The problem of ploughing cattle is really a difficult problem to solve, especially ploughing cattle in tropical and subtropical hot and humid regions, and Marina is useless to cattle in the steppes of Eastern Europe. Because, the climate is not adapted.

And the best tropical cattle are the zebu cattle of India. But the problem is that India is also an agrarian country, although it is not as strict as the Ming Dynasty, which treats cattle as a strategic asset and is strictly controlled by the government, but it is also a big problem to buy a large number of cattle in India. Because, the Indians themselves have to plow the land......

So, if you want to farm cattle in the tropics, even if you have money, it may not be useful......

But Marin remembers that there seemed to be a lot of Asian buffalo in Southeast Asia. Although the breed may not be as good as the Indian zebu, it can also be used as a farming cattle.

In particular, Mindoro Island, southwest of Luzon Island in the Philippines, produces a native Mindoro buffalo in the Philippines. But the problem is that Marin has read a document in his previous life that shows that malaria is prevalent on Mindoro Island, and it is very unsuitable for human habitation. It was not until 1900 that people moved to the island because of the improvement of medical conditions. Around 1900, there were about 10,000 wild Mindoro buffaloes on the island.

From Taipei to Manila, it is about more than 1,000 kilometers, and Mindoro Island is not far southwest of Manila, which is an island about 144 kilometers long and 96 kilometers wide. At that time, as long as a large number of people are sent to land on the island and sweep the island, tens of thousands of cattle can be captured.

As for the aggressiveness of the bull in the Mindoro buffalo, this is easy to do, as long as the torch is raised, it is enough to scare away. Then, a group of people, holding torches, drove the cattle into the dug trap.

The only problem is that when you land on Mindoro Island, you are susceptible to malaria. But this may be scary to others, but it is not a problem here in Marin......

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This time in Daming to buy herbs, Marin purchased hundreds of tons of stinkwood. Although it cannot reach the artemisinin content of more than 6 parts per 1,000 of Artemisia annua, there are still two or three parts per thousand.

Marin asked the blacksmith to make the distillery, and at the same time sent people to Fuzhou to purchase a large amount of low-quality liquor, and then shipped it back to Keelung, where he personally went out and directed his men to process it into alcohol. Then, it is used to extract artemisinin from those hundreds of tons of stink.

After several busy days, Marin extracted about 600 kilograms of artemisinin from 300 tons of stink. Malaria patients only need to take 1 gram at a time, and it only takes a few grams to recover. 600 kilograms of artemisinin, it's almost too much to use up.

Marin returned home with 400 kilograms, and the rest were left behind. When the time comes to send people to the deserted island of Mindoro to catch wild Mindoro buffaloes, they can bring this medicine with them, so that no one will die of malaria.

The length and width of Mindoro Island is only about 100 kilometers long, and there are no savages. Moreover, the Mindoro buffalo seems to like to live alone. As long as a large group of men and horses are sent to surround them on all sides, it will not take a few days to search this small island in a carpet manner. Marin didn't want to be able to catch tens of thousands of buffaloes, as long as he caught five or six thousand, it would be enough. After all, if a cow cultivates 100 acres of land, it can cultivate 500,000 or 600,000 acres. Even if the Minduluo buffalo is small and the cultivated land is reduced to 50 mu per head, it can cultivate 200,000 or 300,000 mu, which is absolutely enough.

As for the bison being disobedient? The bull was so disobedient that he castrated. With the addition of a cow nose ring, it can still be lowered. If you really can't stop it, then kill and eat meat......

With the thousands of Mindoro buffaloes captured from Minduluo Island, plus the cultivated cattle and southern horses purchased from the Ming Dynasty, there is basically no shortage of cultivated cattle on the island. Moreover, Ma Lin did not expect to fully develop Taiwan Island, but only used it as a springboard for exchange and trade with the Ming Dynasty.

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On this day, Ma Lin was talking to Kong Tai and Zhang Cai about the future arrangements......

Ma Lin took out the map of Taiwan Island in his memory, pointed to the map and commanded:

"In the early stage, we mainly focused on developing the Taipei Basin and Keelung, and when we stabilized here, we would first send troops and horses to occupy this side ......," Ma Lin pointed to the location of Tainan in the future.

Marin was not trying to develop the Tainan Plain soon, but was afraid that if he didn't make a move or made a late move, he would be picked up by the Portuguese or the Dutch.

Although he is currently mainly developing the northern part of Taiwan Island, he must not be cheaper than others in the vast plains along the southwest coast. Therefore, it is very necessary to set up a bridgehead along the coast of Tainan for a generation, plant a flag, and declare sovereignty so as not to allow others to take advantage of loopholes. Of course, if you wait until the population is sufficient, you can also develop the Tainan Plain.

"When you occupy Tainan, you will inevitably have to contact the people of the Penghu Inspection Department, and when the time comes, you will have to say hello to the people of the Penghu Water Village......," Ma Lin continued to command.

But at this time, Zhang Cai interjected:

"My lord, the Penghu Inspection Department Hongwu was abolished in the seventeenth year because of the sea ban......"

"Huh? How is that? Marin was a little embarrassed.

Ma Lin has read a lot of travel texts in the late Ming Dynasty in his last life, and he naturally has the impression of the existence of the Penghu Inspection Division, and he still remembers that Daming and the Dutch had a big fight here.

But in fact, the Penghu Inspection Department was re-established in 1563 (that is, the forty-second year of Jiajing). Its purpose was to help eradicate the Japanese and to monitor the maritime trade in the southeast. As for now, because the Japanese have not become a big disaster as in the Jiajing period, the imperial court naturally did not restore the Penghu Inspection Division.

Zhang Cai used to be the official of the Ming Dynasty and a ministerial-level boss, so his words were naturally not nonsense. Moreover, Zhang Cai also happens to know the inside story. So, Zhang Cai explained to Marin:

"In recent years, there have also been local officials Hu Jian who have asked for the restoration of the Penghu Inspection Division, but the imperial court has rejected it. Mainly, the land of the Penghu Islands is too barren to grow food. If a water village is set up on the island, it is estimated that the grain will have to be transported by land......"

Ma Lin nodded, he naturally knew the situation in the Penghu Islands.

As a post-80s generation, there are almost no people who have not heard the children's song "Grandma's Penghu Bay". In the 90s, when Marin was a child in his last life, this song became popular almost all over the country and became a favorite repertoire for music teachers to teach.

At that time, Ma Lin listened to this song and longed for a better life in Penghu Bay. However, when I grew up, I checked Du Niang and realized that the Penghu Islands are really not a good place......

The wind is high and the waves are fierce, and the land is very barren. Marin remembers that Du Niang said that the land on the island was barren. The lack of water and the strong sea breeze are not conducive to the growth of crops, and only sweet potatoes and peanuts can be planted. In the mid-80s, he tried to plant watermelons, cantaloupe and loofahs, known as "Penghu three melons".

In other words, on the Penghu Islands, only crops and fruits with a limited concentration of sweet potatoes, peanuts, watermelons, cantaloupe and loofahs can be grown.

However, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty did not have sweet potatoes and peanuts, and never thought of planting watermelons, cantaloupe, and loofahs on the island (vine crops grow on the ground, not afraid of being blown by the sea breeze and lodging the plants, similarly, sweet potatoes are also, and peanuts also fall into the soil after flowering, so they are not afraid of the sea breeze). Therefore, in the eyes of the Ming court, the Penghu Islands are a barren land that cannot grow grain, and naturally there is no interest in development.

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Ma Lin didn't want to develop the Penghu Islands at first, after all, there was too much land available for development on Taiwan Island, and there was no need to develop the barren Penghu Islands. But after he remembered something, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and instantly made the decision to send troops to Penghu Island......

Why did Marin send troops to occupy the Penghu Islands? He was also forced to be helpless......

Previously, when dividing the territory with the Portuguese, the treaty of partition signed clearly stipulated that Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, and the Japanese archipelago belonged to Marin's "sphere of influence".

However, Marin missed the demarcation of the Penghu Islands. Because, in Ma Lin's impression, there should be a Penghu water village on the Penghu Islands of the famous Penghu Inspection Division. Therefore, he did not ask for the Penghu Islands to be included in his "sphere of influence".

In this way, in the case of unclear ownership, the Portuguese are likely to take advantage of the loophole to occupy the Penghu Islands. Even, it may be possible to learn from yourself, use the Penghu Islands to return to the Ming Dynasty, and invite yourself to be a toast. Even if it is unsuccessful, it can use the Penghu Islands, which are now unmanaged, as a smuggling base to smuggle goods from Daming......

Therefore, in order not to give the Portuguese a chance to exploit the loopholes, Marin had to send troops in advance to seize the Penghu Islands. When the Portuguese arrived, Marin insisted that it was a branch of Dongfan. In the case of their own de facto occupation, it is not easy for the Portuguese to mess around. Unless, they want to tear their faces and start an all-out war with the North Sea State......

Therefore, Marin instructed Zhang Caidao:

"In addition to developing the Taipei Basin, you give priority to sending people to occupy and develop the Penghu Islands, and restore the Penghu Water Village on them! Since no one cares about the Penghu Islands, then I want it! ”

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