Chapter 2152： Route problem

Regarding the arrangements for this group of Dutch immigrants, Marin is also very decisive-throw it away for training first. The same formula, the same traditional training method, in order to distinguish spies.

However, Prince Philip did not seem to be as shrewd as his father and did not send a spy. It was a baron in the Netherlands who sent a stupid spy to inquire about the secrets of the high-yield food in the North Sea country.

But this kind of thief and scornful person didn't need military training, and was immediately identified. Before the punishment was used, all of them were recruited.

Ma Lin was speechless, did not say anything, and directly let his subordinates hang the man publicly. The emperor and his son wanted to give him face, but would you dare to stretch out your hand for a baron? Therefore, Marin is totally welcome. However, because it was the first time, Marin didn't want to be too stiff, so he could only execute this person as a warning. After all, he still has to accept more Dutch immigrants. If he engages in that baron now and arouses hostility from the Dutch lords, it would not be worthwhile. Therefore, hanging the spy is the most appropriate way. Not only showed his toughness, but did not hit the door, which embarrassed the nobles of the Netherlands.

As for how this group of people will arrange after the military training is over, Malin thought about it, and decided-they will all arrange to go to the seaside fishing village to learn how to fish!

Well, the Dutch, the Dutch, don’t you be a sailor? But most of these people are farmers and are not good at fishing. Therefore, we must first give them an adjustment period.

For example, in the coastal areas of the North Sea country, after this group of Dutch immigrants are arranged, they will be arranged to learn to fish while herding sheep.

Yes, herding sheep!

The beaches along the beach have high salt content, and many of them are not suitable for arable land. Unless there are rivers venting to the sea in the local area, fresh water can't keep washing, in order to reduce the salt content of coastal soils and make them suitable for farming.

However, there are still many grasses that can grow when painted along the beach. For example, some salt-tolerant thatch, etc., these grasses absorb some salt, and the salt content is higher than that of general grasses. Although these grasses are not as nutritious as alfalfa grass, sheep also like to eat them. After all, sheep also have salt intake.

The only trouble is that the sheep drink fresh water as much as possible. Therefore, near coastal pastures, there are generally rivers that enter the sea for easy drinking.

The arrangement for Dutch immigrants is specifically that young people and children learn to swim and control sailing fishing. Practice in the offshore and inland rivers first, and then go to the deep water area.

The middle-aged and elderly people in the Netherlands, except for the old fishermen, can hardly learn to swim and drive boats because of their age. Therefore, they will herd sheep near the fishing village, and learn to milk the sheep and make cheese. In this way, all immigrants can take advantage of it. Although the old people can't catch up with the sheep, there are sheepdogs to help them. As long as the old people take good care of the shepherd dog, they can easily drive away the sheep.

For young people and children, Marin is less polite. If you can't learn to swim or drive a boat, you can only eat the lowest standard Kohler bread with 30% grass chaff. Only young people and children who learn to swim and drive boats, or those who are progressing in their studies, can eat whole-wheat brown bread with salted fish and vegetables as a side dish.

Inspired by this reward and punishment system, young people and children are also very motivated to learn to swim and sail. They thought Marin wanted them to go fishing in the future. But in fact, Marin intends to train them to become crew members. After all, there will be a huge gap for sailors in the future for large-scale navigation and colonization.

As for safety in training, Marin also attaches great importance to it. Everyone is equipped with a life jacket, which is an inflatable bladder sewn and glued with leather, similar to that of a football. After being inflated, the life jacket is put on and it is not easy to sink and drown.

For young girls and little girls, Marin gave another training direction—learning to shear sheep, milk goats and make dairy products. After all, this group of young men from the Dutch immigrants will go out to be sailors in the future. Women are at home and can't do heavy work. Therefore, just like the old people, it is a good way to make a living using sheepdogs to herd sheep and produce wool and dairy products. Even if a man is killed at sea, he will not starve to death if he has this skill.

If it is purely from the perspective of earning a living, it is actually the best choice to raise milk sheep-raising sheep in East Fuli. This kind of dairy sheep can provide sufficient goat milk for making dairy products and can provide sufficient food. Moreover, wool can be produced. Although the quality of wool is average, it is enough to spin low-quality woolen cloth. The most important thing is that with the help of a shepherd dog, you can raise a lot of them.

However, raising dairy sheep is beneficial to the people, but it is not conducive to official tax collection. Because dairy sheep are more versatile and mediocre. Moreover, the price of dairy products in Europe is not as good as wool textiles. They are cheap commodities and generate relatively little tax. Planting grains and raising wool-producing sheep have a higher output value and more tax revenue.

Therefore, Marin generally does not allow farmers to choose between raising sheep or farming. All land must be in accordance with the official plan. You can open up more fields for growing grain, but you are not allowed to change farmland into pasture.

Of course, this is a local policy. But in fact, there are basically no self-cultivating farmers in the local area. They are basically noble fiefs and Junker manors. This policy is basically aimed at manor owners, and serfs have no right to speak. But in colonial America, this is different again. Because America has too much land and too little population. Therefore, in addition to part of the necessary arable land, vigorous development of sheep breeding is also allowed. After all, sheep farming requires less population and higher land utilization rate.

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In fact, in the history of European colonization, land was not the primary goal of colonists from the beginning, but trade profits were. For example, Portugal's activities on the coast of Africa are mainly based on trading and obtaining sands. Although most of Africa is divided from the Treaty of Todd Silas, their core interests are still in India and China. Why? The trade between India and China has high profits! Indian spices, Chinese silk and porcelain are the core points of maritime trade.

Another example is the Dutch. Historically, after the Dutch occupied the Spice Islands and Java Island, they actually sent the navigator Tasman in the 17th century to explore the Australian mainland south of the East Indies and discovered the Tas named after him. Island of mania. However, the Dutch discovered that there were no people on the Australian continent, and the indigenous people could not produce any valuable goods. Therefore, this continent has not been occupied.

Later Britain, the core of its colonial empire, was also a populous India. The African colony is more like a turf zone, so let's talk about it first. However, it has not been well developed.

Not to mention Spain. It occupies the Americas, but it is all about looking for gold and silver mines, but it refuses to farm well. Only Cuba, because of the high profits of sugar cane, is considered a good farming.

The French are even more exotic, having set foot in Canada very early. However, the Frenchman is in the fur business and has little interest in developing the Canadian industry. French farmers would rather plant a small piece of land of one or two hectares (20 to 30 acres) in the country than go to colonies to own large tracts of land.

Of course, the old America developed after the founding of the country, and it became very attractive to use land to attract immigrants. For example, the "Homestead Law" promulgated by Lincoln is so generous that any immigrants who go to the west can occupy 160 acres of land and cultivate themselves. Don't pay any money, just cultivate it for 5 years. 160 acres! That is 971 mu, 64 hectares of land!

In ancient China, a hundred acres of good land was considered a small landlord, and a thousand acres was considered a medium landlord. The big landlord Liu Wencai has only 12,000 mu of land.

But Marin's strange thing is that before the United States recruited immigrants, Europeans were not keen on going to America to buy land for farming. It is because Lao Mei does not live in Europe to advertise in newspapers that attracts many immigrants. In rural areas, the most attractive ones are German farmers. Therefore, there were more old American Germans than British Americans. Especially in the central and western regions, German farmers occupy a dominant position. What's strange is that millions of Irish people who fled to the United States because of the Great Famine before the enactment of the Homestead Act were not keen to run farms in the Midwest, but rather stayed in the city as coolies.

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For the colonists, Marin’s approach did not actually conform to the colonists’ criteria for pursuing profit. Because there is really no profit in developing land. However, in the long run, Marin's approach is the most strategic. After all, the land was developed and the plate was very large. For example, the later Lao Mei, developed the eastern part of North America, and the agricultural output value alone is astronomical.

According to the economic data of the Confederate States of America in the South during the Civil War, the total economic volume of the 13 southern states in 1860 was 150 million U.S. dollars. Among them, the industrial output value is only 20 million U.S. dollars. The output value of agriculture alone is 130 million U.S. dollars! At the time, the population of the Confederate States was 9.1 million. Moreover, the value of the U.S. dollar at that time was very high. One U.S. dollar was equivalent to 1.6 grams of gold, which was equivalent to 0.45 Ducats. In other words, the total agricultural economy of the 13 southern states with 9.1 million people at that time was 58.5 million gold coins! At that time, the main labor of the southern plantation, UU Reading was actually 4 million black slaves. Therefore, on average, each slave can create an output value of 14.625 gold coins. Moreover, the 4 million slaves also included the elderly, women and children.

In general, as long as the best land in North America is occupied and developed, the output value of tens of millions of gold coins can be easily obtained. If the agricultural population exceeds 10 million, the output value can reach hundreds of millions of gold coins.

This is a problem of the colonial route. As long as the agricultural land in the Americas is well developed, the plate is very large, much larger than the mining of gold and silver. What's more, the Appalachian Mountains are rich in coal mines, and the Great Lakes region is rich in iron ore. The potential of industry and agriculture is so huge, it is no wonder that it has become a superpower.

However, Marin is also worried that he really wants to develop North America. When the time comes, the country will not be able to control the Americas. Just like the United Kingdom, the 13 North American states grew stronger, their wings stiffened, and France instigated them, and they separated from the United Kingdom.

Of course, that's something that future generations should worry about. When Marin was alive, it was estimated that the Americas had not yet developed to such a high level. When he was or, the colonial route was-development, development, and development! As for the problem of the colony surpassing the mainland, it will be a headache for future generations. It really doesn’t work, you can shift your focus to America...