Chapter 576： Advice for the King of Denmark

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Marin's original intention to dissolve the Quartet was to encourage Denmark and Sweden to tear apart. Because if he maintains a military alliance with Sweden, the Danish King Hans, who has been completely frightened, may not dare to send troops.

However, Marin was also afraid that King Hans was too stupid to understand his intentions. Therefore, after sending a letter announcing the withdrawal from the Quartet, Marin also privately wrote a secret letter to the King of Denmark, clearly telling the other party-I am not covering Sweden, then you can do it ...

But this is only the opinion of the Marin family. Whether Lubeck and Hamburg will privately reach a military alliance with Sweden is beyond Marin's control. He only has the ability to advise, and cannot influence the final decision of Lübeck and Hamburg.

The problem now is that Denmark no longer has a navy, and it is difficult to transport troops to the land of Sweden. Lubeck and Hamburg are unlikely to allow Denmark to own warships again.

Therefore, if Denmark wants to tear away from Sweden, it must first obtain the support of Lübeck and Hamburg, at least to make them neutral. Otherwise, the Danish army could not even cross the Øresund strait.

In line with the principle of good people doing the end, sending Buddha to the west, Marin privately offered a suggestion to King Hans-betray the interests of Sweden in exchange for the support of Lübeck and Hamburg ...

How to betray Sweden's interests? Marin knew that Sweden was very excited after acquiring a port on the southern coast, and was already actively preparing for shipbuilding, and intended to participate in the lucrative maritime trade.

As a Baltic country, how can Sweden not be aware of the huge profits of maritime trade in the Baltic region? In particular, the salt trade is a huge profit. Others, such as timber trade and fur trade, also have low profits.

Moreover, Sweden is a country with a high forest coverage rate, most of the country is covered with forest. Although there are many coniferous forests, there are also a lot of broad-leaved forests in the southern region, which has a very rich shipbuilding timber oak. Pine wood or something is everywhere.

Therefore, the visionary old Steen Steure, after acquiring the southern coastal area, especially the southwestern coastal area, began plans for shipbuilding and maritime trade.

Although the two major towns and ports in the north and south of the Öresund Strait, Helsingborg and Malmö, had to "loan" for the station and control of Hamburg and Lübeck, resulting in the Øresund Strait being controlled by two external forces, Lübeck and Hamburg. , But old Steen. Steure is very visionary. He built a port city called Gothenburg at the mouth of the Yota River in the southwestern coast of Sweden ...

In fact, Gothenburg was originally built by Gustav II in 1619. But the old Steen. Sturley's vision is no worse than Gustav II. Therefore, more than a hundred years in advance, the old Steen. Steure also built the port city of Gothenburg at the mouth of the Yota River on the southwest coast.

Gothenburg is located on the southwestern coast of Sweden, but on the north side of the narrow Øresund Strait. This allows Sweden to get rid of Lübeck and Hamburg ’s blockade of the Öre Strait and the collection of tolls, allowing Sweden to face the Atlantic Ocean directly and the Western European market.

However, the old Stern Steure's own single-handed approach caused unhappiness of Lübeck and Hamburg. You know, after defeating Denmark, Lübeck and Hamburg basically regarded the Baltic Sea as their sphere of influence and could not tolerate others. In addition to Marin's merchant ships, the merchant ships of other countries, now passing through the Öresund Strait, are subject to heavy taxes by the two cities.

Therefore, this kind of self-improvement by old Steen Steure made Lübeck and Hamburg feel that their cheese was moved ...

However, Sweden is their military ally, and the two sides have been members of the Quartet before. Therefore, even if dissatisfied with the old Steen Steure trying to intervene in the Baltic trade, Lubeck and Hamburg are not easy to say.

Before, when Marin led the army through Hamburg, he had a chat with Hamburg Speaker Heisenberg, and Heisenberg had complained that the Swede wanted to grab cakes. Marin remembered it in his heart. ...

This time, Marin's idea for Denmark was to use Lübeck and Hamburg's dissatisfaction with Sweden's construction of the Gothenburg port. The relationship between Lübeck and Hamburg and Sweden was first. Then, heads-up with Sweden ...

The specific method is-let King Hans thoroughly admit to Lübeck and Hamburg, and promise that all Danish sea transportation will be contracted to Lübeck and Hamburg. In addition, Helsingborg and Malmö were officially ceded to Hamburg and Lübeck. At the same time, they were also given the right to collect tolls in the Øresund Strait ...

This approach is quite ruthless, equivalent to self-abstraction of martial arts. Of course, martial arts at sea. But now Denmark does not need to self-defeating, and has already scrapped the martial arts at sea by Lübeck and Hamburg. Therefore, this condition is actually an open recognition of the vested interests of Lübeck and Hamburg.

But he has a very crucial point, that is-if Denmark acquires the coastal regions of southern Sweden, then the sea trade transportation of these coastal regions will be contracted to Lübeck and Hamburg. But if it is in the hands of the Swedes, the Swedes may use the new Gothenburg port to compete in maritime trade with Lübeck and Hamburg ...

By comparison, as long as Lubeck and Hamburg are not fools, they will understand that it is obviously more beneficial for the Danes to control the southern coast of Sweden than the Swedes to control the southern coast of Sweden.

This is because the Danes have completely abandoned their marine interests and contracted all sea transportation to Lübeck and Hamburg. However, the Swedes have to compete independently with Lübeck and Hamburg. Moreover, the Danes ceded Malmö and Helsingborg, which controlled the north and south of the Öresund Strait, to Lübeck and Hamburg, which was equivalent to letting the two Hanseatic cities legally control the Öresund Strait. Where can I find such good things?

You know, according to the previous internal agreement of the Quartet, although Sweden willing to give Malmö and Helsingborg to the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg, respectively, it requires that within 10 to 20 years, the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg must Evacuate. Obviously, the Swedes did not want to cede the benefits of the Øresund Strait to others.

As long as the Danes are willing to give up this interest, with the urinary nature of the merchants of the two Hanseatic commercial cities of Lübeck and Hamburg, they will agree in all likelihood. At that time, maybe Lübeck and Hamburg will privately support Denmark to go to Sweden. After all, for Lübeck and Hamburg, Denmark, which has completely lost the navy, has much better control than Sweden.

The only question now is, with the IQ of King Hans, can he figure it out?

Fearing that King Hans would n’t understand, Malin pointed out directly in the letter that ceding Helsingborg and Malmö was temporary. As long as he could recapture southern Sweden, Denmark still had a chance. Otherwise, with Denmark losing its Jutland peninsula and maritime rights and interests, the decline will be inevitable. After all, after losing the Jutland peninsula, there are only a few islands left in Denmark, adding up to an area of ​​more than 10,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to a larger principality.

And if the fertile area of ​​southern Sweden was recaptured, not only the territory area was doubled, but also the hand could be re-introduced into the Baltic Sea. of. Because no one knows what drastic changes will take place in Europe in the future. If a suitable opportunity is found, Denmark may rise again ...

Of course, this is Marin fooling Denmark. With so many powers around, how does Denmark rise? At most, Denmark is bullying bully Sweden. But if Gu Erye appeared in the world, who might bully whom?

In fact, Denmark is not as strong as Sweden in terms of economy or population. Economically, the Danish economy is still on the verge of collapse due to two losses in defeat and the loss of maritime trading rights, which is worse than the new Sweden. Demographically, Sweden now controls Finland, and the two places add up to 850,000. But there are only more than 400,000 left in Denmark, plus 240,000 in Norway, there are only more than 600,000. If they are heads-up, Denmark may not have beaten Sweden.

However, Denmark has a benefit that Sweden does not currently have. That is-there are many "friends" in Denmark ...

For example, the electorate of Saxony and the electorate of Brandenburg are all in-law allies of Denmark. In addition, the relationship between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Denmark is good. If Denmark asks for help abroad, it can completely suppress Sweden and reoccupy the southern coast of Sweden ...