Chapter 550: Mechat

After receiving such an inference, Lord Margaret herself was stunned. She could not imagine why a German prince would intervene in the affairs of England. Moreover, this guy's military strength is still so strong.

As a result, Margaret, the lord of the York family, began to gather information about Marin, including the situation related to the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, including the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce".

After summarizing, the Lord of Margaret County found an important situation, that is, the North Sea Chamber of Commerce has a lot of grain, and the Morgan Chamber of Commerce values the coal mines of Newcastle very much. In addition, after helping his younger brother Edward, the North Sea Chamber of Commerce once asked for a place - Mount Tara on the island of Ireland. However, after sending people to dig deep into the ground, the excavation was stopped due to large-scale water seepage......

If the bosses behind the North Sea Chamber of Commerce and the Morgan Chamber of Commerce are both Marin. Hoffman's words, then, the Margaret lord came to an important conclusion - this man had an abundance of grain, but was very interested in coal resources. Even helping his brother on the island of Ireland is for the unknown minerals underground......

Moreover, Lord Margaret concluded that even Marlin. Hoffman is not the master behind the North Sea Chamber of Commerce and the Morgan Chamber of Commerce, and his relationship with them is very unusual. Because, in the battle of Lübeck, the 10,000 English mercenaries who appeared were clearly recruited by the Morgan Chamber of Commerce in Newcastle.

And the 10,000 English mercenaries, who are said to be very powerful, successfully attacked and defeated the flank of the Bossa coalition army with Swiss mercenaries. If you can hire those 10,000 mercenaries to help your brother, you will have a good chance of defeating Henry VII......

You must know that the soldiers and horses that Henry VII can gather are only 10,000 or 20,000 in total. Edward's men now have an army of more than 10,000. If you add those 10,000 English mercenaries, it is very likely that Henry VII will be defeated.

Besides, that Marlin. Hoffmann, who seems to have started as a mercenary, made his mark on the merits of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. Before that, it was said that he was just a wandering knight with no inheritance, not even a nobleman......

If...... If he could hire this person to fight for his younger brother, wouldn't it be easy to defeat Henry VII with the strength of 40,000 troops under his command?

Once the younger brother becomes the king, her sister, will immediately become noble and will become the eldest princess. And not like now, just an embarrassing county lord, but also under the watchful eye of Henry VII......

Although it is said that after the younger brother became the king, the status of the county lord of Margaret was only one step further - the county lord became a princess. However, the treatment is very different. Because, now, she is basically half a prisoner under the surveillance and suspicion of Henry VII.

Even, Henry VII gave her husband Richard. Pol, also spying on her......

For husband Richard. Pol, the loyal dog of Henry VII, was not liked by Lord Margaret. Because, the other party "loves" Henry VII more than himself. How can there be such a husband who helps outsiders spy on him?

Therefore, Lord Margaret did not like the current life very much. However, she couldn't resist before. Because, her title of Countess of Salisbury is basically empty. The real power of the fief is all in the hands of her husband Richard. Pol's hands. She is a county lord, and the money in her hand is limited. If you want to do something, it's very inconvenient. Until...... The people of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce found themselves and put themselves on behalf of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce's grain sales in England......

Then, Lord Margaret took advantage of the opportunity of acting as an agent for the grain sales of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, and secretly withheld a large amount of money by falsely reporting the price and sales of grain imports, and began to buy all kinds of useful people, first helping his brother escape from the Tower of London, and also escaped the death penalty......

Then, Margaret, the lord of Margaret, who has money and people in his hands, turns into a spy and quietly helps his brother collect useful information in London, hoping to help his brother as much as possible.

She was very interested in her husband Richard. Pol was desperate, and before the last time she sent troops, she begged her husband not to kill her brother. However, her husband Richard. Pol didn't care much about her begging, but listened to his master, Henry VII, and had a strong desire to kill Edward......

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In fact, before this inference, Lord Margaret did not have much ambition. Although he thought about his brother's success in overthrowing Henry VII as King of England, the Lord of Margaret did not think that would become a reality. Because, Henry VII's reign was very stable, and his strength was much stronger than that of his younger brother. It was already good that his younger brother Edward was able to gain a foothold on the island of Ireland and fight against Henry VII. It seems unlikely that you want to do better......

But after getting this astonishing inference, Lord Margaret's mind changed. She began to think that it was not too difficult for her brother to become King of England......

As long as you can win over this very good Marlin. Hoffman, defeating Henry VII, doesn't seem to be a problem......

You know, Marlin. Hoffmann was able to wield an army of 40,000 and defeat an elite enemy army of 50,000, including 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, and if he had helped his brother attack Henry VII, victory was almost certain.

If Henry VII survived, he would be able to mobilize more than 20,000 troops, at least half of which were local troops with little combat effectiveness. The real elite, more than 10,000 at most. As long as that Marlin. Hofmanken sent troops to help his younger brother, not more, as long as 20,000 elite soldiers, he could defeat Henry VII and regain the throne.

According to the information, this person was born as a mercenary, not a reserved nobleman. As long as the younger brother is willing to pay the price, such as giving him Newcastle, he is still very sure to persuade him to send troops.

Moreover, giving Newcastle to this person can be described as killing two birds with one stone. Why? Newcastle is located in the northeast of England and is a border area with Scotland. If Newcastle is given to this person, it will also have the effect of blocking the Scottish invasion.

On the contrary, because of the threat of Scotland, even if this person is canonized as the lord of Newcastle, because of the threat of Scotland in the north, he has no energy to take care of the affairs of the south and does not affect his younger brother's control of the overall situation.

As for the fear of its enlargement and rebellion? Europeans don't seem to be worried. Lord Margaret also did not think that the other party who became the Earl of Newcastle would rebel. Why? Because the other party does not have the blood of the English royal family......

Don't look at the frequent battles for the throne in England, as well as the deposition of the king. However, everyone involved in the struggle for the throne has royal blood. People who do not have royal blood are not eligible to participate in the struggle for the throne. At most, choose to support a member of the royal family.

So, Margaret, the lord of the House of York, thought - to win over Marin. Hoffman, helping his younger brother fight for the throne of England, is feasible. Moreover, it is also the only feasible way to put his brother on the throne......

As a wise woman, the Lord of Margaret deeply understood that France and Scotland supported their younger brother, but they did not make any effort to help their younger brother seize the throne, but only hoped that his younger brother would cause trouble for Henry VII and not let England be stable. If you want your younger brother to seize the throne, you have to rely on a fierce general like Marin. As long as you pay a fief of a county, you can't tempt the other party if you don't believe it......

Through the previous case, Lord Margaret found that Marlin. After defeating the other side in each war, Hoffman always had to cede large tracts of land. Therefore, Margaret County Lord decided that Marlin. Hoffmann was a man who valued the land very much. As long as Newcastle and Northumberland County are canonized to him, he will not be impressed if he does not believe him. As for the original Earl of Northumberland? This thing is Henry VII's man anyway, it's a big deal to kill or abolish the title......

After thinking about all this, Lord Margaret wrote a secret letter informing her brother of her plan and strongly advising him to carry it out.

Before the younger brother succeeded in his rebellion, Lord Margaret began to "guide" his younger brother. It can be seen that if Edward really seized the throne of England, the county lord (who should have been called a princess at that time) would definitely stir up the storm and control the government of England......

Margaret chose her most trusted subordinates, chose the right time, and after arriving in Wales, she sailed across the sea in the middle of the night to Ireland......

Now there are a lot fewer British ships in the Irish Sea, because most of these warships were requisitioned by the royal family from the Five Ports Alliance, and they were originally merchant ships.

Merchant ships naturally want to pull goods to make money. It's okay to fight for the king for a short time, but you can't stay on the battlefield all the time. Therefore, most of the merchant ships from the Five Ports Alliance have now gone back to pull goods to make money, leaving only a small number of ships to continue to patrol the Irish Sea and the English Channel, guarding against movements on the Irish and French sides.

As a result, there are now much fewer British ships in the Irish Sea between the British and Irish islands. If you take a speedboat to cross the sea at night, be careful, you can still go back and forth conveniently. The cronies arranged by the Lord of Margaret also carried the letter safely across the Irish Sea overnight to the island of Ireland......