Soon, Columbus's manuscript was also completed. Marin immediately revised the two manuscripts, mainly to adjust the tone of the part he wrote and the part he wrote, and strive to be similar to that of Columbus's manuscripts, so as to avoid readers' reading it and realize that the two parts were not written by one person.
In addition, Marin thought about it and felt that the dangerous things she wrote before were not scary enough, so she added legends of various terrifying creatures that existed and did not exist, such as killer bees, man-eating flowers, piranhas, man-eating ants. In addition, the distribution locations of some terrifying creatures were "moved" from the Amazon jungle to most parts of the Americas in order to scare people.
In fact, the killer bees are the terrifying product of the hybridization of African bees with Brazilian American bees. It will not be released until after Brazilian zoologists committed suicide by introducing African bees in the 20th century, when African bees fled from the research center and crossed with Brazilian native bees. Human-eating ants are a legend. No human-eating ants will hunt living people. They just eat dead people.
But that doesn't matter. There are no zoologists in Europe to verify this statement. Even if there is, they don't have the courage to verify it. After all, there are no advanced instruments and various safety protection measures like later generations. Whoever goes to the tropical rainforest of the Americas will be extremely likely to die.
In order to enhance persuasion, Marin also used sketching techniques to create the graphics of those terrifying creatures to enhance their authenticity.
After the book was compiled, Columbus read it and was sweating in his sweat, feeling very scary. What's even more terrifying is that Marin told him that these species really exist, not fiction, but that the distribution range was exaggerated by him.
After hearing Marin's assurance, Columbus thought for a while and added this passage to the book - "In the name of God, I swear that these species really exist. If there is a lie, I am willing to accept the punishment of going to hell!"
Marin was very satisfied with this passage because, as soon as this was said, no one refused to believe it. Because, in Europe, an era when Catholicism was so powerful, no one dared to joke about God, and he made a public swearing.
Of course, Columbus was also very smart. He just swears that these species really exist, and he did not say that the distribution range of those species in the book was correct. Even if later generations find that something is wrong, they cannot blame him for not being wrong.
Marin was naturally very satisfied with Columbus' cleverness. So before the book was published, Columbus received a "manuscript fee" of 10,000 gold coins from Marin.
Then, Marin found someone to translate the book into Spanish and Portuguese. When the translation was completed, he typed it in lead type and printed it in large quantities, and then found an intermediary to publish it in Spain and Portugal. It is necessary to let it be seen by the upper classes of Spain and Portugal before the negotiations in Spain and Portugal begin, thereby affecting their decision-making.
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However, even as a time traveler, with a "pig-leg halo", everything will not go well. For example, unfortunate news came from Mount Tara on the Ireland Island - Van Gaolei sent people to dig more than 20 wells in a row, not to mention reaching a depth of 50 meters, within 20 meters, all of these deep wells had seeped a lot of water...
You know, these days, wells are all artificial. As long as water seeps, you can't continue digging. Then, the more than 20 exploration wells have all become wells...
No wonder Ireland faces the North Atlantic warm current and has abundant rainfall. This also leads to the rich groundwater in the plains of Ireland.
Basically, this is similar to that in the Yangtze River Delta region. As long as you dig a few meters underground or more than ten meters, water will inevitably seep and become a well.
This is also why Tara, the largest lead-zinc ore in Europe, was not discovered until the 1970s. If it was buried shallowly and had been discovered by prospecting experts, why should it wait until the 20th century? Moreover, later generations of Tara lead-zinc ore were also relying on machines to mine Tara lead-zinc ore. The role of human beings is to control machines to process ore.
Marin was unwilling to give up and wanted to use a water pump to solve the problem. However, according to the report by Fan Gaolei, the seepage speed of each of the more than 20 deep wells was amazing. The steam engine speed was only 50 rpm per minute, and the pumping speed would definitely not keep up with the seepage speed.
In other words, the plan to mine Tara lead and zinc mine completely failed. The main reason is that with the current technological level, the ability to mine cannot be achieved...
Marin sat on the chair weakly, with infinite melancholy in his eyes...
He has put in great effort to make this Tara lead and zinc mine! For the Tara lead and zinc mine, he has no hesitation to sponsor Edward a lot and gave Cork to Edward, and also gave Edward great support in money and materials.
Although supporting Earl Edward means harming Britain, it is also a very important purpose for Marin to seek the Tara lead and zinc mine.
But now, the land of Tara Mountain has been taken down. However, there is no condition to mine. Therefore, all Marin's efforts have been in vain...
"My zinc! My tin sheet...my galvanized counterfeit coins..." Marin lamented repeatedly.
For two or three days, Marin was in a state of disgrace, and his face was full of sadness. Even Angela put on her uniform to seduce him at night, but she failed to arouse Marin's interest in order to make him happy.
It was not until three days later that Marin looked at the map and was dazed, remembering a message deep in his memory in his previous life that Marin suddenly cheered up...
Back then, when he was in high school, Marin was a famous "historical emperor" and "little geography prince". If it weren't for the lack of political awareness and the average political score, he might have been the overlord of the liberal arts. Although he was not as strong as history, Marin's geography was also very strong, so strong that he was not inferior to his high school teacher...
(This paragraph is not a fabrication, but it is actually about Lao Niu. Back then, although Lao Niu chose science wrongly, many liberal arts students still asked me to tutor geography. If I were to go to liberal arts, Lao Niu should be able to get into the 211 school by relying on historical geography. Because Lao Niu only got 107 in physics in the college entrance examination, and if it were historical geography, each subject must be more than 135. Of course, Lao Niu went to a rural high school, and maybe the teacher's level was also bad, so he was similar to Lao Niu.)
As the "Emperor of History" and the "Little Prince of Geography", Malin had a different hobby in his previous life than ordinary people - that is, he liked to read history books and geography books as novels...
Of course, there is another kind of knowledge involved - military...
Marin's previous life was not only a history and geography fan, but also a military enthusiast. Marin was very interested in wars between ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. The reason why he read history books and geography books as novels is to read various major events and wars between ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, and at the same time read relevant historical and geographical knowledge.
The combination of these three kinds of knowledge and interest made Marin a top student in history and geography at that time, overwhelming his peers.
In fact, Malin's ideal in his previous life was to be a general. Unfortunately, he studied too much, which caused myopia. His physical examination was eliminated when applying for a military academy...
(The above are Lao Niu's personal experiences. As long as you combine military, history and geography and study it together, it is difficult to have history and geography ideals not powerful. Baidu was not popular in that era. Lao Niu didn't like to read Qiong Yao, but only read military magazines. Combined with history books and geography books, history and geography became so awesome. But unfortunately, I chose science...)
When he was studying a geography magazine in his previous life, he once saw an article introducing Newfoundland. It said that Newfoundland has a wide variety of mineral resources, but its reserves are not rich. For example, in the large lake in the western part of Newfoundland, a place called Bakens in the north of the Red Indians, there is a lead-zinc ore with a small and medium-sized deposit. Among them, the lead reserves of the Bakens deposit are only about 234,000 tons, and the grade is also low, which is about 1.3. As for zinc, the reserves are large, with 1.08 million tons, and the grade is also high, with a high of 6%.
Such reserves and taste were not originally considered by Marin. Marin’s attention was world-class mines such as Mount Isa, Broken Hill, and New Brunswick No. 12 lead and zinc mine. However, these mines are deep inland or far away Australia, and Marin is temporarily unable to get involved.
Although New Brunswick is on the edge of Cape Breton Island, Marin is not confident to conquer the Indians on the mainland. Therefore, he can only delay it.
However, the mine on Newfoundland Island is different. Because I know the exact place. I saw a map in that geography magazine in my previous life, probably by a small lake above Red Indian Lake, which is very appealing.
Moreover, although there are Indians on Newfoundland, there are not many. As long as you send a thousand people, you can conquer the Indians on the island. Then, you can mine the lead and zinc mine with peace of mind.
In addition, there is another point, that is, Connerbrook City on the west coast of Newfoundland is not only a port, but also a limestone mining center. It also seems not far from Bakkens.
What is limestone? It is an important raw material for making cement! In addition, Marin has now moved the Texel salt boiling base. In that case, as long as limestone is found, you can set up a cement manufacturing center here to make a large amount of fly ash cement, and then transport it back to Europe.
It is not difficult to send people to Connerbrook from Cape Breton Island to build a base. Then, a prospecting team will be sent to search for limestone mines around. After finding them, you can rely on the coal, fly ash, and limestone on Newfoundland Island to build a cement manufacturing center.
The lead and zinc mines in Bakens seem to be difficult to find. Just find Red Indian Lake and then look up the small lake. By the lake is Bakens...
Although the Bakens lead and zinc mine has small reserves, it is definitely not very difficult to mine. After all, it is a mine, not an underground deep well mine. Moreover, it will not have so much groundwater like the Tara lead and zinc mine. As long as you mine it, use the coal from Cape Breton Island, use a simple blast furnace, and add a condenser to extract zinc, you can easily obtain lead and zinc...
Chapter completed!