The Rise of the European Emperor

Unknowingly, time is passing by quietly. The eventful year of 1515 has passed, and the time has entered 1516. In January, the weather is still cold. But the nobles of Beihai Kingdom can't feel any severe cold, because they have a kang fireplace at home and down jackets when they go out.

Since mastering the technology of using carbon disulfide to dissolve rubber to make raincoats, the problem of hair leakage in down jackets has also been solved. Coating a layer of rubber on the outer layer of the fabric wrapped in duck down will prevent the fabric from leaking. Moreover, after being coated with rubber, it can not only prevent rain, but also prevent wind. After all, after rubber is applied, the air permeability of the fabric becomes poor, and the cold wind cannot blow in, so it will not be frozen at all. However, there are also problems, that is, it is difficult to dissipate the heat of the body. Therefore, wearing this down jacket, not only will you not feel cold, but you will often feel hot...

As for the civilians, they must not be treated so well. After all, duck down is very expensive. Therefore, they generally can only wear coir raincoats made of thatch to keep out the cold. Even, in the absence of quilts, we can only use grass-woven straw curtains to cover our bodies to keep out the cold.

But the scale of cotton planting in Savannah is getting bigger and bigger. Marin estimates that next year, a large amount of cotton will be supplied to the country. At that time, he intends to promote quilts and cotton padded clothes. As for cotton cloth, there is no need to rush to promote it. Anyway, linen and wool would suffice now. If the promotion of cotton cloth is in a hurry, it will easily discourage the enthusiasm of the common people to raise sheep and grow flax.

Marin is not the kind of pure colonialist, and will not care about the life and death of the people. People raise sheep and grow flax well, but if you suddenly sell cotton cloth, many ordinary people will definitely go bankrupt.

As for the recruitment of French victims, Marin is almost ready. The brick ship has also passed the port of Le Havre several times, and the news about it should reach Paris.

However, on the French side, it seems that the execution is a bit poor. So far, Baron Adair has been counted as bankrupt. It's funny to say that Baron Adair has been in the casino for a long time, and he has very good gambling skills and the ability to see through scams. The first batch of scammers sent by the King of France were actually seen through by Baron Adair, and several scammers were almost beaten to death. If it weren't for the city guards' preparations, they wouldn't be able to save these hapless bastards. Later, Earl Duarte, who was in charge of this matter, was more cautious, selected a few people with higher thousand skills, and after carefully probing many times, he made another move. Finally, he captured Baron Adair and slowly killed him The only remaining family property was cheated...

Now, Baron Adair is at the end of his rope, and the lobbyist arranged by Earl Duert also came to persuade him. However, the progress fell behind after all, which made Francois I extremely depressed. Because, during this period of time, he allocated a lot of food to the victims, which made him feel distressed.

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At the end of January, good news came from Guantanamo, Cuba—the construction of the castle there was basically completed. Outside the castle, tens of thousands of acres of sugarcane fields were also reclaimed, and sugarcane seedlings were hastily planted. In other words, it is now possible to invite the investigation team of the Holy See to go to Cuba and Haiti to investigate the situation and watch a show.

However, along with the good news, there was also a very bad news—there were pirates who robbed the transport ships of the North Sea country on the Atlantic Ocean!

According to the report of his subordinates - a transport ship full of sugar and rice disappeared in the waters near the Azores Islands. The transport ship that passed by later found broken masts and sailcloth floating on the sea. When it was picked up, it was found that the mast seemed to be broken abruptly. The broken part looks like it was hit by an iron ball shell...

Marin frowned—near the Azores? Could it be that the Portuguese did it?

These days, England's great voyages have not yet emerged. Even John Capote, who was sent by Henry VII to explore the Indian route, was arrested by Marin, and the sign of the great voyage was directly extinguished.

Then, apart from the North Sea country, only Spain and Portugal are engaged in great voyages. But the relationship between Spain and Marin is very good, because Marin saved the life of Juan III.

Only Portugal, remembering that Marin discovered the Indian route and transferred it to Spain, prevented them from enjoying the huge profits of the Indian spice trade.

And this happened near the Azores, which was once again Portuguese territory. Marin can be sure that there must be a shadow of the Portuguese behind this matter.

In fact, the route on the Azores is not the main route between the North Sea country and the American colonies. This route was actually used by Marin to confuse Spain and Portugal.

When Columbus sailed to the Americas, he took the oval route from the Cape Verde Islands to the west along the ocean current, and when he returned, he went north and passed the elliptical route near the Azores.

Later, when Marin was running the American colonies, because he opened up the North Atlantic route, it was not very useful there. However, Marin still sends a few ships every year along the old route of Columbus, from the Canary Islands to Cape Verde and westward to America. The return route is from Haiti to the northeast, after entering the westerly belt, all the way east, passing near the Azores, and passing through the Lisbon area.

Doing so is nothing more than a trick to let Spain and Portugal see that they are "disastrously operating" the island of Cuba, Haiti, and the three currently open colonies of Grenada.

From time to time, some sugar, rice, dried bananas and ginger are also transported on board. After all, if there is no output, people will not believe it.

In fact, the side that takes the North Atlantic route is the bulk of the shipping. The frequency of the ships over there is much higher than the old route of Columbus, with dozens of round trips a year. Unlike the south side, there are only a few round trips a year.

However, the ships that only came and went a few times a year were actually being targeted, which made Marin very angry. You know, a 250-class merchant ship has more than 100 tons of cargo on it. According to reports, the ship contained 50 tons of sugar and 60 tons of rice.

Not to mention rice, the 50 tons of sucrose (110,000 pounds) alone are worth 33,000 gold coins (a pound of sucrose is worth 1 shilling and 6 pfennigs, or 18 pfennigs).

Marin doesn't really care about this loss, but what he cares about is that the Portuguese will develop the bad habit of supporting pirates!

The same is true of England in the original history. After falling out with Spain because of Catherine of Aragon, England officials directly supported the pirates to rob the Spanish treasure ship. As long as you grab a gold ship, you can turn it over. Legend has it that Elizabeth I made huge profits by buying shares in pirate ships and robbing Spanish gold ships.

Because of the sweetness, England later emerged in large numbers of pirates, specializing in robbing Spanish gold ships. Even conquered the Spanish colonial stronghold of Panama City.

The best way to deal with this situation is to teach the English court the mastermind behind the pirates. However, in 1588, the Spanish Armada expedition to England was defeated. Then, the English pirates became even more arrogant, reaching their peak in the 17th century. But if the Armada expedition wins, the situation will be different, and the English pirates will definitely keep a low profile.

Marin is obviously also aware of this problem-this time the Portuguese have tasted the sweetness, and they will have it next time. If the ambitions are inflated, those pirate ships may go to the American colonies to make trouble. Once this is the case, you will discover the truth about the richness of America...

"It can't be like this, something has to be done!" Marin slapped the table hard, and decided to explode!