Chapter 2004： England old watch (I'm back!)

Although the license was obtained, how to develop the Cape of Good Hope is not so simple. First of all, with the strength of Baron Ferreira, the poor ghost baron, let alone develop the Cape of Good Hope, even an ocean-going merchant ship cannot afford it. It would be strange if Baron Ferreira suddenly had a fleet to develop the Cape of Good Hope without causing doubt.

Therefore, other arrangements must be made so that Baron Ferreira ’s development of the Cape of Good Hope area becomes reasonable and does not cause the Portuguese side to suspect Marin.

Originally, Marin intended to allow Baron Ferreira to "cooperate" with an Italian businessman in the name of "tendering." This approach is reasonable. After all, investment promotion and cooperation are common in Europe with a strong business atmosphere.

In ancient Europe, the aristocracy held privileges and resources. The merchants have control over capital. But capital alone is useless and requires authorization and sufficient resources. Therefore, power rent-seeking is very common in Europe in this era. Like the lack of money, the Habsburg family mortgaged the silver mine to the Fugger family for development, which is a classic government-business cooperation. Later, the reason why Meyer, the first leader of the Rothschild family, was able to rise was to help the Hessian Lord William manage the funds and rise. And the source of funds for Hessian Lord William is also very strange. He made a fortune by renting Hesse mercenaries to the United Kingdom to participate in the suppression of the independence of North America. This money was eventually used by Meyer Rothschild to "borrow chickens to lay eggs", and finally achieved the famous Rothschild family.

However, there is also a big problem. That is, based on the perception of Baron Ferreira, this honest and stubborn baron will never come up with the idea of ​​working with businessmen to develop South African resources. Therefore, in order not to be suspected, more cover is needed.

At this time, Kohler ’s spies found a very important message in England and provided Marin with a new idea. Baron Ferreira also had relatives in England.

To be precise, it was Baron Ferreira who had relatives in England. Baron Ferreira once had an aunt married to England, married an English nobleman, and was still a baron.

This is a thing of the past decades. When Ferreira was a child, a few years ago, he was an aunt, Mary, and was fancy by Johnson, a son of an English baron who travelled to Portugal, and married back to England as a lord. lady.

However, the aunt Mary of Baron Ferreira is very unfortunate. Because, shortly after she married England, the last stage of the "Red and White Rose War" battle broke out in England.

The tragedy is that the Green family where Mary Lavra's husband, Johnson, is on the side of Richard III. That war, Mary Lavra's husband Johnson and Baron Richard Green, all died in the Bosworth Wasteland. Later, Baron Green's collar was looted by the army of the victor Henry VII. Baron Ferreira ’s aunt Mary, including his cousin Edward, all died under the knife of the chaotic soldiers.

However, on the side of Baron Ferreira, the details of the destruction of the Green family are not very clear. After all, he failed to confirm the death of Aunt Mary and cousin Edward. Because after the looting of Baron Green ’s collar, Henry VII ’s men buried the bodies of Mary Lavra and his son Edward Green, and burned the castle of Baron Green to destroy the evidence. After all, indiscriminate killing of noble family members is taboo in Europe in this era. Even though Father and Son stood opposite Henry VII in the Battle of Bosworth, they were just loyal and there was nothing wrong. Henry VII's looting of Baron Green's collar was purely due to the wealth of the Green family. Because the Green family not only owned a 3,000-acre estate on the south coast of England, but also owned several merchant ships in the port of Southampton. The family accumulated a lot of wealth. The reason why Johnson had the conditions to travel to Portugal was because the Green family had the huge profit support of maritime trade, which was enough to let Johnson Green go abroad. Replaced by the poor Baron Lavra, heir Ferreira had no conditions to go abroad before he succeeded. After all, a baron collar that only depends on farming, and a baron collar that does business, are incomparable financially.

But it was precisely because of his eye-catching wealth that Henry VII's men had control of England before they made a fortune, murdered the orphans and widows left by the Green family and plundered the great wealth of the Green family. Therefore, "the blessing is the basis of disaster". If there is no protection at home, too much wealth is a disaster.

That is to say, in those days, the Lavra family of Baron Ferreira only knew that Mary had disappeared during the war, guessing that she had been killed, but not sure about the details. After all, Henry VII's men also took some measures to cover up the crime.

The reason why Kohler's men were able to find out was that a servant of the Green family survived and was found by the people of Kohler's men, and he heard the secrets of that year. The reason why Kohler's men can find the surviving servant of the Green family is because the Green's fiefdom was just near the port of Southampton, opposite the Isle of Wight of Marin's fief. And the surviving servant, because of the good water, jumped into the sea and escaped, and then retired on the Isle of Wight, then encountered the spy under Kohler

Originally, this was an anecdote and was recorded in the investigation file on the Isle of Wight. But there was a man with excellent memory under Kohler. Hearing that Kohler mentioned the Lavra family where Baron Ferreira was located, he then remembered this anecdote and provided Marin with a decision-making reference.

"Okay, we will send someone to participate in the investment and development of the colony of Cape of Good Hope as a descendant of the Green family. Relatives help out, it can't be more reasonable!"

Then ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin asked someone in England to pose as Edward's cousin who died Baron Ferreira. Such people are easy to find. After all, Marin has two territories in Northumberland and the Isle of Wight in England, and there are many people in England under his command. As for this "Edward" identity, Marin thought about it and decided to write a letter to King Edward in secret, and was willing to pay a sum of money to redeem the three thousand acres of the Green family's territory and purchase the title of Baron Green as a cover. Then, he randomly allocated a few merchant ships, pretending to be the Green family, so that the Portuguese could not find out. After all, the most crucial thing is actually the official identity of this fake "Edward Green". As long as King Edward ordered the official recognition of his identity, the Portuguese could not find out.

Through the flying pigeon book, King Edward quickly agreed to Marin's request, but the asking price was 20,000 gold coins, a little lion's mouth. But Marin agreed, because, compared with the benefits of developing the Cape of Good Hope colony, this money is nothing.

Marin soon passed the Flying Pigeon book and instructed the men of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce London Branch to take 20,000 gold coins to the Royal Palace of London. And King Edward also happily issued an official document proving the identity of "Edward Green"

At this point, the old English watch of the dead Baron Ferreira was just "resurrected"

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