In fact, in 1507, when the Portuguese were exploring the Indian Ocean route, they sent a ship to the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar to find a new route. That time, the Portuguese failed to explore the new route, but they stopped on Mauritius Island and saw such a huge stupid bird that was not afraid of humans.
However, due to the failure to explore the new route, the Portuguese never went to Mauritius again. It was not until 1990 that the Dutch also came to Mauritius that humans began the process of hunting dodo birds...
Marin wanted to get the specific coordinates of Mauritius from the Portuguese sailors, but the Portuguese sailors did not understand the latitude and longitude. They just said that they were on the east side of Madagascar, which was equivalent to not saying it. Therefore, they had to rely on Marin's fleet to find it themselves.
Of course, finding dodo is just by the way, and finding Perth to place merino sheep is the main thing. At most, the fleet can only find dodo when it is back.
Marin thought about it and canceled the plan to return to the southern coast of Australia, but instead planned to take the fleet back from the east wind of the Indian Ocean north of 30 degrees south latitude, and find Mauritius by the way.
This is because Marin does not want the fleet to find a good climate in southeastern Australia. The climate there is indeed very good, but Marin has no population to immigrate to Australia now. So, it is better not to let the sailors discover it there.
As for the coasts of Perth and Western Australia, even if the news spread, no one would care about Australia. Historically, after occupying the Spice Islands and Java Island, the Dutch sent people to visit Australia. As a result, most of the western coastal areas of Australia near Java Island were tropical desert areas, and only the rivers near Perth could barely live. Therefore, the Dutch were not interested in Australia at all. Even though the navigator Tasman later discovered Tasmania and New Zealand in the southeast, it was too remote and did not arouse the Dutch's interest.
After all, the Netherlands is a commercial country, and it values ​​spices and trade more and is not interested in farming. It was not until the British lost the thirteen North American states and had no place to exile prisoners that they thought of Australia, which no one cares about...
Marin now has no one to develop Australia, so he doesn't want news that it is suitable for immigration in the southeast of Australia to be leaked. Therefore, it is very suitable to only find arid areas on the west coast of Australia. By then, Spain, which already occupied the Spice Islands in the north, even if someone is sent to see it, it will only see the endless tropical desert along the northwest of Australia, and there will be no idea of ​​competing.
Marin plans to grazing merino sheep in large quantities by the Swan River in Perth, and introduce Arabian horses to breed and expand the population. In addition, Marin also plans to introduce Scotland's hornless Angus cattle and throw them into herding sheep in Perth.
The Angus cattle without horns are small and not large, so they are only suitable for ploughing fields. The Australian prairie is obviously a very suitable place for Angus cattle to survive. After all, the Angus cattle in Australia in later generations are also quite famous.
In the future, the Western Australian grasslands on the Swan River near Perth will provide merino wool, Angus beef and Arabian horses specifically for the North Sea country...
However, Marin suddenly remembered that this era seemed to be the world of Australia. If only dozens of ordinary farmers were sent over, they might be destroyed by the local Australian natives.
So, after thinking about it, Marin decided to send 500 German Cossacks to build a small town in Perth, and to drive away and eliminate local indigenous peoples.
The authentic Cossack Marin definitely doesn't want to send it here. If they take over the land and build a country, Marin would be embarrassing. Therefore, Marin would only send the German-made German Cossacks to develop here. Moreover, it must be the German Cossacks who are loyal to him. In this way, we can ensure that Australia is out of control.
In fact, Hungarian herders who were accustomed to nomadic life were more adaptable to the arid grasslands in western Australia. In particular, among the tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war that Marin had obtained before, there were 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry prisoners of war. These people were all tough characters who were good at riding horses and chopping people, so they must have adapted to the grassland life there.
But where did Marin dare to let the Hungarians go to Australia? Maybe, those people will immediately break out of their control there, and a Magyar country in the city will make Marin furious. Therefore, Marin is only willing to let the Hungarians follow him to North America. Moreover, they must live with German farmers from Wurttemberg. Moreover, they must learn German and speak German and German as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will be a huge hidden danger.
Therefore, when facing the vast Australian continent, Marin would rather build only one German Cossack village than let the more suitable Hungarian Magyars go there.
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Just as Marin was planning to send a fleet to find a route to Western Australia, two more Class 250-class armed merchant ships filled with Ming Dynasty cargo came to Panama.
The large number of silk, porcelain and tea on the ship made Marin look shining. These are all money! Just take them to auction in big European cities such as Paris, London, Hamburg, Lübeck, Venice, Rome, Milan, Florence, etc., which can bring Marin a lot of cash flow.
The surplus amount of food in Marin may not be able to exchange for much cash flow. After all, for ordinary people, enough food is enough. However, for those rich nobles and merchants, luxury goods are indispensable. Only these luxury goods from the Ming Empire can meet their "noble identity".
Why are most European aristocrats in this era unable to make ends meet? It is not because they spend their money mainly on luxury goods. If they just simply eat, wear, live and transport, they can't spend a lot of money. But most European aristocrats in this era are in debt because they spend too much money on luxury goods.
But their luxury living habits are liked by Marin. Because they may not pay for more food (after all, European aristocrats are big landlords, who has no surplus food yet? The poor people who lack food cannot afford it), but when they encounter luxury goods they like, these aristocrats will spend a lot of money without frowning. Moreover, they also compete with each other...
If two great nobles with similar identities, if your family has porcelain but their family doesn't have it, the one that doesn't have it will feel embarrassing. Then, if you sell it, you have to buy it back to support the scene...
Therefore, whether the gold and silver hidden in the nobles' homes can be obtained depends on these luxury goods. Although these so-called luxury goods were ordinary goods in the Ming Dynasty...
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However, what shocked Malin was that the Ming Dynasty cargo transported back with the ship was also accompanied by a letter from Kong Tai and a batch of special goods...
What letter and special goods? It turns out that Kong Tai, the governor of Dongfan Island, actually suggested promoting betel nut chewing in the colonies of the tropical regions of the Beihai Kingdom. The special goods were dried betel nuts sent back by Kong Tai, for trial for Marin...
Marin suddenly had a black thread on his head - Damn, before I traveled through time, the whole world was discussing the cancer-causing characteristics of Penang Lang. Do you also suggest that I chew Penang Lang, do you want to kill the regicide?
However, after continuing to read Kong Tai's letter, the anger in Marin's heart was eliminated...
Why? Because Kong Tai said that he was the governor of Taiwan in recent years, he discovered that from Hu Jian and the Hakka people introduced to Guangdong, they often chew betel nuts. Moreover, it is said that chewing the penguin can withstand the miasma of the tropical jungle in the south...
Kongtai was immediately excited. This was the biggest problem of colonization in tropical jungle areas! Although Kongtai had artemisinin, a magical drug for malaria produced by Marin, artemisinin was only used to treat malaria. Many weak people who opened up tropical jungles often got sick due to the miasma in the jungle and even died.
Therefore, those who have not completed land reclamation in tropical jungle areas are not suitable for people with average physical fitness to survive. Otherwise, they will easily get sick.
For example, Panama controlled by Marin is a place with severe malaria. At present, Marin has only sent a thousand strong young people to control it. As for production, it mainly relies on black slaves who adapt to the climate of the tropical rainforest. Otherwise, a large number of people will easily die after immigrating from the local area.
Chewing the penguin wolf can resist miasma and allow ordinary people to live normally in tropical rainforest areas. It is an absolute magical tool!
Chapter completed!