Perhaps because Beihai Country does not have enough arable land, and with the promotion of maize, Beihai Country's autumn harvest this year is very fast. In previous years, Beihai Country's autumn harvest often had to be postponed until mid-October, and in early October this year, Beihai Country's autumn harvest ended.
Of course, this year is different from the past. For example, in the southern region, Marin allowed tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war to join the ranks of autumn harvest. With 50,000 to 60,000 Hungarians joining, the speed of autumn harvest has greatly accelerated. In addition, the army also participated in the autumn harvest.
Moreover, by the end of the autumn harvest, most farmers in Beihai have learned how to use double samarium. By next year, everyone will start to use samarium to harvest. Then, the autumn harvest can be completely over for up to 10 days, and there is no need for the help of Hungarian men and the army.
At this time, the autumn harvest of other European countries, except for the Mediterranean region in the south, has just begun...
But sadly, the climate was a bit abnormal in October this year. In the Netherlands, as well as many areas in northeastern and eastern France, it started raining at the critical moment of autumn harvest, and it continued...
"It's over, this year will definitely be a wasteland year!" Prince Philip's face was covered in dirt and felt something was wrong when he saw it raining in the Netherlands.
But the Dutland nobleman Vanderst said overjoyed:
"Your Highness, this autumn harvest is not going well, and there will definitely be a famine. This famine is a good opportunity for us to enclose land!"
"Good opportunity?" Prince Philip and several other Dutland nobles were a little strange. The autumn harvest was hit by rain, which would definitely cause famine. If famine triggers, it would easily cause riots among hungry people. Fortunately, the opportunity...
Vanderst explained:
"It's just a famine! In this way, a large number of farmers will go to famine. Once they have their families fled, we will enact legislation to deprive their land of ownership on the name of their failure to fulfill their tax liability. In this way, we can occupy a large amount of land without spending money!"
Prince Philip and other Dutch nobles suddenly lit up. Indeed, this was a good opportunity to enclose land. But...
"What should we do if these farmers are hungry and start a rebellion?" Prince Philip said worriedly.
Vanderst said indifferently:
"We send someone to notify the Beihai National Grand Duke Ma Lin and ask him to come and recruit victims. As long as he takes all the victims away, who will cause trouble?"
"Good idea!" Prince Philip and a group of Dutland nobles nodded in agreement. At the same time, they had already begun to prepare for land enclosure...
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In the Netherlands, the great nobles were ready to enclose land and were very excited about the rain during the autumn harvest. However, in the French side, it was more miserable.
Louis XII was full of ambitions, and after the autumn harvest increased a lot of food, he launched a new military operation again. For example, sending troops to Switzerland to help the Swiss drive the Habsburgs out.
This year, the French royal family used volcanic ash in the royal family under the Provence province, and the harvest was about to come. You should know that the Provence royal manor had about a few thousand acres of land, all of which were volcanic ash fertilizer. In this way, it could increase about two or three million pounds of grain. With so much more grain, it could supply tens of thousands of troops for several months and launch a large military operation.
However, the autumn harvest rainfall encountered in the northeast and eastern regions will cause one or two million people to suffer disasters. If there is no relief, it will easily cause riots among the victims.
Therefore, Louis XII was so angry that he vomited blood. He originally planned to target the Habsburg family's major military operations, but Louis XII was very helpless because the extra food was used to rescue disasters.
Fortunately, the volcanic ash stored in the past few months is enough for tens of thousands of acres of arable land. As long as these reserved volcanic ash are sprinkled in spring next year, the grain production will increase by 20 to 30 million pounds next year, which is enough to maintain a full-scale national war against Spain...
As for why we give priority to Spain instead of the weaker Habsburg family territory, especially the Netherlands. It is mainly because Louis XII wanted to attack Spain hard first, send troops to attack Spain's hinterland, and force Spain to admit that the Kingdom of Naples belongs to France forever. In this way, we can enjoy the benefits of the volcanic ash in Naples for a long time without worrying about accidents.
As for the Netherlands and Francheconte regions of the Habsburg family, Louis XII believes that there will be opportunities to deal with them in the future. The priority level is lower than the permanent control of the Kingdom of Naples...
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The Habsburg family was also lucky. If it weren't for the rain during the autumn harvest, Louis XII would have planned to send troops to Switzerland after the autumn harvest to completely drive away the Habsburg family. If there was a chance, the French would even plan to annex the Francheconte area first.
But a continuous rainy weather made Louis XII's plan fail and gave the Habsburg family a chance to breathe.
Speaking of which, the Habsburg family seems to be really fooled by gods. This family has average combat effectiveness and is as poor as the finances. However, at critical moments, they always get through the difficulties like gods...
In fact, the rainy weather during the autumn harvest also affected large areas in the western part of the North Sea, such as West Friesland, the central and western parts of East Friesland, and the western parts of North Münster.
However, the autumn harvest in Beihai Country has ended and the rye has been dried and put into storage. Therefore, this autumn rain has no effect on Beihai Country.
When Prince Philip brought his men to Beihai Kingdom again to discuss the reception of disaster victims, Prince Philip was surprised to find that it seemed that the crops in Beihai Kingdom along the way had been harvested...
"How did you do it?" Prince Philip was very curious about it.
Naturally, Marin would not introduce him to the magical artifact such as Mali, so as not to let the Dutch people go back on their word. So Marin had an idea and casually fooled him:
"You know, this year I borrowed money to buy tens of thousands of Hungarian peasant prisoners of war and more than 20,000 Wurtemberg peasant prisoners of war. With these farmers and their wives helping, how many fields can't be harvested?"
In fact, at this time, the first 26,500 peasant prisoners of war in Wurttemberg had been sent to the North American New Jersey colony. Only more than 50,000 Hungarian prisoners of war were still in Goslar.
Of course, there was also the second batch of prisoners of war sent by the Principality of Wurttemberg, a total of 15,000 households, which were still concentrated in the Port of Emden and were ready to be shipped to the American colonies.
When Prince Philip came to Orich by Emden, he did find a large area of ​​serf prisoners of war camp outside Emden. Then he believed in Marin's plan. Indeed, with tens of thousands of farmers, the harvest would definitely be much faster.
However, he no longer wants to do anything about agriculture, but plans to enclose land and raise sheep, so he doesn't care much about it.
After hearing about the predicament of the Netherlands, Marin agreed to send people to the Netherlands to recruit farmers with poor harvests so as to free up land for Prince Philip and the others. After all, this is a win-win situation.
Chapter completed!