King of Mercenaries Chapter 160

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:24:19 AM

After Marin signed the agreement, she originally intended to return to the Wadden Islands. Because he hasn't gone back for months. Seeing that the New Year was coming, he planned to rush back to spend his old age.

Alas, Prince Philip held him back and asked him to give more advice. For example, how to build the economy of the Teutonic Order ...

For military matters, Prince Philip is not worried. Because he planned to ask the two elder brothers for help, asking them to support a group of officers to come and help him take charge of the army. However, in terms of building the economy, the three brothers of Prince Philip have no good way. But along the way, Prince Philip discovered that Marin was a very thoughtful person, so he asked Marin.

You know, Prince Philip once knew that Texel Island, the domain of Marin, was originally a backcountry with no shit. With a very wealthy territory, he was able to take out more than 80,000 gold coins to support him as the leader. Therefore, Prince Philip admires Marin very much for his ability to engage in economics, and even admires it.

Marin did not answer him immediately, but thought for a long time, and asked the prince to send someone to check the information ...

Through the internal information of the Teutonic Order, Marin learned that the Teutonic Order currently has only 36,000 square kilometers of land and 300,000 people. We must know that at the same time, in 1402, the land area of ​​the Teutonic Order was a total of 170,000 square kilometers, and the population was as high as 1 million.

However, after the Battle of Tannenberg, the Teutonic Knights lost a lot of territory, and the Livonian Knights again became autonomous and out of the control of the Knights. That's why it's so far.

However, the land of 36,000 square kilometers is not too much. At least, this statistic marred Marin. Moreover, the data show that of the 300,000 people in the country, about 200,000 people are concentrated in the four major Hanseatic cities and the towns and villages near the four cities. In other places, it is a little bit widely.

For the climatic conditions here, Marin knows, between temperate marine climate and cold temperate continental climate. Winter is much colder here than in Western Europe. At least, western Europe has warmed by the North Atlantic, and the average winter temperature is not less than zero degrees. And here, because there is no warming effect like the North Atlantic warm current, coupled with the cold air blowing from the Eastern European steppe from time to time in Western Siberia. Therefore, the temperature here in winter is generally around -9 degrees below zero, which is colder than that in western Europe at the same latitude.

However, this cold is not too cold, at least, compared to the northeast of China, this cold is far worse than the old nose. In addition, the summer temperature here is also okay, with an average of 17 degrees and a maximum of 20 degrees. Of course, the summer temperature here cannot keep up with the HLJ Harbin average temperature in July, which can reach 23 degrees.

Therefore, in northeast China, summer crops such as rice and wheat can be planted, but not here. Because the accumulated temperature in summer is not enough.

Therefore, the only crops suitable for planting here are cold-resistant rye, potatoes, beets, and flax. However, the soil here didn't seem to be fertile, and the harvest looked worse than the Huffman estate. Approximately, it is the lack of soil fertility.

Alas, Marin was also reluctant to let Philip reveal tips on using manure. So he started thinking elsewhere ...

In this era, European trade was relatively large, that is, grain, salt, fur, wood, spices, livestock, and textiles ...

这些 Among these things, textiles have the highest added value. Because it is woven from wool, which contains labor. What's more, the profits from the sale were substantial.

However, the wool spinning industry is currently concentrated in the Flanders region of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. However, the British wool industry has just started, and the most developed is Flanders. However, at the beginning of the Western European wool spinning industry, most of the wool was imported from Britain. Therefore, the profit of sheep farming is quite good.

Furthermore, with the UK's cessation of wool exports, wool prices have risen in Western European markets. Even Britain has some short supply of wool. In the Flanders region, many textile factories were closed because Britain stopped exporting wool. Therefore, in recent years, the Flanders region has also started to raise sheep.

However, the Flanders region is small and populous. Moreover, there is a lot of farmland here. Therefore, it is difficult for the sheep industry in Flanders to rise.

But the demand for wool is so great. Therefore, the British later started to use their brains and started the "enclosure movement". Although, the enclosure movement hurt the interests of many poor farmers. However, it has activated the British economy and brought a lot of taxes to British officials. Because, whether it is the wool transaction or the export of textiles, it can bring a lot of pound taxes and export taxes to British officials. Therefore, the British economy has gradually risen, and British officials have also had money to engage in great sailing ...

The Teutonic Order has so many vacancies that it is very suitable for raising sheep. Of course, if you want to raise sheep in Eastern Europe, you must solve a very important problem-that is, the problem of animal winter feed.

Because of lack of winter feed, many European herders had to slaughter a large number of livestock and salted them before wintering. Otherwise, the winter feed is not enough ...

Of course, if it is a grassland area, there is no such problem. Because of the lack of forage in European farming areas, in winter, even hay is scarce. Unless, it is a grassland area with sufficient forage.

It just so happened that the Teutonic Knights had a large area of ​​unowned grass. However, only many areas near the coast and the big river were put on horses, cattle and sheep. And many inland areas have not been developed yet ...

Thinking of this, Marin suggested that Prince Philip should vigorously develop the breeding of wool sheep in the Teutonic Order. Because European wool is selling very well right now.

"Raising sheep? I know this, but I heard that it is very difficult to feed sheep in winter. As soon as winter, many farmers began to look at slaughtering sheep and salting them ..." Prince Philip also knew the lower class people. I know a lot about my life.

"His Highness, that's in the Rhine area, there are few people and not enough forage. But in the inland areas of Teutonic, barren grasslands are so much ..."

"How do sheep live in winter?"

"Build a forage house, let the farmers harvest the forage before winter and pile it into the forage house. In winter, take it out to feed the sheep ..."

"The grass still needs to harvest reserves?" Prince Philip was a little surprised. In Europe, people in the Middle Ages were not very used to stocking pasture. In winter, I like to marinate sheep ...

当然 "Of course, otherwise what to do if the sheep starve to death in the winter? Not only to store forage, but also to build a simple sheep shed in the winter to protect against the cold. Otherwise, in the cold winter of Eastern Europe, the sheep's hair will also freeze to death ...

"Okay, I've learned a lot. But is sheep breeding really promising?"

当然 "Of course, you can send someone to Flanders to ask if there is a shortage of wool there ..."

呃 "Uh ... I wish I had heard of Flanders' lack of wool ..."

"Isn't that right?"

"How to promote sheep?"

"It's easy, enclosure!"

Then, Marin began with a little devil-like smile, and explained to Prince Philip the method of enclosure ...

However, Marin's enclosure method is very different from the British enclosure, and it is also much milder.

The enclosures in Britain were the nobles who forcibly occupied the farmland of farmers. The enclosure that Marin said was to encourage the Teutonic knights to occupy those uninhabited public wastelands.

In addition, Marin suggested that areas where the land is relatively barren and food production is very low are also allowed. Keep only the more fertile land near the river as arable land. The yield on poor land is poor. But it is no problem to use for sheep.

In other words, Marin asked Prince Philip to occupy all the wasteland of the Teutonic Order and some of the barren arable land, and the Teutonic Order was converted into a ranch to raise sheep on a large scale.

Sheep sheep can provide not only wool, but also meat and batches, and the economic benefits are very high. Moreover, management is also more convenient. At most, it takes some labor to cut wool and deliver the ewes, and when harvesting pasture reserves. Usually, as long as the serfs are driven to flock to graze. Furthermore, shepherd dogs commonly used by the British can be introduced to help herd and alert.

随着 With the rising wool prices in the market today, the profit of sheep farming is very high ...

At the same time, letting the Teutonic Knights enclose them can also make these Teutonic Knights gain a lot of benefits ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Let them support Prince Philip more and be more loyal.

Moreover, the Teutonic Order is different from other European countries. In Teutonic countries, nobles and knights also pay taxes. Therefore, the more enclosures, the higher the revenue of Teutonic countries. This is also conducive to the economic development of the Teutonic state and to enable the Teutonic state to spend more money to hire Swiss mercenaries ...

In fact, Marin originally intended to raise sheep on his territory. However, his territory was too small and the population was small. At present, his territories add up to more than 300 square kilometers, which is not as large as the fractions of the Teutonic state. As a visionary, Marin also hopes to develop industry. The most basic industry is the textile industry. Only by developing the textile industry can the invention of machines be promoted. With machines, society can make greater progress.

Moreover, the taxation brought by the textile industry is also very considerable ...

In the information provided by Prince Philip, Marlin found that although the Teutonic Order was reduced in size, it also had nearly half of its land undeveloped. If you can use it to raise sheep, I don't know how many sheep can be raised ...

If Marin develops the textile industry in the future, instead of raising sheep by himself, he can import wool from the Teutonic Knights and then produce woolen goods to sell to other countries and regions. One by one, I can collect a lot of import taxes and export taxes, and I can provide jobs for a large number of people and solve their living problems ...

In short, encouraging the Teutonic country to raise sheep is not only beneficial to the Teutonic country, but also to Marin in the future to develop the textile industry in his territory and promote economic development ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Welcome book readers , The latest, fastest, and most popular serial works are available at ~ www.novelhall.com ~ mobile users please read.

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