Chapter 2086: Lack of gold and silver? Go grab it!
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After discussing with Marin, the emperor quietly returned to the guard of honor, joined Prince Charles near the city of Ghent, and then entered the city to see his son Philip.
After hearing the deal between his father and Marin, Prince Philip was a little surprised:
"Father, how many immigrants does Marin want? He has negotiated a big contract with me before, and he continues to ask for people. He buys so many people. Is there a place to settle?"
The emperor thought for a while and said:
"The North Sea country is mostly in the plains, so many people should be able to settle. Moreover, even if the local settlement can't be enough, he can still settle in the wild continent."
"But, I heard that there are a lot of beasts on the Wild Continent, as well as ferocious cannibals. Also, terrible syphilis!" Prince Philip said.
Maximilian I chuckled and said:
"You believe what he said? I always feel that Marin didn't tell the truth. However, the environment over there is definitely not very good."
"But I heard that he invented the method of blocking cannibals with walls, and encircled a large area of land no less than two provinces (in Europe, usually two to three thousand square kilometers), but he would think of a way. Of course, he also relied on this kind of intelligence to grow from a wandering knight to where he is today."
Prince Philip thought for a while:
"Using the wall enclosure method is also a way. It is somewhat similar to the Hadrian's Wall in England. However, if you want to expand inland, the cost of building the wall is amazing... Tsk tsk, ordinary people can't afford it..."
The emperor shook his head:
"That's no way. Marin's humble background was rejected by the princes. It is difficult for him to make a difference in Germany. Therefore, there is no choice to go to the wild continent to develop."
In this era, Europeans generally looked down on places other than mainland Europe, East Asia, and India, and there was no concept of developing colonies. It was Spain in the original history. After occupying the Americas, there was no concept of developing the Americas, so they knew about prospecting and mining. Moreover, only interested in gold and silver. Of course, there is also a kind of sugarcane.
Therefore, North America, which was most suitable for farming at the time, was wasted and left unused by Spain. North America was not developed until the English colonists came to America.
Moreover, England's development of the Americas is purely coincidental. Because of the land enclosure movement in England, a large number of land-lost peasants appeared. In the 16th century, hundreds of thousands of landless farmers could still be digested by various workshops. But after the 17th century, the scale of landless farmers was too large. It can't be digested, and it's easy to cause disaster if you keep it. Therefore, it is encouraged to send immigrants to North America to clear the land.
Those land-lost farmers, who are veterans in farming, went to North America to open up farms naturally, and then slowly developed. Because they were forced to immigrate to the Americas after being persecuted, and there are still many vicious criminals, immigrants from the 13 North American states have a low degree of belonging and loyalty to England. Later, after being allocated by France, they rebelled...
In other words, Europeans in this era are actually stupid, and they haven't paid much attention to land. The group of people who are brave enough to take risks and go to sea have a strong business concept, and they only care about gold and silver mines and don't care about farming.
Therefore, after Marin got the Wild Continent, although everyone was jealous, there was not much reaction. Even if you are farming, no one feels too much.
Of course, if Marin develops a large-scale gold and silver mine at this time, this group of people must have red eyes, and they may find fault. For this reason, Marin has been suppressing and did not develop the gold and silver in Mexico and Peru. Even if it is developed, it is quietly.
In this case, even a wise man such as Maximilian I of this era could not see the great value of the Americas, but instinctively felt that it was not right.
As for the French side, the eyeballs are now placed on Italy and Germany, and they don't want to care about anything else at all. Moreover, France's greatest wish is to become the European hegemon. Then, grab the crown of Shinra...
Spain and Portugal were attracted by India's trade interests. Denmark was maimed by Marin and the Hanseatic League. England has just ended the civil strife...
Therefore, Marin has no opponents coveting America for the time being. But his headache is-there is a real shortage of people!
Not to mention the Americas, even the mainland, lack of population! You know, the North Sea country has an area of more than 100,000 square kilometers, which is almost the same as England. Moreover, the plain occupies most of it. However, before, there were only 12 million acres of arable land in the country, which is equivalent to 8,000 square kilometers, which is less than one-tenth of the country's land area.
Of course, because of the popularization and use of Prader's plow carts, columbine carts and wheat samarium, Beihai State has reclaimed 10 million acres of new arable land, and it is estimated that more will be reclaimed next year. But the biggest problem is the lack of young and strong labor!
After all, based on 100 acres of cultivated land for each young and strong, 22 million acres would also cost 220,000 young and strong! But this is an ideal situation. In fact, the average young and strong person can cultivate 50 acres of land. It really needs 100 acres of arable land. It's okay if you have a strong body. If you have a normal body, you will be exhausted.
That's why Marin wanted more immigrants, the more the better. According to his plan, more than 100,000 square kilometers of land in Beihai country would have to be reclaimed for 40,000 square kilometers. This conversion is 60 million mu! According to the non-extreme algorithm of 50 acres of land cultivated by each young man, it would take 1.2 million young people.
But Beihai now has a population of more than 2 million, and more than 500,000 young people. Moreover, many young people still have to serve as soldiers, officials, sailors, fishermen, or herdsmen. The number of young people who can really cultivate land is more than 300,000, which is far short of the old nose!
That's why Marin hit the idea of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, intending to **** hundreds of thousands of people back to alleviate the plight of the lack of farmers.
But now, Marin suddenly discovered—seemingly there is a new source of population...
He estimated that for the sake of money, the emperor and his son would at least get tens of thousands of households for him. And one household spends 30 gold coins... Marlin suddenly felt that the money bag was a bit empty...
With this calculation, Marin estimated that he would have to spend more than one million gold coins!
Although the North Sea country has sufficient currency, it is estimated that the brass coins issued within the North Sea country will not work well. After all, no other German states accepted copper coins at this time. The whole Europe also really promoted the use of copper coins in Spain, Portugal and some Italian states, as well as the North Sea countries. Other countries would rather mix most of the copper in silver coins than pure copper coins.
However, once the emperor, father and son paid one hundred thousand gold coins worth of gold and silver, the Beihai country would suffer a money shortage. After all, bulk trade is inseparable from gold and silver. Copper coins are only used for small-scale private trade, and for large-scale trades, they must be traded in gold and silver.
Once the North Sea country loses a large amount of gold and silver currency, then merchants in the market will be forced to use a large amount of copper coins when engaging in wholesale trade. When trading, it takes a long time to count money. Imagine a trade of millions of dollars, all traded with one dollar coins... It is estimated that the number of steel and iron on both sides of the trade will collapse...
"Is it really going to the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire in the Americas to'borrow' some gold and silver back?" Marin was very distressed.
During the internal meeting of ministers, Marin expressed concern. Then he looked at Kohler. After all, Kohler usually has a lot of ideas. But Kohler did nothing, but Steindorf gave the solution:
"Your Majesty, if you are short of gold and silver, go grab it!"
"Grab?" Ma Lin was stunned.
"Yes, aren't you going to attack the Grand Duchy of Moscow? I don't believe that there are hundreds of thousands of gold and silver in Moscow. In addition, the city of Novgorod under the control of Moscow was also a commercial city, and there must be no shortage of gold and silver. To conquer these two big cities, there are still gold and silver worth hundreds of thousands of Gulden coins!" Steindorf said grinningly. This guy had been a bandit before, and then he became a mercenary. Therefore, the gangster is very heavy.
"It seems reasonable!" Marlin's eyes lit up suddenly.
It is impossible for the emperor and his son to send tens of thousands of households at once, and traffic is inconvenient these years. It is estimated that it will take several months or even a year to organize thousands of immigrants, let alone tens of thousands. Therefore, the emperor and his son will never trade more than 10,000 at the beginning. And 10,000 households only have 300,000 gold coins, and the impact on the North Sea country market is not too great. After more than a year, Marin could send troops to Moscow.
At that time, grabbing back hundreds of thousands of gold and silver coins can greatly alleviate the crisis. In the meantime, Marin can sell some grain, liquor, cane sugar and other materials in exchange for hundreds of thousands of gold and silver coins. Then, the problem is roughly solved...
However, Marin's previous plan was only to defeat the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the wild and make it decline. But now, in order to obtain gold and silver, it is said that the plan must not be changed, at least the two cities of Moscow and Novgorod must be breached.
The siege is very cruel, and there are often situations where the siege cannot be conquered for months or even years. Therefore, Marin had to prepare in advance:
"Kohler, send spies to Moscow and Novgorod. Within a year, be sure to dig the tunnel leading to the city!"
If tunnels are dug during wartime, people can monitor them with water tanks or something. But when not at war, who pays attention to the underground? Within a year, as long as you hide it when you pour the soil, no one will notice it at all.
Moreover, the tunnels that Marin asked to dig were not mandatory to dig tunnels inside the city. Rather, just dig under the wall. At that time, a pile of gunpowder kegs will be buried at the root of the city wall, and it will be no problem to collapse the city wall. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
And the tunnel cannot enter the city, and the defenders in the city will not be so painful to check whether there is a tunnel outside the city. Moreover, during the war, the defenders were also helpless against such tunnels that did not enter the city. After all, the tunnel leads into the city, and you can guard the tunnel entrance to prevent people from entering. If they don’t come in, they can’t defend...
Usually, you can send troops out of the city to destroy the tunnels outside the city. But if you don't usually fight, who hurts to find out if there is a tunnel outside? Unless, you accidentally dumped the soil and was discovered by the defenders. But the spies of the North Sea country are strictly trained and will not make such low-level mistakes.
In addition, in the European cities of this era, except for a few floating cities such as Venice, the city walls generally like to be built on steep hillsides and do not pay attention to the moat. Therefore, it is more convenient to dig a tunnel. Unlike Aurich, the capital of the North Sea country, there is a moat around it. If you want to dig a tunnel, first taste the power of the moat...
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