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Chapter 86 A small pot of tea made by a master!
In the second year of the new calendar, spring plowing in Northern Europe comes later than usual.

The wheelbarrow parked in front of the side wall took away the last package of dried grain.

The first spring plowing in the second year of the new calendar is a feeling that makes it difficult to leave Jutland.

"I'll be back!"

Albert looked at the Danish city wall unwillingly, pulled the reins, and gave the order to withdraw the troops.

For the autumn harvest, the German princes launched the War of Jutland in vain.

At the top of the city, Brook put down his monocular and looked at Father Mai beside him: "Raphael, do you think he will attack Jutland next time?"

Raphael shook his head firmly: "No."

The Jutland border wall is the place where troops are trained, where recruits are rotated brigade by brigade, and a large number of assembly lines are used to gain experience.

The Danish priest came with the newly rotated brigade and provided medical services with the team. He also fulfilled the saint's latest instruction of "Priests should go out more often" and jumped down to do practical things, plan practical strategies, and seek practical results.

Raphael is extremely intelligent and has a strong memory. After studying with the saint for more than a month, he has come into contact with a lot of new knowledge.

Seeing the retreating German army, Raphael made an analysis based on what he had learned during this period: "The "War and Logistics" compiled by the Saint said that the size of the population and the level of productivity limit the scale of the war."

“With low social productivity conditions, low agricultural output, and few metal farm implements and tools, the population that can be supported is limited, and sideline industries such as fishing and hunting are needed to supplement.”

"In this stage of primary productivity, the labor force works longer hours throughout the year. Sending a large number of labor forces to participate in the war will inevitably affect social production. Therefore, the social mobilization power to organize the war, the scale of the war, and the duration of the war are also limited accordingly."

"For example, the main organizers and participants of European wars are mainly members of princes' families and nobles, because these people belong to the non-labor force who can take part in the war without work."

"Backward production conditions also make it more difficult to organize wars. The level of social production restricts wars from being prolonged or expanded."

The Danish priest studied with the saint for more than a month.

Under the guidance of the saint, Raphael came into contact with the new world and has undergone radical changes.

If you let friends you have known in the past meet you, they will definitely be surprised and maybe feel weird.

Isn't this a kind of cow?
"Lagging productivity ties the labor force to the land, which is completely different from ours."

Raphael has fully accepted the Sage's new ideas, and he has a sense of ownership when he opens his mouth: "Under the leadership of the Sage's wisdom, we have completed the five major agricultural technological innovations of soil, chemical fertilizers, animal power, seeds, and water conservancy."

"And the latest struvite mine in Iceland."

The three most important growth elements in the growth process of crops, the most in need of supplementation, and the largest amount of supplementation are: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

Struvite is a high-quality nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer, and when combined with soil-based fertilizers, it can basically meet your needs.

The abundant fisheries near Iceland attract tens of millions of various seabirds to inhabit the island.

Due to its special geographical location, this land is also a transit point for birds migrating between North America and the European continent. There are millions of nests alone. As a result, the island has accumulated guano for countless years. In some places, the guano even Pile dozens of meters high.

Struvite is one of the greatest rewards of developing Iceland.

Finland, as a country of thousands of lakes, of course has a large number of birds, but because of the climate, it is difficult for bird droppings to turn into struvite, and the bird droppings are easily leached and lost back to the sea.

Unlike Iceland, which has 200 to 300 volcanoes and extremely rich geothermal resources, the organic phosphates in the guano soil can be quickly decomposed under high temperature environments, leaving behind abundant phosphates. Under the action of alkaline groundwater, soluble phosphoric acid The salt reacted with the calcium carbonate, leaving the struvite mineral.

Iceland is definitely not comparable to the world-class mines in the equatorial belt and Latin America.

But the Kingdom of Io doesn't support that many people now, so struvite + soil fertilizer is more than enough.

Synthetic ammonia is of course the best, but this thing can only be produced under high temperature and pressure. Without high-quality alloy steel, it is basically impossible to make it.

This is not something that can be done by thickening. The reaction tower has moving parts, such as valves and compressors. These must be finely processed and cannot be overly thickened.

Moreover, once the thickness is too large, pores and defects inside the steel during casting are almost unavoidable. If the material strength is not enough, it is almost impossible to use it under high pressure and high temperature. Otherwise, those old and thick earth cannons will not touch the promise. Exploded.

Not to mention the Middle Ages, even in modern times, not every country can independently produce fertilizers through synthetic ammonia.

It can be said that cannons and butter are two sides of one industrialization.

"More developed productivity can free up more labor force. In addition, we are constantly replenishing the labor force. While we are carrying out super large projects, we can also support the Jutland Peninsula overseas and conduct rotation training."

Raphael continued: "Such a thing is impossible for the German princes."

The agricultural management method of deep plowing and fine hoeing, adding thick manure soil, and combining land use and raising to support soil fertility relies on a large amount of manpower input to maintain efficient land use, and can be regarded as a kind of intensive management.

The method is good, but requires more labor.

In terms of grain output per unit of land in Europe, until the 17th and 18th centuries, the grain output per unit of land in my hometown was much higher than that in Europe.

During the Carolingian period, the grain output in Western Europe, based on the ratio of harvest to seed, was sometimes as low as 2:1. That is to say, when two bushels of grain were harvested, one bushel would be left as seeds for the next year.

This is also because the European continent experienced a relatively severe economic recession in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.

As a conquering nation, the Germans had not completely transitioned from nomadic and nomadic farming to the stage of settled agriculture. The farming methods were primitive and extensive. In addition, the European continent was vast and sparsely populated, and the labor force was relatively scarce. It was natural for them to adopt this kind of extensive management.

If you want to cultivate intensively, you don't have so much labor. You can only sow the seeds and wait for the harvest.

Unlike my hometown, there are too many people and too little arable land.

In agriculture, many things depend on local conditions.

Just like the Romans of Nador did not popularize the heavy plow, they said that agricultural technology was stagnant, but this is actually because the farmland along the coast of the Aegean Sea is mostly sandy in nature, which is not suitable for heavy plowing.

Without enough labor force and without advanced animal-driven machines, the Germanic princes had to fight according to the weather.

"In order to make a living, the labor force must engage in agriculture, fishing and hunting non-stop throughout the year to make a living, as well as to satisfy the offerings to the nobles."

"Only the nobles in the vassal states who do not need to work can have time to participate in the war. The backward productivity also limits the organizational consumption level of food, horses, metal and other war materials."

"The labor force mobilized by the nobles to accompany the army cannot go out for a long time, otherwise it will delay the country's agricultural harvest."

"Destructive methods such as going deep behind enemy lines to massacre the enemy's labor force and destroying farmland will also cause the enemy to retaliate later, causing losses to both sides. That's why European wars have an agreement not to seriously injure enemy nobles on the battlefield and not to capture and kill non-combatants."

"Don't choose to fight during spring plowing and autumn harvest seasons. Choose battlefields to avoid cultivated land. Capture enemy combatants and army labor force and allow them to be redeemed and released. This is what the nobles call etiquette."

"The essence is to protect each other's production levels and avoid permanent damage through war."

In essence, it is similar to the etiquette of the Spring and Autumn period aristocrats. This is the formulaic relationship between war and productivity.

"Albert doesn't have that much capital to waste precious labor on siege."

"Even if he is willing, the nobles under his banner will have opinions."

"In order to rule Sweden smoothly, it is impossible for him to fall out with his vassals now."

Raphael concluded: “When the spring plowing is over, if nothing else happens, he will bypass the Jutland Peninsula, choose to take the waterway from Hamburg, land directly in southern Sweden, and unite with the Swedish nobles who have taken refuge in him. "

Brooke smacked his lips with some regret: "If he hadn't come, our Archduke of Jutland would probably not have continued to provide free logistics supplies." "The Archduke of Jutland might have driven us away in a short time, Young Master of the Third Brigade. It's a pity that I got free food and drink for free training."

Even though the saint had a special relationship with the Grand Duke of Jutland, he would not bring his own dry food to help defend the city. The supplies were all provided by the Grand Duke of Jutland.

Again, the premise of marriage is because of the same interests. You will not lose money to support your brother-in-law to buy a house, a car, and a wife just because of the marriage. Lords are very realistic.

Now that there is no big enemy, of course it is time to drive people away realistically.

Said that the father-in-law arrived.

Within a few days, Feng Daofu received a letter from his father-in-law No. 4. What he meant was that his father-in-law's family had no food left, and the newly-baked Xiaomi had lost a cup of weight from hunger.

He didn't bother much. The number of grassroots civil servants trained was not enough, and now was not the time to backstab his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Giving Brooke the order to withdraw, von Dolf picked up the information from Denmark.

"There is no need to use troops, but the effect is better than war. This is a genius strategy."

The black-haired lady who served as the minister said: "But many lords are watching cautiously. This strategy will take many years."

Vondorf: "As expected."

Sheep cannibalism is a protracted process, and it is a very common occurrence that can take several years or decades.

For example, during the enclosure movement that occurred in England's history, someone proposed enclosure in the Ringstead area of ​​Northampton in 1782. As a result, there was too much local resistance to enclosure until the enclosure was completed 47 years later in 1829. The land finally begins.

However, this was also related to the decline of royal power at that time and the entry into the parliamentary era.

"Today's feudal lords can use violent means, which is naturally convenient in enclosures."

"Just by raising land rents, we can charge more land transfer fees to force tenant farmers to give up their leases," Vondorf said.

"So what's missing now is another push behind them to make them determined."

"Nudged from behind?"

Black-haired lady: "You said that the Queen of Denmark is the smartest woman. What if she sees the implementation process?"

Even smart people have limitations of the times.
Von Dolf smiled and said: "Without harvesting currency, it will take a long time for these private trade activities to be reflected above."

"It will take time for her to notice the problem."

"That's the time difference I need."

"When she reacts, the rich and powerful have already tasted the sweetness, and this sheep cannibalism has become a general trend."

“Denmark’s Renaissance Queen is good at taking advantage of trends, not against them.”

"This was never something Margaret I was good at!"

Even if there has been a bloody precedent of enclosure movements, a large number of people will still fall for the same hook in the future.

The only lesson humans learn from history is that humans never learn.

As long as people have humanity, these strategies that exploit humanity will always work.

This is the betrothal gift prepared by Vondolf for the Queen of Denmark.

This trick was also used on Sweden.

Black-haired lady: "How to boost?"

Von Dolf: "Package a few nobles from the Eastern Empire and promote afternoon tea to the nobles of Denmark and Sweden."

"Nordic barbarians have always longed for everything in the Eastern Empire. We take advantage of this and let them drink tea with our sugar. After drinking, they give a thumbs up and say "Hey West, the Norwegian sugar is great!"

"It's something that the nobles of the Eastern Empire love. It's high-end and classy!"

"How can you be called a noble if you, a Nordic country bumpkin, don't learn some lessons?"

"If that's not enough, let's promote tea. Small pots of tea are made by masters and come from the East for thousands of years. They can beautify and strengthen them and strongly stimulate their desire to consume!"

"When the time comes, let's talk about using sugar and tea to buy wool. Do you think they will be crazy?"

Secretly develop missionary work among noble wives and give them the fertility BUFF of the Io religion. The effects seen with my own eyes are a two-pronged approach!
The black-haired lady was already stunned.

Even if she is as smart as she is, given the limitations of the times, she cannot imagine such a sexy operation!

It’s just too shameless!

The black-haired lady cast a speechless look.

Vondorf was so thick-skinned that he ignored it and started sending rabbit telegrams to the hidden people in Denmark and Sweden.

Then he hugged the black-haired lady, and the undercurrent began to surge.

The first is packaging.

According to the teachings of the saint, each herbal tea is put into different small jars, and a set of brocade boxes has 10 small jars.

Each box of small cans of tea also contains a promotional leaflet, claiming that this is a fine product hand-fried by ten of the top tea masters in the Eastern Empire.

There is one raw material, which is moss taken from the mysterious Iceland overseas and absorbing the essence of tens of thousands of years...Iceland tea!

There are also the titles and experiences of the ten masters on the promotional leaflet.

Although they have never heard the names of these masters, as long as they are loud enough, in an era when the information is not well-informed, they can only think that they are ignorant.

Well packaged, just ask for it.

The appearance of all kinds of high-end products immediately swayed the Nordic country folk, and afternoon tea became popular.

The noble wives also began to spread Ao's legal principles.

Because of the power of genuine blessings, they felt that they had found the truth, and their enthusiasm for learning was high. They often participated in the organization's salons, held collective Fa-study discussions and collective Dharma promotions, and ate snacks together.

The hidden desires of the nobles were stimulated, and at this time there were rumors of using luxury goods to collect wool at high prices.

After the wool was actually traded for "sweet salt", some impatient nobles began to evict the tenants and herd sheep directly in the wheat fields.

The wheel of sheep-eating humans begins to turn.

Meanwhile, the wheels are turning in Scotland.

　I originally wanted to write this plot to be more funny and humorous, but in the end it was dry and watered down. Things were so shabby. I broke my promise yesterday. I'm sorry!

　　
　
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