Chapter 1723： Flicker

Edward was very annoyed to see Marin enter the London with his army, and also pestle in the square in front of the palace. Because the meaning of this demonstration is too obvious.

However, he did not dare to turn his face directly, so he had to endure his dissatisfaction and asked pretendingly and Yan Yue:

"Marin, why did you bring so many guards to London this time? It scared me."

Marin stood up face-to-face at this time and said:

"Your Majesty, please atone for the sins. In the past 20 years, Chen has fought countless times, defeated too many enemies, and killed many rivals. When it comes to fighting, Chen is really not afraid of anyone. However, someone in Chenpa took the opportunity to assassinate! The North Sea country lacks everything, but it does not lack the invincible soldiers. This group of guys have nothing to do, and they are bored in the country, so simply take them to protect me. With 3000 guards personal protection, I do n’t believe who can still I was assassinated! "

Marin's remarks are profound, on the surface is self-deprecating timid fear of assassination. In fact, it is showing off the force. For example, he said, "When it comes to fighting, I'm really not afraid of anyone", and "The North Sea country lacks everything, it is the invincible elite soldiers", clearly telling all the English princes present-just positive, I'm invincible!

This statement sounds very domineering, but the English ministers present cannot refute. Because, Marin really hasn't fought any defeat, others have the qualification to brag ...

In fact, it is not Marin who is really a **** of war, but Marin Nogo. In the face of unsure battles, this guy doesn't fight at all. When it was time to counsel, he didn't have a face at all. Therefore, it seems that he is "invincible".

Of course, shamelessness also has the benefit of shamelessness. Without being dragged down by fame, you won't do things that you are not sure about. For example, Napoleon, such a true **** of war, was exhausted by his reputation, so he really wanted to conquer Europe. In the end, it failed in Russia and then crashed globally ...

The actual situation is that in the later period, the entire French Empire has some superstition of Napoleon's war capabilities, and feels that the Empire can be invincible. Then, the whole country is expecting France to push the whole of Europe evenly. At that time, even Napoleon had some difficulties riding a tiger. Because the entire French Empire expected their emperor to lead them to conquer Europe. In a comment from later generations, it was "the emperor was kidnapped by the popular opinion of the French people."

Malin was reluctant to be a fool kidnapped by public opinion. Without full assurance, he would rather be a tortoise turtle than take a risk. Because he knew that this was not a game and could not be repeated. Once it fails, it will die.

Therefore, in the face of the German prince alliance and the French kingdom, he showed his "invincible" side, implying that he was not easy to provoke; on the other hand, he was humble and did not provoke the German prince alliance and the French kingdom. Because he was not sure of the joint attack on the French and German princes at the same time.

But if one of the French or German princes is weakened or held back, Marin's grasp is greater. Therefore, Marin desperately instigated France to compete with Spain for the Kingdom of Naples in order to consume French power.

But France's foundation is too thick. As the first land power and population country in Western Europe, France has more war potential than Spain. Therefore, Marin judged that they could even fight two wars at the same time in the case of France ’s overdraft.

Yes, France is poor. Compared with Spain, which has a spice trade, France's financial situation is not good. However, the poor problem is not impossible to solve. For example, borrowing money ...

As long as France is willing to pay a high price, Venice is willing to lend money to the French. Because France lacks nothing but money ...

Therefore, Marin specially invited the emperor to send troops to unite England and looted a handful of Paris and the Paris basin where Paris is located. There is no need to conquer Paris, just destroy the crops near Paris and the French will be seriously injured.

Why do you say that? Because the volcanic ash that France obtained from the Kingdom of Naples to fertilize tens of thousands of acres was transported back to Paris by the French and fertilized in the royal estate near Paris ...

That is to say, because of these volcanic ash fertilizers, by the time of autumn, the royal estate near Paris can bring tens of millions of pounds of grain production to the French royal family.

Tens of millions of pounds of grain is absolutely enough for the French to form a large army and start a large-scale war. You know, the daily feed of each horse is only 4.8 kg (more than 10 pounds). 100,000 war horses consume no more than one million pounds of food every day.

What Marin wants to do most is to allow tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Britain and Austria to trample the grain fields in the Paris Basin, so that the French will not only increase their income, but will also reverse the shortage of grain ...

However, His Majesty the Emperor had his own thoughts and refused to send troops. Therefore, Marin had to come to the UK to find a way ...

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Demonstrations are just incidental. Marin is not a mallet or a grumpy second generation. How could it be possible to run this demonstration just for demonstration? He came this time to actually persuade Edward to attack France.

Of course, because of the presence of ministers, Marin is not easy to say directly. Some words are best discussed in private with Edward. Because, Marin suspected that-there were French spies in Edward's court ...

Marin's suspicion is normal. In this era, most of the traditional European nobles have two sides. It is normal for someone in England to privilee France. Therefore, he could not discuss this issue with Edward in public, he could only wait for a private discussion ...

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At the public welcome banquet, Marin was domineering and showed a "Lao Tzu is invincible" attitude. He did not take the English aristocrats present in his eyes very much. Marin duel. Only when talking to Edward did Marin show enough respect. After all, Edward is above him, even his nominal monarch. After all, Marin is the Earl of England.

After the banquet, when Edward entertained the Marin family in private, Marin immediately bowed to Edward and apologized:

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry for the previous rudeness. The reason why I did that is that I am bitter ..."

"Having bitterness? What bitterness?" Edward was curious.

Marin motioned for Edward to retreat the left and right screens. When the two came to the study, Marin whispered:

"Your Majesty, I suspect that there are French spies in England ..."

"What? French spies? It's unlikely ... I've cleaned the court and the opposition several times ..." Edward was not convinced ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin said firmly:

"There must be a French spy, because my people can hear from His Majesty's palace in Paris ..." In fact, this was Marin fooling Edward. Even if the French were to install spies in London, they would not leak information in Paris.

Edward didn't believe it either, but Marin's words made him speechless ...

"Your Majesty, did you have privately discussed with the queen about marrying Margaret Lord to Henry Ball?"

Edward was shocked-this was negotiated in private with Queen Anna, how did Marin know?

Marin laughed inwardly. In fact, this was the message sent back by the spy he inserted into the London palace. However, his words were--

"The detectives of the ministers found this news in Paris. Obviously, there is a French eyeliner in His Majesty's palace ..." After that, Marin looked around meaningfully, as if there were French secret agents eavesdropping around. of……