Chapter 991: Caesar. Borgia Death (Part I)
Although the Senegalese Fur Company is named after Marin and its main employees are provided by Marin, it is legally represented by Jorge, Duke of Coimbra of Portugal. Morality. Portuguese company in Lemcestre.
That is, the loss of the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge. Morality. With the support of Lencestre, Marin's hunting for rhino skins in Senegal will not continue. After all, the Senegal region was a Portuguese colonial sphere of influence.
So, Eschwein was very clear that they had to give in to this. Moreover, the two sides agreed that all the rhinoceros horns and ivory would belong to the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge. Morality. Lencastre. Rhino horn and ivory are also the most valuable items in Senegal's West African savannah. Although it is only a threat from Mido at the moment, Eschwein knows it in his heart - the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge. Morality. Rencastel would have supported the decision as well. Because this decision is very important for the Duke of Coimbra, Jorge. Morality. Lencastre is advantageous.
It's just that Eschwein doesn't have the right to decide. After all, the steel ball bullets needed to hunt elephants need to be produced by local craftsmen. Therefore, he had to report to Marinda and ask for more steel ball bullets.
Until the new steel ball bullets from the mainland arrived, he continued to hunt West African black rhinos to obtain enough rhino skins.
In fact, because Maximilian I asked for a postponement of the attack, Eschwein may not have been able to keep up with the local demand for rhinos. After all, Marin was scheduled to attack in September. However, in that case, the supply of rhinoceros leather armor may not be able to keep up. Because it takes a long time to peel the rhinoceros skin from the rhinoceros, nitrate it, and then make leather armor. And Maximilian I postponed the time until November, just in time to give Eschwein enough time.
The skins of the first batch of more than 400 West African black rhinos have been stripped and subjected to preliminary processing, and are ready to be shipped back to the country for processing into leather armor by artisans who specialize in leather armor. However, the skin of a rhinoceros can only make a few sets of rhinoceros leather armor. The skins of more than 400 West African black rhinoceros can only make more than 2,000 sets of rhinoceros leather armor.
But this is also something that cannot be helped, because the chassis range of the West African black rhinoceros is too large. A rhinoceros covers an area of 10 square kilometers, and more than 400 heads are more than 4,000 square kilometers! If it weren't for the hunting team riding Bobu horses, it would not have been possible to hunt more than 400 West African black rhinos in a short period of time. You know, more than 4,000 square kilometers are more than the area of the mainland province of East Friesland.
Fortunately, Royce divided the 100 musketeers into groups of three for a total of 33 groups, which made the hunt range much larger. Otherwise, the efficiency is even slower. Even so, hunting enough rhinoceros to make rhinoceros skin armor for 15,000 people by November is a difficult task.
However, fortunately, Marin also counted on the whole army to be equipped with rhinoceros leather armor. For example, in order to deal with the possible shortage of rhinoceros leather armor, Marin also prepared a lot of "mahjong mats" wood chips to tie the armor. The mahjong mat wood chips are also lightweight, which is convenient for crossing mountains and mountains. Moreover, the defenders of Siena did not have a contingent of musketeers. To deal with the crossbowmen of Siena, the mahjong mat wood chips also have a certain effect. Moreover, when the war starts, Marin will put the warriors in rhinoceros skin armor in front of them. Warriors in armor with wooden chips are arranged in the back. In this way, casualties can also be reduced to a large extent.
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At the same time that Marin was preparing to go south to Italy to attack Siena, at the end of July, at the hottest time of the year, an assassination occurred on the outskirts of Pamplona, the capital of the Kingdom of Navarre in the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula......
The target of the assassination is naturally the famous Caesar. Borgia ......
At the behest of the pope's father-in-law, Marin sent people to the Kingdom of Navarre to reconnoiter Caesar a few years ago. Borgia moved.
It's just that what makes Marin depressed is that Caesar. Since the arrival of Borgia in the Kingdom of Navarre, he has been very low-key, living in seclusion, and it is difficult to have a chance of assassination. Moreover, the most depressing thing is that this thing is as afraid of death as Marin, and every time he goes out, he wears chest armor and a steel helmet......
Thankfully, it's not like this all year round. Because, summer in Spain is very hot. If you still wear plate armor on a hot day, you have to die of heat. After all, summer temperatures in Spain can exceed 30 degrees. In such weather, how can you wear such a thick?
And at the end of last year, Marin had already decided to hire assassins to assassinate Caesar in the summer. Borgia ...... And the way to assassinate is to throw knives......
The reason why I chose to use a flying knife is not because of how powerful the flying knife is, but because it is easy to use and easy to hide...... After all, an assassin can carry a knife full of knives in his belt. And if you use a crossbow, it can be easily exposed.
This is because the assassination of Caesar. Borgia had the opportunity to Caesar only every Sunday morning. Borgia was on his way to church for a service. How to hide the bow and crossbow in the daytime? Therefore, you can only use throwing knives with good concealment. As for the short musket, it is also a good tool. But the problem is that at the moment there are very few countries that use short muskets, and the North Sea State of Marin is one of them. If you assassinate Caesar with a short musket. Borgia, isn't that the same as telling someone - Caesar was killed by me?
Fortunately, because of Henry VII, the sport of darts became popular in England, which led to the emergence of a large number of darts masters in England. And in this assassination, Marlin hired a group of English darts masters to assassinate Caesar with quenched darts. Borgia.
Moreover, this time, the person in charge of hiring these dart masters is a killer organization called "Assassin's Creed......
In fact, the leader of the Assassin's Creed, alias Altaïr, was nothing more than an ordinary Italian spy for the North Sea Chamber of Commerce under Kohler, whose real name was Ezio.
With the support of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, Ezio recruited a group of veteran Assassins in Italy and Spain in the name of Altaïr, and orchestrated several successful assassinations for a fee. Ezio then sent someone to England to recruit a group of dart masters, and let them practice the technique of using darts to kill repeatedly.
It wasn't until the end of July, the hottest time of the year in Spain, that group of English darts players were finally ready......
However, they did not immediately go to assassinate Caesar. Borgia, but the Navarre dialect of Spanish that I have learned for a long time. Then, half a month ahead of schedule, he came to Caesar, outside the city of Pamplona. The road that Borgia often walked. And, before they did it, they were still with Caesar. Borgia's team met a few times......
The first time and Caesar. Borgia's team took a look at Caesar. Borgia inexplicably felt the aura of danger, but nothing happened. Even, the vigilant Caesar. Borgia also had his men search the English darts masters. However, nothing was found. Then, Caesar. Borgia was relieved.
Afterwards, Caesar. Borgia also asked his subordinates to investigate the origin of these people, and found that they were porters from other places. But after a few days of surveillance, nothing suspicious was found.
Then, I waited for half a month until Caesar. Borgia relaxed, and the group of dart masters actually began to assassinate...... ()