The Rise of the European Emperor

It should be pointed out that the cruiser that Marin refers to is not the kind of guided missile cruisers of the later generations that can easily reach the 10,000-ton class, but refers to the cruisers in the era of sailing.

Its status is almost equivalent to the frigates of later generations, which can also be called escorts. According to the division of the Royal Navy in the era of sailing, it should belong to the fifth and sixth tier ships. The tonnage of these two types of battleships is not large. When the mainstream is already a battleship of three or four thousand tons (such as the "Victory"), it is only 600~800 tons (five-tier ships) or 450~550 tons (sixth-tier ships). The maximum number of crew members is 250 (for a fifth-tier ship) or 180 (for a sixth-tier ship).

At present, the main battleship of Beihai Kingdom is actually the later frigate. For example, the reference target of Beihai Guo's 500-ton warship is the "Constitution" sail frigate of later generations. Don't look at the "Constitution" with a displacement of 2,200 tons, but its design pursues speed. It only has a double-layer artillery deck, and it is clearly a large frigate.

This kind of battleship that gave up firepower for the sake of speed was naturally regarded as a fifth- and sixth-class battleship after the 18th century. Because, the battleships with three-layer artillery decks have more than double the number of artillery pieces. But in this era, European warships were generally only more than 200 tons. Even under the premise that artillery warfare is not the mainstream, this 500-ton frigate has become the most powerful warship in Europe.

If 10,000 British sailors are recruited, 55 warships can be used to patrol the sea according to the specification of 180 people per ship. Such a huge fleet can now hang any country in Europe. The premise is that the gunpowder must be sufficient...

Because, if the entire fleet fires at the same time, the consumption of gunpowder is extremely staggering...

Fortunately, Marin has ordered the development of Chile's saltpeter. Once the output over there comes up, then Marin has the ability to fire infinitely...

At that time, 55 top gunboats will go out, not to mention the pirates, and it will be easy to rub against the sea powers such as Spain and Portugal at the door of the house.

Moreover, in the mainland of the North Sea, when the war broke out, Marin was able to recruit more than 20,000 sailors from the Frisian fishermen and German fishermen to participate in the war. But the problem is that it seems that the fishermen of Beihai Kingdom are usually busy with their own business, and only gather during wartime. If you don't train at ordinary times, you may be unfamiliar in wartime. At present, the Beihai Kingdom has only 15 500-ton warships that maintain its usual combat readiness for training. Other warships and armed merchant ships are usually either dissatisfied with their staff, or go out to pull goods (armed merchant ships).

It can be said that these 10,000 English sailors, Marin intends to be trained as a standing army, as a standing armed force to dominate the sea in the future. This idea of ​​building an army is already ahead of the whole of Europe. At present, except for the 15 warships of the North Sea, which are often used by power, other European countries are not often used by the navy.

For example, England, a maritime power, hides its soldiers among the people. Usually, the English navy only has officers standing,

No sailors. Moreover, those naval officers are usually in inland cities such as London. When the war is over, those officers will set off to the military port, temporarily recruit those large merchant ships, and gather more than 100 ships and a large number of small ships to participate in the naval battle.

Of course, because England encouraged merchant ships to loot French ships. Therefore, the sailors of the merchant ships usually do not lack the opportunity to practice combat, and they will not be useless.

But this premise is that the naval battle is still the mode of jumping boats and gangs slashing each other with knives. If it was upgraded to artillery warfare, those experienced sailors would be a little blinded. Because they don't usually have the conditions to practice firing guns on ships. After all, gunpowder is expensive, and gunpowder is so expensive. Those merchant ship owners would never let sailors practice firing guns casually.

But building a full-time professional navy is too expensive. Even if Marin is rich, he only intends to maintain a fleet of 100 warships to oppress European countries. As for the real sea battle, merchant ships must be mobilized.

But the Kirk sailboats that are popular in England are not very suitable for the new type of naval warfare. Therefore, the shipyard set up by Marin in Southampton not only builds 50-ton medium-sized fishing boats for loans, but also builds 250-class armed merchant ships. To the English seamen to acclimate their sailors to the new ships. After all, once the naval battle begins, they need to be recruited to participate in the naval battle...

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Marin built a large shipyard in Southampton and opened a fishing bank, which specialized in lending and selling salt on credit. At the same time, shipyards were established in the Port of Dover in the Five-Port Alliance of England, the Port of Plymouth in the west-southwest, the port of Bristol in the south-west, the port of Newcastle in the northeast, and Liverpool, which is still a coastal town in the northwest. and fishing banks to recruit enough English sailors.

Just as Marin was building shipyards and recruiting English sailors in full swing, Angela, who accompanied him to England, suddenly began to vomit.

Marlin was taken aback and brought Angela to London to find Doctor Matthew. A pulse, as he expected - Angela is pregnant again...

Angela cried with joy, since she gave birth to Caesar, she has not been pregnant again, it has been more than 10 years. She herself was desperate, but she did not expect that after the treatment of the imperial physician Liu En, she finally regained her ability to conceive.

So, Angela immediately urged to return to the country, so as to raise the baby carefully. This is a major event, and even if Marin has other matters, he has to give in in the face of this major event.

Then, 10 warships gathered in the Port of London again to escort the pregnant Angela back home. Marin also accompanied her and comforted Angela.

After returning to Aurich, Marin immediately found Liu En, a gynecologist expert, and asked him to take charge of Angela's luck. As for Liu En's treatment of Angela's infertility, Marin also gave him a reward - the Liu family was promoted to a hereditary knight and entered the ranks of hereditary nobles.

After being promoted to hereditary knight, Liu En was full of energy and fighting spirit even more vigorous. In order to ensure Angela's safety during pregnancy, Liu En not only often checked Angela's pulse, but also personally went out and trained several local midwives in Beihai.

After all, Liu En is a man, and it is impossible to have too much contact with Angela. Therefore, Liu En needed to send several midwives with medical skills to help take care of Angela. Their task is to observe whether the fetal position of the child in Angela's belly is correct. If it is not right, it is necessary to guide Angela to reset the fetal position through some special movements.

And Marin didn't stay idle either. He also began to try to recall some key points of the previous life's maternity to ensure the safety of Angela's delivery.

You know, in this day and age, a woman's life is a gamble to have children. If you are not careful, you will die. But in future generations, it seems that having a child is not very dangerous...

"Why is this?" Marin began to look for some fragmentary memories of his previous life...

At first, he thought of a caesarean section. This can indeed reduce the risk of childbirth, but the current medical level seems to be more dangerous with caesarean section...

Suddenly, the term "scissor cutting" popped up from the depths of Marin's memory...

This term seems to be seen by Marin inadvertently while watching a certain idol drama in his previous life, but he didn't pay attention at that time. Because this idol drama mainly tells about the various bloody plots between a few handsome doctors and bubbling beautiful female doctors and nurses. And the plot of obstetrics and gynecology delivery is just a side note. So, Marin also forgot after that.

It was only now that Marin recalled such a term from the depths of his memory. It seems that the lateral cut through vaginal delivery can expand the space for the baby to be born and reduce the risk of dystocia.

However, all this knife seems to be quite demanding. Because, after the side incision is cut, it is necessary to stop the bleeding in time, sew it up, and pay attention to disinfection. Otherwise, it will kill the mother. Therefore, this matter needs to be practiced and skilled before it can be used by Angela.

Fortunately, Angela is just pregnant now, and she is several months away from giving birth. Therefore, Marin has enough time for the doctor to try the natural side cutting technique...

And before trying it on humans, Marin intends to try it on animals now...the test is successful, and then try it on people...

Then, Imperial Physician Liu En and a group of midwives were sent to the ranch...

"What? Let me deliver the cows and sheep, and what kind of side-cut should I contact?" Liu En, who received the order, was stunned - this is too embarrassing, isn't it? The old man is the imperial doctor of the palace, who treats the nobles. You asked me to be a veterinarian... and also deliver the births of cows and ewes? Liu En was so angry that he almost scolded his mother on the spot.

Fortunately, Marin offered a high reward - 1,000 gold coins for successful experiments. At the same time, Liu En's second son, Liu Zan, was canonized as a hereditary knight (Liu En's hereditary knight is destined to be inherited by his eldest son, Liu Tai). For this generous reward, Liu En had to hold his nose to practice delivery for cattle and sheep...

But Marin knew that the effort was worth it. Because, once the natural birth lateral cutting test is successful, it will not only ensure Angela's production safety, but also serve the entire Beihai country.

Once the natural birth lateral cut is popularized, giving birth to a child will no longer be a door to hell for women. You must know that in this era, the mortality rate of women giving birth to children is as high as 30%, which is extremely terrifying. If the research on vaginal birth lateral incision is successful, many women will survive and continue to have children... If there is a Nobel Prize in medicine in this era, it is not an exaggeration to give the natural birth lateral surgery a Nobel Prize...