That was indeed a group of European refugees.

There were more than 100 people in this group. They brought their families and traveled across the ocean. After landing in Tianjin, the canal was frozen and the ship was blocked, so they came all the way in a carriage.

Liu Jun couldn't help but be shocked when he saw them eating voraciously.

After eating and drinking all the big buckets of pig's feet, sausages, baskets of bread and several barrels of beer, the people finally stopped while patting their round belly.

Liu Jun frowned when he saw this. These people were like starving ghosts who were reincarnated. They were not afraid of dying from eating so much at once.

Lina finally got free until this time. She pulled Liu Jun aside and said embarrassedly, "I'll let you laugh at it."

"All these are your relatives?"

Lina shook her head. These people were her fellow countrymen, and some were relatives.

"Speak slowly."

It turned out that Europe was still in a melee at this time. This Thirty Years' War, known as the First All-European War in later generations, was originally just a German civil war between the German Protestant princes, the German emperors and the Catholic princes.

Later, the scale of the war continued to expand, and the German Protestant princes united with Denmark, Sweden, France, and also received support from the Netherlands, Britain, Russia and other countries.

The emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, the German Catholic princes, were supported by Spain, and were supported by the Pope and Poland.

The civil war in the Holy Roman Empire evolved into a religious war between Protestant and Catholic countries. It has been fought for twenty-four years since 1618, but the war has become more and more powerful, and more countries are involved.

Even countries have joined forces, but in short, they are in chaos. From the Czech stage twenty-four years ago, to the Denmark stage eighteen years ago, to the Swedish stage eleven years ago, now this war has entered a chaotic Gao Dynasty and a melee across Europe.

After more than 20 years of fighting, Europe was destroyed, and the population of Germans and Germany was sharply reduced by more than half. Whether it was the Catholic princes or the Protestant princes, they all came out with their dog-heads.

European countries have formed a large number of permanent mercenaries. The long-term war and the number of permanent mercenaries with tens of thousands of people have made military expenditures high. The taxes levied by countries on the people have also increased. In addition, the army of various countries is mainly mercenaries, and the military discipline of these people is extremely poor. The additional logistics supply is insufficient. They rely entirely on robbing wars, and they can grab wherever they go.

Moreover, Europe, like China, had to endure the severe cold of the Little Ice Age, and the yield of various grain crops was greatly reduced. Under this circumstance, ordinary people in Europe were in dire straits.

Most European men went to the battlefield, and many people fled from the war zone, trying to find a place to survive.

Among them, many men who had military experience in the European battlefield went to become mercenaries of maritime merchants. They went to the New Continent of the Americas, the West Indies, and the East Indies. In short, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will all give up.

Many Europeans who initially came to the East Indies with merchant ships from Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Britain, France, Sweden and other countries, unexpectedly became prisoners of the Han Dynasty and later joined the Han army one after another.

Then they finally discovered that the Han Empire in the East was a sacred Eden of the East and a holy land. When they served in the army here, they had higher salaries and better treatment, and there were not many wars and very few casualties.

They lived a good life themselves, and did not forget the relatives and people in their hometown who were still suffering. They wrote letters to their hometown and sent money back to their motherland, telling them that there was such a sacred paradise in the East, so that they could come immediately.

In Europe, they were hungry and cold all day long and were always cannon fodder. Everyone had enough of it. I heard that there were such good things, so they sold their house, packed their luggage, and then drove their house to buy a boat ticket and came.

Many people even had no money to buy tickets, so they came to the East on the condition of helping the boatmen work.

Over the past year, countless Europeans have arrived in East on merchant ships every day.

Lina received a letter from her fiancé and bought a boat ticket with a gold sent by her fiancé. Although she came to the East and found that her fiancé was dead, this place was indeed paradise.

She also sent letters and money to go home, so that the suffering family could come to the East to enjoy their happiness. In their hometown, there are many sons who are also Lina's fiancé's companions, and they are also in the great man.

The people from the fellow countrymen set out on the road together and took a Spanish merchant ship to the east. After paying the boat fee, they floated across the ocean.

That strong man like a black bear is Lina's cousin of her ex-fiance and a comrade-in-arms who came to the east in the past. He is now a seventh-rank former sergeant chief of the Han Navy. After receiving the person in Tianjin this time, he asked for leave and sent him to him personally.

The strong man's name is Hans, and now he is a little frowning.

There were so many people from my hometown who came at once, but it was a little troublesome. This time there were more than a hundred people, but at least thousands of people. However, most of them had sons or brothers, cousins ​​and other big men. After they came here, they had their own reception arrangements. To be honest, with their current salary, it would not be a problem even if one person raised a family.

But the trouble is that among the people who came this time, many fellow villagers heard that the situation here was very good, and they came here without caring about the lack of relatives here. Although these people were not family members, most of them were young men coming together. However, they had no relatives here and there, and Hans could not take care of so many.

In particular, there are several other families who are the same as Lina's original situation. After people come here, they find that their family members here have died in battle.

Now the same is true for the 100 refugees like men, women, and young people.

"Can you help them find a job?" Lina asked Liu Jun. She knew that Liu Jun was very capable.

Liu Jun also knew that in recent years, a large number of Europeans have come to China. Liu Jun is not completely rejecting these European refugees, and even gives very high treatment to craftsmen with skills. For example, all kinds of craftsmen in the shipbuilding industry, as well as other craftsmen, can get arranged jobs as long as they have skills, and it is no problem to support their families. It is definitely better than when they were in Europe.

But for those who have no skills, Liu Jun mainly arranged for them to build roads, mining and work as a hard worker. It is harder to work hard, but at least he can earn money to support his family.

However, Lina asked to help find a job, so she definitely didn't want these fellow villagers to go to mining and repair roads and work as hard laborers.

Hans had heard Lina say that Liu Jun was an eighth-rank editor and a civil servant in the Hanlin Academy in the capital. Hans was also a seventh-rank naval officer in the Han Han Dynasty, but he knew clearly that the Chinese Chinese officials in the Han Dynasty had a higher status than military officers, especially civil servants in the capital.

"Sir, many of my fellow villagers are like me. They were all the best mercenaries. They are strong and difficult to fight." Hans spared no effort to promote his fellow villagers. Among these fellow villagers, many young and strong have served as soldiers and fought wars. And he also knew that the treatment of the Han army was very high. It would be great if he could join the Han army to serve as soldiers and earn wages.

However, Liu Jun was not very interested in this. If he had been one or two years earlier, he would have been very happy to accept European mercenaries. But now, the great man has his own regular sea and land army. How could he still need those wild ways from Europe?

Mercenaries had the worst military discipline and were not suitable for the new Han army with strict military discipline.

"Do most of them fight?" Liu Jun asked.

"Of course." Hans' chest slammed.

"So any of them can drive ships? They can drive warships and merchant ships, and can anyone do artillery?"

"Yes, many of my fellow villagers have done it on warships, and many of them are fighting in the army, with all kinds of skills."

Liu Jun smiled, "If this is true, I think it will not be difficult to help your fellow villagers solve their work."

"Oh. What's the best way?" Lina said happily. She knew that this man was very powerful, and there was nothing that could make him difficult.

Liu Jun was not prepared to recruit these European refugees into the Han army, but he thought of another solution.

The imperial court will formally attack Japan next year, and then it will mainly capture Ryukyu and Kyushu, but will also send warships to attack the rest of Japan's harbours and coastal areas.

Liu Jun felt that it was actually possible to let Hans’ fellow villagers return to their old careers.

But this time they don’t need to accept employment from the court, they are their own bosses.

"Go to Japan to rob? Then you can't become a pirate?" Lina exclaimed.

"No, of course it's not pirates, they will get authorization from the court. Therefore, they belong to the mercenaries of the court." Liu Jun does not recognize the name pirates. It sounds better to call mercenaries. Anyway, mercenaries these days are actually robbers.

Liu Jun's plan was very simple, asking Hans to gather his young and strong fellow countrymen who had no jobs. Finally, he organized a group of mercenaries licensed by the imperial court to rob the coast outside Kyushu Island in Japan.

"All personnel must be registered, but the court will not pay salaries. The court will grant them a privateer permit, allowing them to plunder in Japan."

"They make a profit from the loot that they pay for their taxes."

Lina thought of a key question, "But they don't have the money to buy boats, guns and cannons!"

"This is not a problem." Liu Jun cannot be troubled, and he has a way.

His solution is that these people have no money to buy a ship in the early stage. Then they will take aboard the imperial fleet, and the imperial warships escort the transport ships to land on the coast of Japan, and these European mercenaries can go ashore.

After they got ashore, they acted freely, and robbed as much as they could, whether it was money, materials or population. They took these back to the shore, registered them uniformly and transported them onto the ship. After they were transported back to the Han Dynasty, they were sold uniformly. After deducting the ship money and taxes and other expenses, the rest was their income.

If they have money in the future, they can buy a ship to follow the fleet, or act alone. With their own ship, the taxes and fees will definitely be much less and they can earn more.

Anyway, if you have money, you can buy or rent a boat and grab it yourself. If you don’t have money, you can take a boat with the army to grab it.

In this way, those Europeans have the opportunity to work as hard laborers in China without having to mine and build roads, and can also make a lot of money. For the court, they collect these people as mercenaries, but they neither pay or equipment. They take boats to rob and pay ship fees. If they get it, the court will have to draw one by hand and collect taxes.

If they didn't grab it, the court would not lose it. If they died, it would be their unlucky, and the court would not even have to pay the pension.

"As long as someone is willing to guarantee them, they can become mercenaries of the Han Dynasty's attack on Japan. The swords, guns and ammunition they need can be purchased from the court. The spoils they earn will be handled at a fair price and exchanged for silver and money."

"Can you finalize this matter?" Hans asked an important question.

Liu Jun remembered that his current identity is just an eighth-grade editor.

"I'll reveal some news to you. Don't tell me if you listen. This is actually the content of a plan of the court and will be announced soon. I'm just telling you in advance."

When Hans and Lina heard this, they were very happy.

"Don't worry, this matter will be announced in the next two days. But now you still have time to get a temporary ID card for your fellow villagers and relatives, and then apply for a temporary residence permit."

"Can't they be a Han nationality?" Lina asked.

"Of course it's OK in the future, but it's not possible now. Now they can only apply for a temporary ID card and a temporary residence permit first. If they don't have these two certificates, they will be sent to mining and road repairs by the government!"
Chapter completed!