I Became A Black Merchant In Another World-Chapter 365: Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Corn, New World (1)

The presence of a king-like being means that the society has developed to some extent.

Then, would it be difficult for me to conquer them?

It wouldn’t be bad to treat them like the Masai Union of Ifriqiya.

[However, their level of technology is very low. They don’t use wheels to move things, they don’t use things like carriages, and they don’t even have the technology to melt and process iron. However, even in a tribal village, you can often see very elaborate structures made by directly carving stones, and it was a bit surprising that even the mere tribesmen wore gold ornaments.]

If you try to conquer them, you can conquer them.

You may have bows and arrows, but those who fight with stone weapons or bronze swords can be taught a true education with just steel armor and a gun.

The great conquerors Francisco Gonzalo and Hernan Cortes proved this by destroying empires with just a few hundred men.

Oh, let's leave out Gonzalo, he's not great.

And gold is common, isn't that a complete golden scent?

[Some of our sailors married these people... no, to be exact, their brains were dominated by their lower bodies, so they had no choice but to marry them. I wanted to behead him and hang his head on the mast, but our company's policy is to prioritize relationships with locals, so we gave him 100 lashes with a whip and approved the marriage.]

During the Age of Exploration, the sexual desires of sailors were a serious problem.

If you don't get a sense of how serious this was, this is a dirty story...

I learned that it was not uncommon for cows and sheep to be loaded with fresh meat, and for the young ones with their brains in their lower bodies to engage in bestiality.

Those who were caught were hanged, and the cows and sheep were 'slaughtered' and eaten on the spot.

Later, they falsely accused the bullied of bestiality and killed them, and ate their meat.

Of course, because of that bestiality, I could have turned the Masai Federation into something similar to a Rothschild family colony...

'What a bunch of crazy bastards.'

"They're crazy, really." “Is there anything bad written?”

“Are the authors of sailors really brainless? They pay them well and even let them get married after working as sailors for 3 years, but they still do that...”

“Your Majesty, it would be easier if you just gave up. If you didn’t have that kind of sexual desire, who would step forward and marry a pagan girl who doesn’t speak English and doesn’t believe in Deus to act as a bridge between our company and the natives?”

Come to think of it, that’s right.

When we made an alliance with the Masai Union, when we promised to give those who were full of sexual desire a ‘dark-skinned woman’ to marry, they all cheered because they were horny.

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You guys are really crazy, please don’t touch the daughter of a high-ranking member of the native tribe.

The only way to deal with that is to carry a matchlock gun and deliver lead bullets to those guys.

“Have you read the story about the specialty?”

After hearing that, I immediately came to my senses.

Of course, conquering the natives or absorbing them into our side is important.

But what’s more important is whether or not we can make money by conquering that place.

‘Just hearing that there are gold and silver mines, conquering a place that takes over a month to sail one way is a bit...’

[There, they use a parasitic bug that lives on cacti as a dye to dye their clothes red, and the dyed clothes are very beautiful. They call it cochineal.]

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I covered my mouth with my hand for a moment.

Cochineal, in Korean, is a cochineal bug.

If we sold clothes dyed with those guys in the Tuscan Empire, where there were no chemical dyes...?

They would sell like hotcakes.

Clothes dyed with beautiful foreign dyes are a means of showing off how wealthy you are.

[In addition, there is a mysterious plant called tobacco that makes you feel better and relieves your worries just by burning it and inhaling its smoke. Plants like maize, patata, batata, mani, and chili grow...]

Underneath that, there was a description of the plants called maize, patata, and batata.

When I looked closely at the written content, I found that they were all crops like potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and peppers.

In addition, there were several crops written, such as garlic and pumpkin.

When looking at the characters of alternative history, it seems like a cliché that when they find peppers and garlic, they immediately make kimchi and eat it...

As a history student, this thought crossed my mind.

“Sebastian! The instructions I gave were to send me directly any new crops that could be preserved, if possible, without ‘cooking’ or ‘processing’ them. Of course, you brought crops like patata, batata, and mani, right?” “I’m sure they kept them in separate boxes in a warehouse where sunlight doesn’t reach.”

“Bring them right now!”

“Yes, I understand. But why are you in such a hurry...”

It’s hard to put this into words.

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, peanuts.

If we just had these four crops, we could triple the population we can support now.

When the Qing dynasty first founded their country, their population was only about 60 to 80 million, but by the end of the Qing dynasty, it had grown to 300 million.

At the center of this were peanuts, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.

Historians have also emphasized that these crops played a huge role in the increase in China’s population.

“New crops are always profitable. No, they can even change the world.”

Sebastian sighed and ordered the butler outside.

“The count asked me to bring the newly imported crops. Don’t cook them, just bring them raw. “I’ll give you 5 minutes.”

“...... It’ll take 5 minutes even if you run all the way to the warehouse.”

“Make the impossible possible. The fate of the family is at stake.”

“Yes, yes, I understand!”

The butler started running so fast that I thought he might die.

And in exactly 5 minutes, he brought potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, corn, and pumpkins.

I gave the sweaty butler a small daily bonus.

“You can leave work today.”

“Are you sure?”

“Go home and rest.”

The butler got a small bonus and a half-day off in return for running like crazy for 5 minutes.

I guess he’ll feel a lot better.

Then I brushed off some of the dirt and took a bite of the crops.

They weren’t even cooked properly, and they weren’t as highly bred as modern crops, so they didn’t taste very good...

A smile escaped my lips.

“Hehehe, this is it...”

The ‘semi-wild pepper’ that was several times spicier than Korean peppers was spicier than Buldak sauce.

But I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Many of the crops that developed European and world history are from South America...”

“South America? Where is that?”

“It’s a new name for the New World. The beautiful land of the south.”

“I see.”

“Sebastian, please find a ship so I can go to the Masai Union right now.”

“Okay. But why now...”

Try introducing potato, sweet potato, corn, and peanut farming to the Tuscan Empire right now.

People might find fault with my discovery of the New World.

That absolutely must not happen, no matter what.

“I’m going to spread those crops to the Masai Union and increase the population of that region and the scale of trade.”

And I declared my ambition.

“The South American continent is the exclusive territory of the Rothschild family. It will happen. Sebastian, I will give you a barony in about 10 to 20 years.”