Because it takes time to develop the rudder wheel, and the upper edge inclined sail also requires further tests for sailing along the way, but these have nothing to do with Marin, so now Marin feels suddenly doing nothing.
Marin suddenly regretted it - why didn’t he go to study engineering before traveling through time? If he became an industrial designer and knew how to build everything, it would be easier. It would be best to lead everyone into the era of internal combustion engines and then dominate the world within ten years...
Unfortunately, Marin is a liberal arts student and can only talk. Many principles have been seen in books or novels. However, he can only talk. He can only talk. He is better than an apprentice of a craftsman if he asks him to do it himself.
What made Marin depressed was that he had traveled to the magnificent era of navigation. Unfortunately, he dressed too early, and it was the beginning period. It was fine, but many navigation technologies had not yet appeared. For this reason, Marin had to busy building the Galen ship. Now, he had to busy building the rim inclined sails and roulette-style rudder wheels... None of this, Marin needed to do it. But he didn't know anything, he could only say it. So Marin could only talk to himself first, and then let the craftsmen who were confused about it to explore and develop it themselves... This time was greatly wasted...
However, then again, it is not easy for Marin to know the scientific principles. Even the high-level physics and chemistry knowledge in later generations was extremely high-end in this era. The smartest scientist of this era was amazed at Marin's scientific "talent" and even gave him a chance. But what made Leonardo da Vinci find strange was that Marin's various physics and chemistry knowledge was very good. But once it was time to start the operation, it was super useless. As an experimental assistant, Leonardo da Vinci, he thought he was useless...
In desperation, Marin had to bring out the so-called "big sage" Einstein, who had not yet been born, and said that this was taught to me by my teacher Einstein. I knew that this was happening, but I had never practiced it... It is reasonable...
Just when Marin regretted in the palace that he had not learned more engineering skills in his previous life, the guards came to report that John II, Duke Clifford, came to visit...
As soon as he heard that the ally was visiting, Marin immediately cheered up and warmly received John II. After all, Marin now had something to ask for.
Because he was not well-known among the princes, in order to avoid stimulating the German princes too much, Marin decided to declare war on Gedes with the name of John II of Cliffer and seize most of the territory of the Duchy of Gedes. Then, John II of Cliffer "hired" Marin's army to attack Gedes and seize the very fertile land in the lower reaches of the Rhine in the Duchy of Gedes. As for the rewards of employment, it was the Markbour country that Marin thought about day and night. And Markbour country is the core area of ​​the Ruhr area, the important place for coal production...
Therefore, for Marin, Duke of Cliffer John II is definitely an unlucky man and needs to be served well. For this reason, Marin ordered the prince to open the gate. Then, he personally brought Prime Minister Jeffrey and general Schwartz and other civil and military officials to welcome the king's high-quality etiquette. When John II's carriage entered the palace, Marin even rode a horse to accompany the carriage.
"Oh, Grand Duke Marin, you are so polite!" John II said with a smile. Although he was polite, the corners of John II's mouth showed that the other party was very satisfied.
For traditional ancient European aristocrats, face (that is, honor) is the most important. In many cases, face is even more important than gold coins. Therefore, Marin's approach to giving face was still very useful to the old aristocrat John II.
Moreover, Marin is now a great duke. Although Marin has specifically stated that he is on par with the duke, the grand duke is the grand duke and his status is higher than that of the duke. Now, Marin, the grand duke, is so proud that he welcomes himself with high-standard etiquette that welcomes the king, still makes John II feel very proud.
In addition, coincidentally, John II had the ambition to be a king in his heart. Unfortunately, his two vassal states had no money and no strong army. Therefore, John II had to think about being a king, so he could only think about it in his heart. Marin happened to greet him with the etiquette of greeting the king, which made John II become addicted to being a king...
After the guest and host sat down, Marin first asked his subordinates to serve the most popular earl milk tea nowadays, and then asked straight to the point:
"Welcome to Lord John's visit, but Lord John doesn't go abroad easily. I wonder what's the point of coming to Orrich this time?"
Europeans don’t like to talk around the bush, and Germans are even more straightforward. So Marin asked his doubts straight to the point.
After taking a sip of Earl's milk tea with a slow breath, John II, Duke of Cliff, did not directly answer Marin's question, but asked:
"I heard that Lord Marin now has a lot of good-tasting spirits for sale? It seems to be called whiskey?"
Ma Lin immediately understood - it turned out that it was for rye Erguotou...
Marin did not think that John II came to buy wine specifically. If a duke could come here in person, it would definitely not be the issue of buying wine and drinking it. Then, there was only one possibility - this guy wanted to sell whiskey agents... Only when he was an agent, he earned enough...
However, Marin clearly remembers that this 40-degree spirit is not a popular seller in Germany. Because Germans love low-degree beer more. So Marin asked directly:
"Mr. John, I remember that the Germans didn't like this kind of spirit very much..." The implication was that Marin was not optimistic about the sale of whiskey in the Principality of Clifford and Markber.
John II smiled slightly and said:
"I naturally know this, so I want more than the exclusive distribution rights of the Principality of Clifford and Markber. The sales of spirits in these two areas are indeed not very good. But... my brother's Teutonic Knights Country, spirits will be very popular..."
"So that's it..." Marin suddenly realized.
Although the Teutonic Kingdom was a country ruled by the Teutonic Knights, the main population of the Teutonic Kingdom, the Prussians, was the Slavs.
It is worth noting that the Prussians mentioned here are indigenous people from the East Prussian region and have little to do with the so-called Prussians in the Prussian Kingdom later.
The so-called "Prussians" in the Kingdom of Prussia were actually mostly Germans. The Prussians referred to here were the indigenous peoples and Slavs of the Teutonic Knights. They were actually considered to be the Slavs who were forced to speak German by the knights of the Teutonic Knights and gradually became Germanized. Later, they gradually merged with the Germans...
The living habits of native Prussians are naturally different from those of Germans. Like the Poles, they also like to drink and the more they become.
Moreover, the population of the Teutonic Knights is as high as one million, and most of them are native Prussians. Therefore, the Teutonic Knights is definitely a big market for spirits. Therefore, Marin admires John II's vision.
If it were normal, Marin might have rejected John II's request. After all, this was a waste of money with Marin. But now, Marin really couldn't refuse. Because the capture of Marin is too important to Marin, but Marin is in the hands of the other party. Moreover, attacking the Principality of Gedes requires the other party to come forward... Therefore, even though he was reluctant, Marin decided to surrender...
"Okay, I agree. But, where is the Grand Commander Philip?" After all, the Teutonic Kingdom was under the jurisdiction of John II's younger brother, Chief Philip. Therefore, this benefit is indispensable to Chief Philip.
"Don't worry, this time Philip asked me to talk to you. I will share the profits earned by selling wine..."
Marin understood in seconds, this was reminding him that the interests of the two people need to be divided more... and this also explains why John II knew that Marin personally went to help sell whiskey. After all, Teutonic countries and Poland were neighbors. It is no surprise that Teutonic countries knew that such a big thing happened in Poland...
"Okay, I'll wholesale it to you at a 30% discount on the price!"
"70%? Can it be lower?" John II naturally hopes for more profits.
"Mr. John, the cost of brewing wine is very high. In order to obtain high-quality wine, brewing this wine is very wasteful. You can only extract the most essence of the wine brewed to ensure that the wine does not choke... I give you a 30% discount, and I have already given up more than half of the profit..."
Marin tried hard to fool John II, but John II didn't know the technique of brewing Erguotou. Moreover, he didn't know that Marin had a lot of food in his hands, and thought that Marin was buying grain to make wine. So John II, Duke of Cliffrey, agreed to this sharing method.
"Then I wish us a happy cooperation. I will exchange Markber for you as promised. The premise is that you must conquer most of the territory of the Principality of Gedes and exchange it with me..."
Chapter completed!