Originally, Marlin had planned to promote honeycomb coal and honeycomb coal stoves earlier. However, suddenly, Simon's marriage problem made Marin have to temporarily delay the promotion of honeycomb coal.

Why? As soon as honeycomb coal is rolled out, the Lamarck family will know how wrong they have made by swapping out the Ruhr area. If they get angry, Simon's marriage will fall through.

And if Simon can't marry Princess Anna, old Hoffman will definitely find himself desperately! Therefore, Marin can only postpone the promotion of honeycomb coal for the time being. When Simon and Princess Anna get married, the Lamarck family will be no longer hot. Because, divorce is not allowed these days......

Of course, Marin didn't want to completely turn the other cheek with the Lamarck family. So, when the time comes, Marin will definitely give up some benefits. For example, let the Lamarck family be the general agent of coal distribution or something, and let them exploit a layer of profits. Anyway, the coal mine is still in their own hands, and it is nothing to give them points. Even if you don't look for them as agents, you have to find others to act as agents.

In this era, Marin could not realize the "101 Plan" of Coca-Cola in later generations. Because, in this era, communication and logistics are extremely inconvenient. It is unrealistic to want to go through the "101" plan and bypass regional agents and dealers to directly face customers. A single communication can basically rely on the sad reality of the roar to bankrupt the plan.

Therefore, if you want to sell coal, you must look for dealers to cooperate with in various places. When the time comes, giving a few more regions to let the Lamarck family act as an agent can also be regarded as a kind of compensation. If you are still dissatisfied, then there is no way. After all, it was impossible for Marin to spit out the Ruhr area that he had eaten.

Speaking of which, honeycomb coal is really an artifact. Don't look down-to-earth, but it's so good. Therefore, even if Master Guo, who invented honeycomb coal, was given a Nobel Prize, Ma Lin did not think it was too much. Because, honeycomb coal is too useful.

Of course, honeycomb coal is a bit out of time. Because, in the 20th century, the world has begun to become popular with coal gas and natural gas. And honeycomb coal only appeared in the 50s of the 20th century, and it was invented a little late. If it had appeared a hundred years earlier, it would have been able to become a super-classic invention.

Marin remembers that in the 20th century, China could not afford to build gas pipelines because of poverty. Therefore, the vast majority of urban residents use honeycomb coal stoves for cooking. At that time, when I walked into the dormitory area of the factory or the corridor of the building, I could see piles of honeycomb coal everywhere.

Especially the residents of the building, it is unimaginable that there is no honeycomb coal. Because, the bungalow can also get an earthen stove with a chimney. Then, a lot of firewood is piled up in the yard. However, in a building like a tube building, do you try to build an earthen stove? Residents on the top floor can still erect chimneys, but where are the chimneys for residents on the lower floors? If the chimney is installed outside the window, then the smoke from the upper floor of the household's earthen stove when cooking, once there is wind, can blow into the house of the upper household, choking to death......

But with honeycomb coal, it is different, with honeycomb coal, the residents of the building can set up a honeycomb coal stove in the aisle to cook and boil water. Of course, if the place at home is big enough, you can also cook and boil water at home. But the area of the tube building is too small, in order not to make the house smoky, ordinary people are cooking and boiling water outside the door. The honeycomb coal stove is a little bigger, and it can be easily carried around with one hand......

Before the invention and popularization of honeycomb coal stoves, people generally burned clay stoves or briquette stoves. However, the briquette furnace is not efficient, consumes a lot of coal, and is not so economical.

In the era of earthen stoves, there was also a profession in the countryside called "woodcutter", that is, woodcutter. Because, at that time, city residents also burned earthen stoves, and there was a great demand for firewood.

In order to provide for the needs of urban life, many woodcutters will go into the mountains every day to cut firewood, and then, carry or use small carts to drive into the city to sell. Moreover, demand is still in short supply.

Because there is no way to cook and heat without firewood, firewood was a very important living resource in ancient times. When the ancients described the trivialities of life, they also used "firewood, rice, oil and salt" to describe it. Among them, the word "chai" is ranked first, which shows its importance.

But after the advent of honeycomb coal, the world changed. Perhaps, when people describe life as trivial, they have to say "coal, rice, oil and salt"......

A simple honeycomb coal can bring great convenience to urban residents and change people's lives. Once honeycomb coal became widespread, the demand for coal throughout Europe was enormous.

There is a demand for honeycomb coal, and Marin doesn't need to make any coal-burning steam engines at all, so he can lie at home and wait to count the money. Because, people can not use industrial products for a day, but they can't go a day without cooking and boiling water...... And honeycomb coal is so convenient for cooking and boiling water, and the cost is very low. As long as you are not stupid, you must choose honeycomb coal......

Of course, if the transportation is extremely inconvenient, or it is too far from the coal-producing area, it is difficult to say. After all, the cost of land transportation is too high in this era. If the transportation cost is too high, people might as well use firewood.

But what is certain is that wherever water transportation is developed, it will be easy to transport a large amount of coal and promote the use of honeycomb coal. For example, in the Rhine, Ames, Weser and Elbe basins, it is easy to promote honeycomb coal. And the basins of these rivers are basically equivalent to half of Germany......

Also, let's not forget that Marin is now England's number one coal miner. In England, Marlin can make a fortune just as well......

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However, in order to make Simon's marriage go smoothly, Marin had to suspend the promotion of honeycomb coal even if he knew that honeycomb coal was domineering and rebellious. It wasn't until Simon got married that he planned to promote the use of honeycomb coal.

Therefore, Marin sent a delegation to Cleaver City to discuss marriage with the Lamarck family. In order to solve the battle as quickly as possible, Marin asked that the wedding date be set earlier, so as not to have too many dreams at night. At the same time, he also sent a generous gift to the Lamarck family, so that they could quickly agree. Once the Lamarck family agreed, Marlin planned to marry Simon as soon as possible, so as not to delay his own coal sales......

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Just when Marin was worried about Simon's marriage and honeycomb coal, the spring ploughing in Europe was gradually coming to an end. At this time, only the northern region is still continuing spring ploughing, while the spring ploughing in central and southern Europe has basically stopped.

At this time, the French began to move. Once the spring ploughing is over, France will be able to free up a large number of men and even sergeants. At this time, Europe was dominated by rye and barley, which did not need to be managed, and once spring ploughing was over and sowing was complete, European farmers had little to do. At this time, it is very suitable to start a war......

Thus, after the spring ploughing in the southern regions, Louis XII ordered the whole of France to move in preparation for the march of the French army into Italy. And the conflict between the Kingdom of France and Spain for hegemony is also on the verge of breaking out.

The movement of gathering tens of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of people is too great not to attract attention. Therefore, after most of the spring ploughing was over, Louis XII was busy not with the issue of sending troops, but with the issue of secrecy...... （）