The Rise of the European Emperor

Even if the concrete road on the Isthmus of Panama is not repaired, as long as the castle and port of Panama City on the Pacific side are repaired, Marin intends to send a fleet directly to find a route to Ming and Japan. Remember [Watch ☆＾→Book＼◇Ge] in a second, and read wonderful novels for free without pop-up windows!

Especially in Japan, Marin not only covets Japan's gold, silver and copper mines, but also covets Japan's population...

Yes, Marin covets Japan's population! Because, although Japanese peasants are not as strong as African old blacks, their working ability is far from what old blacks can match.

Why? Because the Japanese peasants have more brains than the African old black...

Although he hates the devils of later generations, Marin has to admit that the Japanese, like the Chinese, are also a nation that bears hardships and stands hard work and is good at learning. Farmers in Japan may be short in stature, but their agricultural skills will blow the streets of the old black. Working with a Japanese farmer is more efficient than working with an old black.

Moreover, the Japanese have a very important feature, that is, good obedience. This point, the old black does not have in the 21st century.

The old black loves to be lazy and run away, and it is very troublesome to manage. Unlike Japanese farmers, it is estimated that they are better managed than Chinese farmers. After all, Chinese farmers still have a tradition of peasant uprisings, while Japanese farmers seem to be more honest...

Marin plans to sell people directly in Japan after opening the Japanese route, go to Panama to reclaim wasteland, and help build roads. With the obedience of Japanese farmers, it is estimated that management is much easier than that of Lao Hei.

Moreover, it is not difficult to sell serfs in Japan now. why? Because Japan is now in the period of the village chief melee...

During the Warring States Period, what was the most precious thing? Iron of course! Japan does not produce iron, and most of the iron needed to make samurai swords is smuggled from Fujian, which is called Fujian iron. Then, by Japanese blacksmiths, thousands of hammers were forged into the famous Japanese sword, that is, the samurai sword.

Moreover, the battle of the village chief in Japan is dominated by the samurai. So, you need a lot of katana swords. Naturally, more iron is needed.

Therefore, as long as Marin let the merchant ships transport a large amount of iron materials, the village chiefs who kept them would come to buy them. Or, try to rob...because, not every village chief has the money to buy it...

But this is not a problem, Marin can not accept the money, but instead accept...

No money, right? Still want to buy iron? No problem, go get the peasants in exchange! What? Are you reluctant to rule the people? No problem, you can't bear your own farmers, you won't go to other villages to rob them? Grab peasants from other villages and exchange for iron materials...

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Marin also intends to sell the armor to the famous village chiefs in Japan. Of course, not some European-style plate armor. With the height and physical strength of the Japanese in that era, they really wore a set of 50-pound plate armor, and the samurai master had to be crushed to the ground.

Therefore, Marin's plan was to recruit some craftsmen from Daming, buy Fujian iron from Daming, and directly build Ming Dynasty-style armor on Taiwan Island, and then sell it to the village chiefs in Japan at a high price. As for the price, it is to exchange the robbed farmer for...

Then, Marin's merchant ships, and then the Japanese farmers who traded in the following year, were transported to Panama, responsible for road construction and logging.

As for whether the Japanese are adapted to the climate of Panama, and whether they will die from being bitten by poisonous insects and mosquitoes, Marin has not considered it, nor does he care.

Anyway, Japan has a large population, and if a group of people died, they would use iron materials and armor for another group to fill the hole. There will always be tenacious Japanese farmers who will survive in Panama...

Marin suddenly discovered that using Japanese farmers to reclaim the American tropics seemed to be a very good choice.

In this era, the Japanese civil war was endless, the country was in chaos, and the economy was collapsing. There are probably too many people left in the huge Japanese archipelago. Marin remembered that he had read a post in his last life. It said that in 1500, Japan ranked third in the world's population, with a population of 17 million, 2 million more than France. As for England's less than 3 million, not even a fraction of Japan's. The entire Shinra Empire has only about 10 million people, which is completely incomparable to Japan.

Therefore, even if Marin took away tens of thousands of serfs from Japan, it would not have a particularly large impact on Japan. Moreover, Japanese farmers have good obedience, and their agricultural skills are completely black. They are indeed very good agricultural slaves. Moreover, Marin didn't feel bad when he died...

In addition, to mine Chilean saltpeter, Marin also intends to get some farmers from Japan to mine. Despite the harsh conditions over there and the extreme lack of fresh water, Marin didn't care. It's the same reason--he doesn't feel bad for a few Japanese farmers who died...

Of course, Marin is not a pervert and will not abuse those Japanese farmers. The food and fresh water that should be given will still be given. However, whether they can adapt to the local climate and whether they can survive depends on their own creation.

In addition, Marin also intends to hire a group of down-and-out samurai as mercenaries in Japan. What do you hire them for? Of course, to help conquer those mountain people on Taiwan Island...

Marin took a fancy to the Jinguashi gold mine in Taiwan Island, as well as the fertile soil and dense forest. However, the subtropical climate of Taiwan Island may not be suitable for the European mercenaries sent by Marin in the past.

Perhaps, it is not a big problem to let European mercenaries armed with muskets deal with the Pingpu indigenous people on the coast. But dealing with the Gaoshan people in the dense forests in the mountains is a problem. Therefore, it is a very good choice to hire some poor Japanese samurai and let them be cannon fodder to help conquer the indigenous people of Taiwan Island.

In addition, using those poor Japanese samurai to conquer the Philippines is also a very good choice. Anyway, those Filipino natives are definitely no match for the Japanese samurai who are skilled in martial arts. And those Japanese warriors with high martial arts are not the opponents of the German warriors with muskets. After all, no matter how high your martial arts are, I can knock you down with one shot...

In this way, Marin can use a small number of European mercenaries to drive the hired Japanese warriors to complete the occupation and rule of Taiwan Island and the Philippines.

After that, they plundered the local population in the Philippines and sent them to the Americas, where they mixed with Japanese farmers and let the Japanese farmers instruct the uncivilized Filipino barbarians in agricultural techniques. In the same way, let them intermarry with the Japanese, and confuse the blood. In this way, the Japanese will not become bigger at the bottom in the future. They can't even tell their own race, what are they talking about independent thinking and resistance? Or, let them interbreed with the Indians...

As long as the bloodlines of those Japanese slaves are mixed up in the future, making it impossible for them to form a unified nation, language and culture, it will be difficult for them to organize a unified resistance front.

At that time, the German colonists only need to practice martial arts and musket shooting skills every day, and be ready to suppress the resistance of slaves at any time. And those slaves from Japan and Southeast Asia were responsible for the hard work of the farmland...

Of course, Marin has a longer-term plan - once agricultural machinery is developed, there will be no need for so many serfs. The descendants of serfs from Japan and Southeast Asia will be concentrated in designated areas, such as tropical islands in the Caribbean, or Colombia and other places. At least, the elite North American continent won't keep them. In this way, various social and ethnic conflicts can be avoided in the future...

Regarding the preservation of fresh water, as I described before, fill the oak barrels with fresh water and put them in a large pot to cook and sterilize at high temperature. Then, plug the cork while it is still hot, and pat the sealant around the cork to keep out the air. After the sealing mud is dried, a bucket of fresh water similar to the early cans is ready, and it is not a problem to store it for a few months. Moreover, the cost is low.