Chapter 930： Cooperation to acquire rhinoceros?

Marin thought that rhinoceros armor was purely temporary, and even leather armor made of rhinoceros was not very useful in Europe. Because the musket rhinoceros armor can't stop it.

However, the colony can be used. Although the rhinoceros armor cannot resist the musket, it is absolutely okay to resist the weapons of the indigenous people. How to say, Native Americans do not have metal weapons, and warriors wearing rhinoceros armor can absolutely run wild in front of Natives.

Moreover, with rhinoceros, you can also make waistcoats, which are the armor of war horses. Warhorse is a kind of animal with strong mobility. If you wear the metal horse armor used by European knights to warhorse, the running ability of warhorse will be reduced immediately. Moreover, it also affects flexibility.

However, if the horse armor is made of rhinoceros, it is much lighter than the metal horse armor. Although, the horse armor made of rhinoceros can't resist the musket, it may resist the indigenous stone weapons and bows.

Conquering the Americas will definitely be inseparable from the long-distance attack of war horses. The long-distance raid naturally uses Eastern European Mongolian horses. Because Eastern European Mongolian horses have strong endurance and adapt to long distance journeys. However, the Eastern European Mongolian horse is a medium-sized horse, and it does not carry the metal horse armor of the European knight war horse at all. But if no armor is worn, the war horse will also be injured by the bow and arrows of the indigenous people.

So, strictly speaking, the meaning of rhinoceros armor on war horses is more important than humans. Because, as a history college student, Marin remembers that once in class, the professor said that the chariots of the pre-Qin era and the horse-drawn horses of the carts were also covered with rhinoceros. Because, in the chariots of the pre-Qin period, the horses rushed to the front and were the most vulnerable. If the enemy attacks the horse and kills the horse, the chariot is abandoned.

The car waistcoat made of rhinoceros is much lighter than steel armor, but the protective power is also sufficient to resist the weapons of the indigenous people.

For cavalry, the safety of war horses is very important. Without the cavalry of war horses, even infantry are not as good. And if you want to rush into battle, the protection of the war horse is also very important. As for the deadly play of modern cavalry, it is based on the mobilization of the whole people, and does not care about casualties. But the problem is that in modern times, the population of all countries in Europe is tens of millions, and naturally there is no fear of casualties. But Marlin is only a few hundred thousand in number, where can he afford casualties? As an elite cavalry, the casualties are even more unacceptable.

The cavalry casualties are inseparable from the safety of war horses. Malin clearly remembers the ancient poem that he had memorized in his previous life-"shoot a horse first, and a thief first capture a king" ...

In this era, the Swiss spearman against the knight also used a few meters of spear to stand on the ground diagonally to poke the knight's horse. Once the war horse hits the spear array, it must be turned over. The knight who lost the war horse can only be killed by the Swiss infantry with a "can opener" such as a battle axe and war hammer.

Of course, the Swiss spear array can't resist even the knight warriors wearing steel armor, and even the horses wearing rhinoceros armor can't bear it.

However, Marin did not intend to use a horse wearing a rhinoceros armor to attack the Swiss spear array, but to attack the Native American army. With rhinoceros armor-protected warhorse, you can safely attack the Native American battlefield and easily win.

In this way, Marin can easily defeat the armies of Native American forces such as the Inca Empire and the Aztec Empire without the need to dispatch plate armor knights. After all, the weapons of these indigenous troops are difficult to break through the defense of rhinoceros armor.

In addition, when wearing rhinoceros armor, the Cossack cavalry does not need to wear chain mail armor, as it can ensure safety.

After all, rhinoceros armor has been verified by ancient China. The armor made of rhinoceros can indeed block the swords and bows of the Bronze Age (except the heavy crossbow). In order to obtain rhinoceros as armor, the rhinoceros in the Central Plains of China and even the Yangtze River Basin were extinct ... It is said that the reason why the Qin Kingdom conquered Bashu first was that in addition to the relatively weak Bashu, there were also many reasons for the rhinoceros in the Bashu area at that time. After all, the development of Bashu was far less than that of Central Plains.

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However, what Marin didn't think was that Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra's men's business representative Redondo refused to open up a new business road in order to obtain rhinoceros. The reason is that they think the sales prospects of rhinoceros may not be very good.

And Marin can't clear his intention to tell the other party to use rhinoceros to make horse armor and leather armor. Naturally, he cannot easily move the other party.

In addition, Marin did not dare to raise prices arbitrarily. Why? Because of the huge demand for rhinoceros, if the price is rushed, the cost will be greatly increased. Because, once the army is installed, the required rhinoceros armor may be thousands or even tens of thousands. If each set of leather armor bids an extra gold coin, the cost may increase by tens of thousands of gold coins, but that is a huge sum of money ...

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"What should I do?" Marin was distressed. He didn't want to tell the Portuguese the real use of rhinoceros because he was afraid that the Portuguese would learn from him and use the army equipped with rhinoceros armor to conquer the natives. But if you do n’t tell them, you ca n’t be moved to help them get rhinoceros.

You know, most of Africa is under the Portuguese colonial scope, and it is not easy to rush to buy rhinoceros within the Portuguese influence. Otherwise, it will be regarded as a serious provocation, and it may even lead to war. But to give up the rhinoceros armor, Marin is also unwilling ...

At this time, Lei Dongduo was nagging with Marin, what was "happy cooperation" in the black slave trade. And in the cork trade, the cooperation between the two sides is also very smooth. After all, Portugal is the largest producer of cork in Europe. All the single-headed bullets made by Marin need to use cork imported from Portugal as a pallet ...

Malin boredly listened to Sir Redondo bragging about the good cooperative relationship between the two parties and yawned. Because, he knew that the other party was in such a big circle, in fact, still drinking silk for porcelain ...

But when he heard the words "Our Duke and Lord hope to cooperate with you," Marin suddenly came to inspiration ...

"Further cooperation?"

Lei Dong froze for a moment, but said:

"of course!"

"So, how about our two companies acquiring rhinoceros leather?"

Redondo shook his head and said:

"Dagong, as I said before, we are still interested in the trade of rhinoceros horns, the trade of rhinoceros hides, the profit is too low ~ www.novelhall.com ~ I am afraid our Grand Duke will not agree! Lose money! Moreover, the indigenous people have no sharp edge, how to collect rhinoceros? "

Marrington paused and said:

"If, in this business of acquiring rhinoceros, will I fund it?"

"You want to get involved in the Portuguese colonial business?" How surprised Redon was, it was a taboo thing.

"No, I mean, I donated money, but I still count as a business partner with your Duke."

"You know, Africa is a Portuguese territory. I can't enter it casually. However, I am very interested in rhinoceros. So, I propose that I fund it, and your Duke Lord authorized me to work in the grasslands of West Africa. The acquisition of rhinoceros ... so, even if you lose, it will not affect your Duke ... "

"Is this ..." Sir Redondo thought for a moment. Then he asked:

"So, what can our Lord Duke get?"

Marin thought for a while and said:

"The rhinoceros hides that my men bought naturally belong to me, and the precious rhino horns are all handed over to your prince Duke at a low price. What do you think? And we, as long as your prince nickname, give us to go to West Africa The qualification to purchase rhinoceros on the grassland is sufficient, and there is no need to pay any price. Moreover, the most profitable rhino horn is also dealt with by your Duke, we do n’t need any of them! "

"Is that so?" Redondo was in deep contemplation. It seems that this business is worth doing ...

After a while, Redondo replied:

"I personally agree with this cooperation, but Duke, you know, I am only a subordinate. The final decision on whether to cooperate depends on the decision of the Duke! So, when the auction is over, I will return to Lisbon to the Duke Lord, please ask! "

"Okay, happy cooperation!"

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