The Rise of the European Emperor

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Days later, on the pier in Emden, Marin has been looking out to sea with his monocular. According to the information, Amerigo's fleet should have arrived today.

After waiting for several hours, the top of a sail appeared in Marin's telescope. Then, the entire sail, from bottom to bottom, slowly emerged in Marin's line of sight. Then, the second, the third...until 10 ships were in Marin's telescope tube...

"It's back, Grand Duke, they're back!" The people around were excited and began to cheer. Marin was also very excited, but pretended to be reserved. After all, he is now the Grand Duke, so he has to pay attention to the influence.

In fact, Marin did not value the significance of this voyage. Even Amerigo did not take credit for completing the voyage. Because this is the route that Columbus has already discovered, and it has nothing to do with Amerigo. Moreover, the two are now in a different position. Columbus is a baron, or two baronial titles. And Amerigo, who is just a hereditary jazz, is a big difference.

Of course, Marin had promised before that he would look for a route to Daming next time and let Amerigo lead the team. As long as this feat is completed, Amerigo is also eligible to be promoted to baron. This time, I went to India because of Amerigo's yearning for India, and it has nothing to do with making achievements. After all, in the eyes of Europeans, India is a mysterious and rich place. As an adventurous navigator, it is absolutely unrealistic for Amerigo not to yearn for India.

However, this is the third time that Marin's fleet has gone to India. Therefore, Marin has no feeling about running the Indian route.

The reason why Marin came to the port of Emden to meet Amerigo was actually for the saltpeter that Amerigo bought from India...

Before, Marin asked Amerigo to go to India to buy 600 tons of saltpeter. With these 600 tons of saltpeter, Marin can immediately shake, even if he heads up all the German princes, he is confident that he will be undefeated.

Moreover, another very important use is in the battlefield of England...

Specifically, Marin planned to send a fleet to fight the English fleet. At the very least, drive the English fleet out of the Irish Sea. In this way, Marin was able to take Edward's army, including Edward himself, through the Irish Sea to the mainland of England and directly participate in the war for the throne.

In terms of the number of warships, Marin certainly couldn't keep up with England. After all, there are still quite a lot of ships in the Five-Port Alliance. Therefore, Marin could only rely on the powerful firepower of the warships to defeat the English fleet, thus bringing Edward and his men to England.

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Marin needs the fleet to have sufficient firepower. Otherwise, if you run out of ammo halfway through the fight, it's over. When it comes to the number of sailors, Marin is far inferior to England.

Before, Marin asked Edward to go to Rome to appeal, both to seek legal grounds and to wait for the saltpeter of the Amerigo fleet. Only when Amerigo came back with a few hundred tons of saltpeter did Marin have the confidence to dispatch the fleet to defeat the English fleet and send Edward's army across the sea to the British Isles.

In general, what Marin was waiting for was not Amerigo, but the hundreds of tons of saltpeter...

Of course, as a seasoned politician, Marin would never say that. On the surface, he would warmly welcome Amerigo back, with a look of "I'm very optimistic about you"...

Not long after, Amerigo's ship docked. Amerigo jumped off the deck first and stood at the Long Bridge Pier. After reaching the land, Amerigo did not immediately go to Marin's side, but shouted:

"Ah, land! Smooth earth! It's been a long time since I felt my feet on the ground!"

Indeed, after a year and half of a year in the sea, the crew misses the down-to-earth feeling very much. Although it landed in the port of Cadiz, it was just passing by. Now, back at Emden Port, Amerigo and his sailors will usher in a long vacation and have a good experience of the comfortable life on land.

After the emotion was over, Amerigo ran to the high platform where Marin was, and bent over to say hello to Marin:

"Ah, my esteemed duke, my most trusted captain, Amerigo, sends you my sincere greetings!"

But someone next to me reminded:

"Lord Wesp, Lord Marin is now the Grand Duke!"

"Huh?" Amerigo was suddenly shocked. When he left, Marin had just won the Duchy of Schleswig not long ago. Earlier, Marin was just an earl.

"Why does your status improve so quickly? If I go to sea again, won't my lord become a king when I come back?" Ameligo said stupidly.

The people around laughed with kindness, and everyone followed Marin. Many old people have watched Marin go from baron to earl, then from earl to duke, until now the grand duke. And everyone's status has also risen with the tide. Even if the title is not promoted, the benefits are inevitable. Therefore, as Marin developed, they also benefited.

In fact, the statistics of this battle have basically been completed. In a few days, the canonization ceremony will be held. The Grand Duchy is very close to an independent sovereign kingdom, and a large number of new nobles will appear in this award ceremony. And this time with Marin, there are many people who have won military exploits. Seeing the bright prospect of not being promoted to the title but of a financial reward, everyone was actually very happy.

After all the sailors disembarked, Marin began arranging for port personnel to take over the vessel. Many dock workers who were unloading the cargo were also ready to unload the cargo from the ship.

According to the rules, Marin gave an official speech to all sailors. However, the effect does not seem to be very good. Except for a few captains and first mates who wanted to enter, they pretended to listen carefully to the leader's speech, and the other sailors were generally absent-minded. For these sailors, the most important thing right now is to go home and reunite with their loved ones, and then go out to wave...

Marin probably also knew that his speech was not popular, and after a few minutes of speaking, he announced that the sailors were allowed to go home and go to Las Vegas to have a good time. In addition to buying the chips for gambling, all the money to find Mao Mei in Las Vegas will be reimbursed. Of course, each person can only find one Mao girl at a time...

After listening to the benefits given by Marin, the originally absent-minded sailors suddenly became excited, made strange screams, and shouted long live. For these sailors who have been in the sea for a year and half a year, going to Las Vegas to drink for free and find Mao Mei is too appetizing for them. Even Amerigo has given birth to the idea of ​​going to Las Vegas to relax.

However, after the sailors and captains were disbanded, Amerigo couldn't leave. He had to report the results of the trade to Marin together with Draka, who was in charge of trade matters...

"What? There are only 450 tons of saltpeter? Didn't I ask to buy 600 tons?" Marin said dissatisfiedly after hearing the report.

Draka, who was in charge of trade, was also aggrieved. He defended:

"My lord, it's not that we don't want to buy 600 tons, but we have no stock! In fact, I heard from those Indian businessmen that their annual supply of saltpeter is actually only 100 tons. The first two times I went to India with Lord Columbus, We have already bought 330 tons of saltpeter. This time, I bought another 450 tons. Now, we have bought all the saltpeter that can be bought in Calicut and the surrounding Indian trading ports. Even the Spaniards want to buy saltpeter, I didn't buy it..."

"You mean, the annual output of saltpeter in India is only 100 tons?" Marin asked with a frown.

Draka nodded quickly. Calicut is India's largest foreign trade port at this time, and most of the saltpeter used for foreign trade is concentrated here. You can't find it in Calicut, and it's hard to find anywhere else. Even if you can buy it, it's a small amount.

After thinking for a while, Marin was relieved. why? He suddenly remembered that firearms are not popular enough in India at the moment. Today, India is still in a period when the Delhi Sultanate and many small countries are juxtaposed. The famous Mughal Empire was not established until 1526.

Now, no country in India has an organized musketeer unit. Even in Europe, which has a higher level of gunpowder, few countries have established musketeers. In India today, only bronze cannons require gunpowder.

Therefore, in the case of a small market, Indians are not very motivated to produce saltpeter. It was not until the Mughal Empire with a large number of musketeers was established that the Indians paid more attention to the production of saltpeter. After the 17th century, the British were able to buy hundreds of tons of saltpeter in India every year.

Now, because the market is small, Indians do not pay much attention to the production and sale of saltpeter. Naturally, there wasn't much saltpeter available to Marlin. Even, through three purchases, Marin bought all the saltpeter that the big Indian merchants in Calicut had stocked over the years. If you want more, you have to go back next year, but you can only buy 100 tons more. After all, India's saltpeter production looks like that now...

Marin patted his head, feeling a little headache...

"It seems that I have to go to Daming to buy and develop Chilean saltpeter..."

During this period, there was definitely no shortage of saltpeter in the Ming Empire. Of course, it does not mean that the size of the North Korean firearms force is huge (the fact is indeed huge, compared to other countries), but because the people of the Ming Dynasty need a lot of saltpeter to make firecrackers...

The reason is that it is so domineering, that the people of Daming need to shoot artillery, so saltpeter is in great demand. At the same time, the supply of saltpeter is also abundant. In ancient times, there were saltpeter mines in Sichuan, Han, Northwest, Yungui and other places. In the eastern region, it is also popular to boil soil and nitrate. Therefore, the supply of saltpeter is abundant. Also, prices are cheaper in India. Buying saltpeter from Daming is definitely bigger in India.

Not to mention the huge saltpeter mines in the deserts of northern Chile. The only trouble is that the environment there is extremely harsh, plus the extreme lack of water. If you want to let go and mine, it seems to be more difficult...

Therefore, Marin now wants the navy to open fire, it seems that the conditions are not mature enough. However, this 450 tons of saltpeter is enough for Marin to fight two big battles...\u003c/t\u003e

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