Chapter 227： Dutch windmill

When I was in the Wadden Islands, because freshwater resources were very limited, after digging trenches in the archipelago, freshwater was distributed along the trenches to the farmland.

Because it is a diffuse irrigation method, there is no need to pump. Moreover, due to the limited fresh water resources, scattered by the ditch of so many arable land, there is no need to worry about floods in farmland.

But it's not the same on the mainland. East Friesland is located in a low-lying area on the north coast. Although not as much land below sea level as in the Netherlands, it is also very close to sea level.

Here are many inland rivers that flow downstream of the sea, such as the inlet of the Ames River. Therefore, the freshwater resources here are extremely abundant. Coupled with the sea and the prevailing westerly winds, precipitation is also abundant.

So, here, unlike the Wadden Islands, fresh water is not enough, but it is too much, it is too much ...

东 On East Friesland, crop irrigation is not a problem. The biggest problem is fear of standing water in farmland. After all, wheat crops cannot be soaked in water. Unlike rice, water demand is not as great. But even rice, in the later stages, cannot soak water.

Drainage is therefore a very big problem in East Friesland. Especially at the critical moment of the development and growth of summer crops, there is more precipitation and it is easy to soak wheat fields.

The agricultural development of Lyle County is because Lyle County is by the Ames River. Just dig a drainage ditch to connect the huge Ames River, and the excess fresh water will merge into the Ames River and flow to the sea. There were many swamps in ancient times, but it was easier to rebuild. Just dig a few more ditches connecting the Ames River, and you can drain the excess water. Therefore, agriculture over there is the most developed.

In the north-eastern part of East Friesland, development is difficult because there is no wide channel that naturally drains the sea like the Ames River.

If you want to develop marshland into farmland, you must first drain the accumulated water. Therefore, trenches need to be dug and even connected to the rivers that flow to the sea.

即使 Even if the ditch is dug, you need to have adequate drainage. It is clear that there are no pumps in this era, so generally it can only depend on manpower.

"Looks like there are many swamps in Holland this time ... Holland ..." Marin suddenly opened his eyes ...

He has read many articles about the Netherlands before, most of them are football, and the coachman. However, in the section introducing the rise of the Netherlands, the Dutch were mentioned to block the sea and make land. Moreover, this did not begin in modern times, but in the late Middle Ages, which happened to be this era.

In this era, the Dutch used windmills imported from later German regions to make improvements, and began to use windmills to pump water, continuously draining the accumulated water in low-lying areas, ensuring that those places where the sea level is not covered by water Drown.

"Windmill pumping water, it really is a good idea!" Marin patted his head. These days, although there is no diesel engine, using a windmill is also very good.

虽然 Although the speed of the windmill is lower, the pumping speed is also slow. However, the windmill can't stop turning day and night ...

As long as there is wind, the windmill can keep turning until it fails ...

Even if the windmill pumping speed is very slow, but because it keeps turning, the amount of water pumped one day and one night is not worse than the small pump driven by the diesel engine for one hour.

East Friesland and the Netherlands are at the same latitude, and both belong to the prevailing westerly belt, and westerly winds are perennial. Although the Netherlands is facing the sea and the wind is stronger, East Friesland is also by the sea, and the wind is not too small. The use of windmills is just right.

As long as the drainage channels are dug, Marin can let people set up Dutch windmills by the swamp pools, pumping water day and night. If the puddle is too large, you can pump more windmills together ... In short, you must drain the water from these swamp puddles ...

Only by draining the water can we facilitate the farmland transformation plan. Otherwise, in the face of water ponds of different sizes, how to start to transform?

Do it when you think ...

Marin immediately sent someone to the Netherlands to find craftsmen who can make windmills, and to learn how to pump windmills ...

In fact, Dutch windmills will not be available until the drains are dug.

But windmills are more than just pumping water ...

In addition to pumping water continuously, Dutch windmills can also be used to drive large stone mills and wind mills, as well as large rotary saw teeth and sawmills. You can also make paper ... Well, Marin doesn't quite understand this. How does a windmill make paper? However, the material read by previous Marin did not introduce this knowledge ...

不管 But anyway, just pumping, engaging in mills and engaging in sawmills are enough to make windmills produce huge economic benefits.

Therefore, although the windmill cannot be used for swamp drainage reconstruction until the drainage channel is dug. However, it is still possible to set up a few windmills, build a few wind mills, and a simple sawmill.

Moreover, in the process of building these windmills, of course, the artisans invited from the Netherlands dominated. But Marin can also arrange his own craftsmen to participate in the construction. As long as the windmill is built more, the craftsmen arranged by Marin can naturally learn to make the windmill. At that time, let these people bring more apprentices, and let many artisans learn to make windmills. Then, there will be more people who will make Dutch windmills. When Marin launches the swamp drainage plan, he will be able to make windmills in large quantities for drainage ...

As long as the accumulated water is drained, those swamp areas that are already fertile can be transformed into good fields. One third of the land area! That's thousands of square kilometers! Converted into cultivated land ~ www.novelhall.com ~ can be cultivated to 247,000 acres, equivalent to 123,500 Yougram, or 1.482 million acres ...

Of course, these lands cannot be turned into arable land. There are still many places to build houses and roads, and the area of ​​irrigation canals also needs to be counted. However, anyway, as long as it is fully utilized, the cultivated land of 70,000 to 80,000 Yougram can still be reclaimed. At the moment, the entire East Frisian is only more than 80,000 Ugram land ...

As long as you dig a drain, set up a large number of Dutch windmills, and desperately pump water, you can't believe that you can make a lot of good fields ...

Perhaps, the cost of this project is huge, and it is difficult for the nobles who are generally in debt in this era to bear it. But for Marin, who is full of ideas to make money, it is extremely simple.

The large-scale transformation of Liangtian does not mean that Marin depends on farming to make a fortune. Instead, Marin wants more population ...

In this year, in the German region, the manor with too much population is everywhere, and it is not difficult to emigrate. But to emigrate people, you have to plant them. And food needs to be guaranteed.

Therefore, Marin did not cultivate good land, not to make money, but to make East Friesland able to support a larger population. Only when the population comes up can the economy develop vigorously. After all, this is an era without modern machines, and Marin was not a doctor of mechanics. Let him build a simple machine based on middle school physics knowledge, and make an efficient and complex machine beyond the scope of his ability. Therefore, if you want to increase productivity, you have to rely on a lot of labor ...

All in all, the introduction of Dutch windmills by Marin not only makes it convenient for Marin to transform large swampy areas into good fields to accommodate more people, but also to facilitate flour milling in East Frisian, and even to help saw wood for shipbuilding ... … Can do more than one thing ...