Chapter 640: Do something wrong
Almost halfway through the spring cultivation, Albert proudly reported his planting of wheat on Manhattan Island, and submitted it to his country by boat.
One month later, after receiving the report from Albert, Marin almost passed out ...
Why? Albert is still too young. The idea of growing wheat and selling big money is no problem, and Manhattan Island is suitable for growing wheat. However, there is a problem with the planting time!
what is the problem? European wheat varieties are not good, the growth period is too long. Therefore, the current wheat in Europe is generally planted in November of the first year and harvested in October of the following year. In other words, the growth period of European wheat takes about one year.
Even if enough potassium fertilizer is used to shorten the growth cycle, it is necessary for seven or eight months. And now it's March and April, and after seven or eight months, it's exactly the early winter ... Nima, mature in winter, does it still absorb heat?
Know that there is nothing in the early stage of grain growth, but during heading and maturity, it needs to absorb a lot of light energy, temperature and water for photosynthesis. Therefore, the growth period of cereals is generally in summer or autumn, that is, summer harvest and autumn harvest. Because there is plenty of light in summer and autumn, and the temperature is also suitable. However, Marin has never heard of cereal harvest in winter ...
Therefore, Albert's incident was a mess. The idea is good, but the thing is done.
Marin was very annoyed at first why the people around Albert didn't remind him. But think about it, it seems that the helpers Albert brought are all young people and have no experience. Moreover, people in North Germany mostly grow rye and rarely wheat. Therefore, it is normal to not know. It is normal for a group of inexperienced young people to make jokes.
Fortunately, the only planting area promoted by Albert this time is the small island of Manhattan. Even if the particles are not harvested, there is nothing. After all, according to the report, North America ’s Twin Islands and Cape Breton Islands still mainly grow rye. At most, thousands of immigrants on Manhattan Island need to spend white food on this year. This is nothing to Marin, who has so much food.
In fact, the reason why Marin sent people to the Ming Dynasty was to import wheat varieties from there. After all, Marin remembers that the Jianghuai region has always had a tradition of rice-wheat rotation. That is, winter wheat and rice are sown alternately and cooked twice a year.
This time period, the winter wheat varieties in the Jianghuai region should be perfected, just introduced to replace the long-growing wheat in Europe.
If there is short-growing wheat, then the New York area seems to be able to ripen twice a year. Of course, because of high latitudes, rice may not be suitable. However, the rotation of winter wheat and soybeans is possible.
Marin remembers that in his hometown of the previous life, after the winter wheat was harvested, the field block mainly planted rice. In some small fields, sometimes soybeans are grown. Then, before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, soybeans are about to be harvested. Before fully matured into soybeans, the cyan soybeans that are about to mature are the legendary soybeans ...
Every Mid-Autumn Festival every year, in addition to eating moon cakes, Marlin's previous home also popular eating edamame, water chestnut and taro. Moreover, edamame is boiled in brine, which is very delicious. Marin remembers that every mid-autumn festival in his last life, he and his brother would start fierce competition around Maodou. Of course, I was small and fell into the disadvantages every time ...
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the green edamame will mature and become the legendary soybean. After harvesting, the land is cultivated again, and the winter wheat is just grown ...
Rice has relatively high climate requirements and is generally grown in warm areas. But soybeans are definitely no problem in the New York area. Because, Marlin clearly remembers that in later generations, Canada, which has a higher latitude than New York, is an important soybean production area in the world ...
Of course, the rotation of winter wheat and soybeans is just Marlin's ideal plan. In fact, the growth cycle of Indian soybeans owned by Marin seems to be a little longer than later generations. If the winter wheat varieties introduced from the Ming dynasty also took longer than later generations, then the rotation of winter wheat and soybeans seems to be impossible.
But this is nothing, because, as long as Marin occupied the North American colony, the most important thing is the land. Can not be cooked twice a year, then cooked once a year. Anyway, there is so much land. Not to mention anything else, but the area of the Hudson River Basin is as high as 34,000 square kilometers. Even if only half of it is suitable for farming, it is equivalent to 25 million acres ... 10 times smaller ... Even 2.5 million acres is very scary ...
The only trouble is where so many people come to grow land ...
You have to know that without a tractor and relying solely on manpower to grow the land, the family has the largest variety of 10,000 acres and needs 25,000 households to plant it ... but that is more than 100,000 ... Marin has a headache. Is there so many people? ...
In the end, Marin did not scold Albert. Because, that's his younger brother. Besides, although Albert made a big mistake this time, he was unintentional, and it was typical of good intentions to do bad things. After all, he grew up in a rye producing area. He had never seen wheat planting, so he didn't know the details. Unlike Marin, the experience of two lives can understand so much. In fact, for a young guy who is only 21 years old to take up a senior position like the Governor, Marin himself is a bit unconsidered. Moreover, it has not been equipped with experienced senior deputies ...
So, Marin said nothing about Albert's mistake this time. He was not asked to switch back to planting rye, because it was too late.
From America to the mainland, the boat takes one month. It takes more than two months from homeland to North America. For such a long time, it was impossible to stop Albert from growing wheat on Manhattan Island.
In fact, this is also Marin's work error. Because, Marin did not equip Albert with a powerful assistant. And originally following Tara's men, when Tara changed to Cuba, because he needed a lot of manpower, he also followed. Therefore, Albert himself, including the team he formed, is too young to make mistakes.
Without affecting the overall situation, Marin chose to forgive Albert's mistakes. Of course, although Marin would not punish Albert, he still wrote a letter that pointed out Albert's mistake and made him try to remedy it.
Autumn harvest is over ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ But what is next is also very important. If Albert insists on continuing to grow wheat, then the wheat planted before must be shoveled before November. Because, November is the season for growing wheat. Only when space is freed up can wheat varieties grown in Europe be grown for a long time. In this way, a large amount of wheat can be harvested next year to make up for this loss.
As for food, you need to temporarily rely on Twin Islands and Cape Breton Island. In addition, there is a surplus of labor on Cape Breton Island.
Cape Breton Island is, after all, an island with a high latitude, and its geographical environment is far inferior to New York with a lower latitude. Therefore, Marin ordered-let Garland divide 10,000 English immigrants to Albert, and let Albert strengthen the development of the New York area.
The area that is too inland can be ignored first, but the Greater New York area, that is, the area of the Hudson River mouth, must be developed. Later generations of New York City reached an area of 789 square kilometers and a population of 8.51 million. Of course, that's a super city of high-rise buildings. If it is changed to a village, it is estimated that it can accommodate tens of thousands of people.
Of course, this is enough. With a settlement of tens of thousands of people, Marin ’s forces can have a foothold on the North American continent. In the future, this foothold will be used as a springboard to continue to expand inland ...
But first, Albert needed to buy the local Delaware and agree that they would develop on a large scale in that area of New York City. For this, Marin is willing to pay some price. Of course, except for horses and weapons. For other things, Marin does n’t mind sending something to the friendly Drava ...
