Chapter 1516: Gold coins shine
After receiving instructions from Marin, Kohler personally rode south. After changing horses along the way, he arrived in the Breischgau area in a few days and started negotiations with several local lords in the city of Freiburg.
After some bargaining, Kohler agreed to pay 30 gold coins to each family that included a strong man, and must include children under the age of 8. As for children over 8 years old, each boy has 10 Goulden coins and the girl has 5 coins. Of course, girls over 10 years old are more expensive than boys ...
The reason why ordinary boys are twice as expensive as girls is because this era was an agricultural society. In the agricultural society, men are the pillars. After all, many heavy women in the farmland simply can't do it. Therefore, in rural areas where farming is dominant, it is normal to prioritize men over women, and equality between men and women is not normal. In the city, because there is no heavy farming work, the status of women is much higher than that of rural women.
However, girls over 10 years old are different. In Europe in this era, generally 15-year-old girls are about to marry. Girls over 10 years old will be able to do that for a few years. Therefore, the price of a beautiful little girl is much higher than that of a boy who can work for several years. Especially those insignificant nobles will not sell those beautiful little girls.
Of course, Kohler didn't want to buy those pretty little girls. Why? He increased the population of Beihai, not pimping the nobles of Beihai. Therefore, Kohler only bought 1,000 teenagers and 700 teenagers. It must be calculated that the North Sea country needs to pay 103,500 Gulden gold. Not all of these costs are cash, and more than half of them will use food payment methods.
Moreover, Breischgau is on the edge of Alsace, close to the upper Rhine, but navigable. Therefore, the North Sea Congress used inland paddle sailboats to deliver food worth more than 50,000 Goulden coins through inland transportation.
In addition, Kohler also negotiated with several lords to use sucrose and **** produced in Grenada, and spirits produced in the North Sea country to offset some of the money. Several lords happened to have this demand, and then more than 10,000 gold coins were offset by cane sugar, **** and spirits.
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After the negotiations, Kohler did not return to the country immediately, but instead diverted to the Principality of Württemberg northeast of Breischgau and visited Duke Ulrich, an ally of the Habsburg family.
Kohler brought 100 bottles of "Royal Salute" liquor, a specialty of the North Sea, which is actually Erguotou mixed with boiling water and maple syrup. However, because of the addition of maple syrup, the royal salute has a good taste and is very popular with European nobles. Now, but Europe's expensive luxury goods, a bottle worth several gold coins. The 100 bottles of royal salutes have a face, just like the 100 bottles of Maotai that will be raised in later generations.
Sure enough, Duke Ulrich likes to enjoy this gift very much. Nonsense, who will carry 100 bottles of Maotai to your doorsteps that you don't like? If it can be accepted ...
Because of these 100 bottles of "Royal Salute", Kohler himself received the courtesy of Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg. Although Kohler is already the earl of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea, this is a knighthood within the princely kingdom, not an imperial knighthood recognized throughout Europe. Therefore, Kohler in other princes is generally regarded as similar to the Empire Baron. Ulrich, as the prince of the princes, is Germany's top gangster. For the Earl of the princely kingdom like Kohler, it is usually only necessary to send a palace minister to greet the past. But this time because Kohler's gift was very suitable for him, he personally received Kohler and had a cordial conversation with Kohler in the parlor.
During the conversation, Kohler deliberately disclosed the purpose of the trip and introduced the Duke Ulrich to the purchase of 3,000 captive farmers for more than 100,000 gold coins from Breischgau.
Then Kohler discovered that-before he finished introducing it, Duke Ulrich's saliva fell off ...
"More than 100,000 ... Gulden gold coins?" The Duke was dumbfounded. He really didn't expect that those country mud legs can still be used for gold coins ... this is ... this is ... incredible ...
Why is the Duke so sensitive to gold coins? Because what he lacks most is gold coins!
This 15-year ducal career made Ulrich owe a huge debt of 1 million Gulden gold coins (historical facts, not fiction). Therefore, Ulrich is eager to get a channel for money. And squeezing farmers is also his last resort. After all, there are many mountains and black forests in Württemberg, which is really not a productive place.
However, when it comes to population, the population of the Principality of Württemberg can be ranked in the top few in all of Germany.
Speaking of which, the area of Württemberg is actually quite large, more than 10,000 square kilometers, which is comparable to that of later generations of Israel. And the population of Israel is 8 million ...
Of course, this cannot be compared. They produce 50 tons of Israeli tomatoes per mu, which is a super agricultural power. And Württemberg? Although the area is not less than Israel, there are many forests and many cultivated land. Moreover, the yield per mu is only about 100 pounds, which can't afford to raise too many people at all.
Therefore, even the Duke of Württemberg, Ulrich, thinks that the domestic population is too much ...
In fact, Marin had recruited soldiers from the Principality of Württemberg many times before, and recruited about ten thousand or so people from the Württemberg Mountains. Counting their families, there are enough tens of thousands of people ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ But this is not good for the Duke Ulrich. Because he could not have received much tax from the poor ghost mountain people. Moreover, the most populous places in Württemberg are agricultural areas, not mountainous areas.
Therefore, Marin's previous recruitment of soldiers did not decompress the rural village of Württemberg. Even, because the mountain people leave, the farmers' burden is even heavier.
However, Duke Ulrich still feels that the population is too large ...
There are now more than 600,000 people in the Principality of Württemberg. If you count the mountain people recruited by Marin before, the total population is estimated to exceed 700,000.
(According to the two big brothers of Marne, the population density of the Principality of Württemberg is as high as 44 people per square kilometer. The area of the Kingdom of Württemberg is 19,000 square kilometers, but the Principality of Württemberg may not be as big as the Danube The land on the south bank has not been merged. Therefore, it is calculated based on about 15,000 square kilometers, which is similar to the legal territory of Israel.
But Duke Ulrich felt that there was so little cultivated land in Württemberg and so many useless mountains, about 500,000 people were enough. Even, 500,000 is too much ...
Over the years, many surplus serfs in Württemberg have also migrated (excessive serf manor owners will not restrict them from leaving the manor) to make a living in cities in other princely countries. For these, he does not care. Anyway, if these people can't walk, they can't bring him any benefits. If you don't leave, there is no extra arable land for them to plant. If he left, after leaving Württemberg, he could not receive taxes ...
But today Kohler's words seemed to open a window for him ...
"It turns out that the poor ghosts can also be used to sell money ..." Duke Ulrich's eyes shone with gold coins ...
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