Charles' suggestion, a lot of money was spent to bribe the cardinal in Rome, and a lot of money was spent to purchase food from the Papal State at a nearby high price, and the money in the treasury of the Kingdom of France was spent like water. And it's not enough anymore.

In desperation, Louis XII could only send envoys to Venice to ask for a loan again.

However, is the Venetian Merchant friendly? Although they hope to see the Spaniards unlucky, they will not let go of any opportunity to make money.

Therefore, while asking for higher loan interest, the Venetians also asked the French to provide Venetian merchants with silk from Lyon, wine from Burgundy and timber for shipbuilding at a lower price.

In the absence of authentic Ming Dynasty silk, the local silk produced in Lyon is a very popular product, and it is also the first choice for many European nobles to make clothes. There is no shortage of market for this thing at all, it is only out of stock.

Before, the French took it easy and sold it at a high price. Whoever pays more will sell to whomever. But now, taking advantage of the difficulties encountered by the French, the Venetians proposed to pay a lower purchase price for the silk produced in Lyon. Although Louis XII was dissatisfied, for the sake of national security, he accepted the Venetian conditions with humility.

As for Burgundy wine, needless to say, it has always been synonymous with the top wine in Europe before the rise of Bordeaux Chateau Lafite and other brands. There is no need to worry about selling this stuff. As long as there are aristocrats pursuing a luxurious life in Europe, this thing will not worry about being sold.

As for the wood, it is mainly the old tall oak trees in the forests of south-central France. These are the best shipbuilding materials, and they are also needed by Venice, a great seafaring country.

Venice is a small country with few resources. Their shipyards basically rely on imports for the wood they need. At present, there are about thousands of merchant ships sailing in the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in Venice.

Even as far as the Black Sea. Most of the timber needed for these ships was imported. In France, in addition to the highly developed plains and few trees, the plateaus and hills in the south-central region are still rich in tree resources.

Regardless of the large population of France at the moment, the land of nearly 500,000 square kilometers (excluding Alsace and Lorraine at this time, as well as Franche-Comté, and part of the Kingdom of Nice, Savoy and Navarra), 1500 Ten thousand people are really not many. You know, in Marin's previous life, a Shanghai stock market with only more than 6,000 square kilometers had more than 20 million people. In later generations, England, which has only 130,000 square kilometers, has a population of more than 55 million.

But it is also a later generation. France, which has 550,000 square kilometers, has much better geographical conditions than England, and its agriculture is more developed, but its population is only about 66 million. That is to say, in more than 500 years, the population of France has grown from 15 million to more than 66 million, which is only more than four times that of 500 years ago. England, on the other hand, has grown from less than 3 million people to more than 55 million people, more than 18 times that of 500 years ago... and the French's sworn enemy, Germany, has also grown from tens of millions of people to more than 82 million people, which is more than 500 years ago. 8 times more than...

How should I put it, after hundreds of years, the population growth rate of France is probably the last in Europe. During the war in 1800, France already had a population of 29 million. At that time, Germany had a population of only 18 million, about 10 million fewer than France. But in the past two hundred years, the population of Germany has increased to more than 82 million, and the population of France has more than doubled to more than 66 million, which is 22 million less than that...

In a previous life, someone made an interesting statement that the population growth of the French has slowed down since the 19th century when they became romantically involved. Everyone is busy looking for love, and no one is willing to have children...

The same is true for later generations of Huaxia. After modern people began to indulge in love, the fertility rate also dropped sharply. On the contrary, the population of black Africans who have no love and only know how to think with their lower body began to skyrocket. Like Arabs who don't care about love, the population is also skyrocketing.

Similarly, in ancient China, where there was no love at all, the population increased rapidly because of the pursuit of the traditional culture of "many children and grandchildren".

After abandoning traditional culture and starting to pursue love, the population growth rate of modern China plummeted. This is not the most frightening thing. If same-sex marriage is passed, negative population growth can be foreseen...

For example, the Netherlands, which took the lead in adopting same-sex marriage, actually has a very low birth rate. After all, same-sex people can't have children. The growth of the Dutch population in later generations relied entirely on immigration. If there had been no immigration, the reduction in population would have been fully visible.

But immigration brings many problems, such as Germany, which is about to become Deutsche Stein. The same is true of France, which has also brought many terrorist attacks...

For Marin, who is eager for population growth, any factors that hinder population growth are unforgivable. Therefore, Marin intends to strictly prohibit the promotion of any love in Beihai, and even prohibit homosexuality that cannot be artificially created. Only in this way can we ensure sufficient population growth in the North Sea State in the future to meet the huge population needs for the development of the Americas...

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After finally borrowing money from the Venetians, Louis XII naturally planned to buy food for disaster relief. However, looking at the whole of Europe, Louis XII was surprised to find that—it seemed that he could only buy grain from the North Sea country. Because, in this era, only Beihai has so much surplus food. In other countries, the food can barely meet domestic needs, and there is no surplus food at all.

Louis XII had no choice but to send envoys with a lot of money to Beihai to find Marin to buy food. But after seeing the messenger, Marin's nose was almost crooked-many of the coins brought by this guy were French counterfeit silver coins forged by Marin with nickel and white. Aren't you stupid to collect the money?

But if he refused directly and bluntly, he would slap Louis XII in the face again. After much deliberation, Marin finally came up with an excuse—because he did not trust the quality of French silver coins, the North Sea Kingdom only accepted high-quality gold coins generally accepted in Europe such as Ducat gold coins, Florin gold coins, and Gulden gold coins...

After receiving Marin's reply, Louis XII was very angry. However, he had nothing to say. Because the French are really unscrupulous when it comes to silver coin casting. Fortunately, many of the Venetian loans are Ducat gold coins minted in Venice. As a result, Louis XII had no choice but to take out a batch of Ducat gold coins to buy food from Marin.

Seeing the real money, Marin was immediately tempted...

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