Chapter 909： Pampas and Merino sheep

Calculated from the book, this transaction, Marin suffered a huge loss. Because, compared with the spice trade, which has a huge trade volume, 2000 pairs of merino sheep is nothing.

However, this is not the case. For Marin, the news of sending a Spice Islands is not in the same level as keeping the American continent.

Marin knows the Spanish navigators very well. Most of them are from civilian families, but they are eager to make progress and even become nobles. And for a navigator, how can he make progress? Of course it was a sensational nautical discovery like Columbus discovered the New World.

The problem is that Spain has now withdrawn from the Americas and moved to Southeast Africa to do things. Moreover, the coast of Mozambique has also been discovered, and there is nothing wrong with those navigators. So, the Spanish navigators found out-whether it was America or India or Africa or even China ... they were all taken over by their predecessors ... so that they wanted to be prominent Hope is very slim ...

Marin's spies in Spain also heard about this, and learned the thought dynamics of these navigators from the tavern. Suddenly, Marin was not calm-if these navigators get nervous, and then go to the west to explore a wave, the truth of the Americas will be exposed. At that time, he could not stop Spain's attack on the Americas. At least, it is currently unstoppable. Therefore, Marin thought, shaking out the Spice Islands, and let the Spaniards go on a wave of exploration. In this way, those navigators have something to do, and will turn their attention to the West.

Of course, this is not insurance. Because Marin did this, only to attract the attention of Spanish officials to the east. As for the private sector, Marin cannot guarantee it.

Therefore, Marin made a second arrangement-sending someone to pretend to be a pirate and control the route to the Americas. Once encountering those navigators of folk expedition, they will attack them all, kill people and destroy ships, and they must not leave any live mouth.

Generally speaking, there are definitely few ships that can be deployed by private explorers, and at most there are two or three ships, and the ships are not large. Just like the three ships that Columbus discovered in the Americas, they were all small and medium-sized ships of more than one hundred tons. As long as Marin sent 5 warships, he would definitely be able to intercept them.

Moreover, the route from Europe to Central America was fixed, and it was discovered by Columbus at the beginning-first from the Canary Islands to the south along the Canary cold current, and afterwards to the vicinity of Senegal in later generations, turning to the west, forming a north of compensation flow Equatorial warm current.

At this time, the vessel traveled westward along the north equatorial warm current, and at the same time along the prevailing east wind belt, all the way west. It was very fast. It was similar to the north equatorial warm current on the Pacific Ocean, which was very conducive to navigation.

In the sailing era, this smooth sailing route is the favorite of captains. Plus, there was a log book left by Columbus before. Generally speaking, navigators will choose this route when they want to go to America.

In the past, Americo took this route to America. His ship first followed the Spanish navigator Alenço de Ovida ’s fleet to the west and reached the waters near Guyana. After breaking up with him, he explored the estuary of the Amazon River south, and then turned back to find the special Trinidad and Orinoco River. The second voyage even reached the sea near Patagonia south.

Of course, this small pheasant-like expedition is generally no more than three ships. Because, if the scale is too large, the funder can't afford it.

In this way, Marin only needs to send a fleet to transform into a pirate and stand by on this route. Once those pheasant navigators are found, they can kill people and destroy ships, and they can keep secrets. After all, it is normal to go back to sea and explore, and no one doubts.

The only problem is to ensure successful interception. If the other party escaped, it would be in trouble. Therefore, Marin decided to make a few "thin" clippers for the pirate fleet.

As for the origin of the pirates, Marin did not intend to use his own people. Except for some of the leaders, Marin intends to recruit from England. There are so many pirates in England that as long as they are treated well enough, some scum pirates are willing to join.

Moreover, in terms of relations, Marin will not expose the secret of supporting these pirates. As for the den of pirates, it will not be established on Grenada. Otherwise, it is certainly easy to expose the relationship between the two parties. Marin's plan is to find an uninhabited island near Grenada as a base for pirates. The supply of the pirate fleet is secretly sent by Grenada to the pirate base ...

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Although he gave Spain a piece of super fat, Marin estimated that Spain wanted to swallow it, and it was not so easy. Because, once Spain occupies the Spice Islands, it must have formed a monopoly on cloves and nutmeg. As a result, the Portuguese must not be happy. Therefore, at that time, there are contradictions between the two countries that need to be resolved. Once the two countries are pinched in Southeast Asia, they will be even less energetic about America. The only people who will miss America are those pheasant navigators and adventurers. For these people, Marin does not mind sending them to see God. Even, no one will be upset about their death. In other words, Marin will not care about the funders behind them. Because, two major marine giants in Spain and Portugal, Marin took rhythm to focus on the East. The remaining small miscellaneous fish, even nobles, will not be put in Marin's eyes.

As for the 2,000 pairs of Merino sheep, Marin was actually prepared for the Pampas grassland in Argentina.

According to historical records, merino sheep are more suitable for dry and semi-dry climates like Australia, but not for humid climates. Because the climate in Spain is somewhat semi-dry.

Historically, purebred merino sheep were introduced in the eastern colonies of North America, but failed. Because after the Merino sheep arrived on the coast of North America, they got rotten hoof disease, also called sheep rot hoof disease, because they did not adapt to the local climate. This disease is not only harmful but also contagious. In ancient times when medicine was underdeveloped, it was terrible.

Generally speaking, sheep rot hoof disease only occurs in humid climate areas, rarely in arid areas. Therefore, merino sheep arrived in arid and water-scarce Australia, and developed rapidly like fish. In North America, it has not developed.

Later, in order to solve this problem of soil and water dissatisfaction, everyone came up with a solution—breeding with local ewe and merino sheep to produce new breeds adapted to the local climate. For example, later German Merino slavery. The reason why Marin was looking for 10,000 British ewes to go to Ayoun to find a merino breed there was based on this idea. Moreover, he also succeeded.

But in any case, the quality of the wool produced by the local ewe as the mother's lamb certainly cannot keep up with the authentic Merino sheep. To get the best wool, you have to rely on authentic merino sheep.

You must know that a large wool country such as the United Kingdom once relied heavily on Australian merino wool in the middle and late 19th century. To this end, flying shears were used to transport Australian Merino wool back to the UK.

It can be said that the arid Australia is a paradise for Merino ...

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Unfortunately, Marin is now unable to colonize Australia. Such a large territory in South and North America ate Marlin to death. Therefore, he has no way to estimate Australia ~ www.novelhall.com ~ However, there is a place where Marin feels that it is still very suitable for the grazing of Merino sheep-that is the Pampas grassland ...

The climate of the Pampas grasslands is semi-humid and semi-arid. Among them, the coastal area has a semi-humid climate. A little further inland is a semi-arid climate. This is completely different from the humid tropical climate along the east coast of North America. It is absolutely appropriate to graze merino sheep on the semi-arid Pampas grassland a little inland.

As it happens, Marin is now going to develop the Pampas grassland. It is better to open up a merino breeding area by the way.

Moreover, now Marin is not in a hurry to expand. As long as the experiment is successful there, as for the scale, there are opportunities for expansion in the future.

In fact, in the oasis of Marin in Ayoun, the scale of merino sheep has now expanded to more than 1,000 pairs. As long as we breed well, the scale will be larger in the future.

However, the area of ​​Ayoun Oasis is very small and has a limited number of sheep. If you want to expand the scale, you must find a bigger and better grassland. Pampas grassland, the unique place, is the best choice.

But Marin would not offend Spain if he brought sheep to America without authorization from Spain. At least for now, Marin does not want to offend Spain. Therefore, he took the opportunity to send the news of the Spice Islands to Spain, and applied for the right to freely dispose of 2000 pairs of merino sheep with Juan III. Later, he ran merino sheep on the Pampas grasslands, so he was not afraid of Spain turning over.

Moreover, it is obviously impossible for Emalin ’s character to give Spain the news of the Spice Islands without gaining any benefits. Therefore, the rights to the 2,000 pairs of Merino sheep and the freedom to dispose of Merino sheep should be recovered from the Spanish. 8) More exciting novels, welcome to visit everyone's college