The Rise of the European Emperor

Just as Columbus and Kong Tai and his party arrived in Guangzhou and purchased all kinds of seeds, Marin was not idle at home.

On the one hand, Marin ordered that 20,000 brave men be selected out of the hundreds of thousands of strong people under his rule, and they began to actively train them to become militiamen to surround the mainland.

On the other hand, Marin is also considering the question of where to plant the seeds after Kongtai and the others purchased them in Guangzhou.

Obviously, the seeds of tung oil, sumac and moso bamboo purchased by Comte are not suitable for planting in the colder North Sea country and England. After all, these are native plants in subtropical regions. For these plants to grow well, it is best to choose a place with a similar climate for them to grow.

Originally, Marin was intended to be grown in Cuba. After all, Cuba's climate is tropical and doesn't have the cold that these crops fear.

However, Marin is concerned that these crops will not grow well in Cuba. Although Marin didn't study biology, he also knew that some crops were not good if it was too cold or too hot. Preferably, somewhere where the cold is moderate...

Since these tung tree, sumac, and bamboo are all native plants in subtropical regions, the most suitable for them to grow is in subtropical regions. So, Marin set his sights on the later generations of the southern United States...

First, Marin chose the Florida peninsula. After all, just north of the Cuban colony of Havana is the Florida peninsula. It is very convenient to send troops to colonize the Florida peninsula. Moreover, when returning from the Cuban colony to the North Sea, the ship also passed through the Florida Strait, which was very convenient.

So, according to memory, Marin drew a map of the United States in later generations and began to circle the Florida peninsula. As a pseudo-basketball fan, Marin has chased the NBA for several years in his last life. That was when Yao Ming was playing for the Rockets. Marin was still in middle school, but he and a group of friends often skipped class to watch the Rockets. However, after Yao Ming retired, Marin, a pseudo-basketball fan, stopped watching the NBA immediately. The friends despised him, but he was plausible-Nima, I watch the NBA just to see Yao Ming, and it's my business for those old blacks to play?

In fact, Marin was blind to black faces. If Jordan didn't wear the No. 23 Bulls uniform, Marin wouldn't have recognized the basketball god. Of course, Marin can still recognize the distinctive old blacks like Kobe and Ao Pang. In fact, in his previous life, Marin had an oolong - he saw James wearing the No. 23 jersey, and just by looking at the front, he mistakenly thought it was Jordan, making a group of authentic basketball fans die of laughter. Marin was angry at the time - Nima, who told him to wear the No. 23 jersey too? And it's still red. The most important thing is that James didn't wear a headgear that time... Then, Marin mistakenly thought it was Uncle Jordan... For old blackface blindness, if Marin is interested in the NBA, there will be a ghost...

Thinking of these interesting things from his previous life, Marin smiled. Then he drew a circle around this point in Miami.

This is where the Miami Heat is located, and it is also an important area where Ao Fatt stayed before retiring. Although I don't know a few NBA stars, I still know O'Fat Marin. Ao Fatty is definitely a legend in the NBA, not because of how good his playing skills are, but because he is so strong and unreasonable, relying entirely on his body, crushing opponents like a tank. At the beginning, when young Yao Ming first landed in the NBA, he was squeezed all over the place by the fat compost. Later, I had to gain weight to strengthen my resistance...

Marin smiled, intending to finalize the matter. However, thinking of Dayao's experience, Malin suddenly flashed a bad memory in his mind...

It was in 2008, a super earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, and the losses were heavy... Of course, these are not the main contents of this memory. The main content of this memory is related to Dayao's donation...

It turned out that when the earthquake first happened, Dayao immediately donated 500,000 yuan through Yao Zhi's team. However, netizens are not happy...

why? It turned out that before this, a severe hurricane broke out in Florida. At that time, it is said that Dayao donated 2 million US dollars...

As a result, many people came forward to criticize Dayao - you donated 2 million US dollars for the catastrophe of Laomei, and you only donated 500,000 in such a catastrophe in China, or is it soft sister coins? Then, there was a tear in the newspaper...

Fortunately, Dayao responded quickly, and immediately donated tens of millions to settle this storm...

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Of course, the above is all nonsense. The important message Marin got from this memory is that there are frequent hurricanes in the Florida peninsula...

Then, more memories of the hurricane jumped out of Marin's memory...

From those deep memories, Marin remembered—it seemed like the Florida peninsula was a hurricane-prone area in the United States. In addition, Texas and Louisiana, which both belong to the Gulf Coast and the mouth of the Mississippi River, are also hardest hit by the hurricane.

However, Texas and Louisiana combined are not as badly affected by hurricanes as Florida. It seems that every year on the 6th of October, Florida is always visited by hurricanes. This is the same as Taiwan Island is always visited by Taiwan scenery, otherwise, the typhoon will not be called a typhoon...

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Thinking of this, Marrington immediately gave up the plan to put the planting area in Florida. He is very concerned about this batch of seed treasures. If it is planted in the Florida peninsula and is accidentally visited by a hurricane, all previous efforts will be lost...

So, Marin opened the map and began to look for other suitable places...

Texas, excluded -- that's also a hurricane-ridden area. Although not as many as Florida, there are quite a few... Louisiana, also excluded... Even several states in the northern Gulf of Mexico have to be excluded, which is the hardest hit by hurricanes...

So, let's move north...

Marin's pen moves up the map...

Obviously, inland areas will not work. After all, inland transportation is inconvenient. Marin's colonial ships are difficult to drive in, and even if they do, they are easily ambushed by the Indians. So, I can only choose from the coast...

And the Gulf Coast has been ruled out, only the Atlantic coast can be selected...

Although, the Atlantic coast is also at risk of hurricanes. However, the number of times is much less. Because, it seems, most hurricanes are blocked by the Florida peninsula, the tentacles that jut out of the mainland.

Marin glanced at the east coast of the old beauty of later generations, and also circled a few cities in the coastal areas based on memory...

But after circling a few cities, Marin was surprised to find that it seemed that he had already been selected...

why? Because there are only a few big cities on the east coast of the old United States - Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Savannah and Jacksonville...

Boston, New York, and Philadelphia are directly excluded. Because, they are not subtropical climates. But Norfolk...Marin is a little unsure if it's a subtropical climate. As if, Norfolk is teetering between temperate and subtropical...

Jacksonville has a subtropical climate, but Jacksonville is a city in Florida. If there is a hurricane in Florida, it will be difficult to escape here...

So, no choice - it's Savannah...

Savannah is an important port in the southeastern region of the old America in later generations, and it is the port at the mouth of the important river Savannah River, and it is a deep-water port...

This is so fitting! You know, in the age of wooden boats, the best port is freshwater port, so as to prevent ship maggots from biting through the bottom of the ship. Savannah is not only close to the sea, but also the estuary port of the Savannah River. So, it is very suitable for colonization.

In addition, in terms of climate, it is very similar to Zhejiang and Fujian in China. The seeds that Kongtai purchased that are suitable for growth in subtropical regions will certainly grow well in Savannah.

And, most importantly, this Savannah River is also important. If Marin wants to colonize here, he must open up a large area of ​​wasteland in the early stage. But in the age of no machines, it was very hard to open up wasteland. In particular, those fields, in order to find a source of irrigation water, are preferably by the river.

Obviously, it is more convenient to open up wasteland along the Savannah River than in a place lacking a river...

In addition to planting tung oil, sumac, bamboo, rice and wheat, the Savannah River is also suitable for growing. Of course, whether the japonica rice that is suitable for growing in the north is suitable for growing in Savannah needs to be tried. It really doesn't work. It's better to open up a colony further north, such as Norfolk...

In addition, Marin intends to open up cotton cultivation in Savannah of upland cotton varieties obtained from Mexico. After all, in the original history, Savannah was an important export port for old American cotton. Before the Civil War, Savannah and New Orleans were important ports for cotton from the south to England.

There is, Savannah (Savannah), it means in English, that is (tropical and subtropical) the meaning of the treeless savannah.

Therefore, Marin estimates that there is a subtropical treeless prairie in Savannah. The difficulty of reclaiming grasslands and forests cannot be compared. To reclaim the grassland, just let the old cow hang on the plough and turn the ground. And to reclaim the forest, the first thing to do is to cut wood... Logging is not the most difficult, but the most difficult thing is to dig out the roots of those primitive and tall trees... This is a lot of work, but anyone who knows how to do it knows that, The bigger the tree, the bigger the roots, and the wider the coverage area, the more troublesome it is to dig...

Although you can get a lot of firewood by digging out the roots of the tree, but before there was no excavator, the roots were manually dug, who knows who has dug...

Therefore, it is much easier to cultivate a grassland close to a big river than to cultivate a forest...

If the American continent is the most suitable place for reclamation, Marin will not hesitate to choose the Pampas grassland in Argentina. Because the Pampas grassland is directly on the side of the famous La Plata River - Parana River, there are no big trees, so it is not too easy to reclaim.

Therefore, Argentina in later generations can easily become a major agricultural and animal husbandry country in the world by virtue of this unique natural condition. After all, Argentina's natural conditions are much better than Australia's. After all, Australia, despite its size, suffers from severe water shortages, and Argentina has no shortage of...

However, Argentina is too far from mainland Europe. If the fertile soil is reclaimed, and the result will be coveted by other countries, it will not be worth the loss. Because if Argentina is occupied by another country, it is estimated that it will take a year and a half for the news to come back to China, and it will be difficult to respond. When the reaction comes, send troops to recover, the enemy has been operating there for a long time, and has gained a firm foothold...

Therefore, Marin might as well manage the nearby east coast of North America. And Savannah is the place Marin needs most...

After thinking about it, Marin ordered - send 5 ships to occupy the place in the future Savannah...

However, Savannah seems to be a river port, not on the Atlantic Ocean. Marin remembered that Savannah seemed to be 32 kilometers away from the Atlantic Ocean... At the mouth of the Savannah River, there was Tybee Island...

Marin's order was to first land on Taibi Island (a sandbar island of only 6 square kilometers, similar to Chongming Island, but much smaller) at the mouth of the river and build a bunker. Then, through bribes and bribes, the land in Savannah was bought with the local Indians. After buying the land, build the city immediately. When the city is built and established, the local Indians will be driven out and the Savannah River area will be annexed...