Marin's estimate was not wrong, and when he sent someone to tell the handsome king Philip that the French were secretly transporting French goods through merchant ships in Amsterdam, Philip was furious.

For Philip, his hatred of France was greater than that of his father, Maximilian I. Why? Because Maximilian I was not the ruler of the Netherlands. The real ruler of the Netherlands was Philip, and the Duchy of Burgundy was inherited by Philip from his grandfather, Charles the Audrey. So, France took most of the territory of the Duchy of Burgundy (Burgundy), and the direct victim was Philip. Philip resented France much more than his son, Maximilian I.

Philip was never a good-natured man and was narrow-minded. When Spain sent a fleet to the Netherlands to pick up his sister Margaret of Austria back to Castile to marry Prince Juan, he offended Philip somehow. As a result, the cargo directly left the Spanish fleet that came to the Netherlands to welcome relatives there for several months, and did not provide supplies. As a result, many Spanish sailors starved to death.

Moreover, this thing is ruthless and unjust. His son, Maximilian I, missed him, and he never went to Innsbruck to see his father, but Maximilian I himself rushed to Ghent to see him. As for the story of his wife "Mad Juana", it is even more famous all over the world, because he went crazy.

Of course, because of Marin's intervention, Prince Juan did not die, and Juana did not inherit the throne of Castile. And Juana and his wife did not return to Spain to compete for the throne. Then, Philip did not die of illness in Spain in 1506. Now, Philip is jumping around. And the reason why Juana went crazy is inseparable from Philip's death. Philip didn't die, and Juana didn't go crazy. However, because Philip hooked up all day long, looking for a lover outside, Juana was depressed although he was not crazy. So, now Juana is not a crazy woman, but she is a depressed person.

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How can a ruthless, unrighteous and bad-tempered ruler tolerate the collusion of his merchants with the enemy? Therefore, after Philip received the news, he sent someone to confirm it, and then directly sent troops to surround the dozen or so maritime merchant families in Amsterdam......

Next, naturally, it is a raid. That's not all, the main men of these dozen or so families were all hanged in the name of "colluding with the enemy country".

It was so sudden that before everyone could react, Philip had already raised the butcher's knife. By the time some members of the Dutch Parliament who had colluded with these maritime merchants raised their objections, the main men of the dozen or so maritime families had already died on the gallows.

Then, in the port of Amsterdam, all the ships belonging to the dozen or so maritime merchants were seized. And the ship, the French sailors and French cargo were indeed searched, and the Dutch parliamentarians who spoke to the maritime merchants had nothing to say.

And what made Philip very happy was that this time he actually obtained a property worth 500,000 gold coins. That's not all, because the 30 shipyards and more than 70 merchant ships under the names of more than a dozen maritime merchants have not yet been auctioned......

And Marin's people have been waiting for this wave of auctions for a long time......

Marin had no intention of moving all the shipyards and merchant ships out at once, because if he did, it would paralyze shipping in Amsterdam and attract Philip's attention.

Therefore, Marin's countermeasure was to use the spies of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce arranged in the Netherlands in the early years, in the name of Dutch merchants, to divide into several and eat these shipyards and merchant ships.

In the end, after a fierce auction bid, Marin's spies took all 30 shipyards into their hands. As for the 70 merchant ships, only 50 were obtained, and more than 20 were taken by several large noble families in the Netherlands. For the intervention of the big nobles, the spies of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce have nothing to do. After all, these big nobles don't reason with you at all, and they purely use power to oppress people, which makes people very helpless.

But this has little impact, and the more than 20 merchant ships are not enough to make the Dutch voyage rise. Without a share of trade from popular routes such as the Baltic Trade Route, it will be difficult for Dutch maritime trade to rise.

Today, the Hanseatic League is still in decline and still dominates the maritime trade in the North Sea and Baltic regions. It was very difficult for Dutch businessmen to get a piece of the pie. And help the French to transport goods...... The bodies on the gallows in Ghent Square are still hanging and have not been removed......

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But it's not enough to buy all of Amsterdam's shipyards and most of the merchant ships, what if there are new shipyards? Therefore, Marin intended to cut off the Dutchman's ability to build ships at the source.

For example, the wood used by the Dutch to build ships came mainly from the forests of Norway and southern Sweden. To this end, Marin intends to find a way to monopolize the wood. Norway and southern Sweden are now in Danish hands. But there was an agreement between Denmark and Lübeck and Hamburg - Denmark was not allowed to develop a navy. So, those shipbuilding timber Denmark also don't need it.

As for Marlin, the wood is not really needed. Why? Marin now sits on a large expanse of primeval forest on the North American continent, is there a shortage of wood? Apparently there is no shortage of it......

But if he doesn't buy timber from Norway and southern Sweden, someone else will, like the Dutch......

So, Marin decided that he must help the Danes find a market for the timber, but not to the Dutch......

For example, Marin could sell Danish timber to the Hanseatic League. After all, the Hanseatic League had more ships and needed more wood. After all, because of the damage caused by maggots, every time a ship sails, it has to be overhauled, such as replacing the wooden planks on the bottom of the ship or something.

In addition, Marin himself will find a way to eat some oak from the forests of Norway and southern Sweden for shipbuilding. It was wasteful, but at least it prevented the Dutch from buying timber for shipbuilding.

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These were to cut off the supply of wood for the Dutch shipbuilding from the outside, but it was not enough. This is because if the Dutch really wanted to build ships, they could not only import oak and other wood for shipbuilding from Norway and southern Sweden. At most, the cost of importing timber from there is relatively low.

If nothing else, the Netherlands itself has a lot of oak. Although the quantity is not large and the price is still high, there is no problem at all in building hundreds of large ships. Moreover, the Dutch could also import timber from the territory of Germany on the upper Rhine. Even, it is possible to import wood from France. As long as they want to build ships, it is not enough to cut off the supply of timber from Norway and Sweden.

But how to keep the Dutch without the idea of shipbuilding? Marin pondered for a long time, and finally came up with a way to help the Dutch with a crooked talent......

What does it mean to be a little crooked? It was to lead the Dutch astray and no longer pursue shipbuilding and navigation......

Specifically, the Dutch were encouraged to do something else out of wood. For example, making furniture, and wooden crafts...... In addition, wood can also be used to build houses and firewood......

In short, Marlin's purpose was to allow the Dutch to use their limited timber for other purposes. The Netherlands was already short of wood, and it was actively used to make furniture and wooden crafts. Think about shipbuilding again...... You've got to have enough wood......

To this end, Marin plans to spend a huge amount of money to build a number of furniture factories in Amsterdam, the shipbuilding center of the Netherlands, to specialize in making all kinds of furniture.

In order to make Dutch furniture sell well, Marin planned to go out in person and draw many popular furniture patterns in later generations according to his memory. Then, guide the furniture factory in Amsterdam to make it. With the perfect furniture styles available for later generations as a reference, it is difficult for Amsterdam's furniture building industry not to be popular......

When Amsterdam became the center of European furniture making, a lot of wood was naturally spent on furniture making. Then, Marin is investing in a number of wood carving and other wooden craft workshops to help consume the small amount of wood in the Netherlands......

When the time comes, the Dutch want to build ships, they will find that they can't find wood. Because the wood has been bought up by furniture factories and wooden craft workshops......

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A few years later, before he died, Marin was suddenly surprised to find that the Netherlands, who was supposed to be a "sea coachman", had become a "furniture kingdom" because of his random help and talent. Dutch furniture, which was sold throughout Europe, also brought a lot of tax revenue to the Habsburgs......