Chapter 72: Whale meat, whale oil and soybeans

The boat to and from Grenada, when going, took the route from the south of the Canary Islands to the west, but on the return trip, it went north along the windward islands and arrived at Amerigo and Cape Breton Island first. Only then did it return to Europe along the warm currents of the North Atlantic and downwind.

Therefore, the fact that Arben's ship brought rice and **** back to Europe was known by Governor Garland of Cape Breton Island and Governor Tara of Twin Islands. It's just that they are still young and naturally not as good as old George. Therefore, he was preempted by the old George.

But they are not fools, they always have to send something back to Europe to show their merits. As it happens, the autumn harvest is just after, and shortly after the passing of Aben ’s boat, Tara also let Shuangdao use a Kirk sailboat loaded with a few bags of harvested soybeans and some cured whale meat and boiled Whale oil, ready to be sent back to Europe.

Governor Garland of Cape Breton Island cannot naturally fall behind, so he also ordered the only Kirk sailing boat to and from Europe, filled with rye and salted fish in Cape Breton Island, intending to ship with the twin islands Back to Europe together.

Cape Breton Island is on the edge of Newfoundland, and there are so many marine fish here. Therefore, when the fishermen sent by Marin adapted to the sea conditions here, they caught a lot of fish and could not eat them.

Moreover, no matter whether it is Cape Breton Island or Twin Island, there are many large trees cut down on the island because of the wasteland. Those oaks naturally keep the trunk as wood. But those scraps, as well as the wood of other tree species, directly became fuel.

Galander or Tara are Marlin's confidants. They naturally knew that Marin was developed by boiling salt. So, they also used these woods to set up a large pot at the beach and started cooking salt. The same is true for Grenada.

So, in the three colonies, because the firewood is abundant, the salt is also abundant. Used to marinate salted fish, not distressed at all. Even Garland, who knows that there are coal mines in North Sydney on the north side of Sydney Bay, also intends to use local coal mines to cook salt on a large scale. To this end, Garland made a report and applied to Marin to build a large-scale salt cooking base near the North Sydney coal mine. This report will also be sent back to Europe with the ship.

Moreover, Garland discovered that there were not many whales in the sea fish near Cape Breton Island. After all, whales survive by eating small fish. In the Newfoundland fishing grounds, there are so many small fishes, there are ghosts without whales.

Therefore, Garland also intends to apply for a few whaling experts over the island of Amerigo, and also engage in whaling in Cape Breton Island.

The ship sent by Tara was filled with oversized chunks of marinated whale meat and large barrels of whale oil, which made Garland envious of it. Although there is no shortage of fish on Cape Breton Island, it lacks oil. Although whale oil cannot be eaten directly, it is also good for lighting. Whether it ’s an oil lamp or a torch, it ’s better to add some whale oil. Although fishermen on Cape Breton Island can also scrape some oil from some small fish, it is too few. Unlike the island of Amerigo, 60 barrels of whale oil have been cooked. This time Tara directly sent 50 barrels of boiled whale oil back to Europe.

These whale oils are packed in large wooden barrels of 100 liters. Each barrel of whale oil weighs about 200 pounds. 50 barrels is equivalent to 10,000 pounds of whale oil.

It is conceivable that Tara will be commended for sending so much whale oil this time. The hot-eyed Garland also wanted to apply to Marin for whaling in the waters off Cape Breton Island. This is because the number of whales here is not small at all, or even more, near the island of Bolivia.

It was just that Marin sent the 30 specially trained whalers to the island of Amerigo, Cape Breton Island, only ordinary fishermen, no warriors who can whale. Therefore, he hopes that Marin can deploy two groups (12 people) of whaling experts to come over, and also launch whaling in the waters near Cape Breton Island.

The two ships departed from Sydney Harbour on Cape Breton Island, and it took more than a month to cross the Atlantic Ocean and arrived at Emden Harbour. After all, back from North America to Europe, it is smooth and smooth, there is no reason to be unhappy.

Just half a month after the ship on Grenada Island, the ships of the North American Twin Islands and Cape Breton Island also arrived at Emden Port ... when Marin saw the huge whale meat and the big barrel of whale oil And very happy. The piece of whale meat was tasted Malint, and it was not bad, it was similar to beef.

In fact, Marin didn't know that this was the whale meat of Minke Whale selected by Tarat. Other kinds of whale meat have a fishy smell, and it is not good to eat directly. Unless, put spices to cover the taste.

Although Tara is not smart, he still understands to please his master. Therefore, on the island of Amerigo, he distributed other types of whale meat that are not very delicious to immigrants. Most of the best minke whale meat is marinated, packaged and returned to the local area for Malin to eat.

These marinated mink whale meat made Marin and the aristocrats enjoy a meal of whale meat. That night, Marin feasted a lot of Orich ’s men and savoured a full set of whale meat meals such as fried, fried, fried, boiled and grilled. It's just that, because it's pickled, it's not very tasty when handcuffed. But in any case, whale meat is also a rare food, which makes everyone addicted.

As for the whale oil, a part of it was sent to the warehouse to supply the court and various nobles as lamp oil. Another part was sent to make soap.

The main raw materials of soap are oil and alkali. Marin now has a lot of soda ash imported from Egypt, and with these whale oils, it is entirely possible to manufacture low-cost soap in large quantities.

Previously, European soaps were made using soda ash and animal fat extracted from grass ash, and the cost was very high. After all, animal fat is also a food. Whether it is butter or goat oil, it is a very popular food. Especially, in this era of lack of oil and water, fat is a kind of food that supplements oil and water. Therefore, the cost of traditional soap manufacturing is also very high.

Marin uses whale oil to make soap, the cost must be greatly reduced. After all, the cost of whale oil is very low, and only the labor of whalers is required. Unlike raising animals, it takes a lot of time to raise cattle and sheep. After cultivation, not much oil can be obtained. The whale oil is obtained in barrels. A whale can get several barrels of whale oil ... the cost can't be compared ...

Plus, the cost of importing natural soda ash from Egypt is much lower than extracting soda ash from grass ash. Therefore, the cost of manufacturing soap with whale oil and Egyptian natural soda ash is only about a fraction of that of traditional soap manufacturing.

As for those salted fish and rye, Marin does not pay much attention to it. Because there are many things in Europe. It was the few bags of soybeans from Amerigo that made Marin so excited. Because this proves that Indian soybeans can also be grown well in temperate regions.

Tara said in the report that these Indian soybeans had low germination rate when they were planted at the time. Probably, the batch of soybeans is not yet suitable for the temperate climate of North America. Therefore, the germination rate does not exceed 60%. However, most of these germinated soybeans later grew well. Although the yield per mu is only 100 pounds, it also makes Marin happy. After all, the yield per mu is only 100 pounds this time, a big reason is that many soybeans have not sprouted.

When Tara selects the next big and full-grained second-generation soybeans as seeds and continues to plant them next year, it should be more suitable for the local climate. After all, the large, full-grained soybeans are grown from plants that are well adapted to the local climate.

Whale meat, whale oil and soybeans are the things Marin is most satisfied with this time. Speaking of these, all three are from the American island of Tala. Garland didn't get a lottery, but it was also impossible. As for Garland's application to transfer the whaling experts of the two teams to Cape Breton Island, Marin thought about it and agreed. After all, the number of whales on Newfoundland ’s fishing grounds is not as small as that on the American island of Meligo, or even more.

In the future, Marin also intends to immigrate more fishermen in the past ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ and select young and brave fishermen to learn whaling and expand the scale of whaling.

There are so many whales in this era, and have not experienced the mad killing of humans. Therefore, even if Marin expands the scale of whaling, it will not have much impact on the number of whales. However, the killing of those whales had a great impact on Marin. Because he can get a lot of whale meat and whale oil.

In addition, Marin expressed his affirmation of Garland's proposal to establish a large-scale salt cooking plant near the coal mine in North Sydney. In fact, Marin is worried that his secret of cooking salt with coal will be discovered. Last time hundreds of warships in Denmark besieged Emden, Marin was terrified. He was not afraid of the fighting power of the Danish fleet, but he was afraid that their brains would get hot and ran to his salt cooking center hidden on Baltrum Island to discover Marin ’s secret and destroy it.

Therefore, last time Marin so confessed. After all, coal boiled salt, but the lifeblood of Marin's economy. Although grain also comes in money, Marin refuses to sell grain for money. Because he needs food to feed immigrants. Without selling food, selling salt has become Marin's main economic lifeline.

Galander's suggestion made Marin suddenly have a new idea-whether to move the salt cooking center to Cape Breton Island ...

Know that there is a large coal mine on Cape Breton Island, not far from the sea. It would be really convenient if enough coal miners were arranged in the past to pull the mined coal directly to the seaside to cook salt. Moreover, there will never be outsiders to spy. Because, before the gold and silver of the Americas became famous in Europe, America was a wild place in the eyes of Europeans, and their brains were kicked by donkeys before they came over ...

Moreover, it is not far from Europe, and it is very fast and convenient to ship salt back to Europe. The most important thing is to be as confidential as possible ...