Chapter 325： Arrangement for canal excavation

This time going south, Marin still chose to bring about 300 cavalry guards. Kahn and Sauer traveled in the same way. Kahn took 100 master guards as the main guards. Sauer accompanied the 100 best scouts to explore the path and detect enemy situations for the team.

As for the other 100 people, they are all black shirt knights, professional shot and killed knights. After all, a strong team of three hundred people like the Marin belt cannot be stopped by infantry. Only a knight will pose a threat. Even if Kahn carries the elite guards, he will encounter huge casualties if he meets the knights of the brigade. However, the black shirt knight can kill the chasing plate armour knight, and there are no casualties. As for the light cavalry, Kahn and his 100 plate guards will solve it.

In order to speed up the speed, Marin and his party are one person and three horses, one battle horse and two pack horses. Soon, the team arrived in the city of Münster and was warmly received by Bishop Conrad of Münster.

Although this year's autumn harvest still belongs to the original owner of the land, after the autumn harvest, about 80,000 Ugram land in the South Munster area will be temporarily managed by the Ritterberg family. The income of hundreds of thousands of gold coins every year, Bishop Conrad died in his heart. Therefore, when receiving Marin, he was also very enthusiastic.

Marin passed by this time, but he had something to talk to Bishop Conrad. Specifically, it was the construction of a canal that was previously mentioned with Bishop Conrad, connecting the Lipper and Ems.

Seeing that winter is coming, farmers will be very idle until March of the next year. But Marin remembers that in China, in addition to the bitter cold in the north, winter has always been a good time to build water conservancy. Therefore, it's better to dig a canal while taking advantage of the winter leisure.

Moreover, in winter, in addition to the coastal wet areas, the inland areas are generally dry and the water level is low, which is also very suitable for deep digging of rivers. Switching to a summer with high water levels is simply not suitable for digging too deep a river. Because the underground seepage is too powerful. Moreover, when it rains heavily, the excavated ditches are also prone to flooding.

Therefore, the best season for digging a ditch is actually winter. Of course, high latitudes do not work. Because, those areas are too cold, the soil is frozen and can't dig at all.

Marin meant that he hoped that Bishop Conrad would organize the serfs in the South Münster area in the winter and start digging the canal. In the process of digging the canal, Marin will provide food all the way, and the brown bread is enough. Moreover, shovel will also be provided. After the excavation, the serfs could take the shovel back to their respective estates.

Bishop Conrad agreed without hesitation. Anyway, such a thing would do him no harm, only benefit. Moreover, this canal passes near the city of Münster. In the future, the city of Münster will become a water transportation hub, which is very beneficial to the local economy. Why not do it?

Although, the excavation of this canal may take several years. At that time, Bishop Conrad may not be able to live to see the benefits it brings. However, the cost of excavating the canal was not to be taken out by him, but by Marin. Therefore, there is no reason for Bishop Conrad to object.

As for why Marin asked Bishop Conrad to do this? Quite simply, Marin has promised that the South Münster area will be managed by Bishop Conrad when he is alive. If he wants to dig a canal in South Munster, he can only ask Bishop Conrad to do it.

Moreover, the canal to be dug by Marin is not a super grand canal like the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but a small canal that is only slightly larger than the irrigation river.

The width of Marin is set at about 15 meters, and the depth is only a few meters deep. In this way, the engineering volume is greatly reduced. That is the level of a larger irrigation river.

The reason for making such a choice is because of practical needs. After the canal was dug, the largest ships of the ships and the goods they carried were probably food and coal.

However, limited by the current industrial level and economic level, overall, the volume of goods in and out is unlikely to be too large. Therefore, an inland vessel with a displacement of 100 tons is enough. A 100-ton inland ship has no width of 7.5 meters. Digged to 15 meters wide, it is absolutely enough for two 100-ton ships to meet.

Moreover, such a large ship may not be used for inland water transportation. Probably only a hundred-ton ship is needed when transporting grain and coal. For general small merchant ships, dozens of tons of dozens of tons are enough. Even a scull boat with a displacement of less than ten tons is very suitable for sailing on such a small canal. Get a mast on the scull boat and hang a Chinese-style hard sail that can use eight sides to wind. When there is wind, use sails to drive. When there is no wind, move forward. Although the speed is a bit slower, the cargo capacity of the ship is also several tons, which is equivalent to the cargo capacity of a small truck, but the speed is slower.

When Marin controls the Ruhr area, the steam engine can be installed on a 100-ton transport ship, making canal transportation more convenient. Or, when the time comes, the trucks will be directly produced and transported by rail.

But in any case, water transportation is the most economical mode of transportation. In later generations, Germany built several canals in the country for transportation. Of course, those are large canals running large cargo ships of more than 1,000 tons. Unlike Marin's canal, it is only larger than the irrigation river and can run up to 100-ton cargo ships.

The reason why Marin excavated this canal was because it felt too inconvenient for coal and iron ore carriers to pass through several other countries. Moreover, it is easy to be intercepted by people, delaying things. If a coal carrier or an iron ore carrier is detained, it may delay the operation of the steel plant. You know, the blast furnace of the steel plant cannot be stopped casually. Once the furnace is stopped, it will hurt the furnace.

Once this canal was built ~ www.novelhall.com ~ and then the Ruhr area was annexed, in the future, the coal carrier would go to his own country. The purchase of iron ore from Luxembourg, although passing through other countries, is not a problem. Because the countries along the way are basically friendly. Even if it is unfriendly and dare to intercept the iron ore-carrying ship, it does n’t matter, it ’s yelling at him-is this just an excuse to send Marin to the army ...

The meeting with Bishop Condra was very smooth. Bishop Conrad was also very caring about the excavation of the canal, which made Marin very satisfied.

The only thing that worried Marin was that Bishop Conrad was too healthy and glowing red. Marin originally agreed to allow Bishop Conrad to continue to manage the South Münster area, based on the fact that Bishop Conrad lived only until 1508. If Bishop Conrad was happy, and lived another ten or eight years, Marin would cry ...

So, after thinking about it, Marin decided to wait until 1508. If at the end of 1508, Bishop Conrad was still alive, he said that he must send someone to quietly kill the old guy. Of course, the trick must be hidden. Otherwise, the impact will be too bad ...

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