The Rise of the European Emperor

At the time of departure, Marin brought only 20 refitted Class 250 armed merchant ships. These boats all use new steering wheels made of gears and copper rods. In addition, it is also equipped with an upper edge gaff sail.

However, when setting out from Emden Harbour, Marin did not let the sailors hoist the topsails, but continued to use old-fashioned Latin spinnakers. After all, going from the mainland to the Americas is mostly headwind. If you use a horizontal sail, you have to die slowly. The Latin jib is a longitudinal sail, and the effect of driving against the wind is better.

Moreover, the truss of the Latin sail, if tied, can actually be used as a horizontal sail...

Therefore, this fleet actually brought three sets of sails - a set of cross sails, a set of Latin sails, and a set of top-rigged sails... Of course, the cross sails were used when they returned to Europe from the Americas . For the Americas, the main gaff sail is used. But Marin has a problem with secrecy. Therefore, I brought an extra set of Latin spinnakers. During the voyage from the North Sea to the English Channel, the ships must use Latin sails. After leaving the English Channel and reaching the Atlantic Ocean, the Latin sails will be withdrawn and the more efficient and manoeuvrable upper edge gaff sails will be raised...

In addition, in the open sea, there are actually 10 500-ton warships accompanying. After all, Marin is the master of a country, how can there be only a group of armed merchant ships to ensure safety? Therefore, it is certain to send 5 professional warships with them.

However, the battleships of Beihai Kingdom are not public. Although it has been dispatched a few times, I can avoid the crowd, so I still try to avoid it. why? Or Marlin's old secret of secrecy...

In front of outsiders, the gun doors on the lower deck of a 500-ton warship are never opened. Therefore, outsiders have never known that Beihai Kingdom's warships have double-layer broadside artillery decks. Even the military port, Marin did not build in Emden, but built it in another hidden small harbor, try not to let others see.

Of course, although the rudders of these 10 warships have also been converted into steering wheels, the sails have not been modified either. Because Marin currently does not have high-strength cables and canvases, it cannot produce the upper edge gaff sails that meet the height required for 500-ton warships.

Therefore, these warships, on the way to the Americas against the wind, still removed their cross sails and used Latin spinnakers.

However, from the North Sea to the western end of the English Channel, those Class 250 armed merchant ships also use Latin sails. So, these ships don't throw off those warships.

Moreover, the main task of these 10 warships is to ensure that Marin's fleet will not be invaded by pirates, so as to ensure safety.

There are still many pirates in England these days. Although Marin has already planned to unite England, it has not yet been united. Therefore, Marin was also afraid that those pirates would swarm to attack his armed merchant fleet. If he made a mistake, Marin couldn't guarantee that he would be able to cross again.

What's more, Marin had calculated France before, and he was worried that Louis XII would not be able to swallow this breath. But Marin did not offend France in the slightest publicly, so Louis XII could not send troops to attack Marin. But what if the French sent troops disguised as pirates to attack themselves?

Although the 20 armed merchant ships led by Marin would definitely win the battle, Marin could not guarantee the safety of the ship he was on. After all, it is a thin-skinned armed merchant ship and cannot be beaten. And even if the French don't have a navy, they can still get a few ships and install artillery. Moreover, the French have the most artillery...

If the flagship he was riding on was entangled by the French gunboats and was taken care of by the cannonballs, Marin could not guarantee that he would be killed by the iron balls...

Therefore, for safety, Marin sent 10 500-ton warships to escort him to ensure safety. The keels on the broadsides of these 10 warships were much denser than those of the armed merchant ships, and the planks were thickened. Therefore, they are resistant to shelling. Whether it is the British pirate fleet or the French gunboat, facing 10 professional warships with fierce firepower and very strong resistance, they can only kneel...

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In addition to the above reasons, Marin also carried a large number of Eastern European Mongolian horses on 10 warships, a total of several hundred horses. These Eastern European Mongolian horses were purchased from the Crimean Khanate just a few years ago. Marin happened to be going to America this time, so he picked up a batch of horses that had not been castrated from the horses he bought from Crimea, and brought them to the American colonies for breeding.

Of course, it was sent to Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland for grazing and breeding. As for the American continent, Marin will not bring it for the time being. Because it is terrifying to give horses to those combative Indian tribes, as later generations have attested.

You know, when the United States of America moved westward, the most terrifying opponents were those Indian cavalry. If the old American was not strong enough, and, at that time, the old American already had a rear-loading repeating rifle using copper shells, those Indian cavalry would probably have brought a greater threat to the old American.

Marin now does not have the technology to use the rear-loading rifle of copper cartridges, and the national strength is not strong enough. Therefore, he dared not let those brave Indian warriors get horses.

Therefore, Marin now only intends to breed these Eastern European Mongolian horses on Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland to provide horses for future raids on the North American continent. As for the Indians on Newfoundland? Ma Pin is not worried. Because there are very few Indians in Newfoundland. If you find that the other party dares to steal the horse, just kill it, you don't need too many soldiers and horses to do it. But if the Indians on land got horses, they could retreat westward in the dense North American virgin forest, so that Marin couldn't catch up. Unlike Newfoundland, which is such a big island, you can't escape far with a horse...

According to Marin's plan, three horse farms will be established in the Americas - Cape Breton Island Racecourse, Newfoundland Island Racecourse and North American Double Island Racecourse...

Cape Breton Island is big enough, and there are basically no Indians on the island. It is very suitable to build a horse farm here. In Corner Brook, the cement manufacturing hub of western Newfoundland, Marin also intends to build a horse farm. However, Newfoundland has native Indians. Therefore, the horse farm here is not planned to be built too big. Moreover, it will be strictly monitored to prevent the horses from being lost or stolen by the Indians. Once there is a change, the army will be sent to hunt down to avoid the outflow of horses...

As for the horse farms on the two islands in North America, due to the limitation of the size of the islands, it is destined that the horse farms cannot be built too large. However, this is a very important horse farm. Because, the horse farm here will directly supply horses to the New York Colony to facilitate the colonial needs.

In the future, other agricultural activities on the North American Twin Islands will be phased out and relocated to the mainland. It will then be turned into a dedicated horse and mule breeding center. If New York Colony needed war horses, the horse farms in Twin Isles would supply them, but only gelding geldings. In this way, even if the cavalry were killed by the Indians and lost their horses, it did not matter. Because gelding horses cannot be bred, and even if the Indians grab gelding horses, they will not be able to breed and multiply, and form large-scale cavalry...