The area of the North Münster assault is vast, however, due to demographic reasons, it is less developed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Moreover, the area of development is mainly located in the Ames River basin in the western part of the North Münster region.

Other areas, which have been developed, are also mainly on the banks of some rivers smaller than the Ames River, as well as areas near some freshwater lakes.

The reason for this is very simple - that is, the problem of irrigation technology. In this era, Europeans cultivated extensively and planted the land by sowing seeds and then watering them. Then, I don't care much. Wait until autumn to grab another wave of ......

As for irrigation, although European craftsmen invented waterwheels that were not driven by human power. However, waterwheels need to be propelled by water power, even if they do not require human labor. Therefore, in general, in the area near the river, there are water wheels that irrigate day and night, and agriculture is relatively developed.

And in areas far from the river, irrigation is very inconvenient. Moreover, at this time in Europe, there is no prevalent ditch irrigation technology. In fact, from the late Middle Ages onwards, Europe began to introduce advanced irrigation techniques from the Arab region. However, this advanced irrigation technology is mainly applied in places such as Italy in southern Europe. In Germany, on the other hand, it is mainly irrigated by waterwheels and rainfall by nature.

Therefore, in Europe at this time, most of the farmland was still concentrated near rivers and lakes to facilitate irrigation. As far from the river, even if it is a plain, not much farmland has been cultivated. Because, irrigation technology is not good.

Like Marin, in East Friesland, the introduction of a large number of laborers, extensive excavation of irrigation canals, and the excavation of ditches in the fields, between small plots, for flood irrigation were not popular in Europe in this era. At least, it is not yet popular in the German region. This "advanced" irrigation technique from the Arab region was popular only in Italy, which had a lot of exchanges with the Middle East, and was brought back from the Arab region by Venetian and Genoese merchants.

Therefore, Italy in this era, with developed agriculture, was a treasure in the eyes of Europeans. As a result, the two great powers, France and Spain, broke their heads in order to compete for control of Italy. Even Maximilian I, if it weren't for the constraints of the domestic princes, would probably have joined the struggle for Italian hegemony.

The reason why the South Münster region is more developed than the North Münster region is that the South Münster region is crisscrossed by rivers and is convenient for erecting water wheels. For example, the southern border of Münster is the northern border of the Ruhr area, the Lipper River. Moreover, the Ames River also flows through the South Münster region. At the same time, there are also many natural rivers in the South Münster area, which are convenient for the erection of waterwheels. Therefore, its agriculture is more developed than in the North Münster region.

In the Bemünster region, agriculture is most developed in the Ames River valley to the west. As for the east, there are large plains, but because of the lack of natural rivers, irrigation is not very convenient, and it can only be rained. So, there's less arable land here.

However, Marin was well aware of the solution to this situation - to organize manpower to dig irrigation ditches on a large scale......

Ma Lin clearly remembers that in his hometown in later generations, there were irrigation ditches everywhere in the north and south, which were basically dug by hand. And with these irrigation canals, and a slender ditch that appears every few meters in the field, the crops in the field can be fully irrigated.

The reason why rye cultivation was popular in ancient Europe for a long time, and the reason why wheat was not cultivated was because of the lack of water diversion ditches. Wheat requires much more water than rye, which can be irrigated by rain, but wheat cannot. Therefore, the yield of wheat in Europe in this era was extremely low, and most of the yield per mu was less than 100 catties. As a result, wheat is sold at a very high price, five or six times higher than the price of rye. After the "price revolution", it will reach more than 7 times that of rye.

In other words, the irrigation canals and ditches popularized by Marin in East Friesland were actually ahead of most of Europe in this era, except for Italy, which had already imported irrigation technology from the Arab region.

In fact, the advanced irrigation techniques of Western Asia and Egypt were already available in Roman times. But after the barbarian invasion, these technologies were lost, and European technology was set back by hundreds of years......

As a result, while others find the North Münster region undeveloped without rivers difficult to develop, Marin finds it simple. At that time, as long as a large number of people are organized to dig irrigation canals and ditches, a large amount of fertile land can be reclaimed from those plains that lack rivers.

As a matter of fact, we know that in the 80s and 90s of the 20 th century, when China was still in the winter agricultural slack period, it often organized peasants to engage in "general warfare" to dig new irrigation canals and open up new farmland in order to solve the problems of population explosion and insufficient food supply. Until the 21st century, full mechanization was achieved. After that, there was no more such servitude in the countryside. Because, the work of digging rivers has been changed from manpower to excavators.

It can be said that organizing peasants to dig rivers and open canals or clear up the siltation of irrigation rivers during the winter slack period is also an important task in rural areas. In ancient China, the so-called "construction of water conservancy" by a certain accomplished official was not to build dams and reservoirs as the city people imagined, but to dig ditches and ditches to clean up the siltation of irrigation channels. Only in mountainous areas where water is scarce will dams and reservoirs be built. "Building water conservancy" in the plain area means digging ditches, clearing up siltation, and dredging rivers. Moreover, this kind of labor is not paid and is an obligation. Of course, the common people also know that digging ditches and clearing up siltation is also for their own good. Therefore, no one will ask for remuneration, and generally bring their own rations, rice bowls, and even shovels to participate in labor.

In this era when there were no excavators, Marin had to organize a large number of laborers to dig ditches and ditches if he wanted to cultivate farmland in the riverless areas of North Münster. Otherwise, there is no water to irrigate the farmland, and once the rainfall is not enough, you will have to wait for the harvest to fail.

Therefore, Marin arranged for Kohler to go to other parts of Germany to recruit a large number of surplus young laborers. The first thing these people did was to organize them to dig ditches and canals, and to bring water from the Ames and other great rivers into irrigation canals, and to divert them to the plains where there were no rivers, so as to reclaim new arable land.

As for the cost of digging the river, the main thing is that Marin has to prepare a batch of shovels, flat poles and baskets. The shovel is used to dig the soil, and the flat pole and basket are naturally the soil picker. In addition to these tools, the biggest expenditure is probably food.

When digging ditches and ditches, the peasants have great physical exertion and are particularly able to eat. For example, a farmer usually needs only one loaf of bread for one meal. But during the digging of the river, it is estimated that three large black breads may not be enough for a meal. And the price of grain in Europe is so expensive, even if they know that digging ditches and ditches are beneficial, the average aristocracy may not be able to supply so much grain. After all, tens of thousands of people dig ditches and ditches, and food consumption will increase by two or three times, and the poorer nobles, even the big ones, cannot afford it. Only a big nobleman like Marin, who is full of grain, can afford such consumption. After all, as long as the ditches are dug and the cultivated land is reclaimed, with the advanced farming and fertilizer technology that Marin has mastered, all the costs of digging rivers can be recovered in one crop of grain, and there is still a lot of profit.

But in the case of other nobles, at the level of more than 100 pounds per mu of rye at that time, a large number of people were organized to dig ditches and ditches, and God knows how many years it would take to recover the cost......

Marin intends to recruit 50,000 young and strong laborers this year to dig ditches and canals in the North Münster region, and then reclaim at least 50,000 eugrams......