The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin learned from the leaders and stars of later generations, waving his hands and smirking all the way, walking from the boat to the pier. Of course, he didn't have to follow the stars to sign autographs, but was escorted by a group of muscle sticks in plate armor to the Governor's Palace in Garland.

After all, after sailing at sea for more than a month, what Marin needs most now is a good night's sleep...

When Marin woke up, it was already three or four in the afternoon. So, Jean came to the restaurant of the Governor's Palace and prepared to eat something. At this time, several captains who came with the ship, also led by Captain Kidd, ate and drank there. Also, it looks like a few people are bragging there...

Marin leaned forward to hear what they had to say. Just listen to Captain Kidd excitedly say:

"This voyage fully proves that the 'upper edge gaff sail' invented by the Grand Duke is not only easy to operate, but also more efficient than the Latin jib, and, most importantly, this sail does not need to consider the monsoon at all question!"

Several captains on the side nodded in agreement after listening:

"Yeah, in the past, if you want to sail far away, you must consider the monsoon issue. The European side is okay. I heard that the Portuguese sailing on the coast of Africa, especially the monsoon. If the monsoon does not come, even the ship needs to wait for a long time. What..." an experienced captain said, and several other captains nodded.

In fact, Marin agrees with this statement. He remembered that it was mentioned in the previous life data - Spain's "Manila galleon trade" was particularly dependent on the monsoon. The Manila galleon is more convenient to go from the Americas to Manila, Philippines. It can be taken away along the current and wind, and the speed is very fast.

But it is very troublesome to go from Manila to the Americas - to go from Manila to the Americas, you need to start from Manila, then pass through the Bashi Channel in the south of Taiwan Island, and arrive at the east coast of Taiwan Island. Then, following the monsoon and the Kuroshio in the western Pacific, it headed north to the eastern seas of Japan. At this time, the latitude entered the westerly belt, and the Kuroshio was followed by the North Pacific warm current from west to east. This warm current starts from the waters due east of Japan and reaches eastward to the northerly position of the west coast of California. Arrived on the west coast of Mexico, known as the "California cold snap". The "California Cold Current" turns westward after reaching the equator, forming a compensatory current called the "North Equatorial Current"...

Of course, Spain's Manila galleons arrive on the west coast of Mexico following the California cold, and will dock in Acapulco to unload their cargo. Then, the ship needs to be overhauled, and the crew needs to go ashore to relax for a while. Then, when the preparations are complete, board the ship again, follow the "North Equatorial Current" and the east wind belt, and head to Manila, the Philippines again...

Not to mention the voyage from Mexico to Manila, according to records, the voyage from Manila to Mexico requires a big bend. Moreover, from Manila north to the eastern seas of Japan, it is particularly dependent on the monsoon. After all, a sailboat is dependent on the direction of the wind. Even with the potential of the Kuroshio, a tailwind is needed to sail smoothly.

However, the upper edge cantilever sail is different. This kind of sail, like the Chinese rigid sail, can use the wind from all sides. As long as there is no calm, the boat can sail freely regardless of the direction of the monsoon.

Moreover, the Manila Galleon sailing from Manila in summer is also very dangerous. Because, in summer and autumn, the South China Sea area, including the Philippine waters, is prone to typhoons. If the sailboat encounters a typhoon, it is almost dead. Therefore, sailing from the South China Sea in summer is actually taking a lot of risks and is not safe.

And if there is an upper edge gaff sail, it will be very different. Because, ships no longer need to wait foolishly for the monsoon season and can set off at any time. Even, the summer and autumn typhoon seasons can be completely avoided, and the safety of navigation is greatly improved.

The famous "Manila Galleon Trade" is affected by the monsoon,

There is only one boat trip from Manila to Mexico every year. In this way, the frequency of trade is seriously affected. If you don't have to wait for the monsoon, except for the typhoon season, Manila can sail at any time in other seasons, which will greatly increase the total volume of trade...

Marin has now planned to occupy Taiwan Island as a transit point for trade with Daming. In the future, his fleet inevitably had to learn from the Spaniards and take the route of "Manila galleon trade". Therefore, the upper edge gaff sail ignores the characteristics of the monsoon, and is very precious and valuable...

As for the reason why the upper edge cantilever sail in the previous life was not so famous, it was because it appeared in an embarrassing era - the upper edge cantilever sail was not basically perfected and put into use until the early 20th century. It is a pity that in that era, steam engine technology has been perfected, and diesel engines have appeared. So, things like sailboats have been eliminated, let alone the upper edge gaff sails that are only part of sailboats?

So, it's not that the upper edge cantilever sail is not good enough, it's just born out of time...

But now, in the era that Marin has passed through, great navigation has just emerged, and even the technology is still very backward. Marin came up with a big killer such as the upper edge cantilever sail 400 years ahead of schedule, which is completely open and hanging...

If there is no need to wait for the monsoon, the sailing ships under Marin's command can run several times a year, and the profits brought by them must be greatly increased...

Happy, Marin and several captains clinked glasses frequently, and accidentally got himself drunk...

The next morning, Marin woke up again. After getting dressed, Marin, surrounded by a group of guards, led the way by the Governor Garland, and began to inspect the local development around the city of Sydney.

At this time, Sydney did not form a city, but only a castle, and then surrounded by villages...

The castle is naturally a colonial base built by Garland, and the surrounding villages are all formed by the tens of thousands of English refugees who were sent to live there.

As the saying goes, "many people are more powerful". Before, when Garland brought hundreds of immigrants over, it was difficult to develop, and only some land was developed around Sydney Castle. However, the arrival of tens of thousands of refugees from England has greatly accelerated the development of the island. The forest surrounding Sydney Castle was quickly cut down by migrants. Then, large swathes of farmland and pastures appeared around Sydney Castle. Along with these farms and pastures, there are naturally many villages. After all, there are tens of thousands of immigrants in England...

Originally, the English immigrants planned to use the trees they cut down to build houses or burn them as firewood. However, Garland strictly followed Marin's orders and ordered all the oak to be preserved in whole, and to build a shed where the oak logs were put into the shed to dry naturally. As for building houses and burning firewood, just use other types of trees. Cape Breton Island has many white spruce, fir, yellow birch and sugar maple trees, with oak trees only a small part. However, because Cape Breton Island is full of virgin forests, even if only a small part, the oak logs tens of meters long on Cape Breton Island finally accumulated a lot. For example, in the timber reserve area that Malin inspected, thousands of greenhouses were built and tens of thousands of oak logs tens of meters long were stored. So many huge oak logs can be used to make more than a dozen "Victory" sailing battleships with a displacement of more than 2,100 tons (Victory cost more than 2,000 oak trees). But considering that in the 18th century, there were no very tall original oaks in England, these tens of thousands of huge original oak logs could build more ships...

However, Marin did not set up a shipyard on Cape Breton Island, but only set up a boat repair shop, which can only be responsible for replacing the wooden boards for the damaged parts of the sailboats (for example, the areas where the bottom of the boat is seriously eroded by sea maggots must be replaced. , to avoid holes in the hull from entering the water) only. That is to say, the tens of thousands of huge oak logs stored near Sydney Castle are only used to cut the planks of the hull parts, so that they can be used to repair the ship...

"It's so extravagant!" Although Marin knew the news for a long time, he couldn't help smacking his tongue when it happened in front of him.

Moreover, according to Garland, the huge Cape Breton Island is actually only developed along the northeast coast and along the river. As for most of the western part of the island, it has not yet been developed.

Not only that, Garland also told Marin that in the North American twin islands where the shipyard was set up, the quantity of oak stored there was even larger, reaching the reserve level of hundreds of thousands of oak logs with a length of tens of meters...

And that's just the trees felled from Twin Isles, as Albert established a base on Manhattan Island, New York, and acquired oak from the Delaware Indians. It is estimated that it is easy and pleasant to store hundreds of thousands of oak logs on the Manhattan Island...

In short, in one sentence - the North American continent, the amount of wood is unimaginable...

Marin's eyes dazzled when he saw the huge pile of logs. Originally, he knew that there were a lot of oak logs here. However, hearing about the numbers is one thing, but seeing tens of thousands of oak logs tens of meters long piled there at the scene is another. Seeing the mountains of wood that could be used to build boats made Marin a little dizzy...

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