While Wiltz was making his mark in Cuba's Moa region, the other three colonies were not idle. Whether it is Tara's Havana colony, Ghoillard's Panama colony, or Albert's Twin Islands colony, Pen "Fun" Pavilion's www.biquge.info have achieved certain results.

Among them, Gaulard was the most unlucky. Because, Panama is too dangerous. Ghoillard brought with him a few hundred young immigrants and 200 black slaves to land in the Gulf of Colón on the Caribbean side of Panama. After that, it's time to cut down trees and set up camp. Probably as luck would have it, Ghoillard did not have a serious conflict with the local clan. In the only clash in which a young indigenous man was injured, Ghoillard quickly sent a small bag of salt to the local chief as a gift. Then they were all right.

It's just that although they were not attacked by the local natives, they were attacked by poisonous mosquitoes and poisonous insects......

Then, despite the use of mosquito repellent toilet water, three unlucky German immigrants died of malaria and yellow fever. As for the cause of death, it was because the mosquito repellent water on the body of the three goods did not make up for it in time after it failed. Then, there was a tragedy.

It's those 200 black brothers, who are really in good health. They were not assigned mosquito repellent toilet water, and they were still alive. In fact, in the African rainforest, there are also poisonous mosquitoes and poisonous insects. This group of black brothers has long been used to it. Even without mosquito repellent toilet water, they are fine. What's more, Marin asked people to buy them, but they were all young and strong male black slaves, who had the best body and the strongest disease resistance.

As a result, hundreds of European immigrants were trembling with fright, while the blacks were alive. The matter of cutting down trees also mainly fell into the hands of Lao Hei. Gaurard also sent someone to contact the island of Grenada, and asked the ship from the island of Grenada to return to Europe to tell Marin that Panama needed more black slaves......

In fact, the Panama Canal was dug in the mid-to-late 19th century. At that time, slavery had been abolished all over the world. Therefore, the Panama Canal was dug without the use of many blacks, but by a large number of non-black laborers, including Chinese and Indians. In the end, 20,000 or 30,000 people died of illness. One of the main reasons is that those recruited from other places are very unsuitable for the harsh local climate and poisonous mosquitoes and insects.

And if it were dug by black people who were adapted to the tropical rainforest climate, it is estimated that there would be far fewer dead. Because, black people from the rainforests of West Africa are very well adapted to the local climate.

However, at that time, black slavery had been abolished, and blacks had become masters. Therefore, for the sake of international influence, policymakers have had to fill in the population of people other than blacks, resulting in a high mortality rate. Therefore, the most suitable person to dig the canal was actually a black slave from the rainforest of West Africa. Of course, if you have the ability to enslave the local Indians of Panama, you can do that. However, it seems a bit difficult to capture those Indians who are good at jungle warfare from the dense rainforest, so it is better to go to Africa and buy an honest black uncle to work......

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Tara's colony of Havana, where she is located, is much better than Gaurard's Panama colony. At the very least, Cuba has a much milder climate and fewer mosquitoes and insects, although it is also tropical. Because, in this era, the island of Cuba has a population of about 300,000. With so many people, the development and influence of the islands has made the area more suitable for human habitation. Moreover, the island of Cuba is also relatively northerly in the tropics, and its latitude is similar to that of the Xiangjiang River, and the climate is similar. In short, much better than Panama, which is close to the equator.

After arriving at Havana Bay, where Columbus had reached, Tara chose the same option as the Spaniards - to build a castle on the peninsula on the western side of Havana Bay......

The reason why it chose to establish itself on the peninsula on the western side of Havana Bay is that it is a vacuum area for local indigenous forces. Unlike the eastern side of Havana Bay, which happens to be the territory of a local indigenous tribe.

Cautious by nature, Tara did not immediately make contact with the Taítans, but buried herself in building a castle there. In fact, if Tara had sent someone to test it, she would have known that if they were willing to sell salt, the friendly Taítans would welcome them. Because, in order to buy salt, the Taíno people often had to drive canoes, and they took great risks to cross the sea to the west to the Yucatan Peninsula to exchange salt with the Mexicans. Moreover, because the canoe has a very limited cargo capacity, it is very expensive and risky to transport salt.

Of course, Tara's approach is actually the safest. Regardless of the attitude of the indigenous people, it is the most suitable choice. After all, no one knows the attitude of the indigenous people. Those who, like Wilts, quickly mingled with the natives were pure luck. If he had encountered cannibals, Wiltz would have been roasted and eaten......

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Albert's Twin Island Colony did something of great significance - Albert bought Manhattan Island......

Albert was the most cared for by Marlin along the way. After all, he is Marin's younger brother and has the most resources at his disposal. Marin equipped him with a group of linguistic and diplomatic talents to help him deal with the Delaware.

After those linguists became familiar with the language of the Delaware, communication began quickly......

Knowing that the Delaware were a matriarchal society, Albert sent cloth and stained glass, which were very popular with the women of the Delaware.

According to the custom of the Delaware, the old woman is very respected by the Delaware. The eldest old lady can even appoint and dismiss the chief.

Therefore, Albert boldly sent gifts to the old ladies of the Delaware, and gave them a lot of floral cloth and glass ornaments. Then, several tribes of the Drava were breached by Albert's sugar-coated cannonballs......

Albert had always remembered Marlin's request to buy Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Lower Hudson River, and the place was even named after New York.

Although it is strange why Marin named this area after the English name of New York City, Marin is a monarch, and although he is Marin's younger brother, he cannot easily overturn Marin's decision.

Since there were no Indian tribes on Manhattan Island, and the powerful old ladies of several nearby tribes were bribed by Albert. So, after a brief negotiation, and after paying for 20 gold coins worth of cloth and glass ornaments, Albert succeeded in obtaining an area of up to 50 square kilometers (note: Manhattan Island is an alluvial island in the estuary, and in principle it is getting larger and larger, just like Chongming Island in Shanghai. Therefore, Manhattan Island at this time is not as large as Manhattan Island at 59.5 square kilometers.

Unlike the twin islands, Amerigo and Columbus are islands with limited freshwater resources. It mainly relies on the island's rivers for fresh water. Therefore, the development of the island is very constrained by freshwater resources.

And this 50-square-kilometer Manhattan Island, because it is located at the mouth of the Hudson River, is surrounded by fresh water. Therefore, in addition to the fear of flooding, the development of the island can be maximized.

Moreover, Marin also made it clear that in the future, Manhattan Island would become the political center of the northern part of the Wild Continent. Therefore, after Albert bought Manhattan Island, he immediately began to build castles, cut down trees, and build roads on the island, and immediately set out to build a city. Moreover, for security reasons, Albert also began to order the construction of forts in the direction of the estuary to prevent the encroachment of other colonial powers......