Chapter 1132： 3rd Brother Zebu

Diego Columbus continued to head south with eight ships and took the Cape of Good Hope route to the east. Marin, with two ships, followed the north equatorial current of the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, and first arrived at the earliest colony of Grenada.

On the island, the old housekeeper of the Hoffman family, George, who has been the governor for many years, has been waiting here for a long time. Old George warmly welcomed Marin and took Marin on Grenada to visit the construction achievements on the island.

Of course, Marin has no interest in locally built towns. After all, these towns are no better than the native Orihi and Emden.

So, old George took a large group of people and accompanied Marin to inspect the farmland on the island. The mountains on Grenada are undulating, and the plains only occupy a small area. Most of these few plains were ordered by old George to be reclaimed into rice fields and sugarcane fields, and **** was planted in some areas.

As for those hills and mountains, it can be used to grow spices. Because the spices are mainly trees or shrubs, they do not need to be planted on the plains. Nutmeg, for example, is a small tree that can be planted in mountain forests. Moreover, nutmeg's requirement is that there is no standing water. Cinnamon is also an arbor, and pepper is a vine, growing in the forest ...

Therefore, tropical islands like Grenada, which are mountainous and rich in rainfall, can grow spices, and are very suitable for planting spices.

Now European spices are expensive, so many spices are grown on the island. For example, nutmeg, Marin made people buy a batch of unmilled nutmeg as seeds in India and shipped them to Grenada for planting.

The reason why nutmeg is grown on Grenada is because Grenada's later generations were originally the world's second-largest nutmeg producing area, and they are definitely suitable for growing nutmeg.

Then, the island also planted female cloves (the cloves are divided into male and female, but the male cloves are petals, and they cannot be planted when they are bought. The female cloves are seeds, which can be planted), cinnamon (specially sent to leave Calicut The seeds bought in Sri Lanka not far away, or cinnamon bark could not be grown), and pepper, were also planted in the forests of Grenada.

However, the growth period of cinnamon tree, clove and nutmeg is relatively long, and it takes several years to flower and bear fruit. The pepper growth cycle is shorter, and pepper beans have started to be produced. Old George took Marin to visit the woodland where pepper was planted, and saw the pepper that was bearing fruit. After some time, the pepper beans of Grenada are ready to be delivered to the local area.

After visiting the spice-growing area, Marin went to the plain grain production area to inspect the circle. Then, with a black thread, he saw that his head was hot in the field ...

"What's wrong, it's hot to die under my eyelids, so auspicious ..."

After investigation, Marin found that the heat-dead cattle were indeed Eastern European cattle imported from the Crimean Khanate and were not heat-resistant. Although Marin also makes people buy cattle from Africa. However, at this time, the level of civilization in Africa is too low, and the number of cattle is also small. Coupled with the Portuguese's lack of cooperation, the amount received is not large.

Moreover, the degree of domestication of African cattle is not high. You know, the African buffalo is known as one of the most dangerous wild animals in Africa. It is easy to lose temper and hard to drive.

Therefore, the serfs of Grenada still prefer to drive the more docile Eastern European cattle, rather than the African cattle with too much wild residue.

In order to better drive the African cattle, old George had to order the castration of the bulls so that they could be quieter. But as a result, African cattle cannot continue to breed and need to continue to buy more African cattle from the Duke of Coimbra, Portugal.

Marin frowned straight after hearing this, which was not a good thing. Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, although his own ally, is just a common interest alliance. Moreover, the other party is greedy and offers a high price. It is not cost-effective to buy African cattle from their hands for a long time.

The biggest problem with using Eastern European cattle is that they often die of heat ...

Both Marin and George George were so troublesome ...

...

Probably I saw the troubles of the two. At this time, an Indian serf standing at the edge of the field suddenly came up and said in less skilled German:

"Two nobles, are you worried about the death of cattle?"

"Mahar, do you have an idea?" Old George looked at the dark-skinned Indian serf in surprise.

Mahal was one of the early Indian pariah serfs bought from India. However, Mahal was a wise man among that group of Indian pariahs. After several years, he had learned a lot of German and was able to communicate with Old George. Therefore, he was promoted to be the leader of the Indian serf and usually served as a supervisor, responsible for supervising the work of those Indian serfs. At the same time, he was responsible for communicating the orders of old George. After all, among the Indian serfs, he alone can speak German and can communicate with old George.

Mahal nodded and said:

"Yes, I can see that the cows used on the island are very problematic. Adults, you say that African cows are not afraid of heat, but their temperament is too fierce to control. Eastern European cows are easy to control, terrible heat, and easy to die ... "

"Then what do you mean?"

"The cow in our hometown! It is a kind of cow with a sarcoma on its back. The white cow in our hometown ~ www.novelhall.com ~ is called the holy cow ..."

"Wait, are you talking about a sarcoma-bearing cow?" Wasn't waiting for Mahal to finish, Marin interjected.

"Zebu? What's that?" Mahal wondered.

Marin also reacted. At this time, Zebu is not called Zebu. Indians adore cows, and they will never give such a low name to Zebu.

Speaking of Zebu, Marin remembered many things. He remembered that there was a cow called Brahman in later generations, which is a famous heat-resistant cattle breed.

Of course, this Brahman cow was not made by Indians, but the Yankees were mixed with the Indian rum and European cattle. Among them, the ancestral ancestry of Indian cattle accounts for the majority, and the ancestry of European cattle only accounts for the minority.

This kind of cattle is specially cultivated for tropical regions. Later, Brahman cattle were also introduced into China and Australia, and became one of the preferred breeds for cattle breeding in tropical regions.

In addition, it should be pointed out that in the later generations of Brazil, the main breed of cattle is the zebu. This is mainly because Brazil is mostly tropical and humid and hot. Heat-resistant cattle are difficult to survive here.

Marin has seen a football novel in his last life and mentioned a paragraph when describing the situation in Brazil, mainly when he introduced Brazilian barbecue. And these memories are buried deep in the memory because football novels are useless.

And today, with Mahal's reminder, it came to Marin's mind ...

"Well, it seems that tropical cows have to rely on Indian zebu!"

Thinking of this, Marin decided that, when returning, he would let the small Columbus fleet buy more rumen in India and bring it back to Grenada to cultivate. In the future, the arable land in the tropics will depend on the third-born Bubble who is not afraid of heat ...

https: //

Please remember the first domain name of this book :. Reading website of Miaoshuwu mobile version: