Chapter 350: England girls also
It is very convenient to recruit English people as mercenaries. why? Because Frisian and English can communicate in this era.
Because, in this era, the Friesland region is relatively closed, and has not been greatly affected by the Netherlands and Germany. Therefore, Frisian is still authentic. In later generations, Frisian was greatly influenced by Dutch and German respectively, and it became less and less like English, and finally it was impossible to communicate with English.
Even the Anglo-Saxons who crossed the sea to British Isles lived on the North Sea and now live on the site where the Frisians live. The Frisians are the people who stayed when the Anglo-Saxons crossed the sea. Therefore, it is not surprising that the two languages can communicate with each other.
As it happens, there are many Frisians in the Marin Army. As long as a large number of Frisian veterans are sent to serve as grassroots officers in the English mercenaries, not only can they quickly get started, and the training of the English mercenaries will be formed, it is also very beneficial to control the entire army. After all, the orders of the Frisian officers were understood by the English.
Moreover, when the English mercenary is trained, if necessary, Marin can also lend the army to Earl Edward for use against Henry VII. Of course, that was when Earl Edward prevailed. If Earl Edward had the upper hand, Marin would not send an army to help.
I have to say that Henry VII and his officials are still capable. Faced with the fierce 300,000 refugees from the northern counties, Henry VII decisively ordered Richard Ball, with his 18,000 army, to block the refugees in several central counties to prohibit the refugees from going south.
Although, after the influx of more than 300,000 refugees, several central counties will certainly be finished, but this is better than the influx of refugees into London and the surrounding wealthy counties. Once London and surrounding counties were scourge, England's country would be shaken.
Therefore, this move of Henry VII and his ministers "broken the strong man" is very effective.
But because of this, Marin's plan to use refugees to destroy the wealthy areas of London and southern England failed. In this way, the existence of this group of refugees is not necessary. Of course, if you keep it, it can still have a huge impact on several counties in central England. Although it can't shake the country's national capital, it can also keep England busy for a long time.
However, the three or four counties in the middle of the country do not need hundreds of thousands of refugees. There are tens of thousands of refugees, which is enough to turn the counties of central England upside down.
Thinking of recruiting immigrants in his territory, Marin suddenly had the idea of recruiting English as a serf ...
Although, from self-cultivation to serfdom, social status has declined. However, under the circumstances that are about to be replaced, are these important? As long as Marin guarantees enough bread, the hungry people will be happy, even if they are made slaves. After all, what is the status and dignity in the face of life and death? Living is more important than anything ...
In this era, to develop a certain place, a large population is essential. After all, it takes a lot of people to cut trees, a lot of people to open up wasteland, and a lot of people to grow crops ...
In short, before the age of the machine, the population is everything. With population, we can do this and that. Without a population, everything is free.
Right now, Marin not only has a large area of land that needs a large population to develop, but also a large area of land in the Americas. Therefore, Marin's demand for the population is great.
Under normal circumstances, Marin is more troublesome to organize the population to the Americas. After all, who is willing to leave his homeland and run to the Americas to take risks?
But under abnormal circumstances, it is easy to do. For example, the current abnormal situation ...
The people of several counties in the north of England can't even guarantee their food and survival, but can they pick and choose?
At this time, as long as Marin promoted that "bread control is enough", it was absolutely easy to take a large number of people from these refugees to the American colonies ...
Why did the British successfully establish large colonies (13 North American states) on the North American coast in their original history? It is not that British colonialism is better than French, but because of the "enclosure movement" in Britain, a large number of displaced people who have lost their land can emigrate to North America.
Therefore, although the colonial methods were more moderate and advanced, the French were defeated by the British on the issue of colonization in North America because of the stability of the French society and the immigration provided.
Malin suddenly felt that it would be wasteful to let these 300,000 English refugees starve to death. If you can take some people to the American colony, it would be better than watching them die ...
For example, on the island of Grenada, there are only a few hundred colonists, and the sugar cane gardens and arable land that can be planted are up to one or two thousand Ugram. No matter how much, the labor force is not enough.
Originally, Marin planned to buy some old blacks or get some slaves to enrich the population on Grenada. However, seeing that so many British refugees had nowhere to settle, Marin suddenly had the idea of organizing a large number of immigrants from England to develop on Grenada.
Not much, as long as 10,000 English refugees go to Grenada, the development of Grenada can be greatly accelerated. Of course, Cuba needs labor more. After all, the area of Grenada is only 344 square kilometers. The Cuban island has 100,000 square kilometers ...
By the way, the group of cubs on Grenada is in a mood at this time. why? For Mao Mei ...
However, Mao Mei, who was previously imported from the Crimean Khanate, was already divided by the domestic soldiers and the strong men ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ People have merit, and they have to give priority ...
"Oh, Mao sister!" Marin snapped his head suddenly ...
"I forgot about the girls in England ..." Marin said regretfully.
In the case of disasters in several counties in the north of England, all the 300,000 or so refugees have lost their food. Whether it is an old man, a child, a youth or a woman ...
Then the question is coming, if Marin does not interfere, most of those refugees will starve to death. Moreover, old and weak women and children will be the first to starve to death. Because they are weak, they are even less hungry. Moreover, fighting for food, but also for those young men.
Marlin doesn't care whether the old, sick and sick in England will starve to death. However, it would be a pity if those English girls starved to death ...
There are more than 300,000 refugees, among whom there are at least tens of thousands of girls. It ’s a pity if you starve to death ...
So, Marin instantly made a decision to send people to sneak into the northern counties of England, lure the fast-starved English girls with food, lure them over to East Friesland, and distribute them to the bachelors in the country Wife. It can even be sent to Grenada and other colonies to be wives for those colonizers ...
As for the opinions of the young men in the north of England? They are almost starving to death, and they still want their wives? Those English girls, staying there is also a dead end, it is better to go far away to marry a young man under Marin. At least, you can mix food and clothing, so as not to starve to death ... 8)
