Chapter 744: Come and Send Mao Mei!
In this recruitment, Marin still aimed at the mountain people in the mountains and forests of southern Germany. Because of their poverty, these mountain people lived far less than the serfs in the plains.
Serfs in the plains had a farm to work on. Although the food is poor, it is not without food. The mountain people are different, because the mountains are not suitable for farming, and the mountain people can only rely on the mountains to eat the mountains. The most is to go into the mountains to pick wild fruits, mushrooms and so on. As for hunting, it's not impossible, but most of the prey hunted has to be handed over to the nobles, and very little can be left by himself. Therefore, the life of the mountain people is very difficult.
Of course, the land of poor mountains and bad waters also makes the character of the mountain people very tenacious. Moreover, as mountaineers who have nothing, they have nothing to lose, so they dare to fight for their lives. And this is also the reason why Marin likes to recruit mountain people as soldiers. You must know that at the beginning, the reason why Swiss mercenaries became famous was that those Swiss mountain people dared to fight hard.
And because of poverty, it is difficult for the mountain people to get a wife. Even if there is a girl in the mountain, as long as there is a little beauty, try to marry outside the mountain. After all, humans are animals that seek advantage and avoid harm. This has also led to fewer and fewer women in the impoverished mountainous areas. Many poor mountain men find it difficult to get a wife, so they can only beat singles. This point, even in later generations of China, is very common. Many old gangsters in the mountains have to pay a lot of money to buy abducted women from human traffickers. Among them, there are many female college students who have been deceived......
Therefore, for men in the mountains, because of poverty, finding a daughter-in-law is also a big problem......
Therefore, in this recruitment, Marin's banner is very simple - he will send a daughter-in-law when he comes......
What daughter-in-law to send? Of course, it's a beautiful hairy girl - come and send hairy sister!
Under Marin's demagoguery, the Crimean Khanate was now very keen on plundering the population of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Not only is he keen to plunder young women and children, but he also likes to catch middle-aged men and castrate them.
For this reason, the Crimean Khanate also ordered a large amount of alcohol from Marin for disinfection when castrating hair. Of course, although they believe in Allah's religion and do not allow alcohol, these people are all descendants of the Mongols, and it is not uncommon for them to secretly drink a little alcohol mixed with water from time to time. Externally, however, these Crimean Tatars will never admit that they have violated religious rules and secretly drank alcohol. As for the reason for buying wine from Marin, it was all for wound washing......
It just so happened that when Marin brewed the second pot head, the head and tail of the pot were relatively rushed, and they were generally used to purify it into alcohol, or blend it into inferior liquor, which could not be sold at a high price anyway. And the Crimean Tatars are not particular about it, they buy alcohol directly from Marin with a purity of about 75% from the head and tail of the pot. After buying it back, part of it is used to disinfect the castration of hairy men, and the other part is used to clean the wound when he is injured. Then the rest was blended into liquor and drunk secretly......
Far from it, the Crimean Tatars, in order to buy enough alcohol and gain more wealth, intensified their raiding of the Rus' region and plundered the population on a large scale. The Grand Duchy of Moscow had nothing to do about it. Because, the Tatar light cavalry came and went like the wind, and even if the Maozi army wanted to find the other side for a decisive battle, the other party might not be willing to agree. In desperation, Mao Zi had no choice but to send troops to build a large number of forts in the southern border area. However, the Crimean Tatar cavalry did not care about the fortresses at all, but went straight around and continued to sack the Rus' villages. And the infantry of the Rus' in the fortress did not dare to come out to pursue the Crimean cavalry at all, otherwise it would be easy to be counter-killed.
So, with the Crimeans the supply of Mao Mei is sufficient. As long as Malcoln spends money, he can buy enough hairy girls.
Of course, Marin's family is not the only one who buys Mao Mei. Ottoman Turkey is also buying Mao Mei, you know, the Turks believe in Allah and also practice polygamy. But the number of women in the country is limited, where to get polygamy? Buy Mao Meibei...... Not only ordinary Turks buy Mao Mei as wives, but even Turkish sultans also buy them. For example, Suleiman I's empress Roxelana, a Ukrainian slave girl bought by the Sultan, is half a hairy girl.
Of course, as long as you have the money and bid higher, the Crimean Khanate will definitely be willing to sell you a better Mao Mei.
And the last thing Marin lacks is money, so as long as Marin is willing, he can buy a large number of Mao Mei from Crimea and reward the soldiers as wives.
Therefore, when Ma Lin sent people to recruit troops in the southern mountains, he dared to shout the slogan of "Come and send Mao Mei". And this slogan has a fatal allure for those poor young people in the mountains. This temptation is much greater than offering a salary of three phenneys a day......
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Of course, this time, Marin didn't dare to claim to be recruiting. If he recruits again, Marin will inevitably become a thorn in the side of those princes.
Therefore, when people were sent to the southern mountains to publicize the recruitment of people, the rhetoric of the people sent was - to recruit serfs. However, when the government needs it, it must also take up arms to defend the homeland...... Such a statement is much milder than direct recruitment......
But in fact, this group of recruits is semi-military in nature. In peacetime, they farmed the land, and in wartime, they would be gathered to fight. According to their role, they can actually be called "reclamation soldiers", somewhat similar to the Northwest Construction Corps in later generations.
Moreover, they were also located in the area near Groningen in the eastern part of West Friesland, near East Friesland. The original local nobles and Junker landlords were relocated to Bremen on the west bank of the Elbe. So, there are large vacant estates that can be used to house these people.
In the event of war, these garrisons, which were separated from East Friesland by only one river from the Ames River, would be quickly assembled to support the important cities of Emden and Aurich to the east of the river. If other countries want to attack East Friesland, they have to ask them if they agree.
These are not full-time soldiers who are not on duty and may not be as well trained as the regular army. However, because the agricultural production of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea is all once a year. Therefore, there is a large amount of leisure time every year, which is enough to train this group of cantonment soldiers into a relatively elite army. Even if they are not allowed to go to the battlefield and fight the enemy, it is more than enough to defend important cities such as Aurich.
Marin's attack on the Duchy of Guedes was imminent, and when the time came, he would send at least 20,000 troops. And at home, only 10,000 troops will remain. In order to prevent the princes from taking the opportunity to sneak attack, it is still necessary to prepare more troops in case of emergency......
For this reason, when sending a recruitment team to southern Germany, Marin also sent an envoy to Crimea by land to order a large number of Mao Mei......