The Rise of the European Emperor

When Taylor was elected bishop, the autumn harvest in East Friesland came to an end.

The counties of East Friesland are different from other countries. Because of the use of phosphate and potash fertilizers, the growth cycle of rye in East Friesland is shortened, and the autumn harvest is also half a month earlier than that of other countries, which is similar to that of southern Italy. In this way, from mid-September to mid-October, the counties of East Friesland completed the autumn harvest.

However, the principalities of Oldenburg and Schleswig, which are also under the control of Marin, are still in the midst of the autumn harvest. Moreover, because Marin sent troops to attack these two countries during the Spring Shift, the spring ploughing of the two countries was inevitably affected. In addition, at that time, Marin had not yet established a fertilizer plant. The wheat in both countries was growing very poorly, and the output might not have reached the level of previous years.

Of course, for Marin, these are the little things. The three countries under his control now have a population of 150,000 in East Frisland, 80,000 in Oldenburg, and 150,000 in the Principality of Schleswig, but the combined population is only 380,000.

Even if the average person ate one pound of rye per day, 380,000 people would eat 138.7 million pounds of grain in a year. And in Marin's granary, there are 600 million pounds of old grain...

Yes, the 600 million pounds of stale grain is the grain accumulated the previous year and last year. As for the food from the previous year, it was all disposed of last year, and some was made into dark beer.

The reason why Marin has accumulated so much food is to cope with the food shortage after the expansion. Because the wars against Oldenburg and the duchies of Schleswig were waged during the spring ploughing period, Marin had long anticipated that there would be a shortage of food.

Therefore, the 600 million pounds of grain in the Marin warehouse is enough for everyone to eat for three or four years.

During the autumn harvest season, instead of adding grain to the city outside the granary in Beicheng, Marin found another place and planned to build a new grain center.

This is mainly because it is too conspicuous to build the general granary in the capital Aurich. Although Marin ordered to cover it up when entering and leaving the food, it couldn't stop everyone's curiosity. Even some foreign envoys kept inquiring about how much food was packed in the city outside the north city...

Therefore, this year's grain, Marin is going to be scattered and no longer stored in a unified way. Before that, Marin also built a huge cement-structured fort warehouse on the edge of Lyle City in Lyle County, the production center, to store grain. In addition, on the edge of Emden City, Marin also built a fort to garrison troops and store food. Tens of millions of pounds of grain can also be stored in this fort.

This year's autumn harvest statistics, Jeffrey has already delivered. However, Marin had lost interest. Because, it is not the first time that he has faced a bumper harvest. When he first became Baron Texel, his first year was a bumper crop, and he was so excited. However, seven or eight years have passed, and now facing a bumper harvest, Marin does not have the slightest passion.

"Facing the harvest, I'm already numb!" Marin said.

Speaking of which, as a traveler who came from later generations, what he faced in the past was about 1,500 catties per mu of rice and about 1,000 catties per mu of wheat. Now, facing this low yield of 500 pounds per mu... I might have been excited by the fact that it was higher than other countries in the past few years, but now, Marin really doesn't feel much...

"My lord, the total production of rye in our East Frisian country has reached an unprecedented 720 million pounds this year! It is 30 million pounds more than last year's 690 million pounds!" Fatty Jeffrey's face was full of saliva. said excitedly. As a prime minister in the 16th century, what could be more exciting than a "good harvest"?

"Oh—" Marin responded weakly to Jeffrey with a standard "Ge You paralyzed", lying on the rocking chair.

Jeffrey was a little puzzled. Shouldn't he be very excited as a monarch when he encounters such a bumper harvest? then,

He asked cautiously:

"My lord, why are you unhappy?"

"It's not unhappy, it's just a little numb... By the way, Geoffrey, since I came to East Frisian, have we had a good harvest?" Marin replied weakly, "Ge You's paralyzed" posture is not Change.

"This...Since you took office, you really haven't had a bad harvest..." Jeffrey thought about it, and it really happened. Then, Jeffrey flattered:

"My lord, you are the god of harvest and descend to the world..."

"Get out! The God of Harvest is a woman, and I am a man!" Marin said angrily.

Also, in European mythology, the god of harvest is also called the goddess of harvest, named Kris. Complimenting Marin as the god of harvest, isn't he calling him a bitch...

Knowing that he was flattering on the horse's leg, Jeffrey immediately stopped talking about it...

Marin remembered something and asked:

"By the way, how many diseases and insect pests are there in rye this year?"

After turning over the report, Jeffrey replied:

"It's still the same, there are a lot of wheat fields that have outbreaks of some minor pests and diseases that are not very serious, such as aphids, leaf worms, etc. The problem is not serious, but it is not small. Without these pests and diseases, the average yield per mu is estimated to be 600 pounds. ."

"Is that so..." After thinking about it, Marin said nothing.

This autumn, he has sent people to buy pyrethrum seeds and dried flowers in Italy. What happens next year, take out the dried flowers in stock and spray them with medicine, and keep all the aphids and leaf chanting. Wait until next year, plant more pyrethrum in spring, and in autumn, you can harvest a lot of dried pyrethrum flowers. By then, the dose will be enough.

"Is there any news from Oldenburg and the Principality of Schleswig?" Marin asked again.

The Earl of Oldenburg is now managed by Haider, while the Duchy of Schleswig is naturally managed by former Danish Prime Minister Mikel. However, if something happens, they will still report to Aurich. And Jeffrey also accepted and reported the major events of the two countries on his behalf.

"The autumn harvest has also started on their side, but because of the war this year, the situation is not very good. It is said that about a quarter of the land in the Principality of Schleswig missed the spring due to the war. The county of Oldenburg is better. , but a lot of land is deserted. Moreover, because people are panicking, the farmers in these two countries have little mind to take care of their farmland. It is estimated that these two countries will be more sad this year..."

"What are you sad about? Drop the old grain from the Aurich official warehouse to help!" Marin said nonchalantly.

"But...that's your private food..." In Europe of this era, only the nobles misappropriated the common property, and no nobles had yet provided private property to subsidize the public goods.

"I am the country! Have you heard this famous saying? People in these two countries are my subjects now, so it's okay to give relief. Besides, we have too much food. There are still two pieces of Chenliang from the previous year. 100 million pounds, take it out to help!" Marin said arrogantly.

"I am the country? Which monarch said that?" Jeffrey thought.

"Louis XIV... oh no, it's from Asia..." Marin thought about it, Louis XIV was not born yet, and his grandfather hadn't even become a tadpole... So Marin made up a random one. The king's name was fooled.

In this way, under Marin's order, Geoffrey took out a total of 200 million pounds of rye from the previous year's old grain in Aurich's official warehouse, and supplied it to the counties of East Friesland, Oldenburg and The needs of the three states of the Duchy of Schleswig.

Don't look at it from the year before, but the wheat can be stored for three to five years at room temperature. In addition, the granary built by Marin has done a very good job of preventing moisture. Therefore, the rye from the previous year can be eaten as well, even as seeds. Can.