Chapter 1213: Tobacco
Thinking that in the future, he will immigrate to Japan with a large number of South African black buddies and "dye black" Japan, Marin can't help but want to laugh. In the future, Japan will probably become a sports powerhouse. After all, although the old blacks don't like to use their brains, their bodies are really good. What sprints and marathons are especially black. The NBA is too, all of them are muscular American blacks......
However, this is also good, at least, these old blacks can increase the average height of the Japanese. Thinking of the old black running all over the streets of Japan in the future, Marin was very excited. Will a blackened Japan rise to become a technological power in the future? After all, black buddies don't like to use their brains......
But Marin was destined not to see that day, not even his son Caesar. Because it will take hundreds of years of continuous influence to do so.
Marin had already made a preliminary plan - a large-scale migration to South Africa, Lao Kuro, to Japan, and first stationed in Iwami Ginzan. Then, it spreads to other places. If you control the Tianyi Emperor in Kyoto, you will find a way to forcibly let the Tianyi Emperor marry a black girl, and the Tianyi Empress will also be dyed black...... When the future Emperor Tianyi is blackened, there should be no reformers like the Meiji Emperor, right? After all, black buddies don't like to use their brains......
Then, Marin introduced football and basketball to Japan, so that the blackened Japanese could vigorously engage in sports. Even if they win the World Cup every year, it is useless, as long as they don't engage in technology, they are still at the mercy of others......
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After a few days in Panama, Marin left the port of Colón. After all, Panama is not a good place. There are a lot of poisonous mosquitoes and insects here, and if you are not careful, you will get malaria or something. Of course, Marin was not afraid of malaria because he had artemisinin. However, if he had contracted yellow fever or other tropical diseases, he would have been blinded. Therefore, it is only right to leave quickly.
Marin raised a total of four 250-class armed merchant ships, formed a new ship formation, left the port of Colón, Panama, and sailed north, showing that he arrived at a port in the future Cancun of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, and even landed to trade with the locals.
In Cancun, Marin's saber was valued by the wealthy merchants of the Aztec Empire. In order to get the steel knife that Marin was wearing, the Aztec merchant directly took out the same weight of gold and wanted to buy it from Marin.
Marlin drooled as soon as he saw it—what a trench......
But he didn't sell his own knife, after all, his knife was a real treasure knife, although it was inconspicuous, but it was a treasure knife made by a famous craftsman from Uzi Steel. Even if the other party takes the same weight of gold, it is considered a premium, but the treasure knife itself is very rare.
So, Marin had a batch of steel knives used by the guards from the ship and made a deal with the Aztec merchant. As a result, 20 imitation 65-style sabers were exchanged for 40 kilograms of golden sand, which broke Ma Linle - this is equivalent to 11,200 gold coins......
But the wealthy merchants of the Aztec Empire did not suffer either, why? Because the Aztec Empire was also short of metal. You must know that the Aztec Empire did not have iron tools, and the soldiers used weapons made of obsidian, that is, stone tools. The steel knives that Marin sold him, although they were replaced by the guards, they were all high-quality steel knives, and they were all of excellent quality in this world. In the Aztec Empire, which lacked metal weapons, this was definitely a treasure that could not be exchanged.
Marin didn't know that the Aztec merchant took these 20 steel knives to Mexico City and presented them to the Aztec Emperor Montezuma II, and then he was actually replaced by a city lord......
Of course, later this guy's city was also breached by Marin's colonial army. However, he first gave Montezuma II the 20 steel knives, and then caused some problems for Marin's colonial army, some of which died under the steel knives......
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In addition to this transaction, Marin also saw many goods in the market in Cancún, such as gold and silver, precious stones, feathers, cotton cloth, slaves, poultry, fruits, delicatessen, timber, tobacco, etc.
Among them, the quality of cotton cloth is poor. After all, the textile technology of the Aztec Empire was still relatively primitive, and the cotton cloth spun was naturally average. And Ma Lin brought back several cotton looms from Songjiang Mansion in Daming, which are said to be handed down by Huang Daopo, and the cloth woven is much better than the local homespun cloth. However, the quality of Mexican upland cotton is better than that of Asian cotton in Daming, and the cotton lint is longer, which is more suitable for weaving.
When he saw the tobacco leaves that could be found everywhere in the market, Marin was a little greedy. So, he bought a large packet of tobacco, and then, finding paper, made a simple cigarette himself, and smoked it deliciously......
The sailors looked greedy, but Marin did not give them to them. It's not that Marin is stingy, it's that smoking really can't be popular among sailors. Because, smoke has fire, and the ships of this era are wooden, and it is dangerous to smoke on wooden boats. If the sailors had drunk too much and smoked, they might have burned the ship. Therefore, Marin was determined not to smoke the sailors, so that they would not develop this vice.
In his previous life, Marin had seen Daddy Ma smoke and burn his clothes when he was drunk. Therefore, he did not dare to let the sailors get infected with smoking. Sailors love to drink, and with tobacco, that's the rhythm of burning wooden boats in minutes......
Therefore, after Marin smoked a cigarette, he set the rule that "the ship is a non-smoking area". Then, the second cigarette he got out of the boat and squatted on the beach to smoke, after all, he had to lead by example......
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To be honest, Marin didn't like to smoke in his previous life. However, there are too many smokers in society, and when they come out to mix, they always have to smoke one or two cigarettes with everyone. So, he also smokes, but he doesn't have an addiction. After all, he is not blind, and the cigarette packs all say "smoking is harmful to health".
However, there is one thing that Marin has to admit, and that is - there are many men in the world who love to smoke......
In his last life, Marin read a report saying that there are 350 million smokers in China, which is more than the population of the United States. As for the world, there are more than a billion smokers......
Marin doesn't like tobacco, but he also knows that China's tobacco tax in a year exceeds one trillion yuan, which is very scary. So, although he doesn't like tobacco that is harmful to his health, he doesn't have trouble with money.
For example, in later generations of China, because the tobacco tax reached trillions, the country knew that smoking was harmful to health, but still allowed the people to smoke. After all, that's trillions in taxes......
Moreover, it is said that as soon as tobacco was introduced, it quickly became popular in Europe. After it was introduced to China, the old men in the countryside liked to smoke dry tobacco......
Therefore, tobacco is not a thing that cannot be sold. Although it is harmful, it is very profitable......
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After much thought, Marin decided to promote tobacco. If nothing else, just for the sake of revenue. Moreover, Marin believes that even if he does not promote it, it will still become popular when tobacco spreads to Europe in the future. So, it's better for him to promote it. At the same time, it also controls the tobacco supply channels. It's like a tobacco company in later generations, what a great unit......
To this end, Marin returned to the Cancun bazaar and bought a large amount of tobacco seeds. Then, board the ship and leave Cancun for Havana, Cuba.
Upon arriving in Havana, Marin threw two bags of seeds to Tara and commanded:
"This is tea seeds, this is tobacco seeds. Tea seeds are planted on the slopes of the rising sun, and tobacco seeds are planted on flat ground, and they can be ...... with good drainage."
Tara was stunned for a moment, then looked at the tobacco leaves that Marin brought back and said:
"Young master, there is tobacco in Cuba, why use Mexican tobacco?"
Marin suddenly patted his head, he almost forgot that Cuban cigars in later generations were world-famous cigarettes, and they were all used by bigwigs. So, he brought Mexican tobacco seeds, which was really an axe. So, he collected the tobacco seeds and planned to take them to the North American continent to grow. As for Cuba's local tobacco, Marin instructed Tarador to collect local tobacco seeds and carry out professional planting and cultivation to provide high-quality tobacco leaves......
"Trillions of cigarette taxes, I'm coming!" Marin is infinitely optimistic about the future of tobacco......
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