The Rise of the European Emperor

In order for Jim to pretend to be more like a missionary, Marin gave Jim a "crash course in magic sticks". In East Friesland, who is the number one magician? Of course it's our Bishop Taylor.

Archbishop Taylor elevated the technique of flicking to an art. Most of the people who believe in God will be fooled and lame by Bishop Taylor. Only someone as ungodly as Marin could not be fooled.

If you want to fool Martin Luther, you first need to have a divine temperament in Jim. For example, the application is solemn, the tone is ethereal and so on. In short, dressing up as a magician requires the strength of a senior Oscar winner. And this, Taylor is definitely one of the best.

Of course, Bishop Taylor is not only superficial, but he also has insides. As a young man, Taylor was sent to study at the seminary at the University of Cologne for three years. Although I didn't get a graduation certificate, I still have a training certificate, which is considered a professional background.

Moreover, when he was fooling the believers, Bishop Taylor also quoted the scriptures and talked well. At first glance, he looked like a professor in the Middle Ages. Of course, Taylor's knowledge can indeed be a professor. With the intelligence of modern people, they are still superstitious about those professors, let alone people of this age? The solemn appearance and good conversation are also the secret of Taylor's success.

So Marlin threw Jim straight to Taylor. Taylor is now actually helping Marin train a new batch of little fudge missionaries to send to the newly controlled provinces. However, Jim's training is also very important. So, Marin paid an additional tuition fee, and asked Taylor to help guide Jim when there was no class.

Even Marin arranged Jim into the newly established Aurich University Theological Seminary to systematically study the basics of theology. After all, the object of Jim's fooling was Martin Luther, who was an authentic professional. If the foundation is not good, it will be revealed in a few words, so how can you fool the other party?

How to fool those who have the ability? First of all, you have to show more ability than him...

So Marin asked Jim to finish all those basic theological knowledge within a year. In addition, outside of class, they also receive special tutoring from Taylor's "Crash Training Course".

Marin's requirement is that Jim must reach a certain level of theology within a year, and then be sent to Martin Luther to stay with Martin Luther for three years or more, depending on the effect of the deception. If the effect is good, maybe two years will be able to come back.

It's just that this matter is too secret to let anyone know. Otherwise, Marin would become a common enemy of Protestantism and Catholicism. So Marin asked Jim to go by a pseudonym and dress up as a middle-aged man to train with Bishop Taylor. In this way, when Jim returns from the mission, no one will recognize his identity by Martin Luther before, and no one will suspect Marlin.

As for whether Jim will defect? Marin believed that with Jim's smarts, he wouldn't have done that stupid thing. To know,

Marlin took control of Jim's family. Also, promises to allow Jim's eldest son to be a follower of little Caesar... Actually, Marin doesn't remember how many followers he ordered for little Caesar. In short, there must be more than 20...

With his family in control and his son's bright future ahead, Marin believes Jim should know what to choose. Moreover, lurking around Martin Luther this time is not dangerous at all. Because, Martin Luther was just an ordinary priest, and it was impossible to hurt Jim. As long as he leaves before Frederick III activates Martin Luther, there is no danger to his life.

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However, in any case, even if Marin helped Martin Luther quickly, it would take at least ten or eight years for Martin Luther to gain the support of Frederick III and expand Protestantism to northern Germany.

During this period, what Marin had to do was to "build high walls, store grains widely, slow down... oh no, wait for the king..."

As long as the Protestant War broke out, Marin won the northern region of Germany, such a large territory, it would be difficult not to be king...

But before that, Marin has important things to do. Putting aside those lucrative trades, Marin's first priority now is to obtain a stable and sufficient source of saltpeter.

Only with enough saltpeter can Marin dominate the sea and land. You know, America is so rich. Taking advantage of the fact that people don't know the situation in America now, plus Marin's deliberate alarmism and the opportunity to scare people with "The Wild Horror Diary", Marin estimates that he can quietly develop America for decades. But with the development of great voyages, there must be some navigators who will be curious about America.

At the same time, it is also possible that a ship, like the Portuguese fleet in the original history, accidentally deviates from the channel and drifts to Brazil...

Therefore, in this blank period, Marin not only has to take control of the entire America from the Holy See, but also establish a powerful navy to deal with those pretenders and protect his own interests.

As a traveler who graduated from the history department, Marin clearly knows that even though Spain was originally powerful in history, it has also been challenged by England and France. Of course, Spain's hegemony in the Americas was challenged, mainly because Spain focused on the development of Latin America and neglected the development of the east coast of North America, which allowed England and France to take advantage of the loopholes.

In addition, in the original history, England sent the Italian navigator John Capote to discover the east coast of North America such as Newfoundland. However, in this time and space, Marin's men detained John Capote and all his crew. So the English didn't know what was going on on the east coast of the North American continent. As for France, they followed the English to the North American cliffs. After all, the two countries fell in love with each other and watched each other, and it was normal for the French to follow them to North America. Moreover, in the early England, it was only broken down, not the later hegemon, nor could it prevent the French from going to North America...

The Atlantic Ocean is so wide, in fact, Marin has no confidence to stop all ships going to North America. However, if you can stop one, it counts as one. It's really not possible, just send a powerful fleet to attack those countries that dare to send ships to the Americas, threaten their capitals, and force them to give up. However, in that case, a lot of gunpowder is needed. The gunpowder was consumed in a rush of artillery battles at sea...

Therefore, Marin is now in particular need to develop Chile's saltpeter. Although importing saltpeter from the Ming Dynasty is also a good way, the cost may be lower than that of developing Chilean saltpeter. But the problem is, Marin can't get his own supply of saltpeter and gets stuck in the neck. What if, someday, a certain civil servant in the Ming Dynasty would stop the sale of saltpeter to Marin? In that case, wouldn't Marin cut off the supply of saltpeter? Once other European countries form an alliance to attack, and Marin suddenly cut off the source of saltpeter, the country will be destroyed properly...

All in all, Chile's saltpeter must be mined. Mining even if the cost is high. It is not a question of cost, but a question of strategic security.

As for Marin being cut off from sea routes? I am afraid that only the locational advantage of the UK can do it. Because the English Channel is really important to Marin.

But Marin is already taking England, and as long as England is captured, no European country will be able to intercept Marin's fleet at sea. Therefore, the supply of saltpeter in Chile is not greatly affected. As long as Marin's mighty fleet remains, Chile's supply of saltpeter will continue. On the other hand, as long as intelligence's saltpeter mine is still supplying a large amount of saltpeter, Marin's naval guns will not stop firing, and it will be difficult to defeat...

Therefore, it is imperative to open up maritime explorations that bypass the Strait of Magellan and find Chile and Panama...

Considering that Amerigo has just returned from India, he needs to rest. So, Marin sent someone to bring Columbus over...