The Rise of the European Emperor

Thinking about it carefully, Marin felt that it was very necessary to open the route to Daming as soon as possible. Needless to say, wheat with a shorter growth cycle is a must. In addition, the Taihu pigs with many litter and fast growth are also what Marin needs.

In addition, tea marin is also in great demand. Most of the European aristocrats are carnivores with greasy diets, and they need tea to clear the oil and relieve greasy. Moreover, the British milk tea made by Marin, that is, adding sucrose and milk, is simple but delicious, suitable for the tastes of all kinds of people. Moreover, it can also be combined with the sales of sucrose, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

As for silk and porcelain, although they are not urgently needed, they cannot be resisted by Europeans. Just ship it back and you can make a lot of money.

Marin's only concern is whether there is so much gold and silver in Europe to buy high-end consumer goods such as silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. You know, there is nothing in Europe that Daming desperately needs. Therefore, to buy silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to spend real money, and it was a big price.

Although Marin came up with a way to open the Daming market with perfume, the output of perfume is limited after all. If you want to avoid serious overtaking in the trade with Daming, you have to think of other ways.

At first, the British solved this problem by adopting the evil method of selling a piece of crow. But Marin will definitely not do this, and Daming is not a Manchu Qing, and it is impossible to condone foreign countries to do so.

So, Marin hit the idea to Japan's head. Coincidentally, Japan is now in the era of the village chief and the Warring States Period, and the country is in chaos. The famous Iwami Silver Mountain has not yet been developed.

Marin's plan was to take advantage of the Japanese civil strife and take the opportunity to send troops to capture Iwami Ginzan in Iwami. As for those village chiefs in the Warring States Period of Japan? Marin believed that only a few thousand musketeers would be enough to hold Iwami Ginzan.

Don't look at the little devil's samurai martial arts. He can go to the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty to cause harm, but that's useless, because, "No matter how good your kung fu is, you can knock it down with one shot"...

Even Ye Wen, who was "I want to hit ten", had to bow his head and admit his cowardice in the face of the little devil's 38 big guns. Otherwise, no matter how good the kung fu is, it will be destroyed by a single shot.

If it was close combat, those musketeers would definitely not be able to beat those Japanese samurai. However, the role of the musketeer is to keep the opponent away. In the face of platoon guns, no matter how high the martial arts is, it is useless. If the castle walls could be built, thousands of musketeers would be enough to withstand the attacks of tens of thousands of samurai warriors and gain the upper hand. After all, the Musketeers are best at defending...

As long as Iwami Ginzan, which is extremely rich in reserves, is developed, Marin will have no shortage of silver. In Daming, silver was scarce and valuable. At that time, Marin can spend the devil's silver and go to Daming to buy the goods he wants, and he can also have a lot of savings. At that time, the merchant ships under his command will not only be able to bring back a large amount of silk and porcelain, but also a large amount of silver produced in Japan to meet the needs of European coinage.

In addition, Japan's copper mines are also very rich. Since the late Ming Dynasty, Japanese copper began to become an important commodity in Japan's export trade. It was sold to various places by Japanese Zhuyin ships and Dutch merchant ships. If the copper produced by Sweden's Faylun Copper Mine caused the first sharp drop in European copper prices, Japanese copper was brought back to Europe by Dutch merchants, causing the second sharp drop in European copper prices. Since then, the European copper price has gradually decreased, gradually approaching the eastern level and no longer high.

Of course, the production of gold in Japan is also amazing. For example, the gold of Sado Island and the gold of Kagoshima are also huge, with hundreds of tons. However, the Hishigari gold mine in Kagoshima is under the control of the most powerful Satsuma clan in Japan, and it is much more difficult to capture than Sado Island. But the Linggai Gold Mine also has its advantages, that is, the gold content of this gold mine is very high, reaching an astonishing content of 80 grams per ton (ore).

The Grasberg Gold Mine in Indonesia, the first of the top ten gold mines in the later generations, has a gold content of only 0.703 grams per ton. The difference in gold content between the two is an astonishing 113 times. What does such a large difference in gold content mean? Means a huge difference in mining costs! In addition, if the mining of the Ryogaki gold mine requires the same amount of labor, if the Glasberg gold mine produces one ton of gold per year, the Ryogaki gold mine can reach 113 tons...

Therefore, for the current situation of relatively low mining technology, the production efficiency of mining super rich mines such as Ryogaki Gold Mine is obviously much higher. Generally, gold mines require a lot of manpower and material resources, and the annual output of gold may only be one or two tons, but Lingxiao Gold Mine can also achieve the level of one or two tons of gold per year with less labor. This is the gap.

Of course, this refers to the bonanza beneath the Linggai Gold Mine. In fact, the Hishigari Gold Mine has two gold mines. One is the gold mine on the surface, which is an ordinary gold mine with low gold content. And the Linggai gold mine underground is the real super rich mine. As long as you find the surface mine, you can continue to drill down and explore to find the underground rich mine.

As for Satsuma Domain being a powerful vassal state, in fact, Marin was overthinking it. The powerful Satsuma clan in Marin's impression was actually the Satsuma clan after the sea trade started. Since the beginning of the Zhuin ship trade and the trade with the Dutch, the Satsuma domain took advantage of its location in the most southeastern part of Japan, actively participated in maritime trade, accumulated a large amount of capital, and became one of the richest domain states in Japan at that time. However, after that, the Zhuyin ship trade did not start until 1592. The current Satsuma domain is just a village chief-level domain with a slightly larger land area. Its economy is mainly based on fishing, and it is a strong brother ghost. Marin thought about it for a while, and felt that it would not be difficult to conquer Satsuma by sending a few thousand more people there...

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It's just that, to run Japan and beat up those Japanese village chiefs, you have to wait for the cement road in Panama to be repaired. Otherwise, the transportation is not very convenient... Marin scratched his hair in distress...

During lunch, Marin was thinking about something and accidentally knocked over his golden plate. So, the servant helped Marin to change another portion of food. However, this suddenly gave Marin infinite inspiration...

"For a meal...for..." Malin muttered. After a while, Marin suddenly patted his thigh and said:

"Yeah, I'll try another way!"

Then, he pushed aside the food tray and hurried back to the office to think of a new method...

Before, Marin was limited by the road in Panama, and always felt that he would not be able to go on a big voyage until the road in Panama was repaired. However, with the technology of this era, it is estimated that it will take two years to clear the forest and build a cement road with a length of 60 to 70 kilometers in Panama, and it may take longer.

However, after two years of waiting, Marin felt that the day lily was going to get cold.

And, in any case, even if the concrete road across the isthmus in Panama is repaired and a port is built on the side of Panama City in the future, it is necessary to take ships from the Atlantic Ocean, bypass the Strait of Magellan, the southernmost point of the American continent, and then Head north to Panama City!

So, in any case, the process of sending a fleet southward and bypassing the southernmost tip of the American continent is unavoidable.

That being the case, it is better to act sooner rather than later. Marin decided to take a time after the year and send Columbus to lead the fleet south along the east coast of the South American continent, straight to the Strait of Magellan, and then westward to the west coast of the South American continent. Then, all the way north, towards Panama...

However, in the middle of the journey, Marin planned to find a big river outlet on the coast of Chile and establish a transit port. This port will become a transit port for ships under Marin's command in the future, and at the same time, it will also be a freshwater supply base for the development of Chilean saltpeter.

But Marin knew that Iquique, the sea port of Chile's saltpeter, had not rained for hundreds of years there, and fresh water also depended on the outside world to send it by boat.

Therefore, if you want to develop saltpeter in the Chilean desert, you must first find a freshwater supply base in the central region of Chile. Then, a large amount of fresh water is loaded in wooden barrels, which can be stored for several months after being heated and sealed, and then sent to Iquique to provide enough fresh water for the saltpeter mines in Iquique and inland.

After obtaining this transit port, the ship can also continue to go north to find the location of Panama City. That way, you don't have to wait for the concrete road in Panama to be finished.

Even before the cement road was completed, Marin could send a fleet to the location of Panama City to build a port and a castle. By the time the concrete road is paved, the port and the castle are almost complete. Then, you can directly use Panama City as the base to start a new westward voyage, and go directly to find the route of Ming and Japan...

I'm sorry sorry, the fat man is lethargic, I fell asleep on the table again, and I froze to death. I woke up in the middle of the night and continued to code, making everyone wait for a long time. Alas, I'll go to bed for a while, and I'll have to squeeze the bus later. I'm definitely going to doze off during the day...