The Rise of the European Emperor

There is no shortage of Marin who organizes refugees, because since last year, he has placed a large number of spies in the disaster areas in northeastern and eastern France. Moreover, they are all spies who can speak fluent French.

These people have taken root in the local area and have managed to obtain legal and reasonable identities. Moreover, they have all received professional spy training. They still have the basic ability to instigate the people to make trouble.

Therefore, Marin directly asked Kohler to arrange those spies to select the most prestigious group of people among the hundreds of thousands of French refugees. Then, fool them, instruct them to organize the refugees and march to Paris together...

After arriving in Paris, they don't need to do anything, just gather outside Paris, and then send representatives to ask the French court for relief...

This kind of gentle approach seems to be less difficult than the rebellion, but in fact, it is more difficult to solve...

If it was in the ancient Chinese dynasty, this approach would undoubtedly help the court. Because the imperial court has the ability to mobilize food from other places for disaster relief. After the famine is over, these disaster victims are good laborers.

But in this era of Europe, doing so is more terrifying than directly launching a rebellion!

Because the food needed for disaster relief for hundreds of thousands of people is beyond the reach of the French royal family!

If they rebelled directly, it would be easier to deal with, just send knights to kill them! But this kind of large-scale request for help left the French court with no reason to do anything, and could only provide food for disaster relief...

Unfortunately, European food is so expensive in this era. For two or three million victims, the daily food consumption is a terrible astronomical figure. If they gather around Paris for a long time, they will definitely make the French royal family poor!

The hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, no matter how much food was withheld, no matter how much gruel was provided, the food consumed every day was equivalent to the daily consumption of tens of thousands of troops. After a long time, with the financial resources of the French royal family, how can they afford it?

Moreover, hundreds of thousands of disaster victims surrounded Paris, even if no riots occurred, it would be embarrassing for France. After all, as the largest country in Europe, there are hundreds of thousands of disaster victims gathered around the capital, which will definitely embarrass the Kingdom of France!

If you meet an old king like Louis XII who has been on the throne for many years, you may be able to drive out refugees with the cheek. Even someone as ruthless as Henry VIII could directly massacre refugees.

But the current France is not good, because Francois I has only been on the throne for more than half a year, and he has not yet secured the throne. Moreover, unlike ordinary orthodox heirs, Francois I became king by becoming a door-to-door son-in-law, not an orthodox heir.

so,

Francois I did not have the confidence to order the expulsion or even massacre of refugees. He could only settle the matter as gently as possible. Otherwise, he will be questioned by his subjects whether he has the ability to be the king.

In other words, Francois I, the son-in-law king who was not the son-in-law of the former king, needs to care about his own reputation. Otherwise, the throne is unstable.

As a result, this kind of gentle method made Francois I more uncomfortable. It is not enough to send troops to expel them, let alone to massacre... It is the most appropriate to send it to Marin in the end...

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"Go and arrange spies to encourage those refugees to go to Paris to seek help from the royal family! Remember, don't let those French nobles know that they are going to Paris. Otherwise, they will mistakenly think that these disaster victims are going to sue, and they may send someone to intercept them halfway And the massacre of those refugees. So, secrecy is very important..."

Kohler nodded and wrote down all Marin's requests. Then, Marin continued to order:

"In addition, send someone to secretly contact John Lafite, let him find a good candidate, and deliberately make friends with him. In the end, let the selected person make a suggestion to Francois I, suggesting to sell those disaster victims to me... Remember, This matter must be concealed, and cannot be stated explicitly, and the means of insinuation must be used to inspire the selected person to carry out this matter..."

"Yes, I understand!" Kohler finished recording Marin's request and went to arrange for someone to convey the order.

...

As soon as Kohler left, Cage, the deputy commander in charge of palace security (the orthodox leader is Kahn), knocked on the door and entered the office, reporting:

"Your Majesty, a Portuguese captain named Magellan came outside the palace and asked to see you and wanted you to support him in a sea expedition. In addition, he asked me to send you this..." Then, Cage took out A crude globe with an inaccurate map...

"Globe..." Marin's eyes shrank suddenly, as if he remembered something. Then he asked:

"What did you say that guy's name is?"

Cage thought for a while and said:

"It seems to be called Ferdinand Magellan... You know, Portuguese names are stinky and long, why not keep it simple..." After speaking, Cage shrugged helplessly.

"It turned out to be him!" Marin suddenly realized.

"I almost forgot about this great god..." Marin patted his head.

In the Age of Discovery, there are four people I have to mention—one is Columbus, the pioneer of the Age of Discovery; the second is Da Gama, the master who discovered the Indian route; and Amerigo, although the water is a little, But because America is named after him, it is the most famous; and the fourth remaining big man is Magellan. Because, this guy is the first strongman to prove that the earth is round.

However, because this guy came up too late, Marin almost forgot about such a person. It seems that this guy sailed around the world around 1520...

And now it's only 1515, this Magellan...should have already started fooling the monarchs of various countries to fund his voyage around the world...

Marin carefully recalled the history and found that Magellan seemed to return to his hometown of Portugal when he was 33 years old (1513), and began to fool King Manuel I of Portugal, intending to let Manuel I support him to sail around the world.

However, Manuel I ignored him. Because the Portuguese have already mastered the spice trade route to India, there is no need for extra complications. Moreover, the so-called "India" that Columbus discovered was simply a wild continent, worthless. How could the Indian spice trade make money?

Therefore, Manuel I was unwilling to waste this money and supported Magellan's voyage around the world.

In desperation, around 1517, Magellan ran to Seville, Spain, and began to fool the Spaniards. The commander of the Spanish Seville garrison admired Magellan very much and married his daughter to Magellan. Later, Magellan was recommended to Charles V. Relying on an error-ridden globe made purely by guesswork, Magellan finally fooled Charles V and got his funding. Then, in 1519 began the voyage around the world...

Charles V did not lose money. In the end, Magellan discovered the Philippines on this voyage, and obtained a colony in the Far East for Spain, laying the foundation for the future trade between Manila and Ming Dynasty.

However, Magellan, the unlucky guy, unfortunately died when he participated in the local tribal conflict in the Philippines, and failed to enjoy the glory of being the first to complete the voyage around the world...

Of course, that is the original history. At this moment, because of Marin's intrusion, the two navigators Columbus and Amerigo are under Marin's command. Magellan hadn't had time to go to Spain to play tricks, but after failing to fool the King of Portugal, he first ran to the North Sea. It seems that Magellan felt that Marin attached great importance to great voyages, so instead of going to Spain, he first came to the North Sea to fool Marin...

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