Chapter 1405： Cruiser and preparation for combating pirates

After all, Beihai is a German country, mainly composed of German ducks. So far, Beihai has only 890,000 fishermen. Among them, nearly half of the fishermen were selected by Marin from inland German refugees to learn fishing. Not to mention its waterborne and adaptability to the sea. It is estimated that it will take a second generation for them to become a family of fishermen who really adapt to the sea.

The other half of the fishermen are mainly Frisians, but the number is too small, only 40,000 or 50,000. Although it is said that these 890,000 fishermen can also get 20,000 or 30,000 men in the war. However, half of them were actually German dry ducks that had just been launched for a few years. It is a fool's dream to expect these dry ducks who have gone through the sea in a few years to grow into excellent sailors. If you rush into the naval battle, it is estimated that the combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the French sailors.

Therefore, if you really want to fight naval warfare, Marin can recruit up to 10,000 old Frisian fishermen to become young sailors. However, of these, only a few thousand are strong and adaptable to naval warfare. After all, not all young and strong fishermen are suitable to be sailors.

Unlike England, which is surrounded by the sea on all sides, has a population of nearly 3 million and fishermen of more than 400,000. Even if a lot of fishermen and sailors were divided by others, Marin could still recruit tens of thousands of talented sailors as sailors in England. If all English fishermen are allowed to recruit Marin, it is estimated that 20,000 or 30,000 fishermen who are suitable as sailors can be recruited. And this is also a strong heritage that England has always been able to ensure that the homeland will not be invaded by France. Anyway, Marin will also rule England in the future, and the heritage of England is better to use it early to serve himself ...

As for why not build a shipyard and recruit fishermen in Newcastle? This is also something that cannot be done. Because, in this era of England, the population is mainly concentrated in the southeast coastal area. Near Southampton is a place where English fishermen are concentrated, and it is easier to recruit poor fishermen.

Speaking of which, there are not only many fishermen in England, but also relatively cheap salt prices. Because the English have learned to cook salt with coal. At present, the salt price in England is maintained at the level of 4 shillings per quart (12.7 kg). Although not low, it is generally cheaper than Germany.

It stands to reason that it should be more convenient for English fishermen to make salted fish. But the fact is the opposite, because English fishermen lack large fishing boats, and it is difficult to go deep into the sea to fish. They can only use small boats to fish in offshore waters, and the amount of fishing is naturally limited. Therefore, the salted fish industry in England is not well developed.

Moreover, England and France have forged a deep hatred for a hundred years of war, making it difficult for English products to open the market in France. On the contrary, England has to import a lot of wine from Aquitaine in France every year. As for the Netherlands, which has a good relationship with England, although it has not risen because of the migration of herring fishing grounds to the North Sea, after all, they invented the fish-cutting knife, and they do not lack salted fish.

Therefore, England has abundant fishery resources and cheaper salt prices, but it is difficult to develop the salted fish industry.

If Marin can provide loans to allow English fishermen to buy large ships to fish deep in the ocean, it will definitely increase the amount of fishing. Moreover, the provision of the service of purchasing salt on credit can also fully guarantee that fishermen can pickle the fish caught in time to make salted fish.

For example, during the fishing process, the women on board can rub the fish with salt on the boat and marinate them. Otherwise, if you wait for the beach to pickle, most of the fish will already stink and can only be thrown away.

The big fishing boat is such a feature, it can fish deep in the sea and get a larger amount of fishing. But at the same time, because you ca n’t dock on the same day, if you stay on the sea for a few days, the first fish caught may be stinky. Unless, in advance, bring a lot of salt on the boat, while fishing, pickling. Only in this way will there be enough salted fish.

The actions provided by Marin to simultaneously issue a boat purchase loan and buy salt on credit are equivalent to solving the two biggest problems at once, which will certainly greatly increase the production of salted fish.

In addition, Marin also intends to promote the Dutch fish slicing knife to England. In this way, the English can also easily kill and pickle fish on the boat during the fishing process ...

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Of course, the "lunch" given by Marin is by no means free. Anyone who wants to borrow money to buy a ship and buy salt on credit must provide a strong man to join the fleet of Marin and serve Marin for at least ten years. Unless he died in the battle or retired due to injury, Marin will take back the fishing boat and make the other party pay double compensation. Under normal contracts, this loan can be paid off in ten years.

However, this strong man is not provided casually. If an unqualified sailor or coward was provided, Marin would not recognize it. To this end, he will also set up an auditing agency to specifically examine whether the loan applicants provided Zhuangding have the ability to serve for ten years. Only after passing the review can we get the preferential services of buying a boat loan and buying salt on credit.

It should be pointed out that this boat purchase loan is very favorable, with zero down payment and a repayment period of ten years. Ten years later, with the resignation of the provided strongman, the ship payment was settled. The annual interest rate is also very fair, the lowest 10% in this era, which is unfavorable.

All in all, Marin wanted the poor fishermen who had more than one strong family and wanted to make a fortune. They would serve for ten years in exchange for the wealth of the whole family. This sale was also fair in this era. In one sentence, it is-sacrifice one, a happy family ... and that one may not be sacrificed during ten years of service ...

As for how many sailors to recruit, Marin expects the plan to be 10,000. Then, as soon as North America began to explode, the 10,000 people would become Marin ’s naval forces.

So, what is the purpose of this 10,000 navy? Marin intends to use them to patrol trade routes and fight against pirates ...

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Why prepare tens of thousands of people to fight against pirates? This is because Marin has a hunch that the era of pirates is coming ...

What is the purpose of pirates? Of course it is robbery. There will be no pirates on routes without oil and water. In turn, there will be pirates on routes with oil and water.

Historically, the rise of pirates on the Atlantic Ocean was due to the fact that Spain obtained large amounts of gold and silver from the Americas and transported it back to the mainland with the treasure fleet. Then, islands on the Atlantic Ocean came into being. No matter whether it is an Englishman ~ www.novelhall.com ~ or a Dutchman, they have done the job of robbing the Spanish treasure ship. Among them, the British played flowers in the field of pirates, and a large number of famous pirates emerged in the 17th century. For example, Captain Kidd, Drake, William Dampier, etc.

After these pirates appeared, they messed up the world's maritime trade. In order to protect the safety of maritime trade, the British Parliament formally passed the "Maritime Patrol and Escort Law" in 1708, and began to vigorously develop fast cruisers, and established a bounty court to reward pirates. After years of hard work, most of the pirates were finally eliminated. At its peak, there were thousands of sail warships in England active on important routes around the world, specializing in combating pirates and enemy merchant ships, fully guaranteeing maritime interests and maintaining maritime hegemony.

Marin ’s plan was to learn from England and vigorously develop brisk cruisers, spread them all over the maritime routes, fight pirates and enemy ships, and protect the safety of routes.

Today, Marin ’s North Sea country has replaced Spain and gained the advantage of dominating the Americas. But in the same way, those who suffer from piracy in the future will also become the North Sea country. After all, it makes you foolish, and the gold and silver in the Americas will eventually attract pirates.

Therefore, Marin planned ahead and decided to develop a cruise fleet of tens of thousands of people before the rise of pirates on the Atlantic. When he saw the pirates, he went to death to ensure that his maritime interests were not lost ...