Chapter 350: Mercenary King (Small Finale)

Schwartz's recruiting work in the Hessen and Baden areas went unimaginably. Several recruiting points were surrounded by enthusiastic local youth.
When Marin received the news, she was also filled with emotion. It is difficult to imagine the poverty of Germans in this era. In this era when the yield of rye is only over 100 kilograms, the food is not enough. And because the Black Death has not had a large-scale outbreak for a long time, the population has increased a lot.
If it is a noble and rich family, adding a few people may not be a thing. But in the serf family, that was a tragedy. The number of people needed to cultivate the land of the manor is limited, and the number of people to support them is also limited. Serf owners are not philanthropists and will not harm others. Therefore, in addition to the eldest son's eldest son who needs to inherit his father's business and continue to be a serf to the serf owner, the other sons will be driven out by the manor to make a living when they grow up.
If it is near the commercial city of Hansa or in areas with developed handicrafts such as Saxony, these surplus laborers may still be able to enter the handicraft workshops and sell their labors for food and clothing. However, inland mountainous regions such as Hessen and Baden have almost no handicrafts, and the city's population carrying capacity is also very limited. Therefore, the people here are really poor ...
Schwartz's recruitment sites in Hessen and Baden were surrounded by a group of thin young men. Obviously, most of these young people are underfed.
However, Schwartz is here to recruit troops, not to do charity. Since it is recruiting, it naturally needs to be evaluated ...
I still use Marin's old method-you don't need to be strong and strong in martial arts, you only need to be brave enough when you are going to battle against fear of pain.
After all, mercenaries are dangerous occupations with their heads tied to their belts. If you are afraid of being hurt or hurt by an opponent's stick, how can you ensure that you have the courage and the enemy to fight on the battlefield?
Of course, in the competition, in addition to being brave and fearless, if you still have a calm mind, such people will be marked on the list and will be trained as a team leader in the future. The soldiers at the bottom need bravery, and those who serve as grass-roots officers need to be brave and calm.
Schwartz originally planned to recruit 9,000 infantry in the Hessen and Baden areas, but he did not expect that he had selected all of them. The recruiting site was still surrounded by a large group of local youths and prevented him from leaving. No way, Schwartz had no choice but to send someone to speed up, at the expense of horsepower, relayed the news back to Orich.
After Marin got the news, she pondered for a long time, and then gave a reply-to continue to recruit 2,500 people, just to fill the gap left by Frentzberg to take away 2,500 people!
As for the 2,500 people taken by Franz Berg, Marin is not planning to return. After all, he met the emperor and was supported by the emperor. Otherwise, he would not be able to secure his seat. Flenzberg and the 2,500 soldiers were the representatives and helpers of the Marin faction to the emperor.
As for the recruitment, Marin changed his plan and planned to recruit 2,500 more. In this way, Marin intends to replenish the number of troops in East Frisian to 10,000. Then there were 10,000 people training there on the Teutonic side. Once Rome has changed, these 10,000 people will quickly board the ship and accompany Archbishop Rovere to Italy by sea.
However, even if Schwartz recruited another 2,500 people, it still could not stop the enthusiasm of the locals. You know, Schwartz recruited a total of 11,500 people in the two vassals, but as many as 40,000 young people can come to apply ...
I know that being a mercenary is dangerous, but these young people are scared. In order to be able to eat every day, they are willing to gamble with their lives. What's more, people from Hessen and Baden actually came. Poor young people in nearby vassal states, after hearing the news, also came to sign up on foot ...
施 When Schwartz announced that he would stop recruiting, many young people were crying. Many people even shouted, don't pay 3 Finneys a day, just eat enough food every day ...
No wonder, this year, the climate in the interior of Germany was abnormal. In many places, the grain crops failed and famine was caused. As it happens, both the Hesse and Baden regions are in famine. That's why so many people want to sign up for mercenaries. Otherwise, staying at home is also starving. It's better to be a mercenary and be a full-bodied ghost. If you are lucky, not only will you not die, but you will also make a fortune home.
I used to have several mercenaries from Hessen who had joined Marin's team in Italy. After Marin secretly sold prisoners of war and horses, he gave each person a lot of gold coins. When these people returned, they all built a house, bought land, married a daughter-in-law, and became little winners in life ...
Encouraged by this rumor, when young people in Hessen heard that Marin sent people to recruit troops, many people rushed to sign up. In fact, they didn't know that the kind of good things that happened in Italy at the time was very difficult to encounter. But everyone has luck, and always dreams of luck. So young people are very active. In addition, even if you do n’t get a good thing like dozens or hundreds of gold coins, you can definitely get enough clothes and clothes to get 3 Finny's salary every day, and you can even save half the money to subsidize households. What's more, this year, famine in the southern part of Germany has made a good living. How dare you be picky?
Schwartz sent some recruits to take these recruits back to East Friesland in batches, and sent an urgent letter to Marin. Marin had originally planned to ignore it, but he suddenly remembered that his American colony seemed to need a large population. So Marin changed his mind ...
He immediately wrote back and asked Schwartz to return immediately and take the selected recruits to the Teutonic State. At the same time, Kohler was sent to these two places and brought a group of subordinates.
Mr. Kohler went here, but not to recruit soldiers, but to recruit immigrants ...
The development of American colonies requires population and labor. Since these young people are too poor to survive, why not recruit some to go to the American colonies for reclamation?
He not only brought a lot of clerks and guards, but also many bakers who were good at making "cola bread" (that is, adding straw bran to the bread). Obviously, Kohler wanted to attract these hungry young people with a simple, direct and rude method of "bread tube is enough" ...
装 The operation of loading the recruits to Teutonic was smooth. Marin not only used the 10 200-ton Kirk sailboats he had bought back, but also hired a dozen idle merchant ships from the Hanseatic League to help transport people.
Marin let the fleet transport 9,000 people to Teutonic, leaving an additional 2,500 people to add to the East Frisian Army.
The mass recruitment of him has once again caused tension in neighboring countries. However, Marin told the envoys of neighbouring countries that it was a mercenary recruited for the Teutonic state. The head of Philip and John II, Duke of Rivers, also came forward to help lie, which only reassured several neighboring countries.
The recruitment of cavalry in the Teutonic country was also very smooth. Marin's uncle Yule came forward in person. The Teutonic homeless knights who were not selected by the Teutonic Knights ~ EbookFREE.me ~ chose Join the selection.
Wu Yule clearly remembered Marin's recruitment requirements and only recruited people of good moral character. For the homeless knights who have committed crimes in Teutonic territory, Huller will not be admitted. You know, he is the clerk of the head of the Teutonic State University, and it is very easy to check the Teutonic state's public security files. Whoever has committed the crime, who has been honest, will be clear at the first inspection. Therefore, he only needs to pick people among the stray knights who have not done anything.
Alas, because of life constraints, many stray knights are indeed a bit confused. Even the wandering knights went to the small landlord's house to serve as a nursing home in order not to be hungry. Marin pays these stray knights nine fennies a day, three times the amount of infantry. With such a salary, there is absolutely no worries about eating and drinking, and war horses can also have money to buy feed. As a result, these homeless knights are still eager to sign up.
When Schwartz arrived in Teutonic with 9,000 infantry recruits, Jules had been waiting for a long time with his chosen 1,000 cavalry ...
When the news of the troop recruitment was returned to Orich's palace, Marin was drinking with his father-in-law Archbishop Rovere ...
"Congratulations, boy, you have more than 20,000 soldiers. You are already the king of mercenaries in Germany. Without the mercenary leader you have more soldiers, not even the Swiss! I am proud of you!" Rowe Archbishop Rai raised his glass filled with Bordeaux wine and congratulated.
"Is it just the king of the German mercenary world ..." Marin smiled undeniably. As a traverser, what pride to be a mercenary boss?
"My goal is the sea of ​​stars!" Marin added silently in his heart ...
(End of book)
(Please stay tuned for the sequel to this book-"The Rise of the European Emperor")