At the same time that Columbus and Conté arrived in Guangzhou and purchased all kinds of seeds, Marin was not idle in his homeland.

On the one hand, Marin ordered that among the hundreds of thousands of people under his rule, 20,000 brave strong men were selected and began to be actively trained to train them into militias to encircle the territory.

On the other hand, Marin is also thinking about where to plant the seeds after they purchase them in Guangzhou.

Obviously, the seeds of tung oil, sumac and moso bamboo purchased by Comté are not suitable for cultivation in the colder climate of the North Sea country and England. After all, these are plants native to subtropical regions. If you want these plants to grow well, it is best to choose a place with a similar climate for them to grow.

Originally, Marin was intended to be planted in Cuba. After all, Cuba's climate is tropical, and it doesn't have the cold that these crops fear.

However, Marin is concerned that these crops do not grow well in Cuba. Although Marin is not a student biographic, he also knows that some crops are not good if they are too cold, and it is not good if they are too hot. Preferably, somewhere where the cold is moderate......

Since these tung oil, sumac, and moso bamboo are all native plants in subtropical areas, the most suitable for them to grow is still in the subtropical region. As a result, Marin set his sights on the southern region of the United States......

First of all, Marin chose the Florida peninsula. After all, just north of the colony of Havana in Cuba is the Florida peninsula. It is very convenient to send troops to colonize the Florida peninsula. Moreover, from the Cuban colony back to the North Sea State, the ship also passed through the Florida Strait, which was very smooth.

So, based on his memory, Marin drew a map of the United States for later generations and began to circle the area of the Florida peninsula. As a pseudo-basketball fan, Marin also chased the NBA for several years in his last life. It was when Yao Ming was playing for the Rockets, and Marin was still in middle school, but he and a group of friends often skipped class to watch Rockets games. However, after Yao Ming retired, Marin, a pseudo-basketball fan, immediately stopped watching the NBA. The friends despise him, but he has a lot of words - Nima, Lao Tzu watched the NBA to see Yao Ming, and that group of old blacks played ball and it was none of my business?

In fact, Marin is face blind to black people. If Jordan didn't wear the No. 23 Bulls jersey, Marin wouldn't have recognized the basketball god. Of course, Kobe Bryant and Ao Fat are very distinctive-looking old blacks, and Marin can still recognize them. In fact, in his previous life, Marin had an oolong - he saw James wearing the No. 23 jersey, and just looking at the front, he mistook it for Jordan, and laughed a group of authentic basketball fans to death. Marin was annoyed and angry at the time - Nima, who told him to wear the number 23 jersey too? And it's red. The most important thing is that James did not wear a hood that time...... Then, Marlin mistook it for Uncle Jordan...... With this in the old black face blindness, Marin can be interested in the NBA......

Thinking of these interesting things in his previous life, Marin smiled. Then, he drew a circle on the Miami spot. This is where the Miami Heat are located, and it is also an important area where Fat stayed before he retired. Although I don't know a few NBA stars, I still know Fat Marin. Ao Fat is definitely a legend in the NBA, not because of how good his playing skills are, but because he is so strong that he is a little unreasonable, relying entirely on his body and crushing opponents like a tank. At the beginning, as soon as the young Yao Ming landed in the NBA, he was squeezed by the pile of fat meat of Ao Fat. Later, it also had to gain weight in order to strengthen the ability to fight......

Marin smiled, ready to settle the matter. However, thinking of Da Yao's experience, a bad memory suddenly flashed through Ma Lin's mind......

It was in 08 that there was a super earthquake in Wenchuan and the damage was heavy...... Of course, these are not the main things of this memory. The main content of this memory is related to Da Yao's donation......

It turned out that when the earthquake first happened, Da Yao immediately donated 500,000 yuan through Yao's team. However, netizens were not happy......

Why? It turned out that before that, there had been a severe hurricane in Florida, and that time, Da Yao was said to have donated $2 million......

As a result, many people stood up and sprayed Da Yao - you donated 2 million US dollars for the disaster in Lao Mei, and you only donated 500,000 yuan for such a catastrophe in China, or is it a soft sister coin? Then, the newspapers were torn......

Fortunately, Da Yao reacted quickly and immediately donated tens of millions of dollars to settle the turmoil......

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Of course, the above is all nonsense, and the important message Marin got from this memory is that there are many hurricanes on the Florida Peninsula......

Then, more memories of the hurricane jumped out of Marin's memory......

Based on those deep memories, Marin remembered that the Florida Peninsula was a high-risk hurricane area in the United States. In addition, Texas, which is also part of the Gulf Coast, and Louisiana, which is the mouth of the Mississippi River, are also the hardest hit by hurricanes.

Combined, however, Texas and Louisiana are not as devastated by hurricanes as Florida. It seems that every year in June and October, Florida is always visited by hurricanes. This is the same as Taiwan Island is always patronized by Taiwan's scenery, otherwise, a typhoon would not be called a typhoon......

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Thinking of this, Marin suddenly gave up on the plan to put the planting area in Florida. He was very concerned about this batch of seed treasures, and if he planted them on the Florida Peninsula and accidentally got visited by the hurricane, he would have lost all his efforts......

So, Marin flipped through the map and began to look for other suitable places......

Texas, excluded – that's also a hurricane area. Although not as many times as Florida, there are many ...... Louisiana, also excluded...... Even several states in the northern Gulf of Mexico, which are the hardest hit by hurricanes, have to be ruled out......

So, let's move north......

Marin's pen moves up on the map......

Obviously, this is not possible in the hinterland. After all, inland transportation is inconvenient. Marin's colonial ships were difficult to drive into, and even if they did, they were easily ambushed by the Indians. Therefore, it can only be chosen along the coast......

The Gulf Coast was excluded and the Atlantic Coast was chosen......

Although, the Atlantic coast is also at risk of hurricanes. However, the number of times is much less. Because, it seems, most hurricanes are blocked by the tentacles of the Florida peninsula sticking out of the continent.

Marin glanced at the east coast of the old United States in later generations, and also circled several cities in the coastal area according to his memory......

But after circling a few cities, Marin was surprised to find that it seemed to have been chosen......

Why? Because there are only a few big cities on the East Coast of the United States — Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Savannah, and Jacksonville......

Boston, New York, Philadelphia are directly excluded. Because, they are not subtropical climates. But Norfolk ...... Marin is a little unsure if it's a subtropical climate. Seeming, Norfolk hovers between temperate and subtropical......

Jacksonville has a subtropical climate, but Jacksonville is a Florida city. If a hurricane breaks out in Florida, it will be difficult to escape here......

So, don't choose – it's Savannah......

Savannah was an important port in the southeastern region of the United States, and it was also a port at the mouth of the Savannah River, an important river, and it was especially a deep-water port......

That's a perfect fit! You must know that in the era of wooden ships, it was best to use a freshwater port to prevent maggots from biting through the bottom of the ship. Savannah is not only seafront, but also the mouth port of the Savannah River. So, it's a great place for colonization.

In addition, in terms of climate, it is very similar to the Zhejiang and Fujian regions of China, and the seeds that Kongtai purchased suitable for growing in the subtropical region are sure to grow well in Savannah.

And, most importantly, this Savannah River is also important. If Marin wants to colonize here, he will definitely have to open up a large area of land in the early stage. But in the era when there were no machines, it was very hard to open up wasteland. In particular, those fields, in order to find water sources for irrigation, are best located near rivers.

Obviously, it is much more convenient to open up land along the Savannah River than to open up land in a place where there is a lack of rivers......

In addition to planting tung oil, sumac, and moso bamboo, rice and wheat are also suitable for growing along the Savannah River. Of course, whether japonica rice suitable for growing in the north is suitable for growing in Savannah, this needs to be tried. It's really not good, it's better to open up a colony a little further north, such as Norfolk......

In addition, Marin intends to develop cotton cultivation in Savannah for upland cotton varieties obtained from Mexico. After all, in the original history, Savannah was an important export port for American cotton. Before the Civil War, Savannah and New Orleans were important ports for southern cotton exports to Britain.

Then there's Savannah, which means treeless savannah (tropical and subtropical) in English.

So, Marin estimates that there is an estimated subtropical treeless prairie in Savannah. The difficulty of reclaiming grasslands and forests cannot be compared. To reclaim the grassland, you can directly let the old oxen hang the plough and plough the land. And to reclaim the forest, you have to cut down the trees first...... Logging is not the hardest, the hardest part is digging out the roots of those primitive tall trees...... This is a lot of work, but anyone who knows a little bit knows that the bigger the tree, the bigger the roots, and it covers a wide area, so it is quite laborious to dig up......

Although a lot of firewood can be obtained by digging out the roots, before there is no excavator, the roots of the tree are dug by hand, and whoever has dug it knows......

Therefore, it is much easier to reclaim a grassland near a large river than it is to reclaim a forest......

If there was a place on the American continent that was best cultivated, Marin would not hesitate to choose the Pampas of Argentina. Because the Pampas grassland is directly on the edge of the famous river La Plata-Paraná, there are no big trees, so it is not too easy to cultivate.

Therefore, Argentina in later generations can easily become a major country in agriculture and animal husbandry in the world by virtue of this unique natural conditions. All in all, Argentina's natural conditions are much more favorable than Australia's. After all, Australia, despite its size, suffers from a severe water shortage, while Argentina does not......

However, Argentina is too far from the European mainland. If that fertile land is reclaimed and the result is coveted by other countries, the gain will outweigh the loss. Because, if Argentina is occupied by another country, it is estimated that it will take a year and a half to return to China, and it will be difficult to react. When they reacted, they sent troops to regain it, and the enemy had been operating there for a long time and had already gained a foothold......

Therefore, Marin might as well take care of the nearby East Coast of North America. And Savannah is the place where Marin needs it the most......

After thinking about it, Marin ordered to send 5 ships to occupy the area of Savannah in the future......

However, Savannah seems to be a river port, not on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Marin remembers that Savannah seemed to be 32 kilometers away from the Atlantic Ocean...... At the mouth of the Savannah River, there is a Tybbi Island......

Marin's order was to land on Taibi Island (a sandbar island of only 6 square kilometers, similar to Chongming Island, but much smaller) at the mouth of the river, and build a bunker. Then, through bribery and bribery, he bought the land in Savannah with the local Indians. As soon as you buy the land, build a city. Once the city was built and established, the local Indians were driven out and the area along the Savannah River was annexed......