Kong Tai held the air for a long time:
“Uh…hey…”
Then, because of excessive force, I farted - "Puff"...
"Not energetic!" Kong Tai, who woke up from his fantasy, caught up with Liu Laogen and ordered:
"Remember to remind the craftsmen who build copper nails to make the nail hat bigger!"
The nail cap is the part where the tail of the nail is beaten. It is actually a bit similar to the later push-pin. Kong Tai ordered this because he suddenly thought that since he could wrap the white iron sheet to prevent the shipworm from eroding the bottom of the ship. Then, why not make the nail cap bigger and nail more copper to the bottom of the ship? With too many nails and the nail cap is big enough, it doesn’t look like a layer of copper skin wrapped around it?
To be honest, Kong Tai's idea cannot be wrong, but it is really wasteful. Because it is really a waste to make a nail to wrap the bottom of the boat for each copper piece the size of a nail cap. If you directly wrap the copper skin, a copper skin only requires a few copper nails. But Kong Tai didn't understand this reason for the time being. It was not until two small speedboats built and saw the bottom of the boat full of copper nails that he realized...
Later, for this matter, he was scolded by Marin. If you have this spare money, it would be better to buy some copper nails and send them back to China to cast guns! How expensive is copper? If you want to wrap the bottom of the ship, then let's say that you can send nickel iron sheets and nickel iron nails in China...
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Regarding how to build the two small speedboats, Karu's plan was to remove the old boards from the Japanese ship weighing dozens of tons and use them as the bottom wood for the newly built speedboat. As for the wood inside the hull, it is better to use the newly cut wood on the island and dry it.
This is because the Japanese ship has a displacement of only a few dozen tons, and the wood on one Japanese ship is not enough to build two speedboats with a displacement of thirty or forty tons.
Therefore, using the old Japanese ship boards on the bottom part of the ship that needs to be resistant to seawater corrosion can play the role of old materials. As for the inside of the hull, there is no need to contact seawater. It is not so much that it is resistant to corrosion or not, just use new dry materials.
Kalu chose camphor wood for the newly cut wood on the island. Because Kalu realized that this smell can deworm, and according to the older villagers in Jilong Village, camphor wood has not been damaged for a long time. These two attributes are highly valued by shipbuilding.
Later, Kong Tai also planned to build ships in Taidao, and all camphor wood was used. As a result, it was rejected by Marin. Because, in Marin's view, using camphor wood to extract castor balls is much more important than shipbuilding. Shipbuilding can be replaced by equally excellent local wood such as fir, while camphor extraction is irreplaceable by other trees. Camphor is the most important passivator for making smokeless gunpowder, and can also be used to deworm, but it has a very large effect. It is a waste to use it to build ships.
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Of course, Marin, who was far away in Europe at this time, had no idea what happened in the Far East. He was still waiting for the return of the fleet of Yamerico. Only after obtaining a stable and mature navigation route map could he dare to lead the fleet to the Ming Empire. After all, it is true that he is a time traveler, but he did not use an invincible plug-in. He had to hang in disasters, so it would be better to be cautious.
However, according to the current progress, it will take at least half a year for Asiatico to arrive in Panama, which is next spring. It is estimated that Marin will go to the Ming Dynasty even later, and may have to wait until the second half of the year. Because Marin wants to go to the Ming Empire, he must lead a fleet to bypass the entire South America and then move westward again and cross the Pacific Ocean after arriving in Panama.
Moreover, for safety reasons, it is best to avoid the summer and autumn typhoon season in the Western Pacific. When encountering a typhoon, even a whole fleet will be useless. If it is an ordinary storm, one ship will be killed, and other ships can still rescue it. When encountering a typhoon, the entire fleet of ships will be KOed...
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In addition, in terms of the current time period, what Marin is most concerned about is not the affairs of the Far East, but the matter of Edward's crown as King of Scotland.
Why? Because as the party involved, Marin must attend Edward's coronation ceremony. But the problem is that for security reasons, Edward has to wait for the northern army to return to China before escorting him north to Edinburgh. This round trip will take several months. After all, the army marchs at most 30 kilometers a day (it is slower to encounter mountain roads). There are six or seven hundred kilometers away from London to Edinburgh, and this round trip... Marin can't wait...
After all, Marin is going south to attack the Republic of Siena in November, how can he wait for Edward?
As for the 5,000 troops in London, they could not escort Edward to the north. Because, as Edward's base camp, London cannot be missed and cannot be without defenders for a day.
However, Marin really couldn't wait. The war in Siena had been discussed long ago. For the safety of the army, he also needed to go south to take charge. Therefore, Marin planned to persuade Edward to go to Edinburgh to be crowned early. Even Marin planned to help him with the concession of the Pope as soon as possible.
Marin then sent a speedboat to London and discussed with Edward the issue of going north in advance. As for the main English troops who had already reached Edinburgh and met with the Fourth Legion, Marin meant to stand by on time and wait for Edward to be crowned, and then escort Edward back to China...
Edward naturally agreed to Marin to establish Roman relations as soon as possible and recognize his status as the King of Scotland. For this reason, he happily paid Marin's "activity fund" of 200,000 gold coins, and asked him to go to Rome as soon as possible to "activity".
But Edward was not very happy about Marin urging him to go north as soon as possible. He wrote back to Marin and said:
"I also want to go north as soon as possible, but the Pope's authorization has not been obtained yet and need to wait. In addition, how can I guarantee the safety of going north?"
After receiving Edward's secret letter, Marin originally planned to send a fleet to protect Edward's north. However, he suddenly felt aroused his heart - maybe, he could let the Holy See drag...
If Edward wants to be crowned as King of Scotland, he must have the approval of the Pope. With the approval of the Pope and authorizing and appointing an Archbishop to help Edward crown, Edward can become the legal King of Scotland.
But the problem is that if Julius II agreed to admit Edward as King of Scotland too happily, he would offend France greatly and make Louis XII shameless.
So, if you think about it carefully, this matter is really impatient. Moreover, Pope Julius II also needed a suitable excuse to agree to Edward to become the King of Scotland. Otherwise, Louis XII would definitely not do it. After all, Scotland was an ally of France for hundreds of years. Since 1295, France and Scotland have formed an "old alliance" specifically targeting England. Without a proper reason, Julius II is really not good to speak casually.
Just so happened that the Scottish War has been over, and Sakara's Fourth Legion has also been vacant. At this time, Sakara has handed over Edinburgh's defense to the 20,000 main legion in England led by Sivag.
"Maybe, we can mobilize the Fourth Legion now?" Marin thought.
After thinking about it for a while, Marin decided to mobilize the Fourth Legion and head south to Italy to participate in the Siena War.
Of course, Marin's original plan remained unchanged - he would still lead 15,000 mountain infantry to cross mountains and ridges and raid the city of Siena.
As for the Fourth Legion, their role was mainly to attack Siena from the main road. Of course, their role was not to attack Siena, but to rush to the city of Siena with supplies and baggage.
This is an insurance measure to prevent the dangerous situation where the 15,000 army led by Marin could not be captured for a long time and the food was exhausted.
After all, Marin brought mountain infantry to cross mountains and ridges, and the number of compressed biscuits he carried was limited, with a maximum of more than ten days. If he could not defeat Siena City within ten days, these 15,000 people would probably have to be in chaos because of food shortage.
Malin felt that he had achieved success in his career and could not take such a big risk. If he lost these 15,000 people, the Beihai Kingdom would definitely be greatly damaged.
Just so happened that the Scottish War ended quickly and the Fourth Legion had returned to Newcastle.
After thinking about it for a while, Marin decided to mobilize the Fourth Legion to join the battle. Of course, their mission was to carry sufficient food and supplies, land from the coast of the Republic of Siena, and then rush to the city of Siena from the main road. More than ten days were enough for them to arrive at Siena. Even if the army led by Marin had no food at that time, the Fourth Legion could deliver the food and grass in time.
Moreover, the 4th Legion's baggage can also transport heavy artillery to help siege the city...
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This is not counting. When the Fourth Legion went on an expedition to Italy, it could also be regarded as the "English Newcastle Legion" and also as the Fourth Legion of the North Sea Kingdom. In this way, as long as the city of Siena is conquered, the military achievements of the Fourth Legion can be considered as the Kingdom of England.
At that time, Pope Julius II will be able to reward Edward in the name of "England sends troops to help fight" and help eliminate the "heretic" Republic of Siena, for example, allowing him to crown the King of Scotland - who told him to be a meritorious person? The Vatican will not let the meritorious ministers return empty-handed...
In this way, Marin's attack on the city of Siena was not only more stable, but the Fourth Legion sent troops to give Pope Julius II a full reason to agree to Edward as King of Scotland...
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Marin sent a speedboat to London again, told Edward about the decision, and revealed that he was going south to attack Siena.
Edward certainly supported the matter that would help him become the King of Scotland. So he wrote back to Marin and agreed to Marin's practice of mobilizing the Fourth Legion to Italy. But at the same time, the stingy Edward said that Marin would bear the food and grass consumption of the Fourth Legion...
After receiving Edward's reply, Marin rolled her eyes after looking at it - saying that it seemed like you had taken over the food consumption of the Fourth Legion...
Chapter completed!