The construction of Petersburg is a long-term job. Fortunately, the weapons and armor of the Grand Duchy of Moscow have not been purchased yet, and it will probably take more than a year to start the war. Therefore, Peter has enough time to build a dock and a "fishing dock".
But there is one problem that may be more urgent than Peter's construction of Peterborough. That is, the problem of transporting ships for immigrants!
When building Petersburg and the wharf, you can build a basic framework in just a few months. But the supply of ships is really a headache. Even if Marin adopts the method of division of labor and cooperation in later generations, it will take as long as three or four months to build it. In this era, the shipbuilding cycle is generally more than half a year, or even more than one year.
It is only half a year or even a year that can build a ship, and the efficiency is not generally low. Moreover, it is far from meeting the needs of Marin. You should know that the immigrants will be transported by then, and if there are fewer ships, it will be troublesome. What? Do you mean to transport them in batches?
It’s okay to have few people, but too many people, so it’s not a good choice to go in batches. Taking a boat from Petersburg to Jutland Peninsula is more than 1,500 kilometers of sea routes, at the speed of sailing in this era, it takes at least half a month. This is still a time when the wind is strong, and it takes one month to meet a weak wind season, and it takes two months to go back and forth. Even in the wind season, it takes more than one month to go back and forth.
However, when Malin wanted these immigrants to visit relatives, they wanted to farm. And farming requires racing against God and planting and harvesting. In later generations, there was a term called "double grab", which means rushing to plant and harvesting, and racing against time.
In the era of comprehensive mechanization, rushing to grow and harvest is not outstanding. After all, the mechanical efficiency is too high and the weather is ignored. Even if the rice and wheat are damp, there is still a dryer to dry. However, in the era of human resources, farming is like racing against heaven and fighting for all time.
If the immigrants were transported in many batches, the first batch of immigrants would be reclaimed and sowed there, and the second batch had not arrived yet. The third batch and the fourth batch were even more distant... Then, when the last batch came, the autumn harvest had passed long ago...
Therefore, the farming time does not wait for people. The sooner the immigrants arrive at the Jutland Peninsula, the sooner they can reclaim land and farm. But Marin learned that the number of merchant ships in the Baltic region of the North Sea Kingdom is pitifully small, with only 20. Moreover, most of them are armed merchant ships of level 250, with limited capacity.
The reason for this is that the Baltic region is the sphere of influence of the Hanseatic Alliance. Marin is currently only involved in the salt trade and mainly acts as a wholesaler. In this way, the Hanseatic Alliance is very dissatisfied. If the scale is expanded, the two companies will turn against each other.
Although Marin is not afraid of the Hanseatic Alliance in terms of force, the Hanseatic Alliance has a relatively large political influence. If Marin wants to stay in the Imperial Court, he also needs the political support of the Hanseatic Alliance. In addition, Eastern Europe is basically a poor agricultural country, and the oil and water are just like that. Therefore, Marin had only deployed 20 small merchant ships with a displacement of 250 tons in the Baltic Sea before, and it was mainly used to transport salt.
For 20 ships, even if each ship is overloaded and loaded with 200 people per ship, it can transport 4,000 people in one round. If 500,000 people are transported, wouldn’t it take more than 125 round trips? Even if 125 round trips are calculated based on the fastest speed of once a month, it takes 125 months, which means more than 10 years of transportation...
How can this work? Then, Marin asked Kohler to count other ships. He was shocked to find that because he mobilized 40 ships to the Far East, the total number of merchant ships in the North Sea of ​​Europe is only 110. Including 20 warships, according to the fact that 500-ton warships were not searched as two 250-class merchant ships, it is only 150 merchant ships.
150 merchant ships transport only 30,000 people in one round. It still takes more than 16 times to transport more than 500,000 people... In short, it takes two or three years...
This doesn't work!
500,000 people, and the shipment is completed in one round, and as many as 250-level merchant ships are required!
According to the tonnage demand, the total displacement of about 625,000 tons is required. But the problem is that according to statistics, the Hanseatic League, the Hanseatic Alliance, the most important maritime force in Germany, has a total tonnage of about 100,000 tons, which is equivalent to 400 250-class merchant ships... Moreover, many of these ships are inland river boats and are not suitable for taking large sea routes. Those who are truly suitable for taking sea routes are more than 400 merchant ships with displacement of more than 100 tons from Lübeck and Hamburg. Even if these more than 400 ships are hired, it is not enough to transport people. Moreover, the merchant ships have their own long-term commercial contracts, and overdue payments will be compensated. If Marin wants to hire, it is good if he can squeeze out 100.
So, in the end, you have to rely on yourself!
What to do? Don't count on the Hanseatic League. Then, Marin turned his attention to Germany's unexpected...
England excluded the first one, because England is currently guarding against the French Calais ships. The ships are either requisitioned or dare not go to sea. Therefore, there are only three or four countries left to choose from - the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Venice...
But the problem is that Marin is absolutely unwilling to have Spanish, Portuguese and Venetian merchant ships step into the Baltic Sea. This is the same as the Hanseatic Alliance. After all, this is an external maritime force, so it is best not to easily introduce the Baltic Sea. If they are invited to transport an immigrant, they will come to do business next time. Should they fight at all? It’s okay if Portugal alone, but Marin doesn’t want the cleanest thing to do in the three countries...
So, only the Netherlands is left? According to statistics, it seems that the total tonnage of ships in the Netherlands is now 70,000 tonnes, which is almost catching up with the Hanseatic League, and there are signs of rising. However, today, fishing boats still account for the mainstream, exceeding half of the total tonnage. The rest are merchant ships. Moreover, mainly merchant ships in important ports such as Amsterdam and Antwerp. The total number is about 200, and Amsterdam and Antwerp almost share the world equally, but Amsterdam is slightly more.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although Marin invested heavily in Amsterdam to transform the shipyard into a fine furniture factory and produce high-end furniture, the original merchant ships in the Netherlands continued to operate. However, the shipbuilders in the original shipyard have basically transferred to the furniture factory. After all, Marin gives more... many old shipbuilders with good craftsmanship, Marin gives them a salary of 1 shilling or even higher every day. In order to make them stop building ships.
Because of the shortage of ships, Marin decided to try to buy the Dutch merchant ship this time and buy all the Dutch merchant ships as much as possible. In this way, the Dutch maritime trading capabilities can be abolished. As for the original ship owner, captain and sailors, Marin gave multiple choices...
For ship owners, Malin actively helped them change careers. They could help them build furniture factories and share furniture manufacturing technology and raw materials with them for free. Of course, they could also open shops and operate goods transported from the Beihai colony, including Far East specialties obtained from the Ming Dynasty. As long as they no longer engage in maritime trade, they could bring them wealth together.
But Marin was also prepared for another move - if he continued to operate the maritime trade, he would not mind letting his men play pirates and sink their merchant ships. Or, hire local bandits in the Netherlands and loot all their property.
As for the captain, he had to hire him, and the whole family moved to Beihai. He refused. If he changed his career, he would be fine. If he didn't change his career, he wouldn't mind causing him some surprises...
It is easy to solve the problem of sailors. They can recruit or recruit jobs in furniture factories. This job is not very technical. Except for some veteran sailors with very good skills, it doesn’t matter to others.
Marin quickly sent people to the Netherlands and started a purchase of the merchant ships in the Netherlands, which was a premium purchase. However, the feedback was not very good. Only half of the ships were proactive, while the other half were indifferent. Even if Marin's subordinates offered favorable conditions to help him change careers, they could not be impressed.
Chapter completed!