Chapter 874： Hot dead cow

After completing the recruitment of this group of Cossacks, Marin was overjoyed. So, he sent someone quickly to catch up with Jamahan, who was on his way back to Crimea, and ordered a large list of 2,000 Cossack families. Moreover, each Cossack's bid is as high as 40 gold coins, worth 5 cows. Of course, every Cossack family must include a capable Cossack hero.

Jama Khan was also stunned-that's the price of 5 cows! Moreover, you can exchange 40 bottles of Crimean Tatar favorite rye Erguotou! This ticket must be done! So, Jamahan took the order without hesitation, waited for the report, and then took action.

Those Cossacks can fight right, but in the face of the dominant army of the Crimean Khanate, what about the Cossack tribes?

In the past, the Crimeans did not move those Cossacks because they were able to fight and were so poor that they were poor. Now, looting those Cossacks can change the money, and the horses that grab the Cossacks can be exchanged for more according to the price of the horses-this business is very worthwhile ...

Generally speaking, each Cossack owns a warhorse. In this way, as long as a Cossack family is caught, not only can the family sell the high price of 40 gold coins, its own horse, to Marin, can also be exchanged for 20 gold coins ... so, this business is too worthwhile Now ... Jama Khan bet that their Khan will definitely agree to this deal ...

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

However, Marin specifically requested-as long as ordinary Cossacks, do not want Cossack leaders. After all, only ordinary Cossacks are easily absorbed by the German Cossack villages. If there is a leader, these Cossacks will gather to form a small circle of disobedience. Therefore, those original Cossack leaders are destined to die ...

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

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Probably thought that the cost of buying Cossacks was too high, Marin suddenly thought-why don't I send someone to solicit it?

Ukrainian Cossacks live mostly in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. And the current Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigmund I, is his brother-in-law. He can send people to the Ukrainian grasslands to recruit Cossacks ...

And sending someone to solicit Cossacks, there is no need to spend money, as long as the promise of wine and meat management is enough, you can basically achieve your goals. So, why spend the wrong money again?

Therefore, on the one hand, Marin placed an order with the Crimean Khanate, on the other hand, he also sent people to the Ukrainian prairie to recruit Cossacks to serve himself.

Moreover, in order to prevent Crimea from invading his Cossacks who sleepwalked in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, when he placed an order with the Crimean Khanate, Marin specified that he should ask for Don Cossacks, not Ukrainian Cossacks in Kievan Rus. In this way, Marin not only saved a lot of money by soliciting Ukrainian Cossacks. Moreover, it also played a weakening role on the Don Cossacks, mainly dominated by Maozi ...

Decades later, when Ivan IV, the son of Vasily III, sent people to recruit Cossacks on the Don Prairie, he was shocked to find that there were n’t many Cossacks here ... and this also affected the expansion of Maozi to the East. Has a very adverse effect. After all, the infantry expanded towards Siberia, and the ghost knew that the Year of the Monkey could reach the Far East ...

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Marin's good mood did not last long, because-Tara sent back the second ship and brought bad news ...

What is the news? It turned out that the Havana colony in Cuba ushered in a wave of high temperatures in August. According to the mercury thermometer made by Leonardo da Vinci, the local temperature has reached the maximum temperature of 40 degrees for half a month ...

This wave lasted for half a month of high temperatures and had a serious impact on the local area. The biggest hazard is the death of more than 300 cattle ...

You know, the Havana colony in Cuba currently has a total of more than 500 heads of cattle, and more than 300 heads are killed in a sudden heat, which is almost fatal. Fortunately, Cuba is not currently in the farming season, or agriculture will be hit hard.

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 were killed by heat, almost causing Tara to collapse.

In fact, this should not blame Tara. Because these cattle are all Eastern European cattle imported from Crimea. Eastern European cattle can withstand cold but not heat ...

In fact, this is not the first time the cow is hot. Almost every year, Grenada colonies and Cuban colonies will heat up some cattle. After all, cattle of cold-tolerant breeds are generally not heat-resistant.

In order to withstand cold, Eastern European cattle generally grow longer fur, and the cowhide is thicker and has smaller pores. After all, cattle of cold temperate breeds do not sweat much, and naturally do not need too many pores to sweat.

However, when this hardy cattle arrives in the tropics, they will not adapt well. The tiny pores hinder the sweating and heat dissipation of the cow. If the temperature is 30 degrees or less, Eastern European cattle can barely endure. However, when the temperature reaches above 35 degrees, these Eastern European cattle with small pores and long hairs will appear to be thermally killed, almost every year.

However, under normal circumstances, only a small number of cattle are thermally killed. Because, ultra high temperature is not common. However, this year, the Havana colony in Cuba suddenly encountered a 40-degree high temperature with a wavelength of half a month, which caused the cold-temperate breed of Eastern European cattle to eat immediately and was killed by more than half. This loss made Tara almost cry out ... So, he had to write to Marlin for help, hoping that Marlin would transport hundreds of cattle to supplement it. After all, the Cuban area is now cooked twice a year, and after a while, it will have to cultivate land again.

Seeing Tara ’s letter of help, Marin was also very depressed:

"What a special, hot dead cow ..."

For this kind of thing, Marin can't blame Tara. After all, Marin also knows that cattle in Eastern Europe are really not suitable for the wet and hot Cuba.

However, throughout Europe, there are no breeds of cattle that adapt to the tropical rainforest climate. Perhaps after these cattle arrive in the tropics, the next generation will have thicker pores in order to adapt to the climate. However, it takes several generations of cattle mutations to gradually adapt.

For now, it is probably only buffalo and yellow cattle in Southeast Asia and India that can adapt to the tropical rainforest climate. After all, buffaloes can soak in the water to escape the heat, and yellow cattle in Southeast Asia and India, because they are accustomed to the heat, have already adapted to the tropical climate.

"It seems that you have to send a boat to India to buy some heat-resistant breeds of 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, but Marin can send a fleet of merchant ships to buy some Indian cattle ...

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

Because African civilization is too low, Marin almost forgot the African cattle ...

Marin first thought of the African buffalo, but quickly ruled it out. Why? The African buffalo is too fierce! Especially herds of African buffalo! Marin had watched videos of African buffaloes dying and died in his last life ~ www.novelhall.com ~ and also knew that African buffaloes are one of the most dangerous animals on the African grasslands. Therefore, he immediately dismissed the plan to send people to catch African buffalo on the African grassland. They are also buffaloes. African buffaloes are very brave and dare to single out lions, while Asian buffaloes are gentle like Miss Shudali ...

Well, since African buffalo are not needed ...

"Oh, Mali Empire!"

Malin suddenly remembered that it seems that the Mali Empire and the Songhai Empire also have cattle breeding ...

Moreover, the Mali empire is in the coastal area of ​​West Africa. Although the Mali empire was robbed of the gold trading center of Timbuktu by the Songhai empire, it is still barely supporting it. Marin doesn't want gold from West Africa, but 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 quick to buy oxen from the coast of the Mali Empire to the Americas. And the amount is not small. Unlike buying cattle in India, the distance is too far ...

So, Marin approached Kohler, sent him to Portugal, prepared to contact the Portuguese colonists, and asked them to help buy cattle in West Africa ... ()