Chapter 577： Return of Amerigo

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In addition to intrigues and calculations, he calculated abroad. During this time, Marin was busy forming multiple chambers of commerce to sell food.

This time, Marin intends to sell most of the grains of his family and other noble families. As for those that cannot be sold, they are left to be used for the rations of the common people, as well as for raising pigs and making wine.

In order to hide the true source of food, Marin formed a dozen chambers of commerce. However, the place of registration is all foreign. For example, Marin registered a Polish Chamber of Commerce and hired several Polish people, claiming that the rye they sold was rye produced in Poland. In fact, Poland is indeed a rye producing country, and Marin sent people to pretend to be Polish Chamber of Commerce to sell "Polish rye", no problem, no one doubts.

In addition, Marin also registered the Danish Chamber of Commerce, the Dutch Chamber of Commerce, the British Chamber of Commerce, the French Chamber of Commerce, the Spanish Chamber of Commerce and the Italian Chamber of Commerce to sell rye to all parts of Europe, especially the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy, where rye prices are higher. Especially in Spain, the land area is quite large, but there are many mountains, and it is okay to engage in animal husbandry and agriculture. The conditions are too far behind France, and even worse than Germany. To be sure, this time Marin threw out hundreds of millions of pounds of rye, which is sure to make European food prices turbulent. A large amount of money will inevitably flow to the Grand Duchy of Beihai.

Of course, Marin is not limited to collecting coins, and other valuable goods can also be used to pay for the money. For example, excellent horses, cattle and sheep. In addition, metals and metal products such as gold, silver, copper, iron, lead and tin can also offset food prices. In short, Marin is reluctant to put grain in the granary and must be replaced by a large number of materials that are available and easy to store for a long time.

Suddenly, some men reported-Amerigo and the fleet to India came back ...

Marin was stunned and ecstatic. Last spring, Marin let his fleet, led by the navigator Americano, went south to Spain, and together with the Spanish fleet, set off for India.

The reason for this is that Marin's army began to lack gunpowder. In particular, the lack of saltpeter. This also led to the fact that after Marin dispatched the National Army and the Bossa Allied Forces, gunpowder began to lack. If the German princes united against Marin, Marin could not have enough gunpowder to fight them ... otherwise, Marin would not succumb to those princes ...

Marin's Spanish phalanx and artillery ships consume a lot of gunpowder. Especially for artillery ships, a round of salvo, the gunpowder consumed is simply amazing. The battle that took place in the western waters of the Jutland Peninsula consumed almost half of the gunpowder. Although he played well and defeated the Danish fleet, Marin did not dare to use the gunboat anymore. Then, he sent a fleet to India to continue to buy saltpeter.

Only with enough saltpeter can enough gunpowder be dispensed and sufficient firepower. Otherwise, all the firearms under Marin will become burning sticks, and the artillery will also become scrap iron pimples. The British can dominate the sea, and the hundreds of tons of saltpetre that the East India Company gets from India every year are inseparable.

However, the problem is that Spain and Portugal will share India in the future. If the two countries jointly cut off Marin's saltpetre supply, Marin's army combat power will immediately be reduced by several grades. Therefore, the development of Chilean saltpeter is inevitable. Moreover, Chile has large saltpetre reserves and abundant surface mines. Except for the severe water shortage and relatively hot weather in the desert, other costs are relatively low.

However, Marin will not stop buying saltpeter from India in the future. Why? Because Marin does not buy it, Spain and Portugal will buy it. If they buy it, they will increase the firepower at sea and affect Marin's maritime hegemony.

Therefore, Marin ’s intention is to continue to purchase saltpetre from India even if Chilean saltpetre is developed in the future. Nothing else, just to prevent other European countries from buying enough saltpetre from India ...

When the sea battle broke out, Marlin had enough saltpetre and his opponent had insufficient saltpetre. The difference would be obvious as soon as the gun was fired. The naval guns on your side can shoot as much as you like, but the opponent's artillery and ammunition are limited. Who wins and who loses at a glance ...

Moreover, even if there is too much saltpetre, Marin is not worried. Because saltpeter can be used as a special effect nitrogen fertilizer, which is much stronger than manure ...

Marin remembers that after the development of Chile's saltpetre in the 19th century, the British Liverpool Trading Group controlled Chile's saltpetre trade. Except for a part used to make gunpowder, the other part is all exported to Europe and America as special effect fertilizers. Among them, American agriculture was once very dependent on Chile's saltpeter. Until the Germans produced synthetic ammonia in the early 20th century, the world's demand for Chile's saltpeter was greatly reduced. Then, Chile's trade in saltpeter declined.

For now, Marin can only consider buying saltpeter in large quantities from India. As for the saltpetre in the Chilean desert, I do n’t know where it is. Even if it is discovered, it is very complicated to prepare in advance in a harsh environment.

Therefore, in two or three years, Marin still has no intention of mining a large amount of saltpetre from Chile, but still has to rely on saltpetre from India. Of course, if the Daming route is opened, it is also possible to import saltpetre from Daming at a lower price. You should know that the price of saltpeter from Daming is very cheap. It is only 30 to 40 yuan a catty, which is cheaper than Indian saltpetre. The price of saltpetre in India is equivalent to 54 liters per pound, and it has not been refined. The purity is lower than Daming saltpeter.

In fact, the purification technology of saltpetre at the Ming Dynasty was also very simple, that is-dissolving saltpetre and co-cooking with radish slices, using the adsorption of radish slices to absorb magnesium sulfate and some other impurities in the saltpeter, making the saltpeter More pure.

Because the normal mg of magnesium sulfate is often easy to deliquesce. Saltpeter is very afraid of water, so mg makes saltpeter ineffective. If it is not removed, saltpeter cannot be stored for a long time.

Therefore, the saltpetre imported by Marin from India has actually been processed. That is, use European turnip-turnip, slice and cook with saltpeter solution, and then evaporate the water to obtain mg.

This purified saltpeter ~ www.novelhall.com ~ can be stored in a sealed oil paper bag for a long time. Unlike untreated saltpeter, even if it is sealed and stored, it will deliquesce and fail in a few years.

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In fact, when the men reported to Marin that the American ship had returned, the American ship had not returned to Emden and was still on the Atlantic Ocean.

This is because Americo ’s fleet was accompanied by the Spanish fleet and stayed for a long time in the port of Cadiz, Spain. But the Marin intelligence personnel in Spain, when Americo's fleet stopped at the port of Cadiz, sent someone to quickly whip and take the land to return to China to report to Marin.

Of course, within a few days, the American fleet will appear in Emden. At that time, Marin will have enough saltpetre to fight another large-scale war.

In order to purify these Indian saltpeters, Marin has issued an order to send people to purchase European turnips, turnips, in large quantities to further purify saltpetre to facilitate the long-term preservation of saltpetre.

Marin himself rushed to the port of Emden, where he was waiting for the return of the American fleet ...