Of course, in this era, it is not only Japan that has a large population. In fact, Indonesia also has a large population. Marin remembers that in the 1500 world population ranking, Indonesia also had a population of 7.75 million, ranking eighth in the world. In the same period, Mexico had a huge area of only 5 million people.

Moreover, most of Indonesia's population is concentrated on the island of Java. Mainly, the island of Java is a rice production base. Although the island of Java is only 126,000 square kilometers in area, it is smaller than England. However, thanks to the large cultivation of rice and the abundant food supply, the population of Java is in the millions.

Speaking of which, at this time, the most suitable for the reclamation of tropical islands in the Caribbean Sea such as Cuba, including Panama, and other places were serfs, but in fact, the Javanese people of Java Island. Because the climate of Java Island is basically the same as that of the tropical islands in the Caribbean Sea. The capture of the serfs of Java is still very suitable for the local climate.

Moreover, the Javanese and the Japanese are both obedient to the strong, but they like to bully the weak.

So, it would be interesting to put Japanese farmers and Javanese farmers together. Both nations are bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, and in the face of each other with the same status, what kind of sparks will the two sides encounter?

Perhaps, in the future colonization, we can deliberately provoke the contradictions between the Japanese serfs and the Javanese serfs under their rule, so that they are hostile and fight against each other. It had to be controlled, and perhaps the long-term rule of the Germans could be guaranteed......

As for the Filipinos, in fact, this era is still in the age of barbarism, and it is too far from the Japanese and Javanese. At the very least, Japan and several countries on the island of Java have entered the era of agricultural civilization. And on the Philippine islands, except for a small Sulu country in the southwest sea, Luzon does not even have a civilized country, only some loose tribal alliances.

Moreover, after the Dutch colonial empire, Java Island was the core of their rule, and its status was higher than that of the Spice Islands. Because the island of Java has a large population and a developed economy, it can provide a large amount of taxes for the Dutch colonists. Moreover, the Javanese people on the island of Java are very skilled in agriculture and are much better managed than the uncivilized savages.

The only trouble is that several countries on the island of Java seem to be quite strong, and it is estimated that it will take a lot of people to defeat them. Of course, if you can get a lot of Japanese samurai from Japan as cannon fodder, plus powerful muskets and artillery, it should not be difficult to defeat the small local country.

As long as a large number of Javanese are obtained, they are mixed with Japanese serfs, and the contradictions between the two groups are deliberately provoked, so that the two will not care about rebelling against colonial rule. Add to that the use of Filipino and Indian intermarriages, confusing their bloodlines and messing up their cultural heritage, and when the time comes, it's easier to control.

Therefore, in general, it is the most important thing to open up the route of Daming now. As for the construction of concrete roads through the Isthmus of Panama, it is secondary. After all, that would take a long time.

In addition, this place in Malaysia, Marin is also very interested. Because, Malaysia produces tin ......

Needless to say, the importance of tin is needed in large quantities to make bronze. Tin ore is scarce in Europe, resulting in high prices. If you can control the tin mines in Malaysia, it will also be a very good colonization project.

Moreover, Marin is not disgusted with Malaysia. If you really can't do it, you can support Malaysia's Malacca country (known as Manchu Thorn Canada in the Ming Dynasty) and let them mine it themselves. Then, pay for it yourself. Of course, other countries are not allowed to interfere in this kind of acquisition, and only monopolies can have sufficient profits.

In addition, it seems that the Portuguese Society destroyed the Kingdom of Malacca in 1511. In order to block the Portuguese, Marin planned to quietly support Malacca and sell them muskets and artillery so that they could resist the Portuguese attack. Anyway, it would be right that the Portuguese could not be allowed to control the Strait of Malacca smoothly.

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While Marin was writing in his office to write about the strategy for the East, Machiavelli knocked on the door and reported that there was another ship back from Emden Harbor, which had been sent back from Cape Breton. Captain Kinson was to come and personally report to Marin on the situation on Cape Breton Island.

Marin put away the plan and called Jinsen in to listen to the report......

According to Kinson's report, Marin learned that there was not a surplus of food on Cape Breton Island this year. Because, Marin pulled more than 20,000 English refugees over. In order to settle the refugees, Garand distributed the surplus food to the English immigrants.

Therefore, this time Garand's ship did not return with grain, but brought back a large amount of paper produced by the paper mill. The paper mill in the north of Cape Breton Island is highly efficient due to modern processes. In addition, there are endless trees in the local area, which can be used to make paper. Coal can also be easily obtained from the Sydney mine. So, there's a lot of paper production over there.

In addition, according to the Kingson report, the settlement sent by Garland to Conabrook, a port in the western part of Newfoundland, is also developing well. Previously, because of the discovery of the limestone mine in Cornabrook, Marin simply moved the cement factory. At present, the cement plant in Konabrook has built the first batch of vertical kilns and has begun to fire cement. When the production capacity is stable, we can supply a large amount of cement to the local area.

And what surprised Marin the most was the last piece of the Kingson report - the Bakkens lead-zinc mine on the island of Newfoundland was found......

Previously, in order to obtain zinc to make white iron sheets and galvanize plate armor, Marlin specially planned to help Edward seize the island of Ireland. Unfortunately, the lead-zinc mine in Mount Tara on the island of Ireland was buried too deep and had serious water seepage, so Marin had to give up.

So, after learning that Conabrook had established a settlement, Marin sent prospecting engineers to go inland to find the Bakkens lead-zinc deposit on the north shore of Lake Red Indian.

Although Marin did not know the exact coordinates of the Bakkens lead-zinc mine, he did remember that Bakkens was on the northern shore of Lake Red Indians. The Red Indian Lake, on the other hand, is east of Lake Grande, the largest lake on the island of Newfoundland. As for Conabrook, it is on the northwest side of Lake Grande. Specifically, Marin remembers that the distance from Conabrook to Lake Grande was smaller than the distance from Lake Grande to Lake Red Indians. And, Bakkens is really above the turning point in the upper left of Red Indian Lake......

Marin remembers it so clearly because of the Newfoundland fishing grounds. As a world-famous fishing ground, when he was studying geography, Marin specially checked the local map. Later, a satellite map was specifically looked at, focusing on the situation on the island of Newfoundland.

Originally, this memory was very vague. But because my memory became stronger after crossing, I turned this memory out again.

It's just that Marin gave an approximate area, about a few hundred square kilometers. It's not easy to find mineral deposits in this area.

In addition, the Indians on the island may not be friendly......

The Beotuks, the indigenous Indians of Newfoundland, were divided into two groups, one of which fished off the southeast coast; The other group mainly herds reindeer on the inland plateau and lives a nomadic life. In Marin's eyes, nomads are generally fierce. So, he wasn't sure which nomadic Beotuks he encountered, and if the prospecting team would be in danger......

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But according to Kinson's report, the Beotuks in the interior are as friendly and kind as the Beotuks by the sea. The premise is that you are willing to trade with them with goods such as iron and glass, which they are interested in......

Because of the preparations, the prospecting team brought a convoy of mules with enough goods such as iron axes, swords, glass beads, and cloth. So, after coming into contact with the Indians in the interior, he quickly established friendly relations with several Beotuk tribes in the interior with the introduction of a temporary interpreter from a coastal fishing village (who did not know German but was good at communicating with the colonists in sign language). Of course, they also made a promise to continue trading with these tribes in the future......

With this commitment, the local Beotuk people became very welcoming. Then, with their help, the prospecting team finally found the Bakkens area on the northern shore of Lake Red Indian. Then, after a long period of exploration, they finally found the veins of lead-zinc ore......

After learning the good news, Garland immediately asked Captain Jinsen, who had returned home, to report the good news to Marin. At the same time, I also asked Marin what to do next for this lead mine (people at this time did not know zinc......