The Rise of the European Emperor

Probably seeing the excellent performance of the new saber, Bremer, the chief craftsman of the forge, requested that this technology be applied to other weapons, such as the two-handed sword and battle axe commonly used by knights.

Marin thought about it and agreed to the request to use the new technology on the two-handed sword, but he did not agree to use the new technology on the tomahawk. Because, the use of medium carbon steel as the main body of the sword, to put it bluntly, is to enhance the toughness of the slender sword and avoid breaking. But tomahawks don't have a slender blade or blade at all, just some steel for the head. Moreover, the base of the tomahawk is very thick, not as thin as the sword. This is because, in addition to slashing, the battle axe also has the effect of smashing people. The back half of the axe is a little thick, so I don't worry about breaking it at all. So, for a tomahawk's axe, it just needs to be hard. Therefore, the tomahawk continues to use high carbon steel as a material. Of course, in carburizing and quenching, new technologies can be used, but medium carbon steel is not used.

In addition, for the plate armor produced by Beihaiguo Forge, Marin also approved the use of new carburizing and quenching methods to improve its performance. Moreover, the new carburizing and quenching method was regarded as a state secret by Marin and ordered to be strictly guarded. Those who leaked it would not only be executed, but also their family members would be exiled.

After testing, the effect of high carbon steel plate armor has been improved a lot after surface carburizing treatment. Although it still can't stop the damage of heavy lead bullets, it can reduce the damage a lot and reduce the injury degree of the injured.

In fact, Marin intends to use Harvey armor as the main material for plate armor in the future. Harvey armor, also known as Harvey nickel steel armor, is carburized on the surface of nickel steel, which greatly improves the strength of the armor. The nickel steel itself is very tough, so the toughness and strength of the obtained armor are very good. Marin even intends to use nickel steel in the future when making sabres. After all, Marin is now sitting on Cuban laterite nickel mines, which are plentiful.

Speaking of this Harvey nickel steel armor, it is actually the armor made by American Harvey using the nickel steel made by the French after surface carburization. And why can the French come up with nickel steel? It's because the French occupy another nickel-producing powerhouse in the world, the island of New Caledonia.

New Caledonia became a French colony in 1853, and the French discovered huge reserves of nickel on the island. How much nickel is there in New Caledonia? Its nickel ore reserves are the largest in the world, accounting for 25% of the world's total, and the annual output of nickel metal is about 30,000 tons... This is not steel, but expensive nickel metal... Compared with Cuba, even half of the others have No... Of course, Cuba's nickel reserves are still huge compared to other countries...

Moreover, nickel steel has good corrosion resistance and can not rust for a long time. If you add chromium, it is the legendary stainless steel...

In fact, if chromite could be found, Marin would have used stainless steel instead of nickel. Carburized stainless steel surface is excellent. In later generations, many knives were made of stainless steel. The problem is that Marlin doesn't know what chromite looks like. Cuban nickel ore can be found, especially because of the Cuban nickel ore laterite nickel ore, laterite is easy to find, very conspicuous. But chromite... Marin suddenly wondered why he didn't major in prospecting in his previous life...

Moreover, after having stainless steel, you can use stainless steel skin to wrap the bottom of the sea-going ship, so that it is not afraid of sea maggots (the sea maggots must have their teeth broken if they dare to eat them). Moreover, it can also strengthen the ability to resist wind and waves.

You must know that the current sea-going ships need to be overhauled after every voyage, and even a lot of wood at the bottom of the ship needs to be replaced. why? During the long voyage, the bottom of the ship was eaten by sea maggots and damaged by the waves. Also, seawater also has a certain corrosive effect...

After the stainless steel skin is wrapped, the ship does not need to be overhauled at every turn for the long voyage. Because the sea maggots can't bite, and the sea water can't damage the stainless steel skin. In this way, such a ship, anchored in a saltwater port, is not afraid of being corroded by sea maggots. Unlike now, seaports are generally located at the mouth of the Danshui River, or simply inside the Danshui River...

"Looks like it's time to urge Wiltz..." Marin thought.

At the same time, he decided to recruit more master prospectors and go to Moa, Cuba, to help Wiltz prospecting, while finding the legendary chromite with a reserve of one million tons. Just find that chromite and stainless steel will come out...

...

After returning from the forging base, before Marin had time to rest, he received a report from Kohler-England's emissary asked for an interview...

England's emissary is not Marin's subordinate, and his subordinates are no longer called envoys. This emissary was sent by King Edward of England. Moreover, since it is an emissary, there must be some important and unseen secrets to discuss...

After putting on makeup, Marin left from the side gate of the palace, and quietly met Edward's emissary in the east villa area where his parents lived...

Sure enough, as Marin guessed, Edward really had a very confidential matter to discuss with him. What are you discussing? How to annex Scotland... Of course, for now, the most important thing is how to kill King James IV of Scotland...

Edward did not dare to directly execute James IV. After all, Scotland is an independent kingdom generally recognized in Europe, and James IV is also one of the few kings in Europe. Had Edward killed him, there would have been public outrage. Although England is alone and not afraid of other people's opinions, it can be a trouble after all. So, Edward decided to plot to kill James IV...

Before, Edward lion opened his mouth and demanded a ransom of millions of gold coins from Scotland. After all, the king of Scotland, including the main army, was captured and naturally required a large ransom. However, the number of millions of gold coins is really scary. Scotland is a poor country in the north. It is not only cold, but also mainly highlands. The population is only 500,000. In fact, after Edward captured James IV, as well as tens of thousands of Scottish troops and tens of thousands of people, the young and middle-aged people in Scotland were already in short supply, which affected the agriculture of Scotland.

So, Scotland can't get that much ransom at all. Not to mention 1 million, 500,000 gold coins can't be taken out.

Of course, Edward didn't really want the money, his real purpose was to annex the kingdom of Scotland. Today, although James IV is married to Henry VII's daughter Margaret, he has no children (historically, James IV's first child was born in 1507, but in this life, he was killed in 1506). Captured, naturally no children). Moreover, both of James IV's brothers have died, leaving no heirs. So, as long as James IV is murdered, there will be no legitimate monarch and heir to Scotland. There may be distant relatives, but the distant relatives will definitely fight for the throne.

Moreover, Edward and Marin had already discussed - if James IV died unexpectedly, they would declare to the public that James IV had given up the throne to him before his death, and then forged a will, and sent troops to Edinburgh to annex Scotland...

However, there is a premise, that is - James IV cannot die in Edward's hands, nor in England... Otherwise, no one believes that James IV will give the throne to Edward...

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