After deciding to name this concrete defense line "Mano Line", Marin became very uneasy. Because he always remembered the fact that the French "Magino Line" was surrounded by the German army. Perhaps, this "Mano Line" would also be surrounded by the Turks.
In order not to make such a major mistake, Marin spread out the map and studied the local terrain...
After repeated consideration, Marin believes that it is unlikely that the Turkish army will circumnavigate from the narrow coastal plains. Because the coastal plains of Lebanon are too narrow and are not suitable for tens of thousands of troops to pass through. And if there are fewer troops passing through, they can also break through the defense line.
However, Marin suddenly noticed a problem - it seems that there is a great threat at sea...
The coastal plains of Lebanon are not suitable for large troops to pass, but the Turks can occupy Haifa by sea, and then attack the defense line through Haifa Port...
Although the defense line is made of concrete and is difficult to break, the Turks cut off the food supply from the defense line and siege it will also change the situation of the war.
"It seems that the safety of Haifa Port is very important..." Marin tapped his finger on the desk and began to think about countermeasures.
It is impossible to send troops to garrison Haifa. After all, if the garrison in Haifa Port is less useful, and if there are too many, the expenses will be particularly large...
As for Egypt to garrison its own troops, it would be feasible. However, because of this defeat, the rich Syrian region was lost. The Egyptian Mamluk Dynasty was in financial difficulties and probably could not spend much money to support too many troops. Therefore, even if the Haifa Port was rebuilt, Egypt would not station too many troops. There is no way. Since the spice trade was cut off by the Portugal and the Spaniards, the Egyptian Mamluk Dynasty has become poor and cannot provide too much military expenditure.
"The money problem...well? It seems that the Venetians are very rich..." Marin's eyes lit up.
Although Venice was severely injured due to the spice trade business, the lean camel was bigger than a horse and had a strong foundation. Marin remembers that in the late 16th century (about 1580), Venice's annual fiscal revenue was as high as 18 million Ducart...
Of course, that was the income after the large-scale flow of gold and silver into Europe in the Americas, and gold and silver had depreciated significantly. In addition, the Venetians' ability to rise again has a lot to do with the emergence of glass mirrors.
The Venetians also paid attention to technical confidentiality and moved all craftsmen to Murano Island, ensuring that glass mirror technology has not been leaked for more than 150 years.
But Venice's protection measures also have a loophole, that is, Venice only moved the craftsmen who made glass mirrors to Murano Island, and did not move the craftsmen's family to...
So, more than 150 years later, around 1666, the French took advantage of the opportunity of craftsmen leaving Murano Island on major festivals to reunite with their families, and recruited a group of craftsmen at high prices and stole the secrets of glass mirrors.
Then Venice was in great trouble...
Originally, a glass mirror of Venetians could sell tens of thousands of francs (this era is called Rifle). The side given to the French queen was actually worth 150,000 francs...
After the French stole the technology, they began mass-producing glass mirrors, and the price plummeted to 100 francs per glass mirror...
After losing this technology, the Republic of Venice completely declined. Then, there was no more day to stand out until it perished...
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At present, although Venice is beginning to go downhill, its strong family is still there. In addition, it hopes to turn over with the Suez Canal, so it is still quite powerful.
"No! According to the original history, glass mirrors should have appeared during this period, right?" Marin remembered that the Venetian mirror appeared in the early 16th century. It perfectly solved the problem of the Republic of Venice losing its spice trade and maintained its commercial advantage for a long time. It was not until the French stole the manufacturing technology of glass mirrors that the commercial building of the Republic of Venice collapsed. After all, it should not be too pleasant to sell a mirror for ten thousand livres. Although Rift depreciated severely at that time, after all, it was almost 12 livres to exchange 1 pound or 1 gold Louis.
In other words, a mirror of the Venetian can be sold for 833.3 pounds, equivalent to 1,666.6 gold coins...
It is said that the French later sold 100 livres a glass mirror and made a lot of money. 100 livres looked like 16.66 gold coins...
But in fact, a glass mirror with tin foil plated with mercury will definitely cost no more than 1 gold coin. In other words, even if it sells 100 livres, the French will have more than ten times the profit. Before, Venice, which monopolizes technology, had the profit... Damn! One thousand and hundreds of times!
Marin was shocked - what kind of huge profit is this? No wonder the Venetians wanted to trap craftsmen on the island of Murano! No wonder the French tried every means to get the production technology of glass mirrors...
"Do I want to use glass mirrors to make money now?" Marin began to think...
After thinking about it, Marin still didn't dare...
Why? He has not defeated the French yet. At this time, he should not be high-profile. If he makes the French gamble and mobilizes an army of more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, Marin said that he could only take his whole family to escape to America...
After all, in history, the French were jealous of Venice's red eyes. If Marin made out the glass mirror too early, he would be the one who was jealous of him. Under the stimulation of huge profits, the French might be violent and at all costs...
After thinking about it, Marin decided to - after defeating the French and establishing power, he would take the opportunity to push out the glass mirror, then make a lot of money, count the gold coins and cramp your hands...
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However, when things are impermanent and Marin is still dreaming of exclusive monopoly on the glass mirror business, shocking news came from Venice - the Venetian quit the glass mirror...
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "What? The Venetians have made out the glass mirror?" Marin grew up in surprise, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground and broke...
This broken wine glass was like Marin's heart - it was also broken...
A huge profit of hundreds of times! It's gone...
Marin was so depressed that she wanted to vomit blood...
But Marin didn't know that in history, the Venetian glass mirror was actually invented by the Dal Carlo brothers in 1507 and quickly became the most powerful weapon for Venice's re-emergence.
However, Marin's time travel changed history. Among them, what Marin changed the most about history was that he once hired a large number of glass craftsmen in Venice to the Beihai Kingdom.
That was when Marin just took over East Friesland. In order to produce glass products for foreign trade, Marin sent people to Venice many times to recruit glass craftsmen, and a total of hundreds of people were recruited.
It was this action that changed history. Because the factory where the Dalcarlo brothers were located was recruited, many craftsmen were recruited, and their managers put a burden on the Dalcarlo brothers, making them busier. After all, there was not enough manpower, so they could only use one of the remaining craftsmen as two people...
As a result, the two brothers became more intense in their work. In 1507, because they were too busy with work, they had no time to study glass mirrors as they did in history.
But as time goes by, a new batch of apprentices from the glass factory in Venice (seven-year apprentices) were brought out, and the old glass craftsmen such as the Dalcarlo brothers had more time to do something else.
Then, just this spring, the Dalcarlo brothers finally accidentally developed a glass mirror with mercury tin foil...
Afterwards, the two brothers were immediately regarded as national treasure craftsmen by the Venetian authorities, with a significant increase in salary, but also lost their freedom - they were restricted to the Island of Murano.
Chapter completed!