: 731th is another good harvest in autumn, thinking of ways to consume food

Soon after Marin returned to Aurich, the heads of the provinces sent a report on the bumper grain harvest. As Marin imagined, the originally controlled provinces of East Friesland, Oldenburg, Schleswig and North Münster, because of advanced agricultural technology and complete three fertilizers, naturally obtained a large Bumper harvest.

The total grain harvest in these four regions is as high as 2 billion pounds of rye. Among them, as many as 1.3 billion pounds of grains are produced by Marlin's estate. Even if food consumption is eliminated, Marin will have to gain more than 1 billion pounds of food this year.

If next year, the newly acquired estates in Bremen, Jutland, and West Friesland also begin to be produced according to new agricultural technologies, the total grain output will be even more scary.

With so much food, Marin dared not open it up to sell, and it had to be said that it was a sorrow. But there is no way. After all, if too much food is sold, it is easy to be discovered the secret of high yield of food.

However, fortunately, Marin discovered a good way to use surplus grain to brew rye Erguotou, and found a good place for a large amount of surplus grain. Selling wine is not as eye-catching as selling food, and Marin has made several chambers of commerce pretend to buy food everywhere, no one doubts. Even, Marin asked his men to tell others in Germany that a lot of food was produced abroad. Outside Germany, it is another way of saying it. By this method of disguise, everyone does not know that the food used for Malin's winemaking is actually self-produced ...

However, there is also a big problem. That is-even if selling spirits, the market is limited. Because there are not many people who love alcohol. Moreover, most of it is concentrated in cold Eastern Europe. In Western Europe, there are only a few people who love alcohol.

The problem is that although people in the cold regions of Eastern Europe love alcohol, they are poor there. Spirits are expensive because they consume a lot of food. This has led to not many Eastern Europeans who can afford spirits, as long as they are local nobles and wealthy merchants. As for ordinary people, even if they love spirits, they can't afford it.

So, Marin has now begun to consider whether to limit the output of grain ... Otherwise, if there is too much grain, it can only be piled up there and moldy, even if it is brewed, it ca n’t be sold ...

Fortunately, Marin suddenly remembered England, which had just passed the war. Now, Northumberland is already Marin's control zone. There are now tens of thousands of refugees waiting for rice.

So Marin ordered that tens of millions of pounds of rye be transported from the grain depot to rescue the refugees. Anyway, they eat and drink, Marin packs ...

You know, the total population of Northumberland County, including the 60,000 refugees snatched from Henry Percy, is only 70,000 or 80,000. Even if he is a population of 80,000, each person eats one pound of rye per day and consumes only 80,000 pounds per day. Ten million pounds of rye is enough for them to eat 125 days.

However, Marin suddenly remembered-it seems that the level of agricultural development in Northumberland is very low. Now if you want to develop Northumberland, you need to spend a lot of manpower and material resources, fell a lot of trees, dig many irrigation ditches ... and these activities will make people consume a lot of energy and increase the consumption of food. Even, let people double the meal ...

However, this is not a problem. For the other nobles, doubling the amount of food would definitely kill them. Because food is so expensive. But who is Marin? Lord who has too much food to eat! Therefore, Marin still ordered-to organize those refugees to reclaim large areas of land and dig trenches in Northumberland. Moreover, for those English laborers who participated in digging ditches and ditches, Marin ’s promise was that black bread was enough. Even if they perform well, they will reward more bread and allow those people to take them home to eat with their families ... so, they have found a good place for the food ...

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After counting the grain output of the four old provinces, it is the turn of the three newly taken over provinces-West Friesland, Bremen and Jutland ... As for South Münster (including Osnab Luc ’s southern half), there is still under the control of Bishop Conrad. Before the death of Bishop Conrad, Marin temporarily cannot control ...

As for the three provinces that can be managed, although the area is large, the total output of the two cities is only less than 100 million pounds ... Marin simply thought he had heard it wrong. Because this number is not even one-twentieth of the other four provinces. However, these three new provinces are larger than the four old provinces. Especially in Jutland province, it is nearly as large as 20,000 square kilometers ... But, how low is the grain output?

But the reports of the three provinces puzzled Marin-it turned out that it was all caused by war. The Jutland Peninsula and West Friesland were greatly affected by the war. The fields in these two areas are deserted and there is not enough labor to reclaim them. Only Bremen Province, because it was replaced, the impact on agriculture is not big.

In the end, the food produced in these three new provinces was barely enough for the locals to consume. Even, because most of the food is concentrated in the hands of those nobles and Junker landlords, many serfs have to be hungry ...

But this is not a problem. Marin decided to take out some old grains from the warehouse, mix some straw bran, and make economical Koller bread to help the starving serfs in these three new provinces. In this way, it also counts as a wave of popular support, which is conducive to the stability of rule.

In addition, Marin also intends to ship a batch of food to his territory on the island of Ireland-County Wicklow. Although the island of Ireland is backward, the population is quite large.

Although after the war, the eastern part of the island of Ireland was sparsely populated. However, the island of Ireland is currently a famous backcountry in Europe. As long as bread is enough, a large number of refugees can definitely be attracted.

You know, the island of Ireland is different from the rest of Europe. Because the indigenous forces are numerous, they attack each other, resulting in unstable political situation on the island. In addition, on the island of Ireland, only some areas in the east and northeast with less rainfall are suitable for agriculture. In the western region, because of the direct confrontation with the Atlantic Ocean, precipitation is too frequent and excessive, which makes most of the island unsuitable for agriculture. Therefore, sheep breeding and fishing are prevalent on the island of Ireland, and the population's settlement properties are poor. As long as Malinken produces food and attracts some Irish herders and fishermen to move in, it is still very convenient. You know, those Irish herders and fishermen are not as romantic as farmers. After all, the herdsmen and fishermen have no land, and they have no nostalgia when they relocate. Therefore, recruitment is more convenient.

Only by recruiting enough manpower to develop Wicklow County with an area of ​​more than 2,000 square kilometers can it proceed smoothly. Moreover, County Wicklow is located on the eastern coast of Ireland, just right in the shaded part of the "Atlantic rain area", which is an oil-free area suitable for agriculture on the Irish island. It is also very good to develop.

Marin did not discriminate against the Irish. Although he has always advocated the superiority of the Germanic race, in his heart, he does not think so.

Although the Irish are Celtic and not Germanic, they are also good subjects when they are well utilized. Of course, Marin intends to use food to attract these Irish people. But at the same time, Irish children will be taught English and German through free compulsory education. After three generations, Irish people speak English or German, which is no different from Germans. When the time comes to strengthen integration, it is easy to integrate into the extended family.

As for the original history of why the Irish did not have urine in the same pot as the English, Marin felt that the main reason was language and customs. In addition, the influence of religion is also great-the English converted to the Protestant Episcopal Church, the Irish also believed in Catholicism, it is strange that the two races can merge ...

The problems of language and customs Malin feels very easy to solve-free compulsory education, mandatory to use only English in the classroom. After being educated for generations, the Irish, who are already similar in appearance, are not much different from the English of the Germans.

Originally, although the English ruled Ireland, they did not promote English education, allowing the Irish to continue to be illiterate and use the native Irish language. Illiteracy is the most favorite to retain tradition, so in a few hundred years, it will be difficult to integrate the Irish.

Marin had experienced China in the 21st century. In China in the 21st century, those ethnic minorities who had originally different customs from the Han people, after receiving modern education, except for a certain sect, do not eat pork, etc. Unique habits ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Young people of other nationalities, no matter what they wear, or their manners, are no different from Han Chinese. Only those elderly ethnic minority compatriots who stayed in Zhaizi retained many traditional customs because they had no education. Of course, people in later generations like to travel and like to see customs that are different from mainstream culture, so the country has specifically protected those minority cultures, especially singing and dancing culture. Otherwise, within a few generations, they will all be assimilated. Even so, Marin firmly believes that as long as the descendants of the Shaomin walk out of the village, no one will be able to see that they are Shaomin ... Not very clear ...

As long as free compulsory education is used, phonetic symbols of the same pronunciation are used to unify people's language and pronunciation. When people all speak the same accent language, as long as they are the same skin color, it is easy to merge.

Just like the big cities of China in the later generations, the fellows who are in opposition and even fight with foreigners are mostly those who are old enough to speak Mandarin. And people like Marin who speak good Mandarin do not feel much regional differences with their colleagues when they work ...

Therefore, Marin intends to take advantage of the large amount of food in his hands and provide free compulsory education opportunities to teach Irish children to speak London accented English. When they grow up, they will not be too far apart from the English. Everyone speaks the same accent language, so naturally it is easy to merge together ...