The Rise of the European Emperor

After getting such an inference, Princess Margaret herself was stunned. She could not imagine why a German prince should interfere in the affairs of England. Moreover, this guy's military strength is still so strong.

As a result, the Lord Margaret of the York family began to collect information about Marin, including the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, including the situation of the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce".

After summarizing, the Lord Margaret discovered an important situation, that is, the North Sea Chamber of Commerce owns a lot of grain, while the Morgan Chamber of Commerce attaches great importance to the coal mines in Newcastle. In addition, after helping his younger brother Edward, the North Sea Chamber of Commerce asked for a place - Mount Tara in Ireland. However, after sending people to dig deep into the ground, the excavation stopped because of large-scale water seepage...

If the behind-the-scenes bosses of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce and the Morgan Chamber of Commerce are both Marin Hoffman, then the Lord Margaret has come to an important conclusion - this person has abundant food, but is very interested in coal resources . Even helping my brother on the island of Ireland is for the unknown minerals underground...

Moreover, the Margaret County Lord concluded that even though Marin Hoffman was not the master behind the North Sea Chamber of Commerce and the Morgan Chamber of Commerce, he still had a very unusual relationship with him. Because, in the battle in Lübeck, the 10,000 English mercenaries who appeared were clearly recruited by the Morgan Chamber of Commerce in Newcastle.

And the 10,000 English mercenaries, said to have good combat power, successfully attacked and defeated the flank of the Bursa coalition with Swiss mercenaries. If you can hire those 10,000 mercenaries to help your younger brother, you will have a good chance of defeating Henry VII...

You know, Henry VII was able to gather a total of ten or twenty thousand soldiers. Edward's subordinates now have an army of over 10,000 people. If you add the 10,000 English mercenaries, it is very likely to defeat Henry VII.

Besides, that Marin Hoffman seems to have started as a mercenary, and made his fortune after winning the battle for the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Before that, it was said that he was just a wandering knight without inheritance rights, not even a noble...

If... if this person can be hired to fight for his younger brother, wouldn't it be easy to defeat Henry VII with the strength of his 40,000-strong army?

Once the younger brother became the king, her sister, her status immediately became noble, and she would become the eldest princess. Unlike now, he is just an embarrassed county lord, and he is also under the surveillance of Henry VII...

Although it is said that after the younger brother became the king, the status of Margaret's county lord only went one step further - the county lord became a princess. However, the treatment is different. Because, now, she is basically half a prisoner under Henry VII's surveillance and suspicion.

Even the husband, Richard Pohl, who was designated to her by Henry VII, is monitoring her...

For her husband Richard Pohl, Henry VII's loyal dog, Margaret County did not like it. Because, the other party "loves" Henry VII more than himself. How can there be such a husband who helps outsiders monitor him?

Therefore, Lord Margaret does not like the current life very much. However, she couldn't resist before. Because, her title of Countess of Salisbury is basically empty. The real power of the fief was entirely in the hands of her husband, Richard Ball. She is a county owner, and the money in her hands is limited. Want to do something, very inconvenient. Until... the North Sea Chamber of Commerce found themselves and let them represent the North Sea Chamber of Commerce's grain sales in England...

Then, Lord Margaret took advantage of the opportunity to represent the North Sea Chamber of Commerce in grain sales, and privately withheld a lot of money by falsely reporting grain import prices and sales, and began to buy all kinds of useful people, first of all to help her brother escape The Tower of London and escaped the death penalty...

Then, Princess Margaret, who had money and people in her hands, turned into a spy and quietly helped her brother collect useful information in London, hoping to help his brother as much as possible.

She had despaired of her husband Richard Ball,

Before her last military mission, she had begged her husband not to kill her brother. However, her husband Richard Ball didn't care much about her begging, but obeyed the words of his master, Henry VII, and strongly wanted to kill Edward...

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In fact, before drawing this inference, Princess Margaret didn't have much ambition. Although he had thought about his brother's successful overthrow of Henry VII to become the king of England, Princess Margaret did not think that would become a reality. Because Henry VII's rule was very stable and his strength was much stronger than his younger brother. It is not bad that his younger brother Edward can stand on the island of Ireland and compete with Henry VII. It seems impossible to do better...

But after getting this amazing inference, Princess Margaret's mind changed. She began to feel that it didn't seem too difficult for her brother to become the king of England...

As long as you can win over this very capable Marin Hoffman and defeat Henry VII, it doesn't seem to be a problem...

You must know that Marin Hoffman was able to use an army of 40,000 and defeated an elite enemy army of 50,000 including 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. If he was willing to help his younger brother attack Henry VII, victory was almost certain.

Even if Henry VII died, he could mobilize more than 20,000 troops, at least half of which were local troops with little combat effectiveness. The real elite, at most more than 10,000. As long as that Marin Hoffman is willing to send troops to help his younger brother, no more, as long as 20,000 elite soldiers can defeat Henry VII and regain the throne.

According to the information, this person was born as a mercenary, not those reserved nobles. As long as the younger brother is willing to pay the price, such as giving him Newcastle, he is still very sure to persuade him to send troops.

Moreover, to seal Newcastle to this man can be described as killing two birds with one stone. why? Because Newcastle is located in the northeast of England and is on the border with Scotland. If Newcastle is given to this person, it will also have the effect of preventing the invasion of Scotland.

On the contrary, because of the threat from Scotland, even if he canonized this person as the lord of Newcastle, because of the threat from Scotland in the north, he has no energy to take care of the affairs of the south, and does not affect the younger brother's control of the overall situation.

As for worrying about its expansion and rebellion? Europeans don't seem to be worried about this. The Lord Margaret did not think that the opponent who became the Earl of Newcastle would rebel. Why? Because the other party does not have the blood of the English royal family...

Don't look at the frequent events of competition for the throne in England, as well as the dethronement of the king. However, everyone involved in the battle for the throne has royal blood. People without royal blood are not eligible to participate in the battle for the throne. At most, choose to support a certain member of the royal family.

Therefore, the Lord Margaret of the York family thought that it was feasible to win over Marin Hoffman and help his younger brother compete for the throne of England. Moreover, it is also the only feasible way to put my brother on the throne...

As a smart woman, the lord of Margaret deeply understands that, despite the support of France and Scotland for her younger brother, they have no intention of helping his younger brother to seize the throne, but only hope that his younger brother will give Henry VII more money. Trouble, keep Britain safe. If you want your younger brother to seize the throne, you have to rely on a fierce general like Marin. As long as you pay for the fief of a county, you can't tempt the other party if you don't believe it...

Through previous cases, Margaret County Lord discovered that every time Marin Hoffman defeated the opponent in war, he always asked the opponent to cede a large tract of land. Therefore, the Margaret County Lord decided that Marin Hoffman was a person who valued the land very much. As long as he canonized Northumberland including Newcastle, he will not be moved. As for the original Earl of Northumberland? This guy is a man of Henry VII anyway, it's a big deal to kill or abolish the title...

After thinking about all this, the Margaret County Lord wrote a secret letter, telling his younger brother his plan, and strongly recommending that his younger brother implement this plan.

Before the younger brother succeeded in rebelling, the Lord Margaret began to "instruct" his younger brother. It can be seen that if Edward really seized the throne of England, the county owner (then should be called the princess) will definitely stir up the situation and control the government of England...

In this secret letter, Margaret chose the most trusted men and chose the right time. After arriving in Wales, she took a boat across the sea in the middle of the night and went to Ireland...

There are many fewer British ships in the Irish Sea now, because most of these warships were recruited by the royal family from the Five-Port Alliance, and they were originally merchant ships.

Merchant ships naturally want to make money by pulling goods. It's okay to fight for the king for a short time, but you can't stay on the battlefield forever. Therefore, most of the merchant ships from the Five-Port Alliance are now going back to pull goods to make money, leaving only a small number of ships to continue patrolling the Irish Sea and the English Channel, guarding against the movements of Ireland and France.

So now there are far fewer British ships in the Irish Sea between the British Isles and the Irish Isles. If you take a fast boat to cross the sea at night, be careful, you can still easily go back and forth. The cronies arranged by the Lord of Margaret also took this letter safely and crossed the Irish Sea overnight to the island of Ireland...