Chapter 628: Land replacement
Compiling a dictionary is a huge project that requires a large number of scholars. Just to invite scholars, it is estimated that it will take two to three months. Therefore, Marin is not in a hurry. Because it is useless to be anxious.
However, considering the future integration of the German nation and the English nation, Marin decided to call German "Highland Germanic" and English "Lowland Germanic". Alternatively, German can be called the Germanic German branch, and English can be called the Germanic English-Frisian branch. In this way, the ethnic distinction between the two languages is played down. In short, let the Germans and the English feel that each other's language is just another dialect.
Moreover, after the compilation of the German dictionary and the English dictionary is completed, Marin will also compile a dictionary with German and English cross-reference for easy reference.
In fact, English and German do have many similarities. However, the grammar and pronunciation of the two languages are quite different. For example, German has more nasal sounds, but English does not.
Of course, the German written by Marin is not High German, but Low German and Rhine German. At the strong request of the old Hoffman, Marin regarded the German dialect of Markbe in his hometown Ruhr as the standard pronunciation.
The German in the northwestern part of Germany belongs to the Low Saxony in Low German, and there is no small difference between the High German in the east and the South. Lowland Saxony, between German and English, is an intermediate language that can communicate with High German and English at the same time. Of course, this is German in the 16th century. The further back, the greater the difference between German and English. Even Low Saxon is gradually unable to communicate with English.
For example, Frisian is actually a branch of Low Saxony. Of course, Frisian in this era is closer to the pronunciation of English.
The distribution of the lowland Saxony is mainly in the later Lower Saxony, Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and most of Schleswig-Holstein, including the eastern part of the Netherlands. The area under Marin is precisely within this range. Of course, the Ruhr area is also included.
Therefore, the German dictionary compiled by Marin is actually for the northwestern German region. As for the southern Germans and the eastern Germans, they may not be adapted to these pronunciations. Of course, there are phonetic symbols on the dictionary, and those Germans who use High German are not difficult to learn.
Because Marin had the idea of jointly ruling North Germany and England, he only used Low Saxon, a language that can communicate more with English. If you switch to High German, you will not be able to communicate.
Moreover, Marin also has an ambition to use Low German to influence High German, and then Low German became the standard ...
In fact, this is not a fantasy. Because, German does not yet have a professional dictionary. And Marin's professional dictionary comes out, which can be used as a standard for learning.
At that time, Marin also intends to use the power of the Holy See to promote this low-level German as a church-specific German. As a result, Germans in the South and Germans in the East will have to learn the pronunciation of the Low Saxony. Because, even if they want to learn High German, there is no textbook for them to learn ...
Then, Low German will become the standard of German. Marin thought of ways to make minor modifications to German to make it closer to English. At the same time, the English is also slightly modified so that English and German can communicate normally. In this way, Germans and Englishmen who can communicate with each other will not treat each other as aliens. How good it is for everyone to fall in love with each other ... In this way, it is also convenient for joint rule.
However, this matter is in a hurry and needs to be planned slowly. Marin intends to join the compilation work himself if he has time.
Because, there is no standard German dictionary and English dictionary. Therefore, there is a lot of room for operation. Marin can spell out two similar German words and English words. It's just that when the phonetic symbols are marked, they are still marked according to Low Saxon and English. However, people who learn in the future will know what this word means. As a result, the Germans and the English can not only stumble verbally, but also communicate literally. Because everyone has a lot of words ...
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Of course, at present, the compilation of the dictionary is not the most important thing. Even sending troops to England is not the most important thing. Because there are more important things that Marin needs to do. That is-land replacement ...
What is "land replacement"? It was Marin who planned to centrally replace the land of the newly acquired landlords and small nobles of the Jutland Peninsula, the Archbishop of Bremen and West Friesland, and gather them together.
Why do you do that? Marin is for confidentiality ...
Marin has advanced agricultural technology and fertilizer technology, and the manor must be highly productive. Now, Marin has captured the Jutland Peninsula, the Archbishop of Bremen and West Friesland. However, in these three areas, there were originally many local noble landlords.
The Jutland peninsula is a little better. After reaching an agreement with King Hans, Denmark took away the little nobles on the Jutland peninsula. Therefore, there is no small nobility there that needs land replacement.
But the Archbishop of Bremen and West Friesland are different, although the Archbishop of Bremen has taken away many cronies and related family members. However, there are still a lot of small nobles and landlords of Juncker left in the Archdiocese of Bremen.
The so-called Junker landlords are noble children who are not mixed with the title of nobility. There are many such people in Germany. Strictly speaking, those wandering knights are also considered Junkers. However, the general Junker landlords are descendants of the nobles who are assigned to the land.
For these Junker landlords, they cannot be as rude as civilians. Because, they have noble blood. Moreover, many people have cultural heritage.
In fact, the official institutions of Marin are full of Junkers. Many college students of this era are from Junker. For example, Haider, although he is a child of a businessman, is also an aristocrat. If there is no aristocratic lineage, if you want to do business, it is easy to be deprived of property by the aristocracy. But with Junker's identity, the general nobility will not easily do it. Why? Because the general noble's own family, there will certainly be descendants of Junker. If you break the rules, your future Junkers will be easily bullied.
Among the folk landlords, the big landlords are naturally nobles. The small landlord is basically Junker. Ordinary civilians without aristocratic lineage have no right to own land, but can only work as hired workers, or simply go into the city to discuss life.
There are not many landlords in the Archdiocese of Bremen and West Friesland and Junkers, because the landlords of the Archdiocese of Bremen are almost taken away by almost half. The little nobles and Junckers in West Friesland were killed because of the war.
But no matter what, the hands of the little nobles and Juncker in the two places still have more than ten thousand yogram's arable land. Their total number is about a few hundred. Marin ’s plan was to replace all the arable land of the hundreds of small nobles and the Junker landlord family with the area along the Elbe in the east of the Archbishop of Bremen ...
As for why it is replaced in this area? It is because the Elbe River is a busy navigable river ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Some agricultural secrets cannot be guaranteed by the Elbe River.
Therefore, the land on the west bank of the Elbe, although fertile, is not easy to keep secret. Therefore, these small nobles and Junker landlords who are not "own people" are replaced by the Elbe River, which is neither a mistreatment nor a secret for them. After all, they must still use traditional farming methods, and foreign ships passing by can't see anything.
In addition, the eastern part of the Archdiocese of Bremen is the Las Vegas casino near the mouth of the Elbe. Relocating these little nobles and Junker landlords to the banks of the Elbe near Las Vegas, it is also convenient for these noble children and the juniors of the Junker landlords to go to Las Vegas for fun, and at the same time, a large number of consumption……
There are nobles and Junker landlords who have been replaced nearby to visit frequently, and the popularity of Las Vegas will definitely rise. Marin had intended to make Las Vegas a very popular gold-selling cave, attracting noble local tyrants from all over Germany. In this way, as the owner of Las Vegas, Marin can also earn more ...
Therefore, the replacement of the land of the small nobles and Junker landlords who are not "own people" to the west bank of the Elbe on the other side of Las Vegas is not only conducive to the confidentiality of agricultural technology, but also Vegas has a large number of customers, it can be said that two birds with one stone ...
