Chapter 2105: No grass grows
With the arrival of the spring of 1517, the area of arable land in Beihai has increased from 12 million mu to 20 million mu this year. But Marin suddenly found out—it seemed that the fertilizer was not enough.
The previous fertilizer, 12 million mu, was barely enough. However, with the increase of 8 million mu, the demand for fertilizer will also increase sharply, causing Marin a headache.
As a result, Marin had to consider increasing the number of manure ships to purchase manure, horses, cattle and sheep from places such as the Rhine and even the Elbe, and use it to make fertilizer. And this requires adding a lot of riverboats, and...dung buckets.
Therefore, Marin placed a large number of orders and placed a large number of orders for dung buckets from the Netherlands, which made Prince Philip very happy. Because making these barrels is tantamount to giving him profits and taxes.
But Marin was still not satisfied, so he set his sights on England and France...
Needless to say, the United Kingdom, Marlin has a strong presence in England, and there is no problem in setting up a factory in the United Kingdom to collect feces and boil soil. After all, Marin is the Earl of Newcastle, and he still has a lot of right to speak in England.
As for France, Marin has little power here. However, France has a large population. Just a big Paris, the population is as high as two hundred thousand! If you give up, it would be a pity. It produces more than two hundred tons of manure every day, which accounts for more than half of the entire Rhine region.
No way, Paris has the largest population in Europe right now. Milan, the largest city in the Holy Roman Empire, has only 100,000 people, less than half the population of Paris.
Therefore, even in a hostile country, Marin plans to go to Paris to collect that...
Of course, he certainly didn't come forward by himself. After all, the North Sea country has many spies in Paris. Marin decided to send some spies from the periphery of the North Sea country to set up workshops in Paris to recruit beggars and poor people in Paris and ask them to help collect the excrement, send it to the Seine River outside the city, and ship it out. Then, in name, it will be processed overseas, so as not to "smoke the noble Parisian."
In this regard, the French court will certainly not refuse. After all, this is helping Paris with hygiene. Moreover, it also helped to relieve the beggars and the poor.
In addition, let those poor people work without having to pay money, as long as a little food is paid, it is enough for them to be happy. The North Sea country can also destock and consume a little old grain.
In order to collect manure in Paris, Marin even specially asked craftsmen to design a small cart with wooden barrels, which can be dumped. In this way, it is very convenient to transport.
A city of Paris alone can bring about 300,000 acres of nitrogen fertilizer and 3 million pounds of saltpeter every year. The population of London is much smaller, only tens of thousands, but it can also benefit a lot.
In addition, Marin does not intend to let go of the Netherlands, which has a large population, and intends to do so.
After doing this, I think there will be no shortage of fertilizer for the 8 million mu of cultivated land.
In addition, Marin also plans to increase the number of pigs. Taihu Pig can produce more than a dozen piglets every year, and the number is expanding at an alarming rate. A few years ago, Ma Lin brought back less than 500 Taihu pigs from the Ming Dynasty. In seven or eight years, it has expanded to more than 50,000.
This is also due to improper management in the middle, and many pigs died of illness. If it is carefully reared, it is estimated that there will be more than 100,000 heads.
Today, Beihai Country's pig raising technology is very mature. The reproductive capacity of Taihu pigs is amazing, and Ma Lin plans to vigorously promote the breeding of Taihu pigs. In particular, vigorously promote pig raising in the sweet potato growing areas of North America. There is no pressure to raise hundreds of thousands of pigs with the amount of lees made from 1 million mu of sweet potatoes.
Moreover, because pigs eat more, they row more, which is more than double that of humans. Therefore, the ability of raising pigs to obtain fertilizer is higher than that of humans. Moreover, the rate of increase of Taihu pigs is also many times faster than that of humans.
In sum, the efficiency of pig raising manure is more than a hundred times that of human beings, which is extremely cost-effective. But the key to restricting the number of pigs lies in food. After all, European food is too expensive to be wasted on feeding pigs. And if it only eats grass, the growth rate of the pig will be very slow...
So, in the end, growing sweet potatoes and making pigs in the Americas is the most suitable and economical.
"Well, increase the number of pigs raised in the Americas!"
Originally, Marin only planned to send a few thousand Taihu pigs to the North American colonies, but now he plans to send 30,000 pigs there, accounting for three-fifths of the local Taihu pig population.
The reason for this is that with the arrival of the Russian immigrants, the North Sea country will be a little tight on food. Used to feed pigs, which is a bit wasteful. Therefore, it is better to send to the Americas to be fed with sweet potato distiller's grains. As for not getting fresh pork. Ma Lin feels that ordinary people in this era can hardly eat pork, and it's not a big deal.
Moreover, sausages, bacon and bacon are also delicious. At least, this is true for ordinary people. And the fresh pork produced by the 20,000 pigs left in the mainland is probably enough to supply the nobles and officers.
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Time passed, and with the advent of spring, the emperor in Austria couldn't sit still anymore. He hurriedly collected more than 40,000 poor and mountain people from 10,000 Austrian households, and personally led 6,000 cavalry to **** him to the North Sea country to change fertilizer as soon as possible. After all, spring plowing waits for no one.
Sure enough, as Marin expected, along the way, the emperor's team was blocked by the princes who opposed the Habsburg family. As a result, the emperor, who has always been a gentleman, directly lied, and let the nobles who blocked him take over the more than 40,000 people. Moreover, it is required not to harm them...
Suddenly, the blocking princes were dumbfounded...
What needs to be pointed out is that when the emperor was marching, he deliberately selected weak vassal states to pass by, avoiding powerful states such as the Principality of Lorraine. Therefore, these little princes are weak and unable to fight against the 6000 cavalry led by the emperor.
At the emperor's sign, the Austrian poor surrounded the towns of the princes and begged loudly. The prince’s army deliberately drove away, but the emperor’s cavalry swords were all drawn out... Moreover, the emperor ordered that those who harm civilians for no reason should be executed immediately...
If the emperor is not present at this decision, UU reading www.uukanshu.com princes can be heard, but the emperor with 6000 cavalry stared at...
Finally, the little princes along the way compromised...
No way, this is too cruel. More than 40,000 poor people surround the town, making them afraid to open the city gate. And the horses of the emperor’s 6000 cavalry have eaten up the local grass...
In order to get food, the poor people dig grass roots...
Then, the little prince was surprised to find that not only the grass around the town was eaten up by horses, but the roots were eaten by the Austrian poor. And this group of people surrounded the town, so that the spring ploughing in the princes' territories could not be carried out...
In desperation, the princes who wanted to intercept had to compromise...
In this way, along the way, relying on the stunt of "nothing in the grass", this army of immigrants frightened the princes who wanted to block the way. After all, the princes were particularly afraid of these poor people staying.
Because, His Majesty the Emperor told them-where the victims went, no grass would grow, the roots of the grass could be eaten, and the seeds of spring ploughing could be eaten by them...
For the princes of the farming age, the grass roots were eaten as soon as they were eaten. But if the seeds of spring ploughing are picked out by this group of people and eaten, then it will be unpopular...
If you want to kill these poor people, the emperor’s six thousand cavalry are eyeing...
Therefore, under the emperor's threat of "nothing left," the princes along the road had no choice but to compromise. Then, 10,000 poor and mountain families in Austria were successfully sent to the territory of Beihai Country...
Arrived in Aurich, after listening to the emperor telling the story of "nothing grows", Marin laughed:
"Haha,'no grass will grow', this is good! Next time, you will continue to use this method! Spring ploughing is over, but the roots of the wheat seedlings can be eaten. As long as he dares to stop, continue to use the stunt of'no grass grows'!"
Taishang Lao Niu reminds you: it is more convenient to collect it after you read it, and then it is more convenient to watch it again.
