Ma Lin remembered that in a certain history through the Song Dynasty that he had seen in his previous life, he mentioned sending troops to occupy Hokkaido and raising horses in Hokkaido. But he knew that although the plains of Hokkaido were not small, most of them were covered by forests, not grasslands suitable for raising horses.

That's not a problem, though. Because, the Sauron horse is a horse breed suitable for jungle activities, and it is also familiar with the jungle. The Ishikari Plains, the Orachi-Plains, and the Tokachi Plains on the island are great places to raise Sauron horses.

Moreover, the island can also be used as a training ground to train Sauron mercenaries and savage Jurchen mercenaries in jungle warfare. After all, according to Shuizi, there are also tens of thousands of Ezo people on the island, which are just used by those Sauron and savage Jurchens to practice their hands.

The Ezo people are barbarians in the eyes of the Japanese, but they are not fierce enough. As barbarians, they do not have the fierceness of the Northeast fishing and hunting peoples, and their combat effectiveness is very average. Therefore, they were often pressed and beaten by the Japanese who were short in stature. After thousands of years of fighting, he first lost the northern part of Honshu Island, and then even Hokkaido.

Therefore, despite their name as barbarians, the Ainu are very disgraced to the barbarians. After all, barbarians should be a powerful race. As a result, the Ainu became leveling monsters of the Japanese who were as short as schoolchildren, without the horror of barbarians.

You know, the same barbarians, the Jurchens are much stronger than the Ainu. The combat effectiveness of the northern border army of the Ming Dynasty was not bad, but the 200,000 Japanese troops who invaded Korea were repulsed at the beginning. However, in front of tens of thousands of Jurchen Eight Banner soldiers, the Ming army could only defend the city for self-protection.

According to the current population of tens of thousands of Ezo people, it should not be difficult to make up tens of thousands of warriors. However, they still couldn't defeat the Japanese daimyo's army, which shows how weak they are.

What is this era? The Sengoku period of the head of the Japanese village! The daimyo in the north, because of his poverty, every time he went to war, there were at most a few hundred small Japanese samurai in front, and a row in the back with sharpened bamboo poles and thousands of ashigaru wearing bamboo and wood armor.

In this era, the Japanese army actually relied on samurai to decide the victory, and the role of Ashigaru can only be regarded as the icing on the cake. Even this kind of army can't be defeated, and it has been defeated again and again, which shows how rotten the combat effectiveness of the Ezo people is.

As for why this is so, Marin thought about it and felt that it might have a lot to do with traditional habits. The Ezo people are good at making canoes for fishing, and because they rely on the fishing grounds of Hokkaido, they are technically more engaged in fishing than hunting.

The fishing and hunting people in the Northeast are said to make a living by fishing and hunting, but because the water surface is frozen for half of the year, most of the time they are actually hunting.

Hunting, naturally, bows and arrows are often used to hunt animals. If you're unlucky, you'll also encounter Siberian tigers and blind bears. If you want to survive, you can only fight hard.

Therefore, the fishing and hunting peoples in the Northeast are naturally much more courageous. After all, it's all forced. Hokkaido, where the Ezo people are located, is close to the Hokkaido fishing grounds, and the fishery resources are extremely rich, so there is no need to fight tigers and bears in the deep mountains and old forests, so naturally they have not exercised strong combat effectiveness.

In addition, because of its proximity to Mongolia, the fishing and hunting peoples in the northeast are not only good at archery, but also able to fight on horseback. They are also marksmen and horseback fighters, and the fishing and hunting peoples in the northeast are naturally much stronger than the Ezo people.

However, the characteristics of the Ezo people who are good at fishing, Marin likes it very much. Because, this can provide a lot of food......

If the outdated canoe fishing methods of the Ezo people were abandoned, and the large fishing grounds and trawls of the North Sea countries were replaced, the catches that could be provided would be greatly improved.

Therefore, while letting the barbarian warriors of the Outer Northeast capture Ezo Island, Marin planned to capture thousands of Ezo fishermen and take them to Newfoundland, so that they could use large fishing boats in the Newfoundland fishing grounds to help them catch fish. In this way, thousands of fishermen's labor can be saved and then used for maritime transportation and naval warfare......

The North Sea countries are still short of human resources, such as the Newfoundland fishing grounds, and Marin arranged for thousands of English and Germans to act as fishermen, fishing there, and providing enough salted fish for the colony and the mainland.

If you can get a few more Ezo fishermen to help them fish with big boats and trawls, you will definitely be able to greatly increase your catch and feed a larger population.

Moreover, Marin is also ordering people to hurry up and research the gunpowder-triggered whaling cannon, which is specially used for whaling. Once the whaling cannon is successfully developed, with large whaling ships, there will be no shortage of meat in the North Sea Kingdom in the future. After all, the amount of meat you get from just one whale is staggering.

In addition, the whaling cannon can also be used specifically against whales that swim fast and are too much for the traditional whaling industry to handle. The traditional whaling could only deal with a small number of species that swam slowly. In this way, the range of whaling can also be expanded.

And large whaling ships, after using whaling cannons to kill whales, can also cut and refine whale oil on the spot. In addition, whale meat can be divided and marinated and preserved on the spot. In the case of traditional whaling, there is often not enough space to load the whale oil and whale meat obtained after whaling. Even whale oil needs to be refined after docking. However, because whale oil is not refined in time, it often causes whale oil fat to deteriorate and emit a foul smell......

In addition, traditional whaling is mostly in small boats or even small boats, and often not much is taken with them after the whale is hunted. After hunting a whale, most of the whale's contents are discarded, which is very wasteful.

Therefore, Marin plans to promote modern whaling, using a number of large ships with whaling guns to carry out modern whaling. Because the ship is large and the whaling cannon is powerful, it can quickly kill high-speed whales, so the income from whaling will also be great.

Once the whale is hunted, the sailors on the big whaling ship can cut off the fat from the whale's body on the spot and refine the whale oil. Then, cut the whale meat, use the salt carried on board, and marinate and store the whale meat on the spot.

In this way, most of the huge whales will not be wasted after they are killed. And the inhabitants of the land can also taste a lot of whale meat to supplement enough nutrients......

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In fact, the Ainu were a people who were good at whaling. Marin had seen reports in his previous life that the Ainu had long learned to use the collection of poisonous plants to extract toxins, which were then applied to whaling forks to kill whales.

It is said that the plant toxins extracted and made by the Ainu have a strong paralyzing effect on fish, which can speed up the process of whales losing their resistance. Moreover, the meat of whales that have been put down by this plant toxin has a negligible impact on humans, and everyone still eats whale meat......

Therefore, the Ainu are a race that is good at whaling. Newfoundland's fishing grounds are particularly rich in cetacean resources, and catching thousands of fishermen, using modern large fishing boats and trawls, plus whaling guns, can provide the North Sea country with very rich whale oil and whale meat resources, and greatly improve the quality of life of the people of the North Sea country.