A few days later, Marin was looking at the sea with a monocular telescope at Emden's dock. According to information, the fleet of Yamerico should have arrived today.
After waiting for several hours, a sail top appeared in Marin's telescope. Then, the entire sail slowly appeared in Marin's sight from top to bottom. Then, the second and third ships... Until 10 ships appeared in Marin's telescope barrel...
"I'm back, Grand Duke, they're back!" Everyone around me was excited and began to cheer. Marlin was also very excited, but pretended to be reserved. After all, he is the Grand Duke now, so he has to pay attention to the influence.
In fact, Marin did not value the significance of this voyage. Even Americo completed this voyage without any contribution. Because this was a route Columbus had discovered and had nothing to do with Americo. Moreover, the two have now grown up. Columbus is a baron or two barons. Americo is only a hereditary jazz, which is a big grade.
Of course, Marin had promised before that he would look for the Ming Dynasty route next time and let Americo lead the team. As long as he accomplished this achievement, Americo would be qualified to be promoted to the baron. This time he went to India was actually because Americo's yearning for India and had nothing to do with making achievements. After all, India is a mysterious and rich place in the eyes of Europeans. As a navigator with a spirit of adventure, it would be absolutely unrealistic for Americo to say that he would not yearn for India.
However, this is the third time that Marin's fleet has gone to India. Therefore, Marin has no feeling about running Indian routes.
The reason why Marin came to Port Emden to welcome Americo was actually for the saltpeter that Americo bought from India...
Before, Marin asked Yamerico to go to India to buy 600 tons of saltpeter. With these 600 tons of saltpeter, Marin could immediately shake up. Even if he fought against all the German princes, he would have the confidence to be invincible.
Moreover, another very important purpose is to use it on the battlefield in England...
Specifically, Marin plans to send a fleet to fight with the English fleet. At least, drive the English fleet out of the Irish Sea. In this way, Marin can bring Edward's army, including Edward himself, through the Irish Sea, to England and directly participate in the war for the throne.
In terms of the number of warships, Marin definitely cannot catch up with England. After all, there are still quite a lot of ships in the Five Harbor Alliance. Therefore, Marin could only rely on the powerful firepower of the warships to defeat the English fleet, thereby bringing Edward and his subordinates to England.
Therefore, Marin needs the fleet to have sufficient firepower. Otherwise, if you have no ammunition halfway through the attack, you will be done. In terms of the number of sailors, Marin is far inferior to England.
Previously, Marin asked Edward to go to Rome to appeal, including finding legal basis, as well as waiting for the saltpeter of the Armérico fleet. Only when Armérico came back with hundreds of tons of saltpeter could Marin have the confidence to dispatch the fleet to defeat the English fleet and transport Edward's army across the sea to the British Isle.
In general, Marin was not waiting for Armerico, but the hundreds of tons of saltpeter...
Of course, as a experienced politician, Marin would definitely not say that. On the surface, he would warmly welcome Americo back with the look of "I am optimistic about you"...
Not long after, Americo's ship docked. Americo jumped off the deck first and stood on the Long Bridge Pier. After walking on land, Americo did not immediately go to Marin's side, but shouted:
"Ah, land! The stable earth! I haven't felt like I was down to earth for a long time!"
Indeed, the crew lost their turbulent years on the sea for more than half a year, which made the crew miss the feeling of being down-to-earth. Although they had landed in Port Cadiz, they were just passing by. Now, when returning to Port Emden, Americo and his sailors will have a long holiday and experience the comfortable life on land.
After sighing, Americo ran to the high platform where Marin was, bent down and said hello to Marin:
"Oh, dear Duke, your most trusted captain, Americo, extends his sincere greetings to you!"
But someone next to him reminded:
"Master Vespucci, Lord Marin is now the Grand Duke!"
"Ah?" Americo was shocked. When he left, Marin had just taken the Principality of Slesuwig. Earlier, Marin was just an earl.
"Why is the adult's identity so fast? If I go out to sea again, wouldn't he become the king when I come back?" Americo said foolishly.
Everyone around them laughed with kindness, and everyone was following Marin. Many old people watched Marin go from baron to earl, from earl to duke, and all the time to the current grand duke. And everyone's status has also increased with the flow. Even if the title has not been improved, benefits are inevitable. Therefore, Marin is well developed, and they also benefit.
In fact, the statistics of this military achievements have been basically completed. In a few days, the enthronement ceremony will be held. The Grand Duchy is already very close to an independent and sovereign kingdom. This reward ceremony will bring a large number of new nobles. And many people who accompanied Marin this time have won military achievements. Seeing that they are either promoting their titles or financial rewards, everyone is actually happy.
After all the sailors got off the ship, Marin began to arrange for port personnel to take over the ship. Many dock workers who unloaded the goods were also in place and prepared to unload the goods from the ship.
According to the rules, Marin gave all sailors a very strong official speech. However, the effect seems not very good. Except for a few captains and first mates who want to be motivated, they pretend to listen carefully to the leaders' speeches, other sailors are generally absent-minded. For these sailors, the most important thing now is to go home and reunite with their relatives, and then go out to wander...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Marin probably knew that his speech was not very popular. After speaking for a few minutes, he announced that the sailors were allowed to go home to go to Las Vegas to make a fuss. In addition to buying the chips for gambling, the money you find in Las Vegas in Las Vegas will be reimbursed. Of course, each person is limited to finding one mao girl at a time...
After hearing the benefits given by Marin, the originally absent-minded sailors were immediately excited, making strange noises and shouting long live. For these sailors who had been jogging on the sea for more than half a year, going to Las Vegas to drink for free and find Maomei is really too fond of them. Even Americo had the idea of ​​going to Las Vegas to relax.
However, after the sailors and the captains were disbanded, Americo could not leave yet. He had to report the trade results to Marin with Draka, who was in charge of trade matters...
"What? Saltpeter is only 450 tons? Didn't I ask to buy 600 tons?" Marin said dissatisfied after hearing the report.
Draka, who is in charge of trade, was also very aggrieved, he defended:
"Sir, it's not that we don't want to buy 600 tons, but that we have no goods! In fact, I heard from the Indian merchants that their annual supply of saltpeter is actually only hundreds of tons. The previous two times I went to India, and I had already purchased 330 tons of saltpeter. This time, I bought another 450 tons. Now, we have bought all the saltpeter that can be bought in Karikat and several surrounding Indian trading ports. Even the Spanish wanted to buy saltpeter, but they didn't buy it..."
"You mean, the annual output of saltpeter in India is only hundreds of tons?" Marin asked with a frown.
Draka nodded quickly. Karika was the largest foreign trade port in India at this time, and saltpeter used for foreign trade is mostly concentrated here. It is hard to buy it in Karika, and it is difficult to buy it elsewhere. Even if it can be bought, it is still a small amount.
After thinking for a while, Marin felt relieved. Why? He suddenly remembered that India's firearms were not popular enough now. India is still at a time when the Delhi Sultanate was parallel with many small countries. The famous Mughal Empire was not established until 1526.
Now, no country in India has a built-in musketeer force. Even in Europe, where the degree of gunpowder is higher, few countries have built-in musketeers. Nowadays, only bronze artillery requires gunpowder.
Therefore, in the small market, Indians were not very enthusiastic about producing saltpeter. After the establishment of the Mughal Empire, which had a large number of musketeers, the Indians paid more attention to the production of saltpeter. After the 17th century, the British were able to buy hundreds of tons of saltpeter in India every year.
Now, because the market is not big, Indians do not pay much attention to the production and sales of saltpeter. Naturally, Marin can buy not much saltpeter. Even through three purchases, Marin bought all the saltpeter that the Indian Karikat merchants have in stock over the years. If you want it again, you have to go there next year, but you can only buy hundreds of tons. After all, India's saltpeter production is just like that...
Marin patted his head and felt a little headache...
"It seems that we have to go to Daming to buy and develop Chilean saltpeter..."
During this period, the Ming Empire was definitely not short of saltpeter. Of course, it is not that the size of the firearms troops in the morning was huge (in fact, it was indeed relatively large, compared with other countries), but because the Ming Dynasty people needed to use a lot of saltpeter to make firecrackers...
The reason is that the people of the Ming Dynasty needed firecrackers, so the demand for saltpeter is very high. At the same time, the supply of saltpeter was also sufficient. In ancient times, there were saltpeter mines in Sichuan, Hanzhong, northwest and Yunnan and Guizhou. In the eastern region, the supply of saltpeter was also popular. Therefore, the supply of saltpeter was very sufficient. Moreover, the price was cheaper than that of India. The amount of saltpeter purchased from the Ming Dynasty was definitely greater than that of India.
As for the huge saltpeter mine in the northern desert of Chile, there is no need to mention it. The only trouble is that the environment there is extremely harsh and extremely water shortage. It seems that it is difficult to let go of it and mine it...
Chapter completed!