Chapter 1598 Philadelphia's 'Night Walk in the Brocade'
It is July, the hottest time in the northern hemisphere. The highest summer temperature here has reached 34 degrees. Fortunately, this group of immigrants are from Breschgao in southern Germany, and it is not uncommon for the summer temperature to exceed 30 degrees. If it were people in the northern coastal areas of Germany, they might not be able to withstand this high temperature.
"The summer is a little hotter than Germany, but it is not much hotter. The southern region is hotter, but we are heading north here, and the summer is not very hot. In winter, it will be very cold. At least, it is much colder than Germany."
"But that doesn't matter. Our grandfather invented the kang. If it's too cold in winter, burn the kang at night and the room is warm..." Lyrton explained to several old men with a smile.
"What should I do when I go out? If it's too cold, we don't have thick leather jackets when we go out!" At this time, an old man interrupted. In his understanding, when he went out in winter, he usually wore fur coats all over his body...
Lyrton looked at him speechlessly and said:
"Where are there so many fur clothes for you to wear? Although the local fur is indeed rich, you are a farmer and it is a bit too luxurious to wear fur..."
The old farmer said embarrassedly:
"I know, but, don't we go out in winter?"
Lyerton shook his head and said:
"No, our grandfather has already thought about it - wear a straw raincoat!"
Then, he sent soldiers to take a straw raincoat from the cabin. At the same time, he also called a soldier who could weave straw raincoats.
"This is a straw raincoat, made of thatch. It can protect you from rain when it rains. When it is cold in winter, it can protect you from cold..."
"Isn't this grass? Can it be worn as clothes? Will there be lice?" an old farmer asked hesitantly.
Lyerton rolled his eyes after hearing this:
"If you throw it around, throw it into a haystack, and then use it to wear it, it will naturally lead to lice. If it is well preserved, be careful. Wash it with water before wearing it, then dry it or dry it, and you won't have lice. If you grow lice, it must be because you don't take a bath!"
Lairton suddenly remembered that when he forced these guys to take a shower before boarding the ship on Breschgao, he was crying and calling for his parents...
At that time, many people refused to take a bath, thinking that they would get sick after taking a bath. However, the Beihai Kingdom strictly stipulated that they would not be allowed to board the boat without taking a bath.
In desperation, the soldiers who were watching over them had to violently escort them to take off their clothes and take a bath. When taking a bath, they even took their clothes to boil them in lime water, which is said to be called disinfection...
Also, fortunately, this place is not China during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and women do not commit suicide after being touched. Otherwise, they must be killed.
However, when a group of girls and sister-in-law were forced to be stripped and thrown into a temporary bathhouse, I feel very exciting now when I think about it...
Then, before boarding the ship at Emden Port in Beihai, a bath was organized. This time, no one was required to enforce it. Everyone obediently took off their clothes and took a bath. Especially the women no longer wanted to take a bath under the crowd of big-headed soldiers, but went to a more hidden place.
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After the explanation, Lairton went to inspect the progress of building the house. The old men who listened to his explanation returned to the crowd and explained to others.
This is what it is in the countryside. Although the ancient European old men did not have the same say as the ancient Chinese rural tribes, because they were experienced, there were still people who listened to them. So, Lairton simply explained to these old men first and then asked them to explain to the immigrants. This is much more useful than he said. Because many young people would have a resistant attitude towards Lairton and others. However, the young immigrants still respected the old people among them. For rural people, without the guidance of agricultural technicians, these experienced old farmers are the life mentors of the young farmers...
When building the houses where the immigrants lived, Lairton also divided some of the men and some soldiers and began to build a simple military fortress by the river.
Because, in the future, Lairton will become the military commander here. After all, there are Indian activities on the west bank of the Delaware River. For the safety of local immigrants, a force must be left to supervise the movements of the Indians on the other side of the river.
In addition, these immigrants did not come voluntarily. In order to prevent them from causing trouble, they also need to leave an army to supervise and suppress them. It was not until Marin sent Taylor's disciples to fool them and fool them all, and then they could relax their supervision.
Also, in the near future, the North Sea Congress uses Kenton as a bridgehead to launch an attack on the Philadelphia area on the other side and seize the land there.
According to the previous canonization, Marin's younger brother Albert was the Earl of Philadelphia. His fief was in the Philadelphia area on the west bank of the Delaware River.
Now, Simon has become a vassal, and Albert's fief has not been fulfilled. This time, Marin chose to establish a colonial site in Kenton, across the Philadelphia, to prepare for expansion to the other side.
Once the colonial development here goes smoothly, when the farming is slack, it will be an opportunity to organize troops to cross the Delaware River to capture the Philadelphia area.
Once the Philadelphia area is captured, Marin will establish Philadelphia across the river and confirm the establishment of the "Philadelphia Beautiful Kingdom". At that time, Marin intends to allocate the entire Demava Peninsula where Delaware is located in later generations, including the Philadelphia area, to the Philadelphia Beautiful Kingdom.
Although this land is very fertile, close to the exit of the river, and also has good land like Philadelphia, Marin doesn't care much. After all, North America is so big, this land is really nothing. If you count it carefully, the area of this land is only less than 20,000 square kilometers. Compared with Simon's Ukrainian area, it is much less.
But Marin could not give him too much territory. It was not that he could not bear to leave the territory, but that he could not bear to leave the population...
Simon occupies the northern part of the Ukrainian grassland. Although the land area is large, he has 3 million Ukrainians to help him get the best of his life.
Albert is different. With land here, there must be enough population to develop! If you give too much land, Albert will inevitably find people to develop it everywhere. If you ask Marin for people, Marin cannot really give it. So, just give less land, so you won’t be afraid that Albert will have too much population.
Besides, the territory given to Albert is also a relatively good land in North America, and it is not considered a bad treatment for him. If it is developed here, it will be much richer than those of the little Boss countries in the German region.
Of course, there is also a problem of not being famous here. After all, before the Beihai State had no strength, the establishment of the Philadelphia State had to be carried out quietly and could not be heard everywhere.
Therefore, although Albert is very affordable, he will inevitably have to "go in the night of a brocade" for a long time...
Chapter completed!