The Rise of the European Emperor

"The Rise of the European Emperor ()"!

In fact, Huaxia also has a very good divine food - millet. Millet, also called millet, or millet, is a very ancient grain variety in China and the most important grain variety in northern history.

Millet is drought-tolerant and has a short growth cycle, also only about 100 to 130 days, and the accumulated temperature is relatively low. But it has a big problem - cold resistance is not good. Millet is grown in the north, and it is generally grown as summer grain. After all, although the northern part of China is colder than the southern part, summer is also very hot.

This thing is the earliest strong support of Chinese civilization. In northern areas, such as the Guanzhong area, until the early Tang Dynasty, corn was still the main crop. After the middle period, the cultivation of wheat began to be popularized.

But Marin read a very interesting paper in his previous life, which believed that it was the promotion of wheat in Guanzhong that destroyed the military system of the Tang Dynasty!

Why do you say that? Because millet has strong vitality and is very drought-tolerant. So, like rye, it is not afraid of weed competition. Therefore, we don't need much weeding or irrigation at ordinary times, which is very trouble-free.

What's the use of saving trouble? Normally, the government soldiers in Guanzhong have more free time! When the millet is planted, there is nothing to do at ordinary times, so they can gather together to train battle formation and martial arts. Therefore, the government soldiers in Guanzhong in the early Tang Dynasty were very fierce and could fight all over the world.

But in the mid-Tang Dynasty, wheat was popularized in Guanzhong. Then came the problem—wheat is more delicate than millet, and it takes a lot of energy and labor to serve it. Usually weeding and regular irrigation are required, which is very energy-consuming, time-consuming, and labor-intensive.

During the period of Tang Xuanzong, the soldiers in Guanzhong spent too much energy on serving the wheat fields and could not keep up with their training. Naturally, their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and they had to change to the recruitment system. However, the recruitment system is easy to form a warlord separatist regime. After all, recruits are recruited by generals, and only generals are recognized, not the court. Then the result is that although the combat effectiveness of recruiting troops is good, their loyalty is very poor, and they often fight among themselves.

Therefore, the transformation of millet into wheat in Guanzhong was also an important reason for the collapse of the Fubing system, and it was also an important reason for the decline of the Tang Dynasty.

However, it does not work without changing to wheat. Because the yield of millet per mu is low! According to the records of the Tang Dynasty, the yield of corn per mu in the Guanzhong area was only one stone. However, by replanting wheat, the yield per mu can reach as much as two stones. The same land, double the output. Farmers do any calculations, and they all know what to plant.

Moreover, it will not work if you don’t change it. why? The population of Guanzhong exploded in the prosperous Tang Dynasty! During the Zhenguan period, the population of Guanzhong was only about 1.4 million, and many people could be allocated 80 mu of land. Even if the yield of corn is only one stone per mu, it is acceptable. After all, the yield per unit area is not enough, and the total amount is used to make up. There are 80 mu of land, and 80 shi of grain can be produced.

But in the Kaiyuan period, the population of Guanzhong skyrocketed to more than 3.2 million, which was more than double that of the Zhenguan period.

In this way, there will be fewer fields for every dicing. Moreover, there are many great nobles and powerful ministers who annexed the land, resulting in very little land for each peasant household. With a lot of land missing, it would not be cost-effective to plant corn with a low yield per mu. And wheat, which has a much higher yield per mu, naturally became the first choice.

Therefore, this is also a last resort choice. The more prosperous Chang'an is, the larger the population of Guanzhong will be. The more people there are in Guanzhong, the less arable land will be. By switching to high-yield but labor-intensive wheat, the decline of Guanzhong Fubing is inevitable.

From a military point of view, rye, millet, highland barley, including later potatoes, crops that do not require careful care, are the best crops for the militia. Because, planting these crops, usually relatively free, you can have time for military training. If you are engaged in wheat and rice and work in the fields all day long, you will soon degenerate into a farmer. Just like the military households in the Ming Dynasty, after several generations, they immediately went from fighting all over the world in the early Ming Dynasty to being beaten to the city of Nanjing by dozens of Japanese pirates in the middle period.

Marin felt that the strong fighting power of the Germans may be related to the fact that most of them grow rye. Rye is stronger than weeds, and it doesn't need much care. Then, the German farmer has time to do other things and can train and train. It wasn't obvious before modern times, but when the system of comprehensive mobilization came out, it would be great. The rye and potatoes required little care, and the Prussian farmer had plenty of time to train. However, French farmers grow wheat and grapes and do not have enough training time. Except for the bloody fighting during the French Revolution, it was not very good at other times.

Of course, that's something for the future, don't worry about it now. After all, with the current level of productivity, even if you mobilize the whole people, you can't afford it. Except for the North Sea country, which has advanced agricultural technology, no other country can afford the problem of food alone.

In other words, Marin does not need to choose crops for military reasons, but only needs to consider economic benefits. As for the local climate, it is impossible to mainly plant rye. But in the American colonies, Marin felt that more wheat could be grown. Anyway, America is plentiful. As for the labor force, more Indians will be captured as serfs in the future. I don't expect these Indians to serve as soldiers, so let them take good care of the wheat, which is just right.

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In addition to planting oats and instructing them to implement the "British Second Garden System", Marin also decided to provide the Ryazan people with Chinese cabbage seeds.

Chinese cabbage is more cold-tolerant... Well, it can't actually stand the cold in St. Petersburg. However, its growth cycle is short, it usually only takes two to three months to mature, and the yield is still high. The frost-free period in St. Petersburg is about 130 to 40 days, and two crops of Chinese cabbage can be harvested. In this way, Ryazan people will not be short of vegetables to eat.

Moreover, Marin intends to provide Ryazan people with kimchi pickling technology for free, teach them how to make Chinese cabbage into kimchi, and then eat it for a year...

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Hmm, doesn't Marin look like a virgin?

No, you are wrong, very wrong!

why? What else do kimchi need besides Chinese cabbage? Salt!

A catty of Chinese cabbage is marinated into kimchi, at least 50 grams of salt is needed, which is one-tenth of the amount of cabbage. In some kimchi, salt even accounts for 25% of the cabbage, which is a quarter.

According to the data of later generations, a person in Bangziguo eats an average of 35 kilograms of kimchi a year, which is 77 pounds. This is still when Bangzi Country is very developed in later generations and there are many choices of vegetables.

And what about the St. Petersburg region? Vegetable options are very limited. Unless a glass greenhouse is built, ordinary people can only eat Chinese cabbage or kimchi. And Chinese cabbage is not well preserved, it is easy to rot. Therefore, after a year, the consumption is definitely more than 35 kilograms of the stick, which is 77 pounds.

Calculated according to one-eleventh of the lowest ratio, it also needs 7 pounds of salt. And Ryazan has a population of hundreds of thousands, and they all come with 7 pounds of salt...that's millions of pounds...

But the water in the Baltic Sea is very thin, so it is difficult to boil salt. Therefore, salt is mainly imported. At that time, as a supplier of table salt, he will be able to rely on Ryazan to make a fortune.

You know, the price of salt in Eastern Europe is very expensive in this era, at least 2 shillings a pound. For a population of 300,000, 2.1 million pounds of salt would be consumed on kimchi. Calculated at 2 shillings per pound, that is 4.2 million shillings. And 5 shillings are equal to one Gulden gold coin, and 4.2 million shillings are 840,000 gold coins!

This is big business! Marin thought about it, and planned to even give them Chinese cabbage seeds in the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and teach them how to pickle pickles.

If more than 10 million people in the entire Ross region eat kimchi, how much salt is needed...

300,000 people will get 840,000 gold coins for pickling salt, and if 10 million people use it...that's 28 million gold coins...

Of course, this is ideal data. The reality is that most Ross people are too poor to afford salt. But even if half of the people can afford it, there are still millions of gold coins!

Thinking of this huge market, Marin's saliva almost dripped onto the document in front of him...

"Well, it's decided to vigorously promote kimchi!"

This time Marin made a big move, not only promoting kimchi to Eastern Europe, but even to other German states. Anyway, with the popularization of kimchi, the market demand for salt will increase, and he will benefit from it.

However, he did not expect that because of this move, the sales of salted fish would be hit hard. Because, many people buy salted fish, which is equivalent to eating salt. But with kimchi, there is no need to buy salted fish. From this point of view, the markets for salted fish and kimchi overlap somewhat.

Of course, Marin didn't care about this. Anyway, the North Sea country does not make a fortune by selling salted fish. But this move accidentally hurt the ally Lübeck. After all, Lübeck's salted fish trade is an important part of it. Of course, that's a story...

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