Marin was preparing to take over the Bishopric of Münster by force, and on the other hand, he had to find a way to help Count Edward resist the attack of England. www.biquge.info After all, Earl Edward was the pillar of trouble. If Earl Edward had failed, Britain would have risen smoothly.

What's more, once the British defeated Earl Edward and recaptured the island of Ireland, then the lead-zinc mine in Mount Tara that Marin bought would not belong to them.

So, both politically and financially, Marin had to help Count Edward. To this end, Marin ordered the arsenal to produce 2,000 arquebuses of a different caliber than those of the East Frisian army, and to support Count Edward.

The arquebus, although it is also very powerful in positional warfare. However, in positional warfare, arquebusiers can be easily slaughtered if approached by enemy troops. In the defense of the city, there is no such danger. Because, with the tall walls as cover, the arquebusiers could safely and calmly reload their ammunition. Then aim at the enemy troops who are trying to climb the city wall in vain, and blast them to death. No matter how fierce you are, once you are targeted by an arquebusier while climbing the wall, you will only be blown away, and the survival rate is very low. Even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will lose your combat effectiveness for a long time.

So, the arquebus is definitely an artifact used to defend the city......

Marin asked the arsenal to provide Count Edward with 2,000 arquebuses, which would definitely knock out the besieging British army. Because, with the financial level of England, the British army mobilized a maximum of 20,000 or 30,000 horses to besiege Dublin.

If there were 2,000 arquebuses in the city, it would easily inflict thousands of casualties on the British. If there are many casualties, the British offensive will be contained and the morale of the army will be shaken. In this way, the siege of Dublin by the British army will be over.

In addition, Marin also plans to buy sheep this time and exchange it for rye. Count Edward now had an army of 8,000, which was said to be expanding to 10,000. With such a large army, the amount of military rations needed is also very large.

It just so happened that Marin had a lot of food, and Count Edward was short of food. Therefore, Marin planned to buy English sheep at a discount in rye. At most, the price is low, at the price of 1 pfennig per pound to Count Edward. In this way, it can be regarded as supporting him in disguise. After all, Count Edward might have been more expensive if he had gone elsewhere to buy food.

Even, the cost of 10,000 gold coins for the purchase of Mount Tara, Marin planned to convert it into rye and transport 600,000 pounds of rye to Count Edward. I believe that Count Edward will not refuse this method when there are many people and little food.

According to Marin's estimates, Earl Edward's army of 10,000 would need at least 1,825,000 pounds of rye if it could hold out for half a year. However, according to Van Goley, the grain captured by Count Edward was only 700,000 pounds, and the gap was still very large. Moreover, the siege of the British army may not be more than half a year, maybe as long as 1 year. Therefore, for Count Edward, the more food the better.

In addition, Marin also planned to send Count Edward 4 large iron gates to prevent the British from also learning the siege tactics of artillery bombardment + powder keg blasting.

As for the gunpowder and lead bullet needed for those 2,000 arquebuses, Marlin did not intend to provide them. Why? Because Marin himself did not have enough gunpowder.

Last year's naval battle with the Danish fleet, the frenzied shelling, consumed half of Marin's gunpowder. Coupled with the regular use of platoon tactics, Marin now had less than 200 tons of gunpowder left.

At the moment, the takeover of the Bishopric of Münster could lead to war, and Marin did not dare to guarantee that there would be enough gunpowder. In addition, the Duchy of Schleswig also needed a large amount of gunpowder to guard against a possible counterattack by the Danish army. Therefore, Marlin now has no extra gunpowder to support Count Edward.

However, Louis XVI, King of France, another patron of Count Edward, was able to provide a large amount of gunpowder support. Because, France is also an artillery power in Europe. Before Marin equipped the navy with hundreds of heavy guns, the French had hundreds of army light guns that were the largest artillery group in Europe.

In order to provide enough gunpowder for these artillery, the French naturally made a lot of dung pits to collect nitrate. France is so big and has a large population, although the extraction rate of soil nitrate is not high, but the number is also very amazing.

He had already provided arquebuses and asked the French to provide some gunpowder, and I think Louis XII would not refuse. After all, Louis XII also wanted the British to be unlucky.

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Just when Marin was worried that the gunpowder was not enough, the Spanish kings sent envoys......

It turned out that the spices of the Spanish twin kings were sold out. So, they decided to organize a fleet to go to India again to buy spices, and asked the Marin faction if they would send a fleet with them.

Marlin thought for a moment - Oh, am I short of saltpeter? Sending a fleet to India to buy saltpeter is definitely cost-effective, and the amount is large.

Marin immediately replied to the messenger that he would soon send several ships with him to India with the Spanish fleet.

Actually, Marin himself could have sent a fleet to India. It's just that now Spain and Portugal are in conflict over the affairs of India, and they are also hated by the Portuguese. If the number of ships sent by himself is small, it is easy to be surrounded by the Portuguese fleet.

After all, the Portuguese fleet and the Danish fleet were different. In this era, the Portuguese fleet was already heavily armed with artillery. Although the caliber is not as large as the guns equipped with Marin's warships, there are more of them, and they can surround and kill Marin's warships.

Therefore, following the Spanish fleet is the most correct choice. It's not that the Spaniards were stronger at sea than the Portuguese. Rather, it was because Marin had previously given the Spanish kings an obscene idea - the Spanish kings had warned Portugal that if you dared to attack my merchant ships at sea, I would send troops to besiege Lisbon from land......

Such a rogue trick made Portugal, which had a weak army, helpless. Even if the Portuguese wiped out the Spanish ships at sea, as long as Lisbon was attacked by the Spanish, then Portugal would be doomed.

Therefore, Marin let several of his ships follow the Spanish fleet, and the Portuguese did not dare to do anything. Unless, the Portuguese aristocrats in Lisbon are tired of it. After all, now the Spanish Army has just defeated the French army, and the limelight is gaining momentum.

Moreover, this time, Marin plans to send a few more ships to India and buy more saltpeter back. After all, once the artillery is fired, the gunpowder consumption is too great. The consumption of platoon guns is much smaller than that of platoon guns, but the more they are used, the total consumption is not small. So, it would be nice to have more gunpowder in stock.

In this way, Marin planned to send 8 ships and follow the Spanish fleet to India. Of course, in order to reassure Spain, Marin had the messenger tell the Spaniards that they were allowed to inspect their goods and not buy more spices. The Spaniards were promised only 50,000 pounds of spices, so they wouldn't buy an extra pound.

Then, the rest of the vacant positions are naturally filled with saltpeter and other materials. At the same time, Marin also intends to buy a group of Indian slaves to be used in the cultivation and management of sugar cane and pepper on the island of Grenada. After all, when it comes to growing sugar cane and pepper, Indians are much more proficient than Europeans.

In fact, if he had chosen a slave, Marin would not have chosen a black slave. Although the black slaves were physically strong, they had a loose personality and did not work hard. Don't look at the big guys, the work is far worse than the thin Chinese.

It's not that blacks aren't strong enough, it's that blacks are only physically strong, but they don't have the skilled work skills of Chinese workers, and they only know how to use brute force. Therefore, on the plantation, the labor efficiency of Chinese laborers was higher than that of blacks.

Of course, this is also because those Chinese workers are from China, where agriculture is developed, and farming is innate. And the blacks, under the command of Europeans, who were not very good at agriculture, certainly did not make a name for themselves.

Even the Indians, the agricultural skills are completely black in Africa. Although the old blacks are physically strong, they are not good at using their brains, so in later generations, African industry and agriculture are very backward. It's not that blacks are inherently inferior, but because these old blacks are used to solving problems with their bodies and are not used to using their brains. It seems that if you use your brain, you will die......

And Indians, especially those with dark skin in India, are the so-called pariahs. Not only is he honest, but he is also good at farming. It is much better to bring in those Indian untouchables than to bring in Lao Hei. Because, those Indian untouchables, not only are they familiar with farming, but they are more honest than blacks. After all, they have been untouchables for thousands of years and are accustomed to being humble. Unlike those old black Africans, who are used to racing with antelopes on the grassland, they are not used to farming. If you want to work hard in the old black, you must be fierce to them, and you must be shackled. And the Indian untouchables with low self-esteem do not need to be so fierce, they will honestly accept the rule, this is their habit......