Later generations may not understand the difficulties of the life of the ancients, not to mention the ancients, but to talk about the seventies and eighties of the last century. At that time, people, not to mention eating meat, even eating eggs, were considered to have greatly improved their lives. As for big fish and big meat, I am afraid that it will only appear during festivals and weddings and funerals.

Moreover, Marin liked to read history in his previous life, and said that chickens in ancient times laid eggs very rarely, resulting in expensive and scarce eggs. Generally speaking, a hen will only lay eggs once every few days. Sometimes, because the nutrition can't keep up, the normal cycle may not lay eggs. Of course, if you eat too much earthworms and other live foods, the egg production rate can also be more frequent. After all, egg yolks are fat and egg whites are proteins. If the chickens themselves don't have those nutrients, where can they have the energy to lay eggs?

Therefore, eggs in ancient times were very precious. Poor families regard eggs as an important means of replenishing their bodies. Even in the eighties of the 20th century, it was the same. Even, during the Qing Dynasty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs purchased eggs, and the purchase price of eggs was 5 taels of silver...... Of course, this is the Emperor of the Interior Pit. During the period of Emperor Daoguang, on the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the purchase price of eggs was 5 taels of silver. During the Guangxu period, it was even more bullish, and the purchase price on the account was 30 taels. Emperor Guangxu regarded eating eggs as a very extravagant behavior...... Of course, this was all the behavior of the Qing Dynasty's internal affairs office to deceive the emperor. Eggs on the market are actually only a few pennies a piece. But considering the price of goods in ancient China, a few pennies are also very expensive, more expensive than meat buns......

It wasn't until later that varieties with high egg production rates were introduced, that is, high-yielding varieties that lay eggs every day. and the high yield of grain, so that chickens have enough feed, eggs will become something that the public can afford.

There was once a turtle in Wanwan who joked about the mainland, saying that the people of the mainland could not afford to eat tea and eggs. Although this story is funny, before the change, tea eggs were really a luxury. If you push back the clock by more than 30 years, this joke is really not a joke......

Therefore, after thinking of the method of raising chickens with earthworms, Marin will be so happy. Because, as long as this thing is done well, the people of Beihai can also afford to eat tea and eggs...... No, you can afford to eat eggs......

Earthworms are very nutritious and high in protein. In later generations, some people even used earthworms as a highly nutritious food. Of course, that one is so disgusting that only gods dare to eat it. However, because of the high protein, hens eat more and can indeed lay more eggs.

Marin collects and processes manure from all over the country and then uses it to breed earthworms, and the resulting earthworm manure is also very considerable. Similarly, there will be a lot of earthworms obtained. This is the dung of a million people across the country, used to raise earthworms, God knows how many chickens can be raised.

It can be expected that in the future, ordinary citizens of Beihai Country may also have the ability to eat chicken. And now, it looks like a chicken in the market wants a few puffines. But the average person's annual salary is only 2 pfennig...... In this way, according to the low standard of 100 yuan per person per day in later generations, it is like a chicken in Beihai Country, which only costs hundreds of yuan......

Solving the problem of secrecy of feces, and also solving the problem of eating chickens and eggs for the people of the whole country, Ma Lin felt that he was simply a peerless Ming Jun, much more powerful than the Emperor of Bran. After all, the Emperor of the Bran let the common people eat sweet potatoes and let the common people eat chicken...... This grade can't be compared......

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The transformation of the manure processing plant into an earthworm farm was naturally entrusted to Kohler, the number one henchman. Kohler is the confidant who has the most secrets under Marin, and it is most appropriate for him to do this kind of thing that needs to be kept secret.

When Kohler, who came to Bremen to report to Marin, heard Marin's instructions, he looked confused-

"What? Manure farming earthworms? This...... Is this okay? In Kohler's eyes, those earthworms seem to eat dirt, do they also eat dung?

"Definitely!" Marin's face was full of affirmation - just kidding, this is a proven means of getting rich in later generations. If he didn't know where a cattle farm could get a stable supply of cow dung, he would have wanted to raise earthworms all his life......

"But...... I really don't know how to raise earthworms...... Also, my lord, what is the reason why you say that human feces must be treated before earthworms can be raised? ”

Marin thought for a moment and said:

"I don't know much about it, I just know that cow dung and sheep dung can be used directly to raise earthworms. However, human feces need to be treated with special treatment before earthworms can be raised...... Well, you have people build pits that collect nitrate. After collecting the soil nitrate, it should be enough to use the manure to raise earthworms......"

"But ......"

"Don't do it, find someone to do it! I didn't let you shovel and raise earthworms in person, I don't know if someone is going to do it? As long as a heavy reward is offered, some people are willing to do it! Marin waved his hand impatiently. In later generations, although Marin was not used to Lao Mei, he still appreciated Lao Mei's concept of "professional things let professional people do them".

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After explaining the matter of raising earthworms in the dung, Marin arranged to pacify the people of Oldenburg. Previously, in order to keep it secret, Marin had to send people to burn most of the wheat fields in the province of Oldenburg, and even slaughtered several estates.

Now that the war is over, Marin will also send people to pacify the local people in time. Otherwise, there will be resistance. For this reason, Marin gave special instructions - this year the living conditions of the serfs on the estates in the province of Oldenburg were greatly improved. Mainly, the supply of many salted fish has been increased.

Salted fish is really not a rare thing for Marin. His policy of lending money to fishermen to buy fishing boats and nets has led to a multiplicity of fishing boats and a significant increase in the number of fishing boats and catches in the Beihai Kingdom. His policy of providing salt to fishermen on credit for salted fish has greatly increased the supply of salted fish in the North Sea country. And the population of the province of Oldenburg is not large, only a few hundred thousand people. Even if each person is provided with one more salted fish per day, it will only be more than 100,000. And when a small and medium-sized fishing boat goes out to sea, it catches thousands of fish every day. You know, the North Sea fishery is one of the four largest fishing grounds in the world. In addition, the Newfoundland fishing grounds near the island of Newfoundland, where Marin also sent hundreds of fishing boats, and even some whaling boats. Offering some salted fish, it's really nothing. Moreover, this is only available for a few months, not permanently. When the people's hearts are calmed down, there is no need for it.

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This year's autumn harvest in Beihai seems to be very unsmooth. Because, it was plagued by the alliance of the princes of the eight countries before, which caused the entire autumn harvest to come to a standstill.

Fortunately, Marin defeated the coalition of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms in time, and the autumn harvest was restored. Subsequently, Marin arranged for the captured 30,000 enemy troops and 30,000 people, a total of more than 60,000 people, to help collect them in Bremen Province.

Originally, Marin planned to send them to East Friesland Province to harvest them, but considering that the yield of acres there could not be leaked. So, I had to bring them to Bremen to participate in the autumn harvest. After all, the province of Bremen does not use new fertilizers and is not afraid of leaks.

When the autumn harvest in Bremen was almost over, Marin sent 10,000 men to dig ditches with the prisoners of war.

Then, with the remaining 30,000 troops, he marched south from Bremen to attack the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg, which was separated from the southern part of Bremen by only one Elbe......