Chapter 2090: The Emirate of Lapland and the Frozen Throne
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Ever since he remembered that he was the chief chief of the Rapp people, Marin began planning to actually control the Murmansk region. Then, his brain started running at high speed, recalling a lot of information about the Murmansk region and the northern coast of Norway.
He first thought of the world-famous Kiruna iron mine in northern Sweden. For this reason, he even built several fishing ports along the northern coast of Norway, just to open up the passage to Kiruna.
However, looking through the report that Kohler helped him find, Marin found that in this era without large-scale construction machinery, it was too difficult to get through the Scandinavian mountains. In addition, Kiruna is embarrassing. Although the dimension is similar to Narvik, it is even lower than Narvik. The problem is that the Scandinavian mountains block many of the warm and humid air currents brought by the North Atlantic current, making Kiruna colder in winter than Narvik, which is slightly higher in dimension.
The mountain roads are rugged, and the land is frozen in winter, making construction difficult. Therefore, the expedition team said that it would take more than 20 years to get results if they want to successfully open up the road to Kiruna and transport the iron ore.
Marlin suddenly lost his temper-Nima, 20 years! I’m over 50, and God knows if I’m still there...
"Are you going to give up Kiruna's super iron mine?" Marin thought to himself. At the same time, I was very unwilling.
Then, he looked at the map of Northern Europe on the desktop, thinking about things. Suddenly, a picture jumped out—it was a map of Norway. On the map, the northernmost coastal area of Norway, not far from Murmansk, there is a small town called Kirkenes...
"Kirkenes? Why do you feel a little familiar..." Marin was puzzled, and continued to search the memory corner mode.
Finally, in the World War II module deep in his memory, he found information about "Kirkenes"—Petsamo-Kirkenes Battle!
"Well... this battle... seems to be for iron ore..."
Suddenly, a broken picture flashed in his mind-in order to compete for the high-quality iron ore in Kirkenes, Santoko sent an army to control the northern coast of Norway. At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union launched the Battle of Petsamo-Kirkenes here, and the Germans had as many as 53,000 defenders here...
"Fuck, 53,000 people! In this remote place in the Arctic Circle? There must be a big mine!" Marin stood up directly.
In his estimation, Kirkenes has either a large iron ore or what rare elements the iron ore contains, which is very important to the military industry. Otherwise, San Dezi will not waste more than 50,000 people stationed here!
Thinking about that map again, it seems that Kirkenes is a seaside port!
"Send! The iron ore is by the sea! Excellent!"
In this era of extremely inconvenient transportation, the transportation of minerals in inland areas is very costly. Moreover, whether it is Lorraine iron ore or Luxembourg iron ore, the quality of iron ore is very poor.
During World War II, the iron ore of Santoku was mainly high-quality and high-grade iron ore from Kiruna, Sweden. And Kirkenes can be stationed with more than 50,000 people, it must be a high-grade iron ore! However, the reserves are not estimated to be large, otherwise, it is impossible for later generations to be unfamous.
But Marlin's demand is not large. After all, it has not yet entered the era of machine industry, and there is not much demand for steel every year. Moreover, the demand is calculated in tons. Unlike later generations, they are counted in 10,000 tons. Even if the iron ore has only been developed by San Dezi for a few years, Marin estimates that there is still an annual output of hundreds of thousands of tons or even millions of tons.
For now, Marin just needs a buffer for this iron ore. He won't give up on getting through Kiruna, but that can take his time. However, Kirkenes, the iron ore, can come in handy as long as someone is sent there.
Moreover, it's by the sea there, which is convenient for transportation. And because of the influence of the warm North Atlantic current, although it is in the Arctic Circle, it doesn't freeze all year round.
However, this era is a bit colder than later generations. According to previous reports by the Lapp people, it looks like the northern coastline may be partially frozen in January, the coldest month of winter.
But it doesn't matter, why? Because winter in the Arctic Circle is also a polar night, that is, it is night all day long, without day, it is impossible to work anyway.
Therefore, it is better to wait for the winter to pass, and then develop the local iron ore and engage in iron ore transportation.
"Well, that's it-Kirkenes will be developed next. Moreover, Kirkenes will become the capital of the Lapp region."
"Since it is in the cold Arctic Circle, I will build the Frozen Throne here!" Marin suddenly got up.
He remembered the Frozen Throne of Warcraft he had played in his previous life, so he decided to take Kirkenes as the capital and build a palace here and named it-The Frozen Throne. Well, you can also let the blacksmith use stainless steel to create a "Frostmourne"...
From now on, the capital of the Emirate of Lapland will be Kirkenes, and the palace will be the Frozen Throne... Then, the iconic weapon of the Chief of Lapland will be Frostmourne...
Isn't it a second grade? There are indeed elements of Secondary Two, but in fact, Marin has other considerations...
What are the considerations? Of course it is misleading others! If there is an emirate of Lapland rashly, other countries must be jealous. Marin originally planned to name him the Kingdom of Northrend in order to give himself an extra crown. But he gave up this idea. Without him, he was afraid that others would be jealous...
Therefore, he continued to use the usual name of Lapland and continued to call it the emirate of Lapland, and became the chief chief of the Lap people according to the respect of the Lap people.
The title chief is the contemptuous title that the self-proclaimed civilized Europeans are known for their barbarity and backwardness. Therefore, Malin has the title of chief, which will not arouse anyone's jealousy and hostility, but may be ridiculed.
But Marin is not afraid of being ridiculed, he only needs practical benefits. The high-quality iron ore that joined Kirkenes was developed, a little ridicule, it is not worth mentioning.
In addition, he has other considerations-annexing Murmansk region, and even considering going south to annex the later Karelia region!
Currently, these areas are too far north and extremely cold, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow does not control them. The Moscow Grand Duchy of Karelia controls parts of the south, but it doesn't care much. Because there is really no oil and water here.
However, this area is useful for Marin!
After controlling the Murmansk region and the Karelia region, the territory of Marin was directly bordered by the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Then, you can directly receive immigrants from Russia.
Although the Karelia and Murmansk regions are cold, there are still hundreds of days of frost-free periods in summer each year. At this time, you can take the opportunity to take the migrants from Russia to the seaside of Murmansk and ship them back to the North Sea country...
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In other words, Marin's plan is to establish an emirate of Lapland that encompasses the northern Arctic Circle in Norway and Sweden, as well as the Murmansk region and the Karelia region.
The significance of the existence of this emirate is to obtain population from the Russian region and to mine the iron ore resources of Kirkenes and Kiruna (in the future).
In addition to the Ross people, Marin also plans to attract some Finns from Finland! Finns are naturally the natives of Finland. Of course, Karelians are also a group of Finns.
In this era, the Finns seem to be in the era of tribes, divided into three tribal alliances-Suomi in the southwest, Hame in the central region, and Karelians in the southeast.
In later generations, these three ethnic groups merged and became Finns. However, many places in the southeast region where the Karelians are located are occupied by Tsarist Russia. The Karelians who stayed in Tsarist Russia formed the Karelians alone and did not integrate into the Finnish nation.
At present, the southwestern coastal and central regions are favored by the Swedes because of the good weather. Then, the cunning Swedes invaded this place under the pretext of "spreading Christianity" and gained the support of the Holy See. Only the Karelian territory in the east was not occupied because of the bad weather and the Swedes could not look down on it. Later, the Grand Duchy of Moscow occupied the territory of the Karelian southern region, and the region near Murmansk to the north did not look at...
Marin intends to learn from the shamelessness of the Swedes and to occupy Lapland in the name of "spreading Christianity". After all, Laplandians still believe in a miscellaneous religion such as All Souls. No one can oppose the missionary banner...
At present, there are probably thousands of Lap people in Lapland. Because of being in a bitter cold place, life is hard and population growth is slow. Until the 21st century, there were only seven to eighty thousand people in Lapu.
Marin's control of these areas will naturally bring a good life to the Lapp people. For example, by providing them with all kinds of living materials, teaching them how to use the kang, etc., in order to avoid winter, many Lapp people would freeze to death by themselves.
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A few days later, a shocking news came out of the North Sea State—the Grand Duke of the North Sea State, Marin, responded to the request of the Rapp people and obtained the consent of the Holy See. UU read www.uukanshu. com decided to establish a Lapland emirate dominated by Lap people in the cold Arctic region, and became a great chief. At the same time, Marin decided to build an ice and snow fortress in a place called Kirkenes in Lapland and named it the "Ice Throne" as the political center to rule Lapland. Moreover, Marin also plans to create a helmet called "Helmet of Domination" and a two-handed sword called "Frostmourne" as a symbol of power in the emirate of Lapland...
As for the establishment of the Emirate of Lapland? In addition to the request of the Rapp people, Marin also intends to spread Christianity among the Rapp people and turn all the Rapp people into Christians. And this is also the reason why the Holy See supported him in establishing the emirate of Lapland.
Everyone understands this very well. After all, Sweden also used missions as an excuse to annex Finns’ land. It's just that Sweden's annexation of Finland is envied by everyone, and Marin's annexation of a frosty northern land has caused everyone's ridicule. In this regard, Marin had already expected...
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