When Marin received Kohler's information, he was also taken aback. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he has long been guarding against Britain competing with him in North America, so he has been plotting against Britain. But I didn't expect the British to send ships to explore North America so early.

Then, from the depths of his memory, he found John. Cabot's information about this person. All this time, Marin ignored this person. In fact, in history, this person was the first European to discover North America (not counting the legend of the Vikings in the Viking era). It's just, John. Cabot always thought he was discovering the east coast of Japan or other parts of Asia.

John. Cabot was originally an Italian who settled in the English port of Bristol from 1490. In 1496, John. Cabot heard about his fellow Italian (John. Cabot was also a Genoese and a navigator) Christopher Columbus discovered the route westward to India (in fact, the Americas), for which he was rewarded by the Spanish crown and became a great nobleman.

So, John. In 1496, Cabot also had the idea of exploring a new route westward for the English king, in order to gain nobility and great benefits.

Historically, John. Cabot was supported by King Henry VII of England in 1497. But because of Marin's intervention, the Europeans learned that the Americas were not India, and their enthusiasm suddenly diminished. Coupled with the terrible legend of syphilis, the voyage did not take place in 1497.

However, John. Cabot didn't give up his efforts. So, he changed his lobbying strategy and persuaded Henry VII that the Savage Continent had a vast land, if not Asia. Britain is only an island country with a small territory, why doesn't Your Majesty go to the Wild Continent to occupy some colonies?

By 1504, Henry VII was finally convinced. But the stingy Henry VII gave only John . Cabot a small boat and 18 sailors. In the opinion of Henry VII, even if John. Cabot failed, and he also lost only a small boat and 18 sailors, and the losses were small. If you succeed, you can also make a lot of money......

Good death, John. Cabot broke into the Newfoundland fishing grounds, saw the fishing boats sent by the East Freesland Cape Breton Island colony, and followed the boats from Cape Breton Island to Sydney, the capital of Cape Breton Island.

Although John. Cabot was cautious, but was eventually managed to take it down by Garland, who had learned a few lessons from Marin. In this way, the British side will not know the news from the North American side......

Only, that's not the point. Garland feared that since the British had made their first expedition, there might be a second one. Moreover, they don't know if the UK only filmed John. Cabot's way. Moreover, on the French side, I don't know if there will be a similar move. Therefore, Garland needs Marin's guidance and decision-making.

Marin was also quite unhappy with the British meddling in the North American colonies. Obviously, it was right to start pying the British in the first place. After all, Britain is a maritime nation and is an easy competitor to Marin. Moreover, Britain controlled the English Channel, which was a serious threat to Marin's navigation.

The fate of the historical "sea coachman" Holland is a lesson from the past. Originally, the Netherlands was a very powerful maritime state, known as the "coachman of the sea", and controlled most of the maritime trade.

However, the Netherlands had the bad luck to meet the rising British. Although the sea strength was stronger, the British relied on the advantage of the English Channel, frequently intercepted Dutch merchant ships, attacked Dutch maritime trade, and launched three "Anglo-Dutch wars", which finally brought down the Dutch. After that, Britain replaced the Netherlands as the hegemon of the sea.

Therefore, Britain, which controls the English Channel, is definitely a huge threat to Marin's voyage. At that time, the Second German Reich and the Third Reich were both destroyed by the naval blockade of the British......

All in all, if Britain wants to go to the ocean, there are only two choices - one is to try to bring it down and never let it have a chance to rise; The second is to annex Britain directly. Or, at least, occupy the area along the English Channel in the United Kingdom and take control of the strait in your own hands.

As for whether to adopt the first method or the second method, Marin still needs to wait and see the situation. Naturally, he would have liked to take the second option, but it seemed difficult in the pedigree-oriented Europe. Therefore, Marin is still waiting to see the situation.

However, Marin could not tolerate the question of the British exploring new shipping routes. Therefore, he decided to respond positively......

As for how to deal with it? Marin had already learned a way from the original historical Britain - that is, to use "pirates" to intercept the ships of other countries, so as to ensure that other countries could not get involved in the Americas......

The specific method is very simple, that is, Marlin sent a fleet, hoisted the pirate flag, and in the name of piracy, prevented any British expeditionary ships from going to North America. Once discovered, the ship sank, and the people on board were also put into sacks and sunk into the sea......

In the end, put all the blame on the pirates. After all, this is indeed the usual modus operandi of pirates......

As long as all the ships of the British who explored the new route were destroyed and all the personnel were killed, then the British would not even be able to complete the exploration of the new route, and it would be impossible for them to go to the Americas and Marin to grab territory.

To this end, Marin decided to select a group of trusted captains and sailors to form a pirate fleet, fly the skull flag, and specialize in cruising the British route to North America in the North Atlantic. Anyone who found a ship other than East Friesian, whether it was an English ship, a French ship, or a Danish ship, sank it, and not a single person on board spared.

Although it is cruel to say this, it is the reality. If you want to keep it a secret, you have to do it. Moreover, this kind of thing is very confidential and must not be leaked.

The British crew is okay, kill it, kill it, Marin is not afraid of the British who are a bunch of trouble. But France is different, if the French ship is intercepted, it will be relented for a while, and it will leave a living mouth. As long as the mouth escapes alive and brings the news back to France, it's over. France is the hegemon of the European continent, not far from East Friesland itself. If France is bent on making trouble with Marin, it will really be unbearable.

Don't see the defeat of the army in Italy, but that's because Italy is too far from mainland France and needs to range the Alps. It was impossible for the French to send too many troops to Italy.

But East Friesland was not too far from France, and all the way was plain, so it was easy for the French to gather a large army and push it over. Not only that, but the French may also unite with anti-Marin factions in the HRE, such as Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and Joakim I, Elector of Brandenburg. And the hapless Danish king Hans...... If these great forces are allowed to unite, Marin will be dead......

Therefore, if the camouflaged pirate fleet catches the French expedition ship, it must kill all the people on board, and not a single mouth will be left alive. The safest way to do this is to blame the pirates......

As for the pirate ship, Marin actually plans to build a few new pirate ships similar to the "Black Pearl". After all, in his previous life, Marin also liked to watch the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series of movies.

It's a pity that it takes a long time to design and build a new ship. If the British or French had been given information about the new route while the ship was still unfinished, it would have been doomed. Therefore, Marin needed a ship that could be used immediately......

Marin thought of the most powerful "Hoffman"-class battleship and 250-class armed merchant ship in his hands, but quickly vetoed both. Why? Because the characteristics of these two types of shipowners, Friesland, are so obvious that outsiders will know at a glance that they are Marin's ships. If an enemy ship escapes, Marin is exposed.

Therefore, Marin needs a warship that does not reveal its own characteristics......

Then Marin thought of the Kirk galleon. Because of Denmark's compensation, Marin still has a lot of Kirk sailboats in his hands. However, this sailing ship has a disadvantage, that is, it is not suitable for the installation of artillery. Because, when it was first designed, the Kirk galleons were not intended to install guns on the side of the board, so the side side was generally very thin.

In the end, the only options left were the Spanish Caraville and the Portuguese Caravelle. Both ships could be equipped with guns, and although they were only light guns, they were enough to sink civilian ships that dared to explore new routes.

It just so happened that before the last "Battle of Jutland", Marin had sent people to Spain to buy 17 Clark galleons. Isn't this a ready-made pirate ship? The Spanish ship type, which does not make people suspect that it is on the head of Marin, is very suitable. Even if the enemy ship had fled, they would not have known that it was the work of East Friesland. Because, these ships are popular in Spain and Portugal......

Next, it's time to assemble a pirate fleet. Marin decided to select the best 8 ships from the 17 Clark armed merchant ships, cruise the Atlantic day and night, fly the pirate skull flag, and remove everything that showed the identity of East Friesian. When they saw the ships of England and France sailing westward, they all sank them. Even if they were to be escaped, through the skull flags and ships, the enemy would not have deduced that Marin was behind the scenes.

And in the event of a large fleet of Britain and France, a "corsair" with binoculars can start running 20 kilometers in advance, leaving the enemy staring......

In addition, in the future, Marin intends to develop another "pirate fleet" to cruise on the route west of the Canary Islands to the Caribbean. After all, Spain has already announced its renunciation of the Americas. Later, whenever he saw a Spanish or Portuguese ship heading west, Marin could also have the pirate fleet sink them, lest they covet the American continent......

As long as you choose reliable henchmen, and keep your hands and tails clean, and don't leave any living mouth, no one else will know about Marin's relationship with those pirates.

Terrible legends on the Savage Continent, plus pirates who kill people without blinking...... Marin doesn't believe that there will be so many people willing to die until he sees the maddening benefits......

As for what to do with John. Cabot, Marin thought about it and decided to keep this person behind. After all, he's a navigator. Of course, he is currently under house arrest on Cape Breton Island, along with his three sons. As for the 18 British sailors, Marin gave instructions with a stroke of his pen - all of them went to the North Sydney coal mining area to dig coal......