Marin learned from the leaders and stars of later generations, waved his hands and smiled all the way, and walked from the boat to the dock. Of course, he did not have to learn from the stars to sign his autographs, but went to the Garland Governor's house under the escort of a group of muscle rods wearing plate armor.
After all, after sailing on the sea for more than a month, what Marin needs most now is to have a good sleep...
When Marin woke up, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. So he came to the restaurant of the Governor's Mansion and prepared to eat something. At this time, several captains who came with the boat also ate and drank there under the leadership of Captain Kidd. Moreover, it seemed that several people were bragging there...
Marin leaned forward and wanted to hear what they said. Captain Kidd said excitedly:
"This voyage fully proves that the 'upper rim inclined sail' invented by the Grand Duke is not only easy to operate, but is more efficient than the Latin spinnade. And, most importantly, this sail does not need to consider the monsoon issue at all!"
After hearing this, the captains next to him nodded in agreement:
"Yes, if you want to sail far away, you must consider the monsoon issue. It's okay here in Europe. I heard that the Portuguese sailed on the African coast, especially the monsoon. If the monsoon does not come, even the ship needs to wait for a long time..." said an experienced captain, and several other captains nodded.
In fact, Marin agrees with this statement. He remembers that in previous life information mentioned that Spain’s “Manila Sailing Trade” relies specifically on the monsoon. It is more convenient for Manila to go from the Americas to Manila, the Philippines, to take it away along the ocean currents and winds, and the speed is very fast.
But it is very troublesome to go from Manila to America. From Manila to America, you need to start from Manila, then pass through the Bashi Strait in the south of Taiwan to reach the east coast of Taiwan. Then, follow the monsoon and the Kuroshiro in the Western Pacific to the north to reach the eastern seas of Japan. At this time, the latitude enters the westerly wind belt, and the Kuroshiro is the North Pacific warm current from west to east. This warm current starts from the sea in the east of Japan and goes east to the north of the west coast of California. It is divided into two parts, and part goes north, called the "Alaska warm current"; and the other part goes south along the California coast and arrives on the west coast of Mexico, called the "California Cold Current". The "California Cold Current" arrives near the equator and then turns westward to form a compensation current, called the "Northern Equator Current"...
Of course, after the Spanish Manila sailboat arrives on the west coast of Mexico along the California cold current, it will unload the goods in Acapulco by port. Then, the ship also needs to be overhauled, and the crew also need to land on the shore and relax for a while. Then, after the preparation is completed, they will board the ship and follow the "Northern Equator Current" and the east wind belt to Manila, Philippines again...
Not to mention the journey from Mexico to Manila, it is recorded that the journey from Manila to Mexico requires a big turn. Moreover, from Manila to the eastern waters of Japan, it depends especially on the monsoon. After all, the sailing ship depends on the wind direction. Even if there is a strong momentum of a dark tide, it needs a smooth wind to sail smoothly.
However, the upper edge inclined sail is different. This kind of sail is like a Chinese hard sail. It can use all sides to wind. As long as there is no windless situation, the ship can sail freely without considering the direction of the monsoon.
Moreover, it is also very dangerous for Manila to start from Manila in summer. Because in summer and autumn, the South China Sea region, including the Philippine waters, is prone to typhoons. If a sailboat encounters a typhoon, it will almost die. Therefore, sailing from the South China Sea in summer actually takes a great risk and is not safe.
But if there is an upper edge inclined sail, it will be very different. Because the ship does not have to wait foolishly for the monsoon season and can set off at any time. It can even avoid the summer and autumn typhoon seasons, and the safety of navigation has been greatly improved.
The famous "Manila Sailing Trade" is affected by the monsoon. There is only one fleet from Manila to Mexico every year. This seriously affects the frequency of trade. If you don't have to wait for the monsoon, except for the typhoon season, Manila can sail at any time during other seasons, which will greatly increase the total amount of trade...
Marin now plans to occupy Taiwan as a transit station for trade with the Ming Dynasty. In the future, his fleet inevitably learns from the Spanish and takes the "Manila Sailing Trade". Therefore, the upper edge inclined sail ignores the characteristics of the monsoon and is very precious and valuable...
As for why the rim inclined sail was not very famous in the previous life, it was because it appeared too embarrassingly - the upper edge inclined sail was not basically perfected until the beginning of the 20th century and put into use. Unfortunately, in that era, steam engine technology had been perfected and diesel engines appeared. Therefore, things like sailboats were eliminated, let alone the upper edge inclined sails that are only part of the sailboat?
Therefore, it is not that the upper edge inclined sail is not excellent enough, but that it is just born at the wrong time...
But now, in this era when Marin traveled through time, the voyage has just emerged, and even the technology is still very backward. Marin developed a killer like the upper edge inclined sail 400 years in advance, which is completely a cheat...
If you don’t have to wait for the monsoon, Marin’s sailing ships can travel a few more times a year, and the profits they bring will inevitably be greatly increased...
In a happy mood, Marin and several captains clinked glasses frequently, and one of them accidentally got himself drunk...
The next morning, Marin woke up again. After putting on her clothes, Marin, surrounded by a group of guards, led by Garland, the governor, began to inspect the local development situation near Sydney City.
At this time, Sydney did not form a city, but only had a castle, and then surrounded by large villages...
The castle was naturally a colonial base built by Garland, and the surrounding villages were all formed by the tens of thousands of English refugees who were sent to the villages.
As the saying goes, "there are many people and the power is great." Before, when Garland came here with hundreds of immigrants, it was difficult to develop, and only some land was developed around Sydney Castle. However, the arrival of tens of thousands of English refugees led to a significant acceleration of the development speed on the island. The forests around Sydney Castle were quickly cut down by immigrants. Then, a large area of ​​farmland and ranch appeared around Sydney Castle. Naturally, many villages appeared together with these farmland and ranch. After all, there were tens of thousands of immigrants in England...
Originally, the English immigrants planned to use all the cut trees to repair houses or burn them as firewood. However, Garland strictly enforced Marin's order, ordering all the oak wood to be preserved and sheds, and put the oak logs into the sheds and air-dried naturally. As for house repairs and firewood, use other types of trees directly. On Cape Breton, there are many white spruce, fir, yellow birch and sugar maple trees, and oak trees only account for a small part. However, because Cape Breton is full of primeval forests, it only accounts for a small part.
Finally, there were many oak logs that cost dozens of meters long on Cape Breton Island. For example, in the wood storage area inspected by Marin, thousands of greenhouses were built, and tens of thousands of oak logs that cost tens of meters long were reserved. So many huge oak logs could be used to make more than a dozen "Victory" sail battleships with a displacement of more than 2,100 tons (Victory cost more than 2,000 oak trees). But considering that Britain had no big primitive oak in the 18th century, these tens of thousands of huge primitive oak logs could make more ships...
However, Marin did not set up a shipyard on Cape Breton Island, but only set up a ship repair shop. He could only replace wooden boards for the damaged parts of the sailboat (for example, in areas with severely damaged by sea maggots at the bottom, the wooden boards must be replaced to avoid leaks in the hull from entering water). In other words, the tens of thousands of huge oak logs stored near Sydney Castle are only used to cut hull parts and boards, which are useful for repairing ships...
"What a luxury!" Although Marin had known the news for a long time, he couldn't help but smack his tongue when the incident happened.
Moreover, according to Garland, the huge Cape Breton Island has actually only developed the northeast coastal areas and riverside areas. As for most of the west of the island, it has not yet been developed.
Not only that, Garland also told Marin that in the two North American islands where the shipyard was established, the amount of oak stored there was even larger, reaching the reserve level of tens of thousands of oak logs that were tens of meters long...
This is just the trees cut down from the two islands. As Albert established a base on Manhattan Island in New York and purchased oak from the Delava Indians. It is estimated that it would be easy and pleasant to store hundreds of thousands of oak logs on Manhattan Island...
In short, in one sentence - in the North American continent, there is so much wood that it is unimaginable...
When Marin saw the thick logs piled up like mountains, his eyes were dazzled. Originally, he knew that there were many oak logs here. However, he heard that numbers were one thing, and seeing tens of thousands of oak logs piled up there on the spot was another. Seeing the pile of wood that could be used for shipbuilding, Marin was a little dizzy...
Chapter completed!