In fact, there are many problems with adobe houses. For example, I am afraid of earthquakes and long-term damp soaking. Therefore, in a place like the rainy season on the island of Ireland, adobe houses are not suitable. Similarly, in rainforest areas such as Cuba and Panama, adobe houses are not suitable.

However, there was not much rain in Germany, and there were almost no earthquakes, but it was possible to build adobe houses. In places like Cuba and Panama, the colonists still lived in wooden huts or built houses out of brick and stone.

In fact, in Marin's ideals, the houses suitable for ordinary people are actually brick houses, and then plastered with cement, just like the cement exterior brick houses that were popular in the countryside in later generations. This kind of house is sturdy enough, and it is much faster to build than a stone house, and the cost is not very high.

But the problem is that bricks and tiles are not cheap now, and cement production is not high. In fact, it is not that the cement production technology is complicated, but that Marin concentrated cement production in the port of Cornerbrook in the western part of Newfoundland Island in order to keep it secret. It is close to the large lime mines, and it is also easy to transport coal from Cape Breton Island, which is suitable for cement production.

However, after the cement is produced, if it is shipped back to China, the amount will not be much. It's not that the production is not enough, but the volume is insufficient. After all, there were not many ships under Marin that were specifically used to transport cement, which affected the supply volume. Therefore, at present, Beihai cement cannot be popularized to ordinary people. In addition, there are also few domestic brick kiln factories in Beihai, and the supply of bricks and tiles is insufficient. Otherwise, Marin would have promoted brick houses with cement appearances long ago.

In fact, it's not that Beihai can't afford to pay the people to build brick houses. It's just that Marin can't open this opening. At present, the common people of all Europe are still living in the heat of the water. The serfs of the North Sea country were able to eat bread without soil and gravel every day, which was already ahead of the whole of Europe. At present, the textile industry has begun to develop again to solve the problem of clothing for the people.

In particular, if we build brick houses for the people of the whole country, it will definitely be a mockery of the whole of Europe! How can you drop it, as long as you have money, you can live in a brick house for serfs? Isn't this looking for a group fight?

The house is too conspicuous, and if the poor ghosts of the Beihai Kingdom live in beautiful brick houses, it will definitely arouse the envy and jealousy of all Europe. Moreover, jealousy and hatred are the mainstay. Therefore, Marin did not dare to stimulate everyone's nerves, and at most he could only live in adobe houses for the common people. In addition, the adobe house is warm in winter and cool in summer, and with the ondol, it is very comfortable to live in.

At present, other countries are trying to imitate the Beihai Kingdom and build adobe houses. However, they did not understand the mystery of using thatch mixed with the soil to act as "bones", and the adobe houses they built were not strong enough. Of course, you can also live for a while. However, it didn't take a few years to repair it. Otherwise, it is easy to collapse. Marin will not be kind enough to tell those imitators secrets, anyway, the affairs of other countries have nothing to do with him.

In addition, the adobe houses in Beihai have been roasted over a large fire, and the surface hardening is high, which can be waterproof to a certain extent. Coated with lime mortar, the rainwater protection effect is better. The process of roasting is somewhat similar to burning bricks, but the heat is too far apart. However, it is much better to burn a hardened wall than not to burn...... Marin will not tell anyone about this, only the construction team under his command knows, and the professionals in those places who command everyone to build adobe houses also understand, but they will not talk nonsense.

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After arranging for the "shantytown renovation" of replacing the dilapidated wooden houses with tiled roofs and white walls, Marin could not breathe a sigh of relief when Prince Philippe was killed from Ghent......

Ever since he learned that the North Sea Kingdom had sent people to the Flemish region to recruit woollen craftsmen and woollen workers, Prince Philip was very unhappy. Because, he thinks Marin is digging into his corner. As for the woollen craftsmen and woollen workers who had to find another way out because the woollen mill had closed down, he ignored them. After all, Prince Philip is a selfish person who doesn't think about others.

Listening to Prince Philip's accusation, Marin was stunned. However, thinking about the temperament of the aristocracy of this era, it is clear again......

In this era, most European aristocrats were very self-righteous. Because of their noble birth, they consider themselves God's favorites, and the world should revolve around them. As for why? for they are of noble blood......

Although he was the son of Maximilian I, because he was not by his father's side since he was a child, Prince Philip developed an arrogant and selfish character. Even, it almost affected his son Charlie. This Charles is the later emperor Charles V.

Originally, Charles V was raised by Philip's sister Margaret. Because, in the original history, Philip died early, and Margaret also became a widow early because of Prince Juan's earlier death. Princess Margaret was much better than her brother. Under her teaching, Charles V was able to become the first hegemon in Europe, beating the great power France to the point that he could not take care of himself.

But because of Marin's appearance, Prince Juan did not die and became Juan III. Naturally, Margaret did not become a widow, so she did not have the opportunity to teach her nephew. Moreover, Prince Philip did not run to Spain to compete for the throne because of Prince Juan's early death. Because, in the original history, he died on the way to the Spanish throne.

And his son, Charlie, who was supposed to be great, was almost taught crooked by his unreliable father. Fortunately, Prince Philip is selfish and does not care about his son's education. And Juana, the wife of Prince Philip, although she did not go crazy because of her husband's death as in history, but Juana, who is not crazy, is a nymphomaniac, revolving around her husband all day long, and has no time to pay attention to her children.

This was discovered by the old Emperor Maximilian I. So, when Charles turned 10 the year before, Maximilian I took both Charles and Ferdinand to Austria to educate him personally.

Maximilian I was much stronger than this unreliable couple, and was currently one of the most capable emperors in Europe. Taught by him personally, Charlie and Ferdinand, two unlucky children, avoided the possibility of being completely led astray by unreliable parents.

Of course, Maximilian I was also lonely because of old age and wanted his descendants to be by his side. His selfish and unreliable son had no hope, so the emperor took his two grandsons to Austria to teach them personally. At the same time, teasing Sun also avoided his loneliness.

As for Prince Philip, after leaving the child to his father, he felt like he had lost his burden and completely let himself go. However, it takes a lot of money to waste and collect taxes. Seeing Marin digging into his corner, he couldn't sit still and ran to accuse Marin.

Of course, Prince Philip is not a fool either. He looked angry, but most of the time he was pretending. His real purpose was to come to Marin for advice on how to revive the Flemish textile industry.

Why? The Flemish region is currently the most important source of tax revenue in the Netherlands. If the Flemish wool industry had collapsed, Prince Philip would have become a poor man. Therefore, Prince Philip, who had already begun to panic, simply asked Marlin why he was digging into his corner as an excuse, and ran Malin to ask for a plan.

What the? You say you're worried that Marin won't give advice? Don't forget that Prince Philip's brain circuits are different from those of ordinary people. In his eyes, Marin was once a subordinate of the Habsburgs, and he started by the Habsburgs. As Marin's former young master, can the other party not give face? Moreover, even if Marin is now the Grand Duke, his father is still the emperor, and he is still a head taller than Marin...... No, it's two high ends (with a king in between)...... As the young master of the empire, presumably Ma Lin will not lose face......