King of Mercenaries Chapter 258

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:17:54 AM

The reason why Marin previously placed the salt cooking base on Texel was because he had only the territory of Texel and could not be placed elsewhere. And because coal comes from Bochum, it needs to be transported from the mouth of the Rhine. As a result, Tholencher became the closest place in the Marin Territory to the Rhine estuary and the most convenient place for coal transportation.

The incident of the detention of the coal carrier in the Principality of Gerdes also reminded Marin that the island of Texel is so close to the Netherlands and the secret of the salt cooking base can be easily discovered. That is to say a lot about the west coast of Texel Island, which is not suitable for ships to sail, otherwise, ships have already been docked to observe the salt city salt base in Texel Island.

随着 With the frequent docking of coal carriers at the port of Tholenchenen, the Dutch opposite were beginning to be curious-why did Texel buy so much coal ...

The Dutch on the opposite side did not know about salt, because every time Marin shipped salt, he packed it well and never exposed it. Moreover, Texel Island also banned outsiders from going to other places in the port of Thorencher, and offenders were immediately arrested. Therefore, the secret of Yancheng has been kept for a long time.

But Marin knew that if the fishermen had a telescope in their hands, they would be able to observe clearly if they were far away from the salt cooking center in Yancheng. Therefore, Marin's control of the telescope is even stricter. Furthermore, Marin requested that only serfs from Hoffman Manor originally, or serfs who had been with Marin for a long time, and the family were loyal and had no foreign relations, were eligible to use telescopes.

However, for further confidentiality, Marin still built a tall wall on the west side of the salt cooking center in Yancheng, blocking the eyes cast on the sea.

Even so, because there were coal carriers on the Rhine and Newcastle, Marin felt that it was not safe here. After all, there are too many coal carriers, which will also cause outside curiosity.

If it is a normal business activity, but Marin has moved the capital to East Friesland, the business activity here has not decreased but increased, it seems a bit abnormal. After all, according to common sense, a place that has lost its status as a capital should be depressed to make sense. The most optimistic, that is, almost the same as before, there is no more bustling reason than before.

As it happens, importing coal from Newcastle is actually no better than unloading at the Port of Tholencher. With so many islands in the Wadden Islands, it is almost unloaded everywhere. Even the newly acquired East Frisian Islands have many places suitable for cooking salt.

Moreover, the huge segoing ships loaded with coal and entering the narrow Mars watercourse are notable. After all, the ships that were previously unloaded at the port of Tholencher are small and medium vessels coming from the Rhine. Suddenly switching to a sea boat is easy to guess.

What's more, the Mars waterway is the main channel for the merchant ships of Amsterdam to enter and leave the Wadden Sea. The Dutch fishermen opposite Den Helder may be a bit stupid and can't figure out why. If learned by the clever and cunning merchants of Amsterdam, they might reason.

Therefore, Marin made adjustments and relocated Yancheng's location inland for a distance. It was no longer placed on the beach, which easily led to the overlook of passing ships. In addition, a fence was erected around the salt base, and only smoke was seen inside. Unclear, I thought there was a steel base inside. As for the problem of fetching seawater, this is very simple, digging a diversion ditch and bringing in seawater. Similarly, you can also dig a drainage ditch to drain excess brine to the sea, but you have to change direction ...

After thinking, Marin made a decision to relocate part of the salt cooking base. Specifically, the Yancheng Salt Boiler Center only reserves the production capacity supplied to Cologne's Wiggins Chamber of Commerce Wright and Clifford Principality.

Then, the extra manpower was transferred to an island in the East Frisian Islands to re-establish a salt cooking center. The name of this new salt cooking center, Marin thought it out, and called it "New Salt City" ...

New Yancheng will fully use imported British coal in the future, and the salt produced here will be shipped to the Teutonic Knights. At the same time, the salt produced in New Salt City must also be supplied to the entire territory of East Friesland.

At this moment, Marin was shocked by the fact that the salt in East Friesland was relying on the mineral salts in Luneburg. You know, East Frisian is a coastal country, and it is a joke to import salt from a landlocked country.

But the fact is that, like the Netherlands, the coastal areas of East Friesland lacked the firewood needed to cook salt. Although there are also some individuals cooking salt, it cannot form a scale. Moreover, the original Sexner family seemed to control the benefits of salt sales. Therefore, the Sexner family banned the coastal fishermen from cooking salt in private, and could only buy Luneborg mineral salt monopolized by the Sexner family.

At present, Marin has been in control of East Frisian for several months. As a salt-producing tycoon, Marin naturally wants to take the monopoly of salt into his own hands. This is a profiteering industry. The feudal dynasties of the Chinese dynasties all obtained a large amount of taxes from the monopoly of salt and iron, and also fed a large number of corrupt officials. There are already more than 80,000 people across East Friesland, including the Wadden Islands. So many people add up, the consumption of salt is also considerable, and the profit is naturally a lot.

Moreover, the sea salt cooked in Marin's salt cooking base has a habit of abandoning bittern, so the bitterness in the salt is very weak, and it can hardly be tasted. Therefore, the salt produced by Yancheng is currently a high-grade salt in the European market. Only certain high-quality salt mines can be produced, and the price is high.

Umarin's plan is to replace the bitter mineral salt of Luneburg with high-quality sea salt to become a condiment for the people of East Frisian. Moreover, its price, Marin also intends to use parity, not the price of high-grade salt. Because even with parity, Marin can still make huge profits.

选定 In order to choose the address of the new salt city, Marin personally ran a trip to the East Frisian Islands to choose a suitable salt cooking place.

First, Borkum Island on the side of the route from Emden Port to and from the North Sea was excluded. Because on the side of the busy route, it is easy to attract the attention of passing commercial ships. The businessmen are all very sensitive people. They are showing clues that they are going to be bruised ...

Secondly, it should not be too far east. Because, the easternmost island of Whangaog is close to the seaside in the rebellious Jever region. It's not good to be seen by Jaffre traitors.

So, Marin chose a location, only on a few islands in the middle ...

Marin hesitated for a long time between Norderney and Baltrum, but in the end, Marin chose the smaller Baltrum.

Because of Marin's field visits, he found that Nordenay Island has a large area and abundant fresh water resources, so there are already many residents on the island. Moreover, Norderney and the small coastal town of Norden across the sea are frequent, which is not conducive to confidentiality.

Baltrum Island, east of Norderney, is much smaller than Norderney, only about 6 square kilometers. Moreover, there are currently no residents on the island and it looks a bit desolate.

But this is not a problem. Marin wants a remote place, a bustling and lively place. He doesn't choose it yet. After a field trip, Marin found that there are freshwater lakes and streams in the southern half of the island, which can be used to supply fresh water to the salt center.

Also, this small island is very strange. To the southeast of the island, there is a small peninsula penetrating into the sea unexpectedly, like a natural long bridge pier. Marin stabbed with a wooden pole and found that the water on both sides of this natural long bridge pier is quite deep, which is very suitable for docking at sea.

In the end, Marin finally made up his mind to build the new salt city on the southwest corner of Baltrum Island, on the edge of the natural long bridge pier. Of course, like Yancheng on Texel Island, the salt cooking center is no longer open-air, but a tall wall is built ~ www.novelhall.com ~ to facilitate defense.

Because Baltrum and Texel are different. Most of the sea area around Texel Island is not suitable for docking, but Baltrum Island is small, but there are several places to dock.

For safety, Marin decided to build the new Yancheng into a professional salt-boiled and defense-resistant urbanized island. If the enemy wants to attack, they must first face the strong walls ...

However, in order to prevent the future of this island from stiffening its wings, even though the island has sufficient fresh water resources to plant some land, Marin still forbids planting food on the island and only vegetables are allowed. All food on the island was sent by Marin. In this way, the food is stuck in Marin's hands, and they are not worried that they will develop an independent idea. After all, the castle on the island can both defend against the enemy and may prevent Marin from exercising power ...

Moreover, the small island of Baltrum has only an area of ​​more than 6 square kilometers, even if it is not used to grow food, it is not a pity.

After selecting the address, Marin immediately ordered some salt workers and family members in the old Yancheng city to start relocating to the new Yancheng city. In addition, a group of masons were brought to Baltrum Island and began to build salt pots and adobe houses. As for the walls and castles, it is not urgent. It is most important to build a salt pot and a house to start cooking salt. After all, the Teutonic Order is waiting for salt to come out. Moreover, this side is relatively remote, far away from the route, and even away from the open sea and facing the land. Outsiders generally do not come over. Domestic fishermen do not dare to approach this place as long as they give orders. The city walls or whatever are not needed for the time being.

In addition, Marin also sent someone to repair the natural "long bridge pier" on the southwestern corner of Baltrum Island to make it convenient for docking coal ships from Britain and salt from here. Merchant ship ...

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