Chapter 578: Not much saltpetre in India
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A few days later, at the dock of Emden, Marin had been looking at the sea with binoculars. According to intelligence, Amerigo's fleet should have arrived today.
After waiting for several hours, Marin's telescope only showed the top of a sail. Then, the entire sail, from bottom to bottom, slowly appeared in Marin's sight. Then, the second ship, the third ship ... until 10 ships appeared in Marin's telescope tube ...
"It's back, Grand Duke, they're back!" Everyone around was excited and started cheering. Marin was also very excited, but pretended to be reserved. After all, he is now the Grand Duke, so he must pay attention to the impact.
Actually, Marin does not value the significance of this voyage. Even Americo completed the voyage with no credit. Because this is the route that Columbus has discovered and has nothing to do with Amerigo. Moreover, the status of the two has now been pulled apart. Columbus is a baron, or two baron titles. And Americano, just a hereditary jazz, is a big difference.
Of course, Marin promised to look for Daming's route next time and let Amerigo lead the team. As long as this achievement is completed, Amerigo is also eligible to promote the baron. The fact that I went to India this time was actually because of America ’s longing for India, which had nothing to do with meritorious service. After all, in the eyes of Europeans, India is a mysterious and prosperous place. As a navigator full of adventure, it is absolutely unrealistic for Americano to say that he would not yearn for India.
However, this is the third time Marin's fleet has gone to India. Therefore, Marin had no feeling about running the Indian route.
The reason why Marin came to the port of Emden to meet Amerigo is actually for the saltpeter that Americo bought from India ...
Before, Marin asked Amerigo to buy 600 tons of saltpetre in India. With this 600 tons of saltpeter, Marin can shake immediately, even if he singles out all the German princes, he is confident to be undefeated.
And, another very important use is in the English battlefield ...
Specifically, Marin intends to send a fleet to fight against the English fleet. At least, drive the English fleet away from the Irish Sea. In this way, Marin can send Edward's army, including Edward himself, to the mainland of England through the Irish Sea and directly participate in the war for the throne.
Regarding the number of warships, Marin certainly cannot catch up with England. After all, there are still many ships in the Five-Port Alliance. Therefore, Marin can only rely on the powerful firepower of the battleship to defeat the English fleet, thereby bringing Edward and his men to the English mainland.
Therefore, Marin needs the fleet to have sufficient firepower. Otherwise, half of the ammunition is gone, and it's done. Talking about the number of sailors, Marin is far inferior to England.
Previously, Marin asked Edward to go to Rome to file a complaint, both for reasons of finding a legal basis, or because of the saltpeter waiting for the Americano fleet. Only when Amerigo returned with hundreds of tons of saltpetre, did Marin have the confidence to dispatch the fleet to defeat the English fleet and send Edward's army across the sea to British Isles.
In general, Marin and others are not Amerigo, but the hundreds of tons of saltpeter ...
Of course, as an experienced politician, Malin Zui certainly won't say that. On the surface, he will warmly welcome the return of Amerigo, a look like "I am very optimistic about you" ...
It didn't take long for the American boat to dock. Americo first jumped off the deck and stood at the Long Bridge Pier. After reaching the land, Amerigo did not immediately go to Marin, but shouted:
"Ah, the land! The smooth ground! It's been a long time since I felt down to earth!"
Indeed, after a year and a half of turbulence in the sea, the crew missed the feeling of being down-to-earth. Although I landed in the port of Cadiz, it was just passing by. Now, returning to Emden Port, Amerigo and the sailors under him will usher in a long vacation to feel the comfort of life on land.
After the emotion was over, Amerigo ran to the side of the high platform where Marin was, and bent down to say hello to Marin:
"Ah, Dear Lord Duke, your most trusted captain, Amerigo, sends you my sincere greetings!"
But someone reminded next:
"Master Wesp, Master Marin is now Grand Duke!"
"Ah?" Amerigo suddenly stunned. When he left, Marin had just won the Principality of Schleswig. Earlier, Marin was only an earl.
"Is the identity of adults rising so fast? If I went out to sea again, wouldn't the adults become kings?" Said American stupidly.
Everyone around laughed in good faith, and everyone followed Marin. Many old people are watching Marin from the baron to the earl, then from the earl to the duke, until the present grand duke. And everyone's status has also risen with the water. Even if the title is not promoted, the benefits are indispensable. Therefore, as Marin developed, they also benefited.
As a matter of fact, the statistics of this battle have basically been completed. In a few days, the closing ceremony will be held. The Grand Duchy is very close to an independent sovereign kingdom. A large number of new aristocrats will appear in this award ceremony. And this time accompanied Marin, there are a lot of people who have won the war. Seeing that the promotion of the title is not a good prospect for financial rewards, everyone is actually happy.
After all the sailors had disembarked, Marin began to arrange port personnel to take over the ship. Many dock workers unloading cargo are also preparing to unload from the ship.
According to the rules, Marin gave an official speech to all sailors. However, the effect seems not very good. Except for the small number of captains and chief officers who wanted to enter, they pretended to listen carefully to the speech of the leaders. Other sailors were generally absent-minded. For these sailors, the most important thing now is to go home and reunite with their loved ones, and then go out to the waves ...
Marin probably also knew that his speech was not very popular. After a few minutes, he announced-allowing the sailors to go home and go to Las Vegas. In addition to buying the chips for gambling by yourself, all the money you found in Las Vegas was reimbursed. Of course, each person can only find one Mao Mei ...
After listening to the benefits Marin had given, the absent-minded sailors suddenly became excited, screaming and shouting long live. For these sailors who have been in the sea for a year and a half, it is too appetizing for them to go to Las Vegas to drink for free and find Mao. Even Amerigo gave birth to Las Vegas to relax.
However, after the sailors and captains were disbanded, Amerigo could not leave. He had to report the trade results to Marin together with Draka, who was in charge of trade matters ...
"What? Saltpetre is only 450 tons? Am I not asking for 600 tons?" Marin said dissatisfiedly after hearing the report.
Draka, who was in charge of trade, was also wronged. He defended:
"Adult, it's not that we don't want to buy a full 600 tons, but we are out of stock! In fact, I heard those Indian businessmen say that their annual supply of saltpetre there is actually only 100 tons. The first two times I went to India with Columbus. I have bought 330 tons of saltpeter. This time, I bought another 450 tons. Now, we can buy all the saltpeter available in Calicut and several surrounding Indian trading ports. Even the Spaniards want to buy saltpeter, I did n’t buy it ... "
"You mean, the annual output of saltpetre in India is only 100 tons?" Marin asked with a frown.
Draka nodded quickly, and Karikat was the largest foreign trade port in India at this time, most of the saltpetre used for foreign trade was collected here. It is not available in Calicut, and it is difficult to buy elsewhere. Even if they are available, they are all in small quantities.
After thinking for a while, Marin was relieved. Why? Suddenly he remembered that firearms in India were not popular enough at the moment. Now India is still in a period when the Sultanate of Delhi and many small countries are juxtaposed. The well-known Mughal Empire was not established until 1526.
At present, no country in India has a formed musketeer force. Even in Europe, where gunpowder levels are higher, few countries have established musketeers. In India, only bronze guns need gunpowder.
Therefore, when the market is not large, the Indians are not very active in producing saltpeter. It was not until the establishment of the Mughal Empire with a large number of musketeers that the Indians paid more attention to the production of saltpeter. After the 17th century, British talents could buy hundreds of tons of saltpetre in India every year.
Now, because the market is not large, Indians also pay less attention to the production and sales of saltpeter. Naturally, there is not much saltpeter that Marin can buy. Even, through three purchases, Marin bought all the saltpeter that the Indian Karikat merchants had stockpiled over the years. If you want it again, you have to pass it next year, but you can only buy another 100 tons. After all, now the production of saltpetre in India looks like ...
Marin patted his head ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ felt a headache ...
"It seems that I have to go to Daming and buy Chilean saltpetre ..."
During this period, the Ming Dynasty saltpeter is definitely not lacking. Of course, it does not mean that the scale of the North Korean firearms force is large (in fact, it is indeed relatively large, compared to other countries), but because-the Ming Dynasty people need a lot of saltpetre to make firecrackers ...
The reason is that he is so overbearing that the people of Daming need to fire artillery, so the demand for saltpeter is great. At the same time, the supply of saltpeter is also sufficient. In ancient times, there were saltpeter mines in Sichuan, Han, Northwest and Yungui. In the east, boiled soil is also popular. Therefore, the supply of saltpeter is sufficient. Moreover, the price is cheaper in India. Buying saltpetre from Daming is definitely more in India.
As for the huge saltpeter mine in the desert of northern Chile, let alone that. The only trouble is that the environment there is extremely harsh, plus extreme water shortages. If you want to let go of mining, the difficulty seems to be greater ...
Therefore, Marin now wants to let the navy open to fire, it seems that the conditions are not mature enough. However, these 450 tons of saltpeter are enough for Marin to fight two big battles ...
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