Chapter 542: Jutland's agricultural potential and Cossacks

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() & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp In medieval Europe, cultural people are mainly divided into two categories-nobles and priests. Marin asked the Danish King Hans to take away the nobles, only half of the problem was solved. For those literate Danish priests, there is no solution.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp However, this is not a problem. Because Marin has the support of the Holy See, it is still very simple to transfer these Danish priests on a large scale.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp For example, when the Archbishop of Bremen moved to Stendal, he will definitely take away many important priests of the Archbishop of Bremen. In this way, the original Archbishop of Bremen will vacate many priests.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp In this way, Marin can transfer all the cultural Danish priests of Jutland to the original Archdiocese of Bremen. Then, from the German region under their control, select German missionaries and go to Jutland to preside over daily teaching affairs. Of course, because German priests do not speak Danish, it is difficult to communicate with Danish people. Therefore, Marin chose to select German missionaries who spoke Danish in the Principality of Schleswig to take charge of the teaching affairs.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp The Principality of Schleswig is a very special place. This place is dominated by Germans on the south (later assigned to Germany) and Danes on the north (later assigned to Denmark). Although they are located on the north and south sides, there are still many intersections between the Germans and the Danes in the Principality of Schleswig. After all, they are all in the same country.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp As a result, the missionaries of the Principality of Schleswig are often spoken in German and Danish. Moreover, missionaries who speak both German and Danish account for more than half of the total number of missionaries in the Principality of Schleswig, and the number is considerable.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Of course, although two languages ​​are spoken, the missionaries of the Principality of Schleswig still choose their native language as their mother tongue. Another language is just for easy communication with people. At the time of writing, German missionaries still choose German, and Danish missionaries still choose Danish. Therefore, when you bring a German missionary who speaks Danish into the Danish area of ​​Jutland, you do not have to worry about those German missionaries who will help the Danish people to inherit the culture.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp And those Danish missionaries, Marin decided to use the authorization given by the Holy See to transfer all to the German area, even if Bai Yang did not do anything, they should do so. Then, the teaching affairs of the Danish region of Jutland were fully taken over by the German missionaries who spoke Danish in the Principality of Schleswig.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Then, in the name of the church, Marin founded many elementary schools in the Danes to teach local children to learn German and write German. At the same time, all official documents and books in Jutland are in German. As for Danish, Marin is not prohibited, but it is not allowed to be used in writing and treated as a dialect without words. However, Danes who do not speak German will always be serfs and will not get the chance to change their destiny.

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& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp At the same time, Marin will also choose to immigrate to the Jutland Peninsula and immigrate a large number of German refugees to the Jutland Peninsula. Although the Jutland Peninsula is not large in area, the terrain is relatively flat, whether it is engaged in planting or animal husbandry.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp In the later generations, Denmark is one of the most developed countries in European agriculture, known as the "European Food Cupboard". Both food production and meat production are ranked top in Europe. Moreover, Danish pork exports rank first in the world, with per capita wheat production close to one ton (Denmark's population of more than 5 million), while Huaxia is only more than 90 kilograms. Of course, China is based on rice, which is incomparable. However, this also shows the development of Danish agriculture in later generations.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp The development of Danish agriculture certainly includes its high-tech components, but the most important thing is that there is much land available for agriculture in Denmark. In later generations, Denmark's 43,000 square kilometers of land area (excluding the Faroe Islands), even 29,000 square kilometers of arable land-Nima, accounted for 67% of the country's land area. What is the proportion of China? Not in tenths ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Moreover, although there are many cultivated lands in later China, many cultivated lands are barren. The land in the north, especially in the northwest, is severely short of water. In Denmark, there is no shortage of water. Apart from the slightly cooler climate, there is no problem. Therefore, later generations of Danes can work out the miracle of agriculture.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Of course, because of the relationship between the traverser Marin, it is difficult for later generations of Denmark to want a miracle. Because the Jutland peninsula with the largest land area in Denmark was taken by Marin. In the future, it was Marin who engaged in agriculture on the Jutland Peninsula.

Marin knows that the land in Jutland is fertile and flat, with a lot of arable land, accounting for at least more than half. The Jutland Peninsula, including the Principality of Schleswig, has reached almost 30,000 square kilometers. If half of the arable land is calculated, it will be 15,000 square kilometers. Converted into acres, it is 3.7 million acres, which is 1.85 million Ugram, or 22.46 million acres ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Of course, this is the ideal situation. Moreover, now at the end of the Middle Ages, agriculture is purely artificial. So much land, not so many people to reclaim!

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Take the newly acquired land of more than 20,000 square kilometers in Jutland peninsula, there are only 250,000 Danes here, and at most tens of thousands of strong labor. A family of five people has cultivated 100 acres of land. 250,000 people, up to 5 million mu of land ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp However, these 250,000 people are not all farmers. There are also many fishermen and other people from all walks of life. Therefore, the biggest problem now is the serious shortage of the population.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp want to make good use of the more than 20 million mu of land, at least 200,000 families of five people, that is, more than one million people. Moreover, this is the agricultural population ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Therefore, Marin's plan is-since there are no people, then we will immigrate from the poor areas of Germany to the Germans ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp When the time comes, the German population is predominant, and worry about the Danes breaking the waves? Besides, Marin also intends to encourage Germans and Danes to marry each other. All belong to the Germans, except for language customs, other differences are not very big. Marrying each other again, plus the majority of Germans, do not assimilate here in a few decades.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp If you really want to develop more than half of the land on the Jutland peninsula into farmland and pastures, Malinguang receives land rent and will suffer from hand cramps ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Of course, for military purposes, Marin intends to divide half of the available land in the 30,000 square kilometers of Jutland Peninsula into two parts-cultivated land and pasture ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp requires too much labor for arable land, and Marin intends to reclaim half of it, mainly in fertile areas along the river and in areas where irrigation is convenient, into cultivated land. The other half of the area that is not close to rivers and lakes has been opened up as pastures, all planted with alfalfa grass, and raised with fine wool sheep, as well as cattle and horses. Of course, you can also develop a strong breeding industry in later generations in Denmark-the pig industry ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp When the time comes, the fertile Jutland Peninsula will become Marin's granary and meat bin. At the same time, it can also supply a large amount of war horses and cheese products.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp cows naturally use Dutch white-white cows, while war horses, Marin choose Eastern European Mongolian horses, that is, later generations of Don hippo. Although this kind of Cossack cavalry mount is not as good as the precious horses such as Arabian horses, it is better at being resistant to rough feeding. Just feed it on the grass to feed it. Only when you are very tired (such as after a long-distance manned run), you need to add some concentrate. Unlike European war horses, it is usually expected. Nima three or five horses are okay to say, if tens of thousands of horses, the cost is simply amazing.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Therefore, in European history, the size of cavalry has not been large. But the poor Tsarist Russia can often dispatch tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Cossack cavalry to sweep the Quartet. During World War I, Tsarist Russia even dispatched millions of Cossack cavalry. However, in the face of the German machine gun array, I was not pleased.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp However, in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Tsar who was able to dispatch tens of thousands of Cossack cavalry at will, known as the "European roller", made the whole of Europe tremble ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Therefore, Marin decided to build more settlements similar to Cossack villages on the Jutland peninsula beyond those cultivated areas.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Then, Marin will select some tough young guys who like horse riding from German youth to join these villages. Marin will allocate ranches to them, but they must pay a small amount of taxes and fight Marin unconditionally.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Usually, these young men ride Eastern European Mongolian horses to graze in the pastures of Jutland Peninsula. When it's okay, Marin will arrange for the village head to organize these young men to practice wrestling, immediate fighting and riding and shooting.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Their village chief is equivalent to the captain of the cavalry company under Marin. Once the war broke out, the village chief would become the captain of the cavalry company, and take the whole village to fight for Marin ... This model is somewhat similar to the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty-"Incoming is the people, and out is the soldiers ".

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp In this way, Marin only needs to pay some grass to get a lot of brave cavalry, which is absolutely cost-effective. Moreover, they do not pay taxes, they still have to pay 10% of the tax every year. Only the year of war will be tax-free.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp Because the village chief will often organize young and strong men to practice martial arts fighting and practice tactics, so by the time of war, these cavalry, the combat effectiveness will not be very bad. Strictly speaking, their village is a half-barrack.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp And Marin recruited them during the war, and did not need to spend much money, at most subsidize some of their food and war horse feed. There is no need to pay them, their land is the salary.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp In this way, Marin does not normally need to spend money to feed them, but after the war began, he could collect a large number of excellent cavalry. The more villages there are, the more Marin's cavalry.

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbspMarin does not seek to own hundreds of thousands of Cossacks like the Tsar ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ only to be able to pull out 10,000 or 20,000 Cossack cavalry during the battle will be satisfied.

As for the name of the village, Marin is also too lazy to think about it directly. It is called "Cossack Village". The cavalry came out, also called Cossack. Anyway, now, the genuine Cossack has not yet appeared. Get it out first, it is genuine ...

& nbsp & nbsp & nbsp & nbsp is so special, there are more cossack villages under his control, who dares not accept? I sent tens of thousands of Cossack cavalry to your house ...

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