Chapter 62: Recruiting soldiers and autumn rain

Before, Marin planned to recruit 5000 more recruits. Then, use these 5000 recruits to replace 5000 veterans to participate in the ground attack on Denmark.

Because, Marin has begun to ship some veterans to Lampedusa in the North African coast, hidden in the valley of the island. Then, prepare to purchase a large number of ships hidden in the harbor of this uninhabited island.

Once the accident happened in Rome, Archbishop Rovere would land directly near Rome under the guard of 5000 veterans on the island, and then go straight to the city of Rome.

For this reason, Archbishop Rovere has drawn a lot of money from Marin, bought a small remote fishing village near the city of Rome, and built several long bridge piers here. In the event of a change in Rome, those troops hiding on Lampedusa will board the ship and land in this remote small fishing village.

As for whether the city of Rome can enter the city, this question is not a problem at all. At that time, Archbishop Rovere was in the city of Rome, but he also used the pope as a puppet. Therefore, in the city of Rome, he has many old departments. However, because of the suppression of Alexander VI, they were hidden. Once the army of Archbishop Rovere came, as long as a specific signal was sent, there would be underground forces to open the city gate for Archbishop Rovere. During the construction of the fishing village wharf, Archbishop Rovere sent his cronies into the city of Rome, contacted some of the hidden old men, agreed on the secret code to open the city gate, and provided financial assistance.

These 5,000 people are all veterans under Marin, such as the 4000 Italian mercenaries under Caesar Pogia who do n’t know how strong they are. Coupled with the equipment of the Musketeers, when it comes to combat effectiveness, it is definitely better than Caesar Pogia's Italian mercenaries by two grades. Moreover, Caesar Pogia has only 4,000 troops, and it is scattered in several important towns in the Papal State. Only 2,000 people really guarded Rome. As long as these 5,000 people were killed in the city, Caesar Pogia ’s army would be defeated. And if Caesar Borgia and Alexander VI were poisoned together, those defenders who had no heads would not necessarily resist. Even if you resist, you will not be very determined.

Of course, for those veterans, Marin is still very confident. Even if Caesar Pogia was good, with 2,000 troops fighting hard to resist, Marin was confident that his men would defeat them.

However, for the sake of confidentiality, Marin arranged all the veterans of the 5,000 veterans, and the officers he used were all civilians, not a noble.

Because it is difficult for people of noble origin to flicker, they may not be happy if they know they are planning to attack Rome. And the veterans of the civilian population who have been following Marin, although culturally a bit poor, are experienced and know how to fight. At least, it ’s okay to teach the 2000 Italian mercenaries in Rome. Even with the same number of Swiss mercenaries, they are not afraid.

For the sake of insurance, Marin directly dispatched Steindorff, an excellent civilian general, to command the army. The officers under his command were all civilians, and there were no noble children.

Marin promised Steindorff that if the battle was successful, he would come back from the baron, and he would be on equal footing with Schwartz, Frenzberg and others ...

Relocated 5,000 people from the local area, which will naturally cause emptiness and lack of troops. So Marin decided to recruit another 5,000 people to fill the gap.

As for the army, the domestic security is still the same as the old rules, and the domestic 7000 militia was called to guard. The seven thousand local militiamen all accepted old Hoffman assignments. Once Marin left East Friesland, the old Hoffman would become East Friesland's highest defense commander, commanding the 7,000 militia.

There are these people defending, plus Marin strengthened several cities in the country, others want to attack, don't be too difficult. After all, these militiamen, although they may not be able to fight full-time mercenaries in field battles, can still defend against the mercenaries according to the city wall defense. What's more, Marin has allocated funds to repair the walls of several cities in the country, and has also used cement to reinforce it. It is very difficult for the enemy to attack. And if Marin, who had sent troops outside, returned to the army to rescue, the general forces could not bear it under the double attack.

The autumn harvest was not over yet, and Marin asked Schwartz to take the men and women to the southern region to recruit the poor. In the autumn harvest season, there is no manpower. Because even the surplus population will be employed by those serf owners during the autumn harvest to help harvest.

Is so because the autumn harvest is to be snatched. Why do you want to **** it? Because it is afraid of rain. Once it rains, the millet will rot in the ground. At that time, there was no dryer, and when it rained, the grain in the field was easily moldy. Therefore, every autumn harvest is a tense war. There was no weather forecast in ancient times, and no one knew whether it would rain tomorrow. Therefore, during the autumn harvest, all farmers are nervously robbing time, daring not to have any slack, fearing that it will rain in the middle. And because of the fear of insufficient manpower, in the autumn harvest period, manor owners often choose to hire the poor people who are not working and let them help harvesting to speed up the progress. Therefore, it is difficult to find idlers during the autumn harvest.

Marin's population, after receiving compensation from the Saxons, is very long and sufficient. In addition, he also asked his soldiers to help the ground to grab the harvest, so the speed is very fast, and the harvest is completed in fine weather.

However, other regions may not be so lucky. Just two days after the completion of Marin's autumn harvest, a large-scale rainfall ushered in the whole of Germany ...

Marin's rye, because of the use of potassium fertilizer and phosphorus fertilizer, so the harvest period is earlier than the average person, plus because there are more cattle, it leads to the end of spring cultivation and early planting. Therefore, in Germany, only the East Frisian Lambert of Marin avoided the autumn harvest period perfectly. And most parts of Germany, including the Netherlands and the northern half of France, receive half of the autumn and encounter the rainy season ...

"Ah ... this rain, I don't know how many farmers will starve to death ..." Marin sighed. Although such a large range of rain will increase the price of rye in his hands. However, the thought of many people starving to death ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Marin is still very sigh. After all, his soul is a civilized modern man. It's just, somehow, there is a hint of joy in his heart ...

Compared to Marin, the barons and the nobles with fiefdoms in his men were mad. Several small rural aristocrats started a bumper harvest:

"Haha, thanks to our early harvest this year, otherwise we have to suffer bad luck!"

"That is, it is raining heavily during the autumn harvest this year, the rotten millet on the ground, food prices will definitely rise, we are going to make a fortune!"

"Yes, you are making a fortune! Come and have a toast to make a fortune ..."

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Marin thought for a long time, and finally realized why he was happily happily harvesting food in other places, and then it would be easier to recruit mercenaries. Similarly, recruiting immigrants will be easier ...

Because of poor harvest elsewhere, a large number of hungry people will appear. In order to survive, some people choose to sell their lives as soldiers, or emigrate to East Friesland, for granted. At that time, as long as Marin promised "the bread is enough", there will be a large number of hungry people to vote ...

So, Marin sent someone to speed up, catching up with Schwarz's team going south, and asked him to wait a little. After the autumn harvest ended, famine began to erupt, and he set up a stall to recruit. In this way, the choice will be greater.

At the same time, Marin made Kohler ready. Once Schwartz ’s recruitment ended, he would also lead a team to recruit refugees. Because of the unseasonable rain during the autumn harvest, there will definitely be a lot of refugees this year.

As for how to place? It's really not a problem. Even if the local arrangement is not enough, it is a good choice to send to the colony ...

In short, Marin will be very profitable this year. Of course, it's not about making money, it's about making people ... who made this autumn rain so bad ...