Chapter 1385： Rogue behavior (leave leave)

Although not allowing Marin to use force against Bremen, Marlin's play was restricted. However, to deal with a force within his own territory, Marin should not use too many methods.

After all, Bremen is just an inland port city. Bremerhaven, the seaport of Bremen, was not opened until 1827 in the 19th century, and the first phase of the project was completed in 1830.

The reason why Bremerhaven was built was because the Weser River was like the Yellow River in the 19th century. Because of siltation, the water depth became shallower, which affected the navigation of ships. In addition, the merchant ships in the 19th century are much larger than those in this era, and the requirements for the waterway are different. In the 19th century, the displacement of marine merchant ships started at more than 1,000 tons, or even several thousand tons. Every area of ​​the Weser River can no longer meet the needs of the waterway, and due to the siltation of the river, it is natural to need to trim a harbour.

But in this era, European mainstream merchant ships were only about 200 tons. The Weser River is the second longest river in Germany (the Danube and Rhine rivers are transnational rivers, not in the ranking), and the river channel is fully competent for merchant ships of this era.

Moreover, the inland ports of this era have greater advantages. Not to mention, the moored ships in inland ports alone do not worry about maggots, which is simply incomparable to pure sea ports. The major ports of this era were mostly inland ports or ports in the Danshui Estuary. London, for example, is the river port of the Thames. Hamburg and Bremen are also inland ports. Of course, Hamburg has a Cuxhaven, but it is also at the mouth of the Elbe. Lübeck is also an inland port, and the famous Spanish port of Seville is also an inland port ...

Inland ports are not afraid of maggots eroding the bottom of the ship, or coastal storms raging the port. However, if someone blocked the estuary ...

That's how Marin did it. You wouldn't let me attack Bremen, would you? No problem, I just blocked the mouth of the Weser River ...

However, the direct blockade of the Weser River seems too powerful and overbearing. After all, it ’s important to pay attention to teachers. Therefore, we must find a way to make the Bremen people suffer.

This problem may be a problem for people of this era. But for Marin, the traverser, it's a piece of cake. But it's just to embarrass a "resident" in his own country. The demolition office of later generations is an outstanding representative of the embarrassed household ...

Nail house, right? I will not beat you, nor will I scold you. I cut off the water and electricity, I dug your way out, in the name of maintenance ... See if you crash or not ...

Marin did the same, did Bremen? Inland port, right? Sorry, because the sedimentation of the Weser River, the wise leader of the Beihai Kingdom, Grand Duke Marin, decided to urgently need the people, organize the Beihai Kingdom up and down, unite, and carry out centralized dredging work on the sediment of the Weser River ...

During dredging, the Weser River channel was temporarily closed. Closed ... one year ...

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Malin sent people to Bremen to post notices, and then, really, they started dredging ...

This is not a whim, nor is it to deal with the city of Bremen, but Marin really intends to carry out a dredging.

The Weser River is highly developed due to the existence of the Hanseatic city of Bremen. The high degree of development naturally brought about the problem of soil erosion. Vegetation along the river has been extensively damaged due to frequent human activities. Without vegetation, soil erosion is naturally severe.

Of course, the problem of the Weser River is not very obvious at present, but there are certain signs of it. Marin intends to stifle such signs in advance and clear up the Weser River in advance.

On the one hand, Marin intends to organize the population and dig the silt at the bottom of the Weser River. On the other hand, Marin considered introducing the weeping willows of the Ming Dynasty and planting them on the river embankment to maintain soil and water.

The method of digging silt is very simple, that is, using a long wooden stick and an iron bucket. People held long wooden sticks, reached the bottom of the river with a shovel bucket, and dug up the silt. Then, pile up in the cabin first. After landing, it was transported ashore and scattered into the field ...

Silt is very fertile soil, because some algae crops grow on the bottom of the river. After these algae died, they deposited on the bottom of the river and rotted, making the river mud fertile. Moreover, there are not only algae in the river, but also many fish that feed on algae. After the death of these fishes, the bodies will naturally sink to the bottom. The fish are rich in phosphorus, and the fish's carcass is mixed into the sludge, making the sludge containing phosphorus, which can become an important auxiliary fertilizer. Of course, there is also fish manure, which contains both phosphorus and nitrogen.

There is an agricultural technique in later generations called rice field fish farming. It relies on the feces and bones of fish in the rice fields, and serves as an important natural fertilizer for the rice fields.

Malin's organization of dredging this time, in addition to clearing the waterway, is actually a fertile field. After all, silt is a natural fertilizer. In the Ming dynasty, Jiangnan people like to plow the muddy fields. In addition, because rice is often introduced into river water. The nitrogen and phosphorus components dissolved in the river water also made the rice fat. Therefore, the high yield of rice in Jiangnan is the granary of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, not all silt can fertilize fields. Did you try the sludge contaminated by the sewage discharged from the later generation chemical plant? He Miao must be killed. Also, the silt of the Yellow River is of little use, mostly silt ...

As for planting willow protection embankments by the river, it was an important measure in ancient China and has a long history. The earliest record of planting willows in river embankments in "Guanzi.dudi"-"Planting thorns to fix its land; mixed with poplar (willow) to prepare for water".

Therefore, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, ancient Chinese people knew how to plant willow protection embankments. Therefore, under the official deliberate influence, there were many weeping willows along the ancient China River.

Why was there a custom to fold the willow in ancient times? To send friends, naturally sent to outside the city. And weeping willows are everywhere around the moat outside the city, and it is naturally unhappy to say goodbye to friends. When the baby is unhappy, he must breathe out. Huh? There is a weeping willow over here, so let it out ... Then, the baby folded a willow branch and was in a better mood ...

Friends are strange-good friends, why do you pinch others' willow branches? Willow provoke you? I ca n’t tell the truth, otherwise it seems a bit low ... So the baby moved and sent the willow branch to friends ... You see, this is the willow branch in my hometown, good friend, take the willow branch in my hometown, see Liu Zhiru saw his hometown, if he saw me—your good friend ...

Then, as this saying spread, there was a custom of "offering the willow" ...

The reason why the willows are broken is because-the willow trees outside the city were arranged by the government. I can't fold anything else. Also, the branches of other trees are too high, you have to be light to break the branches ... I do n’t want to hang the willow, the branches will fall down to make you fold ...

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The willow-planting embankment, in addition to the roots of the willow tree, will also be related to the tenacity of the willow tree. In spring, if you will root a willow branch on the wet ground by the river, you can grow a big tree. Even when the spring breeze blows, the catkins fly away and fly to a wet land, and they will grow a willow tree ... unlike other trees, trying to cultivate is difficult and troublesome. Therefore, in ancient China, the willow tree became the first tree in the berm.

However, it seems that during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the willow trees on the river embankment were destroyed on a large scale. The reason is speechless-making gunpowder ... During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the charcoal in the gunpowder formula was mostly made of willow charcoal. Therefore, the willow tree was destroyed on a large scale and used to burn willow charcoal ...

Marin will use willow trees for embankments, which also value the advantages of easy survival and spread of willow trees. Also, the willow bark appears to contain salicylic acid. Legend has it that the aspirin, which was later made in Germany, was originally extracted from willow bark transplanted from Europe by Asians. But aspirin was first discovered and researched from the willow bark.

How to synthesize salicylic acid to the aspirin aspirin Marin does not understand, after all, it is not a professional chemistry. However, he can let those children who study chemistry specialize in salicylic acid extracted from willow bark in the future. In this way, ascension from generation to generation will one day be able to produce aspirin.

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The city of Bremen responded extremely fiercely to Marin ’s blockade of the Weser River. However, Marin did not care how they reacted.

While deploying a group of troops around Bremen, Marin also set up artillery on both sides of the Weser River. If the Bremen merchant ship dared to break through, it would sink directly.

The Bremen were very angry about Marlin's near-rogue behavior. But they ca n’t beat the North Sea country and can only choose to ask for help ... But it ’s a pity that Bremen is not a sovereign city. Even if they want to appeal to the Imperial Parliament, they are not eligible. As for asking for help from the Hanseatic League, Lubeck, the Hanseatic leader, and Hamburg, the deputy leader, remained silent ...

So, the Bremen understood-they were abandoned ...