Chapter 1392: Take Bremen
On the side, Lubeck Speaker Heinrich and Hamburg Speaker Bernard did not have any mood swings about the dirty deal between Hector and Marin.
why? Because they think so. Moreover, this time Hamburg and Lübeck's main target is actually the 53 big Hanseatic merchants of Bremen. Because Bremen's business channels in England and the Netherlands are basically in the hands of these 53 large households. As for the other little Hansa merchants, they are not attached to these 53 large households, or they have no climate.
Therefore, no matter whether it is Bernard who needs these channels the most, or if he wants to pick up the cheap Heinrich, he has no opinion about the small Hansa merchants who sold Hebrew and others in Bremen. Even the small merchants of Bremen Hansa only increased taxes for them. If those small businessmen encounter a crisis, they will not only not help, but may also take advantage of the fire. This is the shopping mall, there is no warmth, only benefits. A pure businessman, even if it is not as bad as pus, is never a good person. Because, good people have been pitted long ago ...
If in the era of the sound legal system of later generations, there may be good businessmen who can survive. But in this wild era, a good businessman is difficult to gain a foothold.
To give a simple example, in this era, there is no one who engages in maritime trade. In order to ensure safety, basically every merchant ship will support a group of desperate people to deal with pirates. If he is a good peace-loving businessman, his bones will be swallowed up. Therefore, in this era, none of the businessmen who can survive and sit up is good. Even many big businessmen have a lot of lives. There are pirates and competitors ...
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After this negotiation, Marin was busy signing a salt lead and arranging the production and supply of Lüneburg salt mines. Hector and others, instead of returning to Bremen, quietly invited the people of Bremen's 53 Hanseatic merchant families to Oldenburg. And Hamburg Speaker Bernard and Lübeck Speaker Heinrich did not leave, because they wanted to stay and divide the 53 Hanseatic merchants ...
After the 53 Great Hanseatic merchants arrived, Bernard immediately took the lead in pulling together, especially those with channels in England and the Netherlands, became Bernard's main target.
These great Hansa merchants were actually very reluctant to leave Bremen, where they lived for generations, but they also knew that Malin had been cruel this time. If you do not leave, not only your family property may be deprived by Marin, but I am afraid that you can't even keep your life. Therefore, they can only reluctantly accept the temptation of Hamburg and Lübeck.
In the end, Hamburg attracted 27 Great Hansa merchants. These people are the big guys who dominate the business stacks in England and the Netherlands, and are what Hamburg needs. The remaining 26 Hansa merchants all belonged to Lübeck. Although some of them also have certain commercial channels in England and the Netherlands, according to the agreement reached by Hamburg to attract Lubeck, Hamburg can only attract half of the Hansian merchants.
After the negotiation was completed, Marin issued them a Yan Yin to buy real estate. Then, the 53 gangsters returned to Bremen to clean up their belongings and left.
However, Marin had an appointment with them in advance-in addition to their property, they were only allowed to take away the desperate people and their sailors who were usually raised by their families. It is not allowed to take away the boatmen and sailors who are good at inland navigation in Bremen City, including inland navigation ships ... Of course, those inland ships will be purchased at market prices ...
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The reason why Marin conspired with Bremen was actually the conspiracy of those boatmen and sailors who were good at inland navigation. why? Because Marin has repaired the Canal of Münster, he is planning to use this canal to develop inland navigation from the Ruhr area to Emden.
However, Marin has a serious shortage of boatmen and sailors who are proficient in inland navigation. In addition, there are not enough vessels for inland navigation.
In the near future, Marin intends to fully develop coal in the Ruhr area. Therefore, he needed many inland vessels, including boatmen and sailors who were proficient in inland navigation. But if you train yourself, the process is slow. Therefore, snatching from Bremen is the best choice. Fortunately, the Bremen killed themselves, just cheaper Marin ...
Bremen City has a population of nearly 20,000. Except for hundreds of Hansa merchants, most of the rest of the population is related to shipping. Or, it was a slave and thug for the Hanseatic merchants' house in Bremen. According to statistics, there are more than 8,000 boatmen and sailors in Bremen. These people occupy nearly half of Bremen's population.
Of course, nearly half of the more than 8,000 boatmen and sailors are not native Bremen citizens, but migrant workers recruited from other parts of Germany. In any case, most of these boatmen and sailors are skilled workers. If it is drawn, you can get started immediately. Even if the Bremen Hansa merchants would take away part of the seaboats and nautical boatmen and sailors, the remaining inland river boatmen and sailors are at least 5,000. 5000 boatmen and sailors who are good at inland navigation are enough to support Marin's inland navigation empire.
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After getting the Yan Yin given by Marin, the 53 large households immediately returned to Bremen to pack up their belongings, and moved all the property they could move to the nautical vessel, preparing to leave. Accompanying them, there are the desperate people they usually hire, and the boatmen and sailors who are good at sailing. These are the basics of their future standing in Hamburg or Lübeck.
Marin, at this time, also sent a statistician to enter the Bremen dock area under the **** of the army, and interrogated and registered all the boatmen and sailors. Moreover, in order to prevent them from lying, it is also necessary to have witness certificates. In this way, it is possible to avoid those Bremen Hansa merchants taking away inland navigation boatmen and sailors with no nautical experience. Subsequently, the statisticians issued a pass to those sailors with nautical experience ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ to allow them to leave with the Hansa merchants.
At the same time, because of taking into account the situation of food shortages in the city. In order to avoid starving people, Marin began to provide free keller bread mixed with straw bran to the inland shipping boatmen and sailor families destined to stay. The Hansa merchants and desperate men destined to leave, as well as their families, are destined not to receive bread.
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After the 53 Great Hansa merchants withdrew their families, the city of Bremen suddenly made a mess. However, because the usual leaders all ran away, at this time the city of Bremen was considered to be headless. Some stubborn little Hansa merchants planned to organize stubborn resistance. However, because Marin began to distribute black bread to civilians, no one responded to the call of these radicals.
In desperation, those little Hansa merchants who had originally planned to organize citizen resistance had to compromise. Although the property is depreciated by half, Marlin did not grab it in vain?
With Yan Yin issued by Marin, most small Hansa merchants evacuated from Bremen, one after another, with a total of more than 500.
Ten days later, Marin ’s army successfully entered Bremen, without violent resistance ...
