In fact, Marin's approach will never work in the future. At least, in the Hereafter, you can't kill people casually, even if it's someone from an enemy country. Unless, this person is not a politician. Of course, it is not necessary to kill people to engage them, but there are means.

But that was a later generation, an era when international law existed, and everyone would follow certain rules. But this era is different, although there are many "unspoken rules" that everyone defaults to, but it is difficult to say whether they are complied with or not.

To put it bluntly, in this era when international rules have not yet been established, the rules that everyone tacitly acknowledges are not written on paper, and whether they abide by the rules or not depends on personal wishes.

If it is a general situation and the bottom line is not touched, everyone is still willing to abide by the rules. However, if you want someone's life, then don't blame them for killing you. In this era, there were many cases of assassins being sent to assassinate opponents. Even a pope like Alexander VI personally poisoned his opponents, not to mention ordinary nobles. Of course, when the nobles send people to do it, they will generally take care not to leave a handle, so as not to be sprayed by everyone. In other words, assassination, in this era, is something that can be done and cannot be said, not nothing.

However, if you really do this, even if there are rumors, the blow to your reputation will be huge. It's just that even if the Portuguese knew that this was Marin's warning, it was not easy to discredit Marin. Why? I don't know where it got dark......

The source of this is Rui. Silva saw his fortune and hijacked the transport ship of the North Sea State, and then angered Marin. If you want to discredit Marin, you have to explain the cause of the incident. However, the Portuguese could not say why. Therefore, this matter can only be spread in Portugal, not out. After all, this is also a black spot in Portugal, and it will only make people laugh when they say it.

Moreover, Marin was also very clever and did not target the whole of Portugal because of this matter, but went all out against the Silva family, so that the other nobles had no reason to intervene. Moreover, many Portuguese aristocrats actually looked down on Rui. Silva, the "lucky villain" who relied on his sister to ascend to the throne. As long as you don't stupidly scold the whole of Portugal, when the time comes, Portugal will not be able to unify because of this. After all, this has nothing to do with anyone else, and it looks like a personal feud between Marin and the Silva family......

What Marin wants is actually to make outsiders mistakenly think that this is a "personal grudge", and then have the idea of not wanting to interfere. But in fact, how can there be any personal grudges in the battle at sea? Sea power or something, that's the foundation of the country.

But Marin wants to dress up this matter as a "personal grudge", not only to make outsiders reluctant to interfere, but also to Liwei.

Marin just wants to tell people through this incident - I am very vindictive, I am very vindictive!

In this way, when others rob the merchant ships of the Beihai Kingdom, they have to weigh - what will happen to them after being targeted by Marin's "careful eye......

In fact, if it had not been a Portuguese nobleman who had struck this time, but an ordinary pirate captain, Marin would have ordered him to be killed long ago. Moreover, they will hunt down this person with great fanfare. In this way, it can be regarded as a prestige.

After all, America is so big, and Marin doesn't want any adventurers to get involved. Therefore, he is in great need of an unlucky guy for him to stand up. But because the Americas had been very low-key before, coupled with Marin's negative propaganda, the pirates had little interest in the Americas. Only the people of the Azores know that the Americas are productive. Because, the goods loaded on the merchant ships of the North Sea countries that passed through the Azores on their way back to China could not deceive people.

But only the people of the Azores know about it, and pirates generally can't know about it. Because, before the great development of the Americas, the Azores were simply a poor country far from the European continent. Except for a few North Sea ships that pass by occasionally every year, no ships pass by here at all. Pirates are only stupid when they choose to operate here.

Pirates are also profit-seeking animals, and they don't go to places where there is no oil or water. Just like later generations, why are there so many cases in big cities? Because scum from all over the country is concentrated in big cities to find opportunities. After all, those who are thieves are not stupid, and they will make money wherever they know where there are many opportunities to make a fortune.

In the same way, pirates generally appear in places with abundant oil and water. For example, pirates in the South Seas generally haunt the Strait of Malacca, a golden waterway for maritime trade. Because, there are many merchant ships here, and if you succeed, you will be rich.

The Somali pirates of later generations also bred pirates because of their proximity to the busy Gulf of Aden and the large number of merchant ships coming and going. If it was a place where there were not many ships passing by, pirates would not want to go.

Originally, the rise of pirates in the Caribbean was also because of the huge interests of Spanish treasure ships, which attracted a large number of people who were not afraid of death and were willing to take risks. If there is no profit, the pirates will not take a fancy to it.

But pirates are human beings, and they are not afraid to die, but only if they are shown the riches that make them mad. For example, the Spanish treasure ship.

If it is an ordinary merchant ship, they also have to weigh whether it is cost-effective to hijack the ship. And Marin's current transport ships passing through the Azores, although the value of the goods on board is not low, but it is not gold and silver that can be used as cash. These bulk goods must always find a buyer to eat. This is a very troublesome thing, and it is easy to be traced by others.

Therefore, for pirates, it is better to carry treasure ships, and it is better to directly grab gold and silver as money, and it is not easy to be exposed.

If Marin had taken revenge on the pirates and killed people in the early period when there were no treasure ships, he would still be able to curb the breeding of pirates to a certain extent. After all, it's the individual who will spare his life. If you are destined to grab the money and spend it, then no one is willing to rob it.

In addition, it should be pointed out that pirates have no support behind them, and it is easy to play out. Historically, English pirates were rampant because the Kingdom of England was behind them. There were even English warships that would pretend to be pirates to do their part.

However, after the British pirate kingdom ordered the removal of pirates in 1718, pirates quickly disappeared......

Why? It's not that the English fleet is fierce, but the pirates also have their own homeland......

What did pirates use to rob merchant ships for money? Isn't it for the sake of returning home to splurge? If his country turns a blind eye to this, it will be convenient.

However, if the country where the pirates live starts to eradicate the pirates, then the pirates are really finished......

Because, the pirates who have come ashore are very vulnerable, and any militia can capture them. Moreover, if they have a large amount of property of unknown origin, they can also be easily targeted.

If the money looted at sea cannot be squandered blatantly, and there is a danger of being hanged by the government, then who wants to be a pirate? After all, pirates also rob money to spend.

Therefore, when the country of English pirates began to want all pirates and hanged a large number of pirates, the English pirates, a group that had been roaming the sea for a hundred years, quickly disappeared. Although there are still some fish that have slipped through the net, it is not a climate......

The same is true of Marin's means of standing - if a pirate dares to rob a transport ship in the Americas, then he will directly send people to hunt down the pirates and even their families on land......

The assassination of nobles may need to be kept secret because it is not in accordance with the rules. However, if it is to hunt down pirates, no one will dare to stop them. For this thing occupies the name of righteousness.

Therefore, to hunt down pirates or something, you don't have to go to the sea to hide and seek, just send someone to the pirate's house to guard. Unless there is a rogue state like England that deliberately shields pirates. Otherwise, it will be difficult for pirates to become a climate.

As for those who play yin, they send people to pretend to be pirates to rob the other party's merchant ships, and Marin is not afraid at all. This is because the value of a Portuguese spice ship is much higher than that of a regular transport ship. As long as a few spice ships were hijacked, the Portuguese would not be able to stand it first.

……

Just when Marin was deliberately making trouble with the Portuguese, and was thinking about killing a few pirates, Leonardo da Vinci suddenly pushed open the door of his office and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, I have made a new boat that is very suitable for inland river navigation, please go and visit it!"

"New ship?" Marin first paused for a moment, and then said with great joy:

"Is it a sailboat? So what are you waiting for? Let's go, let's go! With that, Marin couldn't wait to follow Leonardo da Vinci to see the new ship......