Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, was a little hampered for a moment, and his eyes were full of gold coins. If he could sell more than 100,000 people to the "big money" Marin, then wouldn't he be able to get more than one million gold coins? Then, his debts would be gone...
Duke Ulrich's mouth was drooling again...
However, Duke Ulrich suddenly remembered that it seemed that the Holy See strictly prohibited human trafficking...
So he hesitated again. As the Duke of Württemberg, Ulrich knew very well that the population of Württemberg was a bit too high. This is not a fertile place. The reason why it is crowded is because the previous Black Death did not affect this remote and remote area with mountains. Then, in the long run, the natural population gradually increased.
In fact, not only the Württemberg region, but most areas of Germany have the problem of surplus population, which has not been well solved.
Therefore, from the beginning of the Hus War in the early 15th century, peasant riots would occur after a period of time. Moreover, this problem was the most serious in southern Germany where there were more mountainous areas.
If it is a northern plain area, it is not a bad thing to have too many people. At worst, it is a wasteland reclaimed, and some are land. But in the southern mountainous areas, it is a disaster. After all, it is difficult to farm in the mountains and population, and if the population increases, problems will naturally occur.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that European agricultural technology has always been very garbage. For example, the Principality of Württemberg, with such a large territory, even if there are many mountains, if it were the agricultural level of ancient China, it would not be a big deal to raise two million people. But the problem is that agricultural technology here is very garbage, and it is difficult to raise sixty or seven hundred thousand people...
If you study the history of the German peasant uprising, you will find that the peasant uprising at that time mostly occurred in the southern region...
There are mountains and water, and it is extremely difficult to reclaim land. Therefore, as soon as the population increases, everyone will have no need to get along. However, in the northern region, because of the widening plains, people will reclaim land when there are too many people, so there are no peasant uprisings.
Speaking of which, this Württemberg peasant uprising, including the previous peasant uprising in Breschgao, was not large in scale, and it did not exceed ten thousand people.
Marin, a history professional, clearly remembers that the largest peasant uprising in German history occurred in 1524, which was the peasant uprising led by Minzeer.
The 1524 peasant uprising led by Minzeer took place near Nuremberg, which is also in the southern region. That time, the total scale of the peasant uprising reached tens of thousands. Among them, the most influential one was the rebel army led by Minzeer.
However, because tens of thousands of peasant uprising troops were unable to merge, they were eventually defeated by the coalition forces formed by the princes. The most ridiculous thing was the 18,000 uprising army that occupied Freiburg. Because, after occupying Freiburg, the peasants of the uprising army grabbed enough wealth in Freiburg. Then, most of the farmers felt that they had enough capital, so they dispersed on their own and went back to their hometown to farm...
In the end, only Minzeer's peasant uprising army with an 8,000-man team fought bravely, but was outnumbered and eventually failed.
Of course, Minzeer was not a peasant. He was a low-level priest. He attended the University of Leipzig run by the church, and studied theology and philosophy at the University of Frankfurt and Mainz. He was a cultural person. The peasant uprising army generally lacked the kind of literati who was full of bad water. Li Zicheng was able to successfully grow up with the assistance of literati such as Li Yan and Niu Jinxing. Without the help of his advisers, it would be difficult for the peasant uprising to succeed...
However, when Minzer was young, his father was persecuted and hung to death by the local nobles. Therefore, he planted the seeds of hatred of the nobles in his heart since he was a child. In the German peasant uprising in 1524, the peasant uprising army where he was in became more combat-effective than other peasant uprising troops because of his knowledgeable leader.
Of course, Minzer did not have much political skills and failed to annex other peasant uprising troops in time. If he could have all the tens of thousands of peasant uprising troops in his hands, then history might have been rewritten.
Moreover, it is said that Minzer was also a fan of Martin Luther who initiated the Reformation. However, Minzer was more radical than Martin Luther and advocated not only anti-Catholicism, but also "revolution" with the nobles. Martin Luther was a smart man and knew that he could not offend the nobles and the church at the same time, so the two broke up. Then, Minzer was killed in the peasant uprising, and Martin Luther escaped the persecution of the Holy See under the protection of the noble leader Frederick III...
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At this time, Minzeer, who was still a teacher and priest in Eslerben, did not know that a great devil named Marin was already making up for him.
Marin was thinking - whether to fuel the fire and make things bigger in Minzeer's peasant uprising. Then, he took the opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman...
Those are tens of thousands of farmers. Wouldn't it be pleasant if they were brought over? One farmer reclaims 100 mu of land, and tens of thousands of farmers are millions of mu...
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In the Stuttgart Palace, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, was also "thinking about the future". However, hesitation flashed in his eyes from time to time. After all, it seems that he is violating the rules of the people under the control of the people...
Kohler saw his melancholy and deliberately made a cliché. When he learned about Duke Ulrich's concerns, he immediately gave an idea...
"Sir Duke, I heard that there was a peasant riot in your country this time?"
"What? What are your opinions?" Duke Ulrich looked at Kohler with his head tilted.
Kohler smiled and said:
"Mr. Duke, the Holy See does not allow human trafficking. But it is not allowed to exile and rebellious..."
Duke Ulrich nodded:
"This is true that Europa has always had a tradition of exile and ordinary rebellion..." As for the rebellion of Daoji, they were all hanged or burned to death...
"If you want to exchange those rebellions for money, you can entrust them to our grand duke for "exiled" on the charge of "exiled"... Then, we give money privately and never mention transactions. Then, no one will accuse you of trafficking in persons..."
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In fact, Marin had discussed with Kohler before that the American continent does need to be developed. But the problem is that he had sent people to recruit immigrants everywhere before. But when those German farmers heard that they were going to the "Wild Continent" (America), they refused. But if they immigrated to the Beihai Country, they would be happy.
Marin could not force them to immigrate, so he was helpless. Therefore, the most important population of the colonies in the Americas is still the tens of thousands of disaster victims in England.
At the beginning, when the English Civil War was in war, tens of thousands of victims had no food. Marin took the opportunity to send them a boat to America and promised to give them enough food.
However, it would be more difficult for him to recruit immigrants in southern Germany. Although they were poor, they were not yet able to survive. You could let them immigrate to the Beihai Kingdom as serfs, but if they wanted them to immigrate to the legendary "wild continent", everyone would refuse to do so.
This is also a bit of blame for Marin. In order to scare other European countries and avoid competition, it made America a little scary. As a result, no one is willing to immigrate to America now, which makes Marin very impressed.
However, the group of peasant uprising prisoners purchased from Breschgao are different. They are "sinners" and have no choice. Marin could have shipped these prisoners of war, including their families, to the American colonies in the name of "helping exile to the wild continent".
Because they are exiled criminals, these people have no right to refuse and do not need to reason with them, which is very worry-free.
After talking with the lords of the Breschgao area, Kohler ran over to lure Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg:
"Duke, I think the rioters of peasants will definitely not give up (the one who will not give up is actually Duke Ulrich, but Kohler cannot say that). If they riot again, you don't have to rush to defeat them. Send them to drive them away first. Let them sweep the villages in some places according to the route you set for them. Then, their ranks will be expanded and the number of peasants will be added. At that time, you are sending troops to defeat and capture them. In this way, you can get as many prisoners of war as possible. Our grand duke is happy to buy these people, pay the money in one hand and the other, and never default on the owes..."
"Okay, just do what you said. I'm not in a hurry to suppress those mud legs. However, my military strength is limited. What if there are too many mud legs, what should we do if we can't beat them?" Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, asked worriedly after gritting his teeth and making up his mind.
Kohler smiled and said:
"Please rest assured, please don't forget how our grand duke started? We can secretly send a group of elite troops, pretend to be ordinary mercenaries, and help you suppress those rioters of riots, and never let the situation get out of control..."
Chapter completed!