Marin has always been skeptical about the cultivation of horse racing. It is not because he is worried that horse racing is not efficient, but because he is hesitating whether to promote horse farming in the American colonies.
From an economic perspective, it is best to promote horse farming in the Americas. After all, the American colonies lack population, but the land is very large and fertile. If you use horse farming, you can cultivate more land.
However, Marin has always been worried that if horse farming is promoted in the Americas, the strategic resource of horses will inevitably be obtained by the Indians. How terrible would it be if the Indians also created cavalry?
Marin had watched many American Western movies in his previous life. Although the Hollywood movies were very Sabby, describing the Americans who massacred Indians as positive characters, it has to be admitted that the Indians in the Western American were really difficult to deal with. If they were as easy to conquer as the Eastern Indians, there would probably be no Indians in the United States now. At that time, the most powerful force of the American Western Indians was the Indian cavalry.
The Indians were brave and good at fighting. If they weren't too backward, they might not be able to defeat the whites. You should know that Indian men were basically the combat power of the tribe. If they were allowed to get horses and get cavalry...
Therefore, Marin has been hesitating whether to do horse plowing in America. After all, if ox plowing is promoted, it would be fine even if the ox was snatched away by the Indians, and the Indians would not have created ox cavalry.
Marin thought for a whole day before he finally came up with a solution, that is, if an excellent horse-drawn breed like the Bellshuren horse was cultivated, it would be promoted and applied in Europe first. Then, the replaced cattle were sent to the American colonies for application. Then, the horses used on the American continent in the early days were all castrated horses, or simply used mules to pull carts. In this way, there would be no fear that the Indians would get the horses stronger. After the Cossack cavalry recruited by Marin were in place, they would slowly expel the local Indians. When the Indians were expelled, they would slowly introduce normal horses. At that time, the Indians had been expelled, and they were not afraid that they would get the horses...
After thinking it through, Malin slept beautifully until the next morning. After waking up, Malin, who was refreshed, made a downloaded version of the "Yi Jin Jing" in the palace yard. Malin found that although he could not practice any internal strength in practicing the "Yi Jin Jing", he was fine, just like the Wuqin Opera, and it was no problem to keep himself healthy.
Then, he came to the restaurant, ate 5 beef buns, and drank a large glass of milk. As the beef buns for the big man Marin, the dough of this bun is thicker than that of the dumplings, and it is covered with beef fillings with ginger and green onions, which tastes very good. Of course, the cost is also very high. The buns sold in restaurants under Marin have thick dough.
Speaking of which, Malin discovered a very interesting thing - when he was reading novels in his previous life, some historical novels that traveled through the Tang Dynasty used alkali (that is, sodium carbonate) as a time travel artifact. It is said that after steaming buns, they will remove the sour taste, and the noodles will be very effective. Otherwise, the noodles produced by using old noodles will have a sour taste.
Marin also had an understanding of this. Because their family also used alkaline to make noodles and cooked cakes, the effect was indeed good.
But after traveling through Europe, Marin discovered that in Europe, people do not need to eat alkali, and the bread made from noodles does not have sour taste. At first, Marin was a little puzzled and dreamed of using sodium carbonate to save European diet.
But in fact, after Marin actually came into contact with it, he realized that the noodles fermented by Europeans with beer yeast are not sour at all. They are even better than alkaline. Because when adding alkaline, Marin remembers to control the amount. Otherwise, it will affect the taste of the pasta. However, there is no limit to the addition of brewer yeast, so it is okay to put more...
In other words, even if you don’t need to eat alkali, Europeans can use high-quality yeast powder to ferment high-quality bread. However, beer yeast seems not cheap. Because it is yeast made from more expensive ingredients, it is not cheap and most people cannot afford it. Nowadays, Europeans make pasta, and in order to save costs, many poor people either do not give out noodles and make hard cakes, or eat rye porridge directly, without even taking rye peels, and cook porridge directly...
In fact, Malin didn't know that later, the Chinese pasta restaurants began to use yeast powder instead of alkali. Because, once the amount of alkali is not controlled well, the food tastes bad. Using yeast powder is safer and can make the fermentation effect better. However, Malin is not a northerner, and does not eat pasta often at home, and has never been exposed to these. Therefore, he didn't know that later, Chinese pasta gradually replaced alkali with yeast powder bought in supermarkets. Only old-fashioned old men and aunts were still using alkali to make pasta. Also, those old noodles that failed to ferment had a sour taste, need to be neutralized with alkali. For new noodles, only yeast powder can be used, and it's okay to put more.
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After having a delicious meal of thin-skinned and delicious beef buns, Marin came to the front yard of the palace to work with satisfaction. At the same time, she also answered the questions for Da Vinci, who was studying physics and chemistry next door. If she really couldn't answer it... she would just mess around and divert Ada's attention...
Shortly after arriving at the office, around 9 o'clock, another news came from Port Emden - Gorard, the Governor in charge of opening the Isthmus of Panama, sent an envoy to rush back in a boat to report the results to himself...
"Gorard? Report the results?" Marin was surprised. Because, in his calculations, it was impossible to repair the cement road in the Isthmus of Panama. After all, now it is purely artificial road construction, and there is no road roller to lay the foundation. It is very troublesome and cannot be so fast...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! It was not until the messenger arrived that Marin knew what Gollard was reporting...
It turned out that what Galard sent someone to report this time was not the matter of building cement roads, nor even his own business. He reported to the bald man Aben, who was responsible for the construction of Panama City.
Bald Aben was on the Pacific Ocean and wanted to send a ship back to Europe, he needed to get the ship to bypass the entire South America, which was not cost-effective. So he asked Gaulard to send someone to take a boat back to the local area to report his work directly from the Caribbean Sea.
Last year, bald Aben, on the order of Marin, led a fleet to bypass the Magellan Strait, the southernmost tip of South America, and headed north along the west coast of South America. After arriving at Panama Bay, he first built a temporary base on Tavoga Island, not far from the later Panama City. Then, he sent people to land and cut down all the big trees near the location where Panama City was scheduled to be established to make room.
It was not until June this year that the area around Panama City was cleaned up, and Aben also used his property to buy several local tribes according to Marin's instructions to ensure that the locals would not make trouble. Then he began to build Panama City at the scheduled location.
Of course, the first step in building a city is not to build a city as much as possible, but to ensure safety first.
Therefore, Aben's deputy architect Storm first ordered Marin to build a large wall at the pre-determined location of the 1,000 black slaves he equipped with. Only after the wall was repaired did the building in the city begin to build the buildings.
This so-called "Panama City" is actually not as big as a community in later generations. Strictly speaking, it is just a fort building similar to the powerful Chinese family. However, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as the fort is built and Aben and his team gain a foothold in Panama, they can slowly plan in the future.
During the construction of Panama City (or Panama Dock Fort), Aben and his party met Gollard's subordinates. Gollard's subordinates had cut down all the trees along the scheduled construction location of the cement road. Then Gollard sent someone to contact Aben and his party to confirm the end of the cement road on the Pacific. After all, this cement road was originally planned to connect the Port of Cologne in the Caribbean and Panama City on the Pacific. If the end location is not confirmed, it will be troublesome to build the road in the future. So Gollard sent someone to confirm the location.
Chapter completed!