Marin's original intention in dissolving the Quadripartite Alliance was to encourage Denmark and Sweden to tear each other apart. Because, if he had maintained a military alliance with Sweden, the Danish king Hans, who had been completely frightened, might not dare to send troops.

However, Marin was also afraid that King Hans would be too stupid to understand his intentions. Therefore, after sending a letter announcing his withdrawal from the Quadripartite Alliance, Marin also privately wrote a secret letter to the Danish king, clearly telling the other party that I would not cover Sweden anymore, and then you will see what to do......

But this is only the opinion of the Marin family, and whether Lübeck and Hamburg will privately reach a military alliance with Sweden is beyond Marin's control. He only has the ability to advise, and cannot influence the final decision of Lübeck and Hamburg.

The problem now is that Denmark no longer has a navy, and it is difficult to transport troops to Swedish land. Lübeck and Hamburg were unlikely to allow Denmark to have ships again.

Therefore, if Denmark wants to tear up Sweden, it must first obtain the support of Lübeck and Hamburg, or at least neutralize them. Otherwise, the Danish army would not even be able to cross the Øresund.

In line with the principle of good people doing the best and sending Buddha to the West, Marin privately made a proposal to King Hans to sell Sweden's interests in exchange for the support of Lübeck and Hamburg......

How to sell Sweden's interests? Marin knew that Sweden was very excited after acquiring the ports on the southern coast, and was already actively preparing to build ships, and intended to participate in the lucrative maritime trade.

As a Baltic country, how could Sweden not know about the huge profits of maritime trade in the Baltic region? The salt trade, in particular, is simply lucrative. Others, such as timber trade, fur trade, etc., are not low in profits.

Moreover, Sweden is a country with a high forest cover, and most of the country is covered with forests. Although coniferous forests are predominant, there are also many broad-leaved forests in the southern region, and there is a lot of oak for shipbuilding. Pine or something, it's everywhere.

Therefore, quite a discerning old Sten. Sturley, having acquired the southern and especially southwestern coasts, began a program of shipbuilding and maritime trade.

Although the two important towns and ports north and south of the Øresund, Helsingburg and Malmö, had to be "temporarily loaned" to Hamburg and Lübeck to be stationed and controlled, resulting in the Øresund being controlled by two external forces, Lübeck and Hamburg. Sturley had a great eye for the port city of Gothenburg at the mouth of the Jota River on the southwestern coast of Sweden......

In fact, Gothenburg was originally built by Gustav II in 1619. But old Sten. Sturley's vision was no worse than that of Gustav II. So, more than a hundred years ahead, old Sten. Sturley also built the port city of Gothenburg on the southwest coast at the mouth of the Jota River.

Gothenburg is located on the southwest coast of Sweden, but to the north of the narrow Øresund Strait. This allowed Sweden to get rid of the blockade of the Øresund Strait by Lübeck and Hamburg and the imposition of toll taxes, and allowed Sweden to face the Atlantic Ocean and directly face the large markets of Western Europe.

But, old Sten. Sturley's self-employment caused the displeasure of Lübeck and Hamburg. You must know that Lübeck and Hamburg, after defeating Denmark, basically regarded the Baltic Sea as their sphere of influence, and no one else could touch it. With the exception of Marin's merchant ships, merchant ships from other countries were now heavily taxed by the two cities when they passed through the Øresund.

So, old Sten. Stouret's self-improvement made Lübeck and Hamburg feel that their cheese had been tampered with......

However, Sweden is their military ally, and the two sides have been members of the Quad alliance before. So even on the old Sten. Sturre's attempt to meddle in the Baltic trade was dissatisfied, and Lübeck and Hamburg were not happy to say anything.

Previously, when Marin led the army through Hamburg, when he was drinking and chatting with Heisenberg, the speaker of the Hamburg Parliament, Heisenberg had complained about the behavior of the Swedes who wanted to grab the cake, and Marin remembered it......

This time, Marin's idea for Denmark was to take advantage of Lübeck and Hamburg's dissatisfaction with Sweden's construction of the port of Gothenburg, and to drive a wedge between Lübeck and Hamburg and Sweden. Then, go head-to-head with Sweden......

The specific method was to get King Hans to completely confess to Lübeck and Hamburg, and promised that in the future, all Danish maritime transportation would be contracted to Lübeck and Hamburg. In addition, Helsingborg and Malmö were formally ceded to Hamburg and Lübeck. At the same time, they were given the right to collect the toll tax on the Øresund......

This practice is quite ruthless, which is equivalent to self-abandonment of martial arts. Of course, it is the martial arts of the sea. But Denmark now does not have to abolish itself, and has already been abolished by Lübeck and Hamburg. Therefore, this condition is in fact a public recognition of the vested interests of Lübeck and Hamburg.

But he had a very important point, that is, if Denmark obtained the southern coast of Sweden, then the maritime trade and transportation of these coastal areas would be contracted to Lübeck and Hamburg. But if it were in Swedish hands, the Swedes might use the new port of Gothenburg to compete with Lübeck and Hamburg for maritime trade......

In contrast, Lübeck and Hamburg, as long as they were not fools, understood that it was clearly more beneficial for the Danes to control the southern coast of Sweden than for the Swedes to control the southern coast of Sweden.

Because, the Danes have completely abandoned their maritime interests and contracted all maritime transport to Lübeck and Hamburg. The Swedes, on the other hand, had to compete independently with Lübeck and Hamburg. Moreover, the Danes ceded Malmö and Helsingborg, which controlled the north and south of the Øresund, to Lübeck and Hamburg, giving the two Hanseatic cities legitimate control of the Øresund. Where to find such a good thing?

You know, according to the internal agreement of the previous Quad Alliance, although Sweden was willing to give up Malmö and Helsingborg to the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg respectively, it demanded that the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg must be withdrawn within ten to twenty years. It is clear that the Swedes do not want to cede the benefits of the Øresund to someone else.

As long as the Danes are willing to give up this benefit, with the urine of the merchants of the two Hanseatic commercial cities of Lübeck and Hamburg, there is a good chance that they will agree. When the time comes, it is possible that Lübeck and Hamburg will privately support Denmark in attacking Sweden. After all, for Lübeck and Hamburg, Denmark, which had completely lost its navy, was much easier to control than Sweden.

Now the only question is, with the IQ of King Hans, can he figure this out?

Fearing that King Hans would not understand, Marin directly pointed out in his letter that the cession of Helsingborg and Malmö was temporary, and that Denmark would still have a chance as long as southern Sweden could be recaptured. Otherwise, with Denmark's loss of Jutland and maritime rights, decay will be inevitable. After all, after the loss of Jutland, only a few islands remained in Denmark mainland, which added up to just over 10,000 square kilometers, equivalent to a larger principality.

And if the fertile areas of southern Sweden are regained, not only will the territory be several times larger, but it will also be able to regain its hand in the Baltic Sea.

In his letter, Marin semi-openly implied that even if Hans lost his navy, it would be temporary. Because no one knows what drastic changes will happen in the European landscape in the future. If the right opportunity is found, Denmark may be able to rise again......

Of course, this is Marin's fooling Denmark. With so many surrounding powers, how did Denmark rise? At most, Denmark is bullying Sweden. But if the second master of Gu is in the world, who will bully whom, maybe it's anyone.

In fact, Denmark is now no stronger than Sweden in terms of economy and population. Economically, Denmark's economy was still on the verge of collapse due to two war defeats, reparations, and the loss of maritime trading rights, even worse than that of the nascent Sweden. Population-wise, Sweden now controls Finland, with a combined population of 850,000. There are only about 400,000 left in Denmark and 240,000 in Norway, which is just over 600,000. If it is a heads-up, Denmark may not be able to beat Sweden.

However, Denmark has an advantage that Sweden does not currently have. That's how many Danish "friends" ......

For example, the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg were both in-law allies of Denmark. In addition, relations between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Denmark were good. If Denmark asks for foreign help, it will be able to hold Sweden down and reoccupy the southern coast of Sweden......