Chapter 79: Harvest season

In autumn, more than 3,200 ygrams of rye mature on Texel. Leaving aside the 200 Ugram land of the church, the 1,000 Ugram land under Marin and the 2000 Ugram land under their names were all used for ploughing, and all manure was applied.
Not only that, but in normal times, Marin also urged the serfs to go down to pluck the weeds by hand, so as not to endanger the growth of rye.
Furthermore, rye sowing on Texel was also hole-seeded, not commonly used by medieval European farmers. Spreading is easy, but the seeds are unevenly distributed and shallow. Because the seeds scattered by human hands may sometimes get together, and sometimes they may miss some parts. If they are piled up, they will rob fertilizer when they are growing. As a result, some of the piled up grasses will not grow well. Where the seeds are not scattered, it is easy to cause waste.
穴 And hole sowing is different. When sowing, the ranks have been divided for a long time, leaving a proper growth space for the seeds. Before sowing, Marin also instructed the serfs to use saltwater seed selection methods to select fine-grained varieties. At the same time, the depth of hole sowing is deeper than that of sowing, which is more conducive to seed development. Therefore, this seeding method is effective and yields very good.
When the harvest started, Marin sent Kohler to sit in the town to count the output. As bales of wheatgrass with ears of wheat were sent to the threshing floor, the serfs separated their hands and began to separate the kernels.
Everyone has a clear division of labor. Women use iron sickles to cut wheat and straw together in the field and place them neatly in the fields. And the men, some went down to the ground and tied the straw with simple straw ropes woven by weeds. Let another part of the strong, carry a bunch of wheat straw to the roadside.
There was a line of carriages on the roadside. Some men are responsible for throwing bales of wheat straw onto the carriage. The carriage then sent the piles of wheat straw to the threshing field.
When he reached the threshing field, the straw with the ears of wheat was dropped and piled up. So another part of the people started to untie the wheat straw, held the straw part, and beat the wheat ear part on the stone, so that the wheat kernels were separated from the shell and the straw.
After the tadpoles were separated, there were a lot of shells. The farmers started to dial with wooden tools. Mature wheat ears, the shell and the kernels do not fit firmly. Under the agitation of the external force, they squeeze each other, and soon the grains and the shell are separated.
Then, the farmers used tools to lift the mixture of wheat kernels and shells against the wind, and descended from a height. The grain density is high, and the weight drops directly from the ground when it is from top to bottom, with a small offset. The wheat shell is light and has a low density. When it is blown by the wind, it drifts down the air outlet and has a large offset. After many winds, the husks and debris were gradually separated, leaving only wheat kernels ...
Of course, this is not the end. After separating the wheat kernels and chaff, spread the wheat kernels on the threshing field and expose them until the wheat kernels are dry ...
After a month of busy work, the corn field on the island was harvested and processed. At the same time, soybeans from Marinna 200 Ugram were basically harvested.
According to Kohler and others, Marin on the island and his 2,800 yugley rye fields produced an average of 3,000 pounds of rye per gramme, equivalent to 250 pounds of rye per acre ...
It weighs 250 pounds, which is equivalent to only 227 jin. For Marin, who is accustomed to producing jin per mu in future generations, it is really low yield. But for medieval Europeans, it was extremely productive ...
Because of this, European rye yield is generally around 150 pounds. It can weigh more than 200 pounds. Only fertile Italy ...
Alas, the island boiled ...
"As for? Only 3,000 pounds per Yug, also called a bumper harvest?" Marin was speechless. In modern times, more than one acre of land can produce so much, let alone 12 acres of land?
However, when Marin's men heard Marin's words, they felt speechless ...
"Master, you do n’t know much about agriculture. In our German region, the output of each yog rye can reach 1,800 pounds, which is a bumper harvest. Today the output is as high as 3000 pounds, and the increase is as high as two-thirds Can't you be happy? "Kohler said silently. The others on the side agreed with Kohler's words and nodded together.
切 "Cut, it ’s such a happy achievement to achieve this? It ’s really nothing. My teacher told me that in the East, it is common to produce 300 pounds per acre." Marin has no love for this data and has no feeling at all. In later generations, if his family's wheat yield per mu was less than 1,000 catties, his father and mother felt unlucky. Therefore, his vision is particularly high.
"Okay, boss, your teacher is bull, you are also bull ..." Schwartz on the side was speechless.
The new Flenzberger joined Sparta for a long time. His family is a knight family, he also has a little knight leader, and there are hundreds of yog arable land. He was shocked by the high rye production on the island. As for the other younger brothers of Marin, they are already immune to the miracles Marin has created. Only Fronzberger saw the "Marvel of the Mars" for the first time, so he was a little speechless.
Schwartz seemed to see Frenzberg's shock. He patted Frenzberg's shoulder and said meaningfully:
"Okay, brother, don't be surprised. Our boss, that's how love loves to create miracles. I have been mixing with the boss for a long time. I have seen more miracles than I have seen in the past twenty years ..."
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Marin was also dissatisfied with the yield of oatmeal. Because the yield per mu of oats is only 120 pounds, it is 108 kilograms per mu. However, oatmeal is also a good feed. Although the seeds are harvested at a low point, they are not unacceptable. Moreover, the yield of oat seeds in future generations is only three or four hundred pounds, which is similar to that of soybeans.
优 200 yogurt, which is equivalent to 2400 acres of land, yields 120 pounds per mu, and the total output is 288,000 pounds. At present, the price of European oats is very high, reaching 3 fennies a pound, which is equivalent to the daily salary of a craftsman. Oats are also very useful because horses need to eat them often.
There are more than a thousand horses on Texel Island, and the consumption of oats is naturally very large. And Marin did not intend to make money by selling oats, but intended to feed horses. Even, because 288,000 pounds of oats are too large, Marin also plans to expand the number of horses and cultivate more warhorses.
这些 And these horses did not live up to Marin's expectations. In the spring, many stallions are tempted by mares to commit "original sin" on that green pasture. In the fall, many mares have big belly ...
The marlin has counted more than 200 pregnant mares. By early next year, more than 200 foals will be born. Marin was glad that he had planned to hire high-level horse breeders, and cultivate those ponies from a young age, and expected that a considerable number of warhorses could be produced from them ...
With strong suggestions from his subordinates, Marin organized a grand harvest celebration. All the men, and the serfs, were celebrating the harvest.
You know, 800 gram of rye in Marin's name produced 2.4 million pounds of rye. The other soldiers, each 5 Yogurt corn field, also produced an average of 15,000 pounds of rye.
15,000 pounds of rye, worth 15,000 fennies, is equivalent to 93.75 marks, or 250 gold coins. Maybe nothing for a big local like Marin, but for these poor mercenaries, it is definitely a huge sum. You know, they sell their lives and become soldiers. Their daily salary is only 2 Finneys. In a year, their salary is only 12 gold coins. 250 gold coins, even if they only have a profit of 150 gold coins, for them, it is a super huge amount ...
Of course, these lands, in disguise, have become the "fetters" of the 400 soldiers. As a result, Marin no longer needs to pay them additional salaries. In this way, the 400 head soldiers, some of them similar to the Tang Dynasty government soldiers, were closed to the acres of land, brought their own weapons and horses, and fought with Shangguan ...
Not to mention those ordinary mercenaries, even Schwartz and Fronzberg, are also very enthusiastic. Marin had promised to give Schwartz 100 Ugram land, and the serfs had already reclaimed the land and could plant it only in the spring of next year.
Even, Flenzberg, Marin may have promised his 50 Ugram land. You know, 5 Yogurt rye fields can make those mercenaries earn 250 gold coins (although the net income is only 150 gold coins, because costs, daily expenses, and tithes and other taxes) must be cut off. 100 Wouldn't Yogurt land earn 5,000 gold coins a year? 50 Yogurt, there are also 2,500 gold coins ... You know, a war horse is worth 100 gold coins ...
Schwartz and Fronzberg have already imagined the cramping of counting gold coins ...
"By the way, Schwartz, George (Flenzberger ~ EbookFREE.me ~), you two, remember, do n’t easily disclose our advanced agricultural technology. Otherwise, everyone has learned and has high yields. , The price of wheat will plummet, and we will not have so much income ... "
可 "But, boss, what about my estate?" Asked Franzberg.
"Forget about it, your land on the island is enough for you to make a fortune. If you do well, I will give you another 50 Yogurt land and see how you perform ..."
"Boss, what if our agricultural technology is peeped by outsiders? There are many foreign businessmen on the island. Moreover, the church on the island, we can't help it ..." Schwartz asked worriedly.
"The church does n’t care. Where do the clergy know what kind of land? And they do n’t bother to go to the field. They just stay in the church. The farming is done by serfs, and they do n’t talk to the priests. As for those Foreign merchant ... "Marin thought for a while, then said:
"So, in the future, those merchants from outside the island will only be allowed to trade in the port of Tholencher. They must be approved and not allowed to go inland. Tholencher is a port and there is no farmland nearby. They can't see anything ... ... "
"Good idea, I'll do it ..." Schwartz, who is the sheriff on the island, knows what to do ...
In fact, Marin himself knows that manure application and the use of oriental farm tools are not advanced technologies and can be easily learned by others. The Venetian kept the glass so secret that it was stolen by the French, and Marin didn't think the secret could be kept for a long time. However, it is also good to keep it for a long time. At least, let everyone make more money and improve the family's economic situation first ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Welcome the book readers to read, the latest, fastest, most popular serial works Mobile users at ~ EbookFREE.me ~ please read.