Chapter 1889： Deterioration of relations with Portugal

According to the opinions given by the craftsmen of the Bao Shipyard in the Ming Dynasty, the so-called horse boat is actually to move the stable to the big boat, and build a lot of side-by-side stables on the deck of the relatively empty ship to facilitate the placement of cattle and horses. At the same time, they are separated from each other to prevent them from fighting with each other.

The main point of building a stable on the ship is-easy to clean the feces ...

Therefore, the stables on the ship are often repaired on the side of the ship. The person in charge of cleaning does not even need to enter the stable, but simply uses a long-handled broom and shovel to scoop up cow dung and horse dung, and then throw it into the sea. Then, if the weather is not cold, the floor in the stable can also be washed with sea water to remove odors and the possibility of flies.

After learning this experience, the craftsmen of the Long Island Shipyard in New York built a large number of stables inside the circle around the top deck of the ship to maximize the space.

However, after the repair, they found that the space in the middle was wasted ...

In order to increase the transportation volume, the shipyard used a 500-ton class ship, which was modified from the Beihai warship as a template.

Its size is similar to that of the Beihai warships, all of which are classic 4 to 1 Galen ships with a length of 40 meters and a width of 10 meters. Moreover, it is the kind of double artillery deck. Of course, no artillery was fired.

10 meters of deck width, and the length of single-row stables is generally more than 2 meters long, generally within 2.2 meters. If only side stables were built on both sides of the deck, then more than five meters in the middle would be emptied and wasted.

After the collective negotiation of the shipbuilders, they finally added a row of single-row stables in the middle for the placement of cattle and horses. As for the cleaning of cow dung and horse dung, it is scheduled to be cleaned twice a day. As for the cleaning of the stable deck in the middle, the shipbuilding craftsmen have finally determined the plan for repairing a gutter on the deck after repeated discussions.

They raised the deck of the middle row of stables, and then built special gutters on both sides. In this way, when the deck is flushed, the water flows along the drain and flows into the sea through a special location. In this way, the problem that the row of stables in the middle of the deck is easy to cause water accumulation when washing the deck is avoided.

In this way, 40 meters long deck, according to the width of 1.5 meters of single-row stables, one row can fix 26 or 27 stables, and the third row is 80.

The template of the Niuma ship is a 500-ton warship with a double artillery deck. Therefore, after the two artillery decks are transformed into three rows of stables, a total of 160 horses or 160 cows can be loaded.

As for the crew on board, they live in the bilge, or in the stern of the ship. Because the cattle and horse boats that transport animals do not pursue speed, the stern was repaired on the ship as a residence for the captain and senior crew. After all, the bilge is sullen, and is generally reserved for low-level sailors. The food on the boat and the feed for cattle and horses are generally placed in the bilge.

However, in order to worry about cattle and horses getting scurvy, in addition to eating hay, the cattle and horse boats will stop at a fixed place during the voyage, collect some grass and leaves on the shore, and feed them to give them vitamin C.

However, from Persia to mainland Europe, mainly through the Portuguese sphere of influence, only Mozambique's coast is the sphere of influence of the Spaniards who have good relations with Marin. Therefore, on the issue of the choice of stops, Marin also needs to wrestle with the Portuguese.

However, it is definitely not a good time to consult with the Portuguese to land on the green grassland. Because, Marin and the Portuguese are almost upset ...

Uh ...

After being robbed by Captain Jack, the unlucky Portuguese spice carrier returned to Lisbon in awkwardness and set off an uproar in Portugal.

"Captain Jack", almost clearly shows his origins-under the direction of Marin ...

After all, Marin ’s transport ship was robbed in the Azores, and the Portuguese aristocracy in Lisbon knew it all. Now that this is the case, it is clear that Marin is hitting Portugal in the face.

Know that in Portugal, the spice trade is in the hands of the Portuguese royal family and several large nobles, and ordinary small aristocrats cannot get in the way. But it is these big nobles that determine the fate of Portugal.

Marin had retaliated against the Silva family. Actually, those big nobles knew it, but they all enjoyed reading jokes. Anyway, it's not them who lost.

But Marin ’s action aimed directly at them. They were suddenly unhappy and angry ...

With the exception of Marin ’s friend Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, who was kicked out of the core of the spice trade because he was fighting for the throne with Manuel I, almost all the big nobles in Portugal are in India There was a slice of the trade. Marin instructed the pirates to rob the spice ship, which basically amounted to offending all the Portuguese aristocracy.

In fact, Marin didn't want to get out of the way at first, and offended the Portuguese aristocracy. However, this time the Portuguese acclaim and acquiescence of Rui Silva pretending to be a pirate made Marin angry.

And Marin ’s biggest worry is that this group of guys will acquiesce to the Portuguese nobles who failed to participate in the Indian spice trade, organize pirate ships, rob the North Sea merchant ships, and even covet the American colonies. And this point, with the urine of the Portuguese nobles, is very likely.

After all, history has changed. Under the influence of Marin, Portugal did not develop Brazil as it had in history. As a result, the interests of many small and medium-sized Portuguese nobility are not satisfied.

And the Indian spice trade has been tightly controlled by the Portuguese royal family and large nobles ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Well, the small and medium nobles of Portugal want to obtain benefits only from other ways.

Rui Silva pretends to be a pirate to rob the North Sea transport ship, which is not a secret in Portugal. After all, after Rui Silva succeeded, the goods on board also needed to be sold. Once shot, the entire Portuguese circle of nobility is clear.

But they all chose to be silent, and even secretly encouraged. Because, this group of Portuguese nobles also know that they are too ugly to eat, and it is impossible to divide the benefits to those small and medium nobles. If they can find a way to make money on their own, the nobles will also be happy to see it. As for who is the victim, what is their concern?

It is precisely because of this attitude that Marin is completely irritated-since you ignore my interests, do n’t blame me for being rude!

So, despite looking a little unwise, Marin ordered the "Black Pearl" to attack the spice ship that was banned by the Portuguese aristocracy to remind those arrogant Portuguese aristocrats-Lao Tzu is not so irritating!

However, in doing so, it really stabbed Ma Honeycomb. The relationship between the North Sea Kingdom and the Kingdom of Portugal has deteriorated ...

After this incident spread, those interested Portuguese nobles were angry. Many people started clamoring-sending a fleet to attack Emden Port, the only port in the North Sea, to teach Marin a very profound lesson ...

(Https: //)

Genius site address :. Mobile website reading URL: