The Rise of the European Emperor

In fact, Marin's approach will never work in future generations. At least, in future generations, one cannot casually kill people, even people from enemy countries. Unless, this person is not a politician. Of course, you don't have to kill people to get people, there are methods.

But that is the future, an era where international law exists, and everyone will follow certain rules. But this era is different. Although there are many "hidden rules" that everyone defaults to, it's hard to say whether to follow them or not.

To put it bluntly, in this era when international rules have not yet been established, everyone’s default rules have not been written down on paper, and whether to abide by the rules depends on individual wishes.

If it is a general situation and the bottom line is not touched, everyone is still willing to abide by the rules. However, if you want someone's life, then don't blame them for killing you. In this era, there are many things to send assassins to assassinate opponents. Even the pope like Alexander VI personally poisoned his opponents, let alone ordinary nobles. Of course, when nobles send people to attack, they usually pay attention not to leave any excuses, so as not to be criticized by everyone. In other words, assassination, in this era, is something that can be done but can't be said, it's not impossible.

However, if this is really done, even if rumors spread, the blow to reputation will be huge. However, even if the Portuguese knew that this was Marin's warning, it was not easy to discredit Marin. why? I don't know where it started...

The source of this matter was that Rui Silva saw the money and robbed the transport ship of the North Sea State, and then angered Marin. If you want to discredit Marin, you have to explain the cause of the matter clearly. However, the Portuguese could not tell the cause. Therefore, this matter can only be circulated in Portugal and cannot be spread out. After all, this matter is also a black spot in Portugal, and talking about it will only make people laugh.

Moreover, Marin is also very smart. He did not target the entire Portugal because of this matter, but focused on the Silva family, so that other nobles lost their reason to intervene. Moreover, many Portuguese nobles actually look down on Rui Silva, a "lucky villain" who relies on his sister to rise to the top. As long as you don't fool the whole of Portugal, at that time, Portugal will not be able to unify because of this. After all, this matter has nothing to do with others, it looks like a private enmity between Marin and the Silva family...

What Marin is looking for is actually to make outsiders mistakenly think that this is a "personal grievance", and then have the idea of ​​​​not wanting to intervene. But in fact, how can there be any personal grievances in the battle at sea? Sea power or something, that is the foundation of the country.

But Marin wanted to disguise this matter as a "personal grievance", not only to make outsiders reluctant to intervene, but also to stand up.

Marin wanted to tell the people through this incident-I am very vengeful, and I am very vengeful!

In this way, when others rob the merchant ships of the North Sea country, they have to weigh it - what will happen to them after being targeted by Marin's "small eyes"...

In fact, if it was not a Portuguese nobleman who shot this time, but an ordinary pirate captain, Marin would have ordered him to be killed. Moreover, they will pursue and kill this person with great fanfare. In this way, it can be regarded as Liwei.

After all, America is so big, and Marin doesn't want adventurers to get involved. Therefore, he needs a bad luck guy for him to stand up. But because the Americas have been low-key before, coupled with Marin's negative propaganda, the pirates have little interest in the Americas. Only the people of the Azores know that America is productive. Because the goods loaded on the merchant ship of the North Sea State passing through the Azores on their return home cannot deceive people.

But only the people in the Azores know about it, and it is generally impossible for pirates to know about it. because,

Before the great development of the Americas, the Azores were simply a backcountry far away from the European continent. Except for a few transport ships from the North Sea State that occasionally pass by every year, there are no ships passing by here at all. Pirates only choose to be active here if they are stupid.

Pirates are also profit-seeking animals, and they will not go to places where there is no oil and water. Just like later generations, why are there so many cases in big cities? Because scum from all over the country has gathered in big cities to find opportunities. After all, those thieves are not stupid. They know where there are more opportunities to make a fortune, so they will make money there.

In the same way, the places where pirates generally appear are places with rich oil and water. For example, Nanyang pirates generally haunt the Strait of Malacca, a golden waterway for maritime trade. Because there are many merchant ships here, and if you succeed in one vote, you will be very rich.

The Somali pirates of later generations also breed pirates because they are close to the busy Gulf of Aden and there are many merchant ships. Pirates don't want to go to a place where few ships pass by.

Originally in history, the rise of Caribbean pirates was also due to the huge interests of the Spanish treasure ship, which attracted a large number of people who were not afraid of death and were willing to take risks. If there is no profit, the pirates will not be interested.

But pirates are also human beings. Although they are not afraid of death, the premise is to let them see the wealth that makes them mad with envy. For example, the Spanish treasure ship.

If it is an ordinary merchant ship, they also have to weigh whether it is cost-effective to hijack the ship. And Marin is currently passing the transport ship of the Azores. Although the value of the goods on board is not low, it is not gold and silver that can be used as cash. These bulky goods always have to find a buyer to eat them. This is a very troublesome matter, and it is easy to be tracked down by people.

Therefore, for pirates, the treasure ship is the best. It is better to directly grab gold and silver as money, and it is not easy to be exposed.

If Marin took revenge on the pirates in the early period when there was no treasure ship, and killed the pirates, he could still curb the breeding of pirates to a certain extent. After all, it is everyone who will cherish their lives. If it is destined to grab the money and spend it, then no one is willing to grab it.

In addition, it should be pointed out that there is no support behind the pirates, and it is easy to finish the game. Historically, English pirates thrived because the Kingdom of England had their backs. Even some English warships pretended to be pirates and made a vote.

However, after the pirate kingdom of England ordered to clear up the pirates in 1718, the pirates disappeared quickly...

why? It's not that the English fleet is fierce, but that the pirates also have their own homeland...

Why do pirates rob merchant ships to get money? Isn't it just to go back to the country to squander? It would be convenient if his country turned a blind eye to this.

However, if the country where the pirates are located starts to exterminate the pirates, then the pirates will really be over...

Because the pirates who landed are very vulnerable, and any group of militiamen can arrest them. Moreover, if they have a huge amount of property of unknown origin, they are also easy to be targeted.

If the money robbed at sea cannot be squandered blatantly, and there is the danger of being hanged by the government, then who would want to be a pirate? After all, pirates rob money to spend it.

Therefore, when the homeland of the English pirates began to arrest all pirates and hanged a large number of pirates, the English pirates, a group that had crossed the sea for hundreds of years, quickly disappeared. Although there are still some fish that slipped through the net, but it is not a climate...

The same is true of Marin's prestige method-if any pirate dares to rob the transport ship in the Americas, then he will directly send people to hunt down the pirates on land, and even their families...

The assassination of nobles may need to be kept secret because it is against the rules. However, if it is to hunt down pirates, no one dares to stop them. Because this matter occupies the righteous name.

Therefore, to hunt down pirates or something, it is not necessary to go to the sea to hide and seek, just send someone to guard at the pirate's house. Unless there is a rogue country like England that deliberately shelters pirates. Otherwise, it is very difficult for pirates to become popular.

As for those who play dirty, Marin is not afraid of sending people to pretend to be pirates to rob the other party's merchant ships. Because the value of Portuguese spice ships is much higher than that of ordinary transport ships. As long as a few spice ships are hijacked, the Portuguese will not be able to stand it.

...

Just when Marin was trying to find trouble with the Portuguese, and was thinking about killing a few pirates to stand up, Da Vinci suddenly pushed open the door of the office excitedly, and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, I have created a new boat that is very suitable for inland navigation, please go and have a look!"

"New ship?" Marin was stunned for a moment, and then said happily:

"Could it be a motor sailing boat? Then what are you waiting for? Let's go and have a look!" After finishing speaking, Marin eagerly followed Da Vinci to see the new boat...

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