Marin continued to spend time in Münster, but did not forget about the remote control of the mainland and the Duchy of Schleswig. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoEspecially on the side of the Duchy of Schleswig, Marin was often with the palace minister of the Duchy of Schleswig, Mikel, and the military governor Woolf. Esbrand communicates to find out what's going on over there.

However, what made Marin wonder was why the other side did not take this opportunity to attack the Duchy of Schleswig, so his main force had gone south to Münster. These days, there is no movement on the Danish border, which makes Marin feel a little abnormal.

In fact, King Hans of Denmark had no confidence in his 10,000-strong army. At the beginning, he had seen the combat effectiveness of Marin's army. After the city of Copenhagen was broken, the 7,000 defenders of the city and many strong men were killed by Marin's army in a burst of defeat. Therefore, King Hans no longer believed in the combat effectiveness of his own army. In order to fight against Marin's army, King Hans chose to hire the most famous and powerful Swiss mercenaries in Europe to help him fight. At the same time, he also helps train his own army. King Hans believed that by the time next spring, the Danish army of 20,000 recruits had been trained and would be able to confront Marin and defeat him.

Marin did not know what Hans was thinking, but he nevertheless stepped up intelligence reconnaissance on the border between the Duchy of Schleswig and Denmark. And in the border area, a situation that made Marin cry and laugh was that on Jutland, a large number of Danish family members whose daughters were snatched by Marin's soldiers secretly crossed the border and asked to live in the Duchy of Schleswig.

It turned out that after the defeat of the Danish king Hans, he planned to lie down and fight Marin. But it takes a lot of money to raise soldiers to compete with Marin. Therefore, the Danish king Hans, intensified the exploitation and oppression of the serfs in the country. Some of the people who couldn't stand the oppression of their daughters were robbed suddenly remembered that when Marin's men were robbing those Danish girls, they had ordered the officers to issue an "invoice" to those families, and promised that if they had a bad day in the future, they could come to the Duchy of Schleswig and ask for help.

Some people couldn't get by, so they secretly crossed the border and came to the Duchy of Schleswig to ask for help. When Mikel heard about it, he immediately searched for the 10,000 soldiers stationed in the territory according to their invoices, found the person written on the invoices, and informed them that your father-in-law (or brother-in-law) was here, come and entertain them......

As for those whose daughters were "married" to East Frysian proper, Mikel temporarily placed them, but helped write letters and send them to the mainland to find their relatives.

According to Ma Lin's previous instructions, these people are considered to be members of the Yue family under their own hands, and they must not be neglected. If you want, you can be placed in the manor and become a serf.

Of course, the serfs of the Duchy of Schleswig and the Danish serfs were not at all the same thing. Since the use of fertilisers last year, the production of grain in the estates of the Duchy of Schleswig has also skyrocketed. After these old people were sent to some "invalids manors" (estates for disabled soldiers and their families), the old people only had to do some work within their capacity (such as feeding pigs and sheep, etc.), and they could still live a life of bread and be full.

On the border between the Duchy of Schleswig and Denmark, only the Duchy of Schleswig is heavily defended, and on the Danish side, there are not many defenders on the border. Some people who have lived a good life in the "Invalides Manor" naturally want to go back to pick up their families. Moreover, I want to tell my fellow villagers the good news.

As a result, the border between the Duchy of Schleswig and Denmark formed a "father-in-law and mother-in-law smuggling fever...... A large number of fathers-in-law and fathers-in-law of the generals of the Marin Army, because they couldn't survive, chose to smuggle over and live in the Invalids Manor. Of course, Mikel welcomes "fathers-in-law" with children the most, after all, that's a young workforce.

As long as the son-in-law is in the 10,000 troops of the Duchy of Schleswig, those families can be arranged into the "Invalides Manor" immediately. As for the son-in-law in East Friesland, he needs to wait for a response from there before he can arrange to enter the Invalides manor. However, after being arranged into the Invalides Manor, Mikel will not let them starve to death. Every day, "Kohler bread" with grass bran is served. For these people, the treatment is good enough. You know, in Denmark, they were crushed by the crazy Danish king Hans, and they didn't even have to eat bread.

Hearing about this "father-in-law and mother-in-law smuggling fever", Marin laughed for a long time. Then you, he also informed the group of veterans who had come to Münster with him, if he had married a Danish daughter-in-law, to be ready to check the information at any time, and to place their fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law in the "Invalides Manor" as soon as possible, so that they could live a stable life.

The Invalids Manor is not just a matter of having a full meal, the people in the manor, if they are sick, the official will reimburse the cost of medical treatment, and will arrange for the disciples of Morrigan and Battle to help the disabled soldiers and the families of the invalids in the manor to see a doctor for free. Therefore, entering the Invalides Manor is equivalent to entering a nursing home. Of course, unlike nursing homes, people on the estate need to do what they can.

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Just after talking to the veterans about their father-in-law and mother-in-law's smuggling, the guards came to report that little Mr. Columbus had arrived......

Who was Columbus the Younger? Columbus's eldest son, Diego, of course. Columbus too. At the beginning of the year, Diego. Columbus, on the recommendation of his father, took the piece of cotton cloth that Columbus had found, and as an adjutant, participated in a voyage to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico in search of cotton seeds.

This voyage is very simple, just follow the coordinate map drawn by Columbus to find it. Moreover, the team was led by several of Columbus's old assistants, who were very experienced and would never make mistakes.

In this way, the fleet reached the Yucatan Peninsula on the edge of ancient Brazil.

Diego who made a meritorious service. Columbus, with a large amount of glasswork, landed and began to trade with the local natives. With the help of his father, who knew Indian, Diego had a friendly exchange with the local Indians. Tempted by the beautiful glasswork, the Indians, who had little knowledge, decisively took out the cotton seeds and exchanged them with Diego.

Because it was an artificially grown crop, cotton seeds were plentiful, and Diego replaced a sack of cotton seeds and happily moved them back to the ship.

However, Diego was unwilling to make such a small contribution, and ran to exchange for something else. He then exchanged a few bags of corn and a bag of sisal seeds. Even, some cacao and cacao seeds were exchanged.

In order to curry favor with Marin, Diego had the cacao fruit frozen all the way by making ice from saltpeter, intending to bring it back for Marin to taste.

When Diego brought the cocoa fruit to Marin, Marin recognized it at a glance:

"Cocoa?"

In fact, the pronunciation of the Indians is transliterated, and the pronunciation of Marin is of course similar to the pronunciation of the Indians.

Little Columbus Diego was shocked, because there had never been such a thing in Europe, how did Marin know?

After a brief pause, Diego immediately slapped his ass, saying that Marin's eyes were like torches. Marin ignored it, but smashed open the cocoa nut shell, picked it up and tasted it, and found that it smelled of chocolate. It would be good if it was to promote the cultivation and make it into chocolate.

However, this plant can only be grown in the tropics and is not suitable for cultivation in Europe.

But in the end, this kind of food is dispensable. Marin is most concerned about cotton. Diego quickly took out the sack of cotton seeds. Marin grabbed it and looked at it, and sure enough, it was exactly the same as the cotton seed he had seen in his previous life.

Diego then took out the sisal seeds and corn......

For corn, Marlin's mood is mixed. Of course, he knows the benefits of corn, which is one of the world's three staple foods in modern times.

However, Marin does not intend to introduce corn to Europe now. Why? He was afraid that corn would hit his grain market. Similarly, Marlin will never allow potatoes to be introduced to Europe. Otherwise, his wheat would not be sold.

Therefore, Marin resolutely ordered someone to destroy all the corn......

As for sisal, Marin did not recognize the seed. But under Diego's explanation, after learning about the appearance of sisal, Marin suddenly realized that it was sisal ...... Then, Marin was overjoyed......

You know, sisal is a very good marine rope material in later generations. Sisal fibers are elastic, tensile and corrosion-resistant, allowing them to remain immersed in seawater for a long time. At the same time, it is also resistant to friction.

Therefore, in later generations, sisal was widely used in the manufacture of cables for warships, conveyor belts for machines, and fishing nets for ocean fishing. Of course, it can also be used to make sacks, weave rainproof cloths. It can also be used to weave canvas, a canvas woven from sisal, which is very strong and rarely needs to be replaced.

Therefore, sisal is a crop that is extremely beneficial to the great voyages. Even, it can be regarded as a treasure......

When Diego found this kind of treasure, he naturally had to be rewarded, and he successfully obtained a large number of cotton seeds, so Marin waved his hand and directly rewarded Diego with 10,000 gold coins. Then, he was also promoted to deputy chief of guard and captain of the naval fleet, which can be regarded as a layer of local tyrant gold for Comrade Columbus Jr......