The combination of dairy sheep and radish (big white radish) is a match made in heaven. Dairy sheep are inexpensive to raise and only need to eat grass. The radish not only has a high yield per mu, but also can be planted for more than three seasons a year. It is not necessary to plant a large area to meet the needs of a herd of dairy sheep for goat milk.

In addition to solving the problem of the smell of goat dairy products, the co-cooking of large white radish and mutton can also remove the smell of mutton, which is indeed a super invincible good thing.

Originally, Marlin was planning to promote dairy products from black and white cows. After all, drinking milk is the mainstream. But the problem is that the growth cycle of special black and white cows is too long, and the fertility frequency is too low.

In the absence of modern veterinary skills, in addition to growing for two years to produce milk, black and white cows may not be able to give birth to one litter per year, and one or two calves per litter. As a result, the population expands slowly.

East Frisian sheep are different, they give birth to two litters a year. The annual growth rate of the population is more than twice that of black and white cows, and according to the calculation of 2 times, the speed of expanding the population is terrifying......

The only drawback was that the goat's milk had a bad smell. Now, with the appearance of the terrifying Chinese white radish, this problem has been solved. Each dairy sheep farm, as long as a few acres of radishes are planted, it is enough to remove the smell. Then, people can drink goat's milk without a bad smell......

As for milk production, Marin also decided to combine earthworm farming to promote milk production. Raising earthworms from cow dung and sheep manure is a good project. The earthworms bred from cow dung and sheep dung were originally intended to be used to raise chickens and promote laying eggs for laying hens.

However, Ma Lin suddenly remembered that in his previous life, there seemed to be a legend that the "earth dragon soup" made by earthworms had the effect of promoting milk to mothers......

Therefore, Marin decided that after the successful cultivation of earthworms, part of it will be fed to egg-laying hens, and the other part will be concocted into dried earthworms, ground into powder, and added to the feed of cows and dairy sheep, which can not only supplement nutrition, but also promote milk production......

It's just that the selection of earthworm varieties is a headache for Marin now. Although there are many earthworms in Europe, it is necessary to select the most suitable for cow dung farming, which requires long-term cultivation and comparison.

Ma Lin remembers that the earthworms raised by farmers in later generations with cow dung seem to be a kind of red earthworm bred in Japan, and it seems to be a high-quality variety of American red earthworms and Japanese native earthworms. Anyway, Marlin doesn't know too much. Anyway, he asked his subordinates to collect various varieties of red earthworms, breed and observe them, and see which earthworms eat cow dung and transform cow dung with high efficiency and fast growth rate. If you really can't do it, you can also send someone to North America to find the so-called American red earthworm. Then, Japan is also a colony, so you can also send people to find good red earthworms......

Thinking of the appearance of the red earthworm crawling around, Marin suddenly felt a little uncomfortable...... However, it is still necessary to promote milk production in dairy sheep and cows. Anyway, it's not you who raises earthworms yourself, you just have to move your mouth, and it's better to let the serfs do it......

In the evening, when he saw the pasta with reddish-brown soy sauce added, Marin suddenly felt a little nauseous, and his mind was full of earthworms crawling around. Then, a bowl of pasta went to waste......

……

The next day, Kohler hurried over and reported:

"My lord, no, the few volcanoes we bought in the Kingdom of Naples have been confiscated by the French army!"

"If you confiscate it, you won't confiscate it, anyway, those volcanoes are just for covering people's ears and eyes, and we don't really need volcanic ash." Marin didn't care.

"My lord, that's not the problem! Once the French cut off our supply of volcanic ash, how can we explain that we will continue to produce high grain in the future? It will arouse suspicion in others! ”

That's when Marin paid attention......

Just a few days ago, the city of Naples was finally breached. Due to the lack of ammunition, the Spanish defenders were greatly reduced in combat effectiveness after they ran out of ammunition by Italian mercenaries and Italian farmers.

To put it bluntly, the Spanish army has been very powerful recently, and it is also powerful in the muskets. If you really want to compete in martial arts, the Spaniards are still not as good as France, which has always attached great importance to the training of knights in martial arts.

No, after running out of ammunition, the French went on their own......

Under the cover of the Italian cannon fodder mercenaries in front, a group of French knights, dressed in the clothes of Italian mercenaries, inadvertently killed the walls of the city of Naples. Despite being beaten back several times, the French finally gained a foothold on the walls.

Then, a large number of French knights, dressed in plate armor, poured into the wall......

Without muskets designed to restrain plate armor, the weakness of the Spaniards' low martial arts was quickly magnified......

The Spanish defenders on the walls were then defeated by the armoured French knights......

The French invaded the city, emptied the debris from the hole in the gate, and opened the cast-iron gate......

Then, tens of thousands of French troops swarmed in, relying on the absolute superiority in numbers and the martial superiority of the French knights, to crush the Spaniards. In the end, only about 2,000 of the most elite Spanish warriors escaped with ropes. It happened that it was evening when they fled, and the French could not catch up with them, and they fled into the nearby mountains......

At this point, the French finally conquered the city of Naples, which was the most difficult to conquer in the Kingdom of Naples. The next day, the French sent several detachments of horses and horses to all parts of the Kingdom of Naples to take control of the cities. The other cities basically had little defense, and in the face of the overwhelming French army, they naturally had to surrender.

Subsequently, Louis XII sent the remaining 16,000 Italian mercenaries to garrison several important cities. Louis XII himself, with the main force of the French army of less than 60,000 men, waited for the arrival of the main Spanish force in the city of Naples and prepared for a decisive battle......

However, in the process of conquering various parts of the Kingdom of Naples, all the volcanoes were forcibly confiscated by the French army without any compensation. Some of Marin's subordinates who had previously sent to Naples to buy volcanoes were also driven away by the French. Even, the tools and facilities used to dig volcanic ash, including the temporary dock for loading and unloading volcanic ash, were "forcibly requisitioned" by the other side......

Subsequently, the French began to forcibly recruit local farmers to dig up volcanic ash for them. After digging, he hired Genoese merchant ships (using his own merchant ships for fear of being sunk by the Spanish fleet) and loaded them back to France......

……

"My lord, how do we deal with it? Gotta find cover......"

Marin thought for a moment and said:

"Didn't we buy a volcano in Sicily too? It can also be used for cover! ”

Kohler shook his head and said:

"We only bought one volcano by the sea in Sicily, and its ash production is not enough to cover it!"

"Then I want to see ......"

……

Half an hour later, Marin came up with a countermeasure - buy Icelandic ......

Iceland is a large volcanic island, known as the "land of ice and fire", and the "fire" of "ice and fire" refers to volcanoes.

Iceland is home to more than 100 volcanoes in 100,000 square kilometres. Sometimes, volcanic eruptions spew ash that can drift over the European continent. Even, there was a volcanic eruption, and the volcanic ash fell on the sea, directly forming a small island of 2.1 square kilometers......

Of course, Iceland is also sad. Because of its high latitude, its territory is located on the Arctic Circle. Although due to the influence of the warm North Atlantic Current, it is not particularly cold. However, it has nothing to do with warmth. On top of that, in winter, there are polar nights, which means it's dark all day.

As a result, there is a serious lack of light here. Crops need to accumulate temperature, so in later generations, no cereals could be grown here in Iceland, at most some hardy crops such as potatoes could be grown. In order to grow vegetables, Icelanders need to keep their headlights on all day in the greenhouse, providing enough light for the vegetables to maintain photosynthesis......

Iceland is already cold, and right now, it is still in the "Xiaoice Century". Moreover, there was no promotion of potatoes as a crop in this era. Therefore, in today's Iceland, people can only raise a few kinds of animals, such as Icelandic horses, Icelandic sheep and reindeer. Then, all that's left is fishing.

As a result, the local population is now extremely small, only a few thousand people. Moreover, they live intensively on the narrow plains of the southwestern coast. Such a place, Denmark naturally does not pay attention.

So, Marin asked Kohler to send someone to Denmark and offer 20,000 gold coins to buy Iceland. The reason, of course, is not for the volcanic ash, but for the Icelandic horses......

The Icelandic horse is a dwarf horse, similar to the Mongolian horse, hardy, hardy, and endurance. Of course, now heavy cavalry is prevalent in Europe, and high-headed horses are popular. Icelandic horses, which are similar to Mongolian horses, are naturally not popular, and Marin is actually not interested. However, it is a reason to buy Iceland. If you need more reason, say that these horses are very popular with the children of the nobles of the North Sea Kingdom......

But at the same time, Marin will also quietly reveal to the French that Lao Tzu bought an island full of volcanoes, and there is no need for Italian volcanic ash...... In the future, the grain yield of Beihai Country will still be high, don't be confused......