Marin has always been skeptical about the breeding of horses. It was not that he was worried about the inefficiency of pulling horses, but that he was hesitant to promote horse farming in the American colonies.

From an economic point of view, horse farming in the Americas is the best. After all, the American colonies lacked population, but the land was abundant and fertile. If you use a horse, you can cultivate more land.

However, Marin had always feared that if horse farming was introduced in the Americas, horses would inevitably be acquired by the Indians, a strategic resource. How terrible would it be if the Indians had also made cavalry?

Marin had seen a lot of American western movies in his previous life, although that kind of Hollywood movie was very Sabi, describing the Yankees who slaughtered the Indians as positive characters, but I have to admit that the Indians in the American West are really difficult to entangle. If it were as easy to conquer as the Eastern Indians, the United States would probably have no Indians now. At that time, the most powerful force of the Indians in the western United States was the Indian cavalry.

The Indians were already brave and good at fighting, and if it weren't for the backward weapons, they might not be able to defeat the whites. You must know that the men of the Indians are basically the fighting power of the tribe. If they get horses, they can make cavalry......

Therefore, Marin has been hesitant to engage in horse farming in the Americas. After all, if ox farming was promoted, even if the cattle were stolen by the Indians, it would be nothing, and the Indians would never be able to make ox cavalry.

Marin thought about it for a whole day before finally coming up with a solution, that is, if an excellent breed like the Bershuren horse is bred, it will be promoted and applied in Europe first. Then, the replacement cattle were sent to the American colonies for application. Then, the horses used in the early days on the American continent were invariably geldings that had been castrated. Or simply use a mule to pull the cart. In this way, there is no fear that the Indians will get horses to grow. After waiting for the Cossack cavalry recruited by Marin to be in place, the local Indians were slowly expelled. When the Indians were expelled, normal horses were slowly introduced. And by that time, the Indians had already been expelled, and they were not afraid that they would get horses......

After figuring it out, Marin slept soundly and slept until the next morning. After waking up, Ma Lin, who was refreshed, typed the online download version of "Yijin Jing" in the courtyard of the palace. Ma Lin found that although practicing the "Yijin Sutra" could not practice any internal strength, it was the same as the Five Fowl Opera, and there was no problem in keeping one's body healthy.

Subsequently, he went to the restaurant, ate 5 beef buns, and drank a large glass of milk. As a beef bun for the big guy Marin, the dough of this bun is a little thicker than the dumpling skin, and the inside is wrapped with beef filling with ginger and green onions, which is very refreshing to eat. Of course, the cost is also high. And the buns sold in the restaurants under Marin's command are the kind with thick dough.

Speaking of which, Marin found a very interesting thing - when I read it in my previous life, some histories that traveled through the Tang Dynasty used edible alkali (that is, sodium carbonate) as a travel artifact. It is said that after the steamed buns are made of alkali, the sourness will be removed, and the dough effect is very good. Otherwise, the noodles made with old noodles will have a sour taste.

For this, Marin has also experienced. Because, their family makes noodles and cakes, and they also use alkali, and the effect is really good.

But after traveling through Europe, Marin found that in Europe, people do not use alkali, and the bread made from the flour does not have a sour taste. At first, Marin was a little puzzled, and he dreamed of using sodium carbonate to save the European diet.

But in fact, after Marin actually came into contact with it, he learned that the noodles fermented by Europeans with brewer's yeast did not have a sour taste at all. Even, it is better than alkali. Because, adding alkali, Marlin remembers to control the amount. Otherwise, it will affect the taste of the pasta. However, there is no restriction on the addition of brewer's yeast, and it is okay to put more of it......

In other words, even without alkali, Europeans can use high-quality yeast powder to ferment high-quality bread. It's just that brewer's yeast doesn't seem to be cheap. Because it is yeast made from more expensive materials, the price is not cheap, and ordinary people cannot afford to enjoy it. At present, Europeans make pasta, and many poor people in order to save costs, either do not make noodles and make hard cakes directly, or they eat rye porridge directly, and do not even go to rye husks, so they cook porridge and eat it directly......

In fact, Marin didn't know that later Huaxia noodle shops also began to use yeast powder instead of alkali. Because, once the amount of alkali is not well controlled, it is easy to make the food taste bad. The use of yeast powder is safer and can make the fermentation effect better. However, Marin is not from the north, and he doesn't eat pasta often at home, so he hasn't had much contact with it. Therefore, he didn't know that later Chinese people made pasta, and they gradually replaced the alkali with yeast powder bought in the supermarket. Only the old-fashioned aunts and uncles are still using alkali to make pasta. In addition, those old noodles that have a sour taste after fermentation failure need to be neutralized by alkali. As for the fermentation of new noodles, only yeast powder is fine, and it is okay to put more.

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After eating a delicious meal of delicious thin-skinned beef buns, Marin went to work in the front yard of the palace with satisfaction. At the same time, I also answered the questions of Leonardo da Vinci, who was studying middle school physics and chemistry next door. If you really can't answer the question...... Just mess around and divert Ada's attention......

Soon after arriving at the office, about 9 o'clock, news came from the port of Emden - the governor of the Governor, who was responsible for opening the road to the Isthmus of Panama, had sent an envoy back in a ship to report the results to him......

"Ghoillard? Report on the results? Marlin was taken aback. Because, in his calculations, the concrete road on the Isthmus of Panama could not have been repaired. After all, now the road is built by pure hand, and there is no roller to lay the foundation, which is very troublesome, and it is impossible to be so fast......

It wasn't until the messenger arrived later that Marin learned what Ghoillard was reporting......

It turned out that Gaudard sent someone to report this time was not about building a cement road. It's not even his own business. He reported to the bald Aben who was in charge of the construction of Panama City.

The bald Aben is on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and if he wants to send a ship back to Europe, he needs to let the ship go around all of South America, which is not cost-effective. Therefore, he asked Gallard to send someone to take a boat directly from the Caribbean side to report back to his homeland.

Last year, the bald Aben was ordered by Marin to lead a fleet of ships around the Strait of Magellan, the southernmost point of South America, along the west coast of South America, and after arriving at the Gulf of Panama, he first built a temporary base on the island of Taboga, not far from the location of the future Panama City. Then, they landed and cut down all the trees near the place where Panama City was supposed to be built, so as to make room for it.

It wasn't until June of this year that the area around Panama City was cleared up, and Ben had also bribed several local tribes with money and property to ensure that the locals would not make trouble, that he began to build Panama City at the predetermined location.

Of course, the first step in building a city is not to build as much as possible, but to ensure safety first.

Therefore, Arben's deputy, the architect Storm, first ordered Marlin to build a large wall in the predetermined location of the 1,000 black slaves they had equipped. After the walls were repaired, the construction of the buildings in the city began.

And this so-called "Panama City" is actually not as big as a small area in later generations. Strictly speaking, it's just a dock castle similar to the Huaxia Haoqiang family. However, everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as this dock fort is built and Ben and his party can gain a foothold in Panama, they can slowly plot in the future.

During the construction of Panama City (or Panama Dock Fort), Ben and his party encountered Ghoillard's men. Ghoillard's men had already cut down all the trees along the concrete road. Then, Ghoillard sent someone to contact Ben and his party to confirm the location of the end of the concrete road on the Pacific side. After all, the cement road was supposed to connect the Port of Colon on the Caribbean side of the Caribbean Sea to Panama City on the Pacific side. If you don't confirm the location of the end point, it will be troublesome to repair the road in the future. So, Ghoillard sent someone to confirm the location.

And Arben's Panama Dock Fort was almost built, just in time to meet Gaurard's men. So, he asked Gaurard to send a ship back to the mainland to report on the progress of construction on this side of Panama City, and wait for Marin's next instructions......