Chapter 1838: Pirate appears

Unknowingly, time is passing by quietly. The eventful autumn of 1515 has passed, and time has entered 1516. In January, the weather was still cold. But the nobles of Beihai did not feel any severe cold because they had a Kang fireplace at home and a down jacket when they went out.

After mastering the technology of making raincoats by dissolving carbon disulfide rubber, the problem of hair leakage in down jackets has also been solved. Apply a layer of rubber to the outer layer of the fabric that wraps the duck down, so that the fabric does not leak. Moreover, after being coated with rubber, it can not only protect against rain but also wind. After all, after being coated with rubber, the breathability of the fabric becomes poor, the cold wind cannot blow in, and it will not be frozen at all. However, there are also problems that the body's heat is difficult to dissipate. Therefore, wearing this down jacket will not only feel cold, but also often feel hot ...

As for the civilians, they must not be so well treated. After all, duck down is very expensive. Therefore, they generally can only wear straw grass to protect against cold. Even in the absence of quilts, the grass can only be covered with straw curtains to protect against cold.

But Savannah's cotton cultivation is getting larger and larger, and Marin estimates that a large amount of cotton can be supplied to the country next year. At that time, he intends to promote quilts and coats. As for cotton, it is not necessary to promote it in such a hurry. Anyway, linen and woolen cloth are now enough. If you are anxious to promote cotton cloth, it is easy to crack down on the enthusiasm of the people to raise sheep and plant linen.

Marin is not a pure colonialist, and will not care about people's life and death. People are good at raising sheep and planting linen. If you suddenly dump cotton cloth, it will definitely make many people bankrupt.

As for recruiting French victims, Marin is almost ready. The brick ship had passed Le Havre port several times, and the news should almost reach Paris.

However, on the French side, it seems that the execution is a bit poor. Until now, Baron Adare was considered bankrupt. It's also funny to say that Baron Adare has been in the casino for a long time, and he has a very good gambling and ability to see through scams. The first batch of Lao Qian sent by the Dharma King was actually recognized by the Baron Adair, and several Lao Qian were almost killed. If it hadn't been for the City Guards, they would have been prepared and could not save these bad luck. Later, Earl Duarte, who was in charge of this matter, was more cautious and selected a few people with a higher skill. After careful trial and error many times, he shot again, and finally barked Adare, slowly slowly Only the remaining property was deceived ...

Today, Baron Adare is also in desperation, and the lobbyists arranged by Count Durte are also persuading. However, the progress lags behind after all, making Francois I very depressed. Because, during this time, he allocated a lot of food to the victims, which made him feel distressed.

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At the end of January, good news came from Guantanamo, Cuba Island-the castle over there was basically completed. Outside the castle, tens of thousands of acres of sugar cane fields were also reclaimed, and sugar cane seedlings were planted in a hurry. In other words, it is now possible to invite the investigative mission of the Holy See to Cuba and Haiti to investigate the situation and go to the theatre.

However, along with the good news, there is also a very bad news-there are pirates robbing the North Sea transport ship on the Atlantic!

According to his report-a transport ship full of sugar and rice disappeared in the waters near the Azores. Later, the transport ship passing by found a broken mast and canvas floating on the sea. After being picked up, it was discovered that the mast seemed to be broken severely. The broken part is like being attacked by an iron ball shell ...

Marin frowned-near the Azores? Did the Portuguese do it?

This year, the great sailing of England has not yet emerged. Even John Capote, who was sent by Henry VII to explore the Indian route, was caught by Marin.

Then, apart from the North Sea countries, only Spain and Portugal are engaged in big sailing. But Spain and Marin have a good relationship because Marin saved the life of Juan III.

Only Portugal remembered that Marin discovered the Indian route and transferred it to Spain, so that they could not enjoy the huge profits of the Indian spices trade.

And this happened again near the Azores, which is also the territory of the Portuguese. Marin can be sure that there must be a Portuguese shadow behind this matter.

In fact, the route on the Azores is not the main route between the North Sea and the American colonies. This route was actually used by Marin to confuse Spain and Portugal.

When Columbus sailed the Americas, he went from the Cape Verde Islands to the west along the ocean currents, but returned to the north, passing the oval route near the Azores.

Later, when Marin operated the American colony, because of the opening of the North Atlantic route, it was actually not very useful there. However, Marin still sends several ships every year along the old Columbus route from the Canary Islands to the west near Cape Verde to the Americas. The return route is from Haiti to the northeast, after entering the westerly belt, all the way to the east, passing the vicinity of the Azores and passing through Lisbon.

This is nothing more than a blind eye, allowing Spain and Portugal to see that they are "disastrously operating" the islands of Cuba and Haiti, and the three currently open colonies of Grenada.

From time to time, some sucrose, rice, dried bananas and **** are also transported on board. After all, if there is no output, people do not believe it.

In fact, the other side of the North Atlantic route is the bulk of shipping. The number of ships over there is much more than that of Columbus's old route, and there are dozens of round trips a year. Unlike the south side, only a few trips a year.

However, this year's ship, which was only a few trips, was actually spotted, which made Marin very incomparable. You know, a 250-class merchant ship is also loaded with more than 100 tons of cargo. According to the report, the ship was loaded with 50 tons of sucrose and 60 tons of rice.

Not to mention rice, the 50 tons of sucrose (110,000 pounds) alone are worth 33,000 gold coins (one pound of sucrose is worth 1 shilling and 6 fenny, or 18 fenny).

This loss of Marin does n’t really care, but what he cares about is that the Portuguese will develop the habit of supporting pirates!

Originally ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ The same is true in England. After turning face to face with Catherine of Aragon in Spain, England officials directly supported pirates to rob the Spanish treasure ship. Once you grab a gold ship, you can turn it over. According to legend, at that time, Elizabeth I had robbed the Spanish gold ship by investing in a pirate ship, and received huge profits.

Because he tasted the sweetness, pirates later came out in England to rob the Spanish gold ship. Even the Spanish colonial stronghold Panama City was captured.

The best way to deal with this situation is to teach a master of the pirates behind the court of England. But by all means, the Spanish Invincible Fleet returned to England in 1588 and defeated. Then, the English pirates became more arrogant and reached their peak in the 17th century. And if the invincible fleet wins the expedition, then the situation will be different.

Marin is obviously aware of this problem too-this time the Portuguese have tasted the sweetness and they will have another next time. If the ambitions swell, those pirate ships might run to the American colonies to make trouble. Once this happens, you will discover the rich truth of the Americas ...

"Can't be like this, something must be done!" Marin patted the table fiercely and decided to break out again!