In fact, Marin had previously concealed his strength in order not to frighten Henry VII. Only Henry VII was not frightened by Marin's army and had the courage to fight the French. Otherwise, knowing that there were Marin's army of 20,000 or 30,000 to the north, Henry VII estimated that the courage of the French would be gone......

It was precisely because Marin hid his strength that Henry VII had enough self-confidence to calculate the French according to the information provided by Marin, and completely destroyed the French navy.

The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden; The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackey cooks ...... Now that the French fleet no longer exists, Marlin does not care whether to destroy the ships of England or not.

Therefore, Marin decided to pull out the main warship and the 250-level armed merchant ship that he had hidden to protect the grain logistics base. If the English ships do not come, it will be enough, and if they dare to come, they will all be sunk......

Anyway, the cunning rabbits are dead, and it doesn't matter if these lackeys stay or not......

When he heard that Marlin had only sent 10 warships to protect the grain port of Grimsby, Edward couldn't help but say:

"Grand Duke Marin, is 10 warships too little? Henry's guy had more than a hundred warships in his hands. Can your 10 ships hold it? ”

Marin suddenly laughed and said:

"Your Majesty, you haven't seen my battleship, it's a 500-ton ......" Rub, Marin suddenly remembered, Edward didn't know what to call a ton...... After a pause, Marin changed his words:

"That is, one of my warships, more than twice the size of the ordinary warships in England...... well, the warships in England are generally more than 200 tons, and Marin had to compare them in this way, so that Edward could have an intuitive understanding.

"But it's useless to double the size...... 10 ships is equivalent to 20 ships......" Edward said after thinking about it.

Marin was speechless for a moment - this kid learned math well in elementary school, but is the ship so compared? Moreover, his elementary school mathematics made Marin unable to find a reason to refute for a while, so he had to be depressed......

Suddenly, Marin suffered a second illness and decided to prove it to Edward......

As a result, the camp was temporarily moved to Port Grimsby. On the one hand, Marin instructed his men to build a temporary Longbridge dock to facilitate the docking of Newcastle ships and warships from the mainland. On the other hand, it also let Edward see how many of his battleships were broken......

Of course, Marin didn't really have a second illness attack, in fact, he also had the intention of showing off his strength.

Edward had already revealed that he wanted to eat alone, and Marlin was afraid that Edward would not see the situation clearly, and thought that the English navy was invincible. In this way, Edward may lose the fief and title he had promised to Marin.

So, taking advantage of this opportunity, Marin decided to show Edward, a turtle, the invincible battleship of the mighty Grand Duchy of the North Sea...... Only by frightening this turtle did he dare not break the fief and title promised to him, and even the marriage contract between Little Caesar and Princess Margaret......

Edward was also a little laughing and crying at Marlin's sudden childlike behavior of "I have to show you my best toys". However, now that the main force of the English army had been wiped out, Henry VII could not find any other army. Therefore, Edward was not in a hurry to go south. By the way, I admired the so-called "Bulli Battleship" that Marin blew unparalleled in the sky and the earth......

To be honest, Edward really had the idea that "the fleet of the British Kingdom is invincible". Although I haven't thought about relying on Marin's reward, I do have some self-aggrandizement. If Henry VII had been eliminated, and then the lords of the ships had been wooed with titles and benefits, Edward would have really given birth to the idea of "being the only one on the sea". Moreover, Edward was not worried about not being able to win over the big shipowners. Because, as long as you defeat and kill Henry VII on land, you will be able to control their home port. After all, these ships have to dock in port, and if they don't take refuge in themselves, will they go to the sea to be pirates? Therefore, Edward had no doubt that he would become the king of the maritime powers......

It was in the usual conversation that Marin saw Edward's inflated thoughts, so he temporarily decided to show off his super battleship.

A 500-ton battleship, rested in a few decades, P is not counted. Because, in a few decades, the main force will be thousand-ton warships. However, at this time in the early 16th century, it was definitely a giant level existence. Moreover, because the ship was full of artillery, when fired in a salvo, it was absolutely shocking......

A week later, the formation of 500-ton battleships such as Marin finally arrived. Marin's army also built a dozen temporary longbridge docks in Grimsby for these ships to berth.

Then, with a smug look, Marlin pulled Edward, who was already stunned, and boarded the battleship to visit......

"I've never seen such a mighty battleship!" Before he even reached the deck, Edward was struck by the massive and mighty appearance of these ships.

In fact, it was Marin himself who was shocked by the huge "Constitution" model aircraft given by his classmates on his birthday, and then he became obsessed with the sail battleship. And these warships were basically designed and built by Marin according to the memory command craftsmen. Although the tonnage is 4 times smaller than that of the "Constitution", in general, there is still a shadow of the "Constitution".

Looking at Edward's shocked expression, Marin was secretly refreshed......

What shocked Edward even more was yet to come - before he stepped onto deck, Edward did not see the ship's 40 heavy guns. Because, now it is not a combat state, the window of the lower artillery deck is not opened. And the upper artillery, in order to protect it from wind and rain, was covered with canvas......

Marin ascended the deck and ordered the crew to uncover the canvas and open the gun doors on the lower deck......

"This ...... This ......" Edward was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

Of course he knew artillery, at the beginning, in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, the British army was defeated by the French artillery.

Originally, Edward thought that the French would be very wealthy if they could throw in hundreds of artillery pieces in a major war. But he didn't expect that there were 40 guns on one battleship in Marin. If there are 10 ships, is it not 400 doors......

This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that the size of these cannons is far larger than the bronze cannons that Edward saw in France...... Moreover, it is a glittering bronze cannon...... How much copper does it take...... Edward was stunned......

In fact, the so-called "bronze cannons" he saw were all fake. These guns are actually cast from medium and low carbon steel with inaccurate carbon content control. Moreover, it was forged by an old English blacksmith in Sussex named Old John for Marin......

It's just that Marin doesn't want people to know that he has mastered the art of forging large iron cannons. Therefore, before showing it to the people of Hamburg and Lübeck, Marin came up with the idea of painting a layer of "gold paint" on the surface of the iron cannon, pretending to be a "bronze cannon......

The so-called gold paint is tin sulfide. Tin sulfide looks a lot like the color of gold. And those who are liars or pretend to be local tyrants like to use "gold dust" such as tin sulfide as paint, so that certain buildings or utensils can be shiny......

The production of tin sulfide is also very simple, just find an alchemist and buy some tin from England and some sulfur from Italy. Tinkering, the "gold dust" came out......

Marin asked people to darken the color of the "gold dust" paint, and when it was painted on the surface of the steel cannon, it looked very much like a copper cannon. Moreover, when visiting the guests, the muzzles of the guns are blocked, and others cannot see the iron ...... in the muzzles

In this way, someone else wants to engage in a naval arms race with Marin - okay, if you have the money, cast a few bronze heavy cannons for me first...... The price of copper is so expensive, casting a ship's 18-pound cannon, the average prince will go bankrupt directly...... How is this an arms race with Marin? Therefore, this layer of gold paint is to mislead others. Others don't know, tons of copper are used to cast cannons, and Marin uses steel to cast cannons, and the difference in cost is too big...... If the guns used in several warships were built entirely of copper, the average European country would have to go bankrupt......

Edward was really frightened, seeing so many heavy copper cannons weighing two or three thousand pounds, he could only show the word "service" on his face......

What made him even more convincing was that in order to scare and scare him, Marin took him to the sea to "test the gun......

When 20 heavy guns roared and fired 18-pound iron ball shells, the entire hull shook. Had it not been for Marin's support, Edward would have almost fallen on the deck......

"This ...... This...... The firepower is too strong...... "Edward could already imagine the terrible scene of those "thin-skinned" English merchant ships being smashed into the side by shells in the face of these ships......

Seeing that Edward was really frightened, Marlin nodded in satisfaction. Now that the goal has been reached, there is no need to continue the shelling. After all, gunpowder and shells also cost money. Marin waved his hand, and the ship returned to the docks......

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