Chapter 2035： Lack of ship

The construction of Petersburg is a long-term job. Fortunately, the arms and armors of the Grand Duchy of Moscow have not been purchased yet. It is estimated that it will take more than a year to start the war. Therefore, Peter has enough time to build a dock and a "fishing wharf."

But there is a problem, it may be more urgent than Peter's construction of Petersburg. That is, the problem of ships used to transport immigrants!

For the construction of Petersburg and the pier, as long as they are willing to invest money and manpower, it takes a few months to get the basic framework. But the supply of ships is really a headache. For an ordinary ship, even if Marin adopts the shipbuilding method of division of labor and cooperation of later generations, it will take three or four months to build at the earliest. In the shipyards of this era, the general shipbuilding cycle is generally more than half a year, or even more than one year.

The efficiency of building a ship in half a year or even a year is not generally low. Moreover, it is far from meeting Marin's needs. You know, there will be more than 500,000 immigrants transported by then. If there are few boats, it will be troublesome. What do you mean by partial shipment

It's okay with few people, too many people, but batches are not a good choice. Taking a boat from Petersburg to Jutland, the sea route of more than 1,500 kilometers, at the speed of sailing ships in this era, takes at least half a month. This is still when the wind is strong, and in weak winds, it may even take one month for a one-way trip and two months for a round trip. Even in the windy season, it takes more than a month to go back and forth.

However, Marin wants these immigrants not to come to visit relatives, but to farm the land. For farming, you need to race against the sky and grab the crop. In later generations, there is a term called "double grab", that is, grab crops and race against time.

In the era of full mechanization, rushing for crops is not prominent. After all, the mechanical efficiency is too high, regardless of the weather. Even if the rice and wheat are damp, there is still a dryer drying. But in the manpower age, farming is tantamount to racing against the sky and fighting for all the time. 0

If the migrants are transported in many batches, the first batch of migrants has been cultivated and planted there, and the second batch has not yet arrived. The third batch and the fourth batch are far away. Then, when the last batch comes, the autumn harvest is too early.

Therefore, there is no waiting for people in the farming period. The sooner the immigrants arrive at Jutland, the earlier they will be able to cultivate wasteland. However, Marin learned that the number of commercial ships in the Baltic Sea area of ​​the North Sea State is pitifully small, with only a mere 20. Moreover, most of them are 250-class armed merchant ships with limited capacity.

The reason for this is that the Baltic region is the sphere of influence of the Hanseatic League. Marin is currently only involved in the salt trade, and mainly acts as a wholesaler. In this way, the Hanseatic League was very dissatisfied. If the scale is further expanded, the two companies will have to turn their faces.

Although in terms of force, Marin is not afraid of the Hanseatic League at all, but the Hanseatic League has a relatively large political influence. If Marin wants to be in the Imperial Court, he also needs the political support of the Hanseatic League. In addition, Eastern Europe is basically a poor agricultural country, so the oil and water are the same. Therefore, Marin previously only put 20 small merchant ships with a displacement of 250 tons in the Baltic Sea. Moreover, it is mainly used to transport salt.

With 20 ships, even if each ship is overloaded, a ship with 200 people can carry 4000 people in one round. If 500,000 people are transported, wouldn’t it be necessary to transport more than 125 rounds and more than 125 rounds, even if it is calculated at the fastest speed of one round-trip once a month, it will take 125 months, that is, more than 10 years.

How did it work? Then, Marin asked Kohler to count the other ships. He was stunned to find that because 40 ships were mobilized to the Far East, the total number of merchant ships in the North Sea countries in Europe is currently only 110. Counting 20 warships, if the 500-ton warships were not searched as two 250-class merchant ships, it would be 150 merchant ships.

150 merchant ships transported 30,000 people in one round. To transport more than 500,000 people, it still takes more than 16 times to count, and it takes two to three years

This can't work!

500,000 people will be transported in one round, and as many as 2500 merchant ships of class 250 are needed!

According to the tonnage demand, it is probably the total displacement of 6.25 million tons. But the problem is that according to statistics, the number of merchant ships of the Hanseatic League, Germany's most important maritime power outside the North Sea, has a gross tonnage of about 100,000 tons, which is equivalent to 400 250-class merchant ships. Many of them are inland boats. Suitable for taking sea routes. The more than 400 merchant ships with displacements of more than 100 tons in Lübeck and Hamburg are really suitable for sea routes. Even if you hired all of these four hundred ships, it would not be enough to transport people. Moreover, other merchant ships have their own long-term commercial contracts, and they have to pay huge sums of money if they expire. Marin wants to hire, but if someone can squeeze out a hundred, it's not bad. x

So, in the end, you have to rely on yourself!

What to do? Don't expect the Hanseatic League. So, Marin set his sights on the unexpected place of Germany.

England ruled it out first, because England is currently guarding the Calais ships of the French. The ships are either being requisitioned or they are afraid to go to sea. Therefore, there are only three or four countries left to choose from the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Venice

But the problem is that Marin is absolutely unwilling to set foot on the Baltic Sea with merchant ships from Spain, Portugal and Venetians. This also applies to the Hanseatic League. After all, this is an external maritime power, and it is best not to easily introduce it to the Baltic Sea. If you ask them to transport immigration once, and next time they come to do business, would you not hesitate to fight alone Portugal? Fortunately, the three countries, Marin does not want to be the cleanest

Then, only the Netherlands is left. According to statistics, it seems that the Netherlands now has 70 to 80 thousand tons of ships, and it is about to catch up with the Hanseatic League, and there are signs of growth. However, in the Netherlands today, fishing boats still dominate, accounting for more than half of the gross tonnage. The rest is merchant shipping. Moreover, it is mainly merchant ships in important ports such as Amsterdam and Antwerp. The total number is about two hundred. Amsterdam and Antwerp are almost evenly divided, but Amsterdam is slightly more.

Although Marin invested heavily in Amsterdam, he transformed the shipyard into a fine furniture factory to produce high-end furniture. However, the merchant ships of the original Netherlands continue to operate. However, the shipbuilders from the original shipyard have basically been transferred to the furniture factory. After all, Marlin has given a lot of skilled shipbuilders, and Marlin has paid 1 shilling or more per day. The purpose is to let them stop and stop building ships.

Because of the lack of ships, Marin decided, this time, to try to buy Dutch merchant ships, and buy all Dutch merchant ships as much as possible. In this way, the Dutch maritime trade capacity can be abolished. As for the original shipowners, captains and sailors, Marin gave multiple choices

For the ship owners, Marin is actively helping them to switch careers. We can help them build a furniture factory and share furniture manufacturing technology and raw materials with them for free. Of course, they can also open shops at preferential wholesale prices to deal with goods shipped from the colonies of the North Sea country, including special products from the Far East from the Ming Dynasty. As long as they no longer engage in maritime trade, they can make a fortune together.

But at the same time, Marin was also ready to take another hand if he continued to operate maritime trade stubbornly, he wouldn't mind letting his subordinates act as pirates and sink their merchant ships. Or, hire local bandits in the Netherlands and looting all the belongings of their home. ⿴x33 novel mobile terminal: tts:ヽ.

As for the captain, he must be hired, and the whole family moved to Beihai Country. If you don’t change your career, it’s okay. If you don’t, you don’t mind letting it happen.

Sailors are a good solution, they can be recruited, or they can be recruited to work in a furniture factory. This type of work is not very technical, except for some very skilled old sailors to be recruited, the others actually do not matter.

Marin quickly sent someone to the Netherlands and started a purchase of merchant ships in the Netherlands, and the purchase was at a premium. But the feedback is not very good. Only half of the boats are active, and the other half are indifferent. Even if Marin's subordinates offered favorable conditions to help him change careers, he couldn't be impressed.

Marin was a bit angry, but upon inquiring, about one-third of the shipowners turned out to be local nobles in the Netherlands. Even some of the ships were owned by Prince Philip, the son of Emperor Maximilian I. This is a bit difficult, noble, not moving div

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