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Although the Spanish colonization of Zimbabwe was only the first step, it also showed the determination of the Spanish to colonize Zimbabwe.

When the news came back to Aurich, Marin praised the Spaniards for their aggressiveness. Of course, it is not that Marin is looking forward to the good of the Spaniards, but that since Spain has set its sights on the Zimbabwean Empire, it has little energy to pay attention to the Americas.

According to intelligence, the Spaniards put a lot of effort this time. According to Ferdinand II's plan, when Fort Ferdinand at the mouth of the River Savie was completely completed, he would send another 3,000 troops to reinforce the area, and planned to build a military dock and several forts in Fort Ferdinand to defend against the attacks of Arab merchants. In the future, a comprehensive colony will be established here. Not only would Fort Ferdinand become the base camp for the Spanish invasion of inland Zimbabwe, but Ferdinand II also planned to develop the vicinity of Fort Ferdinand into a base for sugar cane cultivation.

Prior to this, Isabella I had developed sugar cane cultivation on the island of Haiti. It's just that when I first started, I suffered an outbreak of syphilis. Coupled with Marin's deception, Spain finally gave up sugar cane cultivation in the Americas.

However, Ferdinand II learned that the delta at the mouth of the Savie River was fertile and hot, and fresh water resources were abundant. Therefore, it is indeed a good idea to develop sugarcane cultivation in the Saavi estuary delta. As long as it is well developed, it will be possible to supply cane sugar to the local area on a large scale in the future......

Of course, if you want to cultivate in peace near Fort Ferdinand, you have to clear all the black villages in the vicinity. Otherwise, Uncle Black will come to grab a handful every now and then, and he won't have to do anything. Therefore, Ferdinand II planned to increase his army by 3,000 troops, first clear all the black villages at the mouth of the Savie, and then develop sugar cane cultivation with peace of mind.

In this way, Spain could make a fortune not only by plundering Zimbabwe's gold, but also by selling sugar cane in Mozambique. Moreover, the Spaniards also confirmed that this Zimbabwean empire is not only rich in recent conditions, but also rich in copper mines. After all, copper ore accounted for a significant proportion of their trade with the Arabs. As long as the Zimbabwe Empire is occupied, it is equivalent to a large amount of gold, ivory, and copper mines......

Crucially, Marin once said that in the Zambian region, there are about 66.1 billion pounds of copper buried in the ground – so much copper that Ferdinand II was thrilled to think about......

In fact, Marin just painted him a seemingly delicious flatbread. There are indeed 30 million tonnes of copper buried in Zambia. However, it is spread over a vast area of 750,000 square kilometers in Zambia. If you want to detect all these copper mines, at the current level, it is estimated that it may not be possible in a hundred years. Because, many of the mines discovered in later generations are buried deep underground. With the current level of prospecting, if you want to dig out the copper ore underground, the difficulty is definitely hell......

Therefore, even if the Spaniards were able to discover copper in Zambia, they would only be able to explore copper mines on the surface at most. These represent at most a small fraction of Zambia's total copper reserves. Moreover, in the hot interior of the African continent, how to mine and smelt these copper ores into copper is also a huge project. Anyway, the Spaniards fell into the pit. However, the pit was so tempting that the reserves of 66.1 billion pounds of copper alone were enough for Ferdinand II to jump into the pit without hesitation.

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At the same time that the Spanish were expanding into Mozambique and Zimbabwe, the Portuguese were also sounding the clarion call to march into Timbuktu, the "golden capital" of the Songhai Empire in the interior of West Africa.

The Portuguese had a better foundation than the Spaniards, because they had already established several colonies along the coast of West Africa. Now, what they have to do is to use the coastal colonies as their base camp and head inland.

It's a pity that the Portuguese army was too scum, far inferior to the Spanish army that had learned the Spanish phalanx. Moreover, the Portuguese Army currently has a very low penetration rate of muskets, and most of the soldiers still use cold weapons such as spears.

However, the African black uncles may be afraid of muskets, but they are definitely not afraid of the Portuguese who wield spears. Therefore, the three army corps of 1,000 men organized by the Portuguese to march inland were all repulsed. Why? Stabbing each other with spears, who are the black people in West Africa afraid of? Although the army was not as well disciplined as the Portuguese, and was familiar with the terrain and numerical superiority, they were stunned to beat all three Portuguese invading troops back......

Having learned from the experience, the Portuguese decided to take a different approach – they also began to promote the massive use of arquebuses in the colonial army. When the Portuguese musket team was trained, it was estimated that it would be a new round of marching......

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As for the expansion of Spain and Portugal in Africa, Marin was concerned, but not particularly concerned. After all, both countries have fallen into the pit, and some will suffer later. Africa's harsh climate is no joke. Otherwise, Europeans would not have waited until the late 19th century to launch a frenzy to carve up Africa.

Prior to this, the Spanish had colonized several islands, including Cuba and Haiti, although they had also colonized the tropics. For the colonization of other regions, it was mainly in the highland area. For example, the highlands of Peru and Ecuador, although they are in the tropics, have a hot climate because of their high altitude. Similarly, the Mexican Basin, where Mexico City is located, is a typical highland basin with a warm climate, but not hot......

Right now, both Spain and Portugal have fallen into the pit that Marin dug for them. After that, the two countries will slowly struggle in Africa. Marin, on the other hand, went to develop the Americas on his own......

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Because of the compilation of the "Examination of the Origin of European Nations", Marin's image has changed a lot in the eyes of the martial German aristocracy.

This made Marin very happy. After all, no one wants to be the one who is hated by everyone. Moreover, if the image is good, there will naturally be a lot fewer people who come to beat themselves in groups. This damned tradition of mass beatings in the German region made Marin jealous. Even if he was as powerful as Charles V, he was eventually defeated by the group fight. Marin doesn't think he's a Super Saiyan and can fight all over the world. Therefore, it is also good to have one less person who comes to beat you up.

Through this incident, Marin found that compiling books seems to help increase his prestige. Of course, the premise is that the book you make is a pleasure to read and finds valuable.

So, Marin decided to make persistent efforts and write some more useful books for the benefit of everyone, and at the same time, to give himself another wave of prestige......

As for what books to compile, Marin had already thought about it - he was going to write a German dictionary and an English dictionary......

This idea was borrowed from the practice of Kang Mazi in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Why are Kangxi and Qianlong the two most dazzling emperors of the Qing Dynasty? Because they both compiled books - Kangxi asked people to compile the "Kangxi Dictionary", and Qianlong asked people to revise the "Siku Quanshu......

Let's not comment on Qianlong's so-called "revision" of the "Siku Quanshu" is a credit to history or a sinner of history, but the "Kangxi Dictionary" compiled by Kangxi is indeed very practical. Until later generations, this Kangxi Dictionary was a very useful reference. And our Kang Mazi Emperor also relied on the Kangxi dictionary to swipe a wave of prestige.

Of course, in ancient China, where culture was prosperous, it was not uncommon for Kangxi to compile a dictionary. Because, before that, the Ming Dynasty had compiled two dictionaries, "Zihui" and "Zhengzitong", and earlier, there was also "Shuowen Jiezi" compiled by Xu Shen of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the "Kangxi Dictionary" is actually a summary, update, and errata of the dictionaries of the predecessors.

However, in Europe, so far there does not seem to have been a real dictionary in any language, except for some commentaries on the Latin words that accompany the Bible.

Yes, the dictionary......

European languages are all alphabetic words, not words. Therefore, the dictionary of Europe should be called a dictionary. Marin, who had studied European history in his previous life, knew that the first dictionary in Europe was probably the Thesaurus compiled by the Academy of Florence in Italy in 1612, which was written in Italian. However, it is not a formal dictionary, but a half-finished dictionary that contains a lot of everyday expressions.

The first French dictionary in France was the French Dictionary, written in 1694, and the first Spanish dictionary was the six-volume Spanish Standard Language Dictionary, written between 1726 and 1739. The first large-scale official dictionary in England was published in 1755 by S. Johnson. The German dictionary was even later until 1781, when Christopher Brown. Adlon wrote the first German dictionary.

Although Martin Luther had previously translated the Bible in German, Martin Luther's version of the Bible was full of fallacies, many of which were freely translated. Therefore, it cannot be used as a German dictionary at all. Thus, the first true German dictionary appeared in 1781.

Of course, this refers to what happened in the original historical time and space. In this time and space that Marin traveled, Marin had actually tinkered with the English International Phonetic Alphabet and the German Phonetic Alphabet, and had preliminarily compiled an English dictionary and a German dictionary.

It's just that because it was written in a hurry, there were a lot of omissions. But there is a general skeleton, and Marin now just needs to find someone to flesh it out and add some content.

Of course, in order to give himself prestige, Marin would not have called the "English Dictionary" and "German Dictionary" that he had painstakingly compiled such ordinary names.

In order to give himself prestige, Marin decided to learn from Kang Mazi the Great and named the "German Dictionary" and the "English Dictionary" respectively "Marin Dictionary" (German version) and "Marin Dictionary" and "English Edition......

In this way, later Germans and British people learned German and English using the Marin Dictionary. And after using this dictionary, it is natural that you will not forget Marin, the initiator. In this way, the prestige can be brushed down from generation to generation......

Thinking of this, Marin couldn't mention how beautiful it was. So he asked Kohler to send people to all parts of Germany and England urgently, and hired a group of university professors of linguistics at high salaries, and asked them to help further enrich and compile the first editions of the German Dictionary and the English Dictionary for primary education, which he had hastily led to compile, so as to make them richer and more informative...... Of course, in the future they will all be called "Marin Dictionary...... Whoever uses it thinks of himself...... forcibly brushed him with a wave of prestige......

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