The Rise of the European Emperor

Although it is said that it costs more than a dozen gold coins to buy a French teenager. However, Marin didn't feel bad at all. why? Because, he bought people with forged French Denier silver coins made of nickel-nickel-nickel-nickel copper. Its cost is almost the same as that of copper coins. Hundreds of cupronickel "silver coins" can be calculated as the value of one gold coin. Buying a strong French boy is only more than a thousand cupronickel "silver coins".

In short, Marin didn't spend a lot of money to buy people in France. The cost of nickel-nickel-copper is very low, and more than a thousand nickel-nickel-copper "silver coins" are worth about 100 grams of silver. Converted down, it is only two or three taels of silver. Converted into gold coins, it's only two or three. In fact, it is much cheaper than buying Maozi and Maomei.

So, Marin got excited—since the French population is so cheap and has such a surplus, then sell it to me! Training French children into Mamluk cavalry like killing machines, and then fighting the French, the picture is simply too beautiful...

Thinking of this, Marin sent an order to Cuba Island-produce more nickel quickly! At the same time, Marin sent a fleet to India and China to buy more cheap copper. If calculated according to the copper price in India and China, the cost of the fake French Denier silver coins produced to buy French teenagers is less than one gold coin...

Such huge profits had to drive Marin crazy. Buy a French boy for less than a gold coin. This cost is much cheaper than cows and horses. It is very cheap to use it as a cannon fodder cavalry, even if only one of the teenagers survives.

Then, better news came - in Switzerland, it seemed that human trade was also thriving. Moreover, most of the Swiss are Germans!

Because Marin supported the Habsburg family's invasion of Switzerland, Switzerland has been in constant war in recent years. Originally, a few years ago, Switzerland had a population of 750,000. But after several years of war, Switzerland, which was already very poor, became even poorer. The population has also decreased by at least 100,000 people.

Some of the reduced population of 100,000 died because of the war. Others fled to other countries. Now, whether it is the eastern part of Switzerland under the control of the Habsburg family or the western part of the Swiss-French joint occupation, the economy is on the verge of collapse, and people's lives are very difficult.

According to the spy report in Switzerland, the main currency currently in circulation in western Switzerland is the French currency. For example, the French Denier "silver coin" of nickel-copper-nickel copper minted by Marin is the main currency in circulation in western Switzerland.

Moreover, as a state of the Holy Roman Empire, Switzerland's serfdom is open, and there is no need to cover it up in the name of "hired servants" like France. Human trafficking is legal and commonplace in the Swiss market.

Therefore, Marin can mint more "silver coins" of French Deniers, go to the western part of Switzerland to spend hard, buy serfs, and enrich the population.

As for the issue of the Swiss anti-Habsburg family, Marin is not a member of the Habsburg family, but has a good relationship with the Habsburg family. Moreover, buying them myself will make them full and clothed. If the disciples and grandchildren of the big fool Taylor are fooled and educated for a few years, they will not be able to get on the road, then they can only be sent to the tropics to suffer. Those who are obedient will be sent to the North American colonies.

Taking advantage of the spread of the rebellious Calvinist ideology in Switzerland, the current Swiss can still be "saved"...

As for the eastern part of Switzerland, which accounts for the majority of the population, although it is under the control of the Habsburg family,

But Marin can still send people to buy serfs. Big deal, give the Habsburg family a little favor. Anyway, Switzerland has many mountains and cannot support so many people.

In short, whether it is French or Swiss, as long as they are available in the market, Marin wants to recruit them. Due to cultural reasons in the French, Marin is only willing to buy teenagers with great plasticity. As for the Swiss, because they are originally Germans, Marin is both adults and children... However, in the western part of Switzerland, Marin bought people with fake French silver coins. In the eastern region, Marin must be more disciplined and exchange the food that the Habsburg family lacks. After all, the Habsburg family has so many troops in Switzerland and needs a lot of food...

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Just when Marin secretly wanted to plunder the population from France and Switzerland at a low price, the time entered the middle and late September, and the autumn harvest in the North Sea country started earlier than other European countries...

This autumn harvest is quite different from previous years. Because, the Beihai Kingdom introduced the harvest artifact-Mai Samarium from the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, this year's wheat harvest is very efficient.

About 40,000 farmers in Beihai State have received training in the use of barley, and they use 20,000 double barley, and start extremely efficient harvesting under the amazed gaze of other farmers.

Because they have been trained for about two months, although they can't reach the efficiency of two skilled farmers harvesting 20 acres per day, they still have the efficiency of more than 15 acres per day per two people. On average, each person harvests seven or eight acres per day.

For ordinary farmers, harvesting two acres of land with a sickle every day is the best. A couple in their prime only harvest about 3 mu of land in one day.

When 40,000 previously trained farmers, in groups of two, swayed the double barley and swayed in the wheat field, they were surrounded by silly farmers...

There are a total of 400,000 strong farmers in Beihai State, who have cultivated a total of about 12 million mu of arable land. On average, each strong man only cultivated 30 mu of land. In the past, this happened to be the limit of ordinary farmers' arable land. However, with the introduction of Prader plow carts, wheat samarium carts, and columbine carts, the land that 400,000 farmers can cultivate can actually reach about 40 million mu.

But, that's for the next season. This season, because advanced agricultural tools have not yet been used, only 12 million mu of land can be harvested in autumn.

Among them, among the 12 million mu of land, 6 million mu of land is Marin's private land. This can be regarded as the biggest dividend that Marin has obtained after annexing countries. He moved the defeated nobles from various countries to Bremen province, and then, the land of those noble families belonged to him...

However, of these 6 million acres, only 2.4 million acres are located in East Frisia, West Frisia, Schleswig, Oldenburg and North Münster, where new fertilizers have been promoted. As for other areas, the old farming methods are still used, but volcanic ash is introduced as fertilizer.

Therefore, of the 6 million acres of land under Marin's name, only 2.4 million acres of land have achieved a yield of more than 500 pounds per mu due to the application of new agricultural technologies and fertilizers. For the other 3.6 million mu of land in other provinces, the yield per mu is only about 200 pounds.

But even so, this total production can scare countless people to death. Of course, this is only an estimated output, and the specifics have to wait for the harvest to be completed.

However, the 2.4 million mu of arable land that has been applied with new agricultural technology and new fertilizers should only produce more. As for the 3.6 million mu of land that was only sprinkled with volcanic ash, the yield is not easy to say, and it may be high or low. After all, the three fertilizers are not complete, and any situation is possible.

But the total output, the final difference should not be big. Because the total output of the 2.4 million mu of fields that have been applied with new technologies and fertilizers should be much higher than expected. Even if the 3.6 million acres of farmland that uses only volcanic ash yields less than 200 pounds per acre, it can be filled in. Therefore, unless there is heavy rain during the autumn harvest, this year's autumn harvest, Beihai Guoguang is the cultivated land under the name of Marin, and the total output of rye will definitely exceed 1.9 billion pounds. As for the other half of the arable land that does not belong to Marin, the promotion of new agricultural technology and three fertilizers is not high, but the total output of more than 1.5 billion pounds should not be a problem.

All in all, as long as there is no heavy rain for the autumn harvest, billions of pounds of grain will go into the warehouse this year. And because of the magical harvesting tool Mai Samarium, this year's autumn harvest is expected to end many days earlier than in previous years. It's just that only one tenth of the farmers know how to use wheat samarium, and they are not very skilled. Therefore, this year's autumn harvest is generally a few days faster than in previous years. If everyone becomes familiar with the use of wheat samarium next year, the harvesting speed will be faster.

However, Marin has already planned to reclaim more fields next year's spring plowing. After all, with Prader plows, cogwheels, and barleys, farmers have more land to work. As a result, the number of wheat fields has increased, and the speed of autumn harvest has been pulled back...

But no matter what, even if the area of ​​arable land does not increase, the agricultural output of the Beihai country is enough to make Europe proud. After all, the Beihai country only has more than 2 million people. However, the total grain output is more than enough to feed seven or eight million people. If it is calculated based on the fact that more than half of the black bread in other countries is mixed with soil, sawdust, wild vegetables, stones and other sundries, these grains can feed tens of millions of people without any problem...