Chapter 1986: Pigeon Station and Earl Sanssouciac

Puginsky proudly said:

"That's right, Demi (Merov's name), these black barbarians are so stupid that they dare to look down on us. Therefore, I intend to train and promote only those who have 'removed the root of trouble' like us, and let them serve as officers, and even, our heirs, and form a tradition. In this way, who will dare to laugh at us in the future? Because, their officials are the same as us! ”

The other father-in-law Mao applauded loudly after hearing this, thinking that the idea was great. But Merov was worried:

"Fra, if we dare to castrate the children of those tribal magnates, they will definitely fight with us desperately......"

Puginsky thought for a moment and said:

"You have a point...... Well, don't we have hundreds of black slaves in our hands? Among them were dozens of teenagers. Slaves had no human rights, so we castrated dozens of slave boys, taught them skills, and promoted them to officers. As for the children of the clan leaders' families, let me accept the leadership of those children who have 'removed the root of trouble' in the future......"

"Isn't that wrong? How can there be eunuchs who are officials? Merov was a little uneasy.

Puginsky patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry, do you know Narcissus of the Roman Empire? That's a eunuch, didn't he also become a famous general? Brothers, in the future, we will also let the great name of the eunuch spread throughout West Africa, and even become the most honorable person in the region! ”

"Yes, yes, we want to add the same kind!" Other father-in-law Mao also chimed in. Just these eunuchs, it's too lonely. How good it is to get dozens of little blacks to be eunuchs together......

As for the problem of not being explosive enough after castration, Puginsky and others are not worried. Why? They trained archers, not heavy cavalry, and archery skills and horsemanship were more demanding than strength and explosiveness. Besides, there are so many blacks, and there are so many more strengths, and it doesn't have to be a strong officer.

As for the problem of those strong black soldiers who do not obey the management, Puginsky said - no means, if you don't obey it, you will die!

Moreover, their gang of Mao fathers-in-law is not cultivating one or two little black fathers, but planning to cultivate a large group. When the time comes, these people will be able to form a scale, and they will be able to join forces to suppress those who are not convinced.

"In addition, I plan to carry out a system of elimination when training those castrated black teenagers. All those who are intelligent and powerful in force are promoted to officers, and emphasis is placed on training. As for those who are thin and weak...... Then send it to His Majesty's (Marin's) court and serve His Majesty as a court eunuch......"

"Why?" The other father-in-law Mao was puzzled, they knew that in the court of Beihai Kingdom, there was Gonggong Mao.

Puginsky explains:

"The people we have cultivated, even if they are not suitable for being officers, still have a certain foundation in martial arts. As eunuchs, they even have the ability to protect the nobles in the palace. At least, it's much better than a maid. Moreover, these people, as our disciples, can not only please His Majesty after they are sent to the palace, but these people will also help us say good things when they have the opportunity......" Obviously, Puginsky even knows a little about Gong Dou.

Merov worried:

"After those black teenagers are castrated by us, will they hold a grudge against us? After all, we deprive them of the right to be happy......"

Puginsky nodded, and then said:

"That's why I chose those teenagers for castration, they haven't tried those things between men and women, so naturally they don't know what it's like, so why do they hold grudges against us? If we castrate those adult black slaves, they may hold a grudge against us......"

"Boss Wise!" Other Mao fathers-in-law agreed......

Subsequently, the gang brought in the dozens of black teenagers and performed the castration themselves. It's a pity that because I don't know how to disinfect, and I am not a professional, half of them are infected and half of them are alive, and there are various problems......

Eschwein then passed on the event to Cotton, the governor of Laayoune, in carrier pigeons. Cotton then sent the news to Spain in pigeons, and the Spanish Intelligence Division continued to relay the news back to the mainland with pigeons......

"So, we can now contact Senegal with carrier pigeons?" After reading the information, Marin suddenly realized that he could directly contact Senegal with carrier pigeons.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we could have contacted the Spanish side with carrier pigeons. Later, Governor Cotton bred a fleet of carrier pigeons that could fly to Spain and south to Senegal. However, it was difficult for carrier pigeons to fly south and fly over the desert. Because, the carrier pigeon needs to settle down and rest halfway. Governor Cotton's men discovered several coastal oases such as the Dakhla Oasis, and walked with carrier pigeons, and then specially established several carrier pigeon stations along the coast to ensure that the carrier pigeons could drink and feed on the way, and only then opened up this carrier pigeon transmission route......"

The most difficult thing for carrier pigeons to send messages is to drink water and eat along the way. Laayoune's journey north, through Morocco, is naturally not a problem, and the region is also the wettest region in northern Africa, with abundant food and fresh water sources. Pigeons can rest to drink water and feed, and can continue to sustain.

But if you fly south from Layoune, because it is mostly the Sahara Desert, it is difficult to eat and drink along the way. Therefore, Cotton also thought of a lot of ways, and asked his men to take the carrier pigeon on a personal trip, and found several oases along the way, where the carrier pigeon could rest and eat and drink, but this was not enough. Because these oases are too far apart, it is difficult for the carrier pigeons to hold on to the next oasis. If you die of thirst along the way, you won't be able to complete the message delivery.

Then, Cotton had a big idea and sent people to set up several stopping points along the coast of Western Sahara and Mauritania in the future, so that the carrier pigeons could stop to eat and drink.

There was no fresh water in the area, so Cotton asked people to get a solar cooker desalination system, which is to boil seawater from a solar cooker, and then pass it through a condenser tube to get distilled fresh water.

These artificial strongholds along the coast took on the responsibility of receiving passing carrier pigeons. As soon as you see the flag on Laayoune's side and the carrier pigeons flying along the coastline, you can stop and wait for the people at the pigeon station to feed and supply water.

"That's a good idea!" Marin was amazed and praised Cotton's brain.

Previously, because there were so few oases along the desert, it was true that carrier pigeons could not make contact south to Senegal, so they had to send boats to make contact.

But Cotton's brains make up for it. The coasts of Western Sahara and Mauritania are extremely arid but have easy access to seawater. Just set up a base on the coast and take advantage of the constant sunlight in the area, boil seawater with a solar stove, and steam condensation to obtain fresh distilled water.

A single solar stove is placed at each point to meet the drinking needs of several people in the colony, as well as to provide fresh water and grain food to passing pigeons.

Originally, Cotton's arrangement was to set up a few tents on the coastal beach. But Marin believes that the solar cooker needs to be kept secret and not shown in front of people. Therefore, Marin decided to allocate funds to build small artillery towers in those coastal strongholds to strengthen the protection force. Moreover, ditches were dug to divert seawater into the turret, so that it was convenient to boil seawater to obtain distilled fresh water.

Because the solar cooker boils seawater and desalination in the closed turret, people outside can't see it, so naturally they can't peek into the secret. Even if they tried to break into the turret, they had to ask the guards in the turret who had muskets if they agreed......

Generally speaking, as long as there are about a dozen people in each turret. Even if there are Arab herders nearby, they will not be able to attack it. Moreover, these turrets must have been built in a place to avoid the locals, fearing that they would be attacked by herders from nearby desert oases. With these coastal turrets as transit points, the exchange of information on the Senegal mainland will be much easier in the future.

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Eschwein reported the ridiculous things that the Mao father-in-law had done to Marin, hoping that Marin would make a decision. It just so happened that Marin needed to make Puginski the head of the indigenous Mauritania, so naturally he would not be blamed for fooling around. Even, Marin intends to give support......

"I wrote back to Eschwein and told him that I supported Puginski's approach. However, I will send them medical assistants and bring them for medical alcohol disinfection. "With disinfectant alcohol, these guys won't be able to infect dead people when they operate on black teenagers again.

At the same time, Marin also affirmed Puginsky and others' nonsense statement of "removing the root of troubles", and hypocritically said that "if you remove the roots of troubles, you will have no worries in the future......

According to this theory, plus Marin needed Puginsky to take control of a large area of land north of the Senegal River to the Songhai Empire. In order to win over and appease Puginsky, Marin canonized Puginsky as the "Count of Sanssouciac" and let him manage this large area of land on his behalf. Moreover, they also called the gang of Mao Gonggong and the black young eunuchs they were preparing to "create" artificially as "worry-free". When they grew up, they were Sanssouci officers, and Puginsky's successors were also Count Sanssoucian......