Chapter 712： Return the person or not return the ship

In order to give Edward peace of mind, Marin even stated that he was willing to return to Germany with all his troops as soon as possible. But how dare Edward let Marin's army go? He is now full of blood, and countless enemies. As long as Marin's army left, he might be hacked to death by the Chou family. To this end, Edward means-let Marin leave the Fourth Army of Saqqara and the Fifth Army of Siwag.

The Fourth Legion and the Fifth Legion are all English, and it is natural to be stationed in the local area. Moreover, Edward also hopes to draw some hearts from these English soldiers.

According to Edward's plan, the Fourth Army of Saqqara was stationed in London to protect the city of London and his king. And Siwag, led the Fifth Legion, stationed in Northumberland to guard against the Kingdom of Scotland.

Of course, the treatment of the two legions is different. The Fourth Army was stationed in London to protect Edward. Therefore, Edward will bear all their expenses. The Northumberland, where Shivag is stationed, already belongs to Marin's site. Edward means that the Fifth Legion is at Marin ’s own expense ...

"Nima, I want you to help you guard against the Scots, and you don't want to spend money, it's really mean!" Marin scolded inwardly, but apparently accepted Edward's opinion.

However, according to Edward's idea, a few years later, he will lead a large army to conquer Scotland. By then, Northumberland is no longer a border. Moreover, now that Edward detains King James IV of Scotland and more than 10,000 prisoners of war and prosperity, the Kingdom of Scotland is just a little bit of people, and it is unconditional to organize an army again. Therefore, staying at the border in recent years is not too dangerous. And a few years later, this is no longer a border ...

Seeing that Marin was so eager to go back, he seemed unwilling to stay longer in England, and Edward was very relieved. At least, Marin is not happy to be a minister of England, an overhead king.

In fact, Marin's posture is just pretend. He did not think of becoming a minister of England, but he thought of a few years to wait for Edward to appease England and replace it. As for the way to kill Edward? Send a killer into a hatred, no flaws! In regard to Edward's act of killing the thousands of nobles the day before yesterday, Edward's enemies had at least tens of thousands. It is said that it was killed by revenge, no one believes that ...

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After persuading Marin to leave the Fourth and Fifth Legions, Edward's dangling heart immediately let go. Next, it was time for him to appease other forces in the country.

After this crisis of French invasion, Edward deeply realized that England must have a strong navy. Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible for France, which already has a strong continental army.

In fact, on this point, Henry VII did better. Although Henry VII did not form a standing fleet, he promoted some shipowners in the Five Ports Alliance. They are usually merchant ship owners, occasionally visiting a pirate and grabbing a shot of a French ship. In wartime, they all became commanders of warships ...

This mechanism allows Henry VII to have an incomparable advantage in the face of the French even if he does not have a large, dedicated fleet. This time, the French navy, Henry VII's naval warfare thought of hiding soldiers from the people, exploded into a powerful energy, and beat the invincible land of France to beat the life. If Count Valjeri chose to sacrifice at the last moment, thousands of French knights would be buried in the sea. And the Kingdom of France will also collapse ...

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For the safety of England, Edward decided to maintain the naval policy of Henry VII and win over those old masters. Of course, the target should not be those who are favored in the era of Henry VII, but to specifically attract those powerful shipowners who do not deal well with Henry VII. "The enemy of the enemy is a friend, and his predecessors don't like it." This is the trick that Marin taught him ...

So, except for a small number of shipowners who belonged to sailors who resisted too fiercely in this London offensive and defensive battle, Edward pardoned most of the shipowners and sailors. As for the big ship owners of the five-port alliance who chose to let the veteran sailors deliberately go out to sea, Edward also granted some of them a jazz's non-hereditary noble honor to further win them over.

This Edwardian policy really worked. When it was heard that Edward had pardoned most of the shipowners and sailors and awarded honors to some big shipowners, the English nautical world immediately settled down. Anyway, the whole family of Henry VII was chopped down. Even if they wanted to follow the Tudor dynasty of Henry VII, they could only go to hell. This is not worth it ... So, most of the tycoons of the nautical world are decisive choices I turned to Edward. There are only a few of them, because they are unwilling to turn to Edward, they choose to go to the port of Calais on the other side and turn to France.

And Louis XII, for these several English shipowners who came to surrender, was also very precious. Because, now that the French navy is over, these people come over to completely fill the gap ...

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After Edward became king, he was called Edward VI. The enthronement ceremony was also celebrated for three consecutive days. After three days, most of the guests left, but the French Francois Knight ... Oh no, it should have been Count Francois but did not leave.

He came to the palace and met Edward:

"Your Majesty, since the war is over, should we return the captured soldiers and ships in France?"

Edward froze for a moment, and immediately remembered this stubbornness. At first, the English navy completely wiped out the French navy and captured a large number of French ships and supplies. At the same time, in the port of Hastings, 5000 French troops and 5000 French civilians were captured. So far, these people have not been returned to France yet. Because, Henry VII had planned to knock on France for a while ...

"Damn, what should I do?" Edward patted his head, thinking angrily. So, on the pretext that he needed to understand the situation, he sent Count Francois away first.

Fortunately, the crafty Marin hadn't had time to leave. So, Marin was called into the palace again to save the emergency ...

"Count Marin, you said, what should I do?" Marin is now the Earl of England. Edward showed the monarchy and called him Earl in private. Only on official occasions will the other party be called. And this is also to remind Marin-you are my courtier, help my wife quickly I find a way ...

"Well ..." Marin said after thinking for a while:

"The captured French soldiers and the strong men are all returned, so there is no ransom. But ..."

Marlin paused and said:

"All captured ships and sailors will never be returned!"

"This ... the French will be angry ..." Edward clearly feared the powerful France.

"Your Majesty, whether you like it or not, France is an enemy of England. It is nothing to return those infantry and civilians to France. Anyway, France has always been a land power. But those ships and sailors are different, those are all France. The sole source of the navy. England finally wiped out the French navy. If all those ships and sailors were returned, all previous efforts would be in vain! Maybe one day, the French will slow down and invade England again ... "

Edward thought for a while and found Marin was right. So he nodded, but immediately asked:

"How do I respond to the French?"

"It means that all the warships were given to those ship owners by Henry VII as compensation. As for the sailors, you shirk and say that you do n’t know, maybe they were all pushed down by the people of Henry VII to feed the fish ..."

"So what if the French ask me for the supply of those loads on board?"

"Henry VII was spent in the war against you, gone ..."

"Okay, just do it!"

As a result, Earl Francois, who was rushing to take over the horses and ships, recovered only 5,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 captured French soldiers. As for ships and sailors, there is none. The supplies are also said to have been consumed by Henry VII ...

Francois was very angry and ran to question Edward. Cute Dehua was directed by Marin, and all the cheeks were pushed away completely to the dead ghost Henry VII-all the pots of the predecessor, I don't know ...

In this way, the Knights of Francois had to frustrately bring groups of prisoners of war and civilians, hire foreign ships in the Port of London, and ship them back to Port Calais in batches ...

Looking at the foreign merchant ships full of French prisoners and strong men leaving the London docks, Edward smiled bitterly on the wall of the Tower of London:

"I bet that Louis XII must want to kill me ..."

Isn't it right? With all the ships, sailors and supply in France hacked, Louis XII would be so angry that he wanted to hack Edward.

But Marin shrugged and said:

"Then he must be able to cross the English Channel ... Now that France has almost no navy, does Louis XII cross the sea in a canoe?"

"Ahaha ..." Edward heard laughter when he heard Marin say this. And the fear in my heart was also dispelled-yes, the French had no warships, and even if Louis XII wanted to cut him, he had to have a boat to cross the sea. And, even if there are ships, you have to ask the English Navy if they want them to cross the sea ...

"Oh, your majesty, why do n’t you take advantage of France to blackmail? You know, so many prisoners of war and people can exchange a lot of ransom!" Marin asked puzzled ~ www.novelhall.com ~ you think I don't want to? But France is basically a country with a large population, and there is no shortage of this population. If the thousands of French knights were captured, Louis XII might still smash the pot and sell iron to redeem them. As for these humble infantry and civilians, Louis XII would not be willing to pay for it ... Anyway, France is not short of people ... "

Marin is right to think about it. There are so many French people. Louis XII may have come to say that he is not willing to redeem people. After all, those civilians, in the eyes of the nobles of this era, are not human at all ...

"In addition, I need to be approved by the Holy See. There are also many bishops of French nationality in the Holy See. I put those French captives back, at least to block the mouths of many people. As for the ships and sailors, just like you As he said, it ’s just for Henry VII who died. The infantry prisoners and the strong men are too large, and they do n’t necessarily get ransom. It ’s better to pretend to be generous and give it back to the French. Save a lot of food ... "

Marin thought for a while and was speechless. He still had some difficulty understanding the thinking of the monarchs of this era. In Marin's heart, the life of every soldier and subject is precious. If they were captured, Marin would definitely find a way to either redeem it or grab it back. The monarchs of this era only care about the lives of those nobles. As for civilians-just let him die ... 8)