The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin really didn't notice it before, and he didn't expect that the whale skin was so valuable. Previously, he asked fishermen trying to kill whales only for oil and meat. He ignored such materials as whale skin.

It wasn't until recently that I remembered the introduction of the article in my previous life, and I didn't realize it—it turns out that whale skin is also a very valuable thing. But he sent people to the whaling fishing village to see that the fishermen directly used the rough processed whale skin as ordinary leather, and even used it as ordinary leather cushions.

And Marin asked the master tanner to carefully tan the newly captured whale skin with materials such as whale oil and salt before discovering that the whale skin is completely a kind of high-end leather for daily use!

Its thickness, softness, smoothness and suppleness make clothes made of whale skin very popular. Therefore, on the whaling ship imagined by Marin, there are also more tanning teams...

The task of these people is to peel off the whale skin in time after the fleet has killed the whale and process and tan it on the spot, making the whale skin a very suitable leather material. Then, it is used to process into various practical things.

Because they are waterproof, thick and soft, Suha and the others discovered that leather gloves made of whale skin are very suitable for use in cold regions.

In places in the outer northeast where the winter is tens of degrees below zero, ordinary leather gloves made of cowhide are not enough to keep out the cold in an environment of tens of degrees below zero. After the warriors put on leather gloves, they still felt their hands were cold.

But after wearing the thicker and softer whale skin gloves, the five Sauron warriors immediately felt that this thing is too suitable for use in the winter in the outer northeast...

As long as the Sauron warriors wear these very warm gloves in winter, they can draw their swords to fight the enemy and shoot arrows calmly in the environment of dozens of degrees below zero.

In the past, because they didn't know how to make leather gloves, the Saurons could only stop fighting in the cold winter. Because, in the ultra-cold weather of dozens of degrees below zero, it was also difficult for the Sauron warriors to hold their knives. Mainly, it's too cold outside...

Holding a knife empty-handed in an environment tens of degrees below zero will freeze your hands to death.

But with the waterproof and warm peak gloves made of whale skin, it will be very beneficial for the Saurons to fight in winter...

After all, the Saurons are currently barbarians with a low level of civilization. Although they have rich fur resources, they don't know how to sew leather gloves that can completely cover their hands with leather. They only know how to make gauntlets that wrap part of their hands.

Leather gloves can still be used in the south, but in the outer northeast where the temperature is tens of degrees below zero in winter, leather gloves that cannot completely cover the hands are completely useless. Because, as long as you dare to reveal it, I will freeze you with questions...

In Europe, as early as the Norman Conquest period, it became popular to use leather to make leather gloves. They were mainly used in winter. In other seasons, some people also used leather gloves to show their aristocratic identity and status.

It just so happens that Marin is also a person who has traveled through later generations and is familiar with various styles of gloves in later generations. After heated discussions with the master tanners, Marin finally got a modern style of whale leather gloves that are very effective in preventing cold and do not affect combat actions such as archery.

After trials by Su Ha, Bai Geri and others, they agreed that if there were such gloves, the Sauron warriors could completely survive the severe winter in the outer northeast...

In winter, the northeast and outer northeast are extremely cold. If you want to go out, you have to wrap yourself tightly. Moreover, ordinary vehicles are completely useless, and only horse-drawn sleds or deer-drawn sleds can be used for outings...

"Horse-drawn sleds? The Saurons actually used horse-drawn sleds? Isn't the sled pulled by dogs?" Marin was a little surprised. He didn't know that dog sledding was originally played by Eskimos, and it was later spread to the Northeast. Before that, the northeast was the south using horse-drawn sleds,

The Shilu tribe in the north uses reindeer to pull sleds, also called sledges.

Su Ha and others were surprised and said:

"Dogs can pull sleds? We Saurons usually use horse-drawn sleds. Horses pull sleds in winter, and ride them after they thaw... Oh, the northern mountain savages who use deer usually use reindeer to pull sleds... "

And Bergeri added:

"As for dogs, they are very important to the Saurons, because dogs are also important helpers for the Saurons to catch minks."

Mink fur is precious, so the Saurons dare not shoot mink with bows and arrows, for fear of damaging the mink fur. You must know that the price difference between a good mink fur and a damaged mink fur is very large.

Therefore, those Sauron hunters who catch mink often specially train a few hounds who know how to cooperate and hunt down mink for tracking and catching mink.

Once the mink's lair is found, several hounds will surround it, and if the mink dares to come out, it will be bitten...

When catching the mink, the Sauron's hounds only bit the rabbit's head, and did not cause too many kills. And Sauron Orion also got a complete mink fur with a smile...

Generally speaking, the Sauron people living in the Greater Khingan Mountains often keep a few ferocious Sauron hounds for catching minks.

The Sauron Hound is not small in size, fast and explosive. This kind of dog mainly participates in hunting, and later generations are also called Oroqen Hound. Of course, it must be called Sauron Hound now. Just like the Sauron horse, it was also called the Oroqen horse in later generations, but it must be called the Sauron horse now. Because Oroqen is also called Sauron Bebe now.

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Marin didn't worry about whether there is a dog sled in the Northeast right now. He is now thinking about how to get enough huge profits in the fur trade and soap trade in the Far East to smooth out the trade deficit.

Of course, he never thought of stealing a large amount of gold and silver from the Ming Dynasty. It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't. Once the trade between the North Sea Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty caused a large amount of gold and silver to flow out of the Ming Dynasty, the stingy and conservative Ming Dynasty might cut off his trade. Therefore, what Marin is pursuing is not a trade surplus, but a smooth trade deficit. Anyway, the goods imported from the Ming Dynasty must be popular in Europe, enough for him to earn a living...

However, although the soap made from whale oil costs at most two or three pennies a piece, the problem is that if the soap is produced in the mainland of Beihai or in the Americas, the transportation cost of transporting the soap to Daming is also very high. If, like pig pancreas soap, it only sells for a dozen yuan, the profit will be very low. At least, not worthy of ocean trade.

Marin thought for a while, and suddenly remembered, it seems that the Hokkaido fishing ground is also one of the world's four largest fishing grounds...

These days, the Japanese don't understand modern whaling methods, let alone whaling guns. Even, Hokkaido is still the territory of the Ainu people. There are a lot of fish, and where there are a lot of fish, there are often a lot of whales that eat fish. Unless, there are too many whaling ships and the whales are wiped out. But in this era, there must be no whaling ships, so the whale resources in the Hokkaido fishing grounds must be rich.

If Marin sets up a whaling fleet in the Hokkaido fishing grounds, he will be able to catch enough whales in the Hokkaido fishing grounds, and he will also be able to obtain a large amount of whale oil.

Then, Marin can completely set up a soap director on Ezo Island, import caustic soda and lime from the Ming Dynasty, and use caustic soda made from caustic soda and lime to react with whale oil to make soap in large quantities.

Hokkaido is much closer to Daming than the mainland of Beihai and the Americas, and the transportation cost is also much lower. Moreover, Marin can recruit cheap sailors and samurai guards from Japan.

At the same time, he can also recruit sailors from Ezo Island and Japan to join the whaling fleet to help him kill many whales and obtain whale oil, as well as whale meat and whale skin.

The whale meat caught in Hokkaido fishing grounds can be made into bacon or bacon, and sold to Nuergancheng as food. Then, the mink fur was exchanged from Nuer Gancheng, and then shipped to Daming along with the soap to make a profit.

At the same time, in the Ming Dynasty, Marin would also ask his subordinates to purchase a large amount of cheap alkali and lime here, and transport them to Hokkaido as raw materials for soap production. They also purchased iron pots and various ironware, and shipped them to Nuergancheng in the outer northeast...

In this way, in the Far East, Marin will use materials such as soap, mink fur, whale oil, and Ming ironware to form a three-party Far East triangle trade circle. All three parties export commodities to the other two, and at the same time import commodities or raw materials to the other two. In this way, once the health is up and running, it will continue to earn enough huge profits for Marin.

In the end, these huge profits will be exchanged for shipments of Ming silk, porcelain and other in-demand commodities, which will be shipped back to Europe, generating even more huge profits...