Chapter 1437： After the robbery

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Why is Pasto so happy? He was more than happy because he could catch local farmers as cannon fodder to replace them as mercenaries. In addition to this reason, going to a local village to catch a husband can also make a fortune.

The so-called "salvage" actually means robbery. Naples City is the capital of the Kingdom of Naples, and the surrounding villages are naturally prosperous. Because, in the villages around Naples, many farmers enter the city to work and do small businesses, and have more free money than farmers in other places.

Italy's economic prosperity far exceeds that of Germany in the same period. In this era, the German countryside or serfdom dominated. In the countryside, there is basically no self-cultivation. Except for the manor owners and serfs, the extra population often flooded into cities or quays to work.

The Italian region, since the early Middle Ages, has a strong business atmosphere. Moreover, this is the birthplace of the Renaissance, people are more open-minded and economic life is more prosperous. In the Kingdom of Naples, there are many self-cultivators. In addition, many farmers in Italy often work in cities for odd jobs or small businesses when their land is well served. Therefore, the looting of Italian villages, especially those outside the capital city of Naples, definitely has more oil and water than the looting of German villages.

As an Italian, Pasto also knows the economic situation of the villages surrounding Italian cities. Therefore, it is definitely a beautiful difference to go out to catch people this time ...

In other words, this time Louis XII attacked the city of Naples because it was for the purpose of ruling the kingdom of Naples in the future. Therefore, he had not looted the local villages and towns before. After all, make a good impression on the locals.

Of course, compared with victory, what makes a good impression is secondary. Therefore, Louis XII allowed Pasto to catch Ding as a cannon fodder ...

Pasto and his men looted twenty or thirty villages in one fell swoop and caught 4,000 local farmers. Of course, he and his men's pockets are also full of wealth.

After sending the captured 4000 strong men to the camp, Pasto took his pockets and even carried his men to the small camp outside the camp. There is a camp for Genoa merchants ...

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It should be pointed out that because of the prevalence of robberies in the military during this era. Therefore, every time the army is dispatched, there will be merchants taking the initiative to follow the army. On the one hand, they provide the soldiers with some necessities; on the other, they also serve their main purpose-to sell stolen goods to the soldiers after the robbery ...

The profit from selling stolen goods is very high. Except for coins, many things robbed by mercenaries will not be carried around because of inconvenience.

Therefore, they generally find soldiers who follow the army and sell the stolen goods at a bargain price. At this time, it was the gluttonous feast of those merchants who followed the army. Often an item will be madly price-reduced by the military merchants, at most half the price, even lower than one-third of its value ...

As for those mercenaries? Sorry, there is no way to be upset. Because these merchants who can follow the army are all supported by generals. They turned over the stolen goods and made a lot of money, but also spent a lot of money to honor those generals. Otherwise, with the virtue of the soldiers and soldiers, it would be strange not to kill them ...

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In fact, not only in the West, but also in ancient China. The most famous is that when the Manchus entered the customs, they automatically followed the Qing army south and burned and looted the Shanxi merchants.

When the Manchus emerged, they often entered and robbed the customs. However, after they robbed a large amount of gold and silver, they could not enter the customs and spend normally. Therefore, at that time, some Shanxi merchants led by Jiexiu Fan Yongdou and other traitor merchants became their targets of stolen goods.

After the Qing army officially entered the customs, the style of burning and looting continued. Because, in the end, Manqing was a brutal force outside the customs, and had no money to pay the soldiers. However, there are tricks for the poor, so the Manchu Qing court thought of a way-as long as it lays down, you will burn and rob .... In this way, the Qing dynasty will not have to pay much food, and it can also be robbed by burning , Inspiring the beasts of soldiers, making them bloodthirsty and cruel ...

However, they cannot burn the property obtained after looting. Especially for some big things, it is impossible to carry them away. After all, the Qing army could not stop advancing.

So, there was such a group at that time-Jin Merchant with the Army ...

Of course, these merchants are not all Shanxi merchants, but they are mainly Shanxi merchants. They rushed to the mule, or pushed the unicycle, and followed the Qing army south. The Qing troops raised their butcher knives to slaughter everywhere, and they were mainly responsible for repurchasing the stolen goods at a low price after the Qing army burned and looted. Then, wipe the blood on the stolen goods, find ways to sell the stolen goods, and obtain huge profits ...

It is said that after the "Tenth Day of Yangzhou", many of the Shanxi merchants were overwhelmed. After all, Yangzhou was a metropolis at that time, and the Qing army burned and looted the loot and much? As a result, a group of Jin merchants with the army developed, and even simply washed their hands in the golden basin, stayed there, and later became a salt merchant in Yangzhou ...

The fact is that the Yangzhou salt merchants in the early Qing Dynasty were dominated by Shanxi merchants. Because, the locals of Yangzhou were all killed ... Until the middle and late Kangxi period, Huizhou businessmen not far from Yangzhou gradually poured into the restored prosperity of Yangzhou and became the dominant salt merchants of Yangzhou. After all, the world is too peaceful, and the Shanxi merchants who started their business with the army have no advantage ...

In the later generations, every time Marin saw Jin merchants on TV, he couldn't help sneering-Nimaco, there were not many good people from the Jin merchants in the late Ming and early Qing ... because Marin itself was Yangzhou people……

However, their descendants worked hard to whitewash their ancestors, and almost blown Jin merchants into heroes for the country and the people. However, from ancient times to now, how many businessmen have conscience? Being able to hold back the country and making money is considered a good man among the businessmen ... This group of people is as disgusting as the descendant of Hong Chengzhou's dog traitor turned Hong Chengchu's former residence into a patriotic education base ...

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Of course ~ www.novelhall.com ~ European mercenaries in this era, like the Qing army, are not good. Robbery or something is commonplace. And those businessmen who follow the army also know this, so they are happy to help the army to sell stolen goods.

Even in addition to helping the merchants who sell stolen goods, the mercenaries will be followed by a large group of women who follow the army. These women who follow the army will cook for the mercenaries when they are fine. And when mercenaries looted a certain place, the business of these women and women came ...

Mercenaries can't save money. Except for some of the older mercenaries who haven't supported their families, most mercenaries will spend the money they have on two things-wine and finding women ...

For example, this time, after the people of Pasto ransacked 20 or 30 villages, not only those vendors whose main business was selling stolen goods were excited, but also the women and women who accompanied the army were excited. They began to hide in their tents to freshen up and dress up, smearing inferior fat powder on their faces, in order to attract those rich mercenaries ...

During the day, the merchant camp outside the big camp was full of bargaining noises of soldiers and merchants. And at night, the camp was full of screams of women and women "working" to make money ...