In the face of public opinion, Edward did not suppress it. Because, he felt, Queen Anna didn't need too much prestige. In England, it was enough for him to enjoy the respect and affection of the whole nation alone. Of course, this also has to do with Queen Anna's French status. Edward, as France's nemesis, did not want a French-born queen of England to have too much prestige in England.

It was only when someone openly proposed to depose Queen Anna that Edward firmly refuted it and punished her. In this regard, the spy of the North Sea State led public opinion to give another point of view - His Majesty Edward had completely fallen in love with Queen Anna, so he was willing to help her hide the identity of the French spy......

This point of view is more romantic, which is very much in line with the European imagination of love. So, it quickly went viral and was recognized across the country. In particular, it has been recognized by women all over England. Then, Edward was actually given the title of "King of Infatuation".

But in any case, Queen Anna is not able to wash it by jumping into the Thames. However, Queen Anna is also salty. As far as she is concerned, as long as her husband believes in herself, the rumors outside will let him go. Moreover, her background is indeed sensitive, she comes from France, England's sworn enemy, and it is strange that she is not criticized. But the couple didn't know that Marlin was preparing for King Edward to receive a boxed lunch. Once Edward received the lunch, Queen Anna was again suspicious......

In fact, even if Edward's current trust in Queen Anna is broken, Marin has the ability to destroy it. The solution is very simple - tell Edward the truth about being kicked out of the egg back then, and then, while telling Edward the truth, "artistically process" the role played by Queen Anna in it.

If Edward knew that he had no hope of having a child, he would lose his mind in anger. Not only will they take revenge on France, but in anger, they will also lose their minds and anger Queen Anna.

However, Marin does not intend to expose the matter now. Because, he is not ready to take over England......

It was not that Marin was worried that he would not be able to control England, but that in the process of controlling England, the jealous French would attack the mainland of the North Sea and sabotage his process. After all, if you want to take advantage of the chaos to control England, you also need to send more people. Once pinned down by the French, it is difficult to say.

Therefore, at present, while Marin is building roads with cement slabs, he is also planning to build various fortifications and even walls on the western border to block possible French armed intervention.

Once the preparations were complete, Marin dared to launch in England. First, he used the kicking incident to provoke Edward's anger and provoke England to attack France. Then, let Edward take the lunch box and put the black pot on the head of the French......

After all, Edward's anger and attack on France, and the French's attempt to assassinate Edward, is flawless. Even better, with this assassination, there was a stronger reason to frame the French for assassinating Edward - after all, there was a "criminal record......

Marin took a closer look at the border and saw that the western border was bordered mainly by the Habsburgs and the Archbishopric of Utrecht. But even the Archbishopric of Utrecht is the Netherlands of the Habsburgs to the west. And the Habsburgs could not let the French army cross the border casually. Because, the two families are mortal enemies.

Therefore, on the border with the Netherlands and the Archbishopric of Utrecht, Marin only needs to build some pillboxes with beacons, and does not need to invest too much.

Of course, the cement pavement should still be paved to facilitate the deployment of troops and reinforcements. And if the French were to attack the North Sea Kingdom, the most likely route of attack would probably be from the southwest.

The Duchy of Lorraine to the southwest, which is basically a pro-French vassal state, will definitely give way to the French army. Subsequently, to the northwest of the Duchy of Lorraine was the Archbishopric of Trier. This vassal state is not so pro-French, but as a vassal state of the Church, it is very corrupt. Most of the money in the country was greedy by the clergy, and it was not used to form a strong army. The Trier Finney issued by the Archbishopric of Trier is also one of the lowest silver finney coins in Germany.

It is simply impossible for such a country to spend much money to form an army. Therefore, once the French army crosses, the most likely thing they can do is to retreat into their own city and let the French army cross.

And the Duchy of Hulich north of Trier, although it belongs to the Lamarck family, the in-laws of the Hoffmann family, the military strength of the Lamarck family is also very poor, and it cannot withstand the attack of the French army. Therefore, there is a high probability that they will also be turtles with shrunken heads. After all, if the French army wants to be dispatched, it must be tens of thousands of troops. As long as the Lamarck family doesn't want to die, they won't just stand up and look for abuse.

And the Archbishopric of Cologne, north of the Principality of Hulich, is similar to the Archbishopric of Trier, and will not choose to go head-on with the French army, at most protest.

In the end, the most likely direction for the French to break through was to cross the river from the west of the Henin in the Archdiocese of Cologne, enter the territory of the Duchy of Berger, and then attack the original country of Marc Bir......

The Duchy of Berg was also the territory of the Lamarck family, but it was impossible to stop the French. Therefore, Marin wanted to defend, and the most important thing was to build fortifications in the area of the former Marqueb, the current Ruhr Province of the North Sea State, and the Duchy of Berg and Cleaver, to block the advance of the French army.

The main means of stopping the enemy army is, of course, to build walls or dig ditches......

However, in terms of cost, Marin abandoned the plan to fortify the area south of the Ruhr River in the Ruhr province, and instead fortified the north bank directly along the Ruhr River to block the possible crossing of the French army. In this way, it is also convenient to concentrate forces against the enemy.

Therefore, speaking of which, in the end, Marin needs to be guarded against, in fact, is the Rhine-Ruhr section, which can be fortified along the east of the Rhine and the north of the Ruhr River.

Of course, the part of the land border between the province of Münster and the Duchy of Cleaver also needed to build a wall to prevent the French from crossing the Duchy of Criver and attacking the mainland of the North Sea State. After all, the road is the closest to East Friesland, the core part of the North Sea Kingdom.

Before the border wall was built, Marin sent someone to greet his in-laws, the Lamarck family, expressing concern and prediction. After all, many people know about Caesar's marriage contract with Princess Margaret, and Marlin's speculation about France's possible reversal is not unreasonable. So, the Lamarck family also expressed their understanding. And Marin understood the other party better, and said that if France attacked the North Sea State, the Lamarck family would not need help, they only needed to help secretly pass on the news......

And these fortifications built on the border or riverside are naturally concrete walls or concrete blockhouses. Of course, it's all concrete structures. Because, the strength of a simple cement wall is very poor.

But there is no reinforced concrete, because it is very troublesome to produce steel bars in this era, and the output is very low. Marin can only ensure that the core cities of Aurich, Emden, Goslar and Bochum will be able to use reinforced concrete. In other areas, the cement fence can only be made of asbestos fiber reinforced concrete. As long as it is made into a fortress structure, it is still possible to resist the small artillery bombardment of the French.

In addition, in order to prevent the German princes from taking advantage of the fire, Marin also ordered the construction of a border wall on the southeastern edge of the newly captured province of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. Because, in the south-east, next to the Electorate of Saxony, this province is the most threatening region.

However, in terms of cost, it seems that the cost of building a full-scale border wall on land is too high. Therefore, Marin launched a second plan - to set up blockhouses with beacons only on the southern and eastern borders. and the construction of a border wall on the border with the Electorate of Saxony.

Then, in the area close to the core of the homeland, a second line of defense is built......

This second line of defense is the core part of protection. In order to make it easier to build a defensive line, Marin built a defensive line along the river.

Among them, the Ems River in the west of East Friesland Province is naturally a natural barrier, and it is only necessary to set up a defensive line on the east side of the river. To the east, the Weser River in the province of Oldenburg is also a natural line of defense.

To the south, a canal has been built between the Leda River, which flows through the county town of Lyle, and the Hunt River, which flows through the city of Oldenburg. In this way, the Leda and Hunt rivers, as well as the canal, naturally form a water system that blocks the north and south. As long as the two rivers and the northern side of the canal were fortified and fortified, they could largely withstand the enemy's attack.

Moreover, the defense range of the rivers along these three directions is much smaller, and the number of troops required is much less. If you are deployed along the real border, 100,000 troops will not be enough. If you only follow the three water systems and focus on defending the second line of defense, the current four legions in the Beihai Country will be enough.

Of course, Goslar City is not to be lost easily. After all, it is now the silver treasury of the North Sea Country. If you lose it, the silver will definitely be robbed by the enemy, and the silver mines that have been developed with great difficulty will also be taken away. Therefore, while defending the second line of defense, Marin generally does not easily mobilize the Sixth Legion, but will let them hold on to Goslar, keep the silver mines there, and then wait for rescue......