The Rise of the European Emperor

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In a good mood, Marin decided to go out for some air. So, he took a group of bodyguards, rode on a horse Carter, and went to the manor in the north of the city for vacation.

The summer in East Frisia is not hot, and even the high temperature over 30 degrees is rare. Because it is close to the North Sea, it is greatly affected by the ocean. From the latitude, it is in the prevailing westerly belt. And East Frisia is close to the North Sea, and the cool wind blowing from the sea prevents East Frisia from getting hot. Similarly, the summer in most parts of the entire Beihai country is not hot. Moreover, there is still a lot of rain.

However, this also poses a problem. Because many crops need high temperature in summer to grow smoothly. For example, corn, the best temperature for its germination period is 2835 degrees. However, weather over 30 degrees in northern Europe is rare. Therefore, the oceanic climate in northwestern Europe is not suitable for growing corn and other crops that require high temperatures. Of course, maize can also be grown in northwestern Europe. However, corn is not grown locally for cobs, but for silage of corn stalks. The growth requirements of the straw are not high, and it can be harvested for silage before it is mature. As for the yield of corn cobs, anyway, they harvested the corn cobs before they were ready. It doesn't matter what the corn production is, because they only want sweet corn stalks...

Due to the lack of hot weather, the coastal areas of England, the Netherlands and northern Germany are not suitable for growing rice, soybeans, corn and other crops. Even wheat cultivation has been affected. Of course, later generations improved wheat varieties, coupled with the widespread application of phosphorus fertilizers that promote growth, wheat cultivation is also very common. But in this era, Northwestern Europe and even most of Europe were still mainly planted with rye, which did not require much care or high temperature.

The opposite is Huaxia, from south to north in China, the temperature in summer is not low. Even in the cold Northeast, summer can easily reach more than 30 degrees. Therefore, Huaxia is very suitable for agriculture. Even in the Northeast, high-quality crops such as rice, soybeans, corn, and sweet potatoes can be grown.

As for the coastal areas of northwestern Europe, the climate is warm in winter and cool in summer. It looks very suitable for people to live in, but it is not suitable for many crops. Only the Mediterranean region has higher summer temperatures and is more suitable for agricultural development. Therefore, Roman civilization appeared in the Mediterranean, and so did Greek civilization. Even in the 16th century, France and Spain played their brains for Italy.

In fact, from the perspective of later generations, Italy has many mountains and few plains. If it is not sunny, the temperature is high enough, and the introduction of advanced irrigation technology from the Middle East, as well as the addition of volcanic ash soil, it will not become a fertile land in the eyes of Europeans.

Now, the most fertile places in Italy are probably Sicily and the southern Kingdom of Naples, known as the "Golden Basin". Because the volcanic ash soil here is relatively fertile, and agriculture is relatively developed.

But in later generations, people learned to use chemical fertilizers and no longer depended on volcanic soil. Then, the most developed areas of Italy moved from the south to the north to the Lombardy Plain with the city of Milan and the Po Valley with the city of Turin. And Sicily and Naples, which are now prosperous, will be the backcountry of Italy in later generations. People in northern Italy even want to get rid of the burden of the south...

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It is precisely because northern Germany is not suitable for agriculture that Marin is obsessed with colonizing North America. The North American region, mainly the American region of later generations, has a climate similar to that of China, and the temperature in summer is relatively high, which is more suitable for agriculture. For example, soybeans, which Marin values ​​very much, are more suitable for planting in North America. You know, North America is the main producing area of ​​soybeans in later generations. In addition to being used as a concentrate for war horses, soybeans can also be used to extract oil. With soybean oil, people's nutrition can keep up. In the era when there was no oil and water, people liked to eat fatty meat because there was oil and water. In later generations with sufficient vegetable oil supply, people mainly ate lean meat, and even specially bred lean white pigs. All in all, soybeans are a very significant crop.

while Europe,

At present, the most important concentrate feed for horses is oats. But soybeans can extract oil and make tofu. These advantages are not available in oats.

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Riding a horse, wandering in the manor ranch in the north of the city. See hardworking farmers feeding their horses, or brushing and shoveling horse manure. Seeing the farmers looking over, Marin smiled and nodded. After all, these farmers work for themselves, so it's okay to give them some smiling faces.

However, when he walked to a stable, Marin suddenly saw a group of white horses whose belly was covered with black stuff. So he stopped, frowning, and asked:

"What did you paint the horse with?"

Seeing Marin, the farmer bent down in a panic and said:

"Dear Grand Duke, I don't know what it is. The manager of the manor asked me to apply it. It is said that it can treat skin diseases of horses."

"Skin disease? Can it be cured by applying this?" Marin was a little surprised, thinking it was a magical ointment formulated by a veterinarian. However, when he got close to smelling it, Marin actually smelled the volatilization of gasoline...

"The smell of gasoline, black oil... Could it be..." Marin's face changed, and he said to the groom:

"Call your stewards!"

"Yes!" The groom hurried to find the steward. After a while, a fat steward came running out of breath, sweating profusely. The corner of Marin's mouth twitched Nima, the steward must have been greedy for a lot of money. Otherwise, you can't get fat in this era. After all, there is very little food in this year. Can eat fat, food with oil and water seems to be eaten less...

However, Marin came to him not to care about his greed for ink, but to ask about the oil smeared on the horse's back...

Yes, oil! Marin judged from the smell and shape that the horse had skin disease, and the back was smeared with oil. This surprised Marin very much. Does Beihai still produce oil?

After hearing Marin's inquiry, the fat steward was relieved, Nima, frightened to death, thinking that Tanmo had been discovered. As for the black oil, the fat man knows:

"Dear Grand Duke, this is the villain's younger brother. When he went to sell whiskey spirits in the Galicia region of Poland, he accidentally found a black oil dug out from the ground in the local Vistula Valley. This oil smells It smells bad and can burn. However, its biggest function is that it can be applied to people and animals to treat skin diseases. It just so happens that the villain is in charge of the horse farm, and the villain's younger brother helps the villain from there. By the way, I brought back some of this black oil to treat horse skin diseases..."

"Poland Galicia... Vistula Valley..." Marin frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly realized

Yes, in the early years of Europe, there were indeed records of oil seedlings exposed to the surface in Romania, Poland, Galicia, Bavaria and Sicily. In ancient China, as early as the Song Dynasty, there were records of oil production in northern Shaanxi.

Of course, the output of these oil seedlings is very low. A man-made seedling well pit can produce dozens of catties of oil every day, which is not bad. In ancient times, only Baku in later Azerbaijan had a high oil production out of the surface. According to Marco Polo's records, the annual output of Baku's oil can load hundreds of ships. However, the artificial oil wells Yanchang in the Song Dynasty only "received four hundred catties at a year old", and the output was incomparable. Of course, there is not just one man-made oil well in Baku, but dozens of them. In the Song Dynasty, there was only one well in Yanchang, with an annual output of 400 jin. Of course, the annual output may be more than 400 catties, which may be part of the amount handed over.

Later, the fat man told Marin that there were three artificial wells in the oil-producing area of ​​the Vistula Valley in Galicia, Poland, with an annual output of 20 barrels of oil, less than 200 pounds per barrel. His younger brother brought back a total of 22 barrels this time, and more than one barrel has been used up.

"So, what's the price?" Marin asked with a frown. If it's too expensive, it's not a good thing. But the output is so small, it must not be cheap.

"Price, according to my brother, a barrel of black oil can be exchanged for a one-pound bottle of whiskey. In Poland, a bottle of whiskey costs one gold coin."

"However, it also costs more than twenty gold coins. Your brother is only the person in charge of the distribution, does it have more than twenty gold coins?"

The fat man scratched the back of his head and said nervously:

"He saw that this kind of black oil has special effects in treating horses' skin diseases, so he got some to try first. Anyway, the horse farm's annual expenditure on treating horses is not small. As long as it has curative effects, the villain can help him reimburse it. For a fee..."

In fact, because the two brothers monopolized the drug, the fat man can also enrich himself in it. For example, he can offer 2 gold coins for a bucket of 1 gold coin...but, facing Marin, he dare not lie. Because, you can find out the details once you check this matter.

After thinking about it, Marin said:

"You've done a good job. Give me the remaining 20 barrels of oil... black oil, I'll take it all! Also, don't tell the public about it."

Before leaving, Marin turned back again and said:

"Let your brother come back to report to my office next time. I have something to look for him. If this matter is done, you brothers will all be rewarded!"

After finishing speaking, Marin happily asked his bodyguards to return to the city with 20 barrels of oil. He wants to rush back with the oil and do some black technology experiments...

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