A few days later, Marin received Jeffrey's forwarded report in Rome. To be honest, during Marin's time in Rome, the intelligence department under his command spent a lot of money in order to make the information appear in Marin's hands in a timely manner. More than a dozen horses were killed just by carrying the message. In addition, more than thirty horses suffered physical injuries and needed long-term recovery.

However, Marin can't help it, compared to intervening in the war in West Frisland, it is still acceptable to die dozens of horses. However, if Marin's idea was known to future generations of animal protection associations, he would definitely come to scold him. Of course, Marin also has a great deal of contempt for those in the Animal Protection Society. People don't protect well, and they actually think about protecting animals. Don't think about people, stand on the side of animals. Obviously, these animal protectors either have broken brains, or animals have cultivated to disguise themselves as humans...... Of course, it is reasonable to protect rare animals like the giant panda. Otherwise, the world's species will be too monotonous.

When Marin received Jeffrey's report from Saqqara, he felt that Saqqara's concerns were very reasonable. Henry VII was not an incompetent man, and now he cannot control the situation because he was caught off guard. Once the situation stabilizes, Henry VII will certainly regain control of the north, especially in a northern powerhouse like Newcastle.

Therefore, Saqqara's concern that after this autumn's harvest, England will send people to take over the north is indeed a big problem. Therefore, Saqara's proposal to increase the number of manned ships is very pertinent and timely. If it weren't for Saqqara's reminder, Marin would have almost forgotten about the lack of transport capacity for migrants.

However, the other half of the shipping company's 30 merchant ships also have their own transportation tasks, and it is impossible to use them all to transport migrants. Therefore, there is only one way to solve the problem - buy a boat.

It was too late to build a ship, and the migrants were in a hurry to transport it away. Therefore, the quickest way is to buy a boat. As for putting Marin's warship into the transport of migrants, it is naturally not possible. This is because the shape of Marin's warships is very different from that of other European ships. Once the ships were used, England would be able to quickly deduce who was responsible.

Therefore, in order to cover up the origin, Marin can only go and buy several of the most popular sailing ships in Europe at the moment. For example, the Kirk sailing boat, which is currently popular on the northern coast of Europe, and the Clark and Caravel sailing boats that are popular in the southern part of Europe......

After thinking about it for a while, Marin decided to send a commercial team at the same time, responsible for going to the Hanseatic League areas such as Hamburg and Lübeck, the coastal areas of England, the coastal areas of France, the coastal areas of Portugal and the coastal areas of Spain, and spent money to buy 100 large merchant ships with a displacement of more than 200 tons.

With 130 merchant ships with a displacement of more than 200 tons, then, one transport, can transport away 10,000 or 20,000 people. In this way, it is guaranteed that tens of thousands of people will be transported before they arrive this fall. After all, to Cape Breton Island, you can run back and forth in more than three months.

However, in view of the fact that the market price of each merchant ship of more than 200 tons is as high as two or three thousand gold coins, and two or three hundred gold coins are required for hundreds of ships. As a result, the existing funds in the East Friesian treasury are also somewhat insufficient. It's not that you can't take it out, but after you take it out, other departments don't want to have cash.

For this reason, Marin can only sacrifice the old-fashioned trick - selling grain......

One gold coin is equivalent to 60 pfennigs, which can be exchanged for 60 pounds of rye in Germany. That is, 60 pounds of rye can be exchanged for one gold coin. If it is calculated according to 300,000 gold coins, it is only 18 million pounds of rye. And Marin's granary has more than 1 billion pounds of rye stored in it, and there is pressure to take out 18 million pounds?

Moreover, the price of these ryes in Germany is 1 phennig per pound, and if they can be shipped to England and France, the price will increase considerably. In England, in particular, food prices have risen sharply as the northern counties have failed to harvest this year. Pull out all this excess rye and sell it, and you can still pay a lot of premium.

A new ship with a displacement of two or three hundred tons, the value does not exceed 3000 gold coins. As long as 180,000 pounds of rye are exchanged, it is estimated that the British and Spaniards will still feel that they have taken a big advantage. Of course, Marin would not be so stupid and not take into account the regional price difference of rye. Therefore, he arranged a professional negotiation team to take charge of selling grain or directly exchanging grain for ships.

As long as the ships are in place, tens of thousands of refugees from Newcastle can be transported in a few trips. Tens of thousands of refugees have gone to Cape Breton Island, a 10,000-square-kilometer island that will surely usher in a wave of development.

Of course, in reality, Cape Breton Island is just a transit point, and what Marin really wants to develop is New York and the surrounding area. Because Cape Breton Island is affected by the cold current of Labrador in the north of the nearby island of Newfoundland, the climate is a bit cooler. On Cape Breton Island, only cold-tolerant crops such as rye and oats can be grown. Alternatively, sheep can be herded. If you want to do something else, like grow wheat or something, that's impossible.

New York, which is not very far from Cape Breton Island, is largely unaffected by the Labrador cold snap, and it is quite warm except for winter. At the very least, crops such as wheat and grapes can be grown. In later generations, Columbus Island, the one of the two islands, was called Martha's Vineyard, which was a resort with a very good climate.

As long as tens of thousands of people are transported to New York, Marin can reclaim millions of acres of land in New York City to grow wheat, soybeans and other high-value crops. As for the problem of large water requirements for wheat irrigation, it is not a problem at all. Because, Leonardo da Vinci has successfully developed the Watt steam engine. Marlin in Europe does not plan to open the steam engine for the time being, but North America is so remote, Marlin can safely promote the use of steam engine-driven pumps in New York to speed up irrigation.

Also, it's convenient to use a steam engine over there. Among other things, the coal produced on Cape Breton Island was used as fuel for steam engines. What's more, the Appalachian Mountains, not far west of New York, contain extremely rich coal resources. Pittsburgh, the famous steel center of later generations, became a famous steel capital by relying on the rich coal resources of the Appalachian Mountains and high-quality iron ore from the Great Lakes region.

Marin's colonial route was clear: first landing in New York, then expanding westward to Pittsburgh and mastering the Appalachian coalfields. Then, continue to expand into the Great Lakes region to seize the high-grade super-large iron ore mines in Minnesota and Michigan......

Marin believes that in the world, countries that can grow rapidly in industry, whether it is Britain, Germany, the United States and China, all have one thing in common - they have rich coal and iron resources.

Therefore, once the industrial revolution is launched, Britain can rise rapidly, Germany can rise rapidly, the United States can rise rapidly, and China can also rise rapidly. And if there is no energy, it will be more difficult......

Among them, the representative of suffering is France...... In the 19th century, when the British began to carry out the vigorous industrial revolution, the French had no coal, only iron ore resources. But it's useless to have iron ore, it's king to have coal. Iron ore can be imported, but coal consumption is so large, it all depends on imports......

Therefore, iron and steel centers are generally built near coal production areas or places with convenient shipping by the sea, but not near iron mines.

The French did not have coal, so when the British were vigorously developing industry, they could only build a "usury empire" that could not compete with the British.

After completing the Industrial Revolution, Germany quickly grew into a monster that could beat France by relying on the coal of the Ruhr area, and even Britain was a little scared...... Then, Germany saw that it was too wasteful for France to occupy the Lorraine iron ore, so it grabbed it......

The United States is the same, why is the Northeast the most developed? Because the Northeast has the huge coal fields of the Appalachian Mountains, and the super iron mines of the Great Lakes...... Therefore, after going all out, the United States effortlessly pulled Britain off the economic throne and became a fighter among the local tyrants......

The same is true of China, once the turmoil is over, immediately relying on the daily life of Xishan, the industry rises rapidly, and strides to catch up with Europe and the United States......

If you don't have a huge amount of coal, why don't you try it? Although the city has caused serious air pollution, it is undeniable that the country has developed......

In addition, I have to mention an ancient person - Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. If he hadn't dug the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the coalfields in Xishan would not have been able to be transported to the south smoothly to provide thermal coal to the southeast coast. As long as you stand on the edge of the Grand Canal, you will find that many tugboats are towing a few or a dozen barges. Inside the barge, it's either coal, lime or sand for construction.

In other words, the great development of China's modern economy, Lao Yang, who has been dead for many years, has also made a very large contribution......

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Therefore, Marin attached great importance to bringing those tens of thousands of English immigrants to New York. With tens of thousands of people together, the foothold is bound to be very fast. Just stand your ground. The greedy nature, combined with Marin's guidance, will allow them to expand westward.

Therefore, the plan of exchanging grain for merchant ships transporting migrants must be implemented as soon as possible. In this way, the rate of immigration can be accelerated, and it will also allow Marin to control the area around New York more quickly.

Of course, for these Englishmen, Marin was not so reassured. No, Marin wrote a letter to Bishop Taylor, asking him to send dozens of Frisian priest students who had graduated from the "Flickering School" to communicate with the English in Frisian, to open a few more churches in New York, and to brainwash and educate those English immigrants every week, so that they would all become Marin's brain-dead fans and die-hard ......