The Rise of the European Emperor

It's sad to say that, as a country boy in his previous life, Marin had never seen a steam engine, but he was very familiar with a walk-behind tractor. In his previous life, Ma's family had a 12-horsepower second-hand walking tractor, and Marin's father looked like a baby.

But also because it is a second-hand product, it has many faults and needs to be repaired frequently. It is very expensive for professionals and monks, so unless important parts need to be replaced, the old horse usually repairs it himself. And Marin often followed suit.

Therefore, as long as there are things like rubber oil pipes, transmission belts, and tires, Marin can completely replicate the walking tractor. As for the steam engine... Marin said that he has only seen the teaching model shown by the middle school physics teacher, and has never seen the real thing, let alone the boiler. At that time, the source of steam used by the physics teacher was the beaker and alcohol lamp borrowed from the chemistry teacher. A rubber hose is used to transport the steam...

Right now, Cuban rubber has begun to be produced and vulcanized. Given a little time, you can get out the fuel lines, drive belts, and tires. Moreover, the drive belt can be replaced by sisal rope, which is stronger than the rubber drive belt.

It's just that it's useless even if the walking tractor is copied. Because there is not enough diesel supply these days! Even if the walk-behind tractor is built, the current oil production is so "touching". The diesel that can be refined is probably enough for a walking tractor. In other words, Marin can only get a walk-behind tractor to enjoy himself at most. As for promotion? Let's drill a mass-produced oil well first...

The steam engine is different, this thing burns coal, and Marin, which occupies the Ruhr area, has the most indispensable thing is coal. However, Marin has never seen a real steam engine! Never dismantled the steam engine! Even when the teacher showed the model of the steam engine, he wouldn't let him touch it. You can only look at it, not touch it, and it's harder than girls. Therefore, Marin has only a theoretical impression of the steam engine. Without Da Vinci's help, he would not have been able to make a steam engine.

Therefore, Marin dislikes the "stupid and stupid" steam engine that is currently produced by Beihai and often fails. However, he also had to rely on this thing at the moment.

In fact, this stupid steam engine is still very useful for pumping water. The water pump made by Marin using the Archimedes screw principle, driven by the steam engine, can exert great power to irrigate the crops.

Of course, rye fields require less water. Therefore, there is no need for a steam engine to pump water at present. After all, the vitality of rye is as tenacious as weeds. What needs water the most is wheat. Therefore, steam engine pumping is still more useful in the American colonies. After all, there is only a large wheat field there.

However, on the local side, it is possible to engage in other applications, for example, in the textile industry...

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The application of the so-called textile industry is naturally the legendary first industrial revolution.

As a history graduate, Marin is naturally familiar with this industrial revolution that changed the world.

The earliest industry in the world is the textile industry. The beginning of the Industrial Revolution was the appearance of the spinning jenny. Of course, the weaving shuttle is also an important driving force.

It was the appearance of the spinning jenny with an eight-fold increase in efficiency and the flying shuttle with a two-fold increase in efficiency that stimulated the development of the British textile industry and made the world's first industrial power. Without the Industrial Revolution, Britain would not have become the world's strongest "empire on which the sun never sets" during the Victorian era. After all, industrial countries and agricultural countries are completely two concepts. The taxes generated by industrial production are much higher than those in agricultural countries.

In fact, Marin has long wanted to engage in the industrial revolution. However, the previous practice was not mature. why? Because there was not enough labor before!

What were the conditions for the British Industrial Revolution? Because besides England's abundance of wool, there are enough landless poor! These are labor forces, the most needed labor force in textile factories!

Only when there is enough labor force to be workers can we have the conditions to engage in the industrial revolution. Otherwise, without enough workers, it would be a joke to engage in industry.

In the past, the Beihai country had a serious shortage of farmers for farming, so naturally they had no conditions to engage in industry. After all, the North Sea country does not have enough labor force for development.

But, it's different now!

The prisoners of war bought from Württemberg and Hungary made Marin have enough labor force at once. So many farmers can farm. Then, Marin has the conditions to engage in the textile industry!

Moreover, Marin had no choice but to engage in the textile industry—clothes are too expensive now!

Right now, Beihai State has a population of more than 2 million, but every year, it needs to spend a lot of money to import cloth. Because, the Beihai country does not produce cloth!

At present, the cheapest linen cloth worn by ordinary people costs 8 pfennigs per yard, and a piece is 192 pfennigs (a piece of cloth in ancient Europe was 24 yards long and 2 yards wide). It takes about 2.5 yards of cloth to make a loose coat, that is to say, the cheapest piece of clothing costs 20 pfennigs, which is 1 shilling and 8 pfennigs.

This is only the cost of the fabric, and the tailor's labor is also included. A tailor’s wages would be at least three or four Finneys a day, and the cheapest piece of clothing would cost more than 2 shillings.

In fact, the tailor still needs to pay taxes, and also needs to make a profit... Therefore, the cheapest ordinary baggy coat costs more than 3 shillings...

Wool clothes are more expensive. Right now, Beihai mainly imports wool from Flanders. The reason why it was imported from Flanders was that it was the property of the family of Maximilian I. Although the person in charge is the emperor's son, it is also an industry under the Habsburg family. Marin gave face, so the fabrics imported by Beihai are generally imported from the Flanders region under the rule of Prince Philip.

Flemish wool is not cheap, and the high-end woolen fabrics made of British wool cost as much as 80 shillings a head. The wool of the worst quality costs about 45 shillings.

And making a piece of clothing requires 1/9.6 of a piece of cloth, that is to say, the cheapest woolen clothing costs 4.68 shillings alone, which is about 56.25 pfennigs. Counting labor, profit, and taxes, it would cost five or six shillings for ordinary woolen clothes. . . .

At this time, the wages of ordinary people in Germany are only 2 pfennigs per day. In other words, even the cheapest linen clothes cost 3 shillings, which is equivalent to 36 pfennigs, and it takes 18 days' wages of ordinary people to afford it!

As for wool clothes, just double it...

Every year, just for the clothes and fabrics of 2 million citizens, the Beihai country has to spend a lot of money to purchase. Fortunately, the cloth seller is willing to accept grain in exchange. Otherwise, Marin couldn't afford that much fabric!

And after taking Ravensburg Earl Country last year, the cloth shortage in Beihai Country has also been greatly alleviated. Because Ravensburg is a famous flax producing area in Germany. Bielefeld, the capital of Ravensburg, is a famous linen textile center and a famous linen distribution center in Germany.

But in this day and age, linen was worn by the poor. In Europe today, the nobles wear silk, and the rich and middle class generally wear more decent-looking woolen clothes.

Therefore, the wool textile industry is a very promising career. If done well, it can bring in a lot of tax revenue. Marin naturally doesn't think too much tax, so he plans to start the wool spinning industry...