Chapter 1648： Go to Perth to raise sheep

Once the Netherlands has completed the replacement of the original farmland, wild grassland and forest with alfalfa grassland, nobles can certainly make money by raising sheep in the future. However, after the forest is cut down, the shipbuilding industry in the Netherlands has no hope ...

In the final analysis, Marin is still preparing for the Netherlands to rise as a nautical power as in history. Therefore, to do everything possible to destroy the shipbuilding and shipping industry in the Netherlands is Marin's unremitting goal.

Before, Marin had used various means to transform Amsterdam, which has more than a dozen shipyards, into a famous furniture manufacturing center in Europe. But Marin still felt that it was not enough, because as long as there were so many trees in the Netherlands, there might be merchants going to shipyards.

Now, Marin encourages the Dutch nobility to enclose the land, and let them transform all the land including the forest into alfalfa grassland, so that the Dutch can cut the oak trees by themselves. When they are out of oak, how can they compete with Beihai?

This is much better than transforming Amsterdam into a city of furniture. Marin can destroy Amsterdam's shipbuilding industry by making furniture, but it cannot stop the idea of ​​shipbuilding throughout the Netherlands. Without Amsterdam, there are ports such as Antwerp, just like the development of shipbuilding industry.

But the premise of the Dutch artificial ship is-they must have enough shipbuilding wood ...

Of course, the Dutch can also import timber from overseas to build ships. As originally in history, the Dutch could import timber from Norway and southern Sweden and then ship it back to the country for shipbuilding.

However, that is a late event. In the early stage, if you want to develop your country's shipbuilding industry, you must rely on local timber. Only when the scale is increased will we consider importing timber from foreign countries to build ships. Otherwise, if there is no basis for shipbuilding, it is better to buy a ship directly from abroad.

And Marin used the way to confuse the Dutch nobles to keep the Dutch people quietly cutting down the domestic oak trees. This is the real trick. Without the supply of oak, still develop a ghost shipbuilding industry?

Prince Philip and several Dutch nobles were not aware of Marin ’s sinister intentions, and they were now fully immersed in the beautiful “money scene” that Marin described to them as “the annual income of hundreds of thousands or even millions of gold coins” went. For them, there is nothing more important than making money ...

In recent years, because the United Kingdom has restricted wool exports, it has hit the Dutch economy hard. Right now, Prince Philip and the nobles of the Netherlands are not living well. At most, their income is a little better than those nobles who farmed purely. After all, Flanders' woolen industry has not yet completely collapsed. However, it is not far from collapse.

But the suggestion that Marin gave them to raise sheep in enclosures gave them great hope. In particular, they were willing to give them 100,000 British sheep.

In other countries, even enclosing sheep may not be profitable. After all, if you produce more wool, you may also encounter price pressure from the purchaser.

Kinderland is different. The Flemish region here is originally the top woolen center in Europe. I'm afraid that your wool is not enough, and you don't worry about the sale of wool. The premise is that the quality of wool is better.

Therefore, Marin's willingness to provide 100,000 British sheep is of great significance to them. Once the Netherlands can produce high-quality British wool on a large scale, it will soon be able to form a country of integrated production and marketing of wool spinning, and its competitiveness will not be worse than that of England.

Moreover, in a small country like the Netherlands, the transition is simple. Like the British rodeo movement, there was huge social unrest. During Henry VIII's time, in order to encircle the country, the country was in chaos. In order to control the refugees, Henry VIII repeatedly sacrificed the butcher's knife and killed landless farmers who refused to obey the arrangement. It is also due to the fact that England is lonely overseas, and it is difficult for other countries to interfere. Otherwise, in a mainland country, hundreds of thousands of land-lost peasants appeared in the country, enough to cause riots sweeping across the country. Because, even if you want to control, your neighbors will secretly intervene.

Only the island country of England, which is lonely overseas and difficult for other countries to intervene in their domestic affairs, allowed Henry VIII to concentrate on suppressing domestic chaos.

The Netherlands is different. The Netherlands is just a small place of tens of thousands of square kilometers, which is easier to manage. Although there are many farmers, if they lose their land, it is indeed easy to cause riots. However, with the help of Marin, helping them absorb all the land-lost farmers who may cause riots, then they can safely complete the enclosure. By that time, the families of the Dutch nobles could rely on the enclosure to raise sheep and obtain huge benefits. And those nobles with wool spinning factories can get more benefits through the processing of wool ...

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It's just that they didn't know that Marin had secretly prepared the better North Sea wool produced by the better North Sea sheep, which is soft and thin and suitable for wool spinning.

In addition, Marin also started to work on Jenny spinning machines and flying shuttles, preparing for an industrial revolution. The spinning speed of the Jenny spinning machine is 8 times that of the ordinary manual spinning machine, and the efficiency of the weaving shuttle is more than 2 times that of the ordinary loom ...

The combination of the two, together with better quality North Sea sheep wool, what if the Netherlands can produce its own British wool? Still have to be beaten by the future Beihai wool industry ...

Right now, the Jenny Spinning Machine in Beihai has come out. After all, this principle is the simplest. The hand spinning machine can be turned down and 8 spindles can be juxtaposed.

The weaving shuttle was more troublesome. Marin's previous life saw the pattern of the shuttle, and soon the craftsman made the shuttle. However, how to attach the shuttle to the loom and let the shuttle automatically move back and forth under the traction of a rope is a problem. To this end, Marin arranged a group of watchmakers and loom craftsmen to study this problem together. As long as this problem is solved, the speed of the loom can be more than doubled ...

At that time, there will be better wool and higher production efficiency. Finally, they also had to cut prices and reduce profits. Otherwise, there is no competitiveness ...

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In fact, Marin still has a bigger killer-the best merino wool produced by authentic merino sheep!

In Ayoun, a small African desert oasis, the Ayune Governor ’s House in Marin used controlled Berber slaves to raise 10,000 authentic Merino sheep!

This is the descendant of 100 pairs of merino sheep that Marin exchanged with the Indian kings and the Spanish kings. At present, it has grown to tens of thousands.

In fact, if merino sheep are allowed to reproduce freely, the current number is more than that. The reason why there are only 10,000, Ayorn Governor Coton's report pointed out-Ayorn is a small oasis on the edge of the Sahara Desert, where raising 10,000 merino sheep is already the limit. If more, it will destroy the local grassland, triggering the environmental crisis that Marin said.

As a last resort, Ayoun has concentrated on slaughtering thousands of Merinos, and is worried that the local grassland will shrink and the environment will be seriously damaged.

However, the authentic merino sheep were transported to the American colony and could not adapt to the environment ~ www.novelhall.com ~ As for the return to the homeland ... Marin vowed never to bring the merino sheep back to Europe for breeding The wet and cold climate of the country is not suitable for the growth of merino sheep.

Speaking of which, what can adapt to the growth of merino sheep is probably the inland plateau of North Africa, West Asia, South Africa, or the arid and warm places like Australia.

Don't think about North Africa and West Asia, Marin's hand can't reach there temporarily. Not even South Africa, it is still a Portuguese site, and Marin is not good at breaking the rules.

Thinking about it, probably only Australia, the most suitable place for future generations of merino sheep, can let Marin go to graze. After all, Australia is not within the colonial scope of any country.

In fact, in the Treaty of Todes Silas, originally signed by West and Portugal, according to the division of the "Pope Meridian", Australia should be included in the Portuguese sphere of influence.

However, with the promotion of Marin, the two countries, including Marin, redefined the colonial scope. Portugal's sphere of influence is clearly defined as most of Africa and India, as well as Western Asia, Southeast Asia and China, and does not include the unknown Australia.

Therefore, now that Marin sends people to Australia to raise sheep, it will not infringe on the interests of Portugal.

Thinking of this, Marin finally made up his mind to secretly send a fleet and walk the Cape of Good Hope to explore the Australian route. Then, drift along the west wind, find Perth in Western Australia, and stock a batch of merino sheep in the local Swan River Basin. Then, Perth was regarded as an important merino production base.

Western Australia is dry and warm, and is very suitable for the survival of merino sheep. Moreover, the Swan River Basin has a much larger number of merino sheep than the Ayoun colony can hold. When the time comes, Marin will have high-quality merino wool that will never run out ...