Chapter 1495 - Explanation
In fact, Marin had intended to canonize William as Duke of Argentina or Duke of La Plata. Moreover, his intention was for William to rule and develop the Argentine region in the future.
However, whether it is Argentina or La Plata, it means "silver" in Spanish. If William is really given such a title, it will definitely attract the covetousness of other countries. Therefore, after thinking about it, Marin still plans to give the title of "Duke of Pampas", which is low-key and safe.
Truth be told, the Pampas covers an area of 760,000 square kilometers, which is much larger than France. Such a large area of fertile land as a principality is really wasteful.
But Marin couldn't help it, because he considered that the North Sea Kingdom would not have so much energy to manage the whole of America in the future. However, a North American region will spend a lot of manpower and material resources to develop. On the South American side, there is inevitably some time to take care of it.
However, it seems too wasteful to leave the fertile South American region alone. Therefore, Marin made up his mind after William's birth - to give the Argentine region to William to rule and develop.
William was his own son after all, and he didn't feel sorry for him when such a large and fertile Pampas grassland was thrown to him. If you let the Argentine region be occupied by foreign countries because you don't have time to take care of it, then it's called depression.
And, anyway, William was also a courtier of the North Sea Kingdom. Although it will be autonomous, nominally, Argentina is still a North Sea country. In the event of a conflict with other forces, Argentina will definitely still be on the side of the North Sea countries.
The North Sea Kingdom is too small and the population is too small. The current annexation of the North Sea Kingdom to the Americas is a bit like a snake swallowing an elephant, and it can't be eaten at all. So far, the North Sea Kingdom has only developed a few places on the American continent, such as New York, Savannah, and the mouth of the Río de la Plata, and is still far from developing the entire American continent.
Not to mention the development of the entire American continent, even if the east coast of North America is completely developed, the North Sea countries will not be able to do it. The reason for the development of the area at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata is simply that it is easier to develop without having to cut down trees and dig up roots.
But Marin really didn't have the energy to develop such a large area so far away, but the Pampas were so fertile, it would be a pity to throw them away......
Therefore, Marin finally planned to wait for William to grow up, give him a hundred or two hundred thousand people, and let him run that place well. Don't dare to say anything else, it's no problem to be a soil overlord.
Of course, as the second son, William can expand the territory is also limited. For example, Peru and Bolivia to the northwest of Argentina, including the deserts of northern Chile, are not given. After all, saltpeter from Chile and silver from Peru and Bolivia are all strategic materials that can only be held in the hands of the main veins of the North Sea State.
In other words, the place where William will be able to enjoy in the future is Argentina in later generations, including the Uruguayan generation in later generations. If the population is sufficient, it is also possible to annex southern Brazil and Paraguay. But these territories were enough for William to build a strong country here. Provided that the population is sufficient.
In later generations, Argentina took great pains to increase its population. In the 19th century, Argentina had a population of only one million, so there was not enough labor to develop the territory.
Fortunately, in the 19th century, Germany and Italy were torn apart and at war. To this end, Argentina introduced a large number of Italian and German immigrants in the mid-to-late 19th century. Italian immigrants in particular, because of the rivalry between Austria and France for hegemony in the Italian region, coupled with the War of Italian Unification, led many Italians to emigrate to Argentina during that time. In the latter hand, the Italian-Argentine is as high as 62.5%. The legendary briquette king Messi seems to be of Italian descent. Because, the name Messi is the name of the Italian style.
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Marin didn't care if William would recruit unexpected Italian immigrants from Germany or anything in the future. From the very beginning, the Germans established a stable social order in the region. Then, even if the proportion of latecomers is high, it is useless.
This is evident in the United States. In later generations of Americans, there were many more Germans than British. But that didn't work, because the British came early, had already established a stable social order in the thirteen North American states, and English as a lingua franca was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although the Germans became more and more numerous, they came too late and could only accept the original social order and language.
Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that German immigrants come in batches. If German immigrants had immigrated in a short period of time and instantly pressed down on the British, perhaps the American language would have changed long ago. But German immigrants came in batches and were slowly digested by the United States. So, there was no dominance.
The same is true of Marin's plan for Wilhelm – to first establish a foothold in the Pampas with 200,000 German immigrants, establish a solid social order, and establish a compulsory education system with German as the only official language. Then, the recruitment of immigrants from other ethnic groups began. In this way, even if other ethnic groups come, they must abide by the original social order and eventually integrate into it......
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Taking advantage of the opportunity to allocate territory to William, Marin saw that Caesar was now sensible and would not casually divulge secrets, so he explained the situation in the Americas to Caesar by the way......
"This is North America, and it's a great climate with a lot of plains, which is perfect for agriculture. If all the areas on the east coast are developed, the people of Beihai will have no problem eating white bread and beef at that time......"
"What?" Caesar grew his mouth in surprise. He remembered that many nobles in the Beihai Kingdom couldn't eat white bread for a single meal. As for eating beef at once, it seems that the Marin family can't do it......
Marin smiled and said in his heart - what is this? The American GIs at the bottom of later generations could eat canned beef until they vomited, not to mention the people of the upper class.
No way, this part of North America is hanging like this. Whether it is the United States or Canada, it will be the leader of the agricultural industry in later generations. There is really too much grain and beef for others to eat. If it weren't for the explosion of the world's population in the future, the demand for food and meat would be huge, maybe people would still want to abandon it.
You must know that the farmers in the United States in later generations are very envious of the Chinese slings. With thousands of acres of land and herds of cattle and sheep, they had to hire a large number of cowboys to help raise cattle. As for sheep breeding, it is directly dependent on sheepdogs......
In later generations, the peasants of China were more miserable. Because of the large number of people and the lack of land, each peasant family has only a few acres of land. For example, Marin, in his previous life, his family only had six or seven acres of land. This is also because their home is in the Jianghuai Plain, and there is a lot of arable land. It is even worse in those mountainous areas, because the arable land is burned, and each household may only have one or two acres of land, or dry land......
Before the later generations traveled, Ma Lin Lao saw the Internet news boasting that the peasants had come out. Marin just wanted to say - what about blowing Nima? How many acres of land at home can still grow gold? The only peasants who really made a fortune were those who originally lived in the suburbs and were later demolished. Or, the scenery of the hometown is too good, which makes the tourism boom. In an ordinary peasant family, a few acres of thin land cannot grow gold. Even if there are agricultural subsidies, there are not many big children......
If you really want to make a fortune playing agriculture, you have to be like Lao Mei, who has hundreds of hectares of land at home to make money. Of course, pure farming does not make a fortune. There are mainly agricultural subsidies, and the more fields, the more subsidies......
However, this is the case in later generations. Because, in the world of later generations, except for some uncivilized countries in Africa that waste a lot of land for nature reserves, most countries in the world have reclaimed too much grain fields. Everyone farms the land and uses modern agricultural technology, and the agricultural output is high, so the agricultural products naturally cannot be sold at a price.
Don't look at the high cost of eating in later generations, in fact, it is not because of the high price of agricultural products, but because of the high rent of opening a restaurant. These must be included in the cost, and in order to make money, the price of eating is naturally not low. If you buy your own vegetables and cook, it doesn't cost much.
And in this era, whoever has arable land is the one who carries the handle. In Germany, for example, the fertile lands along the rivers were largely occupied by the aristocracy. The land that does not depend on the river, because of the backward agricultural irrigation technology, has little value, and can only grow rye, which is as vigorous as a weed......
In North America in this era, there was a lot of land on the banks of the big rivers. On the Hudson River, for example, Albert directed immigrants to reclaim tens of thousands of acres of arable land. And that's just along the lower Hudson River, not to mention that the Hudson River is just one of the many rivers in North America. If you change to a super river like the Mississippi River, there is more land that can be cultivated to death......
If North America were to be reclaimed, the grain and beef produced would be able to feed the people of all of Europe to death......