On Cape Breton and Amerigo, the two governors, Garland and Tara, couldn't stand it, and the lads on both islands couldn't take it anymore......

Why? The amount of labor involved in cutting down trees and digging up their roots is too great and inefficient. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 After all, there are a total of 400 young men on the two islands, none of whom are professional loggers, although they all have some strength, but they do not master the rhythm well, and they do not know the skills of logging. Therefore, some people often cut down trees and grind out a lot of blisters on their hands, which hurt when they touch it.

Moreover, this area has not been developed for thousands of years, and there are too many towering trees, and they are very dense. On average, there are hundreds of towering trees tens of meters high on every acre of land.

But the boys on the two islands, although there are 200 people on each island, dozens of them are fishermen who need to go out to sea to fish. Therefore, in the end, only about 170 people stayed to cut wood.

Cut down towering trees that are tens of meters high, and then pick out the oak and lift it aside. It is also necessary to dig out the entire root of the tangled tree...... It's a lot of hard work......

In the end, a logging team of about 170 people on each of the two islands can only cut down an average of a dozen towering trees a day (including digging out roots and removing trees). In this way, it will take about a week to create an acre of vacant land. And now by the end of the year, there are just over 20 weeks. With these people, only more than 20 acres of arable land can be reclaimed...... This is too far from Marin's plan......

And, in the process of cutting down the trees, the young immigrants cut down a lot of axes and broke a lot of saws because of the improper use of them......

To make matters worse, this time the emigrants did not bring a blacksmith, nor did they have a blacksmith stove or spare iron to repair these logging tools......

Over the course of a month, most of the felling axes and saws in the two places had been scrapped and could not be repaired......

Tara couldn't take it anymore, so he took a ship that was left on the reserve and went to Cape Breton Island in Garand to consult with Garand about countermeasures. The result of the negotiation is that there is nothing the two can do.

In desperation, one of them had to go back to Europe to ask Marin for help......

Then, as a representative, Garland took a boat, left (Canada) Sydney (still called it, Marin was too lazy to change it), followed the North Atlantic Current, and returned to Europe......

Because of the smooth sailing, it took two or three months to go back, and it only took more than a month to go back......

Marin was also surprised to see Garland return, thinking that the colony had been taken by the Indians. When he heard Garland's complaint, Marin also grew his mouth in surprise:

"What? Cutting down trees, you say, is a big problem? Marlin thought he had something wrong with his ears. He had expected a lot of trouble, but he never thought that logging would become the biggest trouble in reclamation......

"Yes, young master, don't you know, on the side of the Savage Continent, there are towering trees dozens of meters high everywhere, and it is rare to take any one to Europe. But there, everywhere. Such a large tree has a wide trunk and is not easy to cut down. Even if it is cut down, it is difficult to move. Generally, it takes dozens of strong men to carry it together before they can slowly move away...... What's even more difficult is to dig up the roots of those towering trees, the old roots of dozens of meters square, intertwined, huge, and troublesome to dig up, and the effort required is no less than cutting down trees and lifting trees......"

"Well, that seems to be the case...... "Marin suddenly remembered that this was in ancient times, not in the modern times where he had lived before. Modern people cut down trees, and they can cut down big trees directly with a chainsaw or chainsaw. The trunk is also very easy to cut and decompose, and then directly loaded onto a large truck and transported away...... As for the roots, excavators...... Lanxiang Technician...... In a moment......

But this was in ancient times. Cutting down trees, transporting trees, and digging up roots are all done by manpower, and it is very difficult. It's like the trunk of a towering tree tens of meters high. In modern times, it can be easily lifted by a crane, while in ancient times, it was carried by dozens of people. If the distance is too far, it is estimated that it will take half a day......

If you cut this huge trunk into several sections with a saw, it will be easy to move. However, in order to obtain timber for shipbuilding, Marin forbade the division of the whole oak trunk and removed it as a whole, which undoubtedly greatly increased the amount of labor......

Speaking of which, it was also Marin who was anxious. When he first arrived in the colony, he was thinking about shipbuilding before he could gain a firm foothold, but he still knew the truth that "if you take too big a step, you can easily get an egg......

So, Marin thought about it and made up his mind:

"Well, Garland, go back this time, and tell everyone that the next time you encounter oak, you don't need to keep it as a whole, just like any other number, sawn it into several pieces and move it away...... No longer have to think about keeping the whole oak this year. Once you have established yourself on the island, and you are in no hurry to cultivate the farmland, you will take care to cut down the oak and keep the ...... In addition, don't give up what you have kept stored before, continue to store and air dry......"

"Yes! Thank you, young master, for your understanding! Garland is pleased that not having to move dozens of meters of oak logs in one plant does save a lot of effort. After all, dozens of meters of oak logs, ox carts cannot be loaded, they can only be carried by manpower, and it takes dozens of people and a long time to carry them to the designated position.

"Well, besides, you're all reclaiming by the Tamsui River anyway. In this way, you don't have to deliberately pursue the neatness of the fields now, and start cutting down trees along the rivers. In this way, when felling, the big tree is pushed down directly into the river, and the big tree is let go with the river. Of course, it's not that I don't want this wood. Instead, you control the logs floating in the river, and then find time to drag them to a certain place and hoist them ashore on a low-effort moving pulley......"

"Young master, what is a moving pulley?"

"Uh......" Marin suddenly remembered that Garland was semi-literate, he used to be a serf child, he had never gone to school at all, but after he became his own squire, he read some books with Schwartz, that is, he was a literacy level, equivalent to the level of the third or fourth grade of elementary school, it would be strange if he knew about moving pulleys......

However, to lift tens of meters of oversized logs, it is necessary to use mechanical strength. And there were no cranes and excavators in this era. Then, movable pulleys are the best choice to save effort. With the labor-saving lever, it is absolutely easy to lift heavy objects.

"Also, young master, we cut down trees over there, because everyone is not familiar with logging skills, and a lot of axes have been cut and a lot of saws have been broken......"

"Uh...... Well, I'm going to recruit a group of professional lumberjacks to guide you...... As for axes and saws, this time I'll build you a batch of ...... out of high-carbon steel."

In the past, the tools that Marin asked the immigrants to carry were all purchased and collected from the people, and they were all produced by folk blacksmith shops, probably wrought iron made by the "block refining method", and the strength was not enough. Cutting down so many big trees is indeed easy to break. And high-carbon steel, which has high strength and is also very wear-resistant, is used to make axes and saws, and is definitely much more durable.

In addition, Marin decided to select some experienced dock workers who knew how to use pulleys to unload goods at the docks, and went there to direct the young immigrants to use movable pulleys and talk about the logs in the water......

It is much easier to cut down trees directly by the river, push the trunk directly into the river, and drag it to the designated location than it is to carry the trunk on land. And when it reaches the designated position, it is much easier to lift the trunk with movable pulleys. In short, science is power......

Trees near the river are much easier to handle than large trees away from the river. Once the trees are disposed of, the vacant land can be freed up for cultivation.

It is not difficult to reclaim wasteland, and it is enough to plough the land directly with an oxen pulling a curved plow. Marin now has a lot of cattle, so it's a big deal to load it on the ship and transport it more.

In addition, the cultivated land cultivated by the river is also very convenient for irrigation. If it is far away from the river, it will cost labor to dig irrigation canals......

In addition, Garland brought back bad news - there are bears on Cape Breton Island......

What's more, the bear is a fierce animal, and the tiger will be intimidated when he sees it. If you accidentally provoke them, it will kill you......

It's no wonder that bears are originally swimming animals and master fishers. Cape Breton Island is separated from the North American mainland by a narrow strait, and bears can swim to the island and inhabit it. The island of Amerigo (South Taktot) is far from the mainland, so it does not have such ferocious animals......

Marin didn't want his immigrants to be harmed by bears, so he decided to recruit a group of experienced hunters, armed with Mushkert muskets, to hunt the bears on Cape Breton Island......

In the face of human safety, Marin believes that the lives of animals are not worth mentioning. Even if an extinct dinosaur appeared, if he dared to hurt someone, Marin would not hesitate to order it to be killed. Even if he wanted to protect animals, Marin would only choose to protect docile animals like giant pandas. Any animal that threatens human life, as long as it crosses the line and competes with people for living space, it is damned......

Even, in his previous life, Marin felt that the group of fanatical animal protectors who tried their best to protect the beast and the snake were not in their right minds. Animals that threaten human life, such as tigers, lions, and poisonous snakes, should be protected in zoos, rather than being allowed to threaten human life in the wild. Some people strongly emphasize the need to respect the habits of animals and allow them to live freely in nature. But who will pay for the lives of those killed by wolves, tigers, leopards and poisonous snakes? Marin thinks that those overzealous wildlife protectors have the body of a human but the head has become a brute.

In nature, humans and animals are inherently in a competitive relationship of "natural selection". In order for man to become the master of the world, he will inevitably infringe on the interests of other animals. One-sided emphasis on the protection of animals is actually a betrayal of human beings and the company of animals.

Of course, there is a right thing to do to protect rare species. However, those rare beasts, no matter how rare, cannot be left unto the wild, so that they have the opportunity to threaten the safety of human life. To protect them, zoos should also be fenced off from humans. Otherwise, allowing them to move in the wild is actually irresponsible to human beings.

In his previous life, Marin often guessed that those fanatical animal protectors could not be made of monsters cultivated by animals, right? Otherwise, why do you go so hard to protect animals and fight against people everywhere......

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The matter of hunting the bear was so happily decided. Marin intends to organize 30 skilled hunters in the prime of life, using arquebuses, to concentrate on killing any bears or other beasts that appear on Cape Breton Island. In this way, the safety of migrants can be fully guaranteed......

Considering that there were too many trees on the island, Marin arranged for a boat to transport another 400 people to the two islands to help cut down trees and reclaim the land. At the same time, these ships will also carry professional lumberjacks who will teach you how to cut trees, experienced dock workers who will use movable pulleys to lift goods, and 30 hunters from the Marin organization......

Although, now the problem on the Grenada side has not yet exploded. But Marin knew that Grenada must have the same problem. Because, the island of Grenada is also a semi-deserted island with dense jungles. It's just that because of the long distance, the difficulties over there haven't been reported back. In short, the development of the New World is not as easy as Marin thought before, especially to establish the first foothold......

Thinking of the difficulties that might arise on the Grenadan side, Marin naturally prepared a set for Grenada when he prepared lumberjacks, dock workers, and high-carbon steel axes and saws for Cape Breton and Amerigo Islands, and loaded them on ships.

In addition, Marin also prepared several blacksmiths and a complete set of blacksmith shop equipment, as well as coal and iron materials for each of the three islands, so that the settlers could repair tools and make new agricultural tools and other daily necessities......

After receiving the needed support, Garland was also full of joy and took some supplies and personnel, and returned to Cape Breton Island by boat......