Chapter 188: Lessee

As the training continued, Marin suddenly discovered that there were many problems in the army. The biggest problem is the quality of officers.
Be aware that in the entire army, except Marin, Schwarz and Fronzberg, who came from three cavalry families, were illiterate.
Although these illiterate soldiers also have a lot of cleverness, they are more suitable as team captains. However, at the company captain level, these illiterates are not suitable.
To give you the simplest example, a company of 250 people may be assigned to perform a separate task. Some tasks are more complicated, and the oral message cannot be fully expressed.
However, if the company captain is illiterate, it will be a break. Too long order relays are also difficult to dictate. In the end, the company captain can only be dumbfounded. Therefore, it is also important to find a company leader who can understand the order.
马 All Marin's current army has a total of 5,000 (not counting the 1,000 Frisian prisoners of war) and a total of 20 companies. It can be said that Marin is in short supply of talents such as Captain.
Of course, Marin can also organize literacy classes to let his subordinates learn to read and write smartly. However, this is too late. Because within this year, he will definitely send troops.
Not only Marin was worried, Schwartz and Fronzberg were worried. Those acting company captains in their square are all illiterate and are only suitable as microphones, not suitable as company captains.
In this regard, Schwartz and Flenzberg came to discuss with Marin, how to solve this problem ...
In fact, the most suitable captains are the Rangers. These people have cultures, high martial arts, and can withstand those big soldiers. In addition, the homeless knight has learned simple military command methods when he is basically at home, and is regarded as a professional counterpart.
However, Marin has also recruited those homeless knights who came to visit him on Texel Island. However, 愣 was one who did not solicit. The literate among the civilian population may not be able to be an officer. Because in addition to literacy, officers also need courage and force, otherwise they can't bear the big soldiers. Moreover, in the cold weapon era, the courage of grass-roots officers is very important. If the officer takes the lead in escaping, the army will definitely collapse ...
So, the best way is to recruit those wandering knights ...
However, Marin cannot now send people to openly recruit the Rangers in the German interior. Because once he publicly recruits the Wandering Knights, he will leak secrets in the army. For example, he recruited 5,000 soldiers and was easily known.
Once this news is leaked, it will attract the vigilance of countries around the Wadden Islands. The most immediate consequence is that East Frisian may strengthen its alert. If East Friesland strengthened its alertness, the difficulty of sneaking up on Emden would increase exponentially, which was by no means what Marin wanted to see.
"In what way can you recruit enough stray knights without attracting attention ..." Marin lost his thoughts ...
"Master, why don't we go and ask Master to help?" Schwartz came up with an idea.
不 "No, absolutely not. Adler has not given birth to a son, and Dad will not agree with him on the battlefield."
"Let's go to the Teutonic Order to borrow someone?"
"Borrow?" Marin wondered.
"Don't you say that there are many homeless knights in the Teutonic Order? There are so many homeless knights, why can't you borrow them first. When East Frisian is laid down, you will become the earl, and someone will go to ..."
Marin thought for a while, his eyes suddenly turned on:
"Good idea! Let's borrow!"
"But, lord, borrower, after all, you have to return it ..." Franzberg hesitated.
"It's okay, I thought of a good way, we can find those stray knights who just debuted, and then flicker them every day, don't believe they don't stay."
"Then we will send someone to borrow Teutonic country now?"
"No, I'll go to Cliff City in person ..."
"what do you mean?"
"Previously, the head of the Philip had asked John II to organize the Crusaders of the Principality of Cleveland and Markborough to join him. Can I borrow 20 people from John II in the organization ..."
"Is John II willing to borrow?"
"We are allies, we really can't do it. I can give him some salt quota every year, so that he can make a small fortune." There is no problem with giving John II the exclusive distribution of John II in the Principality of Clifford and Markborough. Who made him the boss of these two countries?
"How did Manager Wright explain?"
"It's okay. The amount I give Wright every year is actually not enough to sell. And now, Wright has expanded the market to the upper Rhine area and is no longer restricted to the vicinity of Cologne. It's just that the Principality of Cliff and Markborough are missing. It will not prevent him from selling out the salt. "
The next day, Marin took dozens of thugs, one man and two horses, and hurried to Cliff City ...
John II received Marin warmly, but when Marin offered to borrow, John II was a little bit embarrassed. Because these people should be sent to Teutonic country to help his brother.
Although Marin is an ally, she can't compare with her brother after all. Therefore, John II even hoped to give these people to his brothers, so as to help Prince Philip to quickly control the Teutonic country.
"Oh, I do n’t know if Lord Duke has heard of the fine bitter salt of Wiggins Chamber of Commerce?" Marin knew it was not easy, so he had to zoom in ...
"Of course I have heard that the fine salt is white and crystal clear, does not taste bitter, and is indeed the best salt. Now, my court has changed to this salt, and no longer uses the bitter Luneburg mineral salt. "
如果 "What if I have a way to get large quantities of this salt and let you sell it on your behalf?"
"What?"
As a result, Marin explained to John II the concept of regional agency sales that was popular in later generations. To put it plainly, it is to allow John II to monopolize the sale of non-bitter salt of the Principality of Cliff and Markborough ...
Right now, the price of non-bitter refined salt in the Principality of Cleveland is at least 6 shillings per quart, which is still the wholesale price. The price Marin gave Wright was only 3 shillings and 9 finnies. The profits are still great.
Moreover, Marin gave John II an insidious means of "salt monopoly" and taught John II to monopolize the nation's salt trade ...
越 John II's eyes became brighter the more he heard, and when Marin finished speaking, his eyes had turned into searchlights ...
"It's a good idea ... uh ... Baron Marin, how can you find me so much non-bitter refined salt? And a stable and large supply?"
当然 "Of course, on our island, can we produce non-bitter salt?"
什么 "What? So you provided the non-bitter refined salt of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce?" John II stood up in shock. He finally understood why Marin could give up 100,000 gold coins to support his younger brother as the head of the Teutonic Grand Prix. If you do n’t buy bitter salt, you wo n’t lose money.
"Ahem ... that's not it, I'm just one of the partners of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce. The main partner of the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce ~ EbookFREE.me ~ is actually in the UK. And I was there because I found a place Gulfs with high seawater quality can produce a lot of non-bitter fine salt. Well ... you know, the quality of salt is related to seawater ... "Marin began to flicker John II. Anyway, John II did not understand science ...
"Oh ... that's the case ..." Although I don't understand, John II is a big face and will not say that he doesn't understand. So, he just pretended to understand, and couldn't help nodding ... Just like the big leaders who inspected the high-tech development zones, apparently didn't understand high-tech, and couldn't help nodding, they seemed to understand ...
Next, Marin and John II agreed that Marin would provide 50,000 quarts of non-bitter fine salt to John II at a wholesale price of 4 shillings per quart each year. In fact, this amount is not large, but the populations of the Principality of Cliff and Mark are not large. Moreover, among the ordinary people, some poor people cannot afford to buy bitter refined salt. Therefore, these experiences can cover half of the residents of the two countries, even if they are not bad. The other half of the poor also need to import some bitter Luneborg mineral salts. However, whether it was refined salt or bitter salt, John II planned to operate according to Marin's er ...
When John reached a cooperation agreement, John II was happy. As a result, the second batch of 60 homeless knights who were going to the Teutonic Order was sent to Marin by John II, and 28 of them were from Marc, and they promised to help keep them secret ... ...
Marin also happily took these 28 people back, and he made up his mind-although it was said to be borrowing, but he planned to learn "Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou", whether these people have borrowed or not ~ www. EbookFREE.me ~ Welcome the book readers to read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are all in ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Mobile users please read.