The Rise of the European Emperor

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Because the 10 ships were half empty, Amerigo's fleet had enough space to ship the 700 Indian Dalits. At the same time, when Draka went to recruit untouchables, Amerigo also took people to the market to buy a batch of human-powered spinning wheels and human-powered looms for wood and cotton spinning that were abundant in India.

Not to mention, Amerigo also went to buy a lot of Indian cotton seeds, as well as local sugar cane seeds. Anyway, there is space in the fleet, so take it back by the way.

In fact, Marin despises Indian cotton varieties. The variety of Indian cotton is called Asian cotton, also known as rough cotton. This kind of cotton has low yield and short fibers, which is not suitable for machine spinning, but only suitable for artificial spinning and weaving. So, it was gradually eliminated.

However, at this stage, both India and Daming use Asian cotton originating in India. The better quality upland cotton and sea island cotton are all native to Mexico in Central America and islands in the Caribbean.

Among them, the quality of island long-staple cotton is the best. However, sea island cotton has harsh growing conditions and is not suitable for worldwide promotion. Therefore, in later generations, including Huaxia, the most popular is upland cotton originating in Mexico, that is, the cotton seeds brought back by Columbus.

Therefore, although Amerigo's starting point is good, the Asian cotton varieties in India will eventually be eliminated. After all, Marin had the seeds of upland cotton.

However, for Indian sugar cane, Marin is still very satisfied. why? No matter how bad the third brother is, but in this era, agriculture is definitely far beyond Europe. Therefore, the price of goods in India is very low, and even the price of human trafficking is relatively low.

Agriculture is stronger than in Europe, and the varieties are naturally good. According to Amerigo's local inquiries in India, their sugar cane production is much higher than that of the Portuguese. At least, Indians know how to use manure. Sugarcane varieties cultivated for a long time using fertilizers are naturally superior to those grown by the Portuguese.

If the Indian sugarcane seedlings were considered a small surprise, then the other species that Amerigo gave to Marin were completely big surprises...

First, the seeds of bananas and coconuts, the later generations of bananas have no seeds. They use split buds to cut off seedlings or use underground stems to grow banana seedlings.

But in fact, bananas originally had seeds. The tiny black dots in the banana flesh are actually the seeds of the banana. It's just that it has degenerated after long-term cultivation. The banana seeds that Amerigo brought back this time, although very small, still exist. As long as Marin sends someone to cultivate carefully, he can still grow bananas.

Needless to say, coconuts have seeds. Amerigo drank the coconut milk from a coconut in India, and ate the coconut meat. He thought it was good, so he collected the seeds of the equally delicious bananas, and brought them back together with the coconut seeds.

As a navigator who helped Marin explore Grenada, Amerigo keenly felt that these two fruits could also be grown in Grenada. So, he brought the seeds back.

Sure enough, after getting the banana and coconut seeds, Marin "Dragon Yan Joy" rewarded Amerigo with 1,000 gold coins. Looking at the seeds of bananas and coconuts, Marin was a treasure.

At present, Grenada has been developed on a large scale, and the island of Cuba and Panama are also vigorously developed.

Although crops such as rice and sugarcane were already available for growing in the tropics, Marin was always feeling bad. why? As a tropical island, how can there be no tropical fruits?

For Marin, the tropical fruits he is most familiar with are probably bananas, pineapples and coconuts. If you live in the tropics in later generations and have not eaten these three kinds of fruits, it is estimated that you will be despised. Unless, you live in the tropics of the Sahara Desert...

Anyway, Marin's impression is that the tropics are full of banana trees, pineapple trees and coconut trees. Of course, there are rubber trees or something.

Although it is said that these tropical fruits are grown in tropical colonies, Marin also has difficulty obtaining fresh fruit. After all, the refrigeration technology of this era is very poor,

Or almost none.

However, Marin can eat canned fruit...

Fruit canning technology is so simple, just get a glass bottle, soak pineapple slices in dilute salt water, boil it in a cooking pot, then seal the cork and wax it, it can be stored for 10 months, and sent to the mainland, Marin can eat it completely Get it.

As for bananas, Marin doesn't have to eat canned bananas. Because, dried bananas are also a very good snack. And coconut, it seems, can also be dried into copra and shipped back as food. You know, in some Pacific island countries in later generations, copra is an important agricultural product and food. And coconut milk, it seems, can also be shipped back to Europe in a canned way...

However, among the three common tropical fruits such as bananas, pineapples and coconuts, pineapples are not found in Marin. Because pineapples are still grown in Brazil.

Now that the Portuguese have not occupied Brazil, naturally no one has discovered this pineapple. So, Marin now only has the ability to grow bananas and coconuts.

However, Marin felt that bananas should be seedless now. After all, bananas have been bred for over a thousand years, and there should be seedless varieties.

So Amerigo found an Indian untouchable artisan who came to Emden with a boat, and through an interpreter, asked about the seedless bananas. Through inquiries, Marin determined that there are indeed seedless banana varieties in India. It's just that Amerigo didn't know how to do it, so he bought the seeds of bananas with seeds and came back. After all, Amerigo had never eaten bananas, so I didn't know there were seedless varieties. Moreover, the seedlings of seedless bananas are also difficult to carry. As a result, Amerigo missed the seedless banana variety.

Of course, Marin didn't care too much. Not bad even with just coconut seeds. Because, later generations of Marin like to drink coconut water.

As long as coconut cultivation is promoted in places such as Cuba or Grenada, and coconut plantations are established, it will be easy for Marin to drink coconut water in the future. The practice is very simple, similar to canning, put coconut water into a glass bottle, boil it in a steamer, then cork and wax, and a bottle of coconut water is made. As long as the canned coconut water is shipped back to Europe, Marin can drink the long-lost coconut water.

As for the bananas, Marin thought about it, and sent someone to send those seeds to the colony along with them. Exactly, that group of Indian pariahs, Marin intends to send to the island of Cuba. These coconut seeds and banana seeds just happened to be brought along. These Indian pariahs apparently know how to grow coconuts and bananas. Exactly, let them serve these fruit trees.

After obtaining pineapple seeds and seedless banana seedlings from India, Marin intends to promote these three tropical fruits on a large scale in places such as Cuba, Grenada and Panama, and make them important food in the tropics.

Anyway, Marin will send people to India to buy supplies in the future. At that time, I will order to get the seedlings of seedless bananas. As for pineapple, it may be necessary to send someone to Brazil to find it...

In fact, of the three tropical fruits, the most suitable for canning is probably pineapple. Canned pineapple, sweet and sour, is very popular. When Marin was a child in his last life, he loved eating canned pineapples. Every time I eat canned pineapple, I not only eat up the pineapple slices, but also drink up the water in which the pineapple slices are soaked... The sweet and sour taste is the most attractive to children and girls...

Of course, these tropical fruit plantations are only auxiliary, and the area will not be too large. After all, the cultivation of rice and sugarcane is the main force. And those tropical fruits are actually just some supplementary food. At the same time, provide some canned fruits, dried bananas and copra to the European market. But in any case, these novelties will definitely be able to open up the European market. After all, the Europeans who are natives must have never eaten these things at this time...

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