The Rise of the European Emperor

Why did the marriage of Caesar and little Margaret have so many twists and turns? The problem still lies in the Treaty of Nantes signed by Edward, Marin and Louis XII.

At the beginning, in order to gain the support of France and the North Sea Kingdom of Marin, Edward signed a tripartite treaty with Louis XII and Marin in the port of Nantes, France, before he entered England, in exchange for France and the North Sea Kingdom sending troops to help him seize the throne. .

The problem is that at that time, Edward was not a British monarch, but an exiled nobleman. The treaty he signed, England's ministers can completely default.

In addition, because it was a secret contract, only the three-party bosses were present, and no representatives from other countries were present at the notarization. This becomes the problem - without third-party notarization, it is difficult to be recognized by other countries.

Of course, if Edward insisted on the validity of the contract, there would be no problem. The problem is that Edward's attitude is also somewhat ambiguous, and his position is not so firm. Therefore, there will be English ministers jumping out to do things.

In fact, Marin is now fully capable of using force to force England up and down to accept the contract. Anyway, this contract was not fabricated by him, and many people knew of its existence.

But the problem is that if Marin now presses England to admit it publicly, it will expose its ambition to annex England. At that time, it is necessary to face France in advance. Once the alliance of France and the German princes join forces, Marin, who is not prepared, may be hit by GG.

Therefore, Marin can't tell the pain right now, and he can only deal with this problem secretly.

In addition, Marin also sensed Edward's small moves in recent years. Probably worried that the two legions of the North Sea Kingdom would threaten his rule, Edward formed two ten thousand legions directly under the royal family very early, including 7000 longbowmen.

However, the combat effectiveness of these two legions has always been poor. Knowing the war to conquer the island of Ireland, these 20,000 people took turns to go into battle. Only through actual combat did they train their combat effectiveness. Of course, Edward didn't know that because of the lack of strict management and daily training of the North Sea Army, the combat effectiveness of his two 10,000-strong army can only be considered in the old army of this era. Still not small.

Some things are usually invisible. For example, the Beihai army has a high frequency of training, and they do rallies at every turn. Although it consumes a lot of energy and requires a lot of food for extra meals, it is very useful for maintaining combat effectiveness.

And Edward's two 10,000-person legions, although they also learned the recruit training model of the two legions of the North Sea, but because they are all old officers who are appointed, they are not strict with military discipline and daily training.

These things usually seem trivial, but on the battlefield,

You can tell the difference. It's just that Edward and his old officers didn't understand that they thought that after fighting an Irish conquest, the combat effectiveness of the army was comparable to that of the two North Sea Legions.

In addition, the lax daily training, in addition to the management level of officers, also has cost problems.

You know, often engaging in zip-line training and armed cross-country, which consumes a lot of physical energy. At this time, frequent meals are required. Moreover, it is a snack for high-energy meat. Otherwise, the human body will collapse.

This is the same as the reason why the farmers will also feed eggs and concentrate when the cattle are ploughing the land, so as not to be overwhelmed by the cattle. After a large amount of exercise, it is necessary to supplement. Otherwise, the body will suffer. Of course, except for those who lose weight.

In order to maintain the usual large amount of exercise and armed cross-country, the Beihaiguo military camp often serves large pots of braised pork, or braised lamb (there are more sheep in England, and mutton is cheap). No matter how bad it is, I will often eat high-protein meats such as salted fish.

However, these are all costly. What's more, 20,000 people have to eat it. Therefore, it is very expensive to eat like this.

Marin is a local tyrant, and there is no shortage of those in his hands. Naturally, he has the conditions to raise soldiers like this. Therefore, Beihai soldiers are usually well nourished, have a large amount of training, and have very good physical fitness.

But England is a traditional agricultural country, and the British royal family's financial revenue also depends on the woolen industry, and its income is not high.

What is England's revenue? Around £120,000 a year! Among them, most of them are obtained from the woolen industry and tariffs. The income belonging to the royal family is only about 40,000 pounds, accounting for only one-third.

Of course, for England, the annual financial income of 120,000 pounds is not too small. After all, that's the equivalent of 480,000 Gulden Gold.

It seems that this is a lot less than France's 1.2 million gold coins per year, but it depends on the comparison of national strength. With a population of 15 million, France has an annual financial income of only 1.2 million. The population of England is only 3 million, and the population of Scotland and Ireland is only 3.75 million. With an annual financial income of 480,000 gold coins, the financial situation is definitely better than that of France. After all, English talent accounts for more than one-fifth of France's population, yet accounts for more than one-third of France's fiscal revenue.

This is mainly due to the great development of the wool textile industry in England, which has brought a lot of surplus income to the British royal family. England wouldn't dare to call itself a great country if it only depended on the £40,000 a year income of the royal domain.

It is with the annual financial income of 400,000 to 500,000 gold coins that England is able to dispatch a large-scale army to fight for hegemony, and it can barely occupy a place among European countries.

But neither England nor France know that Marin is the most low-key super tycoon in Europe...

If all the wheat produced in the Americas can be sold, and the annual domestic surplus of several hundred million pounds of rye, as well as trade and other miscellaneous things are counted, the total value of Marin's annual financial income will definitely exceed 1,000,000. million gold coins.

But the problem is that the European market is not so big and there are not so many coins, and most of Marin's grain cannot be sold. In desperation, Marin could only use the surplus grain to make wine, and even use it to raise pigs.

Therefore, his financial income cannot be seen by ordinary people. The financial revenue shown on the bright side is only more than one million gold coins. These are all calculated through foreign trade activities. And the grain that Marin reserves in the warehouses of the North Sea and the Americas, they are invisible.

Moreover, many of the more than one million gold coins on the surface are used to support tens of thousands of troops. Therefore, on the bright side, Marin's fiscal surplus is not much.

In fact, the annual financial income of Beihai Kingdom, not counting the food that cannot be sold, is estimated to be three or four million gold coins. However, Marin's governing philosophy is different from that of the monarchs of this era. Therefore, his income is high, and his expenses are equally large.

For example, in Beihai Kingdom, Marin promoted digging rivers to build roads and engaged in infrastructure construction. This kind of thing, the monarch of this era will never "waste money" to do it. They only know how to levy taxes and want them to spend money for the common people, which is absolutely impossible.

The European monarchs in this era were generally at a very low level of governance, and they were still in the very primitive monarchy era, similar to the Spring and Autumn Period of China, far inferior to the feudal dynasties of China.

Although the feudal dynasties in ancient China had high financial income, they also spent huge sums of money every year to build water conservancy, lay and maintain official roads, and improve the post station system. These routine things cost a lot of money every year. However, the construction and maintenance of these inconspicuous infrastructure is the guarantee of a country's economic prosperity.

But in this day and age, the monarchs in Europe don't spend money on that, they just collect taxes and spend it on their own. Of course, they still pay to repair the avenues they walk on. As for the roads that the common people take, they will not spend money to help repair them.

The most serious is the German region. Because of the division, the lords of each region are in charge of their own, and they are short-sighted, and they are not willing to pay for infrastructure such as roads and bridges. It's rare that a certain lord built a bridge, but it turned out to be especially for the purpose of setting up a card to collect road tax...

Therefore, the economy of the German region has been difficult to develop. On the contrary, in the unified countries such as England and France, measures such as spending money to maintain official roads and opening a post system have gradually appeared. After all, the unified management of the country requires smooth traffic and information.

However, due to the impact of fiscal revenue, countries with centralized monarchy like Britain and France are unable to invest in infrastructure, and it is already very difficult to maintain several arterial roads and post station systems. As for the rest, you can only blame the shyness.

For example, the problem of the army's usual training, because they can't provide enough meat for the army, they have no choice but to cancel the daily training and armed cross-country training. It's not that I don't want to, but I can't afford it.

Moreover, those traditional officers also despised this kind of usual physical training, and felt that as long as the soldiers had rich experience, it was not very important to eat meat or not. Even if there is a difference, it's not huge...

Edward obviously also realized that the two 10,000-man army Marin placed in England posed a threat to his rule. Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity to conquer Ireland, Edward excused that "Ireland has just won, and in order to prevent the locals from rebounding, it needs to be stationed permanently. Great Army"... Then he ordered 5,000 men from each of the Fourth and Fifth Corps to be stationed in Dublin as a control and shock to the island of Ireland...

As a result, the two North Sea Legions remaining in England will only have a total of 10,000 people. Moreover, the remaining 5,000 men of the Fourth Army were stationed at Newcastle, the far north of England. And the remaining 5,000 men of the Fifth Army were further away, stationed in Edinburgh, and posed little threat to London...

Then, Edward felt that there were only 10,000 troops left in the North Sea Kingdom on the island of Britain, and it was still far away from London, and its influence on London was greatly reduced.

After that, all kinds of moths began to appear in London. Obviously, after Edward was transferred from half of the North Sea Kingdom's army, he felt that the time was almost up, so he began to make small moves.

However, according to the spy lurking in the London palace, Edward is still not sure whether he can give birth to a prince, so he has not made up his mind to interfere in the marriage of the little princess Margaret, and he is just making trouble. After all, if a prince is born, it doesn't matter who little Princess Margaret will marry. However, if it is determined that there is no way to have another son, Edward may make other plans.

Mainly, the marriage with Caesar, the heir of the North Sea Kingdom, does not seem to be of any benefit to England. Maybe, it will drag England into the quagmire of the war for hegemony within Germany.

Therefore, from the perspective of the English, Edward's choice is actually not a problem. It's just that he didn't know that his opponent, Marin, was a transmigrator with a high rank. These little actions of his have nothing to hide in front of Marin...