Chapter 2035: Lack of Ship
The construction of Petersburg is a long-term work. Fortunately, the weapons and armor of the Grand Duchy of Moscow have not been purchased yet, and it is estimated that it will take more than a year for the war to start. Therefore, Peter has enough time to build the dock and "fishing pier".
But there is one problem, perhaps even more pressing than Peter building Petersburg. That is, the problem of ships used to transport immigrants!
To build Petersburg and the wharf, as long as you are willing to invest money and manpower, you can get the basic framework done in a few months. But the supply of ships is really a headache. For an ordinary ship, even if Marin adopts the shipbuilding method of division of labor and cooperation in later generations, it will take three or four months to build it at the fastest. In shipyards in this era, the general shipbuilding cycle is generally more than half a year, or even more than a year.
It takes only half a year or even a year to build a ship. This efficiency is not generally low. Moreover, it is far from meeting Marin's needs. You know, there will be more than 500,000 immigrants transported at that time. If there are fewer ships, it will be troublesome. what do you mean batch shipment
It's okay if there are few people, but if there are too many people, batching is not a good choice. From Petersburg to the Jutland Peninsula by boat, the sea route is more than 1,500 kilometers. At the speed of sailing ships in this era, it will take at least half a month. This is still when the wind is strong, and when the wind is weak, it even takes one month for a one-way trip and two months for a round trip. Even in the windy season, it takes more than a month to go back and forth.
However, Marin wanted these immigrants not to visit relatives, but to farm. And farming, you need to race against the sky, rushing to plant and harvest. In later generations, there is a term called "double grabbing", which means grabbing seeds and harvesting, a race against time.
In the era of comprehensive mechanization, rushing to plant and harvest is not prominent. After all, mechanical efficiency is too high, regardless of the weather. Even if the rice and wheat get wet, there is still a dryer to dry it. But in the age of manpower, farming is tantamount to racing against the sky, fighting for all the time. 0
If the immigrants are transported in many batches, the first batch of immigrants has reclaimed the wasteland and planted seeds there, and the second batch has not yet arrived. The third batch and the fourth batch are nowhere in sight, and when the last batch arrives, the autumn harvest is already over
Therefore, farming time does not wait for anyone. The sooner immigrants arrive in Jutland, the sooner they can reclaim wasteland and farm land. But Marin understood that the number of merchant ships of the North Sea State in the Baltic Sea is currently very small, only 20 ships. Moreover, most of them are 250-level armed merchant ships with limited capacity.
This was so because the Baltic region was the sphere of influence of the Hanseatic League. Marin is currently only involved in the salt trade, and mainly acts as a wholesaler. In this way, the Hanseatic League was very dissatisfied. If the scale is further expanded, the two companies will turn their faces.
Although, in terms of force, Marin is not afraid of the Hanseatic League at all, but the political influence of the Hanseatic League is relatively large. If Marin wants to mix in the Imperial Academy, he also needs the political support of the Hanseatic League. In addition, Eastern Europe is basically a poor agricultural country, and oil and water are the same. Therefore, Marin only launched 20 small merchant ships with a displacement of 250 tons in the Baltic Sea before. Moreover, it is mainly used to transport salt.
20 ships, even if each ship is overloaded, with 200 people loaded on each ship, 4,000 people can be transported in one round. If 500,000 people are to be transported, wouldn’t it take more than 125 round trips? Even if calculated according to the fastest speed of one round trip per month, it will take 125 months, that is, it will take more than 10 years to transport
How does this work then,
Marin asked Kohler to count other ships. He was surprised to find that because 40 ships were mobilized to the Far East, the current total number of merchant ships from the North Sea countries in Europe is only 110. Counting 20 warships, if the 500-ton warships were not searched as two 250-level merchant ships, it would be the level of 150 merchant ships.
150 merchant ships transport 30,000 people in one round. It still takes more than 16 times to transport more than 500,000 people, and it will take two or three years
This is not allowed!
500,000 people can be transported in one round, requiring as many as 2,500 Class 250 merchant ships!
According to the tonnage demand, it is about 6.25 million tons of total displacement. But the problem is that according to statistics, the total tonnage of the merchant ships of the Hanseatic League, Germany's most important maritime power outside the North Sea, is only about 100,000 tons, which is equivalent to 400 250-class merchant ships. Suitable for sea routes. The ones that are really suitable for taking sea routes are more than 400 merchant ships with a displacement of more than 100 tons in Lübeck and Hamburg. Even if all these more than 400 boats are hired, they are still not enough to transport people. Moreover, other merchant ships have their own long-term commercial contracts, and if they are overdue, they will have to pay huge sums of money. Marin wants to hire, and if they can squeeze out a hundred, it's not bad. x
So, in the end, you still have to rely on yourself!
What to do? Don't count on the Hanseatic League. Then, Marin set his sights on the unexpected place of Germany.
England ruled it out first, because England is currently guarding against the French Calais ships. The ships are either requisitioned or dare not go to sea. So, there are only three or four countries left to choose Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Venice
But the problem is that Marin absolutely does not want Spanish, Portuguese and Venetian merchant ships to set foot in the Baltic Sea. This also applies to the Hanseatic League. After all, this is an external maritime force, and it is best not to easily introduce it into the Baltic Sea. If they are invited to transport immigrants once, they will come to do business next time. Don’t you want to fight alone Portugal? Fortunately, among the three countries, Marin doesn’t want to be the cleanest
Then, only the Netherlands is left. According to statistics, it seems that the total tonnage of the ships in the Netherlands is now 70,000 to 80,000 tons, which is about to catch up with the Hanseatic League, and there are already signs of growth. However, in the Netherlands today, fishing boats still dominate, accounting for more than half of the total tonnage. The rest are merchant ships. And, mainly merchant ships in important ports like Amsterdam and Antwerp. The total number is about two hundred, and Amsterdam and Antwerp are almost evenly divided, but Amsterdam has slightly more.
Although Marin invested heavily in Amsterdam, he transformed the shipyard into a fine furniture factory to produce high-end furniture. However, the original merchant ships of the Netherlands continued to operate. On the contrary, the shipbuilders from the original shipyard basically transferred to the furniture factory. After all, Marin gave a lot of veteran shipbuilders with good craftsmanship, and Marin gave a salary of 1 shilling or even higher per day. The purpose is to let them stop and stop building ships.
Because of the lack of ships, Marin decided, this time, to try to buy the merchant ships of the Netherlands and buy as many merchant ships as possible from the Netherlands. In this way, the maritime trade ability of the Netherlands can be abolished. As for the original owner, captain and sailors, Marin gave multiple choices
For the ship owners, Marin is actively helping them change careers. You can help them build furniture factories, and share furniture manufacturing technology and raw materials with them free of charge. Of course, they can also be asked to open shops at preferential wholesale prices to deal in commodities shipped from the colonies of the Beihai Kingdom, including Far Eastern specialties from the Ming Dynasty. As long as they no longer engage in maritime trade, they can make a fortune together.
But at the same time, Marin is also ready for the other hand. If he continues to operate maritime trade stubbornly, he doesn't mind letting his subordinates play pirates and sink their merchant ships. Or, hire local bandits in the Netherlands to loot their homes. ⿴x33 novel mobile terminal: tts:ヽ.
As for the captain, he had to be hired, and the whole family moved to Beihai. If you don't want to, it's okay if you change your career. If you don't change your career, you don't mind letting him have some surprises.
The sailors are easy to deal with, they can be recruited, or they can be recruited to work in furniture factories. This type of work is not very technical, except for some veteran sailors who are very skilled to be recruited, other people don't really care.
Marin quickly sent people to the Netherlands to purchase the merchant ships of the Netherlands, and it was a premium purchase. But the feedback was not great. Only half of the boats are active, while the other half are indifferent. Even if Marin's subordinates offer favorable conditions to help him change careers, they cannot be moved.
Marin was a little angry, but after inquiring, about one-third of the ship owners turned out to be local nobles in the Netherlands. Even some of the ships belonged to Duke Philip, the son of Emperor Maximilian I. This is a bit difficult, noble, don't move div
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