In Newcastle in northeast England, an army of 2,000 Friesians sent by Marin easily occupied the land on the Tyne River outside Newcastle and built a solid camp.
However, when the camp was established, it was surrounded by locals...
Of course, the locals were not going to attack the barracks, but came to ask for food...
At this time, Newcastle was flexible and had already followed the group of people to flee south. Some people went to the beach to fish. At this time, there was only one food source near Newcastle - that was the fishing village by the beach...
Many refugees flocked to the fishing villages by the sea to snatch some fish as food. Many fishermen on the sea were so scared that they took their whole family to the sea and dared not to dock. In the inland areas, those who are still left behind are either the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, or the more honest and dull.
Those monkey spirits either followed the large army to flee south or went to the beach to grab fishermen's catches. Most of the people who stayed were honest people. However, these honest people often ended up in a very miserable way. That is, they starved to death.
Seeing that Malin's 2,000 soldiers landed on the shore to establish camps, some locals plucked up their courage and ran over to ask for something to eat. Of course, they did not dare to make any extreme moves, and they did not dare to rob the rations of fully armed soldiers, but just begged the soldiers timidly.
Just so happened that the commander of the team, Sakara, remembered the instructions above - recruiting troops in the local area...
So, Sakara raised the banner of recruiting soldiers, selected brave and strong locals to become soldiers, and could keep their families full every meal...
The banner of recruiting troops was just raised, which immediately caused the local people to be excited. When they heard that there might be bread for every meal, the local young and strong man went crazy and rushed over from all directions to accept the selection.
All of these 2,000 Friesians can communicate with English speakers in Frisian. Therefore, the recruitment process went very smoothly.
Speaking of which, the process of recruiting troops is actually very simple - the first is to see whether the conscript is willing to accept command, that is, whether he is obedient. The second is a competition, as long as you defeat the opponent in a battle with bare hands and empty hands.
Soldiers are different from the people and need the courage to fight. If you don’t even have the courage to take action in the competition, no matter how strong such a person is, he will be given food to the battlefield. Therefore, during the competition, the officers do not look at the winners at all, but only look at the courage to fight. If you have the courage and are not afraid of being injured, even if you lose the competition, you will be recruited into the army.
In just three days, Sakara recruited three thousand new recruits. Moreover, people from the area near Newcastle were still rushing over to apply.
As for those young and strong who were not selected, Sakara did not give up, but announced that if she wanted, she could dig coal for the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce" (the name of the chamber of commerce fabricated by Marin). The conditions were a little lower than those who were in the army, which could ensure that she was full and her family was half full...
Then, the local young and strong people who were not selected as soldiers signed up in a hurry. Because that was their only chance to not starve to death...
However, Sakara only recruited 1,000 coal miners, and those with experience in coal mining were preferred. Soon, the quota of these 1,000 people was filled. However, there were still tens of thousands of young and strong people around the military camp...
They begged Sakara in hopes of a chance to live with a labor exchanged for food.
Although these weak men are not suitable for military service, they are very suitable for being serfs. So Sakara proposed a third plan - if you want to survive, you should board the ship to go overseas and be a serf for "Morgan" (Marlin's pseudonym). Moreover, families with unmarried daughters and sisters at home are preferred.
This is because Marin hopes to give young and strong people in China a chance to solve their personal problems through this opportunity. After all, in Marin, there are many single mercenaries and immigrants in China, and there are very few girls. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we can spend a very small price to solve the problem of imbalance between men and women in China.
So, Sakara's plan was promoted - families with unmarried girls at home can priority boarding and immigrating, and get enough bread supply.
Then, the surrounding English refugees went crazy...
Those who had unmarried daughters at home took their daughters to Newcastle to find opportunities to survive. Sakara accepted all families with unmarried girls as agreed. Moreover, such families were given priority.
Secondly, there is a young and strong family. Moreover, it is best to have a young and strong wife. Otherwise, Marin still has to worry about their singleness. Damn, Marin feels that he has much more conscience than the officials in later generations. At least, he also helps consider the major issues of national marriages. Unlike officials in some countries in later generations, he is very shameless - can't you find a girlfriend? Wouldn't you go and make a basic problem? Come on, our legislation stipulates that it is legal... Okay, the rest is nothing to do with me...
Although Marin was in Rome, he still remotely controlled Geoffrey and sent a large number of transport ships to Newcastle to load refugees. Then, he set sail to Cape Breton Island on the American continent.
In fact, according to Marin's plan, most of these immigrants should be transported to the Double Islands. However, because I don't know if Manhattan Island has been bought, I will temporarily ship it to Cape Breton Island to settle. Then, after Manhattan Island is bought, tens of thousands of people will be transported to Manhattan Island to settle...
In addition to giving priority to families with unmarried girls and married young and strong families, Sakala also issued the third priority principle - those who know how to work in carpenters and those who are good at logging can also give priority to immigration...
There are too many trees in the New World, and a large number of loggers and carpenters need to deal with them. The overwhelming trees are turned into wood, built into houses, and made into furniture... In addition, they are also built into ships...
In short, for a new continent full of tall trees, being able to deal with wood is also an advantageous skill...
Sakara estimated that there were no hungry people fleeing famines around Newcastle, with about 70,000 or 80,000 people. Among them, 40,000 to 50,000 people met the immigration conditions.
However, Jeffrey only sent 30 200-ton ships. Each round of these 30 ships can only carry about 5,000 people. They are transported to Cape Breton Island for more than three months. They transported 40,000 to 50,000 people, and probably have to wait until next year. Next year, God knows whether England can recover and whether it will stop immigration activities...
Therefore, Saccarat reported to the headquarters and asked for more ships to transport immigrants. Otherwise, it would be easy to change. If the English court recovered and suddenly sent troops north to stop immigration, it would be bad. Especially, if it was delayed to the autumn harvest of 1505, once England obtained enough food, the refugee problem might be solved. In addition, many refugees were almost starved to death. At that time, it would be unlikely to recruit immigrants in Newcastle in such a grand manner... Therefore, if you want to obtain enough immigrants, you must seize time...
Chapter completed!