The peasant uprising that broke out in Württemberg was related to the indiscriminate increase of new taxes by Duke Ulrich of Württemberg. This goods live in luxury and spendthrift. From 1498 to the beginning of 1514, he had only been on the throne for 15 years, and he owed a huge debt of 1 million Gurden gold coins.

In order to pay off his foreign debts, the Duke of Ulrich had to "invent" new taxes to exploit the peasants of Württemberg. He created a new "liquor tax", "meat tax" and "bread tax". In other words, Württembergers had to pay taxes for eating and drinking. Then, he also came up with something called a "capital tax", which stipulated that for every commodity worth Gulden, he had to pay a capital tax of 1 pfennig......

These exorbitant taxes immediately angered the peasants of Württemberg, and the peasants, under the leadership of the secret organization "Poor Conrad", decided to revolt.

About 8,000 peasants, armed with rudimentary farm tools such as sickles and shovels, besieged Stuttgart under the leadership of the swordsmith Casbal, demanding the abolition of the new exorbitant taxes.

When the Duke of Ulrich saw that the peasants were strong, he pretended to be subdued and asked his officials to coax the peasants that they were willing to abolish the new tax. But behind the scenes, he was gathering the nobles and knights in the principality, and he was best prepared for suppression.

Casbal didn't believe Duke Ulrich at all, but the peasants he brought with him were more innocent and believed Ulrich's nonsense. Having received the promise of abolishing the new tax, the peasants happily put down their sickles and hoes and went back to farming.

In desperation, Casbal had no choice but to take the core leadership of the rebel army to hibernate temporarily. At the same time, the movements of the Duke of Ulrich were closely monitored......

When the news came back to Aurich, Marin immediately remembered it - it seems that the writings of the two great men of Marne later mentioned the many peasant wars that broke out in Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries.

According to the two bigwigs of Marne, Württemberg in this era had one of the largest populations of the vassal states, with six or seven hundred thousand people. Of course, this doesn't include the North Sea Country of Marin, a traverser.

Moreover, Württemberg has such a population, but the land area is only 10,000 square kilometers. Moreover, most of it is still mountainous and Black Forest. Unlike the North Sea Kingdom, although the population is just over twice that of the Duchy of Württemberg, the mainland area is more than 100,000 square kilometers.

Therefore, the peasants in the territory of the Duchy of Württemberg were very hard. Because there was not much arable land in the territory, there was not much land that could be cultivated by each serf, which was too far worse than that of the serfs of the North Sea Kingdom, but they had to bear the main part of the high taxes of the Duke of Ulrich. In desperation, they prepared to launch an uprising under the leadership of the "Poor Conrad" organization......

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But the peasant rebels in Germany were very naïve, and they did not revolt at all to fight for the country, as the Chinese peasant rebels did, but only to arm the lords and try to force them to abolish unreasonable taxes......

Such a naïve approach must be taught to be human. Unlike the peasant rebels in China, starting from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, they knew that "the prince and the prince will have a kind of Xiangning". One just wants to petition, and the other has a clear goal to fight for the world. The impact of the two, you don't have to think about it to know the result......

So, because of being too naïve, the German Peasants' War broke out many times, and each time it was suppressed. Because, they do not know how to take the opportunity to kill the nobles when they have an advantage and destroy the living force of their opponents, but wait foolishly until the nobles gather enough strength to suppress them......

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The frequent peasant uprisings in the 15th and 16th centuries had a lot to do with the increase in population in Germany......

Since the end of the Black Death in the 14th century, in the 15th century, although there were still outbreaks of the Black Death, the scale was relatively small, and there were few large-scale epidemics that swept across Europe.

Against this background, the population of the German region began to grow steadily. But the problem is that the population has increased, but the land has not increased. Coupled with the impressively low yields of European agriculture, there is simply not enough to feed too many people.

Of course, if Ulrich had collected less tax, everyone would have been able to get by. But after 15 years in office, the duke owed 1 million Gulden gold coins, and had to pay heavy taxes to squeeze the people to fill the shortfall. Then, naturally, everyone can't get by......

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The peasant uprising on Württemberg's side was temporarily quelled, but Marin knew that there would be a resumption of fighting. However, the news from the side of Breishgaard lifted Marin's spirits - the lord there actually contacted the recruiting envoy of the North Sea State in Strasbourg, in the Alsace region, on the edge of Breishgau, to ask for the captured rebellious peasants......

The Bryschgau region is similar to the Württemberg region, but it is now also more populated and less populated. Under the pressure of the lords, the serfs also had a difficult life.

And several local lords, after capturing thousands of peasant uniforms, executed hundreds of people who took the lead. But the remaining 5,000 peasant captives made it very difficult for them.

Keep these people, it's a hidden danger. Moreover, there is not enough land for so many peasants to grow. However, if he were killed, it would be a pity and his reputation would be ruined.

So, as soon as several lords discussed, they suddenly remembered that Marin had been recruiting immigrants. The Swabian League, to which Breischgaard belonged, was one of the few friendly groups among the German princes. After all, everyone is from the emperor's faction. Therefore, they are going to send someone to ask Marin if he is willing to buy these people for a fee......

After all, these originally useless populations would definitely be extremely cost-effective if they could get money and food from Marin. And these people keep in their hands, and they have to spend food every day to feed them.

"Sell prisoners of war?" After listening to Kohler's debriefing, Marin's eyes widened. Then, taking a breath, he asked:

"How many peasant prisoners of war did they have? How much does it cost? ”

Kohler flipped through the information and replied:

"They had about 5,000 peasant prisoners of war, and if you count the families of these farmers, it is estimated that there are more than 20,000. But the lords didn't expect to sell all 5,000 farmers, as if they had selected 2,000 more honest and obedient farmers. There are 3,000 more 'thorny' farmers left, and those lords are going to sell them to you. As for the asking price, it seems to be 30 gold coins for a family. However, children over 5 years old are not included. Those children, who are very popular in the market, need to pay extra...... Only children under the age of 5 who are not sure whether they will survive the early years will receive a ......"

"3000 Farmers...... Including family members, it's more than 10,000 people, right? Well, tell them we bought it! However, I demand that more than half of the funds be replaced with food...... Also, try to buy as many of the farmer's children as possible, especially those in their teens. These children will grow up to be Dingkou in a few years......"

"Okay, I'll arrange it!"