Chapter 1517： Bewitched

Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, was temporarily impaired, and his eyes were full of gold coins. If you can sell hundreds of thousands of people to the "big money" Marin, then, can you not get more than one million gold coins. Then, my debts are all gone ...

The mouth of Duke Ulrich was drooling again ...

However, Duke Ulrich suddenly remembered-it seems that the Holy See strictly prohibits human trafficking ...

So he hesitated again. As the Duke of Württemberg, Ulrich knew very well that the population of Württemberg is a bit much. This is not a fertile place. The reason why there are so many people is because the previous Black Death did not affect the mountainous and remote countryside. Then, over a long period of time, the natural population gradually increased.

In fact, not only in the Württemberg region, but most parts of Germany have a problem of surplus population, which has not been well resolved.

Therefore, from the beginning of the Hussite War in the early 15th century, there will be peasant riots over time. Moreover, this problem is most severe in the mountainous regions of southern Germany.

If it is in the northern plains, it is not a bad thing to have a large population, and no matter how big the land is, the land will be reclaimed. But in the southern mountains, a large population is a disaster. After all, mountainous land is not easy to grow. If the population increases, problems will naturally occur.

Of course, this is also related to the European agricultural technology has been very garbage. For example, the Principality of Württemberg, such a large territory, even if there are many mountains, if you change the agricultural level of ancient China, it is not a matter of raising two million people. The problem is that the agricultural technology here is very rubbish, and it has been difficult to raise a population of 6-7 million ...

If you study the history of the German peasant uprising, you will find that most of the peasant uprisings in that time occurred in the southern region ...

The mountains and rivers there are extremely difficult to divert and irrigate. Therefore, as soon as the population increases, everyone will not be mixed up. It is in the northern part of the country, because the plains are vertical and horizontal, and when there are more people, they go to reclaim the wasteland, so there is no peasant uprising.

Speaking of which, the current peasant uprising in Württemberg, including the previous peasant uprising in Breischgau, is not large, and it does not exceed the scale of 10,000 people.

Marin, a history professional, clearly remembers that the largest peasant uprising in German history occurred in 1524, the peasant uprising led by Minzell.

The 1524 peasant uprising led by Minzell took place in the area near Nuremberg, also in the southern region. At that time, the total scale of the peasant uprising reached tens of thousands. Among them, the most influential is the uprising army led by Minzell.

However, because tens of thousands of peasant uprising troops failed to merge into one place, they were finally destroyed by the coalition forces formed by the princes. The most ridiculous thing is the 180,000 rebel army that occupied Freiburg. Because, after the occupation of Freiburg, the peasant soldiers of the rebel army snatched enough wealth in Freiburg. Then, most of the farmers felt that they had enough money, so they scattered themselves and went back to their hometowns to grow their fields ...

In the end, only the 8,000-person peasant rebel army of Minzell fought bravely, but they were outnumbered and eventually failed.

Of course, Minzell is not a farmer. He is a low-level priest, attended the Leipzig University run by the Church, and also studied theology and philosophy at the University of Frankfurt and the University of Mainz. He is a cultural person. The peasant rebels generally lack the kind of literati who have bad stomachs. Li Zicheng succeeded in being successful because of the assistance of literati such as Li Yan and Niu Jinxing. Without the help of counselors, the peasant uprising is difficult to succeed ...

However, when Minzell was young, his father was hanged by the local nobility. Therefore, he planted the seeds of hatred and nobility in his heart from an early age. In the German peasant uprising in 1524, the peasant uprising army where he was, because of his knowledgeable leader, became more powerful than other peasant uprisings.

Of course, Minzell did not have much political skills and failed to annex other peasant rebels in time. If he could hold all the tens of thousands of peasant uprising troops in the dragon, then history might have to be rewritten.

Moreover, it is said that Minzell was a fan of Martin Luther who initiated the religious reform. However, Minzell was more radical than Martin Luther and advocated not only anti-Catholicism but also "revolution" with the nobles. Martin Luther was a wise man, knowing that he could not offend the nobles and the church at the same time, so the two broke up. Then Minzel was defeated and killed in the peasant uprising, and Martin Luther escaped the persecution of the Holy See under the protection of the noble leader Frederick III ...

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At this time, Minzell, who was still a teacher and priest in the city of Eisler, did not know that a great demon named Marin was already beating his idea.

Marin wondered if he was going to help Mintzell's peasant uprising and make things worse. Then, take the opportunity to take advantage of the fisherman ...

There are tens of thousands of peasants. Would n’t it be nice if they got it? A farmer reclaims 100 mu, and tens of thousands of farmers are millions of mu ...

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And in Stuttgart's palace, Duke Ulrich of Württemberg is also "imagining the future". However, hesitated in his eyes from time to time. After all, it seems that it is against the canon to take the initiative to sell and cure the people ...

Kohler saw his melancholy, so he deliberately clichéd. When he learned the concerns of Duke Ulrich, he immediately made an idea ...

"Master Duke, I heard that there have also been peasant riots in your country this time?"

"Why? What do you think?" Duke Ulrich looked at Kohler with his head tilted.

Kohler smiled and said

"Master Duke, the Holy See certainly does not allow human trafficking. However, it is not allowed to banish rebellion ..."

Duke Ulrich nodded

"It's actually that Europa has always had a tradition of exile ordinary rebellion ..." As for the rebellion of the base, they were hanged or burned to death ...

"If you want to change those treason into money, you can use the crime of" exile "to entrust them to our grand duke" exile "... Then, we give money in private, and we will not mention the transaction. People will accuse you of human trafficking ... "

"Exile? Please ask Duke Marin to help exile the rebellion? This idea ... sounds good ..."

In fact, Marin had previously discussed with Kohler that the American continent does require immigrants to develop. But the problem is that he sent people to recruit immigrants before. But the German peasants refused when they heard that they were going to the "Wild Continent". But if immigrants go to the North Sea country, they are very happy.

And Marin can't force them to emigrate, so they are helpless. Therefore, in the current American colonies, the main population is still those tens of thousands of victims in England.

At the beginning of the civil war in England, tens of thousands of victims did not eat. Marin took the opportunity to send a boat to send them to America, promising to give them enough food.

However, if he went to southern Germany to recruit immigrants, it would be more difficult. Although others are poor, they have not reached the point where they cannot survive. You can allow them to emigrate to the local North Sea country as serfs, but if they want to immigrate to the "barbarous continent" in the legend, everyone will refuse to live or die.

This is also to blame Marin. In order to frighten other European countries and avoid competition, www.novelhall.com ~ promoted the Americas a little horror. As a result, few people are willing to emigrate to America now, making Marin very big.

However, the group of peasant uprising prisoners purchased from Bryschgau is different now. They are "sinners" and have no choice. Marin can use the name "help to be exiled to the wild continent" to ship this group of prisoners, including their families, to the American colony.

Because they are exiled criminals, these people do not have the right to refuse and do not need to reason with them, which is very worry-free.

After talking with the lords of Breischau, Kohler ran over to lure Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg

"Master Duke, I don't think the rioting farmers will be willing to give up. If you wait for them to riot again, you don't have to defeat them and send an army to drive them away. Let them sweep some places according to the route you set for them. Villages. Then, their ranks will expand, and the number of participating farmers will also increase. By then, you are sending troops to defeat and capture them. In this way, you can get as many prisoners of war as possible. Our Grand Duke is happy to buy these people , Hand in money and hand in hand, never default ... "

"Okay, just do what you said. I'm not in a hurry to suppress the mud legs. But my military strength is limited. If the mud legs are too many, what can we do?" Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg After gritting his teeth, he asked worriedly.

Kohler smiled

"Please, Lord Duke, don't forget how our grand prince got up? We can secretly send a group of elite troops, disguised as ordinary mercenaries, to help you suppress those rioting farmers, and will never let the situation get out of control ..."

"Okay, deal!" The impoverished Duke Ulrich nodded immediately ...

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