Chapter 349： England mercenary

Although the order to send troops to 2000 was issued, Marin understood that because there was no castle protection, 2000 people wanted to stop tens of thousands of hungry people, which is unlikely. After all, coal mines have sufficient food, which will inevitably attract the attention and covetment of hungry people everywhere.

So, Marin prepared to recruit some locals as auxiliary soldiers to jointly guard the coal mine and dock.

Newcastle coal mines are mainly concentrated near the Tyne. The areas that Marin needs to guard are mainly coal mines near the Tyne River and the coal transportation docks along the Tyne River. If the 2000 spearmen only guarded the coal mine, there would be no problem. However, guarding the distance from the coal mine to the wharf is not enough.

Moreover, Marin not only needs to hire local coal miners to help him dig coal with food, but also needs to protect the families of the coal miners.

Because, Marin gave the coal miners food, they will definitely bring their families to eat together. But here comes the problem. At this time in Newcastle, people with severe food shortages are everywhere. Seeing that the women and children of the coal miners have food to eat, it is inevitable that young men will give birth to the idea of ​​snatching.

Therefore, Marin also needs manpower to help protect the families of those coal miners. Otherwise, the safety of your family is not guaranteed, who has the mind to dig coal for you?

Even the family members of the recruited soldiers need to be protected together. To this end, Marin intends to build a barracks on the banks of the Tyne by using the military camp model to house the families of coal miners and auxiliary soldiers.

Outside the camp, there are all dug pits and the camp fence is full of wooden spikes. Not to mention the hungry refugees, even the army cannot easily break through.

As long as they give food and protect the safety of their families, Marin believes that there are more people willing to dig coal for themselves and protect the safety of coal mines and docks.

Even, Marin does not have to pay a salary, as long as those people and their families are guaranteed to have food, then they can hire enough manpower. After all, what Marin does not lack is food. In the northern counties of England, the most scarce is food. It is difficult to take advantage of the things you need the most and stack the things you need the most.

Even, Marin intends to supply bread to those Englishmen who do not apply pure rye bread, but to use the famous "Kohler bread", that is, 15% straw bran brown bread, to serve those who serve themselves Englishman. Even so, this is much better than the black loaf that is heavily soiled and can be used as a brick to smash people.

As for adding wild vegetables? Don't be funny, Newcastle is a disaster-stricken area at this time. It is estimated that the wild vegetables have been dug up by the refugees. It is a good thing to find wild vegetables ...

Refugees are not much worse than locusts. Although Marin had not experienced famine, but in his previous life, he heard the old people talk about the famine of the last century. At that time, let alone wild vegetables, the bark and leaves were almost eaten, and the grass roots were commonly used as rations.

In fact, it was still pretty good. The worst disaster was nothing more than the huge disaster that swept the land of North China in the late Ming Dynasty. That swept through China for half, destroying the super natural disaster of a powerful dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty was weak, the social order was good. Moreover, people's lives are okay. Although Manchu Qing later strove to the Ming Dynasty, but through the records of the missionaries who came to China in the late Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty had a good life. At least, much better than the Europeans at the time. The Ming dynasty was full of materials, low prices, and social stability, and it made some missionaries even want to leave.

Of course, the places where the missionaries dabble belonged to the southeast coastal areas of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This is the most prosperous place in Daming. The northern area should not be so good. After all, in the southeast region, that is a good place to cook twice a year. At the same time, most of the northern part of the country was only cooked once a year, and the output was much lower than that of the south.

The most critical thing is the severely affected area, which is the two "west"-Western Shaanxi and Xishan. People in these two provinces are very sturdy. Not to mention West Shaanxi, the old Qin people's territory, but there are more brave people, it is common to be brave and fierce. Without a way out, raising the flag to rebel is not a problem.

In Xishan Province, that's not bad. In ancient times, there was a legend of "You and the Ranger". This "union" refers to Binzhou, which is Xishan Province. Who is the Ranger? Was it just a matter of arguing against each other if you didn't agree? Do you count?

It is normal for two provinces so popular to suffer massive famine and large-scale banditry. It should be the bad luck of the Ming Dynasty, and the two Wests were not rescued. Then, the people of Western Shaanxi killed the emperor ...

Thinking of the bandits from West Shaanxi, Marin suddenly heard "His uncle and his uncle are both his uncle, high tables and low stools are all wood ..."

In fact, the Ming dynasty should also be in luck, because the Liaodong Jurchen made a counterattack, and the Ming dynasty spent too much military money in Liaodong. When the large-scale famines in the two provinces of West Shaanxi and Xishan, let alone the money and grains for disaster relief, even the military pay was not enough. Chongzhen murmured to borrow money from the ministers, but in the end he didn't collect millions of dollars in military expenses. If I borrowed the military money, maybe the Ming Dynasty could last for a few more years ...

And the dynasty, which is also a strong civil servant, the Song dynasty, because the economy is developed, mainly commercial development, led to the state's abundant finances. Which famine did you encounter? No problem, come, send a few officers to recruit troops, and recruit the young and strong among the victims into the forbidden army!

The young and strong of the victims are gone, how to rebel? Rely on the elderly and women and children? Wash and sleep ...

Therefore, because of the money, the Song dynasty has never been a big problem for the victims. It was only in the end that I met Mongolia who was hanging up.

And the same civil servants were in power, but the Daming Empire was very poor (mainly because no commercial tax was levied). In addition, the Liaodong region spent a lot of money on Manchu Qing, which led to the country running out of money. The area everywhere, then, was not wiped out by the "invincible eight flags" that the later Qing Dynasty boasted, and was eventually wiped out by a group of bandits from West Shaanxi ...

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"Song Dynasty's approach ..." Marin's eyes suddenly turned on ...

Marlin did not care about the life and death of England. Even, Marin hopes that the chaos in England is better.

However, Marin is very concerned about the stability of the Newcastle area. Because it is related to whether he can obtain a stable supply of coal.

Although, there are coal mines in the Ruhr area and Cape Breton Island. However, the large amount of coal shipped out of the Ruhr area will attract the attention of other princes, and then discover their secrets. But Cape Breton Island is too far away, and the ship takes three to four months to come and go, so transportation is really inconvenient.

Only the coal of Newcastle, England, across the North Sea, is the most suitable for the needs of the salt cooking base and cement plant on Baltrum Island. Not only the volume is large, but the confidentiality is good. After all, the coal carrier went out to sea, and God knows where it will be shipped? Want to track? I also have to ask the telescope in the captain's hand under Marin's hand whether to agree ...

The only problem is the coal mine safety in Newcastle.

Now, Marin has money and food in his hands. Obviously, using the methods of the Song Dynasty to recruit the young and strong among the victims as mercenaries is the best way ...

After these young England ~ www.novelhall.com ~ were recruited as mercenaries, they can not only be used to protect the safety of Newcastle coal mines and coal transport terminals. If there are more people, you can also pull Germany to fight. Even if it is not as good as a German mercenary, it is entirely possible to be a cannon fodder. No matter how bad it is, there is no problem in training and growing spearmen.

Moreover, since Edward III promoted archery throughout England, the practice of archery by the English has become a trend. Even, in order to allow the nationals more time to practice archery, the English court banned people from playing football for a long time, just to fear that people would be "destroyed" and delay practicing archery.

Although there are not many people who meet the requirements of the longbowmen recruited by the king, there are many people in England who are good at archery. Therefore, Marin plans to recruit a group of young and strong archers in England to form an archer force. Its main role is to partially replace the role of the musketeer on rainy days. After all, when the matchlock gun rains, it wo n’t work ...

Right now, there are more than 300,000 refugees in several counties in northern England. Among them, it is not a big problem to choose tens of thousands of young men who are suitable for fighting to become English mercenaries. As for the recruitment of some mercenaries, it will make the refugees less destructive to England, which is beyond Marlin's consideration. Ever since he heard that Henry VII had ordered the army to block refugees in central England, Marin knew that there would be no major problems in England. If the refugees cannot reach near London, they will not have much impact on England. Therefore, it is better to recruit young and strong men from the refugees as mercenaries, so that they can serve as cannon fodder during the war ...