Chapter 229: Acquired Tala Lead-Zinc Mine

The reason why Marin sent the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to help Count Edward to seize Ireland was not out of good intentions, but out of political and interest needs.

Politically, Marin wants to establish a great enemy for King Henry VII and delay the pace of Britain's prosperity. In this way, the United Kingdom will not become a maritime power, and merchant ships entering and leaving the English Channel will not be threatened. After all, the cake for overseas colonization and maritime trade is so big that Marin alone is enough. But if you join a UK, it will be uncomfortable. Therefore, Marin is very happy to make Britain unhappy.

In terms of benefits, Marin has more benefits. The North Sea Chamber of Commerce followed the secret representative Van Goulei (the Dutch have many surnamed Fan ...) after Count Edward. After the Count Edward's army captured The King's direct territory (ThePale), he was pleasantly surprised to find that there are about 50,000 British here. Fine wool sheep. Counting the Flock of Kildare, it is estimated that there are more than 80,000 British fine wool sheep ...

The British fine wool sheep were brought by the British from the British Isles. As the king ’s direct territory (ThePale), she naturally grazed a lot. After all, British wool is so expensive, and there is no reason why the British royal family should not graze sheep of this economic value on their own territory. After all, for the British, wool exports or wool textile exports are also an important source of income.

There are so many British fine-wool sheep in the kingdom directly under the British king. As the favorite of Henry VII, Gerald, Earl of Kildare, was naturally envious. Therefore, after replacing The King to manage ThePale, he introduced tens of thousands of British fine-wool sheep to his earl territory.

Raising sheep is simple and requires less labor. Therefore, in the Kingdom of Kings and Kildare, the sheep industry has developed vigorously. The princes and states on other Irish islands, such as Ormond, Desmond, etc., breed a hybrid of local Irish sheep and British fine wool sheep. This is a breed formed by the cross between the British sheep brought by the Norman conqueror from England during the Norman invasion in the 12th century and the local Irish breed. The wool quality of this sheep is lower than that of British fine wool sheep. However, the wool quality is better than the coarse wool sheep on the European continent.

Of course, the quality of Irish sheep's wool is not as good as that of British fine wool sheep. It was only that King Henry VII restricted the export of British wool, which made the European wool market lack of top British wool, so that the Irish second-level wool can be marketed.

It is said that every May and June, when shearing wool, there will be many merchant ships coming to Dublin to acquire the top British wool in the Kingdom of Kings and Kildare.

As one of Kohler's close friends, Van Gore is very clear. At the beginning, his boss, Marin, spent a lot of effort in order to obtain thousands of British sheep. Because it was impossible to buy British fine wool sheep through formal channels, in desperation, Marin started secret smuggling like a drug of later generations, which cost a huge price. It took several years to smuggle from the UK to 1500. ewe.

Now, seeing that the King of Ireland and the Kingdom of Kildare on the island of Ireland, there are actually seven or eighty thousand British fine wool sheep, Van Gore immediately moved. So he proposed to Earl Edward-to buy 10,000 British fine wool sheep.

Earl Edward can also guess Van Gore ’s ideas, but he does not intend to refuse Van Gore ’s request. Because he can go to today, thanks to the strong support of Fan Gaolei's Beihai Chamber of Commerce. If it were not for the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to give him Cork City as a foothold, Count Edward is still under the fence of France. Moreover, it will be used as a cannon fodder to fortify the Calais fortress.

As an aristocrat who knows the story, Count Edward will naturally not refuse Van Gore ’s request. Of course, Van Gore did not let Earl Edward suffer, but used the market price to buy the 10,000 sheep. In this way, Earl Edward can also increase a large amount of income as military expenses against the British.

And after negotiating the business of British fine wool sheep, Van Gore mentioned the problem of Mount Tara in northwest Dublin ...

This question was mentioned when Marin sent people to suggest that Count Edward should attack Dublin, and had already agreed with Count Edward.

At that time, the two parties agreed that after King Edward captured the territory directly under King Edward, he sold the Tara Mountain and the surrounding area 40 kilometers northwest of Dublin to the North Sea Chamber of Commerce.

Now Van Gore is here to ask Earl Edward to honor his promise ...

"Mr. Fan Gaolei, can I ask, what is the purpose of Mr. Edison (the legendary North Sea Chamber of Commerce boss, Malin's pseudonym) buying Tara Mountain?"

Tara Mountain is a very special place. It is a hill in the east of Ireland at an altitude of only 155 meters. There is nothing special about it. Even, saying that he is a big slope, no one objected.

However, this is the capital of the Kingdom of Meath in the east and middle of the island of Ireland before the Norman invasion, and it is also a cultural center on the ancient island of Ireland and one of the birthplaces of ancient Irish culture.

After the Norman invasion from England, the invaders established Dublin by the sea, replacing Tara Hill and becoming the political center of eastern Ireland.

Therefore, Tara Mountain not only has lead and zinc mines, but also a monument.

Van Gore did not conceal the curiosity of Earl Edward:

"My host said that there is a lead mine below Tara Mountain. The European War is now using more and more muskets, and the demand for lead bullets is increasing. So, having a lead mine will definitely make money."

In fact, Van Gore did not lie. Because, his boss Kohler told him that. Moreover, even Kohler is not clear. In the so-called lead mine, there are actually zinc mines. Besides, in this era, people all over the world do not know what zinc is, except for the traversal of Marin.

As soon as he heard that it was lead mine, Count Edward suddenly lost interest. Originally, he thought that the Beihai Chamber of Commerce discovered the ancient treasure hidden in the Tara Mountain.

No wonder ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Tara Mountain was a sacred place in the Kingdom of Misi hundreds of years ago. It has long been a political center. Therefore, it is inevitable that there may be ancient treasures.

If there is really a treasure, Count Edward will also be excited, want to share a piece of soup. However, as soon as he heard that it was lead mine, Count Edward had little interest. He was an aristocrat, and he was not a businessman operating minerals. He is certainly not interested in lead ore. If the gold and silver mines, maybe it will make him interested.

In this way, the Beihai Chamber of Commerce used the friendly price of 10,000 gold coins to buy Tara Mountain and hundreds of square kilometers of surrounding land. Moreover, Earl Edward also allowed the Beihai Chamber of Commerce to build a road leading to the seaside to facilitate the transportation of ore. Moreover, this avenue will also be owned by the Beihai Chamber of Commerce, and locals have no right to set up cards to intercept it.

Once the Tara mine, which is the largest in Europe, is put into production, Marin will continuously obtain large amounts of lead and zinc. Lead is naturally used as a lead bullet, while zinc is used to make tinplate. Hmm ... it seems that it can also be used to make fake silver coins ...

The acquisition of Tara Mountain was also the main motivation for Marin to support Earl Edward's attack on the Kingdom of Kings. If Henry VII knew that Marin had fully supported his opponent Edward to attack the Kingdom of Kings (ThePale) and Kildare, because of an Irish hillside called Tara, he would still succeed The toilet ...