"It's so hard for me... Lord Rugani, everything was going well in Cuba. Who would have thought that such a large-scale rebellion would suddenly break out? All the farmers under me were captured by the rebels. Who would plant the sugarcane and rice in the next season? Woo woo..." As he said that, Tara took Rugani's hand and actually cried.
What could Bishop Rugani do? He could only pat his shoulder to comfort him:
"The Lord will bless you..." It's almost the same as not saying...
Baron Mosen and other representatives of several hostile states were a little gloating, and were also extremely glad that they could finally leave this dangerous place...
I heard that they might get malaria, but they didn't dare to stay for a moment. Although they were not favored in China, they wouldn't have taken on this chore. But no matter what, they were still one of the nobles and lived quite well. If they died of illness here in an unknown way, they would be a loss of blood! Therefore, it would be better to leave as soon as possible.
Tara, with tears in her eyes, reluctantly said goodbye to the people of the investigation team on the dock. Then, after the ship left the dock, she couldn't help but wave.
But when the ship's top sail disappeared on the sea level, Tara immediately turned into a smile and ordered:
"Clean up, let's move back to Havana!"
Then, he stretched and muttered:
"I finally finished this trick show, so tired!"
In fact, the defenders in the city were more tired than him. Because they had to go up to the city to pretend to fight every night, they had little sleep. Basically, they were not much better than the representatives of those hostile countries. Now, the investigation team has finally left and they can finally have a good sleep.
So, the people in Guantanamo Castle did not leave immediately that day. Because the soldiers strongly demanded a day of rest. Tara understood and asked them to make up for a sleep. Then, the next morning, a fleet of ships hidden in the nearby bay appeared at the dock and began to carry the things from the city to return to the real Havana.
However, it was too wasteful to abandon the newly built city. Maybe it could continue to be used for acting in the future. Therefore, Tara finally left 50 soldiers and 50 indigenous serfs to guard the castle and reclaim the surrounding fields. However, the famous brand on the city gate was changed from "Havana" to "Guantanamo".
Since the city has been built and it costs so much, there is no need to waste it. In the future, Tara plans to send more soldiers and serfs to develop the place. After all, thousands of acres of land that have been dug around the city cannot be wasted.
Moreover, Guantanamo has a very good geographical location. It is not far from Haiti Island. When the army captures healthy indigenous people on Haiti Island, it can be transported to Guantanamo for centralized settlement and identification of syphilis diseases. After confirming health, it will be transported to North American colonies.
In addition, the population to develop Guantanamo in the future will also be selected from the Taino people captured by Haiti. Haiti is currently an island with a population of one million. Although hundreds of thousands of people have to be transported to North American colonies to be serfs. However, it is still possible to leave thousands of people to develop locally. Thousands of serfs are enough to develop the Guantanamo area into a relatively prosperous area.
However, Guantanamo is a bit weird. Because, on Cuba Island, where the climate is generally humid, Guantanamo is actually a relatively arid area...
This is mainly because the mountainous areas north of Guantanamo block the water vapor from the north. Cuba Island is located in the northeast trade wind belt. The Guantanamo area in the south of the mountain where water vapor is blocked by the northern mountains is actually quite arid. In some areas, cactus that only exists in desert areas have even grown.
But Guantanamo is not short of water, because the rainy mountains in the north flow down several rivers, bringing enough water to irrigate. Only in a few areas where rivers cannot cover will it appear drought.
This also brought convenience to local development - because of insufficient water vapor, the local primeval forest was not dense. When Tara brought people to cultivate here, she did not cut down too many trees. Because the local trees were not too lush and very convenient to develop. If it was an area with too dense forests, let alone development, just cutting trees would be exhausting.
Only the Tanamo region is concerned, because the water vapor from the Northeast ocean is blocked by mountains and becomes a rare arid area in the Caribbean, so trees are sparse enough.
If it were other European countries, there were not many rainfalls in Guantanamo, and it might be difficult to develop, so they could only engage in grazing. However, this problem does not exist in the Beihai Kingdom in Marin.
As long as there is a river, irrigation canals can be dug and large areas of fertile fields can be opened. Whether it is planting sugarcane, rice, or tropical fruits, there is no problem. Moreover, it is also very suitable for growing cotton in the local area. Because cotton is a crop that requires a lot of light.
There is a special long-length cotton cotton in the Caribbean island, which is a very excellent cotton variety. Marin had planned to plant this long-length cotton, also known as "island cotton" on Cuba Island.
It was discovered on Barbados Island and was specially sent by Marin to find it. Historically, the long-lived cotton on Barbados Island was not discovered until the 18th century, and then it was imported into plantations in the southern United States and became an important cotton variety. However, due to the Civil War and the cotton bollworm disease, the long-lived cotton planting in southern America was basically destroyed. However, the lower-quality upland cotton was preserved because of its stronger vitality.
Later, the planting areas of island velvet cotton became rare species in the world, mainly in Barbados, Jamaica and Antigua on the islands on the Caribbean Sea.
In later generations, island cotton was a very precious textile raw material. Its main purpose was to make expensive high-end suits. Because of its scarcity, its price is more expensive than silk and cashmere.
The reason why island cotton is difficult to promote on a large scale in later generations is mainly because its varieties have poor environmental adaptability. The main reason is that it is not cold-resistant and can only grow in tropical and subtropical areas, and has high requirements for light and temperature.
As for the fact that Egypt became the most famous place for long-length cotton in the world in later generations, it was because of the natural environment of Egypt, which was very suitable for the growth of long-length cotton.
First, Egypt is a tropical desert climate area with sufficient light. Secondly, the Nile River brings abundant irrigation water, and the land in the flooded areas in the lower Nile River is also very fertile. The arid climate, coupled with fertile land and sufficient irrigation water, makes Egypt a world-famous production area of ​​long lint cotton.
However, in this era, Egypt was not the origin of long-length cotton. Because the world's cotton spinning industry had not yet emerged. The long-length cotton planting in Egypt dated back to the end of the 18th century after the French invasion of Egypt failed. In order to open up wealth, Pasha of Egypt (equivalent to the Ottoman separatist princes) introduced the island long-length cotton planting. Later, because the Civil War destroyed the long-length cotton planting in the United States, Egypt's long-length cotton began to emerge as an important supplier of British cotton spinning industry... In later generations, it became an important source of raw materials for the high-end clothing industry...
Of course, that was something in history. Marin traveled through time and everything changed. Marin had already sent people to find the long lint cotton that was discovered by British colonists in the 18th century.
Barbados is just northeast of Grenada. After receiving the order from Marin, Grenada Governor George, the old man of India, sent several Indian untouchables to search on Barbados, and soon found the lint cotton.
Indians are good at growing cotton. After the Indian serfs brought back the lint cotton, they began to cultivate them on the island of Grenada. Now, they have reached a scale of hundreds of acres.
However, the climate of Grenada is relatively humid and rainy all year round, so it is not the ideal place for long-length cotton. However, after the construction of the fortress in Guantanamo, the local arid climate and hydrological conditions were recorded, which made Marin realize that this was an excellent place for long-length cotton!
As long as you open a cotton plantation locally, you can supply high-quality cotton for textiles of high-quality cotton. Marin, who came from later China, was actually not used to the mainstream linen and wool velvet in Europe, and prefer cotton clothes. Of course, it is cotton underwear. As for outerwear, he still wore silk as he was used to. Otherwise, he would not show his status.
However, Marin definitely tends to be soft and odor-free cotton cloth in the clothes inside. The cultivation of island long-limited cotton in Guantanamo is actually to supply high-quality cotton cloth in the future.
Although the Guantanamo area is not large, Marin does not have a great demand for long-length cotton cloth, as long as the aristocratic class is sufficient. As for the ordinary class, cotton cloth woven from Mexican upland cotton is enough.
However, because we had to deal with the inspection of the Holy See's investigation team before, the planting of long lint cotton was not implemented. But now that the investigation team has left, the local area can plant cotton.
Just in time, thousands of troops in Havana, Cuba will soon go to Haiti to catch people. At that time, thousands of honest serfs will be placed here to plant island long cotton, specifically to supply the needs of local nobles.
As soon as Tara returned to Havana, she received an order from Marin - immediately send a ship to inform Old George, asking him to send a group of Indian serfs to enter Guantanamo with seeds of long-length cotton to start planting long-length cotton...
In any case, Indians have a very long history of growing cotton and are the first country in the world to grow cotton and weave cloth with cotton. Some Indian untouchable slaves introduced by Marin have rich experience in growing cotton, and some women are also good at weaving cotton.
Therefore, it is a good choice to let some Indian untouchable slaves go to Guantanamo to dominate the initial cotton planting and cotton textile. As for the people who were later arrested from Haiti, those later Tylenols could have Indian serfs teach them how to grow cotton and spin and weave cloth with cotton.
Chapter completed!