Chapter 1808: Magellan Comes to the Door

There is no shortage of candidates to organize the displaced people, because since last year, he has planted a large number of spies in the disaster areas in the northeast and east of France. Moreover, they are all spies who can speak fluent French.

These people have put down roots in the local area and are trying to get a legal and reasonable identity. Moreover, they are all professionally trained as spies. They still have the basic ability to incite the people to make trouble.

Therefore, Marin directly asked Kohler to arrange those spies to select the most prestigious group of people among the hundreds of thousands of French exiles. Then, fooling them, he instructed them to organize the homeless people and march together to Paris......

When they arrived in Paris, they didn't have to do anything, just gather outside Paris, and then send representatives to ask the French court for relief......

This mild approach, which may seem less intractable than rebellion, is actually more difficult to resolve......

If it was in the ancient Chinese Dynasty, this practice would undoubtedly help the imperial court. Because, the imperial court has the ability to mobilize food from other places for disaster relief. After surviving the famine year, these victims are good laborers.

But in Europe in this era, it is more terrible to do so than to launch a direct rebellion!

Because, the relief of hundreds of thousands of people and the food needed are difficult for the French royal family to afford!

If there is a direct rebellion, it will be easier to do, just send a knight to cut them down! But this kind of large-scale request for help made the French court have no reason to act, and can only take out food for disaster relief......

However, European food in this era was so expensive. For 200,000 or 300,000 victims, the daily consumption of food is a terrible astronomical amount. If they gather around Paris for a long time, they will definitely be able to impoverish the French royal family!

Hundreds of thousands of disaster victims, no matter how much they deduct food and how they provide gruel, the food consumed every day must be equivalent to the consumption of tens of thousands of troops in a day. After a long time, with the financial resources of the French royal family, how can they afford it?

Moreover, hundreds of thousands of victims surrounded Paris, even if there were no riots, it would be very humiliating for France. After all, as the largest country in Europe, hundreds of thousands of victims gathered around the capital, which absolutely made the Kingdom of France shameless!

If you meet an old king like Louis XII, who has been on the throne for many years, he may be able to expel the refugees with a cheeky face. Even, a ruthless man like Henry VIII, could directly slaughter refugees.

But not in France at the moment, because François I has only been on the throne for more than half a year, and he has not yet secured the throne. Moreover, unlike the usual orthodox heirs, François I became king by becoming a son-in-law, not an orthodox heir.

Therefore, François I did not have the courage to order the expulsion or even massacre of the refugees. He could only resolve the matter in as gentle a manner as possible. Otherwise, his subjects will question his ability to be king.

In other words, François I, the son-in-law of the king, who was not the son of the former king, cared about his reputation. Otherwise, the throne is unstable.

In this way, this gentle method made François I more uncomfortable. It is not possible to send troops to expel it, and it is not possible to massacre...... It's the most appropriate thing to give to Marin in the end......

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"Go and arrange for the spies to encourage the refugees to go to Paris and ask the royal family for help! Remember, don't let the French aristocracy know they're going to Paris. Otherwise, they will mistakenly think that the victims are complaining, and they may send someone to intercept and massacre the refugees along the way. So, confidentiality is important......"

Kohler nodded, jot down Marin's request. Marin then proceeded to command:

"Also, send someone to contact John secretly. Rafi, let him find a good candidate and deliberately make friends. Eventually, let the chosen one make a proposal to François I to sell the victims to me...... Remember, this must be concealed, not overt, and it must be done by means of side-knocking, and the chosen one must be inspired to do it......"

"Yes, I see!" After Kohler recorded Marin's request, he went to arrange for someone to deliver the order.

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As soon as Khloe left, Cage (Kahn), the second-in-command for the security of the palace, knocked on the door and entered the office, reporting:

"Your Majesty, a Portuguese captain named Magellan has come outside the palace and has asked to see you, and wants you to support him in a sea expedition. Plus, he's asked me to bring you this ......," and then Cage pulled out a very rudimentary, and the map was very inaccurate......

"Globe ......" Marin's eyes shrank suddenly, as if he remembered something. Then, he asked:

"What did you say that guy was called?"

Cage thought for a moment and said:

"It's like it's called Ferdinand. Magellan...... You know, Portuguese names are stinky and long, isn't it good to be simple......" After saying that, Cage shrugged helplessly.

"It turned out to be him!" Marin suddenly realized.

"I almost forgot about this great god......" Marin patted his head.

In the Age of Discovery, there are four people who have to be mentioned - one is Columbus, the pioneer of the Age of Discovery; the second is Da Gama, the big guy who discovered the Indian route; and Amerigo, although it is a little more watery, but because America is named after him, it is the most famous; And the fourth big guy left is Magellan. Because, this guy is the first strongman to confirm that the earth is round.

However, because this guy came out too late, Marin almost forgot about such a person. It seems that this guy sailed around the world around 1520......

And now it's only 1515, and this Magellan ...... He must have begun to fool the monarchs of various countries to fund his voyage around the world......

Marin carefully recalls the history and discovers that Magellan seems to have returned to his native Portugal at the age of 33 (1513) and began to fool King Manuel I of Portugal into supporting him in his voyage around the world.

But Manuel I did not bird him. Because, the Portuguese had already mastered the spice trade route to India, and there was no need to make any extraneous complications. Moreover, the so-called "India" discovered by Columbus at the beginning is simply a wild continent and worthless, so how can there be any money in the Indian spice trade?

Therefore, Manuel I was not willing to waste this money and supported Magellan to carry out some circumnavigation around the world.

In desperation, around 1517, Magellan went to Seville, Spain, and began to fool the Spaniards. The commander of the Spanish garrison in Seville admired Magellan and married his daughter to Magellan. Later, Magellan was recommended to Charles V. Relying on a globe full of errors made purely by conjecture, Magellan finally fooled Charles V and received his patronage. Then, in 1519 began a voyage around the world......

Charles V did not lose money, and in the end, Magellan made this voyage and discovered the Philippines, which gave Spain a colony in the Far East and laid the foundation for future trade between Manila and the Ming Dynasty.

However, Magellan, the unlucky man, unfortunately hung up in the Philippines when he participated in the local tribal conflict, and did not enjoy the glory of being the first to complete the round-the-world voyage......

Of course, that's history. At this time, because of Marin's incursions, the two great navigators, Columbus and Americago, were under Marin. Magellan didn't have time to go to Spain to play tricks, but after failing to fool the King of Portugal, he first ran to the North Sea Kingdom. It seems that Magellan felt that Marin attached great importance to the voyage, so he did not go to Spain, but came to the North Sea Country to fool Marin first......