Chapter 1718： Collect termites

It was indeed force majeure. After receiving the news, Francois I was very angry, but he did not dare to turn his face. Because France has just experienced the change of monarchs at this time, the domestic situation is unstable, and it is not appropriate to mobilize. What's more, the French and Spaniards are fighting at this time. It would be unwise to provoke England at the same time. Therefore, Francois I intends to bear it for the time being, ready to wait for the opportunity to liquidate later.

Obviously, Francois I made the right choice. Not only did he think so, so did the French courtiers. After all, it is really unwise to provoke two powerful countries at the same time. Moreover, the Habsburg family does not deal with France.

But it doesn't mean that it doesn't work at all. After all, the face of Europe's top power is still needed. Therefore, Francois I sent a messenger to London to express his anger.

Of course, they can only deal with the poisoning of thousands of city guards. The matter of Margaret's mother and son is not easy to openly question England.

Thousands of soldiers were killed, this is not a trivial matter, it is enough to provoke a national war. But France cannot fight on two lines at this time, so even if it is extremely angry, it must be tolerated. Otherwise, the consequences are unpredictable.

If England were to face France alone, it would have to rely on the self-protection of the Channel. However, the main force of France is now fighting Spain. Therefore, the threat of the English is much greater.

In fact, the purpose of the French government and opposition is very simple-the predecessors messed with England and dragged their time. Moreover, seeking compensation from England. For example, compensation of 300,000 gold coins or something, 300 gold coins per person, can also be explained to the family of the deceased, and French face can also be recovered a lot.

Unfortunately, this idea is doomed. Edward is not a local tyrant like Marin. The years of war, and the fact that England has not been involved in ocean trade at this time, the country is very poor. How can there be so much compensation? Besides, the poisoning was not caused by the English ...

Therefore, Edward said-poisoning has nothing to do with England, we will not lose money and do not have to apologize.

Edward is actually telling the truth, but the French do n’t believe it. The French bite it-it was England who did it.

Then, the two countries began a long rash. At the same time, the angry François I ordered-began secretly building warships, and trained the sailors with Marin's method of hanging oversized wooden boards, preparing to one day against the abominable British guy ...

In order to avoid being hit by the English navy, the French built ships and trained sailors all on the river. Wait until the training is done, and then pull to the English Channel to fight ...

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Originally, this plan was confidential. It is a pity that Francois I did not know that he had a close aristocrat, John Rafi, who was a potential enemy spy.

Therefore, this plan was leaked from the beginning. On the third day, Marin got a detailed plan for France to build ships and train sailors on the river.

"Yo, you've learned this time! Building ships in rivers is indeed a bit difficult to attack and destroy ..."

This time, France intends to set up three shipyards in the middle reaches of the Seine, the middle of the Loire flowing through Nantes, and the middle and lower reaches of the Garonne (in Bordeaux) flowing through Bordeaux. Cross the English Channel in the future.

Francois I was very ambitious. He knew that if he took the throne, it would be impossible to unite England. If you want to annex England, you can only take it by force.

If France can win the Italian War and obtain a stable source of volcanic ash, it will have the power to annex England within a few years. The premise is that there will be enough warships at that time!

It is impossible to continue to build ships on the northern coast or the western coast. The English saw that they would definitely destroy it, which is in vain.

Shipbuilding on the Mediterranean coast also failed, and the Spaniards would not sit idly by. They may learn English and destroy the shipbuilding center along the Mediterranean coast. Even the Rhone River, which flows into the Mediterranean, cannot establish a shipyard. Because, even if ships were built on the Rhone River, sailing into the Mediterranean would not escape the encirclement and suppression of Spanish warships. Even if it was unlucky when it was not found, it was difficult to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar and reach the northern coast. After all, the Strait of Gibraltar is too narrow, and it is easy for the Spaniards to block it.

Therefore, Francois I only built three shipyards on the Seine flowing into the English Channel and the Loire and Garonne flowing into the Atlantic Ocean, in order to avoid the attack of the English and have the opportunity to drive the boat out. To the north coast to start a war.

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Obviously, because of the location and confidentiality issues, the English did not know the plans of the three shipyards. Even if you know it, you can't break into the river to destroy the shipyard. After all, there are too many warships in the Inland River, and the French also sent heavy soldiers to protect them, and they also planned to set up turrets to protect the shipyard. In this way, even if the British knew it, they could not destroy the shipyard.

But Marin already knows, for the sake of the safety of his son's united England in the future, Marin thinks what he should do ...

If you want to destroy the ship, the best way is to get some maggots in the past to nibble the ship. But this time the French shipyard cannot use the maggots on the river, so ...

"Right, use termites!" Marin suddenly thought that termites are also a very harmful thing to wood.

After the ship is launched, it may be difficult for the termites to dive to bite the ship. But before the ship is built?

Before the ship is built, the wood used for shipbuilding must have accumulated a lot on the shore. At this time, if there are a lot of termites to eat the wood ...

"Haha, it looks like this idea is good!"

So ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin called Kohler and arranged for him a mission-to send people to collect secret termites everywhere and even in other countries. Then, put it in a metal cage and feed it with wood.

Then ... quietly taken to the three French inland shipyards that have not yet been built ...

In the process of man-made ships in France, the North Sea Congress sent a spy to sneak into the shipyard where the wood was placed, and released the termites in the cage at night to let the termites eat away the stacked shipbuilding wood.

As long as there are enough termites, the wood piled by the French must have suffered a lot.

Shipbuilding wood is very difficult to collect, in addition to strict requirements on the size, it also requires at least one or two years to dry before it can be used as shipbuilding wood.

If a lot of shipbuilding wood is destroyed by termites, it will definitely not be used to build ships. By that time, Francois I will definitely vomit blood. After all, the price of timber for shipbuilding is not low. It was destroyed by termites, and the loss must be an astronomical figure.

Moreover, the French would not have thought that there are still people in this world who will collect termites and then use termites to deal with their shipyards ...