Although the license was taken down, how to develop the Cape of Good Hope was not so simple. First of all, with the strength of Baron Ferreira, a poor ghost baron, let alone the development of the Cape of Good Hope, he can't even afford an ocean-going merchant ship. It would be strange if Baron Ferreira suddenly had a fleet to develop the Cape of Good Hope without arousing suspicion.

Therefore, it was necessary to make other arrangements so that Baron Ferreira's development of the Cape of Good Hope would be justified, so that the Portuguese would not suspect Marin.

Originally, Marin planned to ask Baron Ferreira to find an Italian businessman to "cooperate" in the name of "bidding". This approach is reasonable, after all, it is very common practice to attract investment and cooperation in Europe, where the business atmosphere is strong.

In ancient Europe, the aristocracy held privileges and resources. Businessmen, on the other hand, hold the capital. But capital alone is useless, and authorization and sufficient resources are needed. Therefore, power rent-seeking is a very common thing in Europe in this era. Just like the money-strapped Habsburg family, who mortgaged the silver mine to the Fugger family for development, it is a classic government-business cooperation. Later, the first leader of the Rothschild family, Meyer, was able to rise by helping the Hessian lord Wilhelm to manage the funds. And the Hessian lord William's source of funds is also very strange, he made his fortune by leasing Hessian mercenaries to Britain and participating in the suppression of North American independence. This money was eventually used by Mayer Rothschild to "borrow chickens and lay eggs", and finally became the famous Rothschild family.

However, there is also a big problem here. That is, with the perception of Baron Ferreira, this honest and stubborn baron would never come up with the idea of cooperating with businessmen to develop South Africa's resources. Therefore, if you want to not be suspected, you need more cover.

At this time, Kohler's spies found a very important piece of information in England, which gave Marin a new idea, and it seemed that Baron Ferreira also had relatives in England

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

This was decades ago, when Ferreira was a child, when one of his aunts, Mary, was taken by Johnson, the son of an English baron who had traveled to Portugal, and married him back to England as the lord's wife.

However, Marie, the aunt of Baron Ferreira, was very unlucky. Because, soon after she married into England, England broke out in England, the final stage of the "War of the Red and White Roses", the Battle of Bosworth.

Tragically, Marie Lavra's husband, Johnson, belonged to the Green family, on the side of Richard III. In that battle, Marie Lavra's husband Johnson and Duchess Baron Charles Green were all killed in the Bosworth moor. Later, Barony Grimm was sacked by the army of Henry VII the Victor. Baron Ferreira's aunt Mary, including his cousin Edward, all died at the hands of the rebels.

However, on Baron Ferreira's side, the details of the fall of the Green family are not very clear. After all, he failed to confirm the deaths of Aunt Mary and Edward's cousin. Because, after the ransacking of the Barony of Green, Henry VII's men buried the bodies of Marie Lavra and his son Edward Greene on the spot, and burned the castle of the Barony of Green to destroy the evidence of the crime. After all, the indiscriminate killing of aristocratic family members was a taboo in Europe in this era. Even though the Greenes were on the opposite side of Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth, there was nothing wrong with being faithful. And Henry VII's ransacking of the Barony of Grimm was purely because of the wealth of the Grimm family. Because, the Green family not only owned a 3,000-acre estate on the southern coast of England, but also owned several merchant ships in the port of Southampton, and the family amassed a lot of wealth. The reason why Johnson had the conditions to travel to Portugal was because the Green family had the support of the huge profits of maritime trade, which was enough for Johnson Green to go abroad. Replaced by the impoverished Barony Lavra, Ferreira, the heir, had no conditions to travel abroad before he succeeded to the throne. After all, a barony that only relies on farming and a barony who does business cannot be compared with financial resources.

But it is precisely because of the eye-catching wealth that Henry VII's subordinates will see the wealth after taking control of England, murdering the only remaining orphans and widows of the Green family, and plundering the huge wealth of the Green family. Therefore, if there is no pillar of protection at home, too much wealth is a disaster.

In other words, the Lavra family of Baron Ferreira only knew that Mary was missing in the war, and guessed that she had been killed, but they were not sure of the details. After all, Henry VII's men had also taken some measures to cover up their crimes.

And the reason why Kohler's subordinates were able to find out was because a servant of the Green family survived by luck and was found by Kohler's men, and inquired about the secrets of the year. And the reason why Kohler's men were able to find the surviving servant of the Green family was because the Green family's fief happened to be near the port of Southampton, on the other side of the White Island, Marin's fief. And the surviving servant, because of his good water quality, jumped into the sea to escape, and then lived in seclusion on the Isle of Wight, and then met Kohler's spies

Originally, this was also an anecdote recorded in the expedition archives of the Isle of Wight. However, one of Kohler's men had a great memory, and when he heard Kohler mention Baron Ferreira's Lavra family, he remembered this anecdote and provided Marin with a reference for decision-making

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

Then, Marin asked someone from England to pretend to be Edward, the dead cousin of Baron Ferreira. Such a person is easy to find, after all, Marin has two major territories in England, Northumberland and the Isle of Wight, and there are many English subordinates under his command. As for the identity of this "Edward", Marin thought about it and decided to write a letter to King Edward in secret, and was willing to take out a sum of money to redeem the 3,000 acres of territory of the Green family and buy the title of Baron Green as a cover. Then, a few more merchant ships were randomly transferred, pretending to be from the Green family, so that the Portuguese could not find out anything. After all, the most important thing is actually the official identity of this fake "Edward Green". As long as King Edward ordered official recognition of his identity, the Portuguese could find out nothing.

Through the flying pigeon, King Edward quickly agreed to Marin's request, but the price was 20,000 gold coins, which was a bit of a lion's mouth. But Marin agreed, because it was nothing compared to the proceeds from the development of the Cape of Good Hope colony.

Marin quickly sent a message through the flying pigeon, instructing the subordinates of the London branch of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce to go to the London palace with 20,000 gold coins. And King Edward of England also happily issued an official document to prove the identity of "Edward Green".

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