Chapter 1736: Seed loan

The society of the Kingdom of France is much more harmonious than Germany. In France, the proportion of self-cultivating farmers is still very high. Unlike the German region, most farmers are serfs.

The Burgundy region is a bit special. It was only a few decades before it was merged back into the Kingdom of France. The remnants of the previous sub-enclosure are still very heavy. The Principality of Burgundy has actually been swinging between France and Germany. Even the bold Charlie had sought to join the Holy Roman Empire, and then thought of running for the emperor ... Unfortunately, he lost to Frederick III (the emperor), the father of Maximilian I.

Because of the uncertainty between France and Germany, the residue of serfdom in Burgundy is still relatively heavy. But after the French seized the Principality of Burgundy, although most of the nobles were retained, certain social reforms were carried out, forcing these Burgundy nobles to allow the serfs to redeem their free bodies and obtain certain land.

It is precisely because of this social reform that farmers in the Burgundy region are more grateful to the French kingdom, and naturally there is nothing against the French kingdom.

But the original nobles of Burgundy were uncomfortable. The liberated serfs and the land that the serfs "redeemed" were originally from their families! Allowing serfs to regain their freedom and obtain land simply damages the interests of those nobles! But they didn't dare to say anything before. After all, their arms couldn't be thighed. How can a small Burgundy region contend with the strong French kingdom?

Fortunately, however, the Kingdom of France does not prohibit land mergers. As long as there is money, and those farmers are willing, they can buy back the land. But the farmers are not stupid, as long as they are not forced into a dead end, no one will easily sell the fields.

And Marin provided this unethical idea, but they were in their arms. Everyone can take back the land from those mud legs in a peaceful and hidden way, and why not do it in violation of the law of the Kingdom of France?

Not to mention, there are many nobles responding to the Burgundy region, that is, other original regions in France, that is, the veteran French nobles in other disaster areas in northeastern France and the eastern border of France this time, also have a lot of hearts. After all, in the farming era, no one thinks that he has cultivated more land ...

This time, more than a hundred nobles were gathered in the Lizarazu family's castle. Among them, most of them are from Burgundy, and there are many old French nobles who have come from other places.

The reason why they met this time was to discuss—how many steamed and useless seeds were mixed with the seeds loaned to farmers ...

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Mixing steamed seeds into good seeds, and then lending them to farmers, or using loan sharks, is a very vicious proposal made by Marin to the nobles in the disaster-stricken areas of France.

According to this suggestion, the interest on interest rolls is already very high and it is difficult to afford it. If you do things in the seeds so that the farmers will not receive the expected food when they harvest in autumn, then there is only one way to go bankruptcy. At that time, even if they refused, they would have to mortgage their family's land to the creditors. After all, the aristocratic debt is not so good.

At the meeting, a lot of greedy nobles proposed-simply lend all the steamed waste seeds to farmers. When the time comes, the peasants will have no income. Not only will the family's fields be unprotected, but their own people may not be able to protect them. After all, the nobles also lacked people, mainly lacking obedient serfs ...

But Paul Lizalazu, a 60-odd old man, thinks that all the steamed waste seeds are an insult to IQ. If none of the sown seeds germinate, who can guess their negative effect?

The nobility is so serious that it is not as open as a pure merchant. Although they privately robbed women and prostitutes, a lot of bad things. But on the surface, they are very face-saving, and strive to protect the family honor.

So, this is to be done, but it must be hidden, so that everyone cannot clearly see the problem ...

Subsequently, the intellectual school led by Paul Lizarazu gradually gained the upper hand. As a result, many people agreed-only about half of the steamed and useless seeds were mixed in. In this way, although the farmers can see the seeds germinating after spring cultivation, they are just a little sparse, and they can't see the problem if they don't pay attention.

Half of the seeds are useless, and by the time of the autumn harvest, the harvest will definitely be halved. Originally, the interest rate of the profit is higher than the normal interest rate, and the harvest is halved. The farmers will definitely have a big deal after the autumn harvest ...

At the meeting, some more conservative aristocrats believed that mixing half of the unusable seeds was not enough insurance, and was easily seen by farmers. So they proposed that only 30% to 40% of the steamed seeds that cannot be used should be mixed, so as not to cause the farmers' doubts ...

Then, between the radicals, centrists (the "adult half" headed by Paul Lizarazu) and the moderates, there was a quarrel in the castle and they almost performed the whole martial arts.

In the end, Paul Lizalazu, the initiator and leader, reluctantly announced that-with the standard of adulterating half of the seeds, everyone can increase or decrease appropriately, all by themselves. However, it must not be done too terribly to avoid getting burned. After all, if most of the seeds do not germinate, people are stupid and realize that there is a big problem. If you replant your teeth once, you can survive it.

And secretly only partially steamed invalid seeds are mixed, so that people can not perceive big problems. However, the final output will certainly not keep up. Coupled with the high interest rate of interest, the nobles participating will be full this time ...

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After the meeting, the nobles who participated in loan sharks ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ rushed back to their manor overnight, steamed a batch of seeds quietly, and mixed them with the seeds loaned to the farmers. People see the problem.

This is more than a hundred nobles. If we borrow money together, God knows how many French farmers will go bankrupt and then have to sell their arable land. Even you can't protect yourself, you need to sell yourself and become a noble serf again ...

In short, after the autumn of this year, some border areas in northeastern and eastern France are lively. When the time comes, tragedies will appear in France, and many French peasant families will lose their land and their means of earning a living.

At that time, Beihai then quietly sent people to solicit French farmers who lost their land but did not lose their personal freedom. There is no need to set high conditions, as long as the basic conditions of "dough bread are enough" are enough to recruit a large number of farmers.

After all, even if the land is not sold, in normal years, many poor farmers in France can't be mixed up with the "luxury" life of "the bread is enough" ...

And for those unfortunate farmers who were forced to sell themselves to the nobles, Marin could also spend some money to buy from those nobles. After all, the nobles who can make usury are greedy. As long as they are willing to give money, they can buy people from them ...