In March, Europe, which is higher latitudes, has actually just thawed. The real busiest spring planting season in Europe is actually April. But you ploughed the land with a plough a month earlier, and turned up the dirt, and it was nothing. After all, the dirt is turned up, and it doesn't fill it back on its own.

The real planting will be in April. It's just that Marin has a pity in his heart. Because, the farmers under his command now sow seeds, or sow seeds by hand, which is not efficient at all. If you have a cocoon, you can sow 100 acres a day. Like now, a farmer bends down to sow on demand, and can only sow a few acres a day, which is very inefficient.

It's just that the cocoon is something in northern China. If you want to, you have to rush to Huaxia, which is now Daming. Moreover, the columbus is suitable for dryland sowing, especially for large fields, and is very suitable for the needs of growing wheat in Europe, and it is also suitable for the vast lands of North America.

Originally, in history, Europeans learned about the existence of cocoons after doing business with the Ming Dynasty. But it is a pity that the Portuguese in Macao, in contact with the southern region of China, planted paddy fields and practiced the rice transplanting system. The columbs are not suitable for paddy fields, and the Portuguese naturally do not see the real thing. Then the Europeans could only invent the planter on the basis of imagination. It's just that the earliest seed drill invented by Europeans in 1566 was very inefficient and completely inferior to the cocoon. Moreover, it was not the Portuguese who invented the seed drill, but the Italians who got the news from the Portuguese. Moreover, it was also a missionary sent to Macao by the Holy See who brought back the news of the seed broadcaster.

Marin didn't have the leisure to invent, wouldn't it be better to just get a sample to imitate? Although Leonardo da Vinci also had the strength to invent the seed drill. However, using Da Vinci in this way is a bit wasteful. However, it is okay to get the car back and let Leonardo da Vinci improve it.

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While the whole of Europe was busy with spring ploughing, Kahn and his party lurked in the mountains on the border with the plains near Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, constantly groping for the local terrain.

Karn brought 50 Wolftooth Commando warriors with him, but when they first arrived in this mountainous area, they did not wear French plate armor, but first wore ordinary leather armor, and climbed the mountains and mountains to "step on the spot......

This small valley, called Gobridge, was the final chosen location for the action. It is very close to Edinburgh, probably just over twenty kilometers away. Under normal circumstances, if Edinburgh had sent cavalry to the rescue, it would have taken more than an hour to reach the battlefield.

But the problem is, without a mobile phone these days, where can Edinburgh know that the Gobridge Valley needs support? Also, the last time James IV led a large army south, the main cavalry force was all taken to England, and they were either killed or captured.

In other words, the 50 Scottish knights that James IV was able to bring back this time are the only remaining cavalry in the Kingdom of Scotland. Even if Edinburgh learned of the assassination in the Gobridge Valley, they could not call in cavalry support. And if the infantry came to support, they had to run for hours. A few hours was enough time for Karn to kill James IV a few times......

Upon his arrival, Karn did not prepare only for an attack, but with the help of the elite of Koster and Marić's "Robin Hood Thieves", he began to survey the local terrain and search for trails in the mountains in preparation for the retreat.

Although the elite of Scotland remained in England because of the defeat. However, the country was still able to muster a few thousand infantry. Karn had only 50 men with him, and it would have been difficult to escape if he had been surrounded by thousands of Scottish infantry. In particular, Karn couldn't show his face at will, even if he could. Because, once he is recognized, then Marin's murder of James IV will be exposed. This was an unbearable consequence for Marin, so Karn had to run away with his men as soon as he committed the crime.

And to escape in the mountains, familiarizing yourself with the local terrain and roads, is a must. As a result, Karn spent most of his time searching for an escape route. As for killing James IV? Is that the problem?

Koster and Marić, who came with their henchmen, were studying how to dig a horse pit in the Gobridge Valley, a major transportation route......

Because it was a traffic artery, Koster and Marić could not dig the pit in advance. Because, there are quite a lot of people passing by this road during the day. Therefore, Koster and Marić's men could only enter the valley at night, survey the terrain, and use small shovels to pound the ground and find suitable points for excavation.

However, the roads in the Gobridge Valley are mainly stone, and it is difficult to dig out the pits. For this reason, Koster and Marić's men had to resort to a clumsy method - they dug the ground in the northern section of the road in the Gobridge Valley in the middle of the night. Then, fill it with soil instead. The reason for this was that on the day of the ambush, the trap was dug smoothly in the northern section of the road. If it's rocky ground, it's hard to dig a hole......

In addition, for this valley artery about a kilometer long, in order to achieve the purpose of ambush, it is necessary not only to dig a trap in the northern section, but also to prepare for cutting off the enemy's retreat route in the southern section. Otherwise, it would not have been good if James IV had successfully withdrawn south under the cover of the Scottish knights. Karn and his wolf-tooth commandos attacked on foot, while James IV and his 50 Scottish knights must have been on horseback. If he had successfully retreated from the south, Karn would not have been able to catch up if he wanted to.

Fortunately, this method is not difficult. Because, at the southern end of the Gobridge Valley, the slopes on both sides are very high. In this way, the people of Koster and Marić could be piled high on the slopes of the mountains, piled with stones. Once James IV's party was in the valley, their men tore down the wall of stones that had been piled up, allowing the stones to block the gap in the south and cut off the retreat of James IV and the others......

Originally, this method could also be used at the northern end of the valley. However, the slopes at the northern end of the valley are too small. If you had built a stone wall beforehand, you would have been able to see it at a glance. So, I had to dig a horse pit. Moreover, Karn was also ambushed to the north. When he rushed into the valley with 50 wolf-tooth commando fighters, he himself blocked the exit to the north, not worrying about the enemy running away.

While Karn, along with Koster and Marić, were preparing for an ambush in the Gobridge Valley, Edward was on London's side, and preparations were not left behind.

First, Edward and James IV engaged in a tug-of-war negotiation. Originally, if the two sides were sincere, they could reach an agreement at the beginning of the year to release them. But because Edward wanted to kill James IV, and Marin's request, Edward deliberately made excuses to delay time.

For example, Edward once proposed to let Henry VII's daughter, Princess Margaret, the wife of James IV, come to London in exchange for James IV......

The intention was that Edward wanted to kill Princess Margaret. After all, Princess Margaret was the only surviving child of Henry VII. If it falls into the hands of someone with a heart, it can be used as a bargaining chip to compete with Edward for the throne. So, Edward wanted Princess Margaret to die.

But where was James IV willing? That's his real wife. As the king of a country, if he sends his wife to die, then where does he still have the face to come out and mess around? Although he didn't have any feelings for Queen Margaret, she was his wife after all, and she couldn't just give it to the enemy to kill.

Moreover, James IV also has an idea - that is, to use Queen Margaret's identity as the princess of England to make a fuss in the future, and to participate in the competition for the throne of England in the future.

Although it is said that the national power of Scotland is far inferior to that of England. However, Scotland has France as an ally! If France had helped, Scotland might not have been able to defeat England.

In addition, James IV had all thought about it - later, after the French had recovered from the last defeat, he would invite the French army to land on the Scottish coast. Then, from Scotland, troops marched south to attack England. In this way, the danger of the French facing the powerful navy of England was avoided.

The English navy was indeed formidable, but the seas they could control were the English Channel and the southwestern part of the North Sea. If the French army landed in Edinburgh in a large circle on the North Sea by ship, the British navy, no matter how strong, might not be able to stop it. If the powerful French army came ashore, it would be difficult for the British to resist......

Once England had been defeated, he would be able to seize the throne of England in the name of Henry VII's son-in-law. When the time comes, he will unify the island of Great Britain......

James IV had a good idea, but unfortunately, he did not necessarily have a chance to achieve this grand goal......