The Rise of the European Emperor

Probably because there is not enough arable land in Beihai country, coupled with the promotion of wheat samarium, the autumn harvest in Beihai country this year is very fast. In previous years, the autumn harvest in the Beihai country was often delayed until mid-October, but this year, the autumn harvest in the Beihai country ended in early October.

Of course, this year is different from the past. For example, in the southern region, Marin allowed tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war to join the ranks of the autumn harvest. With the participation of fifty to sixty thousand strong Hungarian men, the speed of the autumn harvest has been greatly accelerated. In addition, the army also participated in the autumn harvest.

Moreover, by the end of the autumn harvest, most of the farmers in Beihai had learned how to use two-person wheat samarium. By next year, everyone will start harvesting with samarium. Then, the autumn harvest can be completed in a maximum of 10 days, and there is no need for the help of the Hungarian strong men and the army.

At this time, other countries in Europe, except for the southern Mediterranean region, the autumn harvest of most countries has just begun...

But the sad reminder is that the weather in October this year is a bit abnormal. In the Netherlands, as well as many areas in northeastern and eastern France, it rained continuously at the critical moment of the autumn harvest...

"It's over, this year must be a bad year!" Seeing the rain in the Netherlands, Prince Philip's face was ashen, and he felt bad.

But the great nobleman of the Netherlands, Van der Stern, was overjoyed and said:

"Your Highness, this year's autumn harvest is not going well, and there will definitely be a famine. This famine is a good opportunity for us to enclose the land!"

"A good chance?" Prince Philip and several other Dutch nobles were a little surprised. Rain in the autumn harvest will definitely lead to famine. If a famine is caused, it will easily lead to riots by the hungry people, right? good chance...

Vanderst explained:

"It would be better if there is a famine! In this way, a large number of farmers will flee the famine. Once they flee the famine with their families, we will legislate and deprive them of their land ownership in the name of failing to pay taxes. In this way, they can spend no money. It takes up a lot of land!"

The eyes of Prince Philip and other Dutch nobles suddenly brightened. Indeed, this is a good opportunity to enclose the land. but……

"What if these peasants are hungry and start a rebellion?" Prince Philip worried.

Vanderst said indifferently:

"We sent someone to inform Marin, Grand Duke of Beihai, to come and recruit the victims. As long as he takes all the victims away, who will make trouble?"

"Good idea!" Prince Philip and a group of Dutch nobles nodded in agreement. At the same time, preparations for the enclosure have already begun...

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On the Netherlands side, the great nobles were all ready to enclose their land, and they were very excited about the rain disaster during the autumn harvest. On the French side, it is more difficult.

Louis XII is full of ambitions, and he is waiting for the autumn harvest to increase a large amount of food before launching a new military operation. For example, send troops to Switzerland to help the Swiss drive the Habsburg family out.

This year, the French royal family is in the royal family's manor in Provence. Because of the use of volcanic ash, it is about to usher in a bumper harvest. You know, there are thousands of acres of land in the royal estate of Provence, all of which use volcanic ash fertilizer. In this way, about two or three million pounds of grain can be added. With so much food, it can supply tens of thousands of troops for several months, and a large military operation can be launched.

But,

The autumn harvest rains encountered in the northeast and east will cause one or two million people to be affected. If there is no relief, it is easy to trigger riots among victims.

Therefore, Louis XII was so angry that he vomited blood. Originally planned to launch a large-scale military operation against the Habsburg family, because the extra food would be used for disaster relief, Louis XII was very helpless.

Fortunately, these few months plus the previously accumulated volcanic ash are enough for tens of thousands of acres of arable land. Just scatter these reserves of volcanic ash when next year's spring plowing. Then, the increase in grain production next year will reach 20 to 30 million pounds, which is enough to maintain a full-scale national war against Spain...

As for why Spain is the priority instead of the weaker Habsburg family, especially the Netherlands. The main reason is that Louis XII wanted to hit Spain hard first, sending troops into the hinterland of Spain, and forcing Spain to recognize that the Kingdom of Naples would permanently belong to France. In this way, you can enjoy the benefits of Naples' volcanic ash for a long time in the future without worrying about accidents.

As for the Netherland and Franche-Comté regions of the Habsburg family, Louis XII believes that there will be opportunities to clean up in the future. Its priority level is lower than the permanent control of the Kingdom of Naples...

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It was also the luck of the Habsburg family. If it weren't for the rain disaster during the autumn harvest, Louis XII planned to send troops to Switzerland after the autumn harvest to completely drive away the power of the Habsburg family. If given the chance, the French even intend to annex the Franche-Comté region first.

But a continuous rainy weather made Louis XII's plan come to nothing and gave the Habsburg family a chance to breathe.

Speaking of it, the Habsburg family seems to be really fooled by the gods. This family's combat effectiveness is average, and its finances are even worse than beggars. However, at every critical moment, they always survived the difficulty as if they were helped by gods...

In fact, the rainy weather during the autumn harvest also affected a large area in the west of Beihai. For example, the province of West Frisia, the central and western part of the province of East Frisia, and the western part of the province of Nordmünster.

However, the autumn harvest in Beihai has ended, and the rye has been dried and put into storage. Therefore, this autumn rain has no effect on Beihai.

When Prince Philip brought people to Beihai Country again to discuss the reception of disaster victims, Prince Philip was surprised to find that all the crops in Beihai Country along the way seemed to be harvested...

"How did you do it?" Prince Philip was very curious about this.

Naturally, Marin would not introduce such an artifact as Mai Sammart to him, lest the Dutch would regret not enclosing the land. So, with an idea, Marin casually said:

"You know, this year I borrowed money to buy tens of thousands of Hungarian peasant prisoners of war and more than 20,000 Wurttemberg peasant prisoners of war. With the help of these peasants and their wives, how many fields can't be harvested?"

In fact, at this time, the first batch of 26,500 peasant prisoners of war in Württemberg had all been sent to the New Jersey colony in North America. Only the more than 50,000 Hungarian prisoners of war are still in Goslar.

Of course, there is also the second batch of 15,000 prisoners of war sent by the Principality of Württemberg, which are still concentrated in the port of Emden, ready to be shipped to the American colonies.

When Prince Philip came to Aurich via Emden, he did find a large serf prisoner-of-war camp outside Emden. Then, he believed in Marin's plan. Indeed, with tens of thousands more farmers, the harvest will definitely be much faster.

However, he doesn't want to engage in agriculture anymore, but plans to raise sheep in enclosures, so he doesn't care much about it.

After hearing about the plight of the Netherlands, Marin agreed to send people to the Netherlands to recruit poor harvest farmers without saying a word, so as to make room for Prince Philip and his enclosure. After all, it's a win-win situation.

However, Marin did not expect that, in addition to the Netherlands, the northeastern and eastern northern half of France also suffered from rain disasters, with nearly two million victims. This time, he dispatched troops to recruit the victims, and got a huge "bumper harvest"...