Prince Zygmunt was completely stunned when he confirmed with his own eyes that the rye yield of Marin's estate was indeed 500 pounds. He then silently calculated that, according to Anne's revelations, Marin had 80,000 yugrams' arable land in East Friesland, and 120,000 yugrams' arable land in Oldenburg and Schleswig, which would give Marin a profit of 250 pounds of rye per acre......

Prince Siegmund lay there and counted for a long time, and finally found that his second uncle, even if the net profit per mu was 250 pounds of rye, 200,000 eugrams, that is, 2.4 million mu, a year of rye income of 600 million pounds. But in fact, the 80,000 eugrams of arable land in Marin are not only 250 pounds per mu, but at least 400 pounds per mu. So, its net profit, in rye terms, must also be 744 million pounds.

Based on the price of grain in Germany, 1 phfennig per pound of rye is worth 744 million fennig. Converted into gold coins, up to 12.4 million Gulden gold coins......

Even according to the low food prices in Poland, 0.5 pfennig per pound of Lviv (the former Polish city, which was seized to Ukraine by the Soviet Union after World War II, and Poland acquired most of the German West Prussia and Silesia as compensation) is worth 6.2 million gold coins......

After figuring it out, Prince Zygmunt was so frightened that he couldn't stand on his legs. That night, he found Marin and asked Marlin if he was making tens of millions of gold coins every year.

Marin directly glanced at Prince Zygmunt and said:

"I have so much food, but how dare I sell it with great fanfare? If hundreds of millions of pounds of rye burst into the market, have you thought about the consequences? If other countries knew that I had advanced agricultural technology and powerful fertilizers, they would have to send troops together to force me to hand over the secrets. So, I have a lot of grain, more than a billion pounds of grain in a warehouse, but so what? I don't dare sell them all! Even if it's you, even if you become the king of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania, you have such a secret and are known, are you afraid? ”

Prince Zygmund thought for a moment, then fell silent......

Poland and Lithuania were both aristocratic republics in which the aristocracy would control the power. There is nothing wrong with this, although it is not a constitutional monarchy, but the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania are really not as powerful as ordinary kings. Its power is greater than that of the king of a constitutional monarchy, but it is far less powerful than that of a centralized king such as France and Spain.

If everyone knows that Prince Zygmunt has a secret in his hands that will increase grain production several times, not to mention foreign enemies, I am afraid that those great nobles of Poland and Lithuania will unite and force Prince Zygmunt to hand over the secret......

Thinking of this, Prince Zygmunt was drenched in cold sweat, and he understood why Marin wanted him to find a very remote fief for fertilizing and farming.

Only in remote places will not attract the attention of other nobles in the country, and it will be difficult for people to discover secrets.

Fortunately, Prince Sigismunt listened to Marin's advice and spent a lot of money to buy a very remote baronial fief. Its location is approximately located near the Baltic Sea, near the border area of the Far Pomeranian region of Germany.

This region is close to the German region and belongs to the border region of Poland. Moreover, it is a long way from Danzig, a bustling commercial port at the mouth of the Vistula River. So, this region is very remote for Poland, and almost no people come to it. Moreover, it has a very convenient fishing village, Ustka, where grain can be transported quietly and unobtrusively. In addition, Marlin transported the fertilizer, which was not easy to notice. If it were an inland estate, Marin would easily attract the attention of those who were interested in transporting the fertilizer. Then, the estate shipped out a large amount of grain, which was also easy to notice......

However, the baron owned a little more land, and when Prince Zygmunt bought it, it contained 15,000 yugrams......

Therefore, Prince Zygmunt looked at his second uncle, Marlin, and hoped that Marlin would provide more fertilizer......

After all, 10,000 eugram acres of arable land is 120,000 mu, and if the yield per mu is 400 pounds, even if the net profit is 300 pounds per mu, there will be 36 million pounds of rye per year. At 1 puffin, it is 36 million pfennig, worth 600,000 gold coins. If he needed another 5,000 more fertilizers for the Yugram land, then he could earn an additional 300,000 gold coins per year......

Therefore, for the annual income of 300,000 gold coins, Prince Sigismunt didn't have any shame, and directly pestered Marin......

Looking at the Prince Zygmunt, Marin was angry and depressed. However, it is thought that next year the Grand Duke of Alexander may be hanging, and this goods will become the king of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania. Therefore, Marin still relented and agreed to provide an additional 5,000 yugram of fertilizer. However, Marin has repeatedly said that if he wants more, it will never be possible. In addition, it is absolutely necessary to keep the secrets of the fertilizer confidential and not let others know.

Prince Zygmunt naturally nodded violently, and besides, he was not stupid, so he naturally knew that secrecy was in his best interest. If everyone knows that there is too much food to eat, then he will still make a fortune?

After getting the huge benefits he wanted, Prince Sigismunt turned his head and immediately went to curry favor with his future wife, Anne. This product also has a complete court education and is well-informed, so it naturally coaxes Anne, who has never seen much of the world, around.

Marin didn't care about him coaxing Anne, anyway, Anne was just his sister, not his daughter. Old Hoffman was still there, and it wasn't his turn to worry about Anne. Generally speaking, the father-in-law is not very friendly to his son-in-law. Because, the son-in-law will snatch his precious daughter. But old Hoffman was very strange, he heard that Prince Sigismunt would become the king of Poland, and he treated Prince Sigmunt as a quasi-son-in-law, more than his own son, without the slightest sense of making things difficult...... The old man is not embarrassed, and Marin can't be a villain and embarrass this brother-in-law......

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After the autumn harvest, the nine provinces under Marin's rule immediately began to count them. The first to be counted were of course East Friesland, Oldenburg and Schleswig, which were under Marin's former rule. In these three places, Marin has already completed full control and established a strict administrative system with high efficiency.

According to statistics, the total grain output of these three regions this year is 1.5 billion pounds, a slight decrease from last year, but not by much, basically the same. Among them, there are as many as 860 million pounds belonging to Marin personally, which is about the same as last year.

Elsewhere, about 70,000 eugrams of land in North Münster also went to Marin, but the fertilizer supply was insufficient because the fertilizer processing plant was not built in time. Therefore, the yield per mu over there should not exceed 200 pounds (after all, some fertilizer is also used, but the amount is seriously lacking). Coupled with the large investment in the North Münster region this year, Marin is not counting on any profit there.

Similarly, a large amount of land that had been stolen by the Duchy of Gedes in West Friesland also went to Marin. However, the land over there has not been used with fertilizer, and the yield per mu is in the early 100s, and Marin is too lazy to look at it.

In the cultivated land of the provinces of Bremen and Jutland, Marin allowed the previous lord to take all the proceeds of this autumn harvest with him, so there was no need for statistics.

But in any case, the Grand Duchy of the North Sea has had another bumper year this year. And the problem brought by the harvest is that the granaries are not enough......

Therefore, in order to put the new grain into storage, Marin had to get rid of some of last year's old grain. First, make some room for new food. Second, it can also be exchanged for a large amount of coins and other necessities.

The initial plan was that Marin was going to come up with 300 million pounds of rye. In addition, he will help his nobles sell 200 million pounds of rye......

Marin can already imagine huge fluctuations in the grain market......

In order to reduce the impact on the German grain market, Marin decided to create a number of new trade associations between the Grand Duchy of the North Sea and England, France, Spain and Italy, and do his best to bring the 500 million pounds of grain to the market. And, sell it as high as possible.

At the same time, in order to better complete the clearance work, Marin also told the hired brewers to take out a little more rye to brew rye beer, as well as rye liquor. Brewing seems to be a good way to consume food......