Chapter 1652: France also has population transactions?

Marin didn't know how much the "wide betel nut" order he issued had any effect. Because betel nut is a bit addictive, and later became a snack that Europeans like. Then, oral cancer became a common disease in Europeans ...

Betel nut tastes a bit weird, but people are very excited after eating it. At present, Europe just likes this strange spice-like flavor. Later, the Portuguese who had tasted the taste obtained betel nut seeds in Southeast Asia, planted them in West Africa, and supplied dried betel nuts to Europe, which was very popular among nobles. Then, many of the nobles were recruited. Although the ratio is not high, the number is also quite large ...

The most funny thing is that the betel nut's original anti-asthenia effect, the Portuguese did not use it to provide the most needed immigrants, but shipped back to Europe as a snack. Then, the Portuguese did not gain a foothold in Africa, but still rely on black people, laying a fortune for the future loss of the colony.

Of course, this is something. Fortunately, the North Sea State avoided various problems because of the regulations imposed by Marin and prohibiting eating more. However, people in other countries do not believe it, they naturally chew and chew, and they can't blame people if they are successful. And Marin was happy to read jokes, who told them not to listen to their own advice. Moreover, the main tricks are those who can't chew betel nuts all day long. Eating two or three fewer pills a day is not a big problem. Chewing betel nuts all day long, just like smoking a few packs of cigarettes a day, is to kill yourself, no one can blame others.

In order to reduce the harm of arecoline from betel nut, Marin ordered large-scale lemon cultivation in Cuba, and then extracted citric acid to promote it in the tropics and lemonade, and asked lemonade to stay in the mouth for a while before swallowing.

The specific requirement is that after chewing betel nut, you must first rinse your mouth with water and then drink lemonade with citric acid. In this way, acid and alkali neutralization can also reduce the harm of arecoline.

Speaking of which, Cuba Island is really a good place. Although the island only has an area of ​​100,000 km, most of the island is plain and very suitable for agriculture. Therefore, after occupying the island of Cuba, Marin planted all the crops he wanted to grow on the island of Cuba. As for Panama, only sweet potatoes, peanuts and other crops are grown there as food supplies to the local area.

In addition, there are world-class nickel mines on the island of Cuba. Not only can it provide a large amount of nickel metal for Marin, but also in the extraction process of nickel sulfide, it can produce a large amount of sulfurous acid and sulfuric acid, which can be used in the processing of phosphate rock, making it an easily absorbed phosphate fertilizer.

Thinking of the laterite nickel mine in Cuba, Marin slapped his head again and ordered nickel nickel copper to be used to cast another 20 million French Dnier “silver coins”.

Twenty million French Dnier "silver coins" worth more than 1.86 million gold coins. It seems that the total value is not much, but it can also buy a lot of materials from France. Not to mention, France, as an agricultural country, has no shortage of cattle and horses, as well as a lot of donkeys and mules. These Marlin privately-forged copper-nickel "silver coins" can be purchased from France in large quantities. In addition, Burgundy and Bordeaux wines can also be purchased in large quantities using these fake Deniers.

In addition, the spy merchants under Kohler recently suddenly discovered that it seems that people can buy people in France with Dnier silver coins ...

Yes, coins can also be bought in France!

Don't look at France and Britain, abolition of slaves has long begun. However, in many parts of the country, there are still many remnants of serfdom. Even in the "French Revolution" period two or three hundred years later, millions of serfs remained in the French countryside.

In France, only large cities such as Paris, Marseille, and Lyon and the surrounding areas can be considered as developed areas, and their ideas have been relatively advanced. However, in the vast rural areas, there are still many feudal serfdom residues.

Moreover, France is now the country with the least shortage of population in Europe, with a total population of more than 15 million, and is the least valuable country for human resources in Europe.

Because there has been no war and black death for a long time, the population of all parts of France has grown rapidly, and a lot of surplus people have appeared.

By chance, when the spy merchants under Kohler went to the eastern part of France near Deutschland to buy goods with fake silver and copper coins, they found that a desolate local noble actually sold serfs at the market ...

Of course, due to the restrictions of the law of the Kingdom of France, the aristocratic noble did not dare to completely sell people as slaves, but sold the extra boys in the manor in the form of contracts to others as contract slaves.

After all, slavery has been abolished in the French law and it is impossible to openly traffic humans. Therefore, when the manor owner sold the extra serf children in the manor, he sold it in the form of "employment contract".

Although it is not a slave to the outside world, the “employment contract” does not specify any rights and interests of any “employed” slave. In fact, among the French nobility, privately traded extra serfs in the manor. Some are to repay the money, while others simply think that the population in the manor is too large to support.

In particular, boys in their twenties often say, "Half-sized, eat poor old men." If there are too many boys in the serf family in the manor, the manor may send them away as an apprentice (the apprentice has no salary for seven years ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ or, some greedy lords, simply Sold to others in the form of "contract slaves".

Some of these are like the slaves of the ancient feudal dynasty of China. Although they are not controlled by the slave owners like the life and death of slaves, they are also not free. They must obey the orders of their employers. Moreover, their property, like the serf, belongs to the owner. The only thing better than slaves is that the employer cannot kill them easily.

Generally speaking, such transactions are private. Moreover, mostly between the manor owners. After all, some estates have a large population, while others have a small population.

However, when Kohler ’s spies went to Dijon (the original capital of the Principality of Burgundy) to purchase Burgundy wine, it happened that the manor was in financial crisis and eager to sell the extra serf boy. It was sold in the market before being discovered by Kohler ...

Then, Marin was surprised to find out-there are also people buying and selling in France! Although hidden deep, there are still some.

After all, men and women are still popular in Europe in this era. And men and women who must be reliable, what is more reliable than a contract servant?

Therefore, privately, the French servant trade flourished. As long as a dozen gold coins are spent, a half-size child can be bought as a servant. For half-sized girls, ordinary looks are cheaper than boys, but there are 30 gold coins with good looks. Because this kind of good-looking maid is generally played by the nobles, or bought back as a lover, the price is naturally more expensive.

Marin is not interested in buying girls, but he is very interested in half-size trade. After all, buying a few years to raise is a strong male labor force. As for women, can you buy a cheaper girl?