Chapter 271： Colonize Cuba and Panama

Seeing the cotton seeds, sisal seeds, and cocoa seeds left by Diego Columbus, Marin fell into thought. Originally, reporting this to Marin should not have been the adjutant of Diego Columbus, but the chief officer was originally an assistant of Columbus for many years, and took Columbus as the master, and naturally also regarded Diego as the small master. Therefore, after arriving in the local area, the chief officer pretended to be ill and asked Diego to report to work and accept the reward.

Of course, the master's credit can't run away. It's just that the limelight was given to Diego.

Marin suddenly felt that it was time to develop Cuba and Panama ...

Needless to say, the Cuban island is the big island of sugar production in later generations, the world-famous sugar-producing area, as well as rum and cigar production.

After all, Grenada is still too small, totaling only 344 square kilometers. Moreover, the mountains on the island are undulating, and there are not many real plains at all. If it were not for a safe environment without poisonous insects, Marin would not choose to be a colony here.

The Cuban island is different, reaching 100,000 square kilometers, and most of them are plains, which is the most suitable area for agriculture in the Caribbean Sea.

What's more, there are huge nickel deposits in the mountainous area on the southwest coast of Cuba Island. If he owns nickel ore, Marin can not only make white copper, but also forge fake silver coins. Moreover, it can also be used to manufacture stainless steel, instead of tinplate, to become the best shell to wrap the hull.

The specific distribution of Cuban nickel mines, Marin does not know, but he knows that there is a city called Moa on the northern coast of southwestern Cuba Island. Near the city, there are obviously large nickel deposits. Because, the two largest nickel ore smelters in Cuba are located in Moa.

Moa ’s general location, as the historical emperor and geographical emperor Marin, is still remembered, just a little west of a stubby peninsula facing northeast. Its latitude is probably a little south at the southernmost tip of Grand Inagua.

Once you find Moa's location, it's easy to do next. You said looking for nickel ore? That's too easy! Because, the nickel mine in Cuba is laterite nickel mine. Once you find the red clay, take it in the furnace and try it. As for the issue of impure purity, it is not a problem. Wait until nickel is found, and then fine beneficiation.

So, as long as Moa is found and red soil is found everywhere, nickel ore can be easily found. In fact, Marin vaguely remembered that the satellite map I saw in the previous life, on the east side of Moa City, was near a large lake near the sea, with a large red area. The red area is associated with laterite nickel mines, and Marin feels that the eight achievements of nickel mines are there.

In fact, Marin was right. There was one of the largest nickel mines near Moa. As soon as he found it, he found a huge nickel mine.

To this end, Marin intends to open two colonies in Cuba-Havana and Moa. Moa, needless to say, it is a nickel mine, and it is also a treasure for future generations. As long as he gets nickel, Marin can already imagine the scene of the fake silver coins made of white copper flooding Europe.

Unlike lead-tin alloys, the physical and chemical properties of white copper are very stable. For example, the melting point of lead-tin alloy solder is too low, only 183 degrees. Just get a hot red iron block, put the lead-tin alloy counterfeit up, and it will immediately melt into a liquid. Or, get an acid and throw the lead-tin alloy into it, it is also easy to dissolve.

However, white copper is different, and its physical and chemical characteristics are stable. Whether it's a red iron nugget or acid, it's impossible to tell. Moreover, in this era, the world still does not know the nickel thing. As long as no one reveals secrets, the Europeans will not know the existence of nickel. What's more, the Europeans originally mixed a large amount of copper into the silver coins, and they are all about to become copper coins. This also led to the nickel and copper alloys being more difficult to recognize.

Marin smiled wretchedly at the scene in which he made a fake silver coin made of white copper and no one could recognize it even if it was circulated. He can already imagine that in the future, he will use silver coins to pretend to be silver coins and buy a beautiful scene across Europe ...

The lateritic nickel mine in Cuba has reserves of several million tons. Marin does not need to defeat 10,000 tons, as long as 10,000 tons, it can make the copper coins hit Europe and squeeze the real silver coin market.

In addition to mining and smelting nickel mines, the Moa region can actually engage in a little agriculture nearby. Although there are more mountains and less plains, it is larger than Grenada in any case. You can find a lot of fields if you find any open space near the nearby river. Don't do more, just be self-sufficient.

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As for Havana, it is located in the western plains and is most suitable for agricultural development. Here, Marin can grow sugar cane, rice, cotton, sisal, cocoa, spice and rubber trees ...

Well, it seems that the plains on the Cuban island can be planted ...

Of course, sugar and cotton, these two are the mainstream trade commodities in the 18th and 19th centuries. Therefore, sugarcane and cotton should become important crops. At the same time, sisal is also important. After all, big sailing is very necessary, in addition to making cables and canvas, it is also important to make fishing nets and rain cloth.

Last time I went to Cuba, Columbus had found Havana Bay. Moreover, it coincidentally happened that there was a vacuum zone of the Taino forces between the two Taino tribal control areas. Therefore, Marin's men can safely build and reclaim here. As long as we stand on the ground, the local Taino people are not a concern.

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As for Panama, the situation is more complicated. Because the climate and environment in Panama are very bad. Not only is it very hot, but it is also wet and rainy. This does not count, there are many poisonous insects and mosquitoes in the area. Outsiders go, they are easily bitten by poisonous insects and mosquitoes, and then die of sickness such as yellow fever.

Therefore, Marin prepared for a long time to conquer Panama, and also prepared a big killer-mosquito repellent toilet water ...

Mosquito repellent toilet water is to use the dried petals of pyrethrum picked in autumn, soaked in high-concentration alcohol, and then supplemented with some flavors, to make a low-concentration perfume-toilet water.

Because pyrethrum petals with strong insecticidal ability are soaked in it, it contains strong insecticidal ability. Mosquitoes don't even bite people, as long as they just touched the skin with mosquito repellent toilet water, and smelled pyrethrum (in fact, pyrethrin), they would have nerve paralysis and signs of poisoning. If you breathe two more "Xian Qi", you can die directly ... Whether it is for mosquitoes or other insects, pyrethrin is a very powerful poison. However, for large mammals such as humans ~ www.novelhall.com ~ this toxicity is minimal, probably, only babies will be affected a little. As for adults, it has no effect at all. Moreover, Marin will not send babies to places like Panama where poor mountains and bad waters ...

When the pyrethrums were harvested last fall, Marin sent people to buy a lot of dried pyrethrum flowers for the production of mosquito repellent toilet water. Now, it is time to conquer Panama and it comes in handy.

Marin's instructions to the colonial squad to Panama are:-When you arrive in Panama Cologne (the first colony planned, as for the name, Marin is too lazy to change, Havana, Moa and Cologne, all use the original name), don't worry In order to advance inland, we first established a colony, and then planted all the seeds of pyrethrum and wormwood. As long as the pyrethrum and wormwood grow up, they will form an isolation zone, so that the local mosquitoes will not dare to approach the colony.

Then, next, the task of the colonial team was to cut trees non-stop and cut them in the direction of the Pacific Ocean. The ultimate goal is to cut a road out. Moreover, on both sides of the road, pyrethrum and wormwood are planted again, making this road a mosquito ban ...

Once the road is opened, Marin will consider transporting cement from the local area and get a cement road out to facilitate communication between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Then, you can build Panama City on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

With Panama City, Marin can build several flying shears and place them in Panama City. Then, from Panama City, through the Pacific Ocean, to find Daming's route, and finally, complete the exchange and trade with Daming ... 8)