The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin didn't know how influential the sailor's martial arts tournament he created casually to show off his muscles would be. It's not that this sailor's martial arts tournament shocked the Quartet, but the way of the martial arts competition has caused countries to follow suit.

It is a very good idea to use a wide plank that swings like a swing to simulate the situation on a boat. Sammer, Hamburg's representative in Emden, immediately wrote back to China after watching the contest, requesting that this method be promoted and used in sailor training.

In the past, when there were no large swing boards, sailors generally used small boats for on-board fighting training in order to train for naval battles. However, it is difficult for small boats to simulate rough sea conditions. After all, when training, it is impossible for a small boat to go to the middle of the ocean for training. Moreover, when training for combat, losers are easily thrown into the water. If you really went to the middle of the sea with strong wind and waves to train, the sailors who fell into the water would be easily swept away by the wind and waves.

However, Marin used oversized swing boards to simulate the violent shaking of sea ships under strong winds and waves in the way of swings, which not only simulated the scene at a low cost. Moreover, the risk factor is very low. Because, during the contest, Marin laid thick hay under the swing boards. Even if you are knocked off the swing board, you will still fall on the haystack and will not be injured.

Of course, Summer is not the only one with discerning eyes. The representative of Lübeck in Emden also saw something, and wrote a letter back to China, suggesting that this method should be used to train sailors to fight on board.

In the North Sea country, Admiral Baron Kidd also went to Shumarin, requesting that this method be used to train sailors' combat skills in the future, as well as the adaptability of new sailors to the ship's shaking from side to side.

Even Baron Kidd expressed dissatisfaction with Marin's public way of training sailors. He was mainly worried that if the French learned this trick, naval battles would become fiercer in the future. After all, for France, what is most lacking are ships and sea training grounds. Now, with this simple training method that can train sailors' fighting ability on land, the French will not let it go. In the future, the French will surely be able to train a group of powerful sailors who can adapt to the shaking of the ship and are good at fighting on the deck of the ship.

For this, Marin did have some regrets. However, he didn't really care. After all, he let his subordinates develop the Pexan cannon. As long as that thing is produced, you can still fight on Mao's deck? After a few shots, the opponent's warship was sunk. Why do you want to fight with people on the deck?

Also, Marin is letting the shipyard in Long Island, New York, try to build a thousand-ton warship. The thousand-ton battleship is very tall, and the enemies on the small boat, even if they want to jump off the ship, they can't pick them up. Historically, the fighters of the Indian and Egyptian coalition forces in the Diu sea battle lost because of their small boats, they could not jump on the tall Portuguese ships, and they could not cut down their opponents. They could only be beaten slowly by the Portuguese warships with artillery. naval battle. The thousand-ton warship that Marin tried to build was much taller than the Portuguese warship several hundred tons smaller, with more artillery and thicker sides. Combined with the extremely powerful Pexan Cannon, it is absolutely invincible in naval battles.

Of course, whether it is a Pexan cannon or a thousand-ton warship, it is currently kept secret. In order to dispel Baron Kidd's doubts, Marin had no choice but to say that - in the future, the navy soldiers will be equipped with short guns with wind-up ignition to fight with the sailor's scimitar.

He has watched "Pirates of the Caribbean". Those pirates in the 17th century basically had one or two flintlock guns pinned to their waists in addition to the sailor's scimitar. Once you encounter a ruthless person who is difficult to deal with, you can also pull out a short gun from your waist and shoot.

Marin described to Baron Kidd the combat situation of the future North Sea sailors with a scimitar in one hand and a short gun with a clockwork in the other. Finally, Kidd, who was worried about losing his maritime advantage, was fooled away.

In fact, before the appearance of the heavy artillery of the giant ship, the tactic of the sailor's scimitar combined with the musket mentioned by Marin was indeed the mainstream naval warfare tactic. For example, the famous British Navy Admiral Nelson was killed by French sailors' muskets when he was fighting side by side with French warships in the Battle of Trafalgar.

After the appearance of the Pexan cannon, the wooden boat could not resist and was forced to withdraw from the stage of history.

Then, the armored ship was born. The so-called armored ship is to put a thick iron shell on the outside of the wooden ship to prevent the hull from being pierced by the 68-pound iron ball shells of the Pexan gun.

But after being put on the iron shell by the wooden boat, the sail could not be moved, and could only be pushed by a steam engine. Otherwise, this kind of heavy iron-clad armored ship can only slowly "snail crawl" on the sea...

And now, other countries obviously don't have steam engines. As long as Marin produces the Pexan cannon, he can sweep the navies of various countries and dominate the sea. Of course, it will definitely not dominate until the 19th century as it did in the original history. After all, he invented the steam engine, even if other countries couldn't, they would still steal the technology. Just like the French, they sent people to Venice to steal technology if they couldn't find a glass mirror.

Unless, Marin and Marin's descendants do not spread the steam engine technology. Otherwise, once it is put into civilian use, it will definitely be deprived of technology by other countries. So, it's just a matter of time. But before the steam engine technology leaked, Marin planned to establish a powerful country that included the British Isles and northern Germany. Of course, it also includes the vast America. When the technology of other countries catches up, the country of Marin's descendants has already gained a firm foothold. Once the land in the United States is developed in later generations, France's advantages in land and population will be lost immediately. Marin clearly remembers how the national power of the United States rose rapidly after the completion of the development of the central and eastern regions in the 19th century, and surpassed France and the United Kingdom one by one.

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Of course, that would take hundreds of years. After all, the biggest problem facing Marin now is the serious shortage of people. The entire German region, including Austria, has a population of only about 12 million. The population of France has been reduced from 15 million, which is simply crushed. As for Marin, there are only a pitiful 2 million in the territory. It is considered to be ranked among the princes of Germany, but compared with France, it is simply scum.

If Marin was the Kingdom of France at the beginning, with a population of 15 million, he could easily divide millions of people to later generations to cultivate a large area of ​​fertile land along the eastern coast of the United States. Moreover, France is closer to the east coast of the United States.

But now, even if Marin annexed England, it only increased the population by 3 million, which is still far less than the population of the Kingdom of France. Even the combined population of Germany and England is barely on par with France... So, there is still a long way to go to develop the east coast of the United States...

For the sake of population, Marin is crazy now. He ordered in the territory of the North Sea that any manor, once a woman becomes pregnant, will be properly taken care of. Not only can they take vacations, but during the vacations, they can receive the same wages as men. And if you usually work, the salary is only half of that of a man...

In addition, Marin also ordered the establishment of hospitals in various small towns. Among them, the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital is the focus. Every woman who is about to give birth can be sent to the obstetrics and gynecology department of the hospital for rest two or three months before giving birth, and will be taken care of by specialized nurses until the child is born. During this period, all expenses will be borne by the respective manors.

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In the office, Marin looked at the map of Europe, hugged his head and said depressedly:

"I lead the world in everything, but I lose in population..."

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