The Rise of the European Emperor

The significance of extracting ** is extremely important, because it means that Marin can safely conquer and control the colonies in the tropics in the future.

Colonies in the tropics are of great significance. Not to mention that spices and cane sugar need to be produced by tropical colonies, canned tropical fruits can also be developed into an important commodity. In addition, Marin will promote the cultivation of special economic crops such as tea, coffee and cocoa in tropical regions in the future. These crops all require a tropical environment, or prefer a tropical environment.

Take tea as an example, although tea is also produced in temperate regions, tea trees like hot and humid environments, and tea trees in tropical regions can also be grown. For example, the famous Ceylon black tea of ​​later generations was produced in the tropical island country of Sri Lanka.

The climate of Cuba is similar to that of Sri Lanka, and tea trees can be planted to realize the production of tea. Moreover, the tea tree has the advantage that it likes sunny slopes and does not occupy the cultivated land in the plain.

Therefore, in tropical and subtropical regions, tea cultivation can be promoted in hilly areas. Combined with sucrose and milk, a high-value milk tea industry can be formed.

In fact, milk tea is now a very fashionable drink in Europe. Because of the scarcity of tea leaves, the "Earl Grey Milk Tea" "invented" by Marin has become a rarity that can only be enjoyed by the top European nobles. After all, in the European market now, a tea brick can actually be exchanged for a war horse, which is simply black. Therefore, being able to drink Earl Grey milk tea is considered a very luxurious life. Whoever entertains guests with Earl Grey milk tea will have a lot of face. It is a pity that the current tea brick trade is in the hands of the Crimeans. If they want tea, they have to go bankrupt to buy it. If Marin can get through the route of Daming and get a lot of tea, it will definitely be a good business.

In addition to tea leaves, Earl Grey milk tea also needs a lot of milk and sucrose. In this way, the promotion of milk tea can also stimulate the consumption and consumption of sucrose and milk, forming a huge industry and feeding many people.

It is said that due to the popularity of Earl Grey milk tea, the price of black and white cows in the Netherlands, which have strong milk production capacity, has directly increased by half...

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After all, it is imperative that Marin occupy and develop Cuba!

It's just that this guy Tara may know how to develop, but he's really not good at expansion. This guy arrived in Cuba last year, and as a result, soon, this guy can only build Havana Castle and control a large area of ​​unowned forest near Havana Castle. As for the surrounding tribes, he failed to conquer a single one...

why? Tara's report to Marin argued that he had sent troops to attack a nearby tribe, but failed. It's not that they can't beat the opponent, but that after the opponent failed, they fled directly into the depths of the jungle on Cuba Island, making Tara unable to pursue them.

Moreover, the militia composed of hundreds of strong men under Tara, although they possessed firearms, had more fighting power than the natives, but in the jungle, they had nothing to do with the natives. Even, he suffered a loss and lost two people. Moreover, the two were not killed by the natives, but by the poisonous snakes in the jungle...

In desperation, Tara had to admit that she was not suitable for jungle operations on Cuban Island, and asked Marin for support...

Marin was very angry when he received Tara's letter for help. However, after getting angry, I had to admit that Tara made a lot of sense...

From ancient times to the present, fighting in the jungle has always been a problem. Especially the combat in the tropical jungle is a difficult problem. Why is the cultivation of a drug product in the Golden Triangle repeatedly prohibited in later generations? Not because jungle warfare is too difficult,

Can Thailand and Burma get it right? It is said that in order to conquer Southeast Asia during World War II, rì běn specially recruited a group of mountain people from Taiwan indigenous people for jungle warfare in Southeast Asia, and the effect was not bad...

Thinking of this, Marin suddenly remembered one thing - many of the troops under his command seemed to be recruited from the Duchy of Württemberg, and many of them were mountain people living in the Black Forest...

These people have good endurance, are good at running, and are very adaptable to the forest environment. Although the temperate forest environment is not the same as the tropical forest, the mountain people in these black forests are definitely more suitable for jungle warfare than the soldiers in the plains.

Therefore, Marin decisively recruited various generals and asked them to start counting the number of soldiers in the army who originally lived in the Black Forest.

As a result, a few days later, Marin got a good news-about 2,000 people in the army came from the Black Forest in the Principality of Württemberg.

What surprised Marin most was that there were more than 400 of them who had been hunters in the Black Forest. They all joined the musketeers because of the good level of aiming shooting...

Some people may ask, since he is a hunter, why should he not be a hunter, but be a soldier instead? Killing a few deer or something can sell for a lot of money, just like Marin did...

In fact, this is not realistic. Why? Because Marin originally rode into the depths of the forest to hunt. Do common hunters have horses? No! So they can only hunt outside the forest, and the harvest is not so big.

Also, this is secondary. The most important thing is that after these hunters hit the prey, how to shoot is a big problem. If you enter the city chū shòu, it is easy to be extorted.

In this era, the beasts in the forest are also the property of the lord, and ordinary people cannot hunt them casually. If it is discovered, the prey that has been taken away is light, and if it is serious, it will be executed.

When passing the city gate to pay the city tax, those ordinary hunters may be extorted by the soldiers guarding the gate, or even robbed of their prey. If you encounter a vicious lord, you may even be put to death.

Therefore, those hunters in the forest often dare not go to the city to sell their prey, they can only eat at home and cannot sell for money. In this way, those hunters are poor. Because there is no money, they can't afford clothes, so they can only make rudimentary clothes from animal skins obtained from hunting. Many hunters became too poor to be able to bear it, so they joined the army.

But Marin was different back then. He was a wandering knight, a "ruthless man", who could fight several ordinary soldiers by himself. Therefore, although Marin was poaching without a license, the ordinary defenders of the city did not dare to provoke them. Moreover, Marin belonged to wandering hunting at the beginning. Today, he hunts and ships here, and tomorrow he will ride to another territory. Even if the lords who learned that their forests were poached learned the news, they would not be able to catch up with Marin! What's more, Marin took a group of servants to poach in a group, and the fighting power was very strong. If some small lords rush to chase, they may be killed. Therefore, those weak little lords turned a blind eye to a shameless poacher like Marin. Unless the other party stays in their territory and refuses to leave, they will drive them away.

Therefore, high wǔ qì poachers like Marin lived well, while ordinary hunters had difficulty selling their prey, so their lives were poor. When Marin sent people to recruit mercenaries, many hunters who had a bad life simply mixed with Marin...

Although these hunters are poor, they are very familiar with the forest. Moreover, it is good at tracking and setting traps, and its vigilance is also very high. If there are hunters in the jungle to attack the natives, it will be more effective.

Therefore, Marin selected more than 300 people from the more than 400 former Black Forest hunters, ready to send him

They went to Cuba to participate in the attack and pursuit of the natives. With these hunters, no native can escape.

In addition, Marin also selected 300 soldiers who had lived in the Black Forest to lay hands and cover the hunters. After all, the more than 300 hunters were all musketeers, with weak melee capabilities and needed protection. The more than 300 assistants Marin chose for them were all sword and shield soldiers, and they had very strong cover.

Those who were eliminated after being cured were mainly those who were afraid of heat. People who are afraid of heat cannot stay in the tropical jungle for a long time. Only people who have better endurance and are not afraid of heat can adapt to the climate of Cuban Island.

Now, Marin has a large number of weapons in his hands, and he has formed such a team adapted to the forest environment, which is very suitable for conquering the indigenous tribes on the island of Cuba. Only by conquering the natives on Cuban Island, Marin can successfully open up sugar cane plantations on Cuban Island and organize the cultivation of economic crops such as tea trees...