Although the fleet of the East Friesian Lamber returned to the military port near Emden for repairs in a low-key manner, Hamburg was not low-key. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although ten ships were lost in the naval battle, in the blink of an eye, the Hamburgers were able to obtain more than 80 ships surrendered by Denmark, which is a huge profit.

When the Hamburg fleet returned to Kukshamn, an outer port of Hamburg, with a large number of captured ships and Danish sailors, it caused a great sensation. This trip to Denmark is known to many people in Hamburg. After all, Hamburg launched a general mobilization throughout the territory, conscripting a large number of merchant ships and sailors into service, and it was impossible to keep it secret.

It's just that the Hamburgers are not optimistic about this battle. After all, Denmark's strength at sea is well known. If he had joined forces with Lübeck early, there might have been hope for victory, as had been the case in the 14th century. However, the Danes were clearly not fools and could not have allowed the Hamburg fleet and the Lübeck fleet to converge. Therefore, most Hamburgers are pessimistic.

Unexpectedly, the fleet did not depart for 10 days, and met the main force of the Danish fleet. Moreover, the Danish fleet was completely routed, a large number of warships and sailors were captured, which could not but excite the Hamburgers.

As a result, beer sales increased in the pubs in the main city of Hamburg and the outer port of Cuxhamn. At this time, the sailors who participated in the naval battle were very popular with the whole Hamburgers.

In the tavern, as long as they identify themselves as if they participated in this naval battle, the Hamburg sailors, there will be a large number of people who invite them to beer. Of course, not for nothing. While drinking, you should tell the curious citizens about the exciting experience of the sea battle.

And it is precisely those low-level sailors who like to boast about their experience of sailing and fighting. Even if there is no wonderful past, it will blow out a wonderful experience. Not to mention, this naval battle is really exciting......

As a result, the pubs in Hamburg City and Cuxhaven became the special venues for the Hamburg sailors on this expedition to boast. They were invited to drink, and they boasted over and over again about the wonderful course of the naval battle.

Most of the sailors were braggarts, obviously only responsible for containing the Danish fleet, but they boasted that "the Danes were scared to pee" as "killing all sides......

But not every sailor liked to blow around, and some sailors were more honest and honestly pointed out the task of the Hamburg fleet - that is, to hold back the Danish fleet and then let the East Friesian fleet raid from behind......

And the spectacle of the East Friesian fleet "firing ten thousand guns" gradually spread from the hamburg pub......

You must know that Hamburg, as the second largest Hanseatic city in Germany, can be said to be a gathering of businessmen and people from all over the world. Soon, the news spread.

According to the sailors' accounts, East Friesland used about two or three hundred heavy guns this time. This is not the most important thing, the important thing is that those heavy artillery, are made of expensive copper. Each cannon is said to weigh more than 2,000 pounds, and 300 heavy cannons are worth 40,000 pounds of silver, equivalent to more than 400,000 gold coins......

Then, the rumors turned sour......

Rumors began to spread that Marin, Earl of East Friesland, had discovered a huge Viking treasure with untold amounts of gold and filled houses.

That's why Marin had the money to hire tens of thousands of troops and equip his ships with expensive bronze artillery......

Rumors soon spread to Glückstadt, the capital of the Duchy of Holstein, not far from Hamburg, where Marin had just taken the royal palace in the city of Glückstadt with a large army. It's still a familiar formula, the one who was mistaken by Marin for Dong Cunrui. Zri, by burying powder kegs, blew up the gates of the royal palace in Glückstadt. The Great Shield then swarmed in with a large number of East Frisian warriors and quickly defeated the recalcitrant Holstein defenders, capturing a large number of local nobles trapped in the palace.

After capturing the recalcitrant defenders of the Duchy of Holstein and capturing a large number of local nobles, Marin was in a good mood. But as soon as I heard this rumor, I was in a bad mood......

This rumor is simply to roast Marin on the fire......

If it is rumored that Marin has a good way of making money and making a lot of money, maybe no one will be jealous, it is Marin's ability. However, if it is rumored that Marin started because he found a treasure, then it is not good......

Windfalls always make people envious, jealous and hateful, just like in later generations, no one will be jealous of Ma Yun's money, because people rely on wisdom and hard work to obtain huge wealth. But there are definitely people who are jealous of the lucky ones who win the jackpot of 5 million or even tens of millions, because these people are making windfalls......

Therefore, many people who win the jackpot have to cover their faces with stockings, just for fear of being targeted by someone with a heart and being robbed......

In the same way, if Marin earns a lot of money through his own efforts, although some people are jealous, it will not be much. But if it is believed that he has made a fortune because of some treasure, then he will be hated. Perhaps, there will be people who secretly covet their wealth......

Marin can't wait to cut the person who made up this news with a thousand knives, because this is obviously harming him......

In fact, the people who spread the news were indeed pit Marin. And this merchant, Widster, was a spy from the Duchy of Saxony. As a trading capital, Hamburg naturally has people from all over the world. In the Duchy of Saxony, it is natural that many merchants will come to Hamburg to do business. Moreover, many Saxon merchants not only did business here, but also helped the Duke of Saxony to find out the news.

After hearing the rumors of this naval battle in the tavern, the clever Widster decided to use the rumors to pit Marin. After all, East Friesian Lamber was the bitter lord of the Duchy of Saxony.

Then, the rumor that Marin had discovered the huge treasure of the Vikings spread......

Because Marin paid attention to blocking the news, only the nobles in the country knew about his money, and not many people in the outside world knew about it. Moreover, in East Friesian Lambeth, there is only one open port in Emden. In other areas, there are very few foreigners who set foot in them. Therefore, the intelligence of the East Friesian Lamber is not easily available to other countries. Even those sailors with big mouths, because Marin had been selected directly from among the young Frisian fishermen and rigorously trained, generally did not talk nonsense. Because, when training at the sailor school, "keeping your mouth shut" was an important criterion......

But Hamburg is different, it's a free trading capital, and there are all kinds of people here, everywhere. Sailors were also more accustomed to going to the tavern to drink beer and brag at the end of each voyage. Here, rumors always spread quickly......

Marin knew very well that if he didn't refute the rumors, he might be targeted. Then, when the enemy spies discover their salt boiling centers on the islands of Baltrum and Texel, their weaknesses will be exposed to the public......

Because of its location by the sea, the Salt Boiling Center is vulnerable to pirates or enemy ships. Therefore, Marin did not want his money bag to be discovered no matter what.

Therefore, Marin decided to immediately refute the rumors......

So, Marin called Sauer, the leader of the scouts with him, and asked him to send hundreds of scouts to be scattered in the taverns of several prosperous Hanseatic cities such as Hamburg and Bremen, and spread the news that the "copper" used in East Friesland to cast cannons was purchased from India.

In order to clear his name of "discovering treasures", Marin decided to expose the secret of India's low copper prices......

As a result, it was learned that the price of copper in India is only a fraction of that of Europe. Very cheap. The reason why the East Friesian Lamber Kingdom was equipped with so many copper cannons was because they bought a few boatloads of copper and came back......

As for why Marin's merchant ships did not purchase spices in large quantities in India, the reason was simple - Spain did not allow it......

After the news spread, many people suddenly realized. In particular, many of the big businessmen who have been to Spain to buy spices know that this is the case. Those spice merchants who had been to Spain had indeed heard of the monopoly of the Indian spice trade by the Spanish kings. And Marin. Hoffman, as a Spanish Wild Count, was not allowed to purchase large quantities of spices, and had to purchase a lot of copper back. Unexpectedly, these coppers were "all cast into artillery"......

But what Marin didn't expect was that because of this refutation of rumors, Marin sent Columbus to lead the way for the Spanish fleet and take them to India The news was also made public. Marin then had a grudge against Portugal, another maritime power......

For a long time, Portugal thought that Columbus was assigned by the Spanish crown to discover the Indian route. However, it was only through this rumor that they discovered that Columbus had discovered India by the assignment of Marin, Earl of East Friesland. Then, he also sent Columbus to the Spanish fleet to lead the way and steal business with the Portuguese......

As a result, Marin was completely hated by the Portuguese. Now, if Marin dares to sail through the Portuguese waters and be known by the Portuguese, he will definitely come out of the warship and come to destroy him, and he will even be arrested and cut by a thousand cuts......