The Rise of the European Emperor

In fact, this level of revenge is quite serious. After all, for Rui Silva, the Baron of Silva is his real lair. The Azores is just a place where he works, and he is just a passerby in the Azores.

The old nest was attacked, not to mention how much money was lost, but the foundation was moved, it was definitely a big event that pierced the sky. And this lesson will definitely make the dizzy Rui Silva sober.

And for a baron, it is absolutely terrible that his hometown is missed by a foreign monarch. It suggested that he himself might not be safe anymore.

It stands to reason that doing things like this is very bad manners and disgraceful. But the problem is that Rui Silva first pretended to be a pirate and attacked the North Sea State transport ship first. Marin used this method to warn the other party, and Rui Silva did not dare to stand up and accuse Marin. Because, if this matter is made public, he will be unlucky first. After all, many aristocrats may have done the matter of pretending to be pirates, but it must not be brought to the table...

Of course, Marin doesn't really care what Rui Silva thinks. What he really cares about is the position shown by the Portuguese upper class in this incident. Obviously, the Kingdom of Portugal looked down upon the North Sea country, and condoned and acquiesced to Rui Silva's behavior.

This is what Marin can't stand the most. If it weren't for worrying about future conflicts with France, and the annexation and digestion of England had not yet been completed, Marin planned to teach Portugal a lesson.

But things have priorities, and the conflict with Portugal is far less important than the confrontation with the French. Therefore, Marin's headache now is how to warn the Portuguese without expanding the matter. After all, if there is a full-scale war with Portugal, the annexation of England will be postponed indefinitely.

"It doesn't matter, let's prepare for the battle first! If they don't hurt each other, I guess they won't really pay attention to the strength of Beihai..." Marin rubbed his head, so he had to decide first.

But in order to prevent Portugal from getting dizzy and attacking the mainland of Beihai, Marin still made many preparations. For example, in several military ports such as Emden Port, the construction of forts began.

Since they all helped the Ming Dynasty repair the fort, there is no reason not to repair it themselves. Moreover, Marin intends to repair it with great fanfare and show it to the Portuguese. The purpose, of course, is to dispel the idea of ​​the Portuguese "expedition to the North Sea".

Don't laugh, don't think this is a joke, but it could happen. Originally in history, Spain felt that it was offended by England, so it sent the "Invincible Fleet" to expedition to England. Although the ending was tragic, the Spaniards were full of confidence before launching the expedition.

For the same reason, Portugal is now full of confidence. As the first country in Europe to initiate a great voyage, Portugal is very confident in its maritime power. so,

It is not ruled out that they may have made the wrong decision in a daze. Therefore, Marin needs to "throw some cold water" on them.

For example, Marin announced that two forts will be built to guard the mouth of the Ems River in Emden Port, the most important foreign trade port in the North Sea State. The specific location is on a "sharp corner" 10 kilometers west of Emden. On the other side is the Port of Delfzell in the Groningen region of West Frisia. These two places face each other across the river, which is a relatively narrow place at the mouth of the Ems River. If forts are built in two places, the safety of Emden Port can be protected to a large extent.

Unlike the Ming Dynasty fort on Humen, this side is not equipped with a 12-pound Napoleon cannon, but a Hongyi cannon that is more powerful than the Napoleon cannon.

The shell of the Napoleon cannon is only 12 pounds, while the shell of the Hongyi cannon is 18 pounds, which is more powerful. When the Napoleon gun shoots at an angle of 10 degrees, the range can reach about 1900 meters. The Hongyi cannon, after using high-purity and more scientific gunpowder ratio granular gunpowder, has a range of 3,000 meters. The people of the Qing Dynasty were stupid and lost the granular gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty, and the proportion of gunpowder was not as scientific as that of the British. Therefore, the supposedly powerful Hongyi cannon had an effective range of only about 500 meters, which was far behind the smoothbore cannon of the British in artillery battles.

In fact, when Zuo Zongtang went west, he dug up the flower bombs of the Ming Dynasty and sighed. But the backwardness of the Qing Dynasty was actually caused by them themselves. In order to fool the Han people, the ruler deliberately boasted that the Manchus were "invincible with bow and horse". But this is where the problem lies. In the end, the rulers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties even believed in it... For example, the great chief Qianlong was obviously fooled by his own people, and really believed in "Manchus are invincible with bows and horses". Then, the musket presented by the British ambassador was thrown into the inner library without even looking at it...

In short, this is a farce. Kang Mazi had long discovered the power of firearms and the threat to the Manchus. Therefore, the intentional layout exaggerated the "invincible bow and horse" of the Manchus, and deliberately ignored the role of firearms in order to frighten the Han people. However, because the propaganda was too involved, the poor grandson of Kangxi, Chief Qianlong, was also fooled into it...Then, the whole Qing Dynasty believed this nonsense until it was woken up by the British...Because of the suppression and neglect of firearms, Even the granular gunpowder and flower bombs that appeared in the Ming Dynasty have not been passed down...

However, the Beihai Kingdom is different from the Qing Dynasty. As soon as Marin came up, he directly promoted the best gunpowder ratio that was popular in later generations, and even produced granular gunpowder. In addition, the purification of saltpeter and sulfur is also strictly controlled to improve the quality. Even the charcoal is the most suitable Chinese fir charcoal, making the quality of the gunpowder reach the level of the British army in the 19th century.

Therefore, the Hongyi cannon of Beihai State can hit 3000 meters away. At this distance, shells are very lethal. Of course, at a distance of 3000 meters, aiming is out of the question. It is even more difficult to aim at more than a thousand meters. After all, it is a smoothbore gun, and the iron ball shells will start to roll up and down after a certain distance, making it difficult to hit the target.

But it doesn't matter, because each of these two forts will house at least 50 Hongyi cannons, and the positions on both sides add up to a total of hundreds of cannons. Hundreds of Hongyi cannons fired in unison, even if the hit rate was not high, there would always be one shell that could cover the enemy ship. And with the thickness of the sides of Portuguese warships in this era, basically one 18-pound shell can see the effect...

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The behavior of the Malinxiu Fort really attracted the attention of all countries. But after everyone analyzed and analyzed, they didn't find anyone who was threatened by the Beihai Guoxiu Fort. It's no wonder that England, which has the ability to threaten the North Sea State, is an ally of the North Sea State; France has no ability to threaten the North Sea State from the sea; Spain is also an ally of the North Sea State; Portugal... Everyone has not found signs of Portugal and the North Sea State turning their faces...

Therefore, after analyzing it, the monarchs and ministers of various countries generally believe that Marin is full...