The Rise of the European Emperor

After completing the recruitment of the Cossacks, Marin was overjoyed. Therefore, he sent people to catch up with Jamahan who was on his way back to Crimea, and issued a large order to buy 2,000 Cossack families. Moreover, each Cossack bid up to 40 gold coins, worth 5 cows. Of course, every Cossack family must contain a capable Cossack.

Jamahan was also stunned - that's the price of 5 cows! And, you can get 40 bottles of Erguotou, the favorite rye of the Crimean Tatars! This ticket must be done! So, Jamahan took the order without hesitation, and only waited to report back before taking action.

It is true that those Cossacks can fight, but in the face of the superior army of the Crimean Khanate, what are the mere Cossack tribes?

Once upon a time, the Crimeans didn't move the Cossacks because the Cossacks could fight and were so poor. Now, looting those Cossacks can get money, and grabbing Cossacks’ horses can get more money at the price of the horses—this business is worth it...

In general, each Cossack would have a warhorse for himself. In this way, as long as a Cossack family is caught, not only can the family sell the family for a high price of 40 gold coins, but its own war horse can also be sold to Marin for 20 gold coins... So, this business is too worthwhile Now... Jamahan bet their great khan would agree to the deal...

It was a win-win deal, the Crimeans got enough money and Marin got the thugs who acted as black gloves for himself...

However, Marin specifically requested - only ordinary Cossacks, not Cossack leaders. After all, only ordinary Cossacks were easily absorbed by those German Cossack villages. If there is a leader, these Cossacks will gather together to form a small circle and will not obey the discipline. Therefore, those original Cossack leaders were destined to die...

In this way, Marin will pay up to 120,000 gold coins and spirits for the 2,000 Cossacks, including the warhorses. Fortunately, spirits cost less. Otherwise, Marin is really a bit overwhelmed.

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Probably thinking that spending money to buy Cossacks like this is too expensive, Marin suddenly thought - why don't I send someone to recruit it?

Most of the places where Ukrainian Cossacks live are located in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. And the current Grand Duke Sigismund I of Lithuania is his brother-in-law, and he can send someone to recruit Cossacks on the Ukrainian steppe...

And if you send someone to recruit Cossacks yourself, you don't need to spend money at all. As long as you promise enough wine and meat, you can basically achieve your goals. So, why spend those unjust money?

So, on the one hand, Marin placed an order with the Crimean Khanate, and on the other hand, he also sent people to the Ukrainian steppe,

Self-recruiting Cossacks for their own service.

Moreover, in order to prevent Crimea from disturbing the Cossacks who were sleeping in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Marin specified that he wanted the Don Cossacks and not the Ukrainian Cossacks of Kievan Rus when he placed an order with the Crimean Khanate. In this way, Marin himself not only saved a lot of money by recruiting Ukrainian Cossacks. Moreover, it also weakened the Don Cossacks, who were dominated by Maozi...

Decades later, when Ivan IV, the son of Vasily III, sent people to recruit Cossacks on the Don River steppe, he was surprised to find that there were not many Cossacks here anymore... And this also affected Maozi's expansion to the east. had a very negative impact. After all, the infantry is expanding into Siberia, and the ghost knows that the year of the monkey and the month of the horse can only reach the Far East...

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Marin's good mood didn't last long, because Tara sent back a second ship with bad news...

What is the news? It turned out that the Cuban colony of Havana ushered in a wave of high temperatures in August. According to the mercury thermometer made by Da Vinci - the local temperature has been half a month, and the highest temperature has reached 40 degrees...

This wave of high temperature lasted for half a month, which had a serious impact on the local area. Its biggest harm is that more than 300 cattle are killed by heat...

You must know that the Havana Colony in Cuba currently has a total of more than 500 cattle, and more than 300 of them died in one heat, which is terrible. Fortunately, Cuba is not currently in the farming season, otherwise agriculture will suffer a huge blow.

Of course, Cuba is tropical and can be cultivated all year round, but there is no need to distinguish between spring and autumn. However, more than half of the cattle died from the heat, and Tara nearly collapsed.

Actually, I can't blame Tara. Because these cattle are Eastern European cattle imported from Crimea. Eastern European cattle can tolerate cold, but not heat...

In fact, this is not the first time a dead cow has been heated. Almost every year, the Grenada and Cuban colonies heat to death a portion of their cattle. After all, hardy breeds of cattle are generally not heat-tolerant.

In order to withstand the cold, Eastern European cattle generally have longer hairs, thicker hides, and smaller pores. After all, cows in the cold temperate zone don't sweat very much, and naturally don't need too many pores to sweat.

However, this hardy cattle is not very adapted to the tropics. Small pores prevent the cow from sweating and dissipating heat. If the temperature is a few 30 degrees Celsius, Eastern European cattle can barely endure it. However, when the temperature reaches above 35 degrees, these Eastern European cattle with small pores and long hair will die from heat, which happens almost every year.

Normally, however, only a small number of cattle die from heat. Because, ultra-high temperature is not common. However, this year, the Havana colony in Cuba suddenly encountered a high temperature of 40 degrees for half a month, which made the Eastern European cattle of the cold temperate breed immediately overwhelmed, and more than half of them were killed by the heat. This wave of losses made Tara almost cry... So he had to write to Marin for help, hoping that Marin would transport a few hundred more cattle to supplement it. After all, the Cuban region now has two crops a year. After a while, the land will be cultivated again, and there will be insufficient cattle...

Seeing Tara's letter for help, Marin was also very depressed:

"Special, hot dead cow..."

For this kind of thing, Marin couldn't blame Tara either. After all, Marin also knows that Eastern European cattle are really not suitable for Cuba, which is hot and humid.

However, throughout Europe, there are no cattle breeds adapted to the tropical rainforest climate. Perhaps the next generation of these cattle may have enlarged pores in order to adapt to the climate when they arrive in the tropics. However, it takes several generations of cows to mutate to gradually adapt.

For now, the only ones that can adapt to the tropical rainforest climate are water buffalo and cattle in Southeast Asia and India. After all, buffaloes can soak in the water to escape the heat, and cattle in Southeast Asia and India are already very adapted to tropical climates because they are used to the heat.

"It seems that we have to send a boat to India to buy some heat-resistant cattle!" Marin said helplessly.

It seems that in the spring of next year, Spain will once again organize a fleet to buy spices in India, and Marin can send a team of merchant ships to buy some Indian cattle by the way...

"No, it seems that there are also heat-resistant breeds of cattle in Africa!"

Because of the low level of African civilization, Marin almost forgot about the cattle in Africa...

Marin first thought of the African buffalo, but quickly ruled it out. why? African buffaloes are so ferocious! Especially the herds of African buffalo! Marin had seen the video of the African buffalo dry dead male division in his previous life, and also knew that the African buffalo was one of the most dangerous animals on the African grasslands. Therefore, he immediately dismissed the plan to send someone to capture African buffalo on the African grassland. Both buffaloes, African buffaloes are brave and brave, and dare to single out lions, while Asian buffaloes are gentle like a well-informed lady...

Well, since you can't use African buffalo...

"By the way, the Mali Empire!"

Marin suddenly remembered that it seems that the Mali Empire and the Songhai Empire also have cattle farming...

Moreover, the Mali Empire is on the coast of West Africa. Although the Mali Empire has been robbed of Timbuktu, the gold trading center by the Songhai Empire, it is still barely supporting. Marin doesn't want gold from West Africa, he just wants to buy some heat-resistant African cattle.

The straight-line distance between the Mali Empire and the Caribbean Sea is very close. It is convenient and fast to buy cattle from the coast of the Mali Empire and transport them to the Americas. And the amount is not small. It's not like going to India to buy cattle, it's too far away...

So, Marin asked Kohler and asked him to send someone to Portugal to contact the Portuguese colonists and ask them to help buy cattle in West Africa... ()