Chapter 71： Construction of Lighthouse Pier (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

Standing on a high post on the shore of the fishing village of Tholente, looking at the busy Mars Waterway in the south, Marin suddenly felt that it was a good choice to build a trade port in Tholente.

"Master Baron, the Mars Waterway to the south is the main waterway for merchant ships in Amsterdam ..." On the side, the auxiliary bishop of Texel Island, Dalyan, introduced.

"Amsterdam merchant ships mainly go out to sea? I have seen the map, as if the gap between the other islands of the West Frisian Islands. The distance between Bittersee and Den Helder is large. A wider water channel is not more suitable for going to sea Is it? "Marin asked, puzzled.

"Master Baron, you don't know. Although, the distance between other islands is wider than the Mars waterway. However, after passing through those water channels, you must pass through a very shallow area-the Wadden Sea. The Wadden Sea is very shallow and there are seas. Many shoals. If you do n’t take a specific route, large ships with deep draughts can easily run aground in the Wadden Sea. It is not easy to run aground on the Mars waterway, which is deeper than most parts of the Wadden Sea ... ”

原来 "So it is, then, is the Mars Waterway or the main channel for the merchant ships of Amsterdam to go to sea?"

"It should be said that it is the only way for Amsterdam's large merchant ships to go to sea. Those small merchant ships, with shallow draft, can enter and leave the Wadden Sea easily like those small fishing boats."

"How is the size of a ship assessed?"

"It's bigger than the flagship" Santa Maria "led by Italian Columbus over Spain, basically belongs to the big ship ..." Assistant Bishop Dalian said uncertainly.

In the Middle Ages, there was no such thing as tonnage. Dalian has visited old religious friends in Spain, and happened to see the flagship of Columbus when he set off. Columbus was famous for his discovery of India, so Dalian used it for comparison.

"Santa Maria"? That's a displacement of a few hundred tons ... "Marin had never heard of Columbus's story. However, he knew it all his life.

"Anyway, a ship larger than the" Santa Maria "can easily be stranded in the Wadden Sea. A ship smaller than it is fine in the Wadden Sea." Dalian said. He has been on Texel for many years. He is almost 50 years old and naturally knowledgeable.

Marlin nodded, indicating that he understood. The "Santa Maria" draught was only 1.98 meters, which was incomparable to those of the later sailing boats that were several meters deep. That is to say, the safe draught at Wadden Sea is more than 2 meters. Of course, that was when there were no survey routes. If a specific shallow is surveyed, a beacon and a lighthouse are set up, and a suitable route is selected, the big ship will actually go the same way.

"Bishop Dalyan, why don't you set up a lighthouse here?" Marin asked strangely.

"Master Baron, generally only large ports will set up lighthouses ..."

"Why?"

"Only large ports can have a large number of ships entering and leaving, and there is a demand for lighthouses. Like Tholencher and Den Helder opposite, are small fishing villages, is it necessary to set up a lighthouse?"

"We don't need it, but don't people in Amsterdam need it?"

"My lord, the Amsterdam here does not have the power to control. Only the local lord can decide whether to set up a lighthouse. Moreover, the cost of building a lighthouse is high and the cost of maintenance is high. Every night, a raging fire must be maintained. It consumes a lot of firewood ... "The lighthouse needs a fire with large gas to produce enough light. Firewood is high in flame and bright, which is just right. And coal, the flame is low, many are still unobtrusive blue fire, not suitable for burning on the lighthouse.

"What about the gain?"

"If Tholencher builds a lighthouse, there are definitely many ships that will choose to dock here. However, Lord Baron, Tholencher is a fishing boat dock. To become a commercial port, you must build more long bridges deep into the sea Pier. "After a long stay at the beach, Dalyan was also experienced.

"It makes sense, how much does it cost to build a lighthouse? What about the dock?" Marin had little experience with these.

"It costs about 800 gold coins to build a 10-storey ordinary stone lighthouse. In the future, the fuel consumption per night is estimated to be 10 gold coins ... and if the pier is built, three stone long bridge wharves will cost 1,000 gold coins. It's almost the same. The main cost is to import the stone from the outside, and pay the wages of the mason and masons ... "

"Only less than two thousand gold coins? Is it cheap ..." Marin pouted, saying no pressure.

"Uh ..." Bishop Dalyan no longer spoke. What could he say to a local tyrant ...

He Malin inspected it and found that Tholencher is indeed an excellent haven with sufficient depth and facing southeast, so it is not easily threatened by westerly winds from the North Sea.

So, Marin decided on the spot to build a lighthouse and a pier. The lighthouse was built at the end of the hilly peninsula deep into the sea on the south side of the Bay of Tholencher. Under the guidance of the lighthouse, ships can smoothly enter the port of Tholencher at night. At the same time, the lighthouse can also provide a certain direction for ships sailing on the Mars waterway.

However, Kohler, his financial administrator, is busy looking for the family members of the 400 Big Soldier ~ www.novelhall.com ~ currently has no time to handle this matter. Schwartz, however, is a standard military officer who does not understand civil affairs.

As for Marin himself, he did not have the spare time to personally urge the construction of the lighthouse and the pier ...

Su Marin suddenly felt that it was time to recruit more talents ...

The original officials on Lidao actually evacuated most of them after Marin took over. Because those people, especially those with culture, are under the control of other nobles, and it is impossible to serve Marin. The remaining local officials, being a village head, are okay, and they have to find cultural people for specific tasks. First of all, the so-called "officials" in the local area are illiterate. In fact, at the beginning, they were all officials sent from the mainland. They were responsible for errands.

In the Middle Ages, only children of nobles, priests, and rich families had the opportunity to receive education. The aristocratic servants also had some educational opportunities for work. Those civilians, most of the families have poor economic conditions, and eating is a problem. Where is the condition for children to read?

So, even when selecting talents, you must choose among noble children and rich children. As for the priests, they belonged to the pope, and they could not return to the vulgar, they could not serve the secular lord.

This caused Marin to start thinking about—is it necessary to promote compulsory education on the island? However, only Schwartz himself had read the book, and Kohler recognized a few words. But to find someone who is suitable as a teacher, there really isn't. I can be a teacher myself, but it's too small. Moreover, in the future, I still have to fight and build a territory. There are many things. I do n’t have much time to teach ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Welcome the book readers to read, the latest, fastest, and most popular serial works are at ~ www.novelhall. com ~ mobile users, please read.