The Rise of the European Emperor

Prince Sigismund was completely stunned after confirming with his own eyes that Marin's estate could indeed produce 500 pounds of rye per acre. He then calculated silently. According to the information disclosed by Anne, Marin had 80,000 Eugrams of arable land in East Frisland, and 120,000 Eugrams in Oldenburg and Schleswig. The arable land is managed by it, and each acre of land allows Marin to earn 250 pounds of rye per acre...

Prince Sigismund lay there for a long time, and finally found out to his astonishment that his second brother, even if he calculated the net profit of 250 pounds of rye per mu, the cultivated land of 200,000 Ugrams, which is 2.4 million mu, Rye also earns 600 million pounds a year. But in fact, for the 80,000 Ugram arable land in Marin, the income per mu is more than 250 pounds per mu, at least 400 pounds per mu. Therefore, its net profit, calculated on rye, must also be 744 million pounds.

According to the German regional grain price, 1 pfennig per pound of rye is worth 744 million pfennig. Converted into gold coins, up to 12.4 million Gulden gold coins...

Even according to the low food prices in Poland, Lviv (the original Polish city, which was seized by the Soviet Union to Ukraine after World War II, as compensation, Poland obtained most of Germany's West Prussia and Silesia) with the lowest food price. 0.5 fen Calculated per pound, it is also worth 6.2 million gold coins...

After he figured it out, Prince Sigismund was so frightened that his legs couldn't stand still. That night, he found Marin and asked if Marin earned tens of millions of gold coins every year.

Marin gave Prince Sigismund a blank look and said:

"I have so much grain, but how dare I sell it with great fanfare? If hundreds of millions of pounds of rye suddenly flow into the market, have you thought about the consequences? If other countries know that I have advanced agricultural technology and powerful fertilizers , they have to join forces to force me to hand over the secret. So, I have a lot of grain, more than 1 billion pounds of grain in the warehouse, but so what? I dare not sell it all! Even if it is you, even if you become King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, you have such a secret, are you afraid of being known?"

Prince Sigismund thought for a while, then fell silent...

Poland and Lithuania are both aristocratic republic monarchies in which the aristocracy once held power. There is nothing wrong with this statement. Although it is not a constitutional monarchy, the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania are really not as powerful as ordinary kings. Its power is greater than that of the king of a constitutional monarchy, but it is far less than that of a country with centralized kings such as France and Spain.

If you let everyone know that Prince Sigismund has a secret to increase grain production several times, not to mention foreign enemies, I am afraid that the great nobles of Poland and Lithuania will unite and force Prince Sigismund to hand over the secret... …

Thinking of this, Prince Sigismund was dripping with cold sweat, and he could understand why Marin asked him to find a very remote fief for fertilizing and farming.

Only remote places will not attract the attention of other nobles in the country, and it is difficult for people to discover secrets.

Fortunately, Prince Sigismund listened to Marin's advice and spent a lot of money to buy a very remote baron's fief. Its location is approximately near the seaside of the Baltic Sea, near the border of the German Far Pomerania region.

This area is close to the German region, which is part of the border region of Poland. Moreover, it is a long way from the prosperous commercial port of Danzig at the mouth of the Vistula. Therefore, this area is very remote for Poland, and almost no people come. Moreover, it has a very convenient fishing village-Ustka, which can easily transport food quietly and unobtrusively. In addition, Marin shipped the fertilizer, and it was not easy to attract attention. If it was replaced by a manor in the inland area, Marin would easily attract the attention of people who want to transport the fertilizer there. Then, the manor shipped a large amount of food, and it was easy to notice...

It's just that the baron owns a little more land. When Prince Sigismund bought it, it included 15,000 Eugram's arable land...

Therefore, Prince Sigismund looked at his second uncle, Marin, meanly,

Hope Malindo provides some fertilizer...

After all, 10,000 Ugram arable land is 120,000 mu, and if the yield is 400 pounds per mu, even if the net profit is 300 pounds per mu, there will be 36 million pounds of rye in income every year. Calculated at 1 pfennig per pound, that is 36 million pfennig, worth 600,000 gold coins. If there are 5,000 more fertilizers needed for Eugram, then he can earn an additional 300,000 gold coins per year...

Therefore, for the annual income of 300,000 gold coins, Prince Sigismund would not be ashamed, and directly pestered Marin...

Looking at the cheap Prince Sigismund, Marin was angry and depressed. However, I think that the Grand Duke of Alexander may die next year, and this guy will become the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania. Therefore, Marin relented and agreed to provide 5,000 Ugram more fertilizer. However, Marin said again and again - if you want more, it is impossible. In addition, it is absolutely necessary to keep the secrets of fertilizers secret and not let others know.

Prince Sigismund naturally nodded sharply, and he was not stupid, so he knew that keeping secrets was in his best interest. If everyone knew that there was too much food to be eaten, then he still made a fortune of P?

After getting the huge benefits he wanted, Prince Sigismund turned his head and went immediately to please his future wife, Anne. This guy has also received a complete court education and is well-informed. Naturally, he coaxes Annie, who has never seen anything in the world, to go round and round.

Marin didn't care about his coaxing Annie, anyway, Annie was just his sister, not his daughter. Old Hoffman was still there, and it wasn't his turn to worry about Anne. Generally speaking, the father-in-law is not very friendly to the son-in-law. Because the son-in-law will take away his precious daughter. But the old Hoffman is very strange. I heard that Prince Sigismund will become the king of Poland. When he treats Prince Sigismund, his prospective son-in-law, he will kiss his own son. Marin is also not guilty of being a villain and embarrassing this brother-in-law...

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After the autumn harvest, the nine provinces under Marin's rule immediately started statistical work. The first statistics to be completed are naturally East Friesland, Oldenburg and Schleswig under the former rule of Marin. In these three places, Marin has already completed full control and established a strict administrative system with high efficiency.

According to statistics, the total grain output of these three regions this year is 1.5 billion pounds, slightly less than last year, but not too much, basically the same. Among them, Marin's personal, there are as much as 860 million pounds, similar to last year's appearance.

As for other areas, about 70,000 Ugrams of land in the North Münster area also belonged to Marin, but because the fertilizer processing plant was not built in time, the fertilizer supply was insufficient. Therefore, the yield per mu over there should not exceed 200 pounds (after all, some fertilizers are used, but the amount is seriously lacking). Coupled with the large investment in the North Munster area this year, Marin does not expect to make money there.

In the same way, a great deal of land in West Frisland, which had been taken away by the Principality of Gerd, also belonged to Marin. However, the land over there has not been fertilized, and the yield per mu is in the early 100 pounds. Marin is too lazy to look at it.

As for the arable land in Bremen and Jutland, Marin allowed the former lord to take all the proceeds from this autumn harvest, so there is no need for statistics.

But in any case, the Grand Duchy of Beihai is another harvest year this year. The problem with the bumper harvest is that the granary is not enough...

Therefore, in order to put the new grain into the warehouse, Marin had to clear some of the old grain from last year. First, make some space for new food. Second, it can also be exchanged for a large number of coins, and some other necessities.

The initial plan is that Marin intends to come up with 300 million pounds of rye. In addition, he will help the nobles and sell 200 million pounds of rye...

Marin can already imagine huge fluctuations in the grain market...

In order to reduce the impact on the German grain market, Marin decided to build a number of business groups, between the Grand Duchy of the North Sea and the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Italy, to do their best to push the 500 million pounds of grain into market. Also, sell for as high a price as possible.

At the same time, in order to better complete the clearance work, Marin also notified the hired master brewers to bring out a little more rye to brew rye beer and rye liquor. Winemaking seems to be a good way to consume food...