King of German Mercenaries

In the next few days, except for New Year's Day, the old Hoffman organized the serfs in the manor to shake the briquettes together. The serfs in winter have nothing to do at all. Old Hoffman gave them wages, and they naturally happily helped shake and shake until grandma...

So, when the years later, Hoffman Manor accumulated a lot of briquettes...

However, after the arrival of the coal carrier from the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce that year, when old Hoffman sold them briquettes, they were rejected...

The reasons for the rejection are also very simple and clear. First of all, after listening to the recommendation of old Hoffman, they asked what was in the briquettes. When the representatives of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce heard that it contained a certain amount of yellow mud, they decisively rejected the old Hoffman. Because, they believe, the briquettes are doped with yellow mud, and the amount of doping is unknown. Therefore, briquettes are no longer considered high-grade coal.

And this year, coal has been difficult to sell. If you mix yellow mud in the coal, who would want it? Therefore, the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce refused to buy briquettes and only bought raw coal blocks.

In this regard, the old Hoffman is also helpless. After all, it's your business or the buyer's.

At this time, Marin happened to be still at home. So he interjected:

"Father, give me all the briquettes!"

"What?"

"I've packed the briquettes!"

"However, people say that the quality of this briquettes may not meet the standard of high-quality coal..." Old Hoffman hesitated, he didn't want to pit his son.

"It's all right, I just use it to heat the fire, and I don't need high-quality ones. Besides, our briquettes don't have much yellow mud mixed with them, so the quality is not bad. Besides, 1.5 shillings per charteron is really not worth it. expensive."

"That's..." Old Hoffman is a typical old-fashioned German, who disdains doing shoddy shit. Besides, if it is to supply the son, it is even more impossible.

Marin also took out the briquettes and put them into the furnace of the blacksmith shop in his manor, and found that the difference was not very big. Of course, it's also possible that he couldn't see it. At least, on the surface, the difference between briquettes and briquettes is not very big.

According to Hoffman Sr., the coal mine yields a 2-to-1 ratio of coal to pulverized coal. That is to say, every day the mine produces 50 charterons of coal dust. In the German inland areas, the wages of laborers are very low, and it is very simple to find someone to shake the pulverized coal into briquettes, and the cost is also low.

It's just that Marin is thinking - what can I do if I want so many briquettes...

50 Chartron briquettes, roughly equivalent to 75 tons of coal. And, that's one day's output. In one year, it is 27,000 tons. Marin himself, no matter what, can't digest it.

So Marin had to come up with a solution to where the 27,000-plus tons of coal went. Or, he can also try to sell externally...

The price of coal is relatively low, incomparable with the popular firewood. You know, in the market, a charteron coal is sold for 4 to 6 shillings. The same quality of firewood, will be sold for about 8 shillings.

This is because, after coal is burned, it will produce an unpleasant odor (mainly due to sulfur and other substances in coal). This is not the case with firewood burning. Moreover, European forests are now widely distributed and there is firewood, so why use coal? Also, coal does not burn as high as firewood does. Therefore, the ancients believed that coal was not as good as firewood...

But in fact, the calorific value of coal is much higher than that of firewood. Under normal circumstances, the calorific value of anthracite is two to three times that of firewood.

Even if the briquettes are mixed with yellow mud, and the combustion is incomplete, the calorific value is twice that of firewood, which is not a problem. In short, burning briquettes never loses money.

There were so many uses for briquettes that Marin could not have imagined for a while. However, briquettes are fuel after all, and they always have their uses. Moreover, the slag after burning the briquettes can also be used to lay cinder roads,

You can also not be afraid of mud on rainy days.

Moreover, Marin read the news in his previous life, and it seems that cinder can also be used to make cement or bricks, or replace sand and gravel, and mix it as aggregate and cement.

In short, briquettes are by no means lacking in use...

It's just that the air is definitely not good if you use a lot of coal...

In addition, how to transport the briquettes to Texel is also a big problem. You know, Marin now has only the 400 idiots in his hands besides money. He had no ships in his hands, let alone such talents as sailors and navigators.

So, how to transport the briquettes to Texel Island is also a problem...

However, Marin had thought about it before, working with people. For example, hiring someone else's boat for transportation.

However, Marin also worries about a problem. That is, someone else's boat is someone else's after all. When others are free, we can help you transport coal. If no one else is available, no one will carry coal for you...

Therefore, it is still necessary to develop our own transport ships. But, first of all, Marin is now without a boat and no one, and can't work without cooperating with people.

Coincidentally, the representatives of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce are still...

Marin then made an agreement with the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce to hire a "large" (large in inland river) river transport galley to transport the briquettes to Texel Island. This kind of large inland ship can transport 100 charterons of coal at a time, and it is indeed a big guy in the inland river.

Malin specially rented a large idle ship from the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce to transport the briquettes, and Marlin also arranged for Kohler to serve as the escort for the first delivery of the briquettes.

In fact, Marin's real intention was to poach this ship and its captains and sailors...

For Marin to buy a boat, it's not that he can't afford it. However, the development of skilled sailors is very slow. Perhaps, it will take several years to develop skilled hands. And a qualified captain is even harder to find...

Marin didn't want to wait, so he decided to dig someone else's corner. As it happens, the merchant ships of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce are said to have a low ship rate, and there are always some merchant ships that are difficult to obtain transportation opportunities.

In this situation, in addition to the economic downturn in Europe, there are other relations between closeness and distance. For example, some people who have a good relationship with executives will get more tasks and get more rewards. For those with poor relationship with executives, it is of course difficult to get business, and the whole ship will naturally have a difficult time.

This time, Marin specifically proposed to find a boat that is usually more leisurely, that is, he intends to "dig the wall" with the boat and people...

Only with our own transport ship, the transportation of briquettes can be completed on time and on time, without dragging...

And Kohler's role is to get close to the people on the boat, trying to find a way to win over the people on the boat, so that he can use his hoe to "dig the wall"...

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