The Rise of the European Emperor

After receiving a letter from Marin and learning the good news that Copenhagen had been conquered and the King of Denmark had been captured, Lübeck Grand Chancellor Tagfacht and Hamburg Grand Chancellor Heisenberg brought several important My subordinates came to Copenhagen to discuss with Marin about sharing the fruits of victory.

In addition, on the Swedish side, after hearing about Copenhagen, old Sten Stuley also came to Copenhagen by boat from the sea.

Now, although the Danish army still occupies the southern part of Sweden. However, because the homeland was under siege, the Danish army panicked and stopped attacking.

Originally, the Danish army also expected to attack Sweden from north to south with the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. However, before the troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow had conquered Finland, they received news that the cavalry of the Crimean Khanate had invaded the Ryazan Principality. The regent Prince Vasily was taken aback and hurried back to the main army in Finland to fend off a possible attack by the Crimean Khanate.

You must know that although the Grand Duchy of Moscow can mobilize an army of 200,000 troops, the real elite is the standing army of more than 20,000. The other soldiers and horses are all conscripts. Even if assembled, it was no match for the fierce Crimean Khanate Tatar cavalry.

In this way, the Danish army is in a dilemma in Sweden. Because, without the cooperation of the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, they have no confidence in attacking the Swedes.

I don't know who sent the news to Sweden. When Marin went to invite the two great speakers of Lübeck and Hamburg, old Sten Stuley also received the news. It seems that the information was sent from the Danes.

Marin also forgot to inform the Swedes, because East Friesland, Lübeck and Hamburg were all contributing to this attack on Copenhagen. The Swedes are still huddled in their hometown to resist the attack of the Danish army. So Marin forgot about Sweden.

But not long after the Grand Chancellor of Lübeck and Hamburg arrived, the ship of old Sten Stuure also arrived. Now there are almost no Danish ships in the Baltic Sea. Old Sten Stuley came to Copenhagen by boat with little danger.

The reason why he rushed over so anxiously was because old Sten Stulay knew in his heart that this was a loot-sharing conference aimed at Denmark. If the Swedes fail to catch up, they will suffer a lot. In particular, the coastal areas of the southern tip of Scandinavia, where Sweden is located, are currently under Danish control, including the large island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. That is to say, Sweden is now, the southern and southwestern coastal areas, all under the control of the Danes.

And old Sten Stuley came here this time, in fact, he wanted to grab the estuary to the Atlantic Ocean. Especially in Gothenburg and other places in the southwest, old Sten Stuley has been greedy for a long time. Moreover, the old Sten Stuley also coveted the island of Gotland in the center of the Baltic Sea.

You know, Gotland is a transportation hub on the Baltic Sea, and Denmark’s trade with Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow uses this as a transit point. This time, if Sweden can grab all the coastal areas, plus Gotland, it will be developed...

The quartet gathered, and Marin also invited out the Danish king Hans, who had been tortured like crazy these days. After eating rye porridge for many days in a row, King Hans lost a lot of weight.

When the five parties gather together, it is natural to start negotiations. However, King Hans of Denmark refused to cooperate, expressing his willingness to negotiate until the Electors of Saxony and Electors of Brandenburg were present.

Where is the Quartet willing to wait for these two electors to come and join forces? They are all in-laws of the Danish royal family, and they will definitely cause trouble when they come. Therefore, the treaty with Denmark must be finalized before the two electors can react, otherwise, there will be many dreams.

Moreover, the conditions given by the four-nation alliance are also very harsh, no wonder the Danish King Hans refused to accept it. The conditions given by the Four-Power Alliance were—the cession of the Duchy of Schleswig, the Duchy of Holstein, and the Kingdom of Norway,

And handed over the Swedish coast and Gotland to Sweden. At the same time, recognize Sweden's independent status and stop attacking Sweden.

If King Hans agreed to this clause, he would have lost a throne, two dukeships, and most of the territory of the Kalmar Union. This kind of treaty is impossible for King Hans to accept, and he is not willing to die. If Denmark only had that bit of land left in the Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark would become a second- and third-rate small country in an instant.

Of course, this is also the big opening of the four-nation alliance lions, choosing a high price, and then waiting for the negotiation. However, in this case, the Danes have no qualifications to negotiate. Because the king and ministers have become prisoners...

According to the private agreement of the Four-Power Alliance, if King Hans of Denmark agreed to this condition, then the Kingdom of Norway and the throne belonged to Marin. The Duchy of Schleswig and the Duchy of Holstein were divided between Lübeck and Hamburg. The Swedish coast and Gotland belong to Sweden.

In addition, all the captured warships and merchant ships in Denmark are divided equally between Lübeck and Hamburg, and Marin gets 200 merchant ships...

At the same time, Marin and the old Sten Stuley also had a dispute over the ownership of Gotland Island, which covers an area of ​​up to 3,145 square kilometers. Because, Marin is also looking to gain a foothold in the Baltic Sea. What's more, this foothold is so large that it almost catches up with the size of East Friesland...

King Hans almost fainted after hearing the conditions put forward by the Alliance of Four Nations - this is not to cut flesh on Denmark, but to destroy Denmark...

Therefore, he can only pretend to be crazy and sell stupid, hoping that the two electors who are in-laws will come to rescue him, and at the same time, cut off most of these excessive conditions. Otherwise, Denmark really can't get along...

In the face of King Hans, who pretended to be crazy and sold stupid, everyone was very helpless. After all, they are all people who follow the rules, so they can't really torture King Hans to extract a confession...

While eating, the kitchen made turnip soup. The so-called turnip is actually kohlrabi. It's not a radish, but it looks a lot like a white radish. Therefore, some people call it "parsnips". Because this thing originated in Europe and has not yet spread to Asia.

Seeing the white and tender turnip meat, Marin suddenly became a little stunned, and remembered some memories of his previous life...

Marin before crossing was an expert in carving. Once, he and his old classmates learned to use radish to carve seals and give people false certificates. Still, Marin is a man of principles. In the end, despite his high talent for radish carving, Marin did not mix with those people, but chose to go to work honestly.

However, the craftsmanship of radish carving has been preserved and not thrown away. On the New Year's Eve, Marin used a large white radish to carve the shape of a child's hand, and smeared tomato sauce like blood on it, which looked like a child's tender hand that had just been chopped off.

Marin then took the sculpted prosthetic hand and used it to scare his 5-year-old nephew, Malone. As a result, Xiao Malone fainted from fright. Then, Marin was "mixed doubles" by his parents...

Thinking of this, Marin couldn't help laughing, and then became sad again-because, the home of his previous life, he could never go back. That timid nephew, Malone, will never be seen again...

At this time, his subordinates suddenly came to report that King Hans' youngest son, Prince Francis, who was only 5 years old, was making a noise to see his father...

Marin became impatient, and wanted to order his men to catch the little prince and beat him to PP as punishment. However, looking at the turnip who was thinking about the white radish at the dinner table, and Marin, who was full of bad water, suddenly came up with an unethical idea...

Then, Marin ordered someone to go to the market to buy a batch of turnips. Then, he murmured with the two Grand Speakers and old Sten Stuley for a while. Several bigwigs laughed happily and bluntly said that Marin was "too sinister", but... they liked...

Then, Marin took King Hans' youngest son, Prince Francis, who was only 5 years old, and caught him. In front of King Hans, he beat PP, and observed King Hans' reaction by the way...

Sure enough, King Hans was very concerned about this young son. Seeing Marin beating his son, he almost wanted to rush over and fight Marin. However, he was held down by Marin's guards...

"Very good, you only need to care about your youngest son!" Marin nodded with satisfaction, took Prince Francis to a small room beside the kitchen, and took out the carving knife...

In one night, Marin carved dozens of turnip handicrafts, and then, after picking out the one he was most satisfied with, he left the room...

The next day, the negotiations continued, and King Hans still did not cooperate. Marin suddenly stood up with a sneer and said:

"Don't make me wait too long, old dog, if you provoke me, I will kill you!" After speaking, Marin stepped forward and kicked King Hans to the ground with a big foot. The two Great Speakers and old Sten Stuley quickly grabbed Marin and told him not to be impulsive.

The Danish king Hans was also a little frightened, thinking that Marin was really impatient and wanted to kill him. It's just that he didn't see that the two great speakers and the Swedish regent who stopped Marin had a smirk on their faces...

Seemingly running out of patience, Marin suddenly shouted:

"Someone, bring up little Prince Francis, and I will kill him in front of the old dog Hans!"

The three allies continued to persuade him, and Marin calmed down. However, the quiet Marin told the Danish King Hans an oriental story:

"About 2,500 years ago, in the Eastern Empire, a king named Zhou heard that a prince named Ji Chang was disobedient, so he locked up both him and his son. King Zhou was cruel, he took Ji Chang's His son Boyi Kao killed him, threw it into a pot, and cooked it into porridge. Then, he forced Ji Chang to eat a bowl of porridge made by his son..." Having said this, Malin's eyes were filled with Crazy and bloodthirsty light...

It seemed that something was wrong, King Hans of Denmark asked nervously:

"You...why did you tell me this?"

"Haha..." Marin suddenly smiled gently, and then said:

"Why don't I, I admire His Majesty's courage, so I'm going to treat you to a bowl of meat soup made by your son!"

"Huh?" King Hans was so frightened that he almost fell off his chair, and managed to regain his composure.

"You...you...you...if you do this, you will be spurned by people all over the world! His Majesty the Pope will also consider you a devil!"

"What's the matter with spit? I'm not happy now, so I just want to kill a child to play with. You don't want to ask, I've killed a lot of children. A few days ago, some people rushed to the city and turned against the water. , I killed more than 100 people in a fit of rage, most of them were old and weak women and children, and babies who were not full moons..." Marin said in a shrill voice, his tone full of hysteria and madness...

"I...I...I don't believe it, you dare to risk the world and kill a prince of a kingdom..." Having said this, Hans's confidence was quite insufficient.

"You'll see, I'll give you a chance. In this way, I'll cut off your son Francis' little hand first and let you eat it. In this way, you may be more cooperative..." Marin said softly to Hans The king laughed.

"You... don't mess around... big deal... I ceded Dietmarschen to you..." King Hans panicked.

However, Dittmarschen is not under Danish control and is only one county. King Hans's abacus was quite shrewd.

"Where are you sending the beggars? Our four-nation alliance dispatched more than 40,000 troops, more than 200 warships and 20,000 sailors, and even captured Copenhagen and captured you, the king, and you ceded a mere Ditmar. Shin?" Marin growled nervously.

"Then... what do you think?" King Hans was a little scared.

"On our terms, cede the Kingdom of Norway, the Principality of Schleswig, the Principality of Holstein, the Swedish coast and Gotland! In addition, the captured ships belong to us!"

"It's impossible, are you trying to kill Denmark?" cried King Hans.

"Hehe, I don't know if Denmark is dead, but I know, your whole family is dead. I'll kill your youngest son Francis first, and then your queen. Well, tomorrow I'll send troops to Sweden and put you in The eldest son on the front line was also caught and killed..."

"Are you crazy? You will cause public anger by killing indiscriminately like this! Especially, you are planning to kill members of the royal family!" King Hans screamed angrily. If Marin was doing that, he would have killed the whole family.

"Hmph, what about the public anger? Your whole family is dead, and the two thrones and two dukes will be vacant. At that time, the entire Kalmar Union will be ours!"

"Even if you kill my whole family, the throne of Denmark will not belong to you. Because, I still have relatives!"

"Don't worry, your relatives in the County of Oldenburg have all been arrested by me. They have been beaten and succumbed by me, and announced that the County of Oldenburg will be handed over to me. After your family died, they were The direct successor. The big deal, I will beat them again and force them to give me the throne that they should inherit. And you, you will not see that day, because your whole family is dead... As for you Daughter, there is no child yet, I will send assassins to assassinate her..." Marin said to King Hans nervously, imitating the fierce expression of Wu Zhenyu who played the villain in the movie.

"I...I...I...I...don't...don't believe..." Seeing the mad Marin, King Hans was so frightened that his legs went weak. He remembered that Marin had indeed committed a massacre outside Ribe City before, and he had indeed killed some old and weak women and children outside Copenhagen. Moreover, it is said that Marin killed all the opposition nobles when he took the title of Earl of East Frisian —— this is a murderous maniac...

"I don't need you to believe it, just wait and see. I'll cut off your little son's left palm first, and let you, a father, have a taste. What do you think?" Marin said impatiently.

"You... don't... mess around..." King Hans was a little scared, but there was still a bit of luck in his heart.

"Well, it seems that you are not cooperating. Come on, bring up the little Prince Francis... Cut off his left hand..."

"Ah...no...you can't..." King Hans went up and pulled Marin, trying to stop him from giving orders. But soon, King Hans was stopped by Marin's guards.

After a while, the little prince Francis was brought up, his face full of fear. Marin waved his hand and said:

"Take him next door and chop off his left hand!"

Then, poor little Prince Francis, who was only 5 years old, was taken to the next room. Soon, came the miserable cry of the little prince Francis:

"Ah! It hurts--Father, help me! Help me... ah... It hurts..."

King Hans was still holding on, and he didn't believe that Marin could be so cruel.

However, after a while, a plate was brought next door. On the plate was a small white and tender hand. The small hand was covered with blood. The blood seemed to be still warm, steaming and emitting a bloody smell...

"Ah—you devil—" King Hans saw that the bloody little palm on the plate really resembled his son's white and tender little hand, and immediately became extremely angry, spit out a mouthful of blood, and passed out on the spot. ...