The Rise of the European Emperor

However, this year's spring plowing, Marin plans to play some flowers. For example, instead of growing only rye, I plan to grow some wheat...

The wheat planted in spring is of course the legendary spring wheat. Of course, this stuff doesn't exist in Europe. The native wheat in Europe is currently very poor. Right now, native European wheat is generally planted in November of the first year. Then, harvest in October of the following year. Its growth cycle is almost a whole year...

And Marin clearly remembered that the winter wheat planted by his family in the previous life was planted in November, and harvested at the beginning of June of the following year, that is, during the college entrance examination. When the country did not restrict the burning of wheatgrass, during the college entrance examination, the thick smoke of burning wheatgrass outside the city could fill the entire county, making people unable to hold back their tears. Farmers will then plant rice for harvest in October...

But that was later generations, and the wheat seeds were not the same at all. Moreover, the application of phosphorus fertilizer in later generations can also promote the early maturity of wheat.

In Europe at this time, there were no early-maturing wheat varieties. In addition, the latitude of Europe is generally higher than that of China. For example, in northern Germany, the latitude is almost the same as that of the later Daxing'an Mountains. However, due to the effect of the North Atlantic warm current, the climate in northern Germany is much warmer than that in the Greater Khingan Mountains.

In fact, it is not that there is no warm current in East Asia. Instead, the warm Kuroshio current in East Asia was blocked by the Japanese archipelago and could not affect the Northeast. If the Japanese archipelago sinks, the Northeast will be much warmer...

There are no spring wheat seeds in Europe, but Marin has been to Daming. In Daming, spring wheat is grown in the north, and winter wheat is grown in the south of the Yellow River.

Although spring wheat is not as delicious as winter wheat, it is also wheat, right? If dry crops such as millet are planted, the yield will not increase. Even in later generations, the yield of millet per mu is only three or four hundred catties, and rarely exceeds 500. There is no way, the variety is just like that, it is really difficult to produce high yields.

But in this era, in the northern regions south of the Yellow River, winter wheat and millet were generally cropped in rotation. Because the millet growth period is short. The winter wheat of this era has a longer growth period than that of later generations because there is no phosphorus fertilizer. Therefore, the interval time is generally transitioned with millet that only needs to grow for three or four months. Later, after the introduction of corn from the Americas, the yield of corn was much higher, and the growing season was shorter. Then, rotation of winter wheat and corn became popular in the northern regions.

Of course, that is hereafter. Spring wheat in later generations is generally sown north of the Great Wall, because it is too cold north of the Great Wall, and winter wheat cannot withstand the severe winter.

In this era, it seems that the weather is a little colder than in later generations. Therefore, spring wheat is also mainly planted near Beijing Normal University in the north, including the northern part of North China.

No, when Marin stayed in the Daming capital, he took the opportunity to buy a lot of spring wheat seeds. Of course, most of them are winter wheat seeds.

But the latitude in northern Germany is too high, and this year is a bit cold. Therefore, Marin doesn't want to think about winter wheat, and it is usually sent to the Americas for planting.

As for spring wheat, Marin did not purchase much, only 100,000 catties, which was only enough to plant 5,000 mu of land. But Marin wasn't greedy either. Anyway, he didn't intend to promote spring wheat as the main grain in Beihai. After all, the Beihai country is really not suitable for growing wheat. Mainly, the accumulated temperature is not enough...

In addition, farmers in the North Sea country are not very adapted to the cultivation and management of wheat. Especially the management of wheat fields is much more troublesome than that of rye fields.

The vitality of rye is tenacious,

Almost like weeds. After planting rye, farmers have little to worry about weeds. Because rye itself has the vitality of weeds, and weeds may not be able to compete with it.

Wheat is different, it is much more delicate, and it is easy to be "bullyed" by weeds. Therefore, it is very troublesome for farmers to frequently go to the field to pull out weeds.

Also, wheat needs more water. Growing wheat requires more water for irrigation. For this reason, it is necessary to dig irrigation ditches, and to dig moisture ditches in the field to facilitate flood irrigation of wheat.

Moreover, wheat is not rice, and it cannot be flooded for a long time. It is necessary to master the time and amount. Without certain experience, it is difficult to do well.

Such a troublesome process, with the IQ of the rough Germans of this era, seems a bit incomprehensible and troublesome. Therefore, in this era, wheat was generally grown on the fertile land along the edge of the big river. On the edge of the big river, it is convenient to set up a waterwheel. The waterwheel can irrigate by itself without manpower. The ancient Chinese people are different. In order to irrigate the wheat, they actually use human power to tread waterwheels like animals... Anyway, it is difficult for Europeans in this era to imagine themselves "transformed" into mules and horses to tread waterwheels... Even Italy Over there, at present, they have only learned the methods of digging irrigation canals and moisture ditches from the Arab side. It is unlikely that they would be asked to step on waterwheels... Therefore, the European wheat production areas in this era are generally located along the river valleys, and irrigation is very convenient...

Of course, Marin would not let the common people step on waterwheels, and 5,000 mu of spring wheat is really not much. Therefore, he simply selected 5,000 acres of land beside the Ems River in Lyle County for planting spring wheat. And Marin is in the wheat field of Manhattan Island, because on the small island in the middle of the Hudson River, irrigation is not a problem.

Although, spring wheat is not as delicious as winter wheat. But, that's also wheat. In any case, bread made with wheat flour tastes much better than bread made with rye flour. If the 5,000 mu of wheat land yields an average of 500 catties per mu, there will be an output of 2.5 million catties. Used to make white bread, you can do a lot. If you sell it, you can also sell it at a high price. Anyway, there is no spring wheat in Europe, and not many people even eat white bread. If you sell it, you can basically sell it at a high price of 5 pfennig per pound. If 2.5 million pounds of wheat are sold, there will be more than 40,000 gold coins...

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"Oh, can wheat be grown in spring?" Marin ordered the planting of spring wheat along the Ems River in Lyle County, which shocked the entire North Sea country. Because, this is unreasonable.

Therefore, when spring wheat was planted, the riverside was full of spectators. You know, European wheat is usually sown in November of the first year.

Marin didn't care about the people who watched the excitement, because he also wanted the common people to take a look at the wheat planting process.

In particular, the daily management of wheat needs to be seen by farmers. Wheat is not rye, and rye can be planted and left alone. Wheat is expensive, and it needs to be irrigated several times, and people usually have to pull weeds in summer. This series of behaviors is quite different from the agricultural habits of German farmers.

Therefore, Marin planted these 5,000 acres of spring wheat not to promote spring wheat, but to let German farmers see the cultivation and management process of wheat.

After all, many German farmers will be sent to America by Marin to grow wheat in the future. Let them familiarize themselves with the process of wheat management in advance, which can be regarded as gaining knowledge, so as not to be at a loss when they arrive in America in the future.

As for Manhattan Island, Albert was lucky to promote wheat cultivation. Because there is no shortage of water there. Moreover, Manhattan Island is located in the middle of the Hudson River. After the weeds are cleared, the weeds outside the island cannot come in. Therefore, it is rarely necessary to weed weeds. Therefore, the bumper wheat harvest over there was completely out of shit luck.

Fortunately, Marin brought back many farmers when he went to Daming this time. These people will serve as demonstrators in Manhattan Island and the La Plata River Basin in Argentina, instructing local immigrants how to plant wheat carefully, so that the wheat fields will not be flooded with weeds...

On the other hand, Marin publicly planted spring wheat on the mainland of Beihai, and arranged for a farmer brought back from the Ming Dynasty to guide the serfs in managing the wheat fields. When the first batch of farmers have learned well, they will be sent to the Americas, as the "masters" of wheat planting, leading the immigrants to plant wheat...