In the days after the bumper harvest, how to sell excess grain has become a major event on the island.

Putting aside the church's 200 rye, not counting, Marin and his men had a total of 2,800 rye fields (the other 200 yog planted oats), and produced a total of 8.4 million pounds of rye. However, the island's population is only 6,000 people. Even if each person consumes an average of 500 pounds of rye per year, it only costs 3 million pounds, and there is still an extra 5.4 million pounds.

Marin thought about it and decided to take out 5 million pounds and sell it. Each pound of rye is worth 1 Finney, 5 million pounds, and 5 million Finney, equivalent to more than 83,000 Ducat gold coins.

Originally, Marin planned to sell it directly to the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce. However, after walking outside, Kohler, who had gained knowledge, told Marin that the food prices in Europe were very unbalanced.

Kohler heard a Jewish businessman say that the price of grain in Europe is the cheapest on the Eastern European plains. Lviv, in Poland (now Ukraine), because the black soil produces grain, the price of rye is only 0.5 per pound; while in Germany, the price of rye is 1 per pound; in England, the price of 1.5 per pound (penny) per pound; in France, the price of wheat is very high in Spain during the same period. It is said that the price of rye in Barcelona is as high as 2 per pound, and the price of wheat is as high as 10 per pound. Italy was originally an important grain producing area. However, due to the wars in the past two years, the price of grain has also begun to soar, which is comparable to some in Spain...

In other words, if these rye are transported to Spain, the profits can be doubled. Having said that, Marin was also depressed. Because - he did not have a ship for sailing from the ocean...

It takes a long way to transport rye to Spain. You must not only be careful of the wind and waves of the Atlantic Ocean, but also be careful of the attacks of pirates. These days, the sea is not calm. If you walk on the sea, you may be targeted by pirates. Unless your ship is an armed merchant ship.

However, Marin now has only a few small boats and cannot go far...

In desperation, Marin endured the pain and decided to pull the wheat to England opposite and sold it. England was very close to Texel Island, only a few hundred kilometers away. Although Marin did not have large ships, he could hire larger merchant ships to take the wheat to England and sell it.

The price of grain in England is relatively high, with rye retailing at 1.5 pence per pound. Even if the wholesale price is 1.2 pence per pound. If it is sold in Germany, it can only be wholesale at a price of 0.8 pence. If it is taken to England, it can be half the price.

Of course, because of France's sanctions on Texel, Marin could not transport food to England in the name of Texel.

For this reason, Marin specially sent Kohler to buy several poor Jewish merchants, and asked them to come forward to form a "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" in Amsterdam. Then, in the name of the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce", he hired sea boats and transported rye to England for sale.

Although the British imposed import tariffs of 6p per pound, these are really not worth mentioning compared to the food price gap between England and Germany.

Moreover, the British currency is relatively sufficient, which is similar to the most valuable imperial currency issued by the Holy Roman Empire. Unlike the princes in northern Germany, which produce bad coins indiscriminately. For example, the silver content of the Empire's Finney is about half of the same as that of the British pennies. The Finney in the places issued in Trier and Cologne has far less than 25%, and it has almost become a copper coin...

Because the country's government orders are unified, the right to mint coins belongs to the royal family, and the British royal family is not as shameless as the French royal family, the currency it minted is relatively sufficient. Therefore, the British economy has always been stable. Trade with the UK is also a good way.

Neither the British nor the French discovered that this so-called "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" was actually owned by Marin. Therefore, the French's economic sanctions were considered to be empty...

No wonder Marin experienced the economic tide of China in later generations. Although he was not good at taking advantage of loopholes, he was far behind the medieval people. With the French sanctions, Marin simply changed the "shell" of the goods on Texel, and the French caught them blindly...

These days, there are no agents and spies in Europe, and transportation and communication are extremely inconvenient. Marin makes something happen, even if it is blatant, it will take a long time for France to know. What's more, Marin did it quietly. The French want to figure it out, and God knows that he will wait until the Year of the Monkey and Horse Month.

After disposing of all the remaining rye on the island, Marin began to think about the next arrangement.

Now, in addition to the original 3,200 Yugram arable land on the island, Marin arranged for the serfs to reclaim 3,200 Yugram arable land. This batch of arable land, except for 100 Yugrams, and 50 Yugrams to be distributed to Frenzberg. The other 3,050 Yugrams are all Marin's own arable land.

In order to reclaim arable land, Malin used serfs to fill large areas of swamps and dig multiple diversion channels to obtain so much arable land.

In fact, there are more land suitable for reclaiming as arable land on the island. However, Marin is now in short supply of manpower and only a few thousand serfs. In this era, farming was purely handmade and not mechanized. Therefore, without enough manpower, it would be useless to make more land.

The total size of Texel Island is only 20,000 Yugrams. Including beaches, hills and grasslands, it is already considered to be the limit to reclaim 6,400 Yugrams of arable land. Because the fresh water on the island is enough to irrigate so many fields.

Islands are different from land. On land, as long as there is a big river support, freshwater resources cannot be used up, so you can renovate and make full use of every inch of land. On the islands, freshwater systems and the continents are separated and independent.

Although Texel Island is not short of fresh water, it is not unlimited. It is already the limit to be able to irrigate 6,400 Yugrams. No matter how much it is, it cannot be done. Otherwise, Marin would definitely reclaim half of Texel's land into arable land.

According to the habits of Europeans, they were used to fallow system. In winter, medieval Europeans generally did not grow crops. Because they wanted to let the land "rest and recuperate".

In fact, Europeans need to restore their fertility by themselves because they do not know how to fertilize. However, Chinese people are different. In southern China, crops have always been planted two seasons a year.

Except for the southernmost area where rice is planted two to three seasons a year, most of the rest of the areas (mainly the central and southern regions) are actually rotating rice and wheat. Winter wheat is planted in autumn and wheat is harvested in early summer. Then, rice is planted and harvested in autumn.

Because Chinese people have always known the use of manure (nitrogen fertilizer) and wood ash (potassium fertilizer), even if they use the land continuously, they still have a lot of harvest every year.

So, when others decided to put the land to grow grass, Marin planned to plant winter wheat...

In medieval Europe, farmers were accustomed to planting crops only one season a year. They usually sow in spring and harvest in autumn. There were also varieties of winter wheat, but after Malin heard about the growth cycle of winter wheat, he almost wanted to curse...

Because the winter wheat in Europe in the Middle Ages was planted in late autumn and early winter, but its growth cycle was really bloody. Because, although the winter wheat in Europe in this era was also planted in October and November, the harvest season was actually in July and August of the following year...

Marin clearly remembers that the winter wheat in his family in his previous life was clearly harvested in May. After harvesting, he first applied some manure to the ground as base fertilizer, and had time to plant rice. Then, in October, the rice can also be harvested...

However, the European winter wheat that was cheated in this era actually grew more than two months longer than the later winter wheat, which made it impossible to plant other crops in late spring and early summer. After the winter wheat was collected, the land could only be put aside for a few months. The next round of winter wheat planting caused serious waste of land. However, it is not surprising that Europeans still carry out large-scale fallows...

Wheat is different from rye. In Europe, the price of wheat is much higher than rye. In Germany, a pound of rye is only 1 Finney, while a pound of wheat is as high as 5 Finney. The difference between the two is as high as 5 times. Later, the gap will become larger, reaching as much as 7 times.

Wheat is different from rye. Rye is easier to serve, and it can be cultivated extensively, so the demand for water is not large. Wheat is much weaker than rye, and the irrigation water requirement is also greater than rye.

In the Middle Ages, Europeans generally used a light plow to simply turn the land, sprinkle rye seeds, water it, and then it shook. Then, they just waited and harvested by the sky...

The rye "hole sowing" that Marin previously promoted on the island was actually used for intensive cultivation of wheat. Now, serfs are more familiar with it.

Therefore, when planting 500 yog winter wheat, it was very smooth. However, because of the local varieties from medieval Europe, the next time I harvested wheat, I have to wait until July and August next year, which is very scary...

However, considering the high price of wheat, even if a farming season is wasted, the price of wheat is 5 times higher than rye is enough to make Marin earn more.

But Marin is not satisfied with this. If there are winter wheat varieties with shorter growth periods, Marin can even replant a round of soybeans after the winter wheat is harvested. In this way, Marin can not only obtain a lot of soybean oil, but also provide horses with better feed than oats. Moreover, soybeans can fix nitrogen and increase land fertility. Land that has been planted with soybeans and used to grow winter wheat will be significantly more fertile...

However, if you want to obtain a winter wheat variety with a shorter growth period, Europe naturally does not currently have it, and Malin has never learned agricultural technology and will not cultivate excellent wheat varieties. Therefore, he could only consider going to the Ming Dynasty in the East to buy winter wheat varieties with a shorter growth period and "universal" soybeans... Therefore, it is still necessary to sail the sea...
Chapter completed!