"I'll you, you even thought of this?" Marin was shocked.

Previously, Ma Lin sent Zhang Cai to the coastal area of Taihu Lake to buy Taihu pigs, and at the same time instructed him to buy tea seeds that frightened people (Biluochun), but he forgot to ask Zhang Cai to buy mulberry trees and silkworm seeds.

In fact, Huzhou, the production place of the best silk Huzhou silk in the Ming Dynasty, is on the south bank of Taihu Lake. When Zhang Cai bought Taihu pigs, he went to Huzhou to look for the domestic pig breed that Ma Lin said "gave birth to more than a dozen cubs in one litter".

Of course, in Huzhou, Zhang Cai did not find many domestic pigs with "more than a dozen cubs in one litter". However, Zhang Cai, who came here, remembered the most famous local specialty - lake silk. It is the best silk of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the best silk in the world today.

Moreover, Zhang Cai had also heard that Ma Lin seemed to be particularly interested in the silk and porcelain produced in the Ming Dynasty. He can't help porcelain, but when he passes by Huzhou, how can he let go of Huzhou silk?

Therefore, under the supervision of local officials in Huzhou, Zhang Cai pretended to purchase several locally produced domestic pigs in the local area. Then, he recruited two silkworm farmers who were about to die because they couldn't afford to repay them because they borrowed usury. Of course, nominally "hire them to help raise pigs", deceived the local officials who watched them. Then, taking advantage of the big night, Zhang Cai quietly sent people to buy hundreds of mulberry seedlings from Huzhou and a bag of local silkworm seeds in Huzhou, so that they could be taken to Taiwan Island for planting and raising......

Zhang Cai is a smart person, he knows that the reason why Huzhou silk is famous all over the world is that in addition to the good local climatic conditions, the local silkworm seeds and mulberry varieties are also important reasons.

For example, the poor quality of local silk in Europe has a lot to do with the poor silkworm species and mulberry varieties introduced.

In fact, Ma Lin raised silkworms at home in his previous life, and planted a large area of mulberry in Huzhou, and also introduced silkworm seeds from Huzhou. However, that was from the previous life when I was a child.

At that time, Ma Lin, who was still young, thought that "Humulberry" was called "Husang" and thought it was a foreign variety. It wasn't until I grew up that I knew that the one planted at home was called "Husang", and the lake was the "lake" of Huzhou, not the "Hu" that represented the foreign.

Ma Lin clearly remembers that at that time, the family raised silkworms and specially made a silkworm house. It is not only required to keep warm, but also often sprinkled with quicklime and bleaching powder for disinfection to avoid infection and illness of silkworm babies.

At that time, in order to sprinkle lime, Marin's mother wore diving goggles and masks that specially covered her eyes to prevent quicklime powder from hurting her eyes. Even, there is something like a gas mask.

When he was young, Marin often took his mother's "gas mask" and went out to play a biochemical soldier and play war games with his friends.

And the Husangtian back then was also an important "battlefield" for Ma Lin and his friends. Because, every summer, the mulberry branches in the mulberry field are full of mulberries......

In the 90s, the rural areas of Jiangbei were still relatively poor, and rural children generally could not eat fruits at all. Therefore, the mulberries in the mulberry fields of the lake have become the best fruits for children. In his previous life, Ma Lin often rushed into the lake mulberry field and ate with a black mouth. Even, because I ate too many mulberries and had sore teeth......

Therefore, seeing these hundreds of mulberry seedlings, Ma Lin was full of emotion and remembered the experience of eating mulberries when he was a child in his previous life......

For Zhang Cai's cleverness, Ma Lin naturally praised it a lot. Sure enough, he is a big man who has been the head of the Ming Organization, and his ability is strong. What his master almost missed, he thought of and did well.

After placing the Taihu pigs, mulberry saplings, silkworm seeds, Biluo spring tea seeds, and recruited personnel on board, Marin's fleet continued to sail eastward.

After passing by Guazhoudu, Marin looked north—it was his hometown in his previous life......

But Marin doesn't plan to go back to his hometown to find his roots and ask his ancestors, after all, he is now a German body, what should he say when he meets his ancestors?

Moreover, it is said that the Majiazhuang where he lived in later generations was established in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is not clear where the ancestors came from. Because, the genealogy of the Ma family was burned as a "feudal remnant" during the decade of indescribable periods. Even, he didn't even let his ancestors worship. It seems that as long as you believe in the beard, your ancestors can do without it...... And since the death of the third prince who was literate in the family and was responsible for keeping the family tree in 80 years, no one in the Ma family knew the origin of the ancestors......

Since he couldn't find the source, why did Marin look for it? Moreover, it is not easy to deal with it if it is found. You can't say to each other - "Ancestor, I am your descendant", right? And with his current appearance, he will also scare the other party......

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After entering the East China Sea, because of the strong wind and waves at sea, an important problem came to the fore - seasickness......

Of the 200 doctors given to Marin by the Ming court, including the 5 guilty imperial doctors, more than half of them were seasick. Among them, 2 of the 5 former doctors were seasick.

Of the more than 3,000 immigrants on board, more than half were seasick. After all, these northern immigrants are not used to taking boats, especially sea boats.

Fortunately, Marin had prepared for a long time, and let people prepare a large number of ginger slices in advance, which made people hold them, but also let most of the seasick people tide over the difficulties. Only a small number of seasick people are still half-dead.

The most nonsense is that of the 2,000 Taihu pigs, there are actually 1,460 seasickness......

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Marin was so angry that he jumped to his feet, and the seasick people couldn't return to Beihai with the ship at all, including those seasick Taihu pigs......

Zhang Cai was very calm, and he suggested to Marin:

"Don't worry, although there are many people and pigs who are seasick, aren't there many doctors and pigs who are not seasick? You can just take these non-seasick ones back first! ”

Marin thought about it and accepted the fact. Anyway, nearly half of the 200 doctors are still not seasick, and it is enough to bring them back to Beihai Kingdom. It's just that nearly two-thirds of those Taihu pigs can't be brought back to China, which makes him very depressed......

Hearing Ma Lin's concern, Zhang Cai smiled and said:

"Lord, you also know that the most powerful thing about these Taihu pigs is breeding. You bring back more than 500 heads, 400 of which are sows, and these sows can give birth to more than a dozen cubs per litter, and the cubs will give birth again, and within a few years, they can break 10,000 heads. Didn't the lord look for this kind of pig because he liked its fast reproduction? ”

Ma Lin thought about it, too, Taihu pigs are so good. As long as the early control is controlled and fewer pigs are killed, the population expansion is still very fast. After all, a sow can give birth to more than a dozen litters in one litter, and two litters in a year, so the number of children increases so fast that you don't want to.

Compared with the broken pigs in Europe, which are thin and small and can only give birth to three or five cubs per litter, Taihu pigs are definitely divine pigs...... However, care must be taken not to be infected with swine fever, which is a killer of domestic pigs. But there is nothing to worry about, as long as each pig is isolated, and only when breeding, it can still avoid the spread of swine fever as much as possible......

With mixed feelings, Marin returned to Keelung Harbor on Dongfan Island. After the landing, those who were seasick and dying were finally alive again.

But after bringing a few thousand people back, Marin found that the little land near Keelung Bay alone seemed to be not enough to house these thousands of people. If you want land, you have to expand......

So, next, it's time for a big battle with the natives. And the most suitable place to seize is naturally the Taipei Basin. The land area over there is large enough, and there is also the Yingge porcelain clay area to the west, which is the best priority target......

It just so happened that Marin came back with the escort troops, and it was early spring, and the weather was not hot, which was very suitable for the soldiers to put on armor and attack the Taipei Basin......