Chapter 1088: Recommendations for population replacement and integration
That night, Marin woke up many times in his sleep. After waking up, he still laughed ...
You know, Marin is really the No. 1 coal boss in the world. Most of the Ruhr area has been taken by him, plus most of the coal mines in the UK, he is now the proper number one coal boss in Europe ...
How could Marin not know the importance of coal? In later generations, the coal reserves of the three top countries in China, the United States and Russia happen to be the top three in the world. Even in the 21st century, coal-fired steam turbine-generated thermal power still accounts for 70% of China's electricity supply. This is still the case when a large number of water conservancy projects such as the Three Gorges Project have been vigorously constructed and nuclear power has been engaged. It can be seen that the role of coal is too great, and it has not fallen behind for hundreds of years.
In addition to the ownership of coal mines in England and Scotland, Marin proposed the next day that the recruits were selected by their own people, not by Edward himself. Mainly, Marin was afraid that Edward would put a group of weak people into his army.
It should be known that in the process of selecting troops, Marin ’s army has always only looked at courage, not at the level of physical fitness. Some strong men may be muscular, but they are a jerk. Don't look at the muscles that usually show their muscles, but they can run away on the battlefield.
Therefore, when Marin selected troops, he made a competition, never looking at the outcome, only looking at who is more brave. Of course, if they are both brave and not afraid of injury, they will both be admitted.
Soldiers in war need bravery, or a brutal character. Therefore, the civilized and wealthy Rome was destroyed by the barbaric Germans, and the civilized Song and Ming dynasties were wiped out by the barbaric Yuan and Qing dynasties. Especially in the cold weapon era, the soldiers were off-road, the stronger the army. Fighting, whether you are civilized or not, who is brutal and powerful. Even the Manqing, who claims to be a barbarian, has to send people to the black waters of Baishan to catch the barbarous "birth of truth" as a squad.
Of course, if they are all barbarians, then that won't work, and it's easy to be calculated. And because the productivity is backward, the army is often unable to scale. But if a barbarian has a minded leader, it will be terrible. For example, in the brutal Yuan Dynasty, such a powerful military strategist as Genghis Khan appeared, and Mongolian Tieqi swept across Eurasia. And the barbarous Jurchen appeared as a cunning leader like Nurhaci who had read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and Manchu immediately rose. Although there were a lot of luck elements in the entry of Manchu Qing, Manqing's combat strength was really strong at that time. The barbaric army, coupled with clever leaders, suddenly increased in power.
Of course, this refers to the cold weapon era. In the era of hot weapons, barbarism is useless. During the Crimean War, the Russian Maozi launched a savage bayonet charge, and was turned into a dog by the British-French coalition's Minnie rifle.
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Before returning to England, Edward came to chat with Marin again, mainly to ask Marin, how to manage the alien country of Scotland. After all, Marin has this experience. The Jutland Peninsula is now an alien region dominated by Danes. It is said that the Jutland Peninsula is now developing very well. Therefore, Edward came to "learn from".
After thinking about it, Marin decided to tell Edward all. Because, in the future, Scotland will also be under the rule of his son Caesar. Now, let Edward lay the foundation, it would be better.
After Marin organized the next language, he said:
"Your Majesty, if the Scots will not resist in the future, first of all, let the Scottish side not be all Scots."
"Can't all be Scottish? Do you mean immigrating to England?"
"Yes, you should immigrate some English to come and live with the Scots. Then, immigrate some Scots to England. So, when the Scottish area is not all Scots, it will be difficult for the other party to become independent. , Scots want to be independent. Can the English who emigrated past agree? "
Edward nodded:
"That's the reason, but how can English people emigrate to bitter cold Scotland?"
"This easy, big England, there should be many poor people? Even, there are many beggars. Anyway, those poor proletarians are all sent to Scotland, allotted to the land. Even, the formation of banks, loans to them, support They have a foothold in Scotland. "
After thinking about it for a while, Edward said sadly:
"It ’s okay to send the poor English ghosts to Scotland, and it ’s okay to give them land. The problem is, I do n’t have money, and I do n’t have a bank to lend to them ... Even sending those poor people to Scotland for resettlement is a big deal. I may not be able to afford it ... "After saying that, Edward sighed.
Although copying the homes of the great English nobles allowed Edward to make a large sum of money, the money was used to feed the army and to calm Scotland and the Irish islands. The military is the most costly to fight in the war, and Edward ca n’t really afford the extra money to build the economy.
"I still have to come ..." Marin sighed, thinking thoughtfully.
After a pause, Marin said:
"Your Majesty, let me find a way to provide loans to immigrants. It happened that I knew the bishop Giovanni Di Lorenzo de Medici of the Medici family in Florence, and he also became an ally brother. . Through his relationship, I can introduce banks into Scotland to specifically support those immigrants in England. "
"Can't get too high interest, otherwise, they will not survive." Edward worried. If the wealth of those immigrants was earned by the bank, it would be worthless.
Malin chuckled and said:
"What do they have to lose? They are all poor people who have nothing, and someone willing to lend them money is absolutely blessed by God!"
Ma Linxin said that if there were banks willing to lend money unsecured to those who had no money in their previous lives, they could also get rich. Unfortunately, it doesn't. Therefore, he can only develop after crossing ...
Scotland is such a big place ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Although most of them are mountainous, there are many good places. Moreover, there are only 500,000 people in Scotland. Even if all are farmers, there are 100,000 Zhuangding, according to the high standard that each Zhuangding can cultivate 100 acres of land, but only 10 million acres can be cultivated, equivalent to 6666.7 square kilometers. But Scotland has an area of up to 78,000 square kilometers, even if only 10% of the arable land area is 7,800 square kilometers.
Moreover, among the 500,000 people in Scotland, many of them are herders and fishermen. Moreover, the herdsmen account for a high proportion. Therefore, the development of the Scottish region is far from over. As long as England has emigrated 200,000 poor people over the past few generations, it will make Scotland no longer pure and difficult to have a unified national character. Another intermarriage directly blurs the national boundaries.
In addition, Marin ’s proposal also included the immigration of some Scots to England, further reducing the proportion of local indigenous people, making rebellion and independence even more impossible.
As long as a large-scale population replacement is carried out, so that the ethnic groups in Scotland are no longer single, then the local people's idea of resistance will become weaker and weaker. Through large-scale marriages, the Scottish nation will be integrated into the more populous English people and eventually achieve complete unity. In ancient times, the Hu people in the north, such as the Xianbei people, disappeared in northern China in this way. As long as the restrictions on intermarriage are relaxed and intermarriage is encouraged, within a few generations, ethnic groups with small populations will be digested by ethnic groups with large populations. Then, everyone is their own, but also a P?
