Chapter 216： Relocation of shipyard

In fact, the good news from Cape Breton Island is more than just the paper mill. Another good news on Cape Breton Island is that the salt cooking base over there has also begun operations.

According to Garland's report, just north of Sydney Bay, Garland built a coastal salt cooking base. The salt cooking base is very close to the North Sydney coal mine and fuel transportation is also very convenient.

The salt cooking base over there has been built, and now Marin will relocate all salt cooking craftsmen and cauldrons in Yancheng on Texel Island to Cape Breton Island. The coal miners and briquettes workers of the former Hoffman Estate led by Schwarz have already started mass production of coal briquettes at the North Sydney coal mine on Cape Breton Island. The paper mill on the northern side of Cape Breton Island has already obtained a stable supply of coal. Now, the new salt cooking base can also obtain a stable supply of coal, just waiting for the collective relocation of the old Yancheng.

After learning that Cape Breton Island was ready, Marin immediately signed an order and ordered the old Yancheng to begin mass relocation. During the period of relocation of the old Yancheng, the new Yancheng on Baltrum Island will expand production to fill the production gap during the period of relocation of the old Yancheng.

Shortly after the paper ship sent by Garland arrived at the port of Emden, across the two islands of North America, Tara also sent a ship loaded with whale oil and whale meat.

At the same time, Tara also brought good news to Marin-on the island of Americo, Tara has prepared thousands of old oak logs, each of which is more than 30 meters in length, you can take Comes as the keel of a 500-ton or larger ship.

Moreover, these logs have been air-dried on the island of Amerigo for two years, and are fully suitable for shipbuilding.

It's just that these logs are too long and too large. Two or three hundred tons of Kirk sailboats are completely unsuitable for transporting them back to Europe. Therefore, it is most appropriate to establish a shipyard on the island of Amerigo.

Marin apparently agrees with this opinion, and he had such a plan already. So, after thinking twice, Marin planned to split half of the craftsmen in the Emden shipyard and send them to the Americas for the manufacture of 500-ton warships and 500-ton armed merchant ships.

Needless to say, 500-ton warships, just follow the "Huffman-class" warships and continue to copy. The 500-ton armed merchant ship is also simple. It only needs to reduce the logarithm of the ribs of the "Hoffman-class" battleship accordingly. At the same time, the thickness of the side rail is also reduced.

Oak logs up to 30 meters in length are very rare, so Marin decided that the thousands of oak logs on the island of Amerigo were all used as keel materials. As for the ship ribs, it is entirely possible to purchase suitable materials locally from Europe, and then use the stone trough fixation method in the branch factory responsible for manufacturing ship ribs in Emden Shipyard to bend it into the desired shape. Then, after air-drying, the ship was used to ship to the new shipyard on the island of Amerigo for assembly of the new ship.

The new shipyard is clearly attached great importance to Marin. It is necessary to know that if you want to strengthen the control of the colony and open the Eastern trade routes, a certain number of large ships are necessary.

Therefore, for this matter, Marin personally rushed to the Emden shipyard and selected more than 300 shipbuilders from it. Then, from the serfs, thousands of serfs with woodworking foundations were selected, and together with their families, they were shipped to Amerigo Island, a twin island in North America, to form a new shipyard.

The same people who stayed at the original Emden shipyard continued to build ships. For example, there are currently four Huffman-class battleships in the shipyard, which are under construction. Therefore, Marin only transferred 300 craftsmen, not half of them as planned. Otherwise, the four warships will be shut down.

However, Marin knew very well that in the future North America will be the main base for building big ships. After all, the wood over there is inexhaustible. Therefore, while mobilizing more than 300 shipbuilding craftsmen, Marin also selected thousands of serfs who knew carpentry skills for these 300 craftsmen and gave them to train so that these thousands of carpenters who knew carpentry could also become qualified shipbuilders. artisan.

At that time, it is also possible to have a large number of shipbuilding craftsmen, coupled with the inexhaustible wood in North America, and a large number of ship explosions in North America.

In order to train the thousands of serfs who know woodwork, Marin's plan was to get those serf carpenters to fight the 300 shipbuilding craftsmen after arriving in Amerigo. The task of the more than 300 old shipbuilding craftsmen is to build a new 500-ton "Hoffman-class" battleship. The thousands of serfs and carpenters first laid their hands to observe and learn.

Then, take advantage of the abundant wood resources on the island of Amerigo, and cut down some wood at will. It is not necessary to dry the wood for two years, but to use ordinary wood directly. Obviously the serf carpenters first practiced their hands to build a few small fishing boats. Several small fishing boats were built, and the serf carpenters were almost familiar with the shipbuilding process. By then, they can really help those old-fashioned shipbuilding craftsmen to join hands in the manufacture of 500-ton warships and armed merchant ships. By then, more than 1,300 artisans can start construction of three or four 500-ton warships at the same time.

In addition, Tara also submitted an application to officially start the development of Columbus Island (Martha's Vineyard) on the edge of the island of Amerigo (Nantucket).

The main reason is that there are also large areas of forest on Columbus Island. Even if we do n’t reclaim farmland on Columbus Island for the time being, it is good to first log on Columbus Island, cut down the oak suitable for shipbuilding, and save it to dry.

Not only that, the climate on Columbus Island is similar to that on Amerigo Island, and it is very suitable for growing soybeans. Even Tara had a plan to try to grow wheat on Columbus Island.

As a newly-increased nobleman, Tara's family also had a territory in East Frisian Lambert and had a lot of output. The annual income also has tens of thousands of gold coins.

Therefore, Tara's requirements for life have also become higher. For example, Tara began to dislike black bread and began to like white bread made of wheat flour.

However, Tara also understands that because of the cold climate in northern Germany, it is actually not suitable for growing wheat, but is the most suitable for growing rye. Therefore, if you want to eat white bread, you actually need to import wheat from other countries.

Before, when Tara followed Marin, he heard Marin explain some agricultural knowledge, such as the concept of "accumulated temperature". Although he didn't understand it, Tara knew one thing-that is, the accumulated temperature of the two islands in North America is higher than that of East Frisian Lambert. Not to mention, in summer alone, the two islands of North America are hotter than the East Friesland. And Marin said that the hot summer is necessary for the growth of crops.

According to Marin, North America ’s two islands are more suitable for growing soybeans than northern Europe because of summer temperatures. So, Tara inferred: Is the two islands of North America more suitable for growing wheat than East Friesland?

He submitted this idea to Marin ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin immediately gave a positive response. In his reply to Tara, Marin affirmed Tara's vision of developing Columbus. In addition, Tara was sent a few sacks of wheat to allow Tara to try to plant spring wheat on Columbus Island during spring cultivation.

However, Marin has repeatedly stressed that shipbuilding and logging are the things Tara needs to pay more attention to. As for wheat planting, success is the best, and nothing is unsuccessful.

The current European wheat variety is just too bad. Generally, wheat is planted in November of the first year and harvested in October of the following year. Such a long growth cycle is absolutely scum in Marin's eyes. But the wheat of China is already able to rotate with rice, and the growth cycle is much shorter than that of wheat in Europe at this time. Therefore, after opening the Daming route, Marin plans to go to China to introduce Huaxia wheat with a much shorter growth cycle to replace the inferior wheat varieties in Europe at this time. Therefore, Marin did not care whether Tara succeeded in growing wheat on Columbus.

In fact, in Marin's eyes, the two islands in North America are just a springboard for Marin to colonize North America. Moreover, there are not many oak trees on the two islands.

The place where there are really many oak trees is still on the mainland. Only when it occupies the mainland and later Pennsylvania will receive countless Pennsylvania Red Oaks suitable for shipbuilding. Marin now wonders whether it is time to send troops to conquer the North American continent ...