The reason why Marin sent the people of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to help Count Edward in his plot to seize Ireland was not out of good intentions, but out of political and profit needs. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Politically, Marin wanted to set up a great enemy for King Henry VII of England and delay the pace of England's prosperity. In this way, Britain did not become a maritime power, and its own merchant ships in and out of the English Channel would not be threatened. After all, the cake of overseas colonization and maritime trade is so big, and Marin naturally has enough to eat alone. But if you join a British, it will be unpleasant. So, what makes Britain unhappy, Marin is very happy.

And in terms of benefits, Marlin has even more benefits. The North Sea Chamber of Commerce followed the secret representative of Count Edward Van Goreh (many Dutch people have the surname Van Gore...... After Earl Edward's army captured The Pale, he was pleasantly surprised to find that there were about 50,000 English fine-wool sheep here. Including the sheep of Kildareb, it is estimated that there are more than 80,000 English fine-wool sheep......

These British fine-wool sheep were brought from the British Isles by the British. As the direct territory of the British Crown (The Pale), it naturally grazes a lot. After all, British wool is so expensive, and there is no reason why the British royal family should not graze such sheep with high economic value on their own territory. After all, wool exports, or wool textile exports, were also an important source of income for the British.

There were so many English fine-wool sheep in the direct territory of the British king, and as a favorite vassal of Henry VII, Gerald, the Earl of Kildare, was naturally greedy. Therefore, after administering The Pale region on behalf of the British king, tens of thousands of English fine-wool sheep were introduced to his earldom.

Raising sheep is really simple and requires less labor. As a result, sheep farming flourished in the Crown Territories and in the Kingdom of Kildareb. The princes and states of other Irish islands, such as the Earl of Ormond and the Desmond Country, raised a cross between local Irish sheep and English fine-wool sheep. It was formed by the cross between English sheep brought by Norman conquerors from England during the Norman invasion in the 12th century and local Irish breeds. The wool quality of this sheep is lower than that of British fine-wool sheep. However, the quality of the wool is better than that of coarse wool sheep on the European continent.

Of course, the quality of the wool of Irish sheep is still not as good as that of English fine-wool sheep. However, King Henry VII restricted the export of British wool, which made the European wool market lack of top-quality British wool, so that Irish second-class wool could be marketed.

It is said that every year in May and June, when the sheep are sheared, many merchant ships come to Dublin to buy the best British wool from the British Crown and the Kingdom of Kildareb.

As one of Kohler's cronies, Van Goghley knew it well. At the beginning, his boss, Marin, had to work hard to get thousands of British sheep. Because it was impossible to buy British fine-wool sheep through formal channels, in desperation, Marin engaged in secret smuggling like a drug dealer in later generations, and spent a huge price, and it took several years to smuggle 1,500 ewes from England.

Now, seeing that there are seventy or eighty thousand authentic British fine-wool sheep in the territory of the British crown and the kingdom of Kildelbear on the island of Ireland, Van Goray immediately moved his mind. So he made an offer to Earl Edward to buy 10,000 English fine-wool sheep.

Count Edward could also guess Van Goghley's thoughts, however, he did not intend to refuse Van Goghley's request. Because, he can get to this day thanks to the strong support of Van Gore's Beihai Chamber of Commerce. If it weren't for the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, which ceded Cork City to him as a foothold, Count Edward would still be under the French fence. Moreover, they will be used as cannon fodder to storm the Calais fortress.

As a nobleman who knew how to repay his kindness, Count Edward naturally would not refuse Van Goley's request. Of course, Van Gogh did not let Count Edward suffer, but used the market price to buy the 10,000 sheep. In this way, Earl Edward could also increase a large amount of income as military expenses against the British.

After negotiating a deal for the English fine-wool sheep, Van Gogh raised the issue of Mount Tara in the north-west of Dublin......

This question was raised when Marin sent someone to suggest that Count Edward attack Dublin, and he had already made an agreement with Earl Edward.

At that time, it was agreed that after the Earl of Edward captured the British Crown's direct territory, he would sell Tara Hill and the surrounding area, forty kilometers northwest of Dublin, to the North Sea Chamber of Commerce.

Now, Van Goray has come to demand that Count Edward deliver on his promise......

"Mr. Van Gore, may I ask what Mr. Edison (the legendary boss of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, a pseudonym of Marin) used to buy Mount Tara?"

Mount Tara is a very special place, a small hill in the east of Ireland at an altitude of only 155 metres, which is nothing special at all. Even, saying that he is a big dirt slope, no one objected.

However, it was the capital of the kingdom of Meth in the east-central part of the island before the Norman invasion, and it was also a cultural center on the island of ancient Ireland and one of the birthplaces of ancient Irish culture.

After the Norman invasion from England, the invaders established Dublin by the sea, replacing Mount Tara as the political center of eastern Ireland.

Therefore, Mount Tara not only has lead-zinc mines, but is also a monument.

For Count Edward's curiosity, Van Goley did not hide it:

"My master said that there is a lead mine under Mount Tara. In the wars in Europe, muskets were now increasingly used, and the demand for lead bullet increased. So, owning a lead mine, you will definitely make money. ”

In fact, Van Goray was not lying. Because, his boss, Kohler, that's what he told him. Moreover, even Kohler did not know that the so-called lead ore actually had zinc ore in symbiosis. Besides, in this era, people all over the world don't know what zinc is, except for Marin, a traverser.

As soon as he heard that it was a lead mine, Count Edward was immediately uninterested. Originally, he thought that the Beihai Chamber of Commerce had discovered that Tara Mountain contained ancient treasures.

It is no wonder that hundreds of years ago, Mount Tara was the sacred place of the Kingdom of Meth and was the political center for a long time. Therefore, it is inevitable that there may be ancient treasures here.

If there is really a treasure, Earl Edward will also be tempted and want a piece of the pie. However, as soon as he heard that it was a lead mine, Count Edward was not interested. He was an aristocrat, not a merchant dealing in minerals. For lead ore, he is certainly not interested anymore. If it was a gold and silver mine, maybe it would have made him interested.

In this way, the Beihai Chamber of Commerce bought Tara Mountain and hundreds of square kilometers of surrounding land for a friendly price of 10,000 gold coins. Moreover, Count Edward also allowed the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to build a road to the seashore to facilitate the transportation of ore. Moreover, this avenue will also be owned by the Beihai Chamber of Commerce, and the locals have no right to set up a card to intercept it.

Once the Tara mine, which has the largest reserves in Europe, is operational, Marin will receive a steady stream of lead and zinc. Lead is naturally used as buckshot, while zinc is used to make white iron sheets. Well...... It seems that it can also be used to make counterfeit silver coins......

The acquisition of Mount Tara was also the main motivation for Marin to support Earl Edward's attack on the British king's direct territory. If Henry VII had known that Marlin had supported his rival Edward in his attack on The Pale and the Kingdom of Kildare because of a small Irish hill called Tara, he would have fainted in the toilet from tears......