Columbus, lured by his friends, went to Las Vegas. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info because Marin rewarded him with 10,000 gold coins, so Columbus had enough money to squander in Las Vegas.

Even, even the consumption of the bad friend, he also covered it. Coming to Las Vegas, Columbus felt like he had entered heaven. The Mao sister here is much more snow-white and pink than his thirty-six or seventeen-year-old wife.

You must know that European and American women will age rapidly after the age of 30 and become aunts. Therefore, even if Beatrice has lived a good life and maintained well in recent years, it cannot be compared with those young hairy girls.

Therefore, Columbus fell into the gentle township of Mao Mei. It is only 3 Fennig to call Mao Mei once, and there is really no pressure on Columbus, who has just won a reward of 10,000 gold coins. As long as you throw out a gold coin, you can call 20 hairy girls over at a time.

Because he had to call a few hairy girls every day, Columbus found that his kidneys were not very good......

So, he went to the casino instead. It's a pity that because of the recent kidney loss, he is a little dizzy, often miscalculated, and loses a lot of money.

After all, he was in his 50s, and Columbus felt a little overwhelmed. However, Columbus remembered that there were two miracle doctors from the Far East in the palace that seemed to be Marin, who were said to know how to replenish the kidneys. So, Columbus came to Aurich and asked Marin to let the two court doctors help him treat his kidney deficiency......

Marin looked at Columbus speechlessly--How old are you, and you are still playing so high, aren't you looking for death...... Besides, how good is Mao's body, how many ...... do you call a day?

However, Columbus, except for the great point of sailing, is not a good person anyway. It is said that when he first arrived on the island of Haiti, Columbus was still a young daughter of the local Indians, and he was extremely beastly. He didn't get syphilis, which was his luck. Therefore, Marlin is not surprised that Columbus went to Las Vegas to find Mao Meile. It's just that I didn't expect this guy to lose his kidney......

It's no wonder that this product is 53 years old, and he still calls a few hairy girls a day, just because he is beaten with iron? Even a young man like Marin wouldn't dare to play like that......

Fortunately, there are two Mongolian doctors on Marin's side, who can also help Columbus make up for it. Oriental medicine, the best is medicine to nourish the body. Western medicine, on the other hand, is not good at recuperating the body. Even in the afterlife, it is still a problem.

And the European doctors of this era, not to mention, only knew bloodletting and prescribing a piece of crow as medicine. If Columbus had sought treatment from the Western medicine of this era, he would have either been bled to death or become addicted to drugs......

After Mo Zhigen came, he knew that Columbus was the red man in front of Marin, so he naturally didn't dare to slack off. While prescribing a few kinds of oriental herbs that he had brought and successfully cultivated in a glass greenhouse, Morrigan also ordered him to go down to the cattle ranch and cut a few bullwhips to replenish the body of our great navigator Columbus. In addition, Morrigan also ordered to go down to the beach and get some oysters for Columbus to eat raw......

In this way, Columbus stayed in Aurich and lived a life of drinking Chinese medicine every day, a bullwhip per ton, and a few oysters. It's just that he didn't know that the bullwhip was a cow. If you knew, you would have to vomit to death.

In addition, Marin also asked people to eat noodles for Columbus every day. After all, according to the Oriental saying, what you eat makes up for what you eat. Columbus had a kidney deficit, so he naturally had to eat more kidneys......

These days, Columbus, who lives in the palace hospital, in addition to often visiting his eldest son Diego, who is a guard by Marin's side, also often comes to Marin to report to work.

One day, when he was thinking about Marin's report, Columbus seemed to remember something and took out a white cloth from his coat pocket:

"My lord, this is the cloth I exchanged with the locals in a village on the mainland on the western side of the island of Cuba. I don't know what material it's made of, but it's white and soft. ”

Marin took the white cloth and looked at it carefully for a while, and the more he looked at it, the more it felt like cotton. Then he had a torch fetched, and he put the cloth on it and burned a corner, and when he smelled it, it was indeed cotton.

You know, when woolen fabrics are burned, they will have the smell of burning feathers or hair. That's because wool grows from animals, and there are more fatty substances in it, and when it is burned, it naturally has the smell of fat burning. Cotton, on the other hand, is a plant fiber, and when burned, it tastes similar to burning paper (the composition of paper is also plant fiber). Therefore, to distinguish between the two substances, burn them and understand them.

"Is it the legendary upland cotton?" Marin seems to have guessed the truth.

In later generations, there were four main varieties of cotton - upland cotton, long-staple cotton (island cotton), Asian cotton (tree cotton) and grass cotton.

If it is about quality, it is naturally the best long-staple cotton. However, in later generations, China mainly cultivated upland cotton, rather than long-staple cotton. Long-staple cotton is cultivated in China, only in some areas of the border provinces. Therefore, Marin estimates that it may be that long-staple cotton has higher climatic requirements, while upland cotton is not as good as long-staple cotton, but it is more adaptable to climate.

According to the introduction of a popular science book in the previous life, in this era, the Asian region is mainly planted with Asian cotton, supplemented by grass cotton. However, according to popular science books, Asian cotton lint is coarse, and it is only suitable for spinning roving and weaving low-grade cotton cloth. The long-staple cotton is suitable for spinning fine yarn, followed by upland cotton.

Upland cotton is native to Mexico, and long-staple cotton is native to South America. But from the late 19th century, because Asian cotton was inferior to American cotton in terms of both yield and quality. As a result, upland cotton, which has good quality and strong climate adaptation, has gradually replaced the local Asian cotton and become the mainstream of cotton planting in China.

This piece of cotton cloth, according to Columbus's description, was probably bought by Columbus in a village along the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Well, it is very likely that it is the legendary upland cotton.

If it's really upland cotton, then it's going to be done. Upland cotton is of good quality and adaptable to the climate, making it ideal for extensive cultivation and not as squeamish as island cotton.

Therefore, although the quality of the island cotton is better, Marlin prefers the upland cotton. Without him, upland cotton is more viable. In later generations, the United States, a major cotton-producing country, generally cultivated upland cotton. It's not that island cotton has not been promoted, but that it has failed.

And Marin is planning to reclaim North America, so naturally he has to choose cotton suitable for growing in North America. Therefore, upland cotton is the best choice.

If so, a large amount of cotton is grown in North America, in that case, Marlin can make cotton clothes and quilts. Because of the maritime climate in western Europe, the demand for cotton clothes and quilts may not be large. However, in Eastern Europe and North America, winters are very cold. There are cotton clothes and quilts, which are also more able to keep out the cold.

Moreover, woolen clothes, in summer, are far less comfortable than cotton in terms of sweat absorption and breathability. With cotton, you don't need to wear woolen clothes in summer, but you can wear cotton clothes that are more suitable for summer.

Thinking of this, Marin said excitedly:

"Christopher, you've done it again. Do you have time to go on another trip to the continent on the border of ancient Brazil? ”

"I'm free, I'm free, but look at my body......" Columbus suddenly frowned. His body has not yet recovered from kidney deficit. Sailing in such a weak area is easy to die on the sea......

"Uh...... Well, you should have someone who knows how to speak the Arawak language, right? Let them take a trip? ”

"This is no problem, the coordinates are all recorded, this time, I also followed the coordinates, any captain can do it." As for those who know the language of the Arawaks, I have seven or eight men under me. They're all young, they're in great shape, and it's perfectly fine to take a run. ”

"Okay, you pick a few people and take the boat to the fishing village again, and try to get the seeds of this cloth plant. Remember, this plant is called cotton (cotton, Marin only knows the English name of cotton), you must get seeds, find seeds, there is a reward! ”

"Understood, but ......" a look of hesitation appeared on Columbus's face.

"What's wrong? What do you want to say? ”

"My lord, can I let my eldest son, Diego, join this voyage?" Columbus said with some embarrassment.

Marin immediately understood in seconds that this voyage, because of the coordinates, was not difficult at all. And Columbus let his son Diego participate, apparently to accumulate merit for his son. Although Diego has a baronial title to inherit, in a feudal society, the favor of the monarch and his own merits are the capital of the nobles. If Diego didn't want to be an idle nobleman after his death, he would do well to make more meritorious deeds to gain Marin's appreciation.

"Okay, let's let Diego participate, as an adjutant!" This is clearly a back door. Diego's experience and ability obviously can't be the commander-in-chief. But as an ordinary member, the credit is too little. Therefore, letting him be an adjutant is the greatest care for him.

"Thank you for your support, Marlin-sama!" Columbus bowed gratefully to Marin, and then went to Diego......