What are the international labels of France in later generations? French fashion, French perfume, French wine, French feast...

Among them, French wine can rank among the top three French specialties and is a world-famous luxury consumable. In later generations, many wealthy and celebrities also went to France to buy wineries and produce their own wines.

Moreover, later Frenchmen made wine making and flowery, strictly stipulated the rule that "oak barrels can only be used for 4 years to make wine", and also specifically stipulated that the oak barrels produced in France were the world's top wine-making barrels.

But the oak barrels used for making winemaking are expensive. In the previous life, Marin heard that an old oak tree of 80 years old could only make two oak barrels used for making winemaking. Therefore, French oak barrels were very expensive in later generations, and a new barrel cost $600. This kind of old oak tree is also a good material for shipbuilding and is suitable for making keels.

Therefore, as long as the use of elderly oak trees to make wine barrels is promoted in France, it will definitely compete with shipbuilding. But this is actually not a big deal, because the French are not keen on sailing and whether old oak trees suitable for shipbuilding are cut or not is not too concerned.

However, when the French get used to making wine barrels with old oaks and cut off all the old oaks. When they want to build ships, they will find that there are not enough old oaks suitable for shipbuilding...

Therefore, Marin's move was also very poisonous. Before he knew it, it severely hit the potential of French shipbuilding. Moreover, it was impossible to see.

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In order to cooperate with this action, Marin plans to buy multiple wineries in Bordeaux, southwestern France and other places, hire top winemakers at high salaries, and strive to build top wine brands.

Of course, Marin is not afraid of spending money. Because his Beihai Mint can make a large number of fake French "silver coins". Therefore, it really doesn't cost much.

In addition, Marin also named the spy who planned to be a nobleman in France - Rafi...

Then, the winery he bought was hung in his name, and it was called Lafite Winery...

In fact, Lafite Winery had existed at this time. But Marin didn't care. At worst, spend money to buy Lafite Winery.

You should know that in this era, Bordeaux wines were not very popular in France. Although Lafite wines are of high quality, French people prefer Burgundy wines, that is, wines produced in the Francheconte region and the nearby Dijon region (which belongs to the old Principality of Burgundy).

It was not until the 18th century that Madame Bombardy, the mistress of King Louis XV of France, had a special liking for Lafite wine that Lafite wine began to become popular in the French court and then became popular throughout Europe. After all, France was the largest continental power at that time. Even during the reign of King Louis XIV of the Sun, the whole of Europe was proud to speak French. Just like the things from later Americans, they were very popular in the world...

Therefore, Lafite winery is not very famous now. Although the quality is good, it is not very famous. Marin plans to spend a huge amount of money (consuming a lot of fake French silver coins) to buy Lafite winery. Then, he strives for excellence in the winemaking process, and strictly implements the four-year scrapping system of wine barrels to strictly make good wine. At the same time, he strictly selects the local famous Cabernet Sauvignon grapes as raw materials for winemaking. Then, the fat brothers who mixed into the French palace as royal chefs find a way to recommend them to Louis XII. In this way, fame will become popular and it is not a problem to become popular...

As long as this high-quality red wine becomes popular in France, it will definitely promote the cutting of old French oak trees. Moreover, it can also bring considerable profits to investor Marin. After all, the profits of wine have always been very high...

In addition, Marin can also develop the manufacturing of glass bottles and supporting industries such as corks.

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The Beihai Kingdom can manufacture glass bottles. With coal with high calorific value and crucible furnaces, the cost of smelting glass will be greatly reduced. The Ruhr area and Newcastle, which are rich in coal, can both mass-produce glass bottles for wine. Then, load them on the ship and transport them to the Bordeaux area on the southwest coast of France.

If the French produce glass bottles themselves, they will consume a lot of firewood, which will not keep up with the cost of Ruhr and Newcastle. In addition, large-scale production of glass bottles can also create many jobs and bring a lot of profits and taxes.

As for corks, there is no way to do this. Because cork-producing corks mainly grow in the warm but not hot Portugal, Spain and southern France. Therefore, Marin can only promote the planting of corks in these areas through chambers of commerce. Marin's plan is to cut down a large number of old oaks in southern France through spies and change to plant corks in southern France to produce corks needed for red wine bottles. This is also a blow to the potential of French shipbuilding. Although it is not as good as the oak barrels used for making winemaking, it will also have a certain effect.

In addition, Marin also plans to promote the use of exquisite gift wooden boxes to package high-end Lafite red wine, place the red wine bottles in the wooden box to prevent collision and breakage with other glass bottles. In this way, the appearance will also appear high-end, atmospheric and high-end. At the same time, Marin will definitely choose oak boxes, which is another consumption of French oak resources...

In short, Marin intends to use the oak barrels, wooden boxes needed by the red wine industry, as well as the cork oak trees that replace the oaks to consume the old French oak trees. Even if they cannot be consumed, it can greatly weaken the potential of French shipbuilding.

There is no way, the French have an Atlantic port and a large population. If they also engage in large-scale navigation, their potential will be the best. For this reason, Marin had to find a way to block the French's navigation potential so as not to create a strong sailing opponent.

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Just as Marin and Kohler were discussing how to cheat the French oak resources, Schwartz suddenly ran in with a panic look and headed straight to the secret room of the secret house. After pushing open the door of the secret room, Schwartz said anxiously:

"Not good, Simon is injured!"

Marin and Kohler were stunned and Kohler asked in confusion:

"How do you know? My intelligence personnel didn't report it!" Logically speaking, he should have known about the intelligence thing before Schwartz. So Kohler even doubted whether Schwartz had received false information.

Schwartz explained:

"It was your adjutant who came to inform me. He didn't know that you were here, but the matter was urgent, so he came to me to report first!"

Marin stood up and asked nervously:

"Didn't I ask Angela to order him to withdraw Orich? Why are he still injured? Where was he injured? Is he seriously?"

Before, Simon was ordered to guard the city of Bochum, his hometown, and had two thousand second-tier troops under his command. However, considering that the Eight-Nation Alliance was powerful and entered the Ruhr area, Marin issued an order through Angela to ask Simon to withdraw Orich and temporarily abandon the Ruhr area. After all, the two thousand second-tier troops in Bochum were really not the opponent of the more than 40,000 Eight-Nation Alliance.

"The problem is here! According to the newspaper, Simon expressed serious doubts about Angela's ability because he was dissatisfied with Angela's regent and forced the anti-Second and the Third Legion. This time Angela gave him an order, which had a counterproductive effect. Simon stubbornly refused the order and chose to stay and defend Bochum City, but did not come back!"

"The Eight-Nation Alliance sent more than 10,000 people to besiege Bochum. Simon had few people and was unable to resist. So, in despair, he led his troops out of the city to fight the enemy desperately. He was shot down by the enemy's archers and was seriously injured. It is said that he was already unconscious!" Schwartz explained.

"What? Seriously injured? Unconscious? Then where is he now? Have he been captured?"

Schwartz shook his head and said:

"I was not captured. Kohler's spies snatched back the seriously injured Simon to death, then fled to the Ruhr River, boarded the boat, and drove towards the local direction through the Rhine, Lipper River and Münster Canal. It is said that when putting on, the military doctor had treated him the wound and disinfected it. However, due to excessive blood loss, he is still in a coma!"

"Did you hurt the vital points? Is it life-threatening?" Marin asked nervously.

"I didn't hurt the vital points, otherwise it would have been over long ago. However, because I was shot in a few arrows and had several holes, I lost too much blood. So Simon is very weak now. Fortunately, I came back by boat and was relatively stable. Otherwise, I would not be able to hold on to come back!"

"Bastard! Check me out who hurt Simon. I want them to pay their blood debts! The relevant personnel encountered it later on the battlefield. Don't take prisoners and find opportunities to kill them on the spot |!" Marin was so angry that he gritted his teeth. After all, that was his own brother, and it did not involve inheritance issues, and it did not threaten Caesar. If Adler was injured, Marin would not have been so angry.

After thinking about it, Marin ordered again:

"Let me find a few craftsmen who are good at making precision devices, and I want to create a few things!"
Chapter completed!