The Rise of the European Emperor

After signing the unequal treaty, Marin issued an order with "his face full of grief and anger", ordering the 2,000 soldiers originally stationed in the Yevre area to pack up, withdraw from Yevre, and hand Yevre to Oldenburg. country.

However, before leaving, Marin deliberately let his soldiers go, and emptied Yevre's good things, as if he would not come back in the future. In response to this, the army of Oldenburg County came to take over the territory and reacted to it. But John V, Count of Oldenburg, didn't care much. Because this is a normal reaction. It would have been noticed if Marin had ordered Qiu to commit no crime when he ordered his troops to withdraw from Yevre. Because, this land is not yours anymore, and there is no crime in Qiu, do you still expect to fight back in the future?

Therefore, Marin's behavior of letting his subordinates loot local property is the most normal reaction. Although it was a pity, John V didn't care. Because, with such a large territory, if it is well managed, what is the property that was robbed?

On the other hand, Lubeck and Hamburg were also very happy after receiving Marin's letter. Marin and the Danes had a falling out, so there was no need to find an excuse to send troops. And the two Hanseatic cities are currently thinking of what excuses to use to send troops...

Before, the plan of the two parties was to use Denmark's increase in the toll tax on the Øresund as an excuse to declare war on Denmark. However, this excuse is a bit far-fetched. Because, in the final analysis, the increase in taxes in Denmark is a trade dispute, and it will not lead to a war.

Now, the excuse that Marin sent was quite good. It was definitely a malicious provocation that my own ship was burned by the Danish Navy...

Of course, the burning of the merchant ships was not enough to start a war. However, combining the two excuses is barely enough...

After being hinted by Marin, the two Hanseatic cities sent representatives to protest strongly against the Danish navy's burning of two domestic merchant ships, and demanded an apology from King Hans of Denmark.

Moreover, the bad Lübeck and Hamburg representatives came up with an immoral excuse after negotiating, they said-their burned merchant ships were filled with spices such as pepper...

Marin once sent a ship to India to buy back a lot of spices. The Hanseatic League knew about it, and so did Denmark. Even, Marin still engaged in the wholesale of spices in Emden, in order to attract businessmen to trade. So it was only natural that Lübeck and Hamburg merchant ships came to Emden to buy spices.

However, the value of the burnt merchant ships, loaded with spices, is very different. The two cities claimed that their burned boats were loaded with spices worth more than 30,000 gold coins. So, Denmark needs to compensate for the loss...

This kind of harassment and blackmail, the arrogant Danes naturally ignored it and refused directly...

Although rejected, Lübeck and Hamburg secretly have fun...

These two inspirational representatives were also rewarded and promoted after returning. After all, burning a ship and burning a merchant ship full of spices are two completely different concepts. The value of the goods of more than 30,000 gold coins, some poor earls can't afford to pay. Denmark also spent a lot of money because of its suppression of Sweden. How could it be willing to lose so much money to two Hanseatic cities?

In this way, it will give the two cities more excuses...

It is an excuse for merchant ships to be charged "protection fees" when they pass through the Øresund Strait, and it is a very good excuse to burn the ship's spices now. Adding these two excuses together, it is not surprising to start a war.

You know, in the early Middle Ages, because productivity was extremely low, two lords could fight over a box of bees. Although it's the 16th century now, it's not ashamed to draw a knife for a bit of honey. However, it is not uncommon to dry for a boatload of spices.

After hearing the excuses the two city representatives came up with, Marin wanted to give them a thumbs up. Really, it's so beautiful! What's even more beautiful is that the tyrannical Danish King Hans really rejected the two cities' demands for compensation for two ships of spices,

No wonder the two cities went to war...

Marin now wants to go to Lübeck and sit down with the representatives of Lübeck, Hamburg and Sweden to hold talks and discuss sending troops.

However, before that, we still need to do one thing - that is, we need to help Sweden...

Because the autumn harvest has already begun, after Denmark mobilized the fleet to contain the port of Emden, these 100 warships did not return to the Swedish coast to continue to participate in the blockade, but went to Denmark, the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig. went to deliver food.

Denmark is a country with many islands. Except for Jutland and the two principalities, most of the exchanges between other regions need to use shipping. Even its capital, Copenhagen, is located on the island of Zealand, not on the mainland. The food production on Zealand Island is obviously not enough to maintain. So Copenhagen needs to mobilize food from other regions.

Even Denmark still needs a lot of ships to transport food to southern Sweden to supply the army. Since Sweden declared independence, the Danish army has invaded southern Sweden and occupied many places. In these places, because of the war, agricultural production has stopped, and food is also needed. Therefore, the task of grain transportation during the autumn harvest period is very heavy.

As a result, the fleet blockade on the Swedish coast will be much weaker than usual. This period is also the best time to support Sweden by sea.

Therefore, Marin also sent two merchant ships, loaded with provisions and arms and armor, to the Swedish coast to support Sweden. With enough food and weapons and armor, the Swedes can hold out longer and bring more damage to the Danes.

Lübeck and Hamburg also intend to take the opportunity to provide Sweden with financial and material support. Only when Sweden has dragged down a large number of Danish troops in Denmark, and the other three of them have united and stabbed in the back, will they have greater confidence...

Moreover, during this time period, the East Frisian country of Marin will also have an autumn harvest, harvesting wheat all over the ground. Only after the autumn harvest will there be time to free up and fight against Denmark...

To this end, Marin drove all the young and strong laborers under his command to the ground, grabbed the grain together, and strived to put the grain into the warehouse as soon as possible. Even most of the soldiers in the army had to take turns to help the serfs to harvest food to increase the longitude of the autumn harvest.

Seeing that the big guys in the field were bending over and laboriously harvesting with a sickle, Marin felt a little helpless. The efficiency of manual harvesting is too slow, and a skilled person can harvest two acres of land in a day. Therefore, everyone can only use manpower to pile and harvest together. Not only slow, but also prone to back pain. Marin really wanted to replace the manpower with a harvester so that people wouldn't have to work so hard.

However, the harvester was so complicated that he couldn't handle the internal combustion engine alone. He has no problem drawing a drawing of a steam engine, and the principle is simple, but the internal combustion engine is a bit more complicated. It's not that Marin hasn't learned the schematic diagram of an internal combustion engine, but there are some things in it that he really can't figure out...

For example, for spark plugs in machines, it is easy for modern people to go to the store to buy them, but in ancient times, they could not figure out how to make them... That kind of alloy spark plugs, even if Marin was killed... and rubber oil delivery The hose, and the rubber belt that drives it... Anyway, it's not something Marin can handle... Even if it's a stupid steam engine with thick benzene, Marin only knows the principle. If you want to build it, you have to rely on Ada and the others for help...

Therefore, now whether it is sowing or harvesting, we can only rely on manpower, which is time-consuming and inefficient... In order to speed up the pace, Marin even sent most of the 10,000-strong army to the fields to help the serfs...

Most of these young men who became mercenaries were also poor children from rural areas, and they were no strangers to farm work. After all, this is an agricultural society, and most people live in the countryside, so they are no strangers to farming. The boys went to work in the field without any discomfort...