Chapter 1871: Orc Mask
This request of Baron Adair seems to be very reasonable, but it makes Marin extremely nervous - what does the French mean? Do you want to spy on the situation in the Americas, and then grab territory with Lao Tzu?
He didn't know that Baron Adair's request was just a decision made casually with a pat on the head. Anyway, it wasn't him who was sent to observe the situation, just an ordinary clerk.
But Marin was so nervous that he was afraid that the French would want to compete with him for territory. Then, there was a huge misunderstanding, which caused the Beihai Kingdom to suffer huge losses......
"The French can't be allowed to see the real situation in North America!" Marin anxiously walked around the office, muttering to himself.
However, it is not good to refuse outright. After all, the victims are still in the hands of the French. If you want to get the victims, you have to agree to their requests.
If you really want the French to see the real situation in North America, come back and say it with a big mouth, not to mention whether France will be tempted, I am afraid that Spain and Portugal will also be tempted.
In this era, the French navy was suppressed by Spain and England, but the French knew the truth and could spread the news. Once Spain and Portugal learned...... That's the big problem......
In desperation, Marin had no choice but to call Kohler and Schwartz and other cronies to discuss countermeasures......
"That's the case, what do you think?" After Marin introduced the situation, he asked his subordinates.
Schwartz frowned:
"How could the French make such a request? Have you become interested in the Americas? Or, what did you hear? β
Kohler shook his head:
"Probably not, my people monitor public opinion in Paris, and they haven't heard any legends about the Americas."
"Then how could they suddenly think of sending someone to the Americas?"
Marin interrupted:
"Well, it doesn't matter why the French sent people to the Americas. Now the important thing is - how to fool the French! β
"It's hard to keep their people from going to the Americas, but if you let them see something they shouldn't see......"
At this time, Sauer suddenly proposed:
"Otherwise, we will learn from what we did in Cuba and build fake castles to fool each other. and, arrange for the Indians to act, and to equip a line of defense against us, so that the French sent to see ......"
"Are you acting......" Marin's eyes lit up......
"Okay, that's it!" Marin slapped the table, and then ordered:
"Ordered the fleet to hoist the upper edge of the boom sails, set off early, and went to the Delaware Peninsula to set up the scene. Well, all the houses that were built before were demolished, and the bricks were taken to build the Great Wall. β
Marin had carried bricks from many ships over, and had deliberately docked at the port of Le Havre to show them to the French. However, the bricks were shipped to the Americas, not to build the so-called "Great Wall", but to build houses for future immigrants to the French population. In addition, Marin plans to build a city or something there to boost the local economy.
But the French's request to "send someone to see" put Marin in an extremely passive situation. In order to prove the lie, Marin had to really build a "Great Wall" for the French to see. And in order to increase his persuasiveness, Marin also needs to mobilize the Indians to cooperate with the acting. For example, storming the "Great Wall" or something, showing the terrible danger of the Americas.
"In addition, order a complete halt to the construction and reclamation of houses along the southwest coast of New Jersey on the other side of the Delaware Peninsula, so that the French delegates do not see the development of the New Jersey area!"
The New Jersey area is separated from the Delaware Peninsula by a Delaware Bay, and the French representatives will certainly be able to see the southwest coast of New Jersey from the Delaware Bay.
Therefore, Marin had to demolish all the buildings on the southwest coast of New Jersey, erase all traces of development, and make the French delegates mistakenly believe that it was still "wild".
As for the offensive and defensive battles of the Great Wall, it is easy to build the Great Wall, and tens of thousands of people can be repaired by sending tens of thousands of people to rush to work. The biggest problem is to find Indians to pretend to attack the Great Wall......
This would require a few thousand people, and the local Delaware are a few thousand in total, and even fewer strong men, which is obviously not enough in number. Therefore, Marin had to send someone to Cuba to recruit "actors". After all, Tara had 100,000 TaΓno and other aborigines under him. As long as you draw a few thousand obedient strong men, put on makeup, and pretend to attack the Great Wall, you can achieve the effect.
However, this takes time. Therefore, Marin gave instructions to the negotiators in Paris - to agree that the French side should send someone to take a visit, but it would take a few months. Because, the Great Wall over there has not been repaired yet, and it is not safe enough......
As for the victims, Marin plans to temporarily take them to the refugee camps in the ports of the North Sea Kingdom in batches. When the Great Wall was repaired, they were transported to live in the American colonies. At the same time, the French delegates were also invited to visit......
In fact, now the North Sea countries can transport refugees over. However, because the Great Wall had not really been repaired, and because it had taken months for the most important actors to play the Indian barbarians to be transported from Cuba and to have to train, Marin had to delay for a few months to get ready.
However, transporting thousands of Indians from Cuba to the Delaware Peninsula are two completely different concepts. Guantanamo is also the southeast region of the island of Cuba, not far from the Havana colony, easy to transport, and takes little time.
And transporting thousands of Indians from the Havana colony to the Delaware Peninsula, a distance of 1,000 kilometers, in an era when the average speed of ships was only about 7 knots, a round trip took a long time......
Moreover, the Marin Niubi was also blown out before, and the Indians were portrayed as orcs......
"By the way, orcs!"
Marin thought of something very important and decided to do it......
What did he think? Makeup Problems!
Now that the North American Indians have been portrayed as orcs, why not dress up those Indians as real orcs with some makeup?
"Wait, I don't think I have to go to the Indians! If you wear makeup, white people can ...... too."
In Ma Lin's mind, the picture of Wu Yanzu being made up as an ugly Guldan in the later generations came to mind...... As long as the makeup skills are good, the handsome guy can also become an orc......
So, Marin ordered to find a group of masters who made leather masks to listen to his command......
What is Marin going to command them to do? Orc masks, of course!
If you make a beautiful orc mask, the kind with green fangs. Then, let your strong soldiers put it on, and let them stand under the Wall with a big orc axe like Bloodroar, and shout a few "orc words" like "Lok'tar" and "Ogar" by the way, even better.
Marin said that he would do it, and sent someone to take a picture of a group of mask making masters, and under the guidance of his parents, he made the orc masks with blue faces and fangs. At the same time, a group of makeup masters were also hired to study the disguise of ordinary people as orc warriors in Marin's memory. Well, it seems that in the later Warcraft games, wearing orc masks was popular on Halloween......
In a few months, Marin could have selected a few thousand strong and reliable soldiers from his army, donned orc masks, disguised as orc infantry, armed with large axes, and performed fierce and terrifying performances under the Great Wall......
"What am I? Staging a live-action version of Warcraft? It's just that there are no cameras......" Marin laughed dumbly, thinking that this time it was a big deal. Moreover, it's funny......