After defeating the emperor, Marin is considered to have completed the task. So, he didn't stay here anymore, but took his men, left Cleaver City, and rushed back to his territory.
When he landed from the Te Horenche Pier, he saw a thriving scene on the island of Texel...
After Marin returned to the castle, he was warmly welcomed by his family members who were still staying here. And Angela, who hadn't seen Marin for a long time, missed her very much, and threw herself into Marin's arms...
"Hmph—Sister Angela is so shy, she's such an adult and still acting like a baby, and even robbed me of her brother!" Angela occupied Marin's arms, making Miss Anne unhappy...
"Haha, Sister Anne, you are so stupid, don't you see it? Sister Angela may become our second sister-in-law..." Simon flaunted his speculation. However, Simon really guessed right...
Miss Anne immediately looked confused:
"Like Sister Liv?"
"Uh-huh… "
"Wow - I don't want to..." Annie cried.
"Why?" The two little guys, Simon and Albert, were full of question marks. Even the old Hoffman couple and the Adler couple were attracted by Anne's crying.
"Because, if Sister Angela becomes my sister-in-law, Brother Marin won't love Annie anymore, and he won't have time to play with Annie..."
"" There were question marks above everyone's heads.
"Look, since Brother Adler got married to Sister Lifu, he has been around Sister Lifu every day, and he has no time to pay attention to Anne. Annie doesn't want Brother Marin to marry, otherwise Brother Marin won't love Annie... Woooo... "
At this time, the other people in the room were stupefied at first, and then they all burst out laughing...
Mrs. Mary was overjoyed, took little Anne into her arms, and said:
"Baby Annie, your elder brother Marin is definitely going to get married. When you grow up in a few years, you will also get married."
"Hey, Annie doesn't want to marry, Annie wants to stay with her mother..." The little guy started crying endlessly.
Marin thought for a while, asked Kohler to bring the money bag over, grabbed a handful of gold coins, and stuffed them into Anne's hands...
This trick really worked. Annie, who was crying, stopped crying immediately, and escaped from Madam Mary's arms with a "bass". As for why? The little guy was afraid that Mrs. Mary would confiscate the handful of gold coins. You know, parents have the bad habit of confiscating "huge sums" from their children...
In order to protect the gold coins in her hand, Anne didn't care about crying and sad, but looked at Madam Mary with vigilance, making Madam Mary dumbfounded.
After Mrs. Mary repeatedly promised that she would not confiscate the gold coins in Annie's hand, Annie immediately ran back to her room to hide the money with the gold coins in her hand...
Simon and Albert looked hot, and salivated over, looking at Marin flatteringly. But Marin ignored them. In Marin's heart, he always believed that "boys are poor, girls are rich". Therefore, Marin chose to ignore these two goods. The two little guys wanted to pretend to cry, but Marin ignored them, and then left with Angela, leaving behind two little guys who really wanted to cry...
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Soon, Heidel Lerman, the mayor of Den Burg who received the news and the administrative assistant of the entire archipelago, came to report to Marin with the ledger.
Marin is currently short of civilian officials, so Heidel Lermann will not only serve as the mayor of Den Burg to assist in the management of the entire Texel Island, but also the four newly acquired large islands will belong to him in the case of a shortage of manpower. temporary management. However, Heidel Lermann didn't complain, and felt that he was valued even more.
This time, Heidel Lerman came here mainly to report the data of the autumn harvest and the development of the deserted island.
The entire archipelago, except Yancheng, which is directly under the jurisdiction of Marin, and other areas, mainly agriculture and fishery, are basically controlled by Haider.
Marin left Den Bog since the summer, and didn't come back until after the New Year. He was not at home for nearly half a year, so this work for nearly half a year must be reported.
Marin coaxed Angela away before meeting Haider in the study:
"Sit down, Haider, cut the long story short, don't make up those empty words, and cut directly to the topic."
"Yes, Lord Baron. In the past few months, the population of the island has increased a lot, including the immigrants who forcibly migrated after the end of the war with Frisia, the serfs you sent to recruit, and your new recruits. The army... together, the total population of the Wadden Islands has reached 16,000 people... "
"Why are there so many people?" Marin was also taken aback.
"My lord, originally there were more than 6,000 people on Texel, plus the army, the 4,300 fishermen you snatched from Friesland, and the 1,000 prisoners of war, the number reached 11,300. Then, In order to develop the four big islands, you sent people to recruit 2,000 serfs, and there are more than 13,000 people. In addition, you hired another 1,250 soldiers, and there are... "
"That's only 14,000 people..."
"It's true, but the people you sent to recruit serfs accidentally recruited too many..."
"Too many recruits?"
"Well, my lord, the manors in the inland areas have been peaceful for a long time, and the Black Death has not broken out for a long time, so the population has greatly increased. However, the area of cultivated land has not increased, and the increase in population is also a burden. Therefore, Many inland manors have a lot of people coming out. Those manor owners think that the extra people are a burden, and they want to drive them away. As soon as the people we sent to recruit people passed by, many manors with a lot of people even sent managers over. They took the initiative to provide us with people. Of course, most of them are old and weak, but when we accept people, we hope to accept strong men... "
"In the end, more than a thousand people were recruited?"
"Yes, my lord, this is our dereliction of duty..."
"Haha, Haider, this is not a fault, as long as the recruits are not old, weak, sick or disabled, then it is not a fault."
"That's good. The people we sent out insisted on young and strong men and women, at most, with a family of young and strong men and women. They did not violate your request."
"That's good, how about the autumn harvest?"
Having said that, Haider's eyes began to shine—
"My lord, you don't know. Although the spring plowing was delayed due to the war, we still took the time to replant and planted rye on the land of 5,000 Ugrams. During the autumn harvest, the land of 5,000 Ugrams, The average yield per mu is 250 pounds!" In order to conform to his own habits, Marin once asked the civil servants on the island to use the unit of measurement of mu when counting cultivated land. Therefore, Haider is also accustomed to using the measurement method of mu yield...
"The yield per mu is 250 pounds, which means the total yield is 1.25 million pounds... Ah bah, the mathematics taught by my physical education teacher... 5,000 Ugrams is obviously 60,000 mu..."
"My lord, the total production is fifteen million pounds of rye..."
"Uh... er... very good... But, isn't there 6,400 Ugrams of arable land on the island? The other 1,400 Ugrams of land haven't had time to replant? Also, what about the oat production?"
"This... my lord, because of the outbreak of the war, the spring plowing has been greatly affected. We can replant 5000 Yugram, which is considered as our best effort. As for the oats... I have not had time to replant, please forgive me..."
"Well, it's the Frisian's fault too, forget it. Is there enough oats for the horses?"
"Enough, definitely enough! Last year, I harvested more than 280,000 pounds of oats, and I didn't sell a single pound. I saved them for the horses. Moreover, oats are not the staple food of horses, but are used with forage. Therefore, oats are still enough food."
"That's good… "
"By the way, my lord, there are more than 200 pregnant mares, and many mares have given birth to foals. There are 163 foals in total. They are so cute!"
"Really? Nick needs to send someone to keep an eye on it, so that the growth and health of the foals will not be affected. Especially those foals whose parents are war horses, focus on taking care of them!"
"Of course, my lord, you hired professional horse breeders back then, and they knew what to do."
"This is really good news!"
"There's even better news, my lord! The staff of the subordinate organization have reclaimed a total of 3,600 Ugrams on the islands of Terschelling, Ameland, Vlieland, and Schiermonnick. New arable land. This spring, we will have a total arable land of 10,000 Ugrams. By the fall, I am already looking forward to the situation that the granary will not be able to hold it!"
"Ten thousand yugrams? That's really good news!" 10,000 rams is 120,000 mu of land. Even if the yield per mu is only 250 pounds, there is still a total output of 30 million pounds. In this era, it is very scary.
"There is other good news. The 4,300 fishermen you brought back from Friesland have also played a big role. Now, the fishermen on the wharf bring back mountains of seafood every day. It's just that because there is no With enough salt, a lot of fish stink. Fortunately, my subordinates remembered your order, and instead of discarding those stinky fish, they collected them and threw them into the cesspool for use as what you called 'phosphate fertilizer'."
"Salt short?"
"Well, too much fish, not enough salt..."
"It's okay, I will ask Yancheng to add a batch of cauldrons for boiling salt as appropriate."
"That's good. In the future, we will produce too much dried salted fish. However, many fishermen are unable to go to sea because of the lack of fishing boats..."
"How many households are there?"
"There are more than 300 fishermen who lack fishing boats..."
"so much?"
"Well, many of their fishing boats were conscripted by the Frisian military because of the previous war, and then they were worn out..."
"Okay, I see, I will provide them with a batch of loans to buy a new boat, this cost..."
"You don't have to worry about this, my lord. On behalf of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Wright sent 100,000 Gulden gold coins in salt money. It is expected that another batch will be sent over by the middle of the year. Therefore, the financial situation is not right now. Tighten up."
"It's really a timely gift..." Marin just spent nearly 100,000 gold coins, and Wright sent 100,000, and immediately filled up the accounts, and there was still a surplus. This time, Marin regained his confidence...