Chapter 233: Well done

On the island of Ireland, after Count Edward took control of the Kingdom of Kings and the Kingdom of Kildare, the expansion was suspended and the city defense was strengthened, waiting for the British counterattack.

Fan Gaolei, the representative of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce who had always been with Count Edward, also obtained a permit to go back to seek reinforcements. He boarded the French fleet and returned to his headquarters-Den Helder opposite Texel .

The North Sea Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce with Dutch characteristics established by Marin Jean Kohler. It is also declared to be the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. Therefore, Corrett built a branch in Den Helder, a fishing village opposite Texel Island. Fan Gaolei is one of the heads of this division.

After landing in Den Helder, Van Gore changed nightwear, left from behind the branch, and boarded the small fishing boat overnight, went to the port of Tehorenche opposite, and then boarded the boat to Emden ...

After arriving at the East Frisian port of Emden, Van Gore hurried to Aurich to report to Kohler. Kohler did not dare to neglect, knowing that this was a major event that Marin cared about, and directly brought Van Gore to Marin.

"What? You mean Tara Mountain won?" Marin was very happy, but it was the first lead-zinc mine in Europe. With that mine, the source of lead bullets in the military will not worry. Moreover, galvanized anti-corrosion tinplate can also be promoted in the future.

"Yes, adults, together with about 100 square kilometers of land around Tara Mountain, have got it." Under the influence of Marin, East Frisians are used to using modern measures such as kilometers and square kilometers.

"That's really great!"

"But, Master, Tara Mountain is just a very small earth mountain, and there seems to be no mine ..." Fan Gaolei was puzzled.

"Of course, if you can easily see it, it would have been mined." The lead-zinc mine in Tara Mountain is indeed very strange. He is not a mine on the surface. The mines on the surface were discovered by artisans.

The mine in Talashan is an underground mine. Only by digging a thick soil layer can the lead-zinc mine be discovered. This is why the Tala lead-zinc mine was not discovered until 1970. It seems that the thickness of the soil layer, up to 50 meters, is also very difficult to dig.

"So, sir, how do I explore this lead mine?"

"It's easy. I will give you a sum of money. You hire local civilians and dig down the ground along the Tara Mountain. At the same time, you take a group of artisans with experience in mining lead. Just dig the soil layer, If you see lead-zinc ore, then that's fine. "

A mine as big as the Tala Lead-Zinc Mine, as long as the surface soil is dug, it is still easy to find. Dig into the stone part, and let the old lead smelting artisans come to identify the stone.

"How many people are you hiring?"

"The more, the better. It ’s okay to hire the locals. Remember to find a steel factory to order a batch of shovels in the Eastern style, which are dedicated to digging and digging, which is convenient for locals to dig. Note that the digging depth is estimated at 50 meters ! "

"Ah? It's so deep? What if the water is stagnant?" Fan Gaolei is not someone who doesn't understand anything. He knew that deep mines were most afraid of stagnant water. Once water accumulates, mining becomes difficult.

"It doesn't matter, I'll find a way!" Marin didn't care about it. Because, he recently learned that the steam engine developed by Leonardo helped him seem to be ready for use.

The world's first batch of steam engines were used to pump coal mine shafts in Britain. As it happens, the single-cylinder steam engine developed by Ada still has some flaws. However, there is no problem for underground pumping.

Besides, it may not be so unlucky, and it will encounter underground seepage. After all, underground water also has underground underpasses, so it doesn't seep everywhere. Only when there is an unlucky encounter with an underground river will there be a lot of water seepage.

Moreover, lead-zinc mines are not coal mines. It is dangerous to dig deep in a coal mine and it is prone to gas explosion. However, the ore of lead-zinc mine is not a fuel, and it will not overflow gas. Therefore, there is nothing more dangerous than seepage underground. As long as there is a pump, everything is not a problem.

After the matter of the Talashan lead-zinc mine was properly arranged, Fan Gaolei told Malin Road:

"Adult, there is one more thing, please decide!"

"What's the matter?"

"This is the case. After his subordinates captured Count Edward and captured Dublin and Kildare, they found that there were a lot of British fine-wool sheep, with seven or eighty thousand ..."

"Ah? So much?" Marin was taken aback.

"Yes, my lord. My subordinates have inquired about it here. It is said that Henry VII ordered it to be imported from England and used exclusively for grazing in the Kingdom of Kings near Dublin. Because British wool is expensive, this British fine wool sheep is raised It ’s very profitable. In addition, the Earl of Kildare, which has been in power, has also introduced 20,000 or 30,000 heads in his country of Kildare. However, this time, it was all cheaper to Earl Edward. "

"This ... Van Gore, I need to import a lot of fine British sheep from there ..."

"Sir, my subordinates have already discussed with Earl Edward and plan to buy 10,000 British fine wool sheep from him!"

"Oh? Edward agreed?"

"Yes, he agreed. After all, all of his site in Cork, Ireland, was sent by us. The artillery was also sent by us. Without our support, how could he be today? Ask him to buy 10,000 sheep, Can we not give face? And, we also give money! "

"10,000 British fine wool sheep? Van Gore, it's a beautiful thing!" Marin jumped up excitedly.

In the past few years, Marin smuggled sheep from Britain. It took only a few thousand years to smuggle one or two thousand. Moreover, the cost of flowers is extremely high, almost ten times the normal price.

However, now that Edward has won Dublin, he can easily buy 10,000 British fine-wool sheep at the market price, and Marin feels profitable.

"Kohler, go to Necu to get 5000 gold coins and reward Van Gore!" The things were done right now, and Marin never gave it away.

"Sir, thank you!" Fan Gaolei was also pleasantly surprised. 5000 gold coins is definitely a huge sum of money.

"By the way, Fan Gaolei, when you buy the 10,000 sheep, you bring a group of professional herders to choose!"

"Pick?" Fan Gaolei was puzzled.

"Yes, pick! Your task is to choose young, healthy British fine-wool sheep. In addition, the ratio of rams to ewes, you listen well-1000 rams, 9000 ewes!"

"The proportion of ewes is so high?" Fan Gaolei was taken aback.

"Of course, I plan to breed British fine-wool sheep in large numbers. Naturally, a higher proportion of ewe is needed. Moreover, younger ewe can also have more births, which helps to expand the population! Remember, old sheep are not needed!"

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

"Okay, go!"

Van Gore made a salute and then left.

In fact, Marin defined British sheep as fine-wool sheep, which is not very accurate. According to the definition of later generations, British sheep are mainly semi-fine wool sheep. The real fine-wool sheep is currently only Merino. British sheep are mostly semi-fine wool sheep.

But even so, the wool quality of the semi-fine wool sheep in the UK is more than that of the coarse wool sheep of the European continent, and it is a precious raw material for wool spinning in this era.

As for the Merino sheep in Spain ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ but because it is only suitable for the climate of southern Europe, and the official strict restrictions on exports, it is difficult to promote to other parts of Europe.

But Marin knew that the merino sheep of later generations were actually selected from the finest ewes of various countries and crossed with merino rams. The quality of this hybrid sheep is slightly lower than that of pure merino sheep, but the quality is also very high, and it can barely be counted as fine wool.

And Marin bred semi-fine-haired British sheep with merino rams in order to obtain fine-wool sheep varieties that adapt to humid climates.

After thinking for a while, Marin sent people to call Van Gore back and told him to buy all ewe instead of one thousand rams and nine thousand ewes when he bought them. Then, these ewes will be sent to Western Sahara to find merino rams for breeding there.

However, in this way, those merino rams suffered. I hope that they will not die from fatigue ...

You know, there were only 100 pairs of merinos and 100 rams in Western Sahara. Although the population has expanded over the past two years, there are only more than 300 rams. More than 300 rams have to deal with 10,000 British ewes. On average, a ram has more than 30 girlfriends. Marin has imagined the picture of them dying to death ...