Chapter 1961： Have you got a glass mirror in Venice?

After deciding to name this concrete defense line "Mano Defense", Marin's heart became very unreliable. Because he always remembered that the French "Magino Line" was bypassed by the Germans. Perhaps, this "Mano defense" will also be bypassed by the Turks.

In order not to make such a major mistake, Marin spread out the map and studied the local terrain ...

After repeated scrutiny, Marin believes that the Turkish army is unlikely to bypass the narrow coastal plain. Because the coastal plains of Lebanon are too narrow to fit tens of thousands of troops. And if there are fewer troops to pass, they can also break through the defense line.

However, Marin suddenly noticed a problem-it seems that the threat at sea is not small ...

The Lebanese coastal plain is not suitable for the passage of the army, but the Turks can occupy Haifa by sea, and then attack the defense line through the Haifa port ...

Although the line of defense is made of concrete, it is difficult to break through, but the Turks only need to cut off the food supply of the line of defense and siege it, which will also change the situation.

"It seems that the security of Haifa Port is very important ..." Marin tapped his finger on the desk and began to think about countermeasures.

It is impossible to send troops to Haifa yourself. After all, if the garrison in Haifa Port is used less, it will be more expensive.

As for letting Egypt garrison itself, it is feasible. However, because of this fiasco and the loss of the rich Syrian region, Egypt ’s Mamluk dynasty was in financial difficulties, and it is estimated that it would not be able to provide much money to feed too many troops. Therefore, even if the port of Haifa is rebuilt, Egypt will not station too many troops. No way, since the spice trade was cut off by the Portuguese and the Spaniards, the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty became poor and could not afford much military spending.

"The question of money ... um? It seems that the Venetians are rich ..." Marin's eyes lit up.

Although Venice was badly hurt by the spiced trade, the thin camels were bigger than horses, and they had thick foundations. Marin remembers that in the late 16th century, Venice ’s annual fiscal revenue was as high as 18 million Ducat ...

Of course, that's the income after the massive flow of gold and silver from the Americas into Europe, and gold and silver have depreciated substantially. In addition, the Venetian's ability to rise again has a lot to do with the appearance of glass mirrors.

The Venetians also paid attention to technical secrecy, and moved all the craftsmen to Murano Island, ensuring that the glass mirror technology has not leaked for more than 150 years.

But there are also loopholes in Venice's protection measures, that is-Venice only moved the craftsmen who made glass mirrors to Murano Island, but did not move the craftsmen's family ...

Therefore, more than 150 years later, around 1666, the French took advantage of the opportunity for artisans to leave Murano and return home to reunite with their families. They recruited a group of craftsmen at high prices and stole the secrets of the glass mirrors.

Then, Venice had a bad luck ...

Originally, a glass mirror Venetian can be sold for thousands of francs. The side that was given to the French King was worth 150,000 francs ...

After the French stole the technology, they began mass production of glass mirrors, and the price plunged to 100 francs a glass mirror ...

After losing this technology, the Venetian Republic was completely down. Then, there is no more day of prosperity until it perishes ...

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Right now, although Venice has begun to go downhill. However, the strong family is still there. Coupled with the hope of turning over with the Suez Canal, it is still tough.

"No! According to the original history, should a glass mirror appear at this time?" Marin remembered that the Venetian mirror appeared in the early 16th century. It perfectly solved the problem of the Venetian Republic losing its spice trade, and allowed the Venetian Republic to maintain its commercial advantage for a long time. It was not until the French stole the manufacturing technology of the glass mirror that the commercial building of the Venetian Republic collapsed. After all, a mirror of ten thousand livres should not be too cool to sell. Although the devaluation of the river was serious at the time, it was almost 12 livres for 1 pound or 1 gold louis.

In other words, a Venetian mirror can sell for 833.3 pounds, which is equivalent to 1666.6 gold coins ...

It is said that the French later sold a glass of 100 livres for a glass mirror. And 100 livres is almost like 16.66 gold coins ...

But in fact, the cost of a glass mirror with silver foil coated with silver foil is definitely not more than 1 gold coin. In other words, even if you sell 100 livres, the French have more than ten times as much profit. And before, Venice, which monopolized technology, that profit ... Nima! Thousands and hundreds of times!

Marin was stunned-what kind of profit is this? No wonder the Venetians are trapping craftsmen on Murano! No wonder the French have tried every means to get the production technology of glass mirrors ...

"Should I get a glass mirror to get money now?" Marin began to think ...

Thinking about it, Marin didn't dare ...

Why? He has not yet defeated the French, and at this time, avoid high-profile. If the French were desperately desperate and mobilized a large army of more than 200,000 or so, Marin said he had to escape to America with his family ...

After all, the French historically were jealous of Venice's red eyes. If Marin made a glass mirror prematurely, he would be the one who was blushed. Stimulated by profiteering, the French may be violent, at all costs ...

After thinking about it, Marin still decided to wait for the French to be defeated, and then set up the prestige, then take the opportunity to launch a glass mirror, and then rush to spend money, counting gold coins and cramps ...

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However, the world is impermanent, and while Marin is still dreaming of monopolizing the glass mirror business, there is a shocking news from Venice that the Venetian has quit the glass mirror ...

"What? The Venetian has made the glass startled?" Marin's mouth grew up in surprise, and the hand fell and fell to the ground ...

This broken glass is like Marin's heart-it's also broken ...

Thousands of times of huge profits! That's it ...

Marin was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood ...

But Marin did not know that in the original history, the Venetian glass mirror was actually invented by the Dar Carlo brothers in 1507, and quickly became the most powerful weapon in the re-emergence of Venice.

However, Marin's crossing changed history. Among them, Marin's biggest change to history is that he once hired a large number of glass artisans in Venice to the North Sea.

That was when Marin had just won East Friesland. In order to produce glass products for foreign trade, Marin sent people to Venice to recruit glass craftsmen many times. A total of hundreds of people were recruited.

It is this action ~ www.novelhall.com ~ that changed history. Because the Dalcaro brothers ’factory was recruited by many craftsmen, their managers put a load on the Dalcaro brothers and made them more busy. After all, the manpower is not enough, only the remaining craftsmen can be used as two people ...

As a result, the work intensity of the two brothers became greater. In 1507, because the work was too busy, there was no time to research the glass mirror as it was in history.

But as time passed, a new batch of apprentices from the glass factory in Venice was brought out, and the old glass artisans such as the Dar Carlo brothers had more free time to do something else.

Then, just this spring, the Dal Carlo brothers finally inadvertently researched the glass mirror of the mercury tin foil ...

Immediately afterwards, the two brothers were treated as national treasures by the Venetian authorities, and their salaries were greatly increased, but they also lost their freedom-they were restricted to Murano.

After months of preparation, the Venetian finally decided to release news after making a batch of glass mirrors. At the same time, some wealthy nobles and broads are invited to Venice to participate in the auction. Marin, as the top diamond king in Europe, naturally received an invitation ...