At the end of March, because of the purchase of 20,000 new cattle from Poland, and the fact that there were already many cattle and horses in the country, the livestock power in the territory of East Friesian Lamber was extremely surplus, and the use of curved ploughs ended early. At this time www.biquge.info spring ploughing in other European countries was only half carried out.

Spring is the season of sowing, and at the same time, spring is also the most difficult season in famine areas. Although the seeds are planted in the ground, it will take several months for them to grow into food. If the vegetables are available in May and June, the famine will be alleviated. In early spring, it is the most difficult, and the price of grain at this time is also the most expensive.

In the southern interior of Germany, many young people were starving because of the famine. After Schwartz left, Kohler took over and set up offices to recruit victims in the disaster areas of Hesse and Baden.

The situation was better than expected, and many farmers were willing to emigrate. In selecting immigrants, Kohler naturally favored young men and women who were already married. In this way, after they emigrated, Marin did not have to worry about their marriage. You must know that the early immigrants to the Americas, because of the severe lack of women, later led to the birth of, and even the ...... of cows Marin knew about this black history, so he tried to ask for immigrants in pairs......

However, for those young men and women who were married, the local serf owners would not let them go easily. Because, those who can afford to marry are either the eldest son in the family or the best at work, and they are very appreciated by those manor owners. Therefore, the lords of the manor will not let them go.

On the contrary, the non-eldest sons of serf families were often not treated well by the owners of the manor because of the "population plan" that went beyond the estate. Moreover, if these people are left, the serf owners will have to bear their food, where can they be willing to do so?

For those estates with a large number of young men, the extra children of serfs are definitely a burden. Therefore, often the serf owners were more inclined to evict these people from the estates and let them fend for themselves in order to relieve their burdens. For this reason, the serf owners did not hesitate to give up their ownership rights and let them become freemen.

But it is not necessarily a good thing to be such a free people, and if you leave the estate, you will lose your security, and you will not even be able to eat the black baguette mixed with a lot of dirt. Therefore, many of these freemen have chosen to be thieves and robbers, and have become a danger to society. Of course, with good luck, they left their hometown and found a job, but such people are only a minority. Many honest young people who were released as free people from the children of serfs would even starve to death...... And with the rise of the mercenary industry in Germany, many young people who can't afford to eat find that maybe becoming a soldier is a good choice...... Although being a mercenary is precarious, before he dies in battle, he can at least eat enough every day. Moreover, not only can you eat a full meal, but you can also eat meat from time to time, and you can also buy wine and drink, so you don't have too much fun......

As a result, mercenaries became a popular profession in Germany, especially in some very poor or disaster-stricken areas. Otherwise, German mercenaries would not have risen and remained popular until the beginning of the 19th century.

However, not every nobleman had the money to hire that many mercenaries. The market price of a mercenary is 3 pfennigs per day. Over the course of a year, the salary alone costs 18.25 gold coins. In peacetime, the employer also had to provide some food to feed the mercenaries. In all, the cost of hiring a mercenary for a year is at least 25 gold coins. If you feed an army of 10,000, the cost of a year will not be less than 250,000 gold coins. Of course, if you have enough food, that's a different story. For example, Marin now has an endless amount of food in his hands, so he can naturally save a lot of expenses.

250,000 gold coins a year, many dukes and earls with feudal kingdoms, the tax revenue in a year is not necessarily so much. Therefore, the princes who can afford to raise a standing army of 10,000 are simply rare.

However, the princes were not without countermeasures. Some cunning princes, when war broke out, would pay some deposits and recruit mercenaries first. They would then promise to allow these mercenaries to loot freely once they had invaded their opponent's territory. In this way, he saves most of his commission. Mercenaries, on the other hand, may earn a fortune worth more than their commission by looting in hostile countries. Many of the cuts on the clothes of early mercenaries were not fashionable at all, but temporary pockets used by mercenaries to hide treasures on their bodies.

However, relying on robbery to make a profit is a gamble of luck. If you win, you will naturally grab it. But if you lose, let alone rob, even your life may be lost.

Therefore, young people who want to be mercenaries are not fools. For those generals who are good at winning battles to recruit troops, they will naturally rush to the top. Just like Schwartz came to recruit troops on behalf of Marin, I heard that it was the "invincible" Marin who wanted to recruit troops, so everyone naturally signed up enthusiastically. You let the Duke of Saxony, who had just suffered defeat, try it...... Uh, I almost forgot, the Duke of Saxony is dead, and the current Duke of Saxony is the less capable George......

Since it was difficult to obtain couples to immigrate, Kohler had to take in young men who were too poor to marry a daughter-in-law, and planned to immigrate them to the Americas.

These starving young singles are not picky, they will go wherever they say, as long as there is enough bread......

Thus, in April, Kohler had transported 2,000 young singles by horse-drawn carriage to the port of Emden......

It just so happened that the work of transporting 9000 mercenaries to the Teutonic country also ended. As a result, the 10 newly purchased Kirk sailboats were also empty. With the addition of two Class 250 armed merchant ships for the exclusive use of America, Marin now has a total of 12 idle ships that can be used for migrant transport.

According to the scale that a ship can carry more than 100 people, these 12 ships can carry more than 1,000 people at a time. However, Marin considered that since he was an immigrant, he definitely couldn't just transport people. For example, more grain should be transported. After all, the colonies were newly developed and there was no food supply, and the settlers needed to eat spare food to survive until the next crop grew.

Marin has no worries about immigrants who have migrated to the North American twin islands and Cape Breton Island. This is because these two places are very rich in fishery resources. Needless to say, the twin islands of North America, South Takt (Amerigo Island) were originally an important whaling base for later generations. Since it is a whaling base, there must be many whales nearby. Where there are many whales, fishery resources must be abundant, otherwise they will not be able to feed whales with great appetites. Whether it's fishing or whaling, Marin has no shortage of such talents at his disposal now.

So, as long as you emigrate, send the 30 Frisian fishermen who have already mastered the art of whaling to Nantuckert. These fishermen only need to kill a few large whales, which is enough for the fishermen to eat whale meat for a long time, and they can comfortably support until the next season's grain is ripe.

As for Cape Breton Island, don't worry, sending some fishermen with you will solve the problem. After all, Cape Breton Island is very close to Newfoundland. And what is Newfoundland? It was one of the four famous fishing grounds in later generations. In this era, there are not as many large trawlers as in later generations, and there are so many fish in the sea that you don't want to do so. As long as a few fishing boats are dispatched, the people of Cape Breton will eat the fish and hold on......

Therefore, whether it is the twin islands of North America or Cape Breton Island, as long as it is sent to fishermen and fishing boats, the immigrants there will not have to worry about food and drink.

Only Grenada is more troublesome, not that there are no fish in Grenada's waters and are not suitable for fishing, but because there are more belligerent and murderous Caribbeans in the Caribbean.

In the Caribbean, Caribs navigate huge canoes and are adept at using spears and javelins. Fishermen can easily be rounded up and killed if they are targeted by Caribbean canoes. With the urine sex of the Caribbeans, none of the male fishermen caught by them will survive.

So, fishing in the Caribbean Sea is dangerous. The fishermen are not combative, and they risk their lives when they go out to sea to fish. Unlike the waters of North America, the B. American Indians relied on hunting in the forests on land to solve the problem of food and clothing, and did not have to go to the sea to beg for a living. The Caribbean is the most populous island, where Caribbean canoes are rampant on the sea, and unarmed fishermen go to sea, which is very dangerous......

Moreover, even on land, Grenada needs a certain level of defense. Because, the Caribbeans have already attacked Grenada before. It was not easy to emigrate this time, not only to cultivate the land, but also to guard against the attack of the Caribs......

To this end, among these 2,000 people, Marin selected 300 brave people and specially established the Grenada Colonial Guard to protect Grenada from aggression. In order to train these 300 people, Marin also specially sent 10 experienced squad leaders to accompany them to Grenada to serve as officers of this unit.

Not only that, Marin also specially allocated a boatload of cement and bricks for the use of the colony of Grenada. After all, they need to fend off the attacks of the Caribbeans and need to build a fortress that guarantees safety. If you dig the stone and polish it into stone, it takes too long and is not as fast as cement bricks.

In addition to carrying building materials such as cement and bricks, Marin also had the migrant ship loaded with food and other necessities. Of course, this is still not enough......

Because, to reclaim wasteland in the colonies, it was necessary to cultivate cattle and a large number of agricultural tools. Farm tools are easy to manage, just let the blacksmith make a batch of ships. But ploughing cattle is very troublesome.

Not to mention anything else, the ploughing cattle that Marin bought from Poland were all cattle that were used to staying on land, and they were all "landlubbers". When Marin sent people to load the cattle on the ship, he found that most of them were seasick......

Marin couldn't laugh or cry, so he had to load each cow on the boat and try it, and then selected 100 cattle that did not get seasick. But these scalpers are also not honest and go on a rampage on the ship, which is dangerous. To be on the safe side, Marlin ordered the blacksmith to build 100 huge cages and put them on the deck to keep the scalpers from going berserk. At the same time, because it is an iron cage, the cattle can also use a broom to sweep the cow dung through the cage every day and pour it into the sea, so as not to smell and cause diseases on the ship.

Thinking of the problem of disease, Marin selected a few students from among the disciples of the Mongolian doctor Batel, and went to the colony with the fleet to treat the people of the colony.

At the same time, Marin also specially selected three of the 20 clergymen who were good at deception from Taylor's teachings who stayed in the homeland to go to Grenada, the twin islands of North America, and Cape Breton Island respectively to build churches and help the local people preach and preach the scriptures, so as to brainwash and brainwash the colonies by the way, so as not to make the colonies have the idea of self-reliance......

After everything was ready, 12 ships, carrying 800 immigrants, 100 cattle, and a large amount of food and living supplies, divided into two routes, and headed for Grenada, the North American islands, and Cape Breton Island.

Although it is a three-place colony, the North American twin islands and Cape Breton Island are all the way. The two islands are also relatively close to each other, and the ships that go there take the North Atlantic route, which is the same route that Amerigo used to return.

Grenada, on the other hand, took a single route, taking the route explored by Columbus before. That is, first follow the Canary cold current southward, reach the Canary Islands for a little replenishment, continue south, and then follow the equatorial compensatory current and easterly winds, all the way to the west, to the Windward Islands.

Moreover, on the Canary Islands, Marin had already sent people to buy a lot of sugar cane seedlings there, and bought a group of Moorish slaves who were originally controlled by the Spanish and worked in the sugar cane plantations.

These Moorish slaves, who knew how to grow sugar cane, arrived in Grenada, and with the help of immigrants, they cleared the wasteland and planted those sugar cane seedlings. Marin can then wait for Grenada to become a sugar producer......

In addition, Marin also asked immigrants from Grenada and North America to bring a bag of soybeans and try to grow them in the past. These soybeans were bought in India before Columbus and Draka. Grenada has a hot climate, similar to India, so there is no problem growing soybeans. However, the North American twin island Marin is not guaranteed. After all, this is an Indian soybean variety that is suitable for tropical climates, not North American climates. But if it is successfully planted on the twin islands of North America, it will be a great surprise.

After all, North America is a vast land and close to Europe. If the soybeans are produced in North America, it will be easy to transport them back to Europe. If the soybeans are produced in Grenada, the shipping time is a little too long......

You must know that soybeans are the standard war horse feed for modern cavalry. In modern cavalry, basically every war horse has a blanket around its neck, which contains one or twenty catties of fried soybeans. Whenever the war horse is tired of running, the cavalry will grab a handful of fried soybeans to replenish the war horse......

Ma Lin was determined to build a huge cavalry force, so he naturally paid attention to the cultivation of war horse fodder. Unfortunately, Europe's high latitude, low summer temperatures, and the "Xiaoice Century" make it unsuitable for growing soybeans (southern Europe is). Even in later generations, the United Kingdom and Germany did not grow soybeans and basically imported them from the United States.

The latitude of the twin islands of North America is about the same as that of Beijing and Tianjin, which is about the right place to grow soybeans, but I hope that the Indian varieties of soybeans will be more cold-tolerant...... In addition, there are many oak trees on the island, which are ideal for shipbuilding......

Cape Breton Island, on the other hand, seems to be suitable for growing cold-tolerant crops such as rye, and Marin is a little uncertain about soybeans. In fact, Cape Breton Island is close to Harhama, but because it is located by the sea, the summer temperature is not as high as Harhama. In the future, it may be suitable for growing soybeans, but because it is in the "Xiaoice Century", the temperature is one or two degrees lower than normal. As a result, Marin estimates, Cape Breton Island may not be suitable for growing soybeans at this time.

However, Cape Breton Island also has its advantages. First of all, it has coal and forest resources, which is very suitable for the development of papermaking. Secondly, it is large enough to cover 10,000 square kilometers. You must know that the two islands of North America combined are only 500 square kilometers.

With such a large land area, Marin is well placed to raise sheep and horses on a large scale on Cape Breton Island. As long as the trees are cut down and the alfalfa grass is planted on the ground, there will be large pastures suitable for grazing.

Although the summer temperature on Cape Breton Island is not high, due to the influence of the North Atlantic Current, the winter temperature is not low, and it will never be as low as the northeast at the same latitude. But there is a lot of timber here, and the cost of building a barn is also low.

East Friesland is so small that there is not much place to keep horses. Therefore, Marin needed a place to raise horses, and to raise enough horses for him to supply the cavalry. However, it is dangerous to keep horses on North American land. If the Indians get the horses, it is easy to cause the terror of the Indian cavalry to appear early. Therefore, it is a good choice to raise horses on an island separated from the mainland. After all, the horses that the Indians had acquired were originally lost by the Spaniards. And on Cape Breton Island, if the horses are lost, they are still on the island, and they will not swim to the mainland on their own......

When the three American colonies developed, Grenada provided cane sugar and spices; Cape Breton Island provides paper and war horses; The North American twin islands provided soybeans and warships and served as a springboard for invasion of the North American continent......

Facing a bright future, Marin is looking forward to ......