Chapter 294: Grenada Colonial Plan

Gonzalo de Cordova's visit to East Friesland this time is not just to learn the "Marin Square" with Marin. At the same time, he also demanded that Marin be ready for Columbus to take the fleet south. Because the Spaniards are ready to ship and manpower, under the leadership of Columbus, to open India routes.
一次 This time the Spaniards fought a lot. In order to prevent the Portuguese from finding fault, Spain directly discharged the luxury lineup of 10 warships over 200 tons.
Moreover, the person leading the team turned out to be the famous Spanish local navigator Alenzo de Ovidad. As the deputy of Columbus, Alenzo de Ovidad participated in the voyage of exploring the Americas, and is the best navigator in Spain.
听到 When he heard the news, Marin frowned-history really changed ...
Originally, in May 1499, Arenzo de Ovidad should take Amerigo and Fonseca to explore the American continent and discover Venezuela in South America. Venezuela's name was named by Arenzo de Ovidad himself.
In fact, this is the problem that Marin himself made. Through the emperor and pope, Marin let all Europe know that the "India" discovered by Columbus was actually a barren area. As a result, the Spanish quickly lost interest in the Americas. As a result, the American exploration plan of Arenzo de Ovidad in 1499 no longer exists.
It happened that Marin gave the benefits of the Indian route to Spain, and Spain directly appointed Arenzo de Ovidas as the fleet commander, led by Columbus, and went to India to buy spices.
不久 Shortly after Gonzalo de Cordova left, Columbus was forced to leave his wife and children, come to Emden to prepare, and set sail again.
For a navigator, the life of "wife and child hot hoe" at home is very luxurious. As long as the employer orders, they need to board the ship, say goodbye to their families, and break the waves on the ocean ...
In order to give Columbus peace of mind on the road, before Columbus left, Marin announced that Columbus's eldest son, Diego, was appointed as a guard. In addition, Marin told Columbus that by the time East Friesland's new fleet city is set, Diego will be trained as a fleet commander.
Not only that, Marin also gave Columbus the two 250-class warships that he had previously taken to the Canary Islands. These two ships are now surpassing the times. They are faster than the current ships and have powerful firepower.
Also, before Columbus set out, Marin prepared a dozen more sacks of lemon leaf powder for Columbus and his men to make tea and drink.
Previously, Marin asked Kohler to buy several lemon-producing estates in Genoa, Italy, to provide lemon leaves for large sailing. Years ago, a batch of powder made from lemon leaves was sent over. It happened that Columbus used it when sailing, and loaded it directly.
Columbus is also very tight about this, because he has personally confirmed that drinking this unknown plant powder soaked in water every day can indeed prevent scurvy.
However, before Columbus set out, Marint repeatedly told Columbus to do a good job of confidentiality, not to tell the Spanish the secret. For those sailors, Columbus only had to force them to drink water from lemon leaf powder every day, there was no need to explain anything to them. Besides, even Columbus himself only knew that it was a plant powder. He didn't know anything ...
In order to train more marine sailors, Marin carried out a large-scale rotation of sailors under Columbus. Many young Frisian sailors who had not participated in the last Indian voyage were placed in Columbus's fleet.
This time, because of the protection of the Spanish fleet, Columbus did not need to bring any soldiers, all sailors, plus translators and Draka responsible for trade.
Uh ...
In fact, Marin is very unwilling to give up the huge profits of the spice trade. However, he did not have the strength to confront the Portuguese at sea. Therefore, he can only choose to give his interests to the Spaniards.
However, giving up interest does not mean that Marin will stop there. Before Columbus set out, Marin suddenly thought of a good solution ...
It is true that Marin gave the Spaniards the right to buy spices in India, but this does not mean that Marin can only accept the reality of 50,000 pounds per purchase.
Because, Marin can't buy more spices, but he can grow them by himself ...
Marin thought of Grenada, the famous Caribbean country. Marin first knew Grenada because the country was invaded by U.S. forces in the 1980s.
Later, through the encyclopedia, Marin knew that Grenada is a very rare tropical island without poisonous snakes and poisonous insects. The absence of poisonous snakes and poisonous insects means that the island is safer, and people who go there will not be easily infected by the poisonous insects.
Also, Grenada is the second largest producer of nutmeg (an important spice) in the world. Of course, that's a future generation. However, this inspired Marin ...
既然 "Since I can't buy spices in large quantities in India, why can't I grow them myself?" Marin suddenly thought this idea ...
Grenada is not big, but it can grow a lot of spices. You know, in the later generations, only 344 square kilometers of Grenada, the total output of nutmeg has even accounted for one third of the world's total output of nutmeg, second only to Indonesia, reaching more than 30,000 tons.
Of course, that is because of the subsequent use of chemical fertilizers, the nutmeg yield is naturally high. But even without fertilizer, the output is only a few thousand tons, which is very scary. You know, a thousand tons is 2.2 million pounds. And now a pound of nutmeg in Europe costs 10 shillings, which is equivalent to 2 gold coins ... think Marin is drunk ...
Of course, Grenada may not only grow nutmeg. It can also grow sugar cane and spices such as pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger.
So, in the evening before Columbus' departure, Marin called Draka and told him to buy a lot of seeds of spices such as pepper, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and when he arrived in India, save them and bring them back ...
Cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon are not produced in India. However, buying whole nutmeg and clove seeds can also be grown. As for cinnamon, although the cinnamon is purchased, the origin of cinnamon is Sri Lanka, which is very close to Karikat, south of India. You can buy cinnamon seeds. It really isn't working. You can also let Columbus's fleet go to Sri Lanka to buy cinnamon seeds ...
In short, Marin intends to make Grenada a base for the production of various spices ...
However, considering that Marin did not know how to grow spices. Therefore, he ordered Draka to purchase spice seeds, and by the way, buy a few untouchable slaves who know how to grow spices in India and bring them back to take charge of the cultivation of spices. Of course, all this must be hidden from the Spaniards ...
In this way, Draka took Marin's request and, with Columbus, boarded the fleet to Spain. In addition to buying spice seeds and Indian slaves who know how to grow spices, Draka is also responsible for purchasing 50,000 pounds of spices, as well as supplies such as saltpeter and copper ingots ...
出发 After the Columbus fleet set off ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Marin called Kohler and asked him to go to Genoa or Spain to find the navigator Amerigo.
I was looking for this person because Marin knew that he was such a famous navigator. Moreover, because Spain suspended navigation to the Americas, Amerigo was not recruited by the Spaniards. According to Columbus's news, it seems that Amerigo was still the captain of Genoa. When Columbus returned to Genoa from Spain, he had seen this person ...
Now, Marin has complete sailing information for Columbus' exploration of the West Indies. Just get Amerigo, give him a few boats, and copy him a copy of Columbus's sailing information, you can explore Grenada. Although Columbus did not explore Grenada, Marin knew that Grenada was the southernmost island of the Windward Islands. Just follow Columbus's navigation chart, first arrive at the Windward Islands, and then sail to the southernmost place near the South American continent ...
Grenada is very suitable as the first settlement of Marin colony in the Americas because of the absence of poisonous snakes and poisonous insects. Colonists in Grenada do not have to worry about deaths caused by poisonous insects and common "terrible diseases" in the tropics, such as malaria, as in other tropical regions.
After the colonists have adapted to Grenada's tropical climate, they can move on to other tropical regions. Therefore, in Marin's heart, Grenada, which has good natural conditions and is not easy to die, is very suitable as a base camp for training colonists to adapt to the tropical climate.
Then, Marin can use Grenada as a springboard, 觊觎 Brazil, Panama and other important areas ... At the same time, it is also suitable for the cultivation of various tropical spices, and suitable for the production of sucrose-colonizing Grenada, can do more than one thing ...