The Rise of the European Emperor

The order of King Hans of Denmark was quickly communicated to the southern coast of Sweden. As a result, the Danish fleet, which divided half of the warships with a total of 100 ships, first returned to Copenhagen to gather, and then prepared to go to the Counties of East Friesland to surround Emden.

Kohler, a spy sent to Copenhagen in the name of Marin, saw 100 warships, and after a little inquiries, he learned about the movements of the Danes. So he immediately took a merchant ship to Lübeck. After landing, the horses were already ready. Also, there were people along the way.

Over time, after changing horses and relaying, Marin received information from Denmark in the afternoon of the next day...

"It's not what I expected!" Marin waved his hand excitedly. Then, he called Admiral Kidd:

"Kid, you quickly lead 8 warships and 15 250-class armed merchant ships, leave Emden Port, and go to Tholencher for a while. You are not allowed to come back without an order!"

Captain Kidd was a little puzzled - well, why are all the warships transferred away? Emden port no longer protected?

In fact, Marin is deliberately showing weakness. Denmark is used to being arrogant and doesn't care how many warships East Friesland has, if there are, it is certainly far less than 100 warships.

As for the dozens of merchant ships in the port of Emden, Marin will not transfer them all. If not even a merchant ship was present, the Danes would be suspicious. Even if these merchant ships were destroyed by the Danes, it would not be a problem. How much is a merchant ship? Marin can totally afford it.

In short, this time, Marin must make the image of a "wronged little daughter-in-law" come alive, and must make the outside world feel sympathetic. Then, by the time Marin attacked Denmark, no one thought Marin was the bad guy...

10 days later, the Danish fleet arrived late. Hundreds of warships directly blocked the estuary of the Ems River, frightening the fishing boats of the fishermen in East Friesland and West Friesland, and they dared not go out to sea. .

Seeing the local fishing boats fleeing in panic, the Danish naval officers and soldiers laughed and even pretended to chase, and even scared a West Frisian fishing boat to capsize on the spot.

Standing on the head of Emden City, Marin used the pull-out monocular to look at the direction of the mouth of the Ems River, and found that the momentum of the 100 warships was indeed huge, and it felt a little boundless.

This momentum alarmed George, Duke of Saxony, who was still leading his troops in West Frisian to confront the West Frisian resistance army trapped in Leeuwarden.

At first, George was also surprised, thinking that Denmark had any idea about the Hanseatic city of Groningen. However, when he learned that the Danish fleet was here to surround Emden, he immediately raised his head and laughed:

"Hahaha, Marin boy, you also have today!" Although he had to support Marin to join the Imperial House of Lords at the Imperial Parliament last time, George's resentment against Marin has not diminished. After all, the humiliation of being captured is difficult to wash away. If it weren't for the rebels against him in the mess of West Friesland, Duke George would have wanted to go and sack East Friesland in alliance with the Danes.

However, considering that his supply line from the Principality of Saxony to West Friesland had to pass through the Country of East Friesland, Duke George had to endure it and restrained his desire to stand up and mock Marin...

Soon, Danish Foreign Minister Holsen and Oldenburg's Foreign Minister Gouldberg came to Aurich with arrogance...

"What? You want me to cede Yevre, and you want me to pay 100,000 gold coins? This is impossible!" Marin actually wanted to confess immediately, but this was unreasonable and would make people suspicious. Therefore, the anger and unwillingness that should be there, still have to be pretended. Therefore, after seeing the diplomatic documents handed over by the other party, Marin pretended to be angry and yelled.

"Lord Marin, I know your dissatisfaction. However, Princess Hedwig is the most valued cousin of His Majesty the King. You have killed Her Royal Highness by mistake, and you must pay the price." The Danish Foreign Minister Holsen said indifferently. , his eyes are still full of disdain,

So angry that Marin really wanted to hit him.

"I repeat, Princess Hedwig was not killed by me, but by her husband Edo in a frenzy!" Marin said loudly.

"Lord Count, may I ask, is there a third party present to prove it for you? Also, do you think it is normal for a husband to kill his wife?" Guldberg, the foreign minister of the Earl of Oldenburg, asked aggressively. .

"This..." Marin really couldn't refute this. There was indeed no one else present at the time, only his own army and Yevre's army. As for the army of Yevre, the survivors became their own prisoners. Therefore, people from both parties cannot serve as impartial witnesses. But, who would have thought of such a thing? Do you have to bring a notary to fight? something wrong...

Moreover, even if Marin had a reason, he didn't want to really refute it. So, he is now performing in his true colors, performing an image of a poor sense of reasoning:

"I don't care, I just didn't kill Princess Hedwig, and neither did my subordinates!"

"Since you insist on denying it, then we have nothing to say!" Horsen decided to terminate this negotiation, so he took Gouldberg away first. He intends to inform the Danish fleet first and teach Marin a lesson first...

Sure enough, the next day, the Danish fleet, which had blocked the mouth of the Ems River, attacked the port of Emden. Of course, they didn't have a few guns on board, and they were all small calibers. So, the Danes directly expelled the sailors and burned 10 merchant ships that were parked in the port of Emden. Of course, the men on the merchant ship had long since fled.

Then, with mixed feelings of joy and anger, Marin ordered Geoffrey, the palace minister, to lodge a strong protest with Halson:

"Protest, why did the Danes burn our country's merchant ships for no reason? Among them, there is one from Hamburg of the Hanseatic League and one from Lübeck..."

Horsen was shocked. He didn't expect to burn a few ships at random, as well as those of the Hanseatic League...

In fact, those two ships belonged to East Frisian merchants at all. It's just that Marin suddenly had an idea before he sent Geoffrey to protest - what the hell, the Danes burned the merchant ships in Lübeck and Hamburg. Isn't this the best excuse to start? Otherwise, there seems to be insufficient reason to let Lübeck and Hamburg go to war on the grounds of being taxed... The ship was burned by the other side's navy, what a good excuse...

In this way, Marin improvised, falsely accusing the Danes of burning down the ships of Lübeck and Hamburg. At the same time, Marin also dispatched troops to Lübeck and Hamburg, and asked them to protest together. Let’s start the conversation and talk about it…

Although surprised, the Danes really didn't care. Isn't it just two ships? Who told them to stop where is not good, must stop at Emden?

In a few days, on behalf of Marin, Jeffrey issued more than a dozen protests and issued 8 "solemn statements"...

Of course, the Danes ignored it. When Horsen threatened to burn down the dozens of merchant ships remaining in the port, Marin finally gave in "with a face of unwillingness"...

Then, in front of the representatives of several other countries, Marin signed a compromise agreement with a "humiliated face", agreeing to cede Yevre, and promised to compensate 100,000 gold coins...

Those representatives from other countries were actually invited by Denmark and the Earl of Oldenburg in order to make everyone look at Marin's shame together...

Marimba can't be like this, the bigger the shame today, the more reason to send troops tomorrow... It's just that the shame is still so exciting - am I a little psychopath?

Marin signed this humiliating treaty with extremely complicated psychology. In the sympathetic eyes of several foreign representatives, Marin kept thinking about the question of "whether he is a pervert", so he was a little distracted. In the eyes of representatives of other countries, it is understood as "lost soul"...

Yes, anyone who is extorted of such a large piece of land and 100,000 gold coins will also lose their souls. Therefore, Marin's expression is very in place, very suitable for the occasion. I dare not say that I can get the Oscar statuette, but it is more than enough to get a golden elephant and a hundred flowers...