When Marin came to Denborough with the 28 trainee knights he had been entrusted, Kohler ran over:

"Young Master, the ship has arrived, the ship has arrived!"

"What ship has arrived?" Marin was stunned. There were countless ships on Texel Island, many merchant ships docked at Thorenchet, and many fishing boats docked at Odsheld. Marin didn't know which boat Kohler was talking about.

"There are two Kirk sailboats you ordered at Lubeck!"

"Ah? So they were them!" Marinping patted his head and remembered. When he left the Teutonic Knights in January, Marin had detoured to Lubeck and ordered two Kirk sailboats with a displacement of more than 200 tons for trade in the Teutonic Knights.

Now, a few months later, Lübeck has indeed built these two ships. Of course, Marin placed the two ships in two shipyards. If it were placed in one shipyard, it might not be almost done together. After all, there is always a pre-order order in a shipyard.

The completion time of these two ships was very close, only 5 days apart. During the ten days when Marin went to the Principality of Cliff, the two ships docked at the dock of Thorenche, and Kohler arranged to pay the final payment. Then, these two "sized" cargo ships docked at the port of Thorenche.

However, Marin suddenly remembered that he did not seem to have prepared sailors specifically for these two merchant ships...

Marin was so depressed that he slapped his head, but suddenly he remembered that the Friesian warships he had captured before were also sailors. However, those sailors were temporarily arranged to the farm. Last time he sent Columbus to the Great Sailing, only 80 people were sent out with Captain Kidd, and there were still more than 100 people left.

Originally, Marin did not trust the remaining sailors very much. However, since the Friesian noble Republic was destroyed by the Duke of Saxony, the original bosses of these sailors were all finished and naturally returned to their hearts. So Marin arranged for those people to control the remaining three warships and cruise the outer sea.

Now, Marin needs to send people to control the two new ships to trade in the Teutonic Kingdom, so he naturally thought of the sailors.

So Marin ordered that the 40 more honest people be selected from the remaining 160 sailors, and a crew of 40 people selected from the young Friesian fishermen will be formally taken over the two ships.

In addition, Marin also selected 20 gunners who could fire their guns and carried several guns to follow the ship. In order to ensure the safety of the ship, Marin decided to arrange two warships to escort the first trade between the two ships.

Because, although there are no pirates in the Danish waters and the Baltic waters, it is not a sign of no. There are many novice sailors on the ship, and they are not very brave. For the first time, in order to give these novices courage, Marin decided to send two warships to escort them.

You should know that doing business in the Teutonic Knights is different from Columbus’s trip to India. Because the Indian route has not been opened yet, there are basically no pirates on that route. From the North Sea to the Baltic Sea, there are also some small-scale pirates on this route. These pirates can survive the Danish Navy and the Hanseatic Navy for a few fights. They are very smart.

Generally speaking, they dress up as ordinary fishermen. They will not provoke merchant ships with strong force, but they will take the opportunity to make a vote when they see a single merchant ship...

Moreover, these people have been fishing and working part-time pirates at sea for many years, and their eyes are very poisonous. They can see clearly what boats can be provoked and what boats cannot be provoked.

Because it was the first trade voyage, Marin was actually quite nervous. So he sent two warships to escort. This escort was not only to protect two brand new merchant ships, but also to declare that these two ships have a backend...

It is not stupid to survive the clearance of the two major forces. They generally do not move merchant ships supported by warships. Otherwise, if they are forced to force others to stay for a long time, they will catch the fishing boats when they see them, and they will definitely find the pirates.

Before, there was a situation where a merchant ship belonging to the King of England was looted in the waters near Denmark. Then, the furious King of England sent warships and together with the Danish warships, blocked the waters where the accident occurred and caught them when they met fishermen. Then, a caught fisherman happened to know the news about the pirates and reported it for their own freedom. Then, the group of pirates who were hiding deeply, the entire fishing village was taken over by the British...

Therefore, these surviving pirates are also taboo for merchant ships with backstage. This time, Marin was also a British flag.

The reason for holding the British flag is that Britain is also a maritime power. Moreover, Britain and Denmark have a good relationship, so the Danes will not make things difficult for the British.

Marin had wanted to cast the flag of the Hanseatic League before, but he found out that the Hanseatic League in the Wende business district headed by Lubeck was a mortal enemy with Denmark, and clashes broke out many times. If the flag of the Hanseatic League was cast, the Danes might be furious to detain the ships.

So, after thinking about it, Marin decided to snatch the British flag and pass through the Danish waters. When he arrived at the seas controlled by the Hanseatic League, he would change it to the flag of Cornisburg...

Moreover, the reason why Marin dared to cast the British flag was because his crew members were basically Friesians. The Friesian language, Frisian, was very close to English. Even the Danes could not tell the difference between Frisian and English. Anyway, letting the Frisians dress up as British is amazing...

In fact, Marin didn't know that his decision greatly enhanced the safety of his merchant ships. Because the British had retaliated against the pirates on the route once, and their reputation was very popular among pirates. As long as the British flag was flying, ordinary pirates would not dare to take action.

If Marin chose to hang his own flag, the Waden Islands are so unfamous, and the chances of being robbed by pirates are very high... Of course, it was without warship escort...

After the ships and sailors were ready, Marin began to order the workers to load the reserved salt and prepare to ship to Corniesburg.

These salts are only 4 shillings per quarter when they are wholesale locally. When shipped to Corniesburg, the wholesale price reaches 10 shillings, which is as much as 2.5 times the local price.

Moreover, because of the license of Chief Philip, in name, these two ships belong to Chief Philip. As the highest leader of the Teutonic Kingdom, does Chief Philip need to pay taxes on his merchant ships? Obviously not required. Therefore, the two merchant ships, Marin, not only have licenses to sell salt in the Teutonic Kingdom, but also save import tariffs, which has a very trade advantage...
Chapter completed!