In Marin's view, those old fishermen who took out loans to buy boats basically did not lose money. But it is difficult to say that those landless peasants took out loans to buy boats. Although Marin provides them with training services, they can learn the art of fishing, but it is difficult for them to master the skills of finding fishing areas. This skill is often the experience of old fishermen for decades.

Therefore, many landless peasants who took out loans to buy boats can actually easily go bankrupt in the end. Then, the family had to send a strong man to serve in Marin's Royal Navy in order to pay off the debt. Then, they will be sent to a place with a harsh climate, such as a tropical rainforest area, for many years.

Some people may ask - why is it so complicated? Wouldn't it be okay to directly recruit landless peasants into the navy? Yes, yes, but with some trouble.

First of all, people don't necessarily want to join the Royal Navy. Moreover, since they were recruited, they certainly could not be assigned to serve in areas with harsh climates at will. For example, Marin arranges for his country's young Frisian fishermen to serve in the tropics, often paying much higher salaries than in other regions. Otherwise, no one will go. This is similar to going to Tibet and other border areas to serve as soldiers in later generations, and no one is willing to go without high benefits. Even if they are forced to go, they are not convinced. If you really want to start a war, morale is low, and it is easy to lose the battle.

Therefore, Marin would rather set up a trap to make some people who have no talent for fishing owe money, and then send them to work as sailors in areas with harsh climates. This kind of debtor does not dare to have any opinions. This era is not the era of "the master who owes money" in later generations, because the law does not protect Renmuyou, especially those who owe money. Therefore, sailors who owe money can only honestly go to areas with bad weather to serve as soldiers, and use half of their salary to pay off their debts.

In addition, when they first took out a loan to buy a boat to fish, they also exercised their ability to survive at sea. Among them, the ability to adapt to stay at sea for a long time is also one of them.

A landman who has never been at sea at all, who rashly gets on a ship to become a sailor and goes out to sea for a few months, may be depressed and mad in the middle of the sea. Fishermen who have been fishing at sea for a few years have no such worries at all and are very adaptable. In particular, when they go fishing in order to survive, they are highly motivated and can adapt to long-term life at sea as soon as possible.

Even if the landless peasants who have no talent for fishing eventually go bankrupt, it will be at least a year or two later. At that time, after a long period of fishing life at sea, they had long adapted to the life of staying at sea for a long time. Moreover, he is no stranger to the handling of wooden boats. Such people do not need an adaptation period when they are pulled into the navy, and they can directly teach them the skills of naval warfare. As for the adaptation to the sea and the handling of sailboats, when people fish, they have laid a very solid foundation......

At the moment, Marin had a clear position for the English and Germans – the Germans were mainly responsible for farming and land warfare (with the exception of the Frisians), while the Frisians of the English and Germans were mainly responsible for fishing, trade, and naval warfare......

The two races have a clear division of labor, and together they will form the most solid foundation of the future empire. Even if he was a landless peasant in England, Marin intended to train him to become a sailor and fisherman...... On the German side, the only exception is the Frisians, who have a tradition of fishing. Others, mostly on land.

Of course, the Dutch were also Marin's current source of seafaring personnel. The Dutch already have a tradition of fishing, and now Prince Philip is enclosing land under the bewitchment of Marin. In the future, there will definitely be a lot of Dutch people who will lose their land. When the time comes, Marin plans to use the same trick against them - first provide a loan without collateral to let them buy a fishing boat, and if they succeed, they will make money for Marin, and if they fail, they will sell themselves to Marin as a sailor in a miserable place for 20 years......

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In fact, the Dutch spoken by the Dutch people today is still very close to German, and it is clearly different from German in later generations.

At this time, the Netherlands was still part of the Holy Roman Empire, equivalent to a vassal of Germany. The Dutch were also a Germanic people, so the Dutch language was able to communicate with the German language in this era.

Of course, we're talking about the Netherlands, not the Netherlands. If you count the entire Netherlands, the later Belgian region in the south of it is greatly influenced by France, and the local language is somewhat closer to French, which is a bit different from German.

The real difference between Dutch and German began to appear very much because after the seven northern Dutch provinces became independent from Spain, many residents of southern Dutch (Belgium) moved to the seven northern provinces because they did not like to be ruled by Spain, which had a great influence on the Dutch language in later generations. Then, Dutch became less and less like German. In later generations, it was difficult to communicate between Dutch and German.

But in this era, most of the people of the Netherlands, except for those in the border with France, spoke the language of most of the Dutch people, and spoke the language of Low German.

Therefore, Marin will not have any problems accepting the Dutch. This is because the Dutch region did not yet have an independent mind and national consciousness, and was only a part of the Holy Roman Empire.

In addition, the Habsburg family, who ruled the Netherlands, had always been friendly with Marin, so the Dutch people had always been close to the North Sea State, and their impression of Marin was not bad. Even the Dutch were more friendly to Marin than the princely states of southern Germany. Because, some vassal states in southern Germany deliberately smeared Marin in propaganda, so that many southern Germans had a bad impression of Marin. On the contrary, the Dutch people, under the influence of the Habsburgs, had a good impression of Marin.

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However, the current group of people is a headache for Marin......

Who are they? French!

Yes, since last year's autumn harvest, after Marin colluded with the nobles of northeastern France to adopt the method of usury + steaming the seeds lent to the peasants, this autumn harvest, as expected, most of the peasants did not harvest enough grain to repay their debts during the autumn harvest, and then, had to sell the land to the local nobles who lent them usury......

These nobles swallowed up a lot of land and wanted to turn the local peasants back into their serfs. However, through this usury incident, the local peasants have become afraid of these black-hearted local nobles and dare not trust them anymore. As a result, some French peasants who lost their land chose to leave their homeland and go elsewhere to earn a living......

At this time, Marin's spies, who had been lurking for a long time, appeared in front of the French peasants who wanted to leave their homeland......

"Come with us, and swear in the name of God that if you are willing to become the serfs of our lord, you will be able to eat bread and give you clothes. And, we can swear that you will never force you to do what you don't want to do. When the time comes, as long as you farm well, the family will be able to live well......"

Marin's spies swore in front of the peasants of northeastern France who had lost their land, and recruited them. In order to gain the trust of the French peasants who were planning to leave their homeland, the spies were even willing to swear in the name of God, even swearing by the Bible......

In Europe at this time, no one dared to lie in the name of God and the Bible. As a result, many French farmers chose to believe them. And the spies weren't lying. If you really want to become a serf in Marin, your life will definitely be among the best among European peasants.

However, the problem facing Marin at the moment was how to bring a large number of French peasants back to the North Sea Country......

You know, these French peasants who have been annexed by others are easy to recruit, but if they are too large in number, they will have a huge impact if they want to bring them back to the North Sea Kingdom. Because, the total number of them is already tens of thousands......

The French are not stupid, hundreds or thousands of people, as long as they are taken away in batches, they are not noticeable. However, the migration of tens of thousands of people, as long as you are not a fool, can be perceived. Therefore, what Marin needs to solve at the moment is how to get these tens of thousands of French peasants back home without angering the French. Moreover, these tens of thousands of people are only the first batch. This is because it is estimated that there are two or three hundred thousand landless peasants in France who have left their homeland this time. If we recruit again, it is estimated that there will be more people. But this first batch of tens of thousands of people is enough for Marin to have a headache, and it is estimated that recruiting again will anger the French ......