The Rise of the European Emperor

Chapter 1210 Purebred Turtle

Marin's plundering of wagyu cattle went very smoothly. He found that the Japanese farmers of this era were very honest, and they hardly dared to resist being robbed of cattle by Marin's soldiers.

At most, because cattle are the most important property of a farmer's family, and they are very reluctant. Since they didn't dare to resist, these timid and cowardly Japanese farmers just hugged the cow's legs and didn't let go, and then cried desperately... After all, losing the cattle is no less than the sky falling for a farming family.

Marin has always been a soft-hearted person. If these Japanese farmers resisted violently, he might suppress it bloody. However, in the face of the pitiful and crying Japanese farmers, Marin was a little bit reluctant...

Moreover, because of their short stature, when these Japanese farmers who are generally more than 1.5 meters hold the thighs of their cows and cry desperately, they actually gave Marin the illusion that "he bullied a minor"...

This illusion made Marin very uncomfortable, and he always felt that he was a heinous villain. So, the soft-hearted Marin decided to give some compensation...

In fact, Marin also considered that Japan would be colonized and ruled in the future, so he could not ruin his reputation and leave a notoriety.

But how to compensate these little Japanese farmers? Marin was not very happy to give money. Because, most of his money was spent on Daming, and he was running out of money. Moreover, thinking of what the descendants of these little devils did, Marin didn't want to compensate too much.

Then, while thinking, Marin took a sip of water and saw the glass he was drinking from...

"Okay, just use this as compensation..."

Therefore, every time a wagyu was robbed, Marin would throw a drinking glass as compensation. My own glass is not enough, so I use a sailor's glass.

Then, Marin asked Gan Fushuizi to tell them that these glasses are very precious, enough to compensate for the loss of their cattle...

In fact, Marin did not lie. Because the transparent glass produced in Beihai is indeed considered a treasure in the East, and it is also called colored glaze. A glazed cup, in ancient China and Japan, was definitely not a problem to sell for tens of taels of silver, much more expensive than cattle.

But Marin and the sailors can't drink water without cups. Then, Marin and the sailors who lost the glass took some ordinary porcelain cups and bowls from the families whose cattle were robbed as drinking water. Containers... And these families with cattle are actually middle-class in rural Japan, and poor families have no cattle at all. Therefore, there must be porcelain at home...

These porcelain cups and bowls made of celadon or white porcelain are not precious things at all in the Huaxia civilization circle of East Asia. Each piece is usually only a few pennies, at most a dozen pennies.

but,

The sailors who snatched these porcelain cups and bowls regarded them as treasures and couldn't put them down...

This is the difference between the Eastern and Western worlds—porcelain is not rare in the East, but it is a treasure in Europe; similarly, glass is not rare in Europe, but it is a treasure in East Asia...

Then, there was a strange win-win situation—the Japanese farmer who was robbed of the farm cattle sold the glasses that Marin and others drank from, not only recovered the losses, but also bought the farm cattle back. Down a lot.

And the sailors who lost the glass water cup and had to snatch the porcelain cup from the Japanese farmer's house also made money. These "broken" porcelains, even ordinary celadon or white porcelain cups, can be exchanged for gold coins when brought back to Europe, and you can buy a lot of glasses...

Of course, Marin didn't care about the value of these porcelains. Because, he had already arranged for Zhang Cai to send someone to Jingdezhen to hire a master porcelain master from the official kiln who went home to retire.

These official kiln porcelain masters who have gone home to retire are all of the best craftsmanship, which is equivalent to the eighth-level and seventh-level workers who retired from Huaxia in later generations. Their descendants replaced them and entered the official kiln to work, and they were free.

But Marin knew how powerful these old guys were. In later generations, many factories are willing to re-employ those retired eighth-level workers. Because their craftsmanship is top-notch.

Marin plans to dig out a group of top retired official kiln porcelain masters from Jingdezhen and other places after finding the Yingge Porcelain Clay Area in the west of the Taipei Basin, and then dig out a group of young and strong craftsmen from private kilns, and then let those top Porcelain masters guide those young and strong craftsmen of folk kilns who are not skilled in making ceramics in Yingge area. Blue and white porcelain is the most basic operation, and bone china will be required in the future. Once successful, the Yingge area will continue to provide a large amount of exquisite high-grade ceramics to the mainland of Beihai...

Therefore, Marin really looked down upon the ordinary celadon and white porcelain in Japan. Others, though, see it as a treasure. It is said that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because the Dutch could not obtain the qualifications for normal trade with the Ming Dynasty, they had to import a large number of ordinary and inferior celadon and white porcelain products without colored glaze from Japan and Vietnam, pretending to be Chinese porcelain, and shipping them back to Europe for sale. high price...

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Marin's deeds of robbing cattle in Matsusaka of Ise country and Kobe of Harima country finally alarmed the local daimyo. However, those big names have nothing to do. The two families each sent dozens of samurai and hundreds of ashigaru to the battle, but they were defeated by Kahn and others sent by Marin. After all, those samurai swords couldn't cut through the plate armor worn by Kahn and others, but the maces of Kahn and others could easily hurt those warriors.

For those vicious warriors, Marin didn't have any favors. In the future, it will be these warriors who will act as Japanese pirates and invade China brutally in later generations.

Therefore, Marin asked Kahn not to stop, and he would be ruthless when he saw those warriors...

Then, the samurai who came to fight were either killed by the mace, or severely injured and disabled, and none of them survived. And the two daimyos of Ise country and Harima country were too scared to send troops to die...

Seeing that no one came to make trouble, Marin began to be picky and carefully selected strong and healthy Wagyu.

However, the cargo capacity of Marin's ships is limited. Moreover, it is very troublesome to transport cattle and horses by boat, requiring special partitions. However, after Marin brought horses to Ming Dynasty and gave all the war horses to the Ming Dynasty, there were only 100 single stalls left, which were just used to keep cattle.

Therefore, Marin ended up taking only the healthiest 100 Wagyu. Of these, 70 were bulls and only 30 were cows.

In this way, Marin's plan is to use those 30 cows to continue to breed purebred Wagyu in the future. As for the 70 bulls, the task is relatively heavy, because Marin will arrange for them to breed with thousands of Crimean cows to obtain mixed-blood Wagyu...

Marin remembers that later generations of Australians seem to have mixed the essence of Wagyu with female Angus cattle to produce the same high-quality Australian Wagyu, which is also the world's top beef. However, it is said that Australian wagyu cattle are very abnormal. They actually let the cattle drink red wine and have frequent massages. They treat the cattle like the second uncle...

Of course, Marin would not take such an extreme method to serve beef cattle, and people in this era are not as tricky as later generations. People in this day and age can even eat shit-like dark dishes, and don't care too much about the quality of beef at all. After all, it’s nice to have beef. Even, generally only nobles can eat beef.

Therefore, it is not bad to be able to produce mixed-blood Wagyu, but how can we pursue high-quality beef? After all, the Europeans these days are not arrogant, hypocritical, picky, and pretentious Europeans, but just a bunch of purebred soil turtles...

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