Chapter 368: Grain-for-ship program
A few days later, Marin received Jeffrey ’s report in Rome. To be honest, Marin's time in Rome, the intelligence department, in order to let the intelligence appear in Marin's hands in time, is also very expensive. Only the horses that passed the message ran to a dozen dead. In addition, more than 30 horses have injured their bodies and need long-term recovery.
However, Marin had no choice. Compared with the war in West Friesland, it was acceptable to die dozens of horses. However, if Marin's idea is known to future animal protection associations, he must come to him. Of course, Marin also despises those of the Animal Protection Association. No one is well protected, but actually thinking about protecting animals. Don't think about it, stand on the side of beasts. Obviously, these animal protectors either have their brains broken, or they cultivate animals into fine humans ... Of course, it is reasonable to protect rare animals like pandas. Otherwise, the world's species are too monotonous.
After receiving the report from Saqqara that Jeffrey forwarded, Marin felt that Saqqara's concerns were very reasonable. Henry VII was not an incompetent, and now he cannot control the situation because he was caught off guard. Once the situation has stabilized, Henry VII will definitely regain control of the northern region, especially the major northern towns like Newcastle.
Therefore, Saqqara is worried that after the autumn harvest this year, England will send people to take over the North, which is indeed a big problem. Therefore, Sakara ’s proposal to increase the number of manned ships is very relevant and timely. If it were n’t for Saqqara ’s reminder, Marin almost forgot about the problem of insufficient transport capacity for immigrants.
However, the other half of the 30 commercial ships of the shipping company also have their own transportation tasks, and it is impossible to take all of them to transport immigrants. Therefore, to solve the problem, there is only one way-buy a boat.
Shipbuilding was too late, and the immigrants were anxious to be transported away. Therefore, the quickest way is to buy a boat. As for putting Marin's warships into the transportation of immigrants, naturally, it will not work. Because the shape of Marin's warship is very different from that of other European countries. Once the warships are used, England can quickly infer who is causing the trouble.
Therefore, in order to cover the origin, Marin can only buy some of the most popular sailboats in Europe. For example, the Kirk sailboat popular in the northern coastal area of Europe, and the Clark sailboat and Caravel sailboat popular in the southern Europe ...
After thinking over and over again, Marin decided to send a commercial team to travel to Hamburg, Lübeck and other Hanseatic League regions, the English coastal region, the French coastal region, the Portuguese coastal region and the Spanish coastal region, and spend 100 dollars to buy 100 displacement Large commercial ships of more than 200 tons (this is a big ship in this era).
With 130 commercial ships with a displacement of more than 200 tons, then one or two thousand people can be transported in one transportation. In this way, we can guarantee that tens of thousands of people will be evacuated before they are received this autumn. After all, to Cape Breton Island, you can run back and forth in more than three months.
However, in view of the fact that each commercial ship of more than 200 tons has a market price of up to two or three thousand gold coins, hundreds of ships require two or three hundred thousand gold coins. Therefore, the existing funds in the East Frisian treasury are also insufficient. It's not that you can't get it out, but after you take it out, other departments don't want to have cash.
To this end, Marin can only offer the old trick-selling food ...
One gold coin is equivalent to 60 Finney, which can be exchanged for 60 pounds of rye in Germany. In other words, 60 pounds of rye can be exchanged for a gold coin. If it is calculated on the basis of 300,000 gold coins, it is only 18 million pounds of rye. And Marin ’s granary has more than 1 billion pounds of rye stored, and it ’s stressful to put out 18 million pounds?
Moreover, the price of these rye in Germany is 1 fenny per pound, and if they can be shipped to England and France, the price will increase a lot. Especially in England, food prices have risen sharply in the northern counties this year. The extra rye is sold and sold at a premium.
A new ship with a displacement of two or three hundred tons is worth no more than 3,000 gold coins. As long as 180,000 pounds of rye is exchanged, it is estimated that the British and Spaniards will still feel that they have taken advantage of it. Of course, Marin will not be so stupid, not considering the regional price difference of rye. Therefore, he arranged a professional negotiating team to be responsible for selling grain or directly swapping grain for ships.
As long as the ship is in place, tens of thousands of refugees on Newcastle's side can be shipped in a few trips. With tens of thousands of refugees going to Cape Breton Island, this large island of 10,000 square kilometers will surely usher in a wave of development.
Of course, in fact, Cape Breton Island is just a transit point, and what Marin really wants to develop is New York and nearby areas. Because Cape Breton Island is affected by the cold Labrador north of nearby Newfoundland, the climate is a bit cold. On Cape Breton Island, only hardy crops such as rye and oats can be grown. Alternatively, sheep can be released. If you want to do something else, such as planting wheat or something, it is impossible.
New York, which is not far from Cape Breton Island, is basically unaffected by the cold current of Labrador, which is warm except for winter. At least, crops such as wheat and grapes can be grown. In later generations, Columbus Island in the twin islands, called Martha's Vineyard, was a very good holiday resort.
As long as tens of thousands of people are transported to New York, Marin will be able to reclaim millions of acres of land in New York for growing high-value crops such as wheat and soybeans. As for the problem of large water requirements for wheat irrigation, it is not a problem at all. Because, Da Vinci has successfully developed the Watt steam engine. Marin in Europe does not intend to disclose the steam engine for the time being, but North America is so remote, Marin can safely promote the use of steam engine-driven pumps in New York to speed up irrigation.
Moreover, it is convenient to use the steam engine over there. Not to mention, the coal produced at Cape Breton Island happens to be used as fuel for steam engines. What's more, the Appalachian Mountains, not far west of New York, contain extremely rich coal resources. Pittsburgh, a famous steel center in later generations, became a famous steel capital relying on the rich coal resources of the Appalachian Mountains and high-quality iron ore from the Great Lakes region.
And Marin ’s colonial route was also very clear-first landed in New York to gain a foothold, and then expanded westwards and pounced on Pittsburgh to master the coal fields in the Appalachian Mountains. Then, continue to expand into the Great Lakes region and capture high-grade super large iron ore in Minnesota and Michigan ...
Marin believes that in this world, the country where industry can quickly rise, whether it is the United Kingdom, Germany, or the United States and China, they all have one thing in common-they have rich coal and iron resources.
Therefore, once the industrial revolution is launched, Britain can rise rapidly, Germany can rise rapidly, the United States can rise rapidly, and China can also rise rapidly. And if there is no energy, it will be harder ...
The hard-working representative is France ... In the 19th century, when the Britons started a vigorous industrial revolution, the French had no coal but only one iron ore resource. But iron ore is useless, and coal is king. Iron ore can be imported, and coal consumption is so large, if all depends on import ...
Therefore, the iron and steel center is generally built near the coal production site or the seaside where shipping is convenient, but it is not built near the iron mine.
The French did not have coal, so when the British vigorously developed industry, they could only work hard to create a "loan empire" that could not compete with Britain.
After Germany completed the industrial revolution, relying on the coal in the Ruhr area, it quickly grew into a monster that could beat France, and even the United Kingdom was a little afraid ... Then, Germany was too wasteful to see France occupying the Lorraine iron mine , Just grabbed it ...
The United States is also ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Why is Northeast America the most developed? Because there are huge coal fields in the Appalachian Mountains in the northeast and super iron mines in the Great Lakes ... So after full effort, the United States effortlessly pulled Britain from the economic throne and became a fighter among the local tyrants ... …
The same is true for Huaxia. Once the turmoil is over, immediately relying on the daily life of Xishan, industry rises rapidly, striving to catch up with Europe and the United States ...
If you do n’t own a large amount of coal, would you like to rise up? Although the city has caused serious air pollution, it is undeniable that the country has developed ...
In addition, I have to mention an ancient man—Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang. If it were not for him to dig the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Xishan coal field could not be smoothly transported to the south to provide thermal coal to the southeast coast. As long as you stand on the side of the Grand Canal, you will find-many tugs towing a few or a dozen barges. Inside the barge, either coal or lime or sand for construction.
In other words, the great development of China's modern economy, and the death of Lao Yang, who has died for many years, also make a great contribution ...
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Therefore, Marin attaches great importance to the tens of thousands of English immigrants to New York. There are tens of thousands of people together, and it is bound to be soon. Just stand firm. Greedy nature, coupled with Marin's guidance, will allow them to expand westward.
Therefore, the plan to exchange grain for commercial migrants must be implemented as soon as possible. In this way, the speed of immigration can be accelerated, and Marin can also control the area near New York more quickly.
Of course, for these Englishmen, Marin is not so relieved. No, Marin wrote to Bishop Taylor and asked him to send dozens of Frisian priest students who graduated from "Fooling" (you can communicate with English in Frisian) to open more churches in New York. Every week, brainwashing education is given to those immigrants in England, so that they all become Marlin's brain fan and diehard ...
