Chapter 2089： Kimchi and salt trade

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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, which is also only about 100 to 130 days, and the accumulated temperature is low. But there is a big problem-cold resistance is not good. Millet planted in the north is generally grown as summer grain. After all, although the North China is colder than the South, the summer is also very hot.

This thing, but the earliest strong support of the Chinese civilization. In the northern areas, such as the Guanzhong area, corn was mainly planted until the early Tang Dynasty. After the mid-term, wheat cultivation began to spread.

However, Ma Lin had read a very interesting paper in his previous life. The paper believed that it was the promotion of wheat in Guanzhong, which destroyed the military system of the Tang Dynasty!

Why do you say that? Because millet has strong vitality and is drought-tolerant. So, like rye, we are not afraid of weed competition. Therefore, there is not much need for weeding or irrigation, which is very trouble-free.

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

But in the middle of the 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. Usually we must weed and irrigate regularly, which is very time consuming and labor intensive.

By the time of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the military soldiers in Guanzhong spent too much energy to serve the wheat fields and couldn't keep up with training. Naturally, their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and they had to be changed to a recruiting system. However, the recruitment system is easy to form a separatist regime of warlords. After all, recruits are recruited by generals, who only recognize generals and not the court. Then the result is that although the recruiting force is good, but the level of loyalty is very low, and they often fight inwardly.

Therefore, the change of millet in Guanzhong to wheat was also an important reason for the collapse of the military system, and it was also an important reason for the decline of the Tang Dynasty.

However, it does not work if it is not changed to wheat. Because the millet yield is low! According to the records of the Tang Dynasty, there is only one stone per mu of corn in the Guanzhong area. The production of wheat can be as much as two stones per mu. The production of the same land doubled. Farmers just calculate what they want, and they all know what to grow.

Moreover, it won't work if you don't change it. Why? The population of Guanzhong in the Shengtang exploded! During the Zhenguan period, Guanzhong had a population of just over 1.4 million, and many of them were allocated 80 mu of land. Even if the corn yield is only one stone per mu, it is acceptable. After all, the yield is not enough, and the total is to make up. There are 80 acres of land, and 80 shi of grain can be produced.

However, in the Kaiyuan year, the population of Guanzhong skyrocketed to more than 3.2 million people, more than double that in the Zhenguan year. As a result, there will be fewer fields for each dime. Moreover, there were also many great nobles and ministers who annexed the land, resulting in very little land for each farmer. A lot of the land is missing, and planting corn with a low yield per mu is very uneconomical. The wheat with much higher yield per mu naturally becomes the first choice.

Therefore, this is also a compelling choice. The more prosperous Chang'an, the greater the population of Guanzhong. The larger the population of Guanzhong, the insufficient arable land. Change to high-yield but labor-intensive wheat, the decline of the Guanzhong army is inevitable.

From a military perspective, rye, millet, barley, and later potatoes, these crops that do not require meticulous care are the best crops for the militia. Because planting these crops is usually relatively idle and can have time for military training. If you are engaged in wheat and rice, working 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 came down, they immediately went from fighting all over the world in the early Ming Dynasty to being beaten under the city of Nanjing by dozens of Japanese pirates in the middle.

Marin felt that the Germans were strong in fighting, which may be related to the fact that most of them planted rye. The vitality of rye is stronger than that of weeds, so it doesn't need to be taken care of. Then, the German farmer has time to do other things and can train. Before modern times, I couldn't see much, but when a comprehensive mobilization system came out, it would be great. Rye and potatoes don't need much care. Prussian farmers have time to train. French farmers grow wheat and grapes, and they don’t have enough training time. Except for the chicken blood during the French Revolution, at other times, it was not good enough.

Of course, that's something for the future, don't worry about it now. After all, at the current level of productivity, you can't afford to mobilize the whole people. Just the question of food, except for the North Sea country with advanced agricultural technology, other countries cannot afford it.

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, rye has to be planted mainly, which is impossible. But in the American colonies, Marin felt that he could grow more wheat. Anyway, there are so many land in the Americas. As for the labor force, more Indians will be employed as serfs in the future. And don't expect these Indians to serve as soldiers, let them take care of the wheat, just right.

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In addition to deciding to plant oats and instructing them to engage in the "British Second Nursery System", Marin also decided to provide the Ryazan people with Chinese cabbage seeds.

Chinese cabbage is more resistant to cold...well, actually, I can't stand the cold in St. Petersburg. However, it has a short growth cycle, generally it takes only two or three months to mature, and the yield is still high. The frost-free period in St. Petersburg is about one hundred and thirty forty days, and two crops of Chinese cabbage can be harvested. In this way, Ryazan people will have no shortage of vegetables to eat.

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

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Well, does Marin look like a virgin?

No, you are wrong, terribly wrong!

Why? What else do you need for kimchi besides Chinese cabbage? Salt!

One pound of Chinese cabbage marinated to make kimchi requires at least 50 grams of salt, 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 Bangzi country eats an average of 35 kilograms of kimchi a year, which is 77 pounds. This is still the case when the stick country is very developed in later generations and there are many choices of vegetables.

And what about the St. Petersburg area? The selection of vegetables is very limited. Unless they are engaged in a glass greenhouse, ordinary people can only eat Chinese cabbage or kimchi. The Chinese cabbage is not well preserved and can easily rot. Therefore, in one year, the consumption is absolutely more than 35 kilograms of the stick, which is 77 pounds.

Calculated at one eleventh of the lowest ratio, 7 pounds of salt is also required. And Ryazan has a population of hundreds of thousands, and all come with 7 pounds of salt... just millions of pounds...

But the Baltic Sea is very light, making it difficult to boil salt. Therefore, salt is mainly imported. At that time, as a salt supplier, you can rely on Ryazan to make a fortune.

You know, the price of salt in Eastern Europe in this era is extremely expensive, at least 2 shillings a pound. With a population of 300,000, 2.1 million pounds of salt must be consumed on kimchi. At 2 shillings per pound, it is 4.2 million shillings. And 5 shillings is equal to one Gulden gold coin, 4.2 million shillings is 840,000 gold coins!

This is big business! Marin thought for a while, and planned that even the Grand Duchy of Moscow would give them Chinese cabbage seeds and teach them how to pickle kimchi.

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

300,000 kimchi use salt for 840,000 gold coins, if 10 million people...that's 28 million gold coins...

Of course, this is ideal data. The reality is that most of the Ross people may not be able to afford salt if they are too poor. But even if a small number of people can afford it, there are still millions of gold coins!

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

"Well, UU reading decided to vigorously promote kimchi!"

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

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 after eating 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 doesn't care about this. Anyway, the North Sea country does not make a fortune by selling salted fish. But this move accidentally injured Lübeck's ally, after all, Lübeck's salted fish trade is an important part of it. Of course, that’s something...

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