Chapter 1826: Help the Ming Dynasty repair the fort

However, on the Pacific Ocean, from east to west, the speed is fast, and from west to east, you must first go around the dimension near Japan. Then you can take the wind to the east.

Therefore, Marin was temporarily unable to receive Kong Tai's report. No way, there was no transoceanic radiotelegraphy in this era, and Marin could only wait a few months before making a decision.

But with Marin's character, he certainly won't let this business go. You know, in an era when there are no other ocean-going fishing boats on the ocean, Marin's shark catching team may be the only one dedicated to shark catching.

In the North Sea, which is extremely rich in fishery resources, and Newfoundland fishing grounds where fishery resources are more abundant, sharks are almost as much as cattle hair. As long as you order to build a few more professional shark catchers equipped with thickened trawls with winches, it is not too convenient to catch sharks.

If 10,000 sharks were caught, peeled off, and sent to the Ming Dynasty, tens of thousands of silver would be exchanged. Moreover, it is very popular. After all, Daming has so many greedy officers with Yan Ling swords and huge market demand.

Of course, a fool would just use shark skin to sell directly. The best way is to use shark skin to replace the most demanding silk and porcelain. Then, ship back to Europe to sell big prices! This time around, if there are 10,000 shark skins, not only sell 10,000 two silver, but also earn tens of thousands of silver or more!

The most important thing is that this thing is obviously in short supply!

In addition, Marin is actually preparing to send someone to find the legendary Hawaiian Islands. When the time comes, find Honolulu on the southeast side of Oahu, and you can also cut down the sandalwood of Manshan at will.

You know, in the Ming Dynasty, sandalwood is also very valuable, worth more than half a ounce of silver. And in Honolulu, when later generations found it, there were sandalwood trees all over the mountains, and it was easy to collect.

Moreover, Honolulu in later generations is also an important whaling and fishing base, and it is entirely possible to set up a shark catching team again to catch sharks while cutting down sandalwood. Then, sell the shark skin and shark fins to Daming ...

In fact, Marin is now preparing to sell shark fin to Daming in large quantities. But now, it seems that Daming has not formed a wave of eating shark fins. On the contrary, it was sharkskin, which was processed into treasures in the Song Dynasty. Don't look at the shark skin is very rough, but if processed properly, firepower is sufficient, can also be made into high-grade delicious.

But the Song Dynasty is different from the Ming Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was very open and there were many fishing boats on the sea, so there was no shortage of shark products. The Ming Dynasty did not end the sea ban until the Longqing Dynasty. Now shark products are still a rare thing.

According to historical records, from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, people noticed shark fins (that is, shark fins) and tried to process them into delicious delicacies. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that shark fins became popular and became one of the "Hai Bazhen". Because of its scarcity, it ranks very high.

That is to say, at the moment, Daming has got fewer sharks because of the sea ban. Not only are shark skins scarce, but the value of shark fins has not yet been fully discovered.

Therefore, Marin intends to first send people to the three North Sea countries of Quanzhou, Ningbo, and Fuzhou to open ports and open restaurants, with shark fin as the signature dish. Make a name first, and then seek to list shark fin as a tribute ...

Wait until the shark fins come up, and then vigorously publicize ... Then, do n’t worry about selling shark fins at high prices in Daming ...

As for the bear paws of the bears that are abundant in North America ... This thing does not need to be promoted, because Mencius and his elders in the ancient Chinese Warring States period have long said that "fish and bear paws can't have both". Therefore, bear paws can be sold directly in Daming. However, now the North American side is studying how to preserve the bear paw and maintain its flavor. After all, it takes at least half a year to transport the bear paw to Daming, and it must be properly preserved to pass through the hot areas of tropical seas to avoid the bear paw being damaged or losing its flavor. Once a proper preservation method is in place, it is time to start dumping bear paws to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, as long as someone is sent into the jungle with the mighty powers and steel ball bombs, you won't worry about hitting the bear! Even the hound can be trained to track the smell, and when the bear hibernates, find his hiding place, take advantage of his hibernation, and catch it alive ...

At this moment, a stunned wind blew through the North American jungle. Many bear paws that are hibernating suddenly feel cold ... Fortunately, they are hibernating, and they don't notice anything wrong ...

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Selling shark fins and bear paws or something has not officially started yet. As the spokesperson of Marin in the Far East, Kongtai, the governor of Dongfan Island, has now sent experts to build the fort, and came to the Humen area of ​​Guangzhou ’s estuary to guide Daming to build the first fort as a defense against the invasion of Portuguese warships. means……

In fact, there is already a stronghold for artillery in Europe. However, the fort specifically built for artillery has not yet officially appeared. Mainly because-there is no heavy artillery in various countries ...

The fort was set up specifically for the placement of heavy artillery. In this era, only Marin ’s Beihai State had a large number of heavy artillery and had the basis for repairing the fort. In Europe, the current mainstream of naval guns is nothing more than a 12-pound gun. Even, the 12-pound gun is the main gun of the battleship, which is relatively rare. At this time, the most mainstream artillery on the Portuguese battleship is actually the Fran machine gun, which is a small two- or three-pound rear gun. And the Ming Dynasty, also a technique stolen from the Portuguese warship, learned to cast Fran machine guns ...

Europe has really begun to popularize fortifications to protect ports, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to build them until heavy guns such as the Hongyi Cannon have appeared and been promoted.

Then, in the 17th century, Portugal captured the technique of building forts in Macau. On the Chinese side, it was not until the Qing Dynasty, or even in the middle and late periods, that a large number of forts such as the Dagu Fort were set up to ensure the safety of the capital. Even the famous Humen Fort was expanded after Lin Zexu's "Humen Smoke", which was mainly used to prevent retaliation from the British. Later, these batches of turrets actually resisted the British warships, forcing the British warships to seek opportunities along the coast.

Humen Fort is so famous, of course, Marin studied history. He found that the place where the Weiyuan Fort of Humen Fort was located was probably one of the narrowest sections of the Pearl River Estuary. Setting up the fortress again, it is easy to guard the Pearl River estuary and block the entry and exit of enemy ships.

Moreover, in the middle of the river facing the fortress of Weiyuan, there are two small islands with upper and lower rails, which divide the Pearl River Estuary about 4.6 kilometers into two.

What a coincidence ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ The 12-pound Napoleon cannon cast by Marin Jin's casting method, using the granular powder made of rice soup, has an effective range of about 1911 meters. Although the purity of the Ming Dynasty gunpowder was not enough, it had an effective range of about 1800 meters.

With such a range, if you want to protect the Pearl River Estuary, set up a fort in each of the later generation Weiyuan Fort and Jiuwang Temple Village across the river ...

Finally, the river is 4.6 kilometers wide. If it is elsewhere, it may be easy to miss enemy ships walking in the middle of the river. Because, the middle of this section of the river channel is the upper rung island and the lower rung island.

If you do n’t want the warship to go aground, you ca n’t walk between the two islands in the middle of the channel. In this way, whether it is to avoid the upper and lower crossbars to the west, or to avoid the upper and lower crossbars to the east, it will fall within the range of a 12-pound gun.

Therefore, Marin secretly conferred on Kongtai and asked him to send Hadover, the craftsman who built the Keelung fort, to Guangzhou, and instructed the Ming army to build a fort at the place of the fort of Weiyuan and Jiuwangmiao Village across the river. Deploying a 12-pound Napoleonic gun is enough to attack and block the Portuguese warships mainly equipped with small Franco guns.

At this time, Dhaka, who had just left the port of Malacca, did not know. In the future, he will face a comprehensive blockade of the two fortresses at the Pearl River Estuary ...