Upon going ashore, Edward became silent. He is now complicated, because he is going to completely re-evaluate Marin as a collaborator.

Previously, Edward's impression of Marin was just that of a land soldier who could fight. Although powerful, in front of the "invincible" fleet of England, it is nothing. Even, Edward had the intention of repaying the debt.

However, what he sees and hears today completely subverts Edward's previous perception. Think about it, how terrible it would be for a prince with a strong army and navy?

"Why are you helping me?" Suddenly, Edward came up with this. As soon as he said this, Edward regretted it a little. However, he still looked at Marin nervously, hoping for an answer.

After a few years as a nobleman, Edward is no longer the novice who has just been rescued from the Tower of London. He understands that in this world, there is no hatred for no reason, and there is no love for no reason. So, he was curious to know what Marin really thought.

Marin saw that Edward's face was so heavy and knew that he was thinking too much. Edward, though, was crucial to his layout. So, Marlin decided to find a good reason to get rid of Edward......

So, after pondering for a while, Marin raised his head and replied solemnly:

"The first is for the safety of navigation in the English Channel, you know, I have a fleet to trade with India. England, to put it mildly, is a country with a tradition of piracy. The Tudor-controlled England has little to do with me, and I fear that they will covet my merchant fleet. So, I'd rather rescue you and restore the House of York. In this way, I will be able to secure my fleet by obtaining an Isle of Wight and stationing a fleet there. In addition, I became the Earl of England, and I was able to intimidate the English pirate ship owners. If you dare to rob my ship, I can send troops to attack his hometown......"

Edward thought for a moment and partially agreed with Marin's words, but still asked puzzled:

"If you care about the safety of the English Channel, you should have a county along the English Channel, not Northumberland, the northernmost county in England......"

"That's what I thought, but the coal mines in Newcastle appealed to me. As you know, East and West Frisland are located on the German coast, but there are not many forests, a lot of them are swamps, and there is a lack of firewood fuel. So, Newcastle's coal, I need it...... So, I chose Northumberland. But he didn't want to give up the security of the English Channel, so he also asked for the Isle of Wight as a fleet station......" Marin said half-truthfully, but his expression was very sincere.

Edward thought for a moment, as if Marlin had a point......

"And what's the matter with your son taking Margaret?" Now that he had said it, Edward simply asked.

Marin thought for a moment and said:

"That's right, Your Majesty, you know, I came from a humble background, and my father was only a poor knight in the country. Therefore, in Germany, the traditional princes actually looked down on me. I had defeated the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg before, but I had not been able to get much compensation because the old nobles looked down on me and united to restrict my ......"

"In this case, there must be very few great nobles who are willing to marry our Hoffman family. I am very worried that my son Caesar will not be able to marry a princess of a vassal state of equal status in the future. Coincidentally, taking advantage of this opportunity, if my son Caesar can marry the princess of the powerful Kingdom of England, I think our entire Hoffman family will be deeply honored! Marin said with a serious face.

Although this is a bit of a fool, the last sentence is true. If Caesar marries Princess Margaret, the rest of the Hoffman family will be deeply honored.

"But your son is second to the son of His Majesty Louis XII......"

"Hehe, His Majesty Louis XII is too old to give birth to a son. Moreover, Queen Anne is in poor health, and the children she gives birth to always die young...... "Marin said with a smile, and besides, with fat brothers staying at the royal palace in Paris, Louis XII still died of the heart of having a son......

Edward nodded, although he didn't dare to believe Marin, but the explanation given by Marin was really reasonable, so reasonable that he couldn't find a point to refute......

Looking at the lively scene of people coming and going on the dock, and listening to the conversation of the sailors around him, Edward suddenly asked:

"You sailors, why do you all speak English?" Edward was talking about the Frisian sailors. The language they speak is very similar to English, like a dialect of English.

"No, Your Majesty, they speak Frisian!" Obviously, Edward had not read the book "Examination of the Origins of European Peoples" edited by himself and Leonardo da Vinci. But it's no wonder that Edward has been busy tearing up with Henry VII in recent years, so how can he have time to read miscellaneous books? Moreover, he was in Ireland before, and the information was not smooth.

Edward was stunned for a moment, so Marin gave a detailed introduction to the relationship between the English and the Frisians, which made Edward stunned. Of course, Marin wasn't really trying to fool Edward, but really......

"No wonder we English and Scots never deal with each other, it turns out that we are Germanic people, they are Celts......"

"Yes, the English were originally descendants of Germanic people who had migrated from the northwestern coast of Germany and the western coast of Denmark, certainly unlike the Celts of Scotland. The Gauls and Scots in France were both Celts, so it was normal for them to be close......" Marin said casually.

"You've got a lot of sailors! Are all Frisians? Edward said casually as he looked at the Frisian sailors gathered on the docks.

"Well, I recruited them from among the Frisians on the German coast...... Wait......" Marin's face suddenly changed, and he remembered an important question......

"What's wrong?" Edward asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, we may have overlooked a very important issue......" Marin smiled bitterly.

"What's the problem?"

"The sailors of England are also ...... fighters"

"You mean......" Edward vaguely thought of something, but for a moment he didn't have a clue.

"Although the main force of Henry VII's army has been wiped out by us, I fear that Henry VII will call up the sailors to help defend London. I have heard that there were many sailors in England, estimated at tens of thousands. Among them, there should be more than 10,000 people who can fight. If these people were recruited by Henry VII to defend the city, they would also be very powerful......" Marin explained with a wry smile. He almost forgot that sailors could also go ashore to defend the city. Although they could not defeat the regular infantry in the field, they were based on the city, and their combat effectiveness was at least much stronger than that of the militia. You know, these people are all masters of making knives, and their personalities are also very strong. With the cover of the tall city walls, the combat effectiveness is not bad......

Edward thought for a while and then understood, and suddenly his face was not good-looking. If Henry VII had really recruited tens of thousands of sailors to help defend London, the siege would have been difficult.

"So, what are we going to do?" Edward was not good at scheming and had to turn to Marin for help.

Marin walked around and thought for a while, then said:

"I remember that Henry VII transferred the main fleet to the Irish Sea to prevent you from escaping back to the island of Ireland?"

"There's such information, my sister sent a letter." Edward nodded.

"Now Henry VII should almost know Henry. Percy had been defeated, so it was likely that he would send someone to summon the sailors back to London to help in the battle......"

"So what are we going to do?" Edward was worried.

"In this case, Your Majesty, you send someone to the dock of the Five Ports Alliance to quietly post a notice......"

"What notice? Why do you want to go to the Five Hong Kong Alliance to post it? Edward was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the most combat-ready sailor in the English Navy, basically comes from the five ports of the Five Ports Alliance. The sailors' homes were also located near the docks of the five ports...... And this notice is a threatening notice......"

"Threats? What do you mean? ”

Marin suddenly changed to a vicious expression and said:

"Threatening the families of those sailors...... You can announce on the notice - anyone who helped Henry VII, the regre's murderer and puppet king, defend London, we will send an army to arrest their families in five ports and publicly execute them outside London! ”

"What?" Edward jumped in shock:

"This is the act of a tyrant!"

"Nothing, just to prevent the sailors from going to London to help Henry VII defend the city. Moreover, helping the monarch killer is equivalent to the crime of killing the monarch, and the family is executed, is it too much? Marin said lightly.

Edward wanted to refute, but felt that Marlin made sense. In fact, Ma Lin's general practice was common in ancient China. There are even nine and ten tribes, what is it to kill your family? Even in Europe, it's very common. But because of chivalry, everyone just did not say anything. It is indeed a bit unsightly to post a notice to Marin like this.

However, Edward had to admit that it was a good trick. For the safety of their families, the sailors must have been afraid to make up their minds to follow Henry VII. Even those who were willing to follow Henry VII would have to take their families into the city of London for refuge. Otherwise, the family will die.

"Of course, we don't use all of them, and we can also win over the owners and sailors, mainly the owners. Because, they had a great influence on sailors. "Sailors rely on the owner of the ship for their food, and if they offend the owner, they will lose their jobs. Therefore, the shipowner has a great say.

"But...... I don't know the owners......" Edward said embarrassedly. He also knew the importance of those shipowners. In the future, he will count on the owners of the ships to cooperate with him in protecting the safety of the English Channel. But he didn't know them.

"I'll take care of this!" Marin said confidently.

Before, he had sent people to hire ships from the Five Ports Alliance, so he naturally knew where the owners of those ships lived. Moreover, even now, Marin has left the spies of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce to operate in five important ports.

Those shipowners certainly did not go to war, but lived in mansions in five ports. But if the sailors were to return to guard London, the ships would surely return to port first. Marin decided to "persuade" the shipowners to persuade the sailors to remain neutral.

This was done by sending spies to throw packages into the yards of the shipowners late at night. The package contained a letter of persuasion, as well as a dagger and a bag of coins—the meaning was simple, those who obey me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish...... The choice between the death of the whole family or the quiet fortune depends on a single thought......

I believe that those shipowners, as long as they are not too deeply involved with Henry VII, know that it is the best choice to wait and see at this time...... At the same time, they had enough prestige to persuade the sailors not to take sides easily. Their words, quite useful to sailors......