The Rise of the European Emperor

On Cape Breton Island and Amerigo Island, the two governors, Garland and Tara, can't stand it, and the boys on the two islands can't stand it either...

why? Cutting down trees and digging roots is too labor-intensive and inefficient. After all, there are a total of 400 young men on the two islands, and none of them are professional lumberjacks. Although they have some strength, they can't master the rhythm well and don't know the skills of logging. Therefore, some people often cut down trees and grind out a lot of blisters, which hurt when touched.

Moreover, there has been no development here for thousands of years, there are too many towering trees, and it is very dense. On average, there are hundreds of towering trees tens of meters high on every acre of land.

But the boys on the two islands, although there are 200 people on each island, dozens of them are fishermen who need to go out to sea to fish. Therefore, in the end, there were only about 170 people who stayed behind to cut the wood.

The towering trees dozens of meters high were cut down, and then the oak was picked out and carried to the side. Also, digging out the huge, intertwined roots of the tree... It's just a super-heavy physical job...

Finally, according to statistics, the logging teams of about 170 people on each island can only cut down a dozen towering trees on average every day (including digging out the roots and moving the trees). In this way, it will take about a week to complete one acre of open space. And now to the end of the year, there are only more than 20 weeks. With these people, more than 20 acres of arable land can only be reclaimed... This is too far from Marin's plan...

Also, in the process of felling trees, young immigrants chopped down many axes and broken many saws due to improper use of methods...

To make matters worse, this immigrant did not bring a blacksmith, nor did he have a blacksmith's furnace and spare iron to repair these logging tools...

After a month, most of the logging axes and saws in the two places have been scrapped, and they have not been repaired...

Tara couldn't take it anymore. He took a boat that was left as a spare and went to Cape Breton Island in Garland to discuss countermeasures with Garland. The negotiable result is that there is nothing they can do.

In desperation, the two had to let one of them go back to Europe to ask Marin for help...

Then, as a representative, Garland took a boat, left (Canada) Sydney (still called this name, Marin was too lazy to change it), followed the warm North Atlantic current, and returned to Europe...

Because the wind was smooth, it took only two or three months when I came here, and it only took more than a month to go back...

Seeing Garland's return, Marin was also very surprised, thinking that the colony was taken over by the Indians. When he heard Garland's complaint, Marin also grew his mouth in surprise:

"What? You say cutting down trees is a big problem?" Marin thought he had a problem with his ears. He expected a lot of trouble, but he never thought that logging would become the biggest trouble in land reclamation...

"Yeah, young master, you don't know, there are towering trees dozens of meters high everywhere on the wild continent. It's rare to take any one to Europe. But there, it's everywhere. Trees, with wide trunks, are not easy to cut down. Even if they are cut down, they are difficult to move. Generally, dozens of strong men are required to carry them together to move them slowly... What is even more difficult is to dig those towering trees. The old tree roots, dozens of meters square, the roots are intertwined, the size is huge, and it is very troublesome to dig, and it takes no less effort than cutting down trees and lifting them..."

"Uh, it seems like this..." Marin suddenly remembered that this was in ancient times, not the modern times he lived in before. Modern people cut down trees directly with chainsaws or chainsaws. The trunk is also very easy to be cut and disassembled, and then directly loaded on a big truck to be transported away... As for the roots, the excavator... Lanxiang technician... It will take a while...

However, this is in ancient times. Cutting down trees, transporting trees, and digging roots, all depend on manpower, which is very difficult. Like the trunk of a towering tree dozens of meters high. In modern times, it can be easily lifted with a crane, while in ancient times,

It takes dozens of people to carry it together. If you move too far, it is estimated that it will take half a day to lift...

If such a huge tree trunk is cut into several pieces with a saw, it is also easy to carry. However, in order to obtain the wood for shipbuilding, Marin forbids to divide the whole piece of oak trunk, and has to remove it as a whole, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the amount of labor...

Speaking of which, Marin was also anxious. As soon as he arrived in the colony, he was thinking about building a ship before he could gain a firm foothold. Fortunately, he also knew the truth of "too big and easy to drag the egg"...

So, Marin thought about it and made up his mind:

"Well, Garland, you go back this time and tell everyone that the next time you encounter oak, you don't need to keep it as a whole. Just like other numbers, it will be sawed into several pieces and then moved away... Within this year, there is no need to keep it in the whole. Think about keeping the whole oak. When you have established a firm foothold on the island and are not in a hurry to reclaim farmland, then slowly pay attention to cutting down the oak and keeping it for storage... In addition, don't give up the storage that you have reserved before, and continue to store it. Let it dry..."

"Yes! Thank you young master for your understanding!" Garland was very happy. He didn't have to move the entire oak log with a length of tens of meters, which indeed saved a lot of effort. After all, ox carts cannot be loaded with oak logs that are tens of meters long. They can only be carried manually, and it takes dozens of people and a long time to lift them to the designated position.

"Well, also, anyway, you all cultivated wasteland by the Danshui River. Well, now you don't have to deliberately pursue Tian Kuai's square and square, first logging along the river. In this way, when logging, you can directly push the big tree into the river. Let the big tree drift away with the river water. Of course, it's not that you don't want this wood. Instead, you control the logs floating in the river, and then find time to focus on dragging them to a certain place, and use labor-saving moving pulleys to hang them ashore..."

"Master, what is a moving pulley?"

"Uh..." Marin suddenly remembered that Garland was semi-illiterate. He used to be a son of a serf and never went to school. After becoming his own servant, he read some books with Schwartz. The word level is equivalent to the level of the third or fourth grade of elementary school. It would be strange if you knew how to move the pulley...

However, lifting and transporting super-large logs with a length of tens of meters requires the use of mechanical power. In this age there are no cranes and excavators. Then, the moving pulley is the best labor-saving choice. Coupled with a labor-saving lever, it is absolutely easy to lift heavy objects.

"Also, young master, we are cutting trees over there. Because everyone is not familiar with logging techniques, we have cut down a lot of axes and broken a lot of saws..."

"Uh... well, I'll recruit a group of professional lumberjacks to guide you... As for the axe and saw, this time I'll build you a group of high carbon steel..."

Before, the tools that Marin asked the immigrants to carry were all purchased and collected from the private sector, and they were all produced by private blacksmith shops. They were probably all wrought iron made by the "block refining method", which was not strong enough. Cutting down so many trees is indeed easy to break. And high carbon steel, with high strength and wear resistance, is definitely more durable when used to make axes and saws.

What's more, Marin decided to select some experienced dock workers who know how to use pulleys to unload cargo at the wharf, go there and instruct the young immigrants to use the moving pulleys and tell the logs in the water to be hoisted up...

It is much easier to chop down a tree directly by the river, push the trunk directly into the river, and then drag it to the designated location than to carry the trunk on land. And when it reaches the designated position, it is much easier to lift the trunk with the moving pulley. In short, science is power...

The trees by the river are much easier to deal with than the big trees far away from the river. Once the trees have been disposed of, the vacant land can be cleared for cultivation.

It is not difficult to reclaim wasteland, just use cows to pull the curved plough to plough the land once. Marin has a lot of cattle now, and it's a big deal to ship more and transport more.

Moreover, the cultivated land reclaimed by the river is also very convenient for irrigation. If it is far from the river, it will cost labor to dig irrigation canals...

In addition, Garland brought back bad news - there are bears on Cape Breton Island...

What's more, a bear is a ferocious animal, and a tiger will be cowardly when it sees it. If you accidentally provoke them, it will kill people...

It's no wonder that bears are originally animals that can swim and are masters of fishing. Cape Breton Island is only separated from the North American mainland by a relatively narrow strait, and bears can swim on the island and settle here. And Amerigo Island (Nantucket Island), because it is far from the land, does not have such ferocious animals...

Marin didn't want his immigrants to be harmed by bears, so he decided to recruit a group of experienced hunters, armed with Mushkert muskets, to focus on killing the bears on Cape Breton Island, seeing one kill another... …

In the face of human safety, Marin believes that the lives of animals are not worth mentioning. Even if an extinct dinosaur appeared, if he dared to hurt someone, Marin would not hesitate to order him to kill him. Even if he wants to protect animals, Marin will only choose to protect docile animals like giant pandas. Any animal that threatens human life, as long as it crosses the border and competes with humans for living space, it will be damned...

Even in his previous life, Marin felt that those fanatical animal protectionists who tried their best to protect the beasts and venomous snakes were out of their minds. Animals that threaten human life, such as tigers, lions, and poisonous snakes, can be protected and should be kept in zoos for protection, instead of threatening human life in the wild. Some people strongly emphasize the need to respect the habits of animals and allow them to live freely in nature. However, for the lives of those killed by wolves, tigers, leopards and poisonous snakes, who will pay for their deaths? Marin believes that those overzealous wildlife conservationists have a human body but a brute head.

In nature, humans and animals are inherently in a competitive relationship of "natural selection". If man wants to become the master of the world, he will inevitably violate the interests of other animals. One-sided emphasis on protecting animals is actually betraying human beings and being in the company of animals.

Of course, it's right to protect rare species. However, those rare beasts, no matter how rare, cannot be left in the wild, so that they have the opportunity to threaten the safety of human life. To protect them, fenced zoos should also be built to separate them from humans. Otherwise, allowing them to be active in the wild is actually irresponsible to human beings themselves.

Marin's previous life often guessed that those fanatical animal protectionists were not the monsters who were trained by animals, right? Otherwise, why do you try so hard to protect animals and fight against people everywhere...

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The matter of hunting bears was decided so happily. Marin intends to organize 30 skilled prime hunters, using arquebuses, to focus on killing any bears or other beasts that appear on Cape Breton Island. In this way, the safety of immigrants can be fully guaranteed...

Considering that there are too many trees on the island, Marin arranged a boat to transport another 400 people to the two islands to help cut down trees and clear the land together. At the same time, these ships will also carry professional lumberjacks who teach you how to cut trees, experienced dock workers who guide you to use moving pulleys to lift goods, and 30 hunters from the Marin organization...

Although, the problem in Grenada has not yet come out. But Marin knew that Grenada must have the same problem. Because Grenada is also a semi-desert island with dense jungle. It's just because of the long distance, so the difficulties over there haven't been reported back yet. In short, developing a new continent is not as easy as Marin thought, especially establishing the first foothold...

Now that he thought of the difficulties that might arise in Grenada, Marin naturally prepared a set for Grenada when he prepared loggers, dock workers, and high-carbon steel axes and saws for Cape Breton Island and Amerigo Island. and shipped there.

In addition, Marin also prepared a few blacksmiths and a complete set of blacksmith equipment, coal and iron materials for the three islands, so as to repair tools and build new farm tools and other daily utensils for the immigrants...

After getting the support he needed, Garland happily took some supplies and personnel and headed back to Cape Breton Island by boat...