Chapter 682: Food consumption is too large

That 15,000 people, Edward did not give Marin after all. Because the army went south, and it really needed people to help transport materials. Moreover, these 15,000 civilians are basically strong men recruited from several counties in the southeast. They are all family members in the southeast counties. If they are taken to Northumberland alone, what should their families do? do? Without the man with the top beam, the family would collapse ...

Marin originally wanted to say that Edward should find their family members and send them to Northumberland. But after thinking about it, such a workload is too much and too complicated. Moreover, some old and weak women and children may not be suitable for this long journey.

In the end, Marin gave up the 15,000 civilians who needed to carry the weight, and continued to send them to help transport the materials.

And Marin is not a pity to lose this 15,000 heroes. Because, in the future, England will be his, sooner or later, these 15,000 people will be his people. As for now, just give Edward a face ... and there are more than 60,000 young men and women, enough to develop Northumberland.

When the army went south, it was not the route that Henry Percy led the army north, but the Lincolnshire to the east. The reason for going this way is because Lincolnshire is close to the sea, and it is more convenient to transport grain and grass supplies.

While crossing the Humber River at the junction of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Marin stopped on the south bank of the Humber River ...

The reason why he stopped was that Marin was waiting for the local grain and grass to come over. The size of Marin ’s army now reaches more than 30,000 people. In addition, there are 15,000 English men who are enlisted in the army, and more than 10,000 captured British soldiers ... Add up to a total of 50,000 and thousands of mouths ...

If Siwag, who escorted the refugees back north, the total population of this huge team will reach more than 60,000 people ... this has not calculated the horses that can eat more than people ...

With so many people and horses, the consumption of food is astronomical. Most of the large amount of food seized in the British military camp was sent by Marin to the refugees who followed West Wag North. They also needed food to stay in Northumberland. This wave of food was given to the people, which caused Marin to smash a wave of prestige. However, this also led to insufficient food for the south army ...

In desperation, Marin had to send someone to Newcastle to send a letter-another batch of food to come ...

Thousands of thousands of mouths, plus horses, consume more than 100,000 pounds of food per day. Only a large household like Marin can afford it. If you change another person, the food consumption alone will destroy them ...

Marin ’s grain reserves are in units of 100 million pounds. Before, he also took out a lot of grain to brew Erguotou, and even feed pigs. Previously, because of the fear that the secrets of high food production were known by other countries, they would not dare to sell them.

Now, on the British side, Marin is not worried anymore. Britain is lonely overseas, and not much is known about things on the European continent. Although Marin brought a lot of food, people in Britain did not know that Marin's food was made locally. Even Edward is not clear about Marin ’s food source. From Edward's point of view, Marin's food must be partly self-produced. But there must be a lot of parts purchased from other countries. After all, Marin ’s territories are not that big, and so must the grain output. Marin was originally a businessman. He also participated in the exploration of Indian routes and the trading of spices. It is estimated that he spent a lot of money to supply food to this war.

Even the food of Edward himself and his seven thousand French troops and three thousand German mercenaries was fed by Marin. Otherwise, Edward should starve a lot of people at this time. Without Henry VII sending troops, hunger can destroy his army ...

Marin paid so much, so after the war, Marin wanted a Northumberland and the Isle of Wight, which is already very kind. After all, Marin hit too much food before. The grain of the Edwardian army is basically supported by Marin.

In this calculation, Marin estimates that it will be difficult to recover the cost for many years. But he didn't know that Marin simply didn't care about this cost investment. In Marin's view, as long as it can eventually annex England, no amount of investment is worth it.

England's geographical advantage is too great, it guards the English Channel, is Germany's biggest obstacle to the Atlantic.

In the previous life, I have read so many novels of the German Second Empire and the Third Empire, and read a lot of history. Marin knew that if the problem of control over the English Channel is not resolved, Germany ’s road to the ocean will be cut off at any time.

Therefore, if Germany wants to become a colonial empire, it will either annex France or annex Britain ...

If it is the Second German Empire, it is naturally better for France to annex. Because Germany is a dry duck and has no ability to cross the sea to annex England. France is bordered by Germany and is the best target for annexation ... Of course, the difficulty of annexing France is very, very large under the intervention of other countries ...

However, that was the end of the 19th century. But now only in the early 16th century, the situation is completely different. The British have not experienced the Queen Elizabeth period in the second half of the 16th century. The navy is not strong, and the army is scum.

Moreover, the population of England is less than 3 million, which is a better management point. Unlike France, there are 15 million people at this time. Even if France was annexed, it would be difficult to control the 15 million French people ...

Not only that ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ France is also a "land of four wars"-its east is the site of the Habsburg family of enemies, the southwest is the site of the traditional rival Spain, and there are British pirates in the north ... how Look, it is much more difficult to control France than England in this era ...

The conditions in England are much better than in France. First of all, in mainland England, there is only a small country with weak power in northern Scotland. That is, England, a small country with five slags in the war, has been replaced by Marin's army and has already swallowed the Kingdom of Scotland.

Even without Marin, the Army ’s always frustrated England can firmly press Scotland ...

Therefore, the only enemy left in England-France ...

As long as it protects against French maritime attacks on the south side of the English Channel, then England ’s national security is fully guaranteed ...

In this comparison, Marin quickly made the most favorable choice-annexation of England ...

As long as England is swallowed up, it is not only possible to control the English channel, which is vital to Germany. Moreover, it can be of great help to Marin's overseas colonization. After all, England is a traditional seafaring nation. With Britain, there are enough sailors, which is very conducive to colonial expansion ...

At the same time as Malin's delusions, the warehouse at the Newcastle terminal finally sent a lot of food one after another, and the food crisis of tens of thousands of people had a comprehensive link. Otherwise, Marin hasn't sent troops yet, and the food problem alone can bring the army to a halt ...

After receiving the food, Marin decided to go south quickly. After all, that's more than 55,000 open mouths, and those war horses ... If you delay one more day, you will consume more than 100,000 pounds of grain and grass ... So, it is better to end the war earlier ...