King of German Mercenaries

After playing the emperor, Marin also considered the task completed. So, he did not stay here, but took his men, left Cliff City, and rushed back to his own territory.

When he landed from the Thorncher Pier, he saw a thriving atmosphere on Texel...

When Marin returned to the castle, he was warmly welcomed by the family who were still there. And Angela, who hadn't seen Marin for a long time, also missed it very much, and threw herself directly into Marin's arms...

"Hmph—Sister Angela is shy, she is such an adult, she is still coquettish, and she is robbing me for my brother!" Angela occupied Marin's arms, making Miss Anne unhappy...

"Haha, Sister Annie, you're so stupid, didn't you see it? Sister Angela may be our second sister-in-law..." Simon showed off his speculation. However, Simon really guessed right...

Miss Anne was immediately stunned:

"Like Sister Liv?"

"Uh-huh……"

"Wow - I don't want..." Annie cried.

"Why?" Simon and Albert were full of question marks. Even the old Hoffmans and the Adlers were attracted by Anne's cry.

"Because, if Sister Angela becomes my sister-in-law, Brother Marin won't hurt Annie anymore, and he won't have time to play with Annie..."

"??????" There were question marks all over everyone's heads.

"Look, since Brother Adler got married to Sister Liv, he has been circling around Sister Liv every day, and he has no time to pay attention to Annie. Annie doesn't want Brother Marin to get married, or Brother Marin won't love Annie anymore... woo woo …”

At this time, everyone else in the room was stunned at first, and then they all burst into laughter...

Madam Mary was overjoyed, took little Anne into her arms, and said:

"Baby Annie, your brother Malin is definitely going to get married. When you grow up in a few years, you will get married too."

"Woo, Annie doesn't want to get married, Annie wants to accompany her mother..." The little guy cried a little endlessly.

Marin thought for a while, and asked Kohler to bring the purse over, grab a handful of gold coins, and put it into Annie's hand...

This trick really worked. Anne, who was crying, immediately stopped crying and escaped from Mrs. Mary's arms. As for why? The little guy was afraid that Mrs. Mary would confiscated this handful of gold coins. You know, parents have the bad habit of confiscating "big money" from their children...

In order to protect the gold coins in her hand, Annie couldn't help crying and sadness, but looked at Mrs. Mary with a vigilant look, making Mrs. Mary unable to laugh or cry.

After Mrs. Mary repeatedly assured that the gold coin in Annie's hand would not be confiscated, Annie immediately grabbed the gold coin in her hand and ran back to her room to hide the money...

Simon and Albert looked hot and salivated, looking at Marin with a look of flattery. But Marin ignored them. In Marin's heart, he always believed that "boys are poor and girls are rich". Therefore, Marin chose to ignore these two goods. The two little guys wanted to pretend to cry, but Marin ignored it and left with Angela, leaving behind two little guys who really wanted to cry...

...

Soon after receiving the news, Heidel Lerman, the mayor of Den Burg and the administrative assistant for the entire archipelago, came to report to Marin with the ledger.

Marin is currently lacking civilian officials, so Heidel Lerman will not only serve as the mayor of Denburg to help manage the entire island of Texel, but he will also own the four newly acquired large islands when there is a shortage of manpower. Temporary management. However, Haider Lerman had no complaints, but felt more valued.

This time, Haider Lerman came here mainly to report the data of the autumn harvest and the development of the deserted island.

In the entire archipelago, except for Yancheng, which is directly under the jurisdiction of Marin, other areas, mainly agriculture and fishing, are basically caught by Haider.

Marin left Den Burg since the summer,

I didn't come back until after the New Year. I was not at home for nearly half a year, so I must report this work for nearly half a year.

Marin coaxed Angela away first, and then met Haider in the study:

"Sit down, Haider, keep your story short, don't make up those pretentious words, and cut to the subject directly."

"Yes, Lord Baron. In the past few months, the population of the island has increased a lot, including the immigrants who were forcibly migrated after the war with Frisian, the serfs you sent to recruit, and the new recruits you recruited. The army... added up, the total population of the Wadden Islands has now reached 16,000 people..."

"How come there are so many people?" Marin was also taken aback.

"My lord, there were originally more than 6,000 people on Texel Island. With the addition of the army, the 4,300 fishermen and 1,000 prisoners of war you robbed from Friesland amounted to 11,300 people. Then, In order to develop the four big islands, you sent people to recruit 2,000 serfs, and there are more than 13,000 people. Plus you hired another 1,250 soldiers, you have..."

"That's only 14,000 people..."

"It's true, but the people you sent to recruit serfs accidentally recruited too many..."

"Too many?"

"Well, my lord, the manor in the inland area has been in peace for a long time, and the Black Death has not broken out for a long time, so the population has greatly increased. However, the area of ​​​​arable land has not increased, and the increase in population is also a burden. Therefore, In many inland manors, many more people came out. Those manor owners disliked the extra people as a burden, like driving them away. As soon as the people we sent to recruit people passed, many manors with many people even sent stewards over, Take the initiative to provide us with population. Of course, most of the people they provide are the old and the weak, but when we accept people, we hope to accept the strong..."

"In the end, more than a thousand people were recruited?"

"Yes, my lord, this is our dereliction of duty..."

"Haha, Haider, this is not a fault, as long as the recruits are not old, weak, sick or disabled, then it is not a fault."

"That's good. The people we sent out insisted on young men and women. At most, they included a family of young men and women. They did not violate your requirements."

"That's good, what about the autumn harvest?"

Having said that, Haider's eyes began to light up a little—

"Sir, you don't know, although the war has delayed the spring ploughing, we still hurry up to replant and plant rye on the land of 5,000 Eugrams. During the autumn harvest, the land of 5,000 Eugrams, The average yield per mu is 250 pounds!" In order to conform to his own habits, Marin once asked the island's civil servants to use the unit of measurement as mu when calculating cultivated land. Therefore, Haider is also accustomed to using the measurement method of yield per mu...

"The yield per mu is 250 pounds, that's 1.25 million pounds in total... Ahhh, the math taught by my physical education teacher... 5,000 Ugram is obviously 60,000 mu..."

"My lord, the total production is 15 million pounds of rye..."

"Uh...uh...very good...but, isn't there 6400 Ugram arable land on the island? The other 1400 Ugram land has not had time to replant? Also, what about the oat yield?"

"This... my lord, because of the outbreak of the war, spring farming has been greatly affected. We have done our best to replant 5,000 Eugrams. As for oats... I didn't have time to replant, please forgive me..."

"Well, that's the fault of the Frisians too, forget it. Are there enough oats for the horses?"

"Enough, absolutely enough! Last year, more than 280,000 pounds of oats were harvested, and none of them were sold out, but they were kept for horses. Moreover, oats are not the staple food for horses, but are only used with grass. So, oats are still enough. food."

"That's good……"

"By the way, my lord, among the more than 200 pregnant mares, many mares have already given birth to ponies, and there are a total of 163 foals. They are very cute!"

"Really? Nick wants to send someone to keep an eye on the point, don't let the growth and health of the foal be affected. Especially those foals whose parents are war horses, pay attention!"

"Of course, my lord, you hired professional horse breeders back then, and they know what to do."

"This is really good news!"

"There's even better news, my lord! The subordinates have organized 3,600 Eugrams on the islands of Terschelling, Ameland, Vliland, and Schiemonek. New arable land. This spring, we will have a total arable land of 10,000 Eugrams. By the fall, I am already looking forward to the situation where the granary will not fit!”

"10,000 Eugrams? That's really good news!" 10,000 rams are 120,000 mu of land. Even if the yield per mu is only 250 pounds, there is a total yield of 30 million pounds. In this era, it is very scary.

"There is other good news. The 4,300 fishermen you brought back from Friesland also played a big role. Now, the fishermen on the docks bring back mountains of seafood every day. It's just that there are no There is enough salt, and many fish are smelly. Fortunately, my subordinates remembered your instructions. Instead of discarding those smelly fish, they collected them and threw them into the septic tank, ready to be used as the 'phosphate fertilizer' you mentioned."

"Is there a big gap in salt?"

"Well, too many fish, lack of salt..."

"It's okay, I will let Yancheng add a batch of salt-boiled cauldrons as appropriate."

"That's good. In the future, we will produce too much dried salted fish. However, many fishermen are now unable to go out to sea because of the lack of fishing boats..."

"How many households are there?"

"About 300 fishermen are short of boats..."

"so much?"

"Well, many of their fishing boats were recruited by the Frisian military because of the previous war, and then they were broken..."

"Okay, I see. I will provide them with a loan to buy a new boat. This cost..."

"You don't have to worry about this, my lord, Mr. Wright, on behalf of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce, sent 100,000 Gulden Gold Coins for salt, and it is expected that another batch will be sent by the middle of the year. Therefore, the current financial situation is not enough. Take it hard."

"It's really a help in the snow..." Marin just spent nearly 100,000 gold coins, and Wright sent 100,000, and immediately filled the account, and there was still a surplus. This time, Marin regained his confidence...

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