Chapter 1596: Each Performs His Duties
For the immigration and development of the Americas, Marin has a comprehensive plan. Previously, for various reasons, Marin's American colonies consisted only a few tens of thousands of English immigrants from Cape Breton and New York, and a few thousand each from Savannah, Cuba, Grenada, and the Pampas. The Panama region, because of the harsh climate, is dominated by black uncles, and there are only more than a thousand whites.
In total, these colonial populations, not counting Uncle Black, are only sixty or seventy thousand. Among them, the main one is the 50,000 English refugees. These refugees were the refugees who had spawned the destruction of several counties in the north of England when Socrates invaded England.
Because in order to prevent someone from robbing business, Marin deliberately demonized the American continent. As a result, Marin also suffered from the bitter fruit - not many German immigrants were willing to go to the American continent.
But Marin couldn't explain it yet, because as soon as he explained it, other countries would become interested in the Americas. So, he could only endure it. It was not easy to seize the opportunity of the peasant uprising to force the immigrant population to the Americas on a large scale.
In the future, Marin intends to occupy and develop core areas such as New York and Pennsylvania mainly by Germans. The English, on the other hand, were mainly arranged by the sea, mainly fishing and whaling.
The strengths of the English were mainly seafaring and sheep breeding. Farming or something, they are not proficient at all. If it weren't for the suppression of the army, they would not be willing to cultivate the land intensively. Therefore, when the German immigrants were enough, it was better to arrange for them to go fishing or sailing, which could be regarded as liberating their talents.
As for the German immigrants, most of them were landlubbers, who valued the land more and preferred to farm in peace. In addition, the German peasants were obedient......
Although the talent of the German peasants in farming was not much better than that of the English, and could not be compared with that of the Chinese peasants, the Germans were more obedient and obedient than the English. Thousands of years of serfdom have made the German peasants accustomed to obeying the orders of the aristocratic lords, and they have always been more honest. Even participated in the peasant uprising, because the oppression of the aristocratic lord was too ruthless, so they couldn't survive, so they had no choice but to expose it. In northern Germany, for example, there were no peasant uprisings because there were enough fields to plant.
And England is different, since 1381's "Watt. Taylor"After the outbreak of the peasant revolt, serfdom in England began to disintegrate. Throughout the 15th century, most of the English serfs were freed and became yeoman farmers.
Homesteaders are more self-conscious and more difficult to manage. For example, in the colony of New York, if it weren't for the 2,000 colonial troops, Albert would not have been able to control the English immigrants.
Moreover, in the past two years, those English immigrants have also begun to make a bit of a fuss. The main thing is that those English immigrants want to redeem their serfdom status and become yeoman farmers......
The reason is simple - these English immigrants were originally homesteaders in the country. A few years ago, because the domestic food was robbed by Scotland, and he was so hungry that he couldn't live, he accepted to go to the Americas and become a serf in Marin.
In the first few years, they were indeed very honest. After all, compared to the time when the food was robbed of food and starved to death, the life of being a serf for Marin was much better.
However, after many years, they gradually forgot the kindness of feeding and cloning Marin as a serf, and began to want more......
If it were the German peasants, they might not have thought this way. Because, German serfdom has always been like this, and it is only right to listen to the lord. But the peasants of England are different, they have been yeoman farmers, and they know the freedom of being yeoman farmers.
Therefore, after a few years of stable serfdom, they began to try to ask Albert for the right to redeem their serf status, wanting to become homesteaders......
Of course, Albert did not accede to their request. After all, this opening can't be opened casually. But Marin knew that once these people had this thought, they would not be able to hold it back. Those who have been masters are not willing to be slaves forever. Someday, these Englishmen will make a fuss.
So, Marin is also very simple - you don't want to be serfs, do you? No problem! As soon as the German immigrants are in place, we will give you freedom! Not only will they be free, but they will also lend you money to buy a boat, so that you can be the owner of the boat and become a fisherman!
It just so happens that the fish in the Newfoundland fishing grounds are inexhaustible, and these English people will definitely be able to catch a lot of fish. At that time, it happened that the Germans were farming, and the English were fishing...... No, it is also possible to recruit sailors and even sailors from the English...... It's also a good use......
Of course, the men of England went fishing, and the women could not do nothing. They can herd sheep at home, watching the children and herding the sheep at the same time...... It doesn't take much physical strength to herd sheep, and women can do it. What's more, you can also use a shepherd dog to help!
As for farming, let the honest and obedient German peasants come! Then, the two sides exchanged supplies. The English exchanged their catch and wool for grain and meat with the Germans, and everyone was able to get by......
Later, when England and the North Sea Kingdom were united, Marin's descendants could recruit army soldiers in the North Sea Kingdom and sailors in England. Everyone performs their duties and gives full play to their strengths......
To be honest, it's really a waste to make the English colonial hegemons. These guys have a talent for fishing and being pirates, and they want to occupy land. As a result, the land occupied by the English was exploited, but mainly by black slaves. The old men of England are not willing to engage in such manual labor.
In later generations, the United States took off agriculture because of the introduction of many German and Irish immigrants, so that agriculture could develop with peace of mind. Originally, the colonies of the thirteen states were dominated by plantations that cultivated cash crops. To tell a true story, Jamestown, the first British colony in North America, did not engage in agriculture at all, and mainly relied on Indians for food. In the 17th century, Jamestown was besieged by the Indians because of his cheating with the Indians, lost his food source, and starved to death. Then, the British colonists in Jamestown survived by eating the corpses of their compatriots......
Of course, the British can't be blamed for not being able to farm with peace of mind. Rather, people have a better way to make money, why do they want to farm? The English were good at seafaring, and the seafaring trade was very profitable, much more cost-effective than farming. So, the English went to maritime trade. Only Germans and Irish are more brainless and will dig into the land. Of course, the English also farmed. However, people generally used black slaves, or hired Germans or Irish to farm the land, and became their own masters......
That being the case, Marlin felt that it would be better to give freedom to the English and let them excel in seafaring and maritime trade. Anyway, I need a lot of nautical talents. And farming can be done by the Germans. How good is it for everyone to do their own duties and do what they are good at......