Chapter 315： Preparation of Egyptian Commercial Road

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As a result of the large-scale manufacture of large flat glass, the trona bought from Venice soon consumed almost. So Romeni asked Marin for help, hoping to get more natural soda.

Originally, Marin planned to continue to send people to purchase in Venice. But a Jewish businessman who helped Marin buy Arabian horses changed Marin's mind. It turned out that the businessman told Marin that in Egypt under the Mamluk dynasty, there were not only abundant natural sodas, but also many Arabian horses. In addition, there are many bitter thenardite, which is sodium sulfate. Alkali wadi near Cairo, Egypt, is a world-renowned trona producer. At this time, Marin remembered that prior to the emergence of the Lubranz during the Nazi War, one of the important natural trona sources in Europe was the alkaline wadi of Egypt, which was the first important source.

Moreover, Marin plans to go to North America to make paper, and also needs a lot of thenardite to cook the pulp with the logs. Egypt has many deserts, and there are many saline lakes in the desert, so the bitter sodium sulfate hydrate crystals can be picked up by the lake, which is very cheap.

Not only that, Marin also didn't want the savvy Venetian merchants to know that he bought a lot of thenardite, so as not to get stuck in the neck. Therefore, Marin decided to organize his own fleet and go to Egypt to buy large quantities of trona and thenardite. Of course, you can also buy some excellent Arabian horses.

Of course, there is another kind of treasure in Egypt, and that is-castor oil. Castor oil is a very good lubricating oil. In later generations, it is a high-end aviation lubricating oil. Castor oil is not easy to oxidize in the air, has a large viscosity and a low coefficient of friction, only 0.1, which is a very good mechanical lubricant.

Tamarindo now does not have the technical capacity to extract oil and cannot manufacture cheap mineral lubricants. Well, the best lubricant he could choose was castor oil. Egypt is one of the origins of castor.

As long as Marin places an order, Egyptians are encouraged to grow castor in large quantities. Then he provided a screw press, and it was not difficult to get a lot of castor oil. You know, the Nile is full of water, making the Nile Basin in Egypt a very suitable area for agricultural cultivation.

As for Egyptian long-staple cotton, although Marin wanted it, he read history and knew that Egyptian long-staple cotton was introduced by Muhammad Ali, the founder of the Egyptian dynasty in the early 19th century. Therefore, at this time, Egypt does not have the famous Egyptian long-staple cotton, nor does it grow rice.

即使 But even so, natural soda, natural sodium sulfate, castor oil, and Arabian horses are worthy of Marin's independent opening of an Egyptian route.

However, according to the opinions of Italian shipbuilders, the Mediterranean region, because the wind is weak and often stopped, it is better to use a paddle boat than a pure sail boat.

So Marin finally decided to launch a few paddle boats for sailing in the Mediterranean Sea ...

However, for safety, Marin also asked the Venetian shipbuilders with rich experience in manufacturing oars to make some improvements to oars and increase the position of artillery to adapt to naval battles.

In this era, the paddle sailing boats in Venice were still under the guidance of the "jumping window to cut", and the hull structure did not leave any artillery positions. Therefore, Marin asked the Venice shipbuilders to arrange as many artillery positions as possible to facilitate naval battles.

For Marin's request, these shipbuilders from Venice, they are flexing their muscles. Because they are too skilled at making oars. Even if some changes are needed, leaving some artillery positions does not affect their ability to play. After all, they have built paddle boats for many years. Even some craftsmen have been involved in the manufacture of 500-ton Venice paddle boats, which are technically very strong.

Then, Marin dispatched 100 people from 200 Venice shipbuilders, and led a group of carpenters to start manufacturing 500-ton-class paddle-boats with gun positions.

In order to facilitate shipbuilding, Marin asked those experienced Venetian shipbuilders to draw out the data of marine ribs, and then hand them to Emden Shipyard's most secretive department that uses steam boxes to bend the ribs of the ship, and prepare the same specifications Fixtures and stone troughs, ship ribs required for mass production. In this way, when the keel is laid, a batch of standard ship ribs can be directly nailed to the main keel, which greatly shortens the shipbuilding time.

In fact, with the opening of the Egyptian Commercial Road, Marin can not only import cheap natural soda, mirabilite, castor oil, and Arabian horses from Egypt, but also buy cheap wool in large quantities from Egypt.

Because of the popularity of sheep breeding in the Arab region. And mutton is also the main meat of Arabs. So, there is a lot of wool over there and it's very cheap. Although the Arabs did not specifically breed wool-producing sheep breeds, the wool quality was average. However, because the quantity is large and cheap, it can make up for the general quality defects. After all, British wool is too expensive. Even if Egyptian wool is brought back around a large circle in Europe, the cost is much lower than buying British wool.

In fact, the best wool in Marin's mind is the wool of the Spanish Merino. Merino sheep are not only fine enough wool and good quality lamb, but also a good breed of wool and meat.

However, Spain regards Merino sheep as treasures and is not allowed to easily export Merino sheep. But this is no obstacle for Marin, because he still has the title of Earl of the Spanish Wilderness, and he is still eligible to buy this kind of sheep.

However, Marin knows that Merino sheep prefer a drier climate, such as Australia. In North America, because of the relative humidity, Merino sheep are susceptible to rot hoof disease on the east coast of North America. Therefore, even if Merino sheep can be introduced, Marin cannot have a suitable grazing land. Unless, he now sends someone to occupy Australia. But that does n’t make much sense, because even if Marin grazes a lot of Merino sheep in Australia, it ’s very expensive to ship Merino wool from Australia to Europe because it ’s too far away. Wool ...

So, for now, Marin might as well give up high-grade wool and import Arabian wool of low quality but directly from Egypt, which is used in the wool spinning industry and specializes in the production of medium and low-grade wool fabrics.

Marin calculated, because the ship's ribs can be quickly mass-produced using advanced technology, which not only saves costs, but also saves shipbuilding time.

As long as the processing of the ship's ribs is independent, and the manufacturing of other components also adopts a division of labor and cooperation method, he can save the time of shipbuilding to a short time of three or four months, instead of more than half a year or even one required for general shipbuilding. Over years ...

Also, ship ribs can be mass-produced quickly. Therefore, the curved ship ribs required for multiple ships can be processed in a short time. Therefore, Marin's shipyard can be built with several ships. As long as the same specifications are used, several ships can be started together. At that time, instead of building a ship in a few months, it will build several ships at the same time in a few months.

Of course, the speed of the first ship may be slower. But as long as the first ship is completed, the shipbuilders record the specific data of the ship's ribs, and manufacture the molds needed to accurately bend the ship's ribs, and then manufacture the same type of ship in the future, and it can achieve mass production easily and quickly.

根据 According to the principle of division of labor and cooperation, each shipbuilding craftsman only needs to repeat the same work continuously to manufacture a certain part of the ship separately. After making it, then use an accurate ruler to measure it ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Then, after you make all parts of the boat, you just need to assemble and connect, then apply oil and wait for the air to dry. This can greatly reduce the time required to build a ship and also allow Marin to quickly have more ships. As long as there are enough ships and enough sailors are recruited and trained, Marin can quickly become a marine overlord and occupy enough colonies to gain huge benefits. Otherwise, without sufficient sea power, all Marin's "discoveries" are easy to make wedding clothes for others ...

的 The paddle sailboats required for voyages to Egypt have begun to build in full swing. Relevant artisans also keep records of relevant data to facilitate mass production in the future.

In fact, the first ship of the same class was basically that the shipbuilders "followed the feeling." After being built, the wood needs to be adjusted and replaced frequently. Not only that, the shipbuilders of this era, in making each ship, "follow the feeling" and then constantly adjust.

So, shipbuilding in this era takes more than half a year, and it is not unusual to spend a year or two ...

However, Marin's use of data recording and unified specifications for mass production can greatly reduce shipbuilding time, and all are standard. As long as the first ship is built successfully, the subsequent ships will be built smoothly.

While building a ship, Marin can also find Jewish merchants who are familiar with the Egyptian route to deal with the Egyptians. At the same time, he also helps Marin train business talent. Once the paddle boat is built, it can be taken directly to Egypt for trade.

As for the shortage of Romeni's natural soda, Marin thought about it and sent a Kirk sailing boat to go to Venice to buy goods to meet temporary needs. When the Egyptian route is officially opened, you can kick off the Venetian and run the relevant route yourself.