The North Sea is the edge of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, located in the northwest of the European continent, namely the Isle of Great Britain, the Scandinavia, the Jutland Peninsula and the Holby Lowlands.

It can be said that such a small area is too small compared to the Atlantic Ocean, but even in such a small area, the competition between various countries and regions is very fierce.

While everyone is competing for living space, their main purpose is to compete for a marine resource - herring.

Among all regions, the fishing industry in the Niran Peninsula is the most developed.

Every summer, a large number of herrings migrate to the coastal areas of the northern Netherlands. People in the North Netherlands can catch more than 10 million kilograms of herring from the North Sea every year. This number is already very amazing.

However, herring is a natural resource, and the Creator did not give the Netherlands exclusive rights. Other nations living by the North Sea organized fleets of herring fishing.

In order to compete for the fishing grounds, the fleets did not hesitate to fight, and in the fights, the Netherlands Peninsula gradually gained the upper hand.

There is no way, the Netherlands is a very small area with very scarce natural resources, so under this situation, the Netherlands' sense of competition and team are stronger than any country.

In addition, the political form of the Netherlands at that time was a large and small city-state, and the nobles ruled by the city-states paid great attention to protecting the interests of their own people, so the Netherlands quickly stood out in the competition in the North Sea.

The Netherlands could have continued to develop in this tradition, but this development momentum was blocked by one person - Philip III, the ruler of the Principality of Burgundy.

In order to expand the territory of the Principal of Burgundy and to enhance the confrontational advantage between the Principal of Burgundy and the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire, from 1428 to 1443, he successively annexed Belarus countries such as Eno, the Netherlands, Brabant, Limburg, and Luxembourg, which belonged to the Low Countries, making the Low Countries the economic pillar of Burgundy.

But Philip III overlooked one thing: the economy of the Need Peninsula was developed mainly by the natural marine herring and trade of merchants.

However, after Philip III ruled this area, he first collected a large amount of taxes in the Netherlands, and strongly deprived merchants of their principal of doing business, leaving merchants without more funds to develop their own business, and could only watch their huge assets gradually shrink until they were finally destroyed.

Secondly, in order to strengthen the navy of the Principal of Burgundy, Philip III sent people to force the fishermen to survive - fishing boats. Without fishing boats, fishermen naturally could not fish. If fishing boats were not allowed, fishermen would not be able to survive. In this way, the fishing industry in the Netherlands began to decline.

Finally, in order to strengthen the army, Philip III captured a large number of strong young people to join the army. In the war after round, a large number of young people were devoured by the war.

It can be said that the economy of the Lowlands has been severely damaged under the rule of the Duchy of Burgundy. It is difficult to see a large number of fishing boats going out to sea to catch fish again in the Netherlands. All the fishermen can only sit on the beach with their legs crossed, and stare at the rough ocean in a daze.

Fisherman Simon is such a person. When the fishing industry in the Netherlands was not severely damaged, he was always the leader of the fishing fleet in the Netherlands. However, now because there are no fishing boats, this hero who dominates the ocean can't help but be silent on the coast and can't help but be helpless.

"Brother Simon, it's been nearly half a year since fishing. If this kind of life continues, our family may have to starve to death!"

"Yes, Brother Simon, what should we do now? Are we really just sitting here and waiting to die?"

"You can give us an idea as soon as possible! If we sit like this, we may really not be able to survive..."

Waving his hands to signal the brothers to be quiet, Simon opened his mouth gently: "I can't continue to do this kind of life. There is indeed a road in front of me, but I really can't make up my mind!"

"What is the road? Tell me first, let's listen!" A fisherman immediately said loudly: "We are almost starving to death. Is there anything else that cannot be done?"

"Well, a few days ago, an Englishman named Leo came into contact with me!" Clearing his throat, Simon said: "He said he was from Norfolk County in the Kingdom of England. The nobles who ruled Norfolk County are the nobles of Lancaster, England - Earl of Norfolk! Now the earl is planning to build the Norfolk River Network, and the earl is also planning to recruit a large number of people to help Norfolk participate in the fishing competition in the North Sea. Now the earl has sent people to find me! I hope I can take you to Norfolk with you to survive!"

"This count has also promised that as long as we go to Norfolk, our family will immediately get a place to live, and we can also get fishing boats for free, and our future fishing operations will be protected by the Norfolk Navy!"

After listening to Simon's words, everyone was in a state of excitement.

"Sounds great!"

"Yes, it seems that this count attaches great importance to the ocean!"

"It would be a very happy thing to let him rule us!"

"I haven't finished speaking yet!" Simon stopped everyone's high mood: "But this count has a premise, that is, once we enter Norfolk, we will always be Norfolk people and will never return to the Netherlands in our lives, so... this is where I hesitate!"

"Boss, what's there to hesitate about this? Isn't the exploitation of us by the Principality of Burgundy now heavy enough? It's fine if they deprive us of our economy, but now they have directly deprived us of the foundation of our survival. Anyway, I don't want to stay in this cruel place anymore!"

"That's right, life is the same everywhere. As long as we can survive happily, as long as we can eat a full stomach every day!"

"Boss, let's go to Norfolk! At least Norfolk can continue to live, but if we continue to live here, we will have no way to die!"

Everyone asked Simon to vote.

"Well, since everyone has made up their minds, I'll feel at ease. Okay, let's go back and clean up, and then we will go to Norfolk to be loyal to the Earl Scott who is willing to protect our interests!" At this point, Simon raised his hands high.
Chapter completed!