The Rise of the European Emperor

It is very simple to fire honeycomb stove, and it is also easy to make fire tongs. Making briquettes is also super simple. Marin asked people to use the original wooden mold and use the sand box casting method to cast hundreds of artificial briquettes presses in one go. Then, the production of briquettes became extremely simple. Moreover, fast and large quantities.

Because of the popularity of boiling soup, the honeycomb coal stove in Aurich City quickly became popular. Even, it has spread from aristocratic families to civilian families with good families. Next, it spread to other parts of the North Sea State.

Moreover, Marin is also preparing to start promoting the use of briquettes. Therefore, he asked the potters to burn thousands of briquette stoves in one go, and then started the free distribution...

First of all, it is naturally to be given to the Pope's father-in-law who is far away in Rome. Good thing, he must be considered first. Malinte sent a ship, installed hundreds of briquettes stoves, and loaded the ship full of briquettes, ready to be shipped to Rome. The cost of honeycomb coal is very low, but if it is transported by land, the cost will increase too much. Therefore, sea and land transportation is the cheapest.

However, it is estimated that it will take a long time to go around half of Europe from the port of Emden to the port near Rome. In short, it is estimated that His Excellency the Pope will use honeycomb coal for at least a month.

Then, His Majesty the Emperor Maximilian I must also send it. Although the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire had no real power, he was nominally the highest secular monarch in Germany, and he still had to be respected on the surface. What's more, Maximilian I was still Marin's benefactor. Therefore, giving a set to the emperor is also the right thing to do.

However, it is much more difficult to send the briquette stove and briquette to Austria. After all, there are many mountain roads to go to Austria. Therefore, Marin did not transport much. Otherwise, the land freight is too high.

In the future, even if His Majesty the Emperor wanted to use a briquette stove, he had to transport it through the mountain roads in southern Germany, and the cost was not low. Therefore, the sales of briquettes in Austria are doomed to fail.

The netherlands Ghent, where His Majesty's son, Crown Prince Philip, lives, is a good place, with developed water transportation, and a large amount of briquettes can be transported there at any time. This time, Marin also sent a batch.

Of course, Marin doesn't care how much briquette Prince Philip can consume, but cares about the consumption capacity of the Netherlands. There are many wealthy businessmen in the Netherlands, and they are all good potential consumers. For example, in Flanders, although the woolen industry has been hit, it has not collapsed. Therefore, the income of people there is much higher than that in other places, and their potential spending power is also stronger. Marin sent the briquette stove to Prince Philip to set an example for the Dutch nobles and wealthy businessmen to attract them to buy and use briquettes.

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And when it was sent to the newly promoted in-law, Duke John II of Cleaver, John II's face really collapsed...

He is not a fool, as soon as the envoy sent by Marin explained the usefulness of the briquette stove, he knew that he had suffered a big loss. You know, there are many coal mines in the northern part of the Ruhr River in the northern part of Marin's Mark County.

However, he thought about it again—it seems that he didn't look down on those coal mines before, and those coal mines were not under his control...Of course, he has to collect taxes on the trade of coal mines, and the tax rate is one per Chartron. The coal tax is 2 pfennigs, which is not too much.

However, after all, he still has an uncomfortable feeling of "suffering a big loss". Because, from the messenger's introduction, he could see that the briquettes must be on fire in the future. The briquette fire will inevitably lead to a sharp increase in coal mining. Even if he doesn't have a coal mine in his hand, but with taxes, he can still get a large amount of taxes...

Of course, Marin is a kind person and will not let him suffer too much. No, the envoy sent by Marin immediately made a suggestion as compensation for the concealment of John II...

The envoy proposed that the Lamarck family of John II could be the general sales agent for the briquette in the Duchy of Cliff, the Lower Geddes region, the Duchy of Jülich and the Duchy of Berg under the control of the Lamarck family. At a low price of 3 shillings per 1,500 briquettes, Marin will

Supplied in large quantities to John II. Then, John II could sell it for a high price of more than 5 shillings. In this way, John II can obtain a high profit of 40% by acting as an agent for the sales of briquettes, which is much more than tax collection...

Immediately, with the huge benefits in mind, John II didn't say anything. On Marin's side, because the cost of digging coal is very low, making briquettes is also simple, and there is no loss. At most, it gave up a lot of benefits.

Moreover, the sale of briquettes in various princely states does require the cooperation of these princes. Otherwise, it will be difficult to open the market. Therefore, no matter which vassal country you sell honeycomb coal to, it is inevitable to give profits to the local vassals. At most, the interest rate given to the general princes is much lower than that given to John II, Duke of Clifford...

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With Marin making a lot of profits, John II became enthusiastic about the promotion of briquettes. After all, he made a profit of 2 shillings for every 1,500 briquettes sold. How could he not be happy with such a good thing?

The profit margin that Marin gave him was also very high, which was equivalent to only giving him 60% of the market price in wholesale. And for other princes, the minimum must be 80% of the market price...

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While Marin was busy promoting briquette stoves, a news came from the south—a large-scale peasant uprising broke out in the southern Principality of Württemberg...

In fact, peasant uprisings in the Duchy of Württemberg were nothing new. Because, starting from the "Hussite War" that broke out in the early 15th century, the German region has experienced many peasant uprisings. For example, in 1476, a peasant uprising broke out in Franconia in Franconia. However, because of the leak, the leader "Hans the Trumpeter" was arrested before the tens of thousands of peasant uprising started. Although a large uprising of 16,000 people broke out later, because the leader was arrested in advance, the peasants were leaderless, so they were naturally defeated by the nobles.

Then, a peasant uprising broke out in Carinthia in 1478; a peasant uprising broke out in Argoy in 1492; a peasant uprising broke out in Alsace in 1493; a peasant uprising broke out in Speyer in 1502...

These uprisings all broke out in southern Germany, and most of them were launched in the name of "Shoe Fair". The so-called "shoe society" is actually an organization similar to the Tiandi Society in the Qing Dynasty.

Just last year, that is, in 1513, in the Breisgau area, there was a peasant uprising of the "Shoe Fair" with thousands of people.

Breischgau is next to the canton of Zurich in northeastern Switzerland and belongs to the Swabian League. It was ruled by several lords attached to the Habsburg family.

Originally, in history, the local nobles were unable to cope with this peasant uprising, and it was the neighboring canton of Zurich that dispatched Swiss mercenaries to help suppress it. And in this time and space, the canton of Zurich has been occupied by the Habsburg family. Naturally, the lords of Breischgau did not need to ask for help from Swiss mercenaries, but directly asked for help from the Habsburg family. Then, Frundsberg randomly sent 3,000 people to suppress the uprising. Moreover, 5,000 uprising peasants were captured. As for the leader, hundreds of people were hanged by the Habsburgs...

But unexpectedly, the peasant uprising in Breisgau had just been suppressed, and the neighboring Duchy of Württemberg to the northeast of Breisgau also broke out the "Poor Conrad" peasant uprising.

Historically, only about 3,000 to 5,000 peasants participated in this uprising. However, due to the appearance and intervention of Marin, a large number of mountain people in the mountains of the Principality of Württemberg were recruited by Marin. As a result, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, who was desperate for extravagance, could only allocate more heavy taxes to the peasants of Württemberg. Then, the oppressed peasants were naturally dissatisfied. This peasant uprising, originally attended by a maximum of 5,000 people, reached more than 8,000 people...

When the news came, 8,000 Wurttemberg farmers had surrounded the city of Stuttgart...

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