The Rise of the European Emperor

The discovery of the maple syrup industry made Marin very excited. You must know that in the later generations of Canada, the famous “Maple Avenue”, which is more than 800 kilometers long, starts from Quebec City in the east and runs along the St. Lawrence River in the west to Niagara Falls. The annual output of maple sugar is 20,000 tons.

Before white sugar came out, the quality of maple sugar was comparable to that of brown sugar and brown sugar. Although the sweetness is a bit lacking, the taste is better than the other two. With the current shortage of sucrose in Europe, maple sugar can completely replace sucrose to occupy the market...

Of course, Marin would never say it came from the maple trees all over Canada. If so, in order to seize the huge industry of maple syrup, maybe France and Spain will join hands to snatch it. Against one of them alone, Marin still has confidence, but together, it will be too difficult. Moreover, for the sake of huge profits, these two feuding countries are also likely to join forces temporarily... France has the advantage of the army, Spain has the advantage of the navy, and the army is not bad. When the two are combined, it is difficult for Marin to withstand...

Therefore, Marin decided - falsely claiming that maple sugar is cane sugar is just a special way of making it...

In this way, no one will rob the North American colonies. At most, they'll find ways to make their own variety of cane. Therefore, Marin has already given a name to maple sugar - Cuban sucrose... As for the original sucrose, it is called ordinary sucrose...

20,000 tons of maple syrup! Marin felt excited just thinking about it! You know, the price of sucrose in Europe is now 2 shillings per pound. 20,000 tons is equivalent to 70.54 million pounds, which is worth 70.54 million shillings, which is about 14 million gold coins...

Of course, that's not how the account is calculated. If 70 million pounds of maple sugar did flow into Europe, it is estimated that sugar prices would drop by at least half. Also, Marin doesn't have as many people to gather and process maple sugar. However, the Canadian region is full of sugar maples. Moreover, in this era, there has been no major development in later generations. Canada is full of virgin forests, and the density of sugar maples is much higher than that of later generations. So, extracting maple syrup is easier now than later. The only trouble is probably the lack of manpower... After all, collecting the sap of the sugar maple, purifying it, processing it into solids, and packaging it in oil paper bags... This requires a lot of manpower...

Therefore, the annual output of 20,000 tons of Marin is no need to think. However, with an annual output of 320 tons, Marin still dared to think. 320 tons, or 320,000 kilograms. On average, each tree can extract about two or three kilograms of maple sugar, 320,000 kilograms, which is about 160,000 sugar maple trees dig holes to collect sap, and then process it into maple sugar.

160,000 sugar maple trees sounds like a lot, but in fact, it is no problem for each skilled worker to collect 100 sugar maple trees per person during the maple sugar collection season. In this way, 160,000 sugar maple trees require 1,600 workers...

In this way, if you get 320 tons of maple syrup, you can sell it for a high price of 140,000 gold coins. Moreover, 320 tons of maple sugar flowed into the European market, and it would not be able to make any waves, and it would not cause the sugar price to plummet. After all, the European numbers are there.

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What impresses Marin the most is that the maple syrup industry does not require much labor. Unlike sugar cane cultivation in Cuba, it requires a lot of labor.

As for maple syrup, it only needs to send hundreds of farmers with pipes and barrels to collect the sap every spring. 160,000 sugar maples sounds like a lot, but in the vast virgin forest of Canada, that's not a lot...

The only trouble is that you need to be prepared to be attacked by those Indians...

If the Indians attacked the maple sugar workers with bows and arrows, he really couldn't help it. After all, the Indians come and go without a trace in the virgin forests of North America, and it is difficult for you to chase and kill them. Moreover, the North American continent is vast. Even if you eliminate a certain Indian tribe, it is difficult to guarantee whether other Indian tribes will migrate to the maple sugar producing area. After all, in this era,

Most of the North American Indians are inhabitants. Many of them are hunting tribes, and where the prey is hunted less, they will migrate to other areas...

Marin doesn't have the ability to clear the Indian tribes in the entire North American forest, so I feel very troubled...

"What should I do? If the safety of the maple syrup collectors cannot be guaranteed, the output of maple syrup cannot be guaranteed..." Marin scratched his scalp, very annoyed.

In fact, for now, almost 160,000 sugar maples can be found in undeveloped areas on Cape Breton Island. But Marin knew very well that in the future, the annual output of 320 tons of maple sugar is far from meeting the market demand. So there are definitely not enough sugar maples on Cape Breton Island.

Therefore, Marin finally had to go to the mainland and go to the famous "Maple Avenue" from Quebec in the east to Niagara Falls in the west to extract maple sugar.

However, once you go to the mainland, you will inevitably have contact with those Indians. It’s okay if you meet someone who is reasonable, but if you meet someone who is unreasonable, you will shoot with a bow and arrow…

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In the evening, Marin told Garland about this trouble, hoping that Garland could help him think of a way.

After thinking for a long time, Garland raised his head and said:

"Young master, since you are worried about the safety of the maple sugar-gathering workers. Then, why don't you directly use the Indians to help you gather maple sugar?"

"Using Indians?"

"Yes! Did you know? Master, on Newfoundland, from Corner Brook on the west coast of Newfoundland to Buckens, the lead-zinc mine in the center of the island, at first we were understaffed and under-capacity. Later, I simply Traded with the local Beotuks using commodities such as salt and iron tools, and hired them to help protect the ore transport line from Buckens to Corner Brook Harbor. Even later, I directly hired the Beotuks who nomadic inland Let them help transport the ore. So now, the production of lead nuggets and zinc ingots at the lead-zinc smelter in Corner Brook has greatly increased. If it weren't for the help of those Beotuks, it wouldn't have been so smooth..."

"You mean, let me hire Indians on the North American continent to help me collect maple sugar?"

Garland nodded and said:

"Yes, that's what it means. As long as we teach them how to collect the sap of the sugar maple trees, and how to heat it to extract it. At that time, we just need to exchange the simple commodity for maple syrup. In this way, we plant our fields. , put our sheep, and in the spring, we can directly exchange cheap commodities with them. Anyway, those Indians have never seen the world. Besides, only our family buys it, so the price is not set by us?"

"Well... that makes sense... What if there are tyrannical people among them who kill people if they disagree?"

"It's so simple, let's unite with other tribes and destroy that tribe!"

"Good idea!" Marin exclaimed.

He has to admit that Garland has finally improved a lot as the governor over the past few years.

Marin always wanted to come by himself, but he never thought that it would be more efficient to use those natives. After all, those natives are the natives in the virgin forest, and they are more familiar with the local conditions than themselves. It's easier for them to collect maple syrup. Moreover, even if they encountered unreasonable tribes and clashed, the people who died were indigenous people, not Marin.

In fact, for this land in Canada, Marin only values ​​local mineral resources, timber resources and fur resources. As for developing Canada, Marin has little interest. Why? The warmer and more fertile United States is still undeveloped in the south, not to mention Canada?

Therefore, it is the right choice to use the local Indian natives to help collect maple sugar and hunt precious furs. As for immigration, it is most correct to send it to the United States for development in later generations...

At this time, Marin suddenly remembered - it seems that there is a paper mill on the north side of Cape Breton Island, which is cutting down and using local trees...

So Marin hurriedly ordered Garland:

"You tell the paper mill to stop cutting down sugar maple trees. You can choose other tree species as raw materials for making paper. Sugar maple trees, we have to keep extracting maple sugar... Also, when reclamation, try to avoid cutting them as much as possible. Sugar maple... with this order, you will also be sent to Newfoundland..."

"Yes! That... Master, do you want to inform Master Albert?" Garland asked.

Marin waved his hand and said:

"No, there aren't any sugar maples to the south. There aren't any sugar maples on Albert's side, so don't inform that side!"

Marin's later geography was good. He remembered that there were very few sugar maples in the area south of the Great Lakes. The sugar maple trees are mainly concentrated in the later generations of Canada. Therefore, even if there are sugar maples in the area under Albert's jurisdiction, there are not many to form a scale. So, there is no need to inform there...

In Canada, because of the cold climate, it is not cost-effective to engage in agriculture. Therefore, it is better to use the local natural resources to engage in the maple sugar industry, fur industry, mining industry and paper industry. As for the rest, it is not necessary, so as not to waste human resources...

Next, Marin instructed Garland to train a group of translators who knew the Indian language as soon as possible. After training, it is good to go to the mainland, communicate with the Indians, teach them to collect maple sugar, and then buy it at a low price... Of course, the fur trade must not be forgotten...