Chapter 1297: Crown Prince Marin of Poland
This time, Marin became more cautious and focused on safety. In addition to wearing gas masks for the test soldiers, longer glass tanks were also used. The slot of the glass tank is facing the iron door, but after Wang Shui touches the iron door through the glass tank, it will definitely corrode the gap and then flow down.
So, Marin let people throw a bale of grass under the gate. In this way, even if the royal water flows to the ground, it will fall on the haystack. Not to mention the corrosion of the haystack by the royal water, but it must have been delayed by the haystack, and would not flow everywhere, let alone the feet of the soldiers.
In addition, Marin replaced the test soldiers with multi-layer leather shoes. In this way, even if the royal water flows under your feet, at most one or two layers will be corroded away. Because the corrosion of aqua regia to organic matter is much worse than that of metals. Only the performance is stained and burns the skin at most. Therefore, the multi-layer leather sole on the ship can protect the feet. Of course, you can't stand in the royal water for too long, giving the royal water enough time to corrode.
After testing, the soldier in charge of the experiment really succeeded. In a short time, Wang Shui corroded the iron gate into a big hole.
Next, it's time to blow the door. However, before the door was blasted, the fighters of the blasting team were also terrified of the royal water on the ground and dared not step forward.
Then, Marin thought of a way ...
He first put the blaster on his gas mask. Then, in front of the blaster, send someone to spread lime in front of the door. Quicklime is a strong alkali, and aqua regia is a strong acid. After acid and alkali neutralization, the ground is less dangerous.
Then, the blaster continued to go up and tucked the gunpowder barrel into the corroded hole in the iron door ...
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However, after a blast, the blockage behind the iron gate was blown away, but the iron gate stood upright ...
Marin looked dumbfounded and then began to think ...
After a while, Marin suddenly realized-
"I understand, even if the material behind the iron door is blown up, the iron door is very difficult to blow up. So, we corrode the door bolt ..."
Then he started his second attempt. This time, he asked the soldiers not only to etch a large hole in the iron gate, but also to specifically corrode the door bolt.
In this way, when a large hole is corroded, it is corroded together with the door bolt. After blasting again, although the iron door did not explode, the door bolt had been corroded, and the debris accumulated behind the door was also blown off. At this time, people can directly push the iron door open and enter ...
Then, the captain of the blasting Donnie. Curry proposed a new plan-corrosion of the door shaft of the iron door. In this way, without the door shaft, the iron door must have fallen directly ...
However, after testing, the effect of corroding the door shaft is not good ...
It's not that the door shaft is difficult to corrode, but after the door shaft is corroded, the blasting effect of the gun barrel is very poor. Because the door shaft is located at the edge of the iron door, it is difficult to blow up the accumulation behind the iron door directly after it is inserted into the gunpowder barrel.
Therefore, it is best to corrode the latch part in the middle of the iron door. Because the latch is located in the middle of the iron door, after it is inserted into the gunpowder barrel, you can push the accumulation behind the door in front, which is more convenient. But the blasting on the edge of the door shaft can only blow up a small part of the accumulation.
In this way, the strategy of dealing with the Iron City Gate was thus determined ...
However, the height of the city gate latch varies from city to city. If the wrong part is corroded, it is a waste of aqua regia. So, Marin sent out spies, specially asked them to go to the target city to conduct a field investigation, investigate the height of the bolts in those cities, and bring the results back. In this way, when you go to the siege next time, you can directly corrode according to the data ...
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While Marin was busy experimenting with how to corrode the Iron Gate, a major event happened in the Polish capital of Krakow-Queen Anne is about to give birth ...
Anne has been married to Sigmund I for a few years and is now 24 years old. Probably from Sigmund I to middle age, the sperm energy is not enough. Therefore, Anne has been pregnant for the past few years.
And at the beginning of September 1512, Annie finally reached the due date ...
In order to witness this moment, King Sigmund I of Poland specially rushed back from the battlefield of the Principality of Mazovia to witness the birth of his heir.
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It should be pointed out that before, Sigmund I led a 15,000 army and was fighting the Principality of Mazovia on the front line ...
The Principality of Mazovia is a powerful principality in Poland, with an area of about 33,500 square kilometers, which is larger than the direct territory of the Royal Jagiellonian in Poland.
In terms of strength, the Principality of Mazovia is not weaker than the royal family of Jagiellon. Therefore, the Principality of Mazovia usually does not bird Sigmund I king. Moreover, the descendants of the capital of the Principality of Mazovia all know-Warsaw ...
That's right, Warsaw, the capital of Poland, was also the place where the "Warsaw Treaty", which is the same as NATO, was concluded. Now it is the capital of the Principality of Mazovia.
The Principality of Mazovia is located in the middle of the Vistula River, dominated by plains and is a very fertile agricultural area in Poland. Moreover, the Vistula River is the most important inland waterway in Poland, and it is a huge benefit to set up a barge on the Vistula River to collect taxes.
And the cause of the war between Sigmund I and the Principality of Mazovia was caused by the Principality of Mazovia setting up a card to block ships and collect taxes ...
At this time Krakow, the capital of the Kingdom of Poland, was located in the upper valley of the Vistula River. When Anne married Sigmund I at the beginning, Marin promised to provide Sigmund I with at least 10,000 Ugram (120,000 acres) of fertilizer needed for arable land every year. Then, help sell the food produced by the land of Ten Thousand Ugram in Sigmund I.
Because part of Siegmont I ’s secret manor land is near Krakow on the upper Vistula River. Therefore, whether Marin transports fertilizer to the southern manor of Sigmund I, or Sigmund I transports grain from part of the manor in the south to the North Sea country of Marin, the main route is through the Vistula River Inland navigation.
It stands to reason that there are several state-owned princes on the Vistula River, and grain and fertilizer ships must be taxed. But Prince Ziegmont was the king. After he came forward to greet him, most of the lords agreed to release the fertiliser and grain carriers of Siegmont I duty-free. Only the Principality of Mazovia ignores the greetings of Sigmund I and continues to collect road taxes.
Sigmund I was very hot-Lao Tzu is the king of Poland, can you be extorted by a local lord? Then, with a strong attitude, he signed an order instructing the Principality of Mazovia to refrain from imposing a toll on royal vessels of the Jagiellonian family.
Unexpectedly, the Principality of Mazovia not only did not execute the order, but also detained several grain-carrying ships of Sigmund I under the name of "tax resistance", and intended to fine these ships.
Siegmont suddenly felt insulted, and then sent troops to attack the Principality of Mazovia. On the surface, it is to "punish severely" the Principality of Mazovia who does not respect the royal family. In fact, Sigmund I had already planned to annex the fertile Principality of Mazovia ...
Before Anne's due date, Sigmund I had already led the army and entered the Principality of Mazovia. Because of this, although he heard that the second uncle's Beihai country was in trouble, he could not help him temporarily.
Because of the lag in message transmission, when the North Sea country was in trouble, Sigmund I had led a large army to the Principality of Mazovia, and was naturally unable to support the North Sea country.
However, after learning that Anne's due date was up, Sigmund I temporarily dropped his army and rushed back to Krakow ...
After anxiously waiting all night, in the early morning hours, there was finally a cry from the baby in the delivery room-"Wow" ...
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Sigmund I was very excited and nervous. He asked across them:
"Is it male or female?"
If the husband of a later generation asks this question in the first sentence, his wife is sure to be angry-why don't you ask the old lady first?
But in this era, for a king, it is the most correct operation to ask "men and women" first. Because it is about the inheritance of a royal family ...
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, is a prince!" The voice of the midwife came from the room.
"Wow, it's a prince! Ahaha, I have an heir!" Sigmund I, 45, jumped with excitement.
In the room, after hearing that she was born as a son, Annie was also very happy. However, she was too tired, after all, tossing all night. So, she fell asleep quickly ...
In the afternoon, when Anne woke up again, Sigmund I was already walking around holding her son happily, and also sang children songs awkwardly to coax her son.
Seeing Annie wake up, Sigmund I shook her hand and said:
"Working hard, Annie!"
Then, Sigmund I asked again:
"What do you think is the name of the child? John? Charlie? Louis?"
Annie laughed "poof":
"Haha, I heard Brother Marin say that these names are bad streets. Just call these names on the street and a group of people will answer you ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ I do n’t want my son ’s name to be so old-fashioned, and So many people have the same name! "
Sigmund I was a bit embarrassed, he was a nameless incompetent ...
"So what's your name?"
"How about calling Marin? Marin is the male name of my mother Mary. Moreover, my brother is a great hero. My son will learn from my brother and become a great hero in the future!" Anne did not know that his great hero My elder brother has "caused something". This is the reason that Siegmont I deliberately blocked the news in order to prevent Anne in pregnancy from being too sad and affecting her body after hearing the bad news, affecting the child in pregnancy.
However, fortunately, Sigmund I did not have too many taboos. Seeing his wife like it, and Marin can indeed be called a hero. So he recognized:
"Okay, my son is called Marin! My son, Crown Prince of Poland and Lithuania, will be called Marin in the future!"
Early the next morning, Sigmund I summoned the ministers to announce the birth of Prince Marin, and at the same time announced Prince Marin as his heir. However, whether Prince Marin will eventually become king of Poland will require election confirmation by the Polish Noble House. This is how the **** king selection system is stipulated. Therefore, Sigmund I can only claim that Prince Marin is his heir, and cannot publicly declare him to be the crown prince of Poland ...
Of course, the Polish nobles ca n’t choose randomly, they can only elect inside the royal court of Jagelon. Otherwise, it will be messy. This is also the difference between Poland and Germany-the election of the German emperor is a random election, and those with strength can go on. The election of Polish kings is based on bloodline, with royal bloodline first. Unless the royal family is heir, he will choose another one. Usually the son of the king is the candidate, but if you offend the nobles too hard, it is easy to lose. This provision is also to protect the interests of the nobility and avoid the appearance of a king who hates the nobility ...
