The Rise of the European Emperor

Albert's Governor of the Twin Islands has been determined, and Marin needs to write to Tara next to tell him that he will be transferred to Cuba to serve as the Governor of Havana.

Of course, in addition to notifying him to go to Havana, Marin also intends to give Tara a little reward. Previously, Tara had been made a hereditary knight. However, because of its limited abilities, it is impossible to be named a baron. Therefore, Marin sent him to America as governor.

However, the credit for reclaiming the two islands in North America was not enough for Tara to be promoted from hereditary knight to baron. Therefore, Marin thought for a while and decided to canonize his second son Heisen as a hereditary knight and reward him for his exploits in reclamation of the two islands. Tara got married before going to America. As Marin's henchman, his marriage was not to worry about. Although his wife was a commoner, Marin had previously made his wife a Dame in the name of "Duke of Egypt". In addition to cultivating land on Amerigo Island, Tara was busy making people. Therefore, the second son was born, and the eldest son Jason was more than two years old.

Moreover, it is also very important for Tara to open up the Havana colony this time. Because the Havana Colony is not only suitable for growing sugar cane and rice, but also cotton, sisal, cocoa, rubber trees, spices... It seems that you can grow anything...

By the way, bananas, pineapples, coconuts and other tropical fruits can also be grown... Well, lemons can also be grown in a large area, so you don't have to go to Italy to pick lemon leaves...

You know, lemon leaves are the secret treasure of Marin's great voyage. The lemon leaves are dried and crushed, and no one can recognize what it is. Sprinkle a little pepper in it to ensure that your nose can't smell what it is. Then, drink hot water with lemon leaves, which can fully resist scurvy. In addition, lemon fruit can actually be cut into pieces and dried, and can be used to soak in water. Later, Marin saw flaky dried lemons in the supermarket, and they sold for seventy or eighty yuan per pound. Of course, Marin couldn't have given the dried lemons to the sailors. Because the shape of the dried lemon is too obvious. As long as you inquire, someone with a bit of knowledge can recognize that it is a lemon, and it cannot be kept secret. And after the lemon leaves were crushed, it was difficult to tell what it was because of the added pepper. Anyway, Marin said it was a strange herb, and the sailors could not figure out what it was.

Even the two navigators, Columbus and Amerigo, could not distinguish lemon leaves. The people who made the lemon leaves were a group of reliable serfs arranged by Kohler. However, those serfs were confined to their own estates, and it was not clear that the crushed lemon leaves would be sent to the fleet to make water for the sailors to drink. Therefore, except for some core members such as Marin and Kohler, no one knows what "drug" this is...

As for tropical fruits, Marin thought for a while. It seems that bananas and coconuts are products from Asia, not in Europe and America. Pineapples are American, but they are probably still in the Amazon jungle, waiting to be discovered.

Marin suddenly regretted it very much. He knew that before Amerigo left for India, he asked him to bring some banana and coconut seeds back. After all, both bananas and coconuts are native to Southeast Asia, and India and Southeast Asia have close ties and have already introduced bananas and coconuts. So, introducing bananas and coconuts in India,

is very convenient. Moreover, bananas and coconuts are also very good tropical fruit food. Banana slices become dried bananas after they are dried in the sun, as are coconuts. In later generations, Pacific island countries, copra exports are an important source of foreign exchange.

Of course, because Grenada has rice imported from India, Cuba does not need to import bananas and coconuts. The main reason is - Marin is greedy and wants to eat...

There are so many plains on the island of Cuba, the climate is so good, and so many kinds of crops can be grown. So, Havana Colony, for Marin, is very important. Therefore, Marin said in a letter to Tara that if the Havana colony was well managed, a hereditary title from a baron would not escape.

However, the Havana Colony is different from the Twin Island Colony. The Havana Colony is surrounded by Taino people. If you want to expand there, you will inevitably need to fight the indigenous people.

Therefore, in the past, Tara not only needed to build, but also needed to conquer those Taino tribes. Of course, the Taino tribes were relatively friendly, so Marin's instructions were to attack and win over.

Meaning, the tribes that attacked the Tainos were needed. However, after the fight, only the original chieftain system was abolished and changed to the European military rank system. Then the friendly Tainos were raised as serfs, fed and clothed, but not allowed to bear arms.

The Indians lived a simple life and the food source was not easy, so they developed a character good at hunting and fighting. If you keep those gentle Taino people in the manor, as long as you work honestly and provide enough food, it must be a better life than before. In this way, the Taino people, who are very gentle in nature, can still be easily conquered.

The only thing to be vigilant about is not to introduce smallpox into the Americas. Because, these Indians, the resistance to smallpox is very low. A smallpox outbreak on Hispaniola in 1518 directly wiped out 90% of the Taino people on Hispaniola. Because of the lack of labor, the colonists had to introduce black slaves to Haiti. In the end, Haiti became a black country…

The cost of introducing black people is very high. If the Taino people are very cooperative with the colonial rule, Marin intends to introduce cowpox to protect the Taino people on the island from dying from smallpox. If you don't cooperate, that's fine...

The island of Cuba is so rich that at the end of the 19th century, even the old and the United States coveted it, and brazenly launched a war against Spain to seize Cuba. Therefore, Tara's task is very heavy. If the colonization goes well, it is not too much to reward him with a baronial title.

As for Moa, another colony point, Marin needs another consideration. This consideration is to find professionals who know how to explore minerals to preside over the exploration of nickel and chromite there. As long as nickel and chromite ore can be found nearby, Marin can have stainless steel that is very resistant to seawater corrosion in the future. Unlike tinplate, although it is also resistant to corrosion, it will not work for a long time.

So Marin began to ask his men if they could find a professional who was proficient in mining and smelting to preside over Moa's mineral exploration.

Coincidentally, Haider, who had already gone to Oldenburg to serve as the minister of the palace, recommended his younger brother Wiltz to Marin after hearing that Marin was looking for talents for mineral exploration. Wiltz is 30 years old, a prospecting engineer and a smelting engineer. Currently, it is a major mine owner in Austria, exploring for metal deposits in the northern foothills of the Alps.

Although only 30 years old, Wiltz has 12 years of work experience. Among them, he has been the main prospector for five or six years. He has been responsible for the exploration of silver, copper, lead, tin and iron ore. He is a very experienced prospector.

On top of that, Wiltz was also highly literate, and almost got into Cologne like his older brother. However, in this era, the University of Cologne had a very high admission threshold for civilians, and the number of admissions was too small. So, Wiltz did not go to Cologne University. Later, because of hobbies, I went to learn prospecting. Today, he is a well-known prospecting engineer in Austria, and he also has some research on metal smelting.

With professional skills and culture, he was clearly the man Marin was looking for. Moreover, he is also the younger brother of Marin's cronie Haider. As a result, the position of Governor Wilzmoa was also fixed. After hearing about it, Haider immediately wrote a letter to his brother and asked him to come back to work for Marin.

You know, being the governor of Marin, a title can't be escaped. The Haider family is a commoner family. Although they became the minister of the palace, they were only the lowest baron, and they could not bless their younger brother to become a noble. Therefore, if you want your younger brother to become a nobleman, it is obviously a shortcut to go to Moa to help Marin prospect. When things are done, a jazz can't escape. Even, possibly hereditary jazz. In that case, even the identities of future generations are guaranteed. As long as you're not a fool, you won't refuse.

After the governors of Havana and Moa are determined, the governor of Panama is left...

Panama is a place with so many poisonous insects that it is dangerous to live there until wormwood and pyrethrum grow. Even with mosquito repellent toilet water, there are certain risks. So, who to send to be the governor, the question arises...

Marin frankly told his subordinates about the risk of going to Panama, and his ministers immediately lost their enthusiasm. If it were an ordinary place, maybe someone would take the initiative. For example, Cuban Moa is not so dangerous, so Haider took the initiative to recommend his younger brother. But when it comes to dangerous Panama, those ministers suddenly dare not recommend their brothers and relatives. because it's too dangerous...

At this moment, one of Marin's guards suddenly stood up and knelt down in front of Marin:

"Lord Duke, let me go, I'm not afraid of poisonous insects!"

Marin recognized that this guard was called Gollard, who was only 19 years old and came from a family of knights, from the country of Mark. However, this young man was slender, only 1.73 meters tall. Among the guards in Marin, he was short. However, this little guy is quite smart.

In fact, Gollard is also very clear that because of his thin body and insufficient strength, his martial arts among the guards is the bottom. So, usually, he has read a lot of books, intending to use wisdom to fill the lack of physical.

However, as a bodyguard, he can only be promoted if he has made a breakthrough in martial arts. Therefore, he found that it was difficult for him to stand out...

Coincidentally, this time Panama was pioneering, which made Gollard feel that the opportunity has come...

The ministers were reluctant to go, or their relatives to take risks. That's because those ministers are already very rich and don't need to take risks by themselves or their families.

But he is different, Gollard is just a little guard who is hard to come out. If you don't seize every opportunity, it may be difficult for you to succeed in your life. Therefore, when no one was willing to stand up, Gollard resolutely came out to ask for help...

Marin took the Gao Lard test in person and found that his literacy level was good. Unlike other guards, they are all muscular men, but they are somewhat similar to their own characteristics - they are better at using their brains. So Marin agreed to Gaullard's request and appointed him Governor of Panama.

Of course, in the next time, Marin needs to tutor Wiltz and Gollard individually and teach them how to be a governor.

In addition, Gollard is in Panama and also needs to fight. After all, there are also Indians in Panama, who don’t seem to be as gentle as the Tainos. Therefore, if you want to occupy the territory, it is inevitable to fight with those indigenous people. And Gollard was born in a knight family, but he was very suitable to lead troops to conquer those Panamanian Indians.

However, in this way, whether it is Tara or Gollard, they have to bring a group of warriors to facilitate the conquest of those indigenous people. Even Wiltz needs an escort. Although there are few plains in the Moa area, there may not be many Indians living there. However, for security reasons, Wiltz also needs a escort to accompany him to protect his safety.

Marin thought about it and decided to recruit 2,000 mercenaries to protect the three governors, and under their command, to conquer the local natives. Among them, Tara and Gollard each brought 800 soldiers. Wiltz, on the other hand, brought 400 people to protect his prospecting...