The Rise of the European Emperor

On Ameland Island in the West Frisian Islands, Marin sent people to open up a new port called Romani. All poor wines imported from Bordeaux will be shipped to Port Romanee on the island of Ameland. Then, in the huge house in the port, glycerin, lactic acid bacteria, potassium bicarbonate and sulfur are added for secondary processing.

Then, engraving the quality of "Excellent Burgundy Wine" in French on the barrel is just short of the boastful advertising slogan "Provincial Superior Buyou Geyou".

Some of the top wines with very good quality after secondary processing will be engraved with the words "Romanee-Conti" in French.

Romanee-Conti is the top wine brand in later generations, ranking first, while Lafite is ranked tenth, the bottom of the crane. Moreover, Romanee-Conti is a winery in the Burgundy wine region. Chateau Lafite comes from the Bordeaux region.

Of course, at the moment, the name of the winery Romanee-Conti has not yet appeared. Now, the winery of Romanee-Conti is still a winery under the name of a local monastery called Saint-Vivan Abbey. It was not until 1681, that is, the era of Louis XIV who didn't like to take a bath, that it would be renamed Chateau Romani. Then, in 1760, after the winery was transferred to Prince Conti of the Bourbon dynasty, the winery produced by the winery was officially named "Romanee-Conti", a brand that resounded through later generations.

But now, there is no Romani, and there is no Kanti, only Marin, a traveler full of vicious tastes. Therefore, those wines with the best quality modified by additives will use the name of Romanee-Conti.

However, this raises a question—there is no Romanée winery in the world, so where does the Romanée-Conti brand come from? After all, nobles also listen to stories when they drink. There is no compelling story, and I feel that the combination of wine is not compelling enough...

So, Marin thought of the twin islands in North America, the island that was later called Martha's Vineyard, which was named Columbus Island by Marin.

But Marin didn't plan to grow grapes on this small island for wine, because the island is too small to be of much value. Perhaps, in later generations, this island is a very good summer resort. But in this day and age, people are still rushing to fill their stomachs. Where can they have the leisure to go to the island for vacation?

In addition, vineyards require a lot of manual service, and winemaking also requires labor, which is very troublesome. But now there are few people on the North American Double Island, and most of the trees on the island have been cut down. The land on the island is not fertile enough, and there are no large rivers to provide sufficient irrigation water. Therefore, most of the islands are pastures at present, which are used to raise horses, donkeys, and... use horses and donkeys to balance weights to obtain mules... Therefore, the North American Double Island is also called "Mule and Horse Island"... Well, it's not Rome, it's mule horses... Simply put, it's a large mule breeding center...

These two islands have other uses, and Marin does not plan to grow grapes and make wine on the islands. However, there is a place that is quite suitable,

That is the Demarva Peninsula, also known as the Delaware Peninsula.

This peninsula, which is about 14,000 square kilometers, was the place where Kahn performed before, and it was also used to house 300,000 French immigrants.

It should be pointed out that most of these 300,000 French immigrants came from the border areas in northeastern France. And some of them happened to be from the Burgundy region. Even many people have worked in the winery, managed the vineyards and picked grapes for the owner of the winery.

Of course, there is no winemaker inside. Because winemakers are "high-tech talents" in this era and are very popular, especially those with good winemaking skills. It is impossible for such a person to become a refugee and be forced to flee famine. This winery has collapsed, and the winemaker can easily find another winery to get a job with a high salary.

If you meet a winemaker who escaped famine, then there are only two possibilities-one possibility is that the winemaker's winemaking skills are poor and the wine produced is very bad; The person who started was wanted...

Therefore, among the 300,000 disaster victims in Northeast France, a considerable number may have worked in wineries, but there will be no winemakers.

But this is not difficult for Marin, and Marin does not want to make good wine. What he wants is just a title...

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In other words, Marin has thought of an economic project for the 300,000 French victims-planting grapes! Then, make wine!

Of course, winemaker Marin can help out. Incidentally, Marin built a huge brewery in his hometown of Bochum. In the winery, there is a training class for winemakers. It mainly teaches apprentices how to brew dark beer and baijiu such as Erguotou, but there are also some who teach how to brew wine. Because, on the banks of the Rhine in the Ruhr area, there are also grape plantations. Although not many, but there are.

Coupled with the religious significance of wine, grape growing is also very popular. It should be pointed out that because of the religious significance of wine, it is actually the bishops of those bishops who are most enthusiastic about growing grapes to make wine. After all, spending money on wine, especially premium wine, is expensive. Everyone's finances are not very good, so, if possible, they try to grow their own grapes to make wine.

For example, Moselle, the most famous wine-producing region in later generations of Germany, is located in the territory of the current Archbishop of Trier, and it is also an industry fully supported by the Archdiocese of Trier. After all, the bishop's country consumes a lot of wine, so he naturally hopes to grow good grapes at home and produce high-end, high-quality wine that fits the status of an archbishop.

Another important wine producing area in Germany, Rheingau, located near Mainz, developed grape planting and winemaking with the support of the Archbishop of Mainz.

The Aar region south of Bonn is a wine region supported by the Archbishop of Cologne. Although there are not many vineyards in the Rhine region of the North Sea, there are still some. Therefore, in the Bochum winery, a group of winemakers who can make wine can also be selected.

Marin plans to use the 300,000 French immigrants to open up a large area of ​​vineyards on the Delaware Peninsula to grow and brew wine. As for grape varieties, Marin intends to introduce Cabernet Sauvignon, the main variety in Bordeaux, instead of Pinot Noir, the main variety in Burgundy.

Mainly, Pinot Noir grapes are too difficult to serve, very delicate and poor adaptability. Cabernet Sauvignon, on the other hand, adapts well to climates around the world.

In addition, the thick skin of Cabernet Sauvignon can effectively resist rot caused by freezing and rain, and it is not easy to cause problems. Also, Cabernet Sauvignon grapes have very low soil requirements, as long as they are well-drained and gravel soil can grow well.

It just so happened that Marin didn't trust the French enough. If it was planting rye or wheat, Marin was worried that there would be French spies in it and secretly steal the fertilizer. The planting of grapes with low soil requirements is the best choice. You're stealing secrets, but I'm not going to fertilize the vineyard much anyway. Although fertilization can also increase production, Marin is still cautious until he is sure that there are no spies among the French immigrants on the Delaware Peninsula.

Even if there is rye planted on the peninsula, Marin does not intend to provide fertilizer, but let it be free. However, Marin did not intend to let go of the feces of these 300,000 French immigrants. He planned to use a group of ships to collect the feces of these people, and then transport them to the Philadelphia area for processing into soil nitrate and fertilizer. The manure is then shipped to the New York colony to be used to fertilize wheat.

As for the French immigrants on the Delaware Peninsula, Marin only intends to let them grow grapes and grow rye freely for the time being. In addition, support them in raising horses, cattle and sheep. These industries have low requirements on fertilizers and are suitable for development.

What's more, Marin plans to transfer tens of thousands of young and strong out of the 300,000 French people to use them exclusively in logging and wood processing!

There are many virgin forests on the North American continent, and there are too many woods. However, logging, processing and transportation all require a lot of manpower. Apparently these French immigrants, who were not yet fully trusted, were good loggers, woodworkers and transporters...

These woods, especially oak, are not only used for shipbuilding, but also made into oak barrels. Oak barrels are the standard equipment for brewing wine. Although they are not as good as French oak barrels, they can still be used. The point is, oak in North America has no cost!

The forests on this entire continent belong to Marin and can be cut down at will. Unlike the forests on the European continent, which are basically the private property of nobles, the price is still expensive.

In addition, in this era in Europe, everything was shipped in wooden barrels. Rice noodles are packed in wooden barrels, salt is packed in wooden barrels, so is gunpowder, and so is wine... Therefore, the demand for wood for shipbuilding is much different from the demand for wood for wooden barrels.

Although Marin used tricks to send people to buy oak in France to make wine barrels, to consume the potential of French shipbuilding. However, it does not affect Marin's production of wooden barrels in North America. After all, those wooden barrels are not of good quality, so they can be used for other things instead of wine making.

Therefore, the future Delaware Peninsula will be called a cooperage base, using the inexhaustible timber on the North American continent to process and manufacture wooden barrels to meet the increasing demand for future maritime trade.

In addition to making barrels, Marin also let these French immigrants use wood to make furniture. However, they are not allowed to participate in shipbuilding. Mainly, Marin was afraid that some of them would be recalled by the King of France in the future. After all, there is no reason to be loyal to the monarch and the kingdom. It would be bad if those craftsmen who still ended up in France returned with their shipbuilding skills. And if it's barrel making and furniture making, Marin doesn't care. Because their craftsmanship is a waste of wood... Throughout the world, I am afraid that there is only a place like the North American continent, where they are not afraid of wasting wood. After all, the North American continent is full of wood, as long as you put in the effort to cut and process it, there are countless woods available. As for the old continent of Europe, I am afraid that only the mountainous areas and the Nordic regions are relatively rich in timber resources. In Western Europe, due to the high degree of development, there are not many timbers. In particular, high-quality oak is rare.

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Not long after, Albert, who was in New York, received an order from Marin to focus on the development of grape growing and winemaking, logging, wood processing and animal husbandry on the Delaware Peninsula where 300,000 French immigrants gathered. As for the planting industry, it depends on fate. The French like to grow whatever they like, but they will not be provided with fertilizer for the time being...