The Rise of the European Emperor

Diego Columbus continued to head south with 8 ships, taking the Cape of Good Hope route to the East. And Marin, with two boats, followed the North Equatorial Current of the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, and first arrived at the earliest colony, Grenada Island.

On the island, Old George, the old butler of the Hoffman family who has been the governor for many years, has been waiting here for a long time. Old George warmly entertained Marin, and took Marin to walk on Grenada Island to visit the island's construction achievements.

Of course, Marin has no interest in the towns built locally. After all, no matter how good these towns are, they are no match for the native Aurich and Emden.

So, Old George led a large team and accompanied Marin to inspect the farmland on the island. The mountains on the island of Grenada are undulating, and the plains only occupy a small area. Most of these plains, which accounted for a small number, were reclaimed into rice fields and sugar cane fields under the order of Old George, and ginger was planted in some areas.

As for those hills and mountains, they can be used to grow spices. Because spices are mainly trees or shrubs, they don't need to be planted on plains. For example, nutmeg is a small tree that can be grown in the mountains. Moreover, the requirement of nutmeg is that there should be no stagnant water. Cinnamon is also a tree, and pepper is a vine that grows in the woods...

Therefore, tropical islands with many mountains and abundant rainfall like Grenada can grow spices, and they are very suitable for growing spices.

Now European spices are very expensive, so many spices are grown on the island. For example, nutmeg, Marin asked people to buy a batch of unground nutmeg in India as seeds, and shipped them to Grenada Island for planting.

The reason why nutmeg is grown in Grenada is because Grenada is the second largest producer of nutmeg in the world, so it must be very suitable for growing nutmeg.

Then, female cloves were also planted on the island (lilacs are divided into male and female, but male cloves are petals and cannot be planted after buying. Female cloves are seeds and can be planted), cinnamon (specially sent people to leave Calicut The seeds bought not far from Sri Lanka, otherwise the cinnamon bark could not be planted), and pepper, were also planted in the forests of Grenada.

However, cinnamon trees, cloves and nutmeg have a relatively long growth period, and it will take several years to bloom and bear fruit, so we can only wait slowly. The growth cycle of pepper is shorter, and pepper beans have already begun to be produced. Old George took Marin to visit the woodland where pepper was planted and saw the pepper that was bearing fruit. After a while, the pepper beans on Grenada Island will be harvested and they can be supplied to the mainland.

After visiting the spice planting area, Marin went to inspect the plain grain producing area. Then, with black lines all over his head, he saw a head of heat dying in the field...

"What the hell, it's unlucky to have a hot cow right under my nose..."

After investigation, Marin found that the cattle that died of heat were indeed Eastern European cattle imported from the Crimean Khanate, which were not heat-resistant. Although Marin also asked people to buy cattle from Africa. However, the level of civilization in Africa was too low at this time, and the number of cattle was also small. In addition, the Portuguese did not cooperate very much, so the number received was not much.

Moreover, the level of domestication of African cattle is not high. You must know that the African buffalo is known as one of the most dangerous wild animals in Africa. It is easy to lose its temper and is difficult to drive.

Therefore, the serfs in Grenada still like to drive the more docile Eastern European cattle, rather than the African cattle with too many wild residues.

And in order to drive the African cattle better, old George had to order the bulls to be castrated to make them quieter. But in this way, African cattle cannot continue to reproduce, and it is necessary to continue to buy more African cattle from the Duke of Coimbra in Portugal.

Marin frowned when he heard that, this is not a good thing. Although Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, is his ally, he is just an ordinary alliance of interests. Moreover, the other party is relatively greedy and asks for a high price. It is not cost-effective to buy African cattle from them for a long time.

The biggest problem with using Eastern European cattle is that the cattle are often overheated to death...

Both Marlin and old George are very troubled by this...

...

Probably saw the troubles of the two of them,

At this time, an Indian serf standing by the field suddenly came up and said in unproficient German:

"You two gentlemen, are you worried about the death of cattle from heat?"

"Mahar, do you have an idea?" Old George looked at the dark-skinned Indian serf in front of him in surprise.

Mahal was one of the Indian untouchable serfs bought from India in the early days. However, Mahal was a smart person among the group of Indian untouchables. After a few years, he had learned a lot of German and was able to communicate with old George. Therefore, he was promoted to be the leader of the Indian serfs, and he usually served as a supervisor, responsible for supervising the work of those Indian serfs. At the same time, he is responsible for conveying the orders of Old George. After all, among those Indian serfs, he was the only one who could speak German and could communicate with old George.

Mahal nodded and said:

"Yes, I can see that the cattle used on the island are very problematic. The African cattle you mentioned are not afraid of heat, but they are too fierce and difficult to control. Eastern European cattle are easy to control, fearful of heat, and easy to die of heat... "

"Then what do you mean?"

"The cow in our hometown! It's a kind of cow with tumors on its back. In our hometown, the white cow is called a holy cow..."

"Wait, is the cow with a tumor on its back you're talking about a zebu?" Marin interjected before Mahal finished speaking.

"Zeu? What is that?" Mahal was a little puzzled.

Marin also realized that at this moment, the zebu is not called a zebu. Indians worship cattle and would never give such a low name to zebu.

Speaking of zebu, Marin thought of many things. He remembered that there was a kind of cattle called Brahman cattle in later generations, which was a famous breed of heat-resistant cattle.

Of course, this Brahman cow was not made by Indians, but by Yankees who mixed Indian zebu and European cattle. Among them, the Indian zebu pedigree accounts for the majority, and the European cattle pedigree only accounts for a small part.

This kind of cattle is specially bred for tropical regions. Later, Brahman cattle were introduced to China and Australia, and became one of the preferred breeds for raising cattle in tropical regions.

In addition, it should be pointed out that in later generations of Brazil, the main breed of cattle raised was zebu. This is mainly because most of Brazil is located in the tropics, which is humid and hot. It is difficult for heat-labile cattle to survive here.

Marin read a certain football novel in his previous life, and mentioned a paragraph when describing the situation in Brazil, mainly when introducing Brazilian barbecue. And these memories, because football novels are useless, are buried in the depths of memory.

But today, with Mahal's reminder, it came to Marin's mind again...

"Well, it seems that tropical cattle have to rely on Indian zebu!"

Thinking of this, Marin decided that when returning to the voyage, let Columbus's fleet buy more zebu in India and bring them back to Grenada Island for cultivation. From now on, the arable land in the tropics will all depend on third brother's heat-resistant zebu...

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