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Chapter 1694 One Stone and Many Birds

The Denmark of today is not the Denmark of later generations.

Today's Denmark can be called the United Kingdom of Denmark and Norway. Its predecessor was the Kalmar Union composed of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

After Sweden left, the alliance was actually disbanded, and Denmark and Norway formed a separate alliance, eventually forming a coalition dominated by Denmark.

Its territory includes Denmark, Norway, southern Sweden, the Principality of Schleswig, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and other overseas colonies.

It wasn't until the beginning of the 19th century that the Treaty of Kiel was signed, which allowed Denmark to cede Norway to Sweden, which also caused Denmark to gradually decline.

At this time, Denmark was still a big European country. In the 10th and 11th centuries, Denmark was the great empire of the North Sea. From the 14th to the 15th century, it was called the Nordic Empire. From the 16th to the 18th century, it gradually became a powerful Nordic country. In the 19th century, it became a small peninsula country.

In the past, Denmark was not only not weak, but also very strong. It even conquered the whole of England and Norway, and established the North Sea Empire. This is probably something that many people did not expect.

For a period of time, Denmark's shipping and sea trade were very developed. The number of merchant ships closely followed the United Kingdom, which was second in Europe, and had a sizable fleet.

And at the end of the 16th century, Denmark also established the East India Company, which had colonies in the West Indies and Guinea.

Denmark did not begin to decline until the end of the 16th century.

At the beginning of the 17th century, Denmark even launched an attack on the Holy Roman Empire with the Protestant Alliance with the support of Britain, France, and Russia. This was part of the Thirty Years War, and they quickly occupied the northwestern part of Germany. was defeated.

The decline of Denmark's national strength also began at this time.

The 30-year war can be said to have scorched Europe everywhere, and because of that long 30-year war, Denmark completely lost its hegemony in the Baltic Sea region.

Due to the huge loss of Denmark's national strength due to repeated wars, Denmark has begun to pursue a neutral policy.

Even in the later Seven Years War, Denmark declared its neutrality.

Gris Allen also saw that Denmark was seriously injured and had begun to decline gradually, and became a country on the Jutland peninsula that could only protect itself, so he coerced and lured them into signing the lease, but Gris Allen also paid a considerable price.

Today's King Frederick V of Denmark is a complete hedonist. He drinks heavily and also likes to have fun with beautiful women to enjoy the pleasures of life.

And he only speaks Danish occasionally, and his mother ridiculed him as a Danish prince in Germany.

Because Frederick was addicted to wine and sex, he didn't care much about state affairs.

The United Kingdom married Denmark through Princess Louise and bore him several children, but Frederick was still addicted to wine and sex, and still maintained indiscriminate fornication with others.

Princess Louise of the United Kingdom just pretended not to notice, and Frederick even had a favorite mistress, Mrs. Hansen. During this period, she gave birth to five children for Frederick.

It can be said that the king is unscrupulous, and Gris Allen undoubtedly got the island of Rice through Mrs. Hansen blowing the pillow wind.

Even though a considerable price was paid on loan, in Gris Allen's view, it was very worthwhile.

Of course, there is no way to get Les Island just through King Frederick. Although he is the king, most of his rule is still controlled by the ministers with outstanding domestic capabilities.

Gris Allen naturally launched a money offensive against their ministers.

However, the king Frederick was not useless. Under his rule, the arts and sciences of Denmark flourished and public entertainment was very open.

Gris Allen did what he liked and knocked on the door of the Kingdom of Denmark with money and sugar-coated shells.

It can be said that Gris Allen, who spends a lot of money and spends money like water, is very popular in the Danish aristocratic circle.

And he can also bring a lot of novelties to the king and many ministers of Denmark, at least the king is very interested in these things.

This of course also gave Gris Allen a chance, a rare chance.

It would be a pity for Gris Allen if he could not seize this opportunity.

Zeng Yunfeng looked at Steve in front of him, smiled, stood up, walked to the map behind him, found the location of Denmark, and found Leys Island, which is an island in the Kattegat Strait. Said that both sides do not rely on.

At the same time, according to the information, the terrain of that place is not very good, and there is no danger around it. It is really tasteless to establish a military port.

However, when Zeng Yunfeng got this letter, he had already decided to build several trading ports there. At the same time, he agreed with Gris Allen's suggestion to make a deal with it, and decided to rent a legion from Russia to station on Leys Island. Guaranteed passage to the Baltic Sea for their merchant ships.

Although they have no way to station a large number of army troops, the naval fleet can dock here.

Of course, they still need to lease a few more places as ports and docking points. The areas that may be leased in these places may not be as large as Rice Island, but fortunately, it is better than nothing.

"Steve, you can arrange this matter, and let people recruit a lot of craftsmen in Denmark to build three ports with all their strength."

"If possible, bring all those craftsmen back. We can provide working and living conditions that are far superior to those in the Kingdom of Denmark. I believe they will be more willing to work for us in the Kingdom of White Iron."

Seeing Zeng Yunfeng's smiling face, Steve cursed in his heart that his boss was trying to trick people again.

Encountering such a good opportunity, if Zeng Yunfeng didn't take advantage of it, then he would not be a pirate leader. As long as he found an opportunity, he would rob. This is a pirate.

It's just that they have become a little more civilized now, at least they don't need to use guns directly.

After all, Les Island is stuck in the strait. If the button of war is activated against them, the final result may be that Denmark uses the fleet and people to drive them out of the Baltic Sea. This is completely useless to the White Iron Kingdom, and even harmful .

Now that Russia is actually very close to Denmark, if it leases the port and the Russian army, the Kingdom of Denmark will not have much reaction.

This can be said to kill many birds with one stone, why not do it.

As for Kamchatka and Chukchi, they were completely out of their plans. Of course, it would be best for Zeng Yunfeng if they could buy these two pieces of land with money.

If not, there is really nothing to lose.

Thinking of this, Zeng Yunfeng suddenly said in a serious voice: "Send an order to Buddy to take this place for me with several batches of fleets!" As he said that, Zeng Yunfeng slid the finger of his right hand along the map and drew a beautiful line. arc.

Steve looked at the location on the map, which marked the Bering Sea, and the arc that Zeng Yunfeng had just drawn was the Aleutian Islands.

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