Chapter 2091 The Yak Expedition
Marin seemed to have not heard the ridicule from the outside world. Moreover, he said in a very pleasing way - in order to spread the glory of God, what is a little ridicule?
Then, the Beihai Church, which was controlled by it, immediately spread this "famous quote", which aroused the crazy worship of the people of Beihai. Even in other countries, many devout believers were also moved when they heard it.
In order to perform the whole trick, Marin also sent a boat to the Lapland region to pick up some chiefs to the Beihai Kingdom to attend the ceremony of the Ascension of the Great Chiefs. At the same time, it was also the conversion ceremony of the Lapland region officially accepted Christianity. Because it took time for ships to travel, the ceremony was scheduled to be held in the New Year in 1517. At the same time, many countries were invited to watch the ceremony.
In addition to the Helmet of the Ruling and the Sorrow of Frost, Marin also asked his men to make a complete set of black Lich Kings, including a black cloak. Then, he also built a platform similar to the Ice Throne in front of the palace. Of course, there were no iron chains bound by Bovar and the prisoner Bovar.
Since it is a ceremony, bgm is naturally indispensable. For this reason, Marin decided to copy the bgm of the cutscene of the Lich King's Wrath of the previous life - the part of the teenager's high notes in "Arthas my son":
My king will live forever!
May he rule,
Forever.
May his strength,
Forever.
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Then there is the loop...
This sound is very ethereal, but high-pitched, with strong penetration. Moreover, it reveals a very desolate feeling, which is very suitable for the identity of the King of the North.
In order to sing this passage well, Marin specially selected a few Friesian boys with good voices and took turns singing in high notes. In this way, so that one person would not be able to stand singing for a long time.
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However, there was a small episode in the middle - Caesar, the kid, actually wanted to pick up the Frost Sadness and play...
Marlin suddenly became angry - rebellious! What do you want to do with the sadness of Frost?
Although Marin believed in science, Temao was still a bit taboo. After all, the nonsense of time travelers had happened, so he had to believe in evil. He was afraid that Caesar, a muddy boy, would be infected with the ominous aura of frost and sadness. Then, what would he do if he used this sword to cut himself into?
So, Caesar wanted to touch the sword, and Marin kicked him up and did not allow him to get close...
Caesar was very dissatisfied and asked Marin why you could take it? Marin didn't explain, but he said to himself - Of course I can take it, my old man is not a king, I don't need to kill my father. However, the prince of sword cannot take it...
Then he explained that this sword is the sword of the king, and the prince took the ominous...
Anyway, he would not explain that this is the "Sword of Fraternity and Filial Son"...
Except for Caesar, the other son Marin did not allow him to touch the sword. Usually, he locked the sword and sent the guards to take care of it. However, the helmet of the ruler is for the children to play with this thing.
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When he was fine, Malin specially studied the natural conditions of the Lapland region and the Murmansk region. He found that for now, the most suitable industries there are probably fishing and reindeer feeding. The Lap people mainly raise reindeer and sometimes fish.
But Malin knew that there was probably a season of cabbage planting. After all, there were two or three months of extreme day in summer, and the whole day was daytime, and the temperature could reach more than ten degrees. Although it was not conducive to the production of rapeseed in cabbage, it had no effect on the growth of cabbage itself. Anyway, Malin did not expect that cabbage would produce much rapeseed. If it really didn't work, the rapeseed was shipped from the Beihai Country. In this way, the recipes of the Lapu people have added a vegetable. Moreover, you can also sell salt to make kimchi.
In addition to selling salt, Marin also plans to promote the cultivation of peppers in the Americas, then dried them and made into chili powder, and add some to the Eastern Europeans and Lapu people when pickling kimchi, making the cabbage more refreshing. Moreover, in the cold place, eating spicy kimchi is super refreshing!
As for why you don’t make chili sauce? It’s difficult to preserve! It also needs to be bottled and easily broken. Therefore, it’s better to make chili powder. Just put a paper bag to seal the packaging, and the shelf life is still long. Then, even if others see chili powder, they don’t know what it is made of. Unlike chili sauce, you can obviously see chili.
In this way, Marin can brag about it, saying it is a precious spice, it is not an exaggeration to have a high price?
However, it seems that there are chili peppers in Spain, but they have not been promoted yet. The Spanish only regard chili peppers as a inferior substitute for peppers, and do not pay much attention to them, and only have a small amount of planting.
Moreover, because the Indian pepper market is equally divided with Portugal, there is no shortage of "noble" spices such as Spanish pepper and ginger, so there is no need to replace them with chili. There is also a comparison between nobles. If anyone does not use pepper, they will be ridiculed. As for the common people, some people planted some chili to replace expensive peppers. But in this era, fashion was led by nobles. If aristocrats do not eat chili, chili will not be popular. Here is a fashion chain of imitation - nobles imitate the royal family - rich common people imitate the nobles - poor people imitate the rich... and then the whole people will become popular...
While the peppers were not popular yet, Marin planned to make a quick money first. He decided to give the chili powder a more fascinating name - Oriental Empire Spice!
In this way, the quality is obviously higher and you can sell at a high price!
But there is a problem with this, which is what to use to plow the fields!
Although reindeer can pull sleds, it seems that they are not strong enough to plow the fields and turn the fields to grow cabbage. As for tying the reindeer into rows, the reindeer's strength seems not strong enough. Moreover, the reindeer's horns are too lush and it is easy to affect the companions next to them.
So, I have to find another way!
If you want to plough horses, you can do it, but you can't find a breed of cold-resistant horses...
"No, it seems that there are horses suitable for the local area!" Marin suddenly remembered that it seemed that there was a horse for Iceland!
Iceland where Iceland horses survive, have similar climates to Murmansk. Both have high latitudes and are affected by the North Atlantic warm current. The temperature is not very low, but not high. There are also extreme day and polar nights.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Therefore, a group of Icelandic horses can be introduced to live in the Lapland area. However, the only problem is that the number of Icelandic horses seems to be small. There are at most thousands of horses in the local area, and at most hundreds of horses are brought to the Lapland area.
Moreover, the Icelandic horse is small in size, smaller than the Mongolian horse, and not much suitable for arable land. Marin plans to vigorously cultivate Icelandic horses as the mount of the Lap people. As for the arable land, he has a better choice - yak!
As mentioned earlier, Marin knew that barley was very suitable for cultivation in the St. Petersburg area. At the same time, yaks on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are also very suitable for breeding in high-altitude areas.
Yaks are particularly cold-resistant and adapt to the harsh climates of snow-capped mountains. Moreover, they are particularly versatile. They can pull plows and plow the land, and can also carry goods to climb mountains. They are called "Plateau Boat".
Moreover, yaks can also provide products such as milk, beef and leather. They are very excellent livestock species and even better livestock species in cold areas.
Although yaks grow longer than reindeer and take 4 years to grow, and reindeer can grow in just over a year, yaks can grow to 1,000 kilograms, and reindeer can only grow to 150 kilograms, which is only one-seventh of that of yaks. In this way, raising yaks is still cost-effective. Moreover, Arctic wolves dare to provoke reindeer, but they dare not provoke large yaks. Yaks generally do not attack and attack, but whoever dares to provoke it and fight back is not enough.
Therefore, Marin decided to introduce a large number of yaks as an important animal species in the Lapland region. As for reindeer, it will continue to be raised. After all, it is very convenient for reindeer to pull sleds in winter.
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But there is a question, how to get yaks?
Marin wants to go on the sea, but I’m afraid it’s not very good. Why? Because the fur on the yak is too thick, it is cold-resistant and not heat-resistant. If you go on the sea, you have to go to tropical seas most of the time, which is wet and hot. Human sailors can’t wear it and just bare their shirts. However, the skin and hair of the yak cannot be taken off...
If you had been walking in tropical waters for a few months, Marin would probably die many yaks. I don’t know how many of them could eventually live to Europe…
So, I can only go by land...
but……
The land route is not peaceful!
There are many countries along the way and tribal disputes are constantly coming. It is a very chaotic area, from ancient times to modern times. Is it the Central Asian region? It has been wars since ancient times.
It is really difficult to bring yaks to the Lapland area by land!
But no matter how difficult it is, Marin wanted to try it. So, Marin ordered the recruitment of 1,000 Cossacks from Tatars, and let them form a team to travel through the chaotic Eastern Europe and Central Asia to buy 10,000 yaks on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau!
However, considering that the tribes of the countries and nomadic tribes along the way could easily pull out thousands of cavalry, Marin did not intend to force himself this time, but planned to give the countries along the way a chance to increase the price.
To this end, he planned to let the thousand Tatar Cossacks escort the envoys to visit countries along the way, expressing his willingness to purchase yaks at high prices, hinting that they could increase the price. In this way, the safety and smoothness of the journey can be ensured.
After repeated consideration, Marin chose a suitable route - Siberian Khanate -> Weilat Mongolia -> Yarkand Khanate -> Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
The Siberian Khanate is probably close to the Dulbert tribe, one of the four tribes of Erat Mongolia. The four tribes of Erat are allies and will not make trouble with each other. Then to the south is the Yarkand Khanate, which only emerged in 1514. It is close to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and can directly buy yaks.
In this way, yaks can exceed the three major forces at most, and the price will be increased by three times. Even if you give some travel fees along the way, the price will be increased by three or four times at most, Marin can still accept it.
In addition, Marin did not intend to pay it all with money, but instead intended to use spirits to offset most of the funds. This would also relieve a lot of pressure.
Moreover, the three countries along the way are all descendants of Mongolia, and no matter how bad the relationship is, they will not be distant from each other. And because of the same origin, the language can be connected. It is important to mention here that many of the Mongols in the Western Regions seem to be Mongolian and Turkic. Even Turkic in Central Asia is more popular. Kazakhs, like the Turkic language family.
Of course, Marin didn't care what language they spoke. He only cared about whether the yaks could safely arrive in Lapland in the Arctic. For this reason, he was willing to pay a high price. As for the last period of the trip to the Siberian Khanate, he would have to pass through the northern part of the Grand Principal of Moscow, this was not a problem.
At that time, Marin will send troops to escort it. Moreover, if you walk through the forests of the northern Duchy of Moscow, there will probably be no people. If the Moscows dare to rob the road, this will give Marin the excuse to send troops...
Chapter completed!