Because 1o ships were half empty, Americago's fleet had enough space to carry those 7oo Indian untouchables. At the same time, when Draka went to recruit untouchables, Amerigo also took people to the market to buy a batch of man-made spinning wheels and hand-looms for wooden cotton spinning that were abundant in India.

And that's not all, America also went to buy a lot of seeds for Indian cotton, as well as local sugarcane seeds. Anyway, there is room for the fleet, so bring it back by the way.

In fact, Marin did not look down on Indian cotton varieties. The variety of Indian cotton is called Asian cotton, also known as coarse staple cotton. This kind of cotton has a low yield and short fibers, which is not very suitable for machine weaving, and is only suitable for manual spinning and weaving. Therefore, it was gradually phased out.

However, at this stage, whether it is India or Daming, they are using Asian cotton originating in India. The six better quality cotton and island cotton are all native to Mexico and the islands of the Caribbean Sea in Central America.

Among them, the quality of island long-staple cotton is the best. It's just that the growing conditions of island cotton are harsh and not suitable for promotion all over the world. Therefore, in later generations, including China, the most popular is the 6 cotton native to Mexico, that is, the kind of cotton seeds brought back by Columbus.

Therefore, although the origin of Amerigo is good, the Asian cotton varieties in India will eventually be eliminated. After all, Marin has 6 cotton seeds.

However, when it comes to Indian sugarcane, Marin is still very satisfied. Why? No matter how bad the third brother is, but in this era, agriculture must be far away from 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 America's 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 over a long period of time using fertilizers are naturally superior to those grown by the Portuguese.

If the Indian sugarcane seedlings were a small surprise, then the other species that Amerigo presented to Marin were a complete surprise......

First banana and coconut seeds, bananas were left without seeds in later generations, and banana seedlings were raised by cutting off split buds or using underground stems.

But in reality, bananas originally had seeds. The tiny black dots in the flesh of the banana are actually the seeds of the banana. It's just that it has degraded after a long period of cultivation. And the banana seeds that Amerigo brought back this time, although they are very small, still exist. As long as Marin sends people to cultivate them carefully, he can still grow bananas.

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

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

Sure enough, after getting the banana and coconut seeds, Marin "Dragon's Face Dayue" rewarded America with 1ooo gold coins. Looking at the banana and coconut seeds, Marin is like a treasure.

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

Although there were already crops such as rice and sugar cane suitable for growing in the tropics, Marin always felt uncomfortable. Why? As a tropical island, how can you live without tropical fruits?

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

Anyway, Marin has the impression that the tropics are banana trees, pineapple trees and coconut trees everywhere. And, of course, rubber trees or something.

Although, growing these tropical fruits in a tropical colony, Marin also had a hard time getting fresh fruit. After all, the refrigeration technology of this era was poor, or almost none.

However, Marlin can eat canned fruit......

The technology of canning fruit is so simple, as long as you get a glass bottle, soak pineapple slices in thin salt water, etc., boil it in a cooking pot, and then seal the cork and wax it, it can be stored for 1o months, and when it is sent to the mainland, Marlin can eat it completely.

As for bananas, Marin doesn't have to eat canned bananas. Because, dried bananas are also a very good snack. Coconut, on the other hand, seems to be able to 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 grain. Coconut water, on the other hand, seems to be able to be canned and stored back to Europe......

However, among the three common tropical fruits of banana, pineapple and coconut, pineapple is not found in Marin. Because, pineapples are still grown in Brazil.

Now that the Portuguese have not occupied Brazil, naturally no one has come to see this pineapple. As a result, Marlin now only has the ability to grow bananas and coconuts.

It's just that Marin thinks that bananas should be seedless now. After all, bananas have been cultivated for more than a thousand years, and there should be seedless varieties.

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

Of course, Marin didn't care so much. Even if it's just coconut seeds, it's pretty good. Because, Marin liked to drink coconut water in later generations.

As long as coconut cultivation is promoted in Cuba or Grenada, and coconut plantations are carried out, then it will be easy for Marin to drink coconut water in the future. The recipe is simple, similar to canning, put coconut water in a glass bottle, boil it in a steamer, then plug it with a wooden cork and wax it, and a bottle of coconut water is made. As long as this canned coconut water is shipped back to Europe by ship, Marin can drink the long-lost coconut water.

As for the bananas, Marin thought about it for a while, and sent someone to send those seeds to the colony as well. It just so happened that the Indian untouchables, Marin was going to send them to the island of Cuba. These coconut seeds and banana seeds were brought with us. These Indian untouchables apparently know how to grow coconuts and bananas. Just right, 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 Cuba, Grenada and Panama, and make them an important food for the tropics.

Anyway, Marin will send someone to India to buy supplies in the future. When the time comes, I will tell you to get seedless banana seedlings. And pineapples, you may need to send someone to Brazil to find them......

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

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

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