It was also the luck of Maximilian I that after Louis XII returned to Paris, he was busy making villains with Queen Anne, who had become an aunt, hoping to give birth to a prince to rule England. Therefore, I didn't have time to pay attention to the Swiss side during this time. Otherwise, the Habsburgs would not have even had time to react.

You know, at the moment, Spain does not have the strength to join forces with the Habsburgs, and more than half of Marin's centaurs are also tied up on the islands of Britain and Ireland. At this time, if France concentrates its efforts, whether it is going to Switzerland to join the Swiss to eliminate the main force of the Habsburgs, or taking the opportunity to annex the Netherlands, it will be a great opportunity.

Unfortunately, none of this matters. For Louis XII, giving birth to a son is probably the most important thing. If he could use his son to unite England, a century-old enemy, it is estimated that the whole of France would celebrate.

In addition, the swing training method of the sailors' jousting competition that Marin held in the port of Emden to demonstrate his strength was indeed transmitted to France.

Now, while Louis XII is busy building villains, he is ordering the selection of martial arts masters from the army, and the use of king-size swings to train his balance at sea.

The French didn't really lack ships, they just cut some oak trees to build ships. Moreover, even if there were not enough French oaks for shipbuilding, the French would be able to buy ships from the Portuguese.

Because, the Portuguese are not stupid either. Although on the question of India, the Portuguese, together with the Spaniards, fought against the Venetians and Arabs. However, the Portuguese always understood that Spain was their real enemy.

Therefore, the Portuguese would not mind selling some warships to France and adding some blockage to Spain. This is diplomacy, the enemy of the enemy, an excellent object for union.

Of course, the Portuguese could not have broken the bank to support the French. Because, if the Spaniards were really overthrown by the French, the Portuguese would not be spared. So, the Portuguese would sell ships to France, but not many.

Louis XII also knew that it was a delusional idea to surpass England or Spain in naval power. But Louis XII just couldn't help but want to reserve a few sailors to prepare for a future war with England.

Because Louis XII was also prepared not to have a son before the end of 1515. When the time comes, Louis XII intends to come hard. Whether it succeeds or not, give it a try, what if it succeeds?

Therefore, outside the city of Paris, there are now many French warriors who hang large swings to connect with the knife technique of the sailor's scimitar. And this news also caused unanimous concern on the part of England and the North Sea State.

But Marin really doesn't look down on the French navy, what's the use of your PK skills on deck, no matter how good your PK skills are? Lao Tzu got dozens of gunboats, all with heavy artillery, and sank all the warships that the French had managed to put together, and let all the warriors carefully trained by the French go to the sea to feed the fish......

It's just that, in that case, the North Sea Kingdom and France will really have to die. So, Marlin would have preferred that John. Capote offered some kind of medicine that could have tossed Louis XII to death sooner. That way, it's not that much trouble.

After all, if Louis XII died, François I would marry Princess Claude and would not dare to compete with Marin for his daughter-in-law. Unless, he doesn't want to be the king of France anymore.

However, it was not easy to kill Louis XII. Louis XII was not like Conrad, Bishop of Münster, and could not be moved. Bishop Marin of Conrad sent someone to do him, without pressure. In any case, Bishop Conrad is just an unlucky guy who has long been abandoned by the Church, and has been stripped of his title of prince. Get it out quietly and it won't cause much repercussions.

Louis XII is different, he is the monarch of the first power in Europe, and he is a big man who has attracted worldwide attention. Not to mention, Marin doesn't have the ability to assassinate easily. Even if the assassination is successful, if it is found out, Marin will definitely not be able to eat and walk around. Because, if this matter is exposed, Marin will definitely become a street rat in all of Europe, everyone shouts and beats him, and even the Pope's father-in-law can't save him.

Therefore, Marin could only hope that Louis XII's body would collapse and die on the belly of a woman as he had done in history, and he did not dare to send someone to assassinate him easily.

As for the matter on the Swiss side, Louis XII made villains with the queen and trained sailors on land while not forgetting to find fault with Maximilian I. After all, the two are old rivals.

It is a bit difficult to send the French army directly, and besides, France lacks the reason to do so. That's why Louis XII came up with the idea of using Gudendorff's 16,000 German mercenaries to accomplish this.

Goodendorff was also in a dilemma now, because he didn't want to turn against the Habsburgs. The reason for this is that he himself was a declining aristocrat from Swabia and had the title of baron on his head. However, the ancestral fiefdoms were all lost. As a last resort, I went to work as a mercenary. Moreover, before that, most of Goodendorff's mercenaries were also in the service of the nobles of the Swabian region and the Habsburgs. Even, fighting for the Spaniards was a business introduced by the Habsburgs. Now, let him turn around against the Habsburgs, and Goodendorff is in a dilemma.

But the problem is that when he signed the employment agreement with Louis XII, Gudendorff only insisted on refusing to fight against his original employer, Spain, but did not say that he refused to fight against the Habsburgs. The French seized on this and forced him to attack the remnants of the Duchy of Milan in the Müchtare Valley, and then the Graubünden region......

Traditional Germans are dead-headed, and Goodendorff is such a person. It is true that he does not want to be an enemy of the Habsburgs, but in the employment agreement, the non-hostile objects do not include the Habsburgs! So, now Goodendorff is very conflicted.

And his contradiction caused the 16,000 German mercenaries not to immediately attack the Müstair Valley, and also gave Marin and others the opportunity to prepare.

In order to keep the Müsturt Valley, the main transportation route connecting northern Italy to Switzerland, Marin also made a lot of money, even taking out reinforced concrete......

You know, even in Beihai, there are not a lot of reinforced concrete. This is because although cement is not valuable, it is difficult to get steel bars!

There are now two small iron-making blast furnaces in Beihai Country, although they produce enough guns and cannons to make steel bars, they are still not enough. After all, if you build a big project, you need a lot of steel bars.

And now the production of steel bars is all manual. Thicker straight bars are easy to get, and you can cast them. The thinner wire rod is very difficult to process, and it needs to be hand-made by craftsmen, and the cost is very high.

Therefore, at present, only a few important fortresses such as Aurich in Beihai Kingdom use reinforced concrete. Elsewhere, there is none.

Even when building water conservancy projects in the future, Marin does not plan to use steel bars, but plans to use bamboo reinforced concrete. Only a few strategically valuable fortresses use reinforced concrete, a material that can be used to protect against shelling.

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However, because of Goodendorff's hesitation, Marin's spies also had time to investigate Goodendorff's background information. When Marin got Goodendorff's information, he looked at it and suddenly smiled......

"Perhaps, this man can buy ......," Marin thought.

And then, he did the same. He sent a flying pigeon to deliver a message to the emperor, proposing to buy Goodendorff......