In addition to taking advantage of the geographical advantages here to make accidents with the Ming Dynasty, there is also the coveting of the island's Jinguashi super gold mine, as well as the island's specialty camphor.

Needless to say, the trade with the Ming Dynasty and the gold mine of Jinguashi were extremely profitable. Camphor, on the other hand, is the best passivating agent for new gunpowder. Once camphor is put into use, the new gunpowder can be considered to have real practical value. Otherwise, just because of instability, you can't get on a wooden battleship at will. Otherwise, before anyone else hits you, your ship will be burned down by the new gunpowder.

If camphor is used, the new gunpowder will become safe and can be used on the ship......

And in naval warfare, firepower is king. The new gunpowder is more than three times more powerful than black powder, and if it is used as a propellant to fire at sea artillery, it can knock opponents out. As long as Marin wins a few more sea battles, then he can become the supremacy of the sea and control as many interests as possible.

In fact, Marin has been planning to one day defeat Portugal, the current maritime hegemon, and take its place. After all, Portugal itself is weak, and its national strength is not much stronger than that of the North Sea State. Moreover, its army is very scum, and it is not an opponent of the North Sea Army at all.

It's just that at the moment the Portuguese navy is very strong, especially the number of warships is large. Marin is now accumulating strength, planning to fight a decisive battle with Portugal at sea one day and eliminate Portuguese sea power in one fell swoop. Then, a landing battle was launched, which completely crippled Portugal......

When Portugal is disabled, then, the Portuguese mainland Marin is not interested, but their maritime interests, Marin has been greedy for a long time......

For example, Ronaldo's hometown of Madeira is a good maritime transit point. The Azores are also an important transit point to the Americas...... Not to mention Africa, the current South African gold mining area is the territory of the Portuguese, how can we grab the colonial rights of South Africa without crippling Portugal?

So, don't underestimate the camphor, it's an important weapon for Marin to dominate the seas...... additives......

Marin refined more than a dozen barrels of camphor powder in one go, intending to bring it back to make smokeless gunpowder. At this time, Ma Lin remembered that he seemed to have an important thing to do on Taiwan Island......

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Of course, this is not the development of the Jinguashi gold mine. Marin is not so stupid, without being able to fully control Taiwan Island, he is in a hurry to develop the Jinguashi gold mine, and it is easy to be jealous and jealous. Therefore, the development of the Jinguashi gold mine can be put aside for a while. Anyway, the mine is there, and it won't run away......

Another important thing that Marin wanted to do was to find the first oil field on the island of Taiwan and the location of the first modern oil well in Asia, the sulfur pit......

The history of development out of the pit is not very long. After all, the development of Taiwan Island only began at the end of the Ming Dynasty. It was not until the mid-to-late 19th century that it was discovered that it could produce oil.

However, soon after the discovery of oil, Yankee technicians were brought in to drill wells with machines, and the first mechanical oil well in Asia was drilled. Moreover, the pit oil well is also the second machine oil well in the world.

Therefore, the Wanwan people of later generations boasted the sulfur pit to the gods, and the local area has also become a famous historical attraction - there is no way, Taiwan Island really has no history, so it can only take out goods like the sulfur pit as a historical attraction......

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Marin had never been to Wanwan in his previous life, but he couldn't stand the love of Wanwan. Especially during the reign of Xiao Ma Ge, in order to attract mainland tourists, he worked hard to promote various scenic spots. Although Marin had never been to it in his previous life, he had seen a lot of information on the Internet, so he knew a lot about the pit and remembered its location.

The sulfur pit is located on the bank of Houlong Creek in Miaoli County, and Houlong Creek is a "Z" shaped river, and the sulfur pit is located near the left of a certain corner point under the "Z" shape. As long as you find the vicinity of that inflection point, you can find the sulfur pit oil well.

It is said that Mr. Qiu Gou, who was the first to discover oil seedlings, was able to produce 40 kilograms of crude oil per day by digging a 3-meter-deep soil pit......

Such a shallow earth pit can produce oil, which proves that this oil field is not difficult to find. Moreover, its name "out of the sulfur pit" indicates that there is a smell of sulfur here, otherwise, it would not be called "out of the sulfur pit". In fact, crude oil already has some sulfur smell, which is how Marin estimated the name of the sulfur pit...... Before leaving Taiwan Island and returning to China, Ma Lin took a large group of men and horses to find the sulfur pit......

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However, when the search for the pit really began, Marin realized that it was not easy......

First of all, it was very troublesome for Marin to find Houlongxi......

Because there is no GPS navigation, Marin can only try his luck to find it. In particular, there are many rivers and various "streams" on the west coast of Taiwan Island. When Ma Lin passed through the Hsinchu area, he saw many streams flowing into the sea.

Ma Lin didn't know which one was Houlong Creek, so he led people into each stream to explore the way first......

Fortunately, Marin remembered the "Z" shape of Houlong Creek, so he sent people to take a small boat into these rivers to see if it was the "Z" shape that Marin said.

Finally, after a few failed attempts to explore a few rivers, they realized that they had finally found Houlong Creek. Then, Marin landed with a large force and searched southeast along the south bank......

Along the way, Marin also encountered two indigenous villages, and even a violent conflict broke out. But it didn't make any use - Karn could beat them alone, not to mention Marin with a few hundred elite soldiers......

In this way, Marin traced the river upstream, to the south bank, and finally found the position of the horizontal under the "Z" shape. Then, it's time to look for oil......

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But even with the approximate location, it was difficult to find the location of the pit well. Because, at this time, there are tall trees everywhere on the edge of Houlong Creek. If you want to find it slowly, you have to clear these obstructive trees first......

As a result, Ma Lin had to go back and mobilize a large number of people to come to the south bank of the horizontal Longxi under the "Z" shape to log first......

Finally cut down all the local trees, Marin was dumbfounded to find that it seemed that he had cut down all the leaves and found no natural oil mines......

In desperation, Ma Lin had no choice but to take a group of subordinates with good noses along the south bank of Houlong Creek and began to smell the smell......

Isn't this place called "Out of the Sulfur Pit"? It's simple, and the one who smells sulfur should be the location of the oil well. Then, just dig the well like crazy. Qiu Gou was able to dig a 3-meter pit and start producing oil, which shows that it is not difficult to find a sulfur pit oil well......

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These days, Marin has become like a police dog, crouching down on the south bank of Houlong Creek with a group of men who keep sniffing with his nose......

Marin suddenly regretted that he didn't bring a few German police dogs, if there were German police dogs, it would still be easy to find the smell of sulfur. Like now, Marin himself is going to turn into a police dog......

The hard work paid off, and just when Ma Lin was about to lose his patience, Ma Lin finally found the oil seedlings at the Taiwan Oil Mine Exhibition Hall in the later generations, and asked people to dig a 4-meter-deep soil pit well to facilitate oil production. Then, the oil seedlings in the ground really started to slowly seep out the oil......

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