It was indeed a group of European refugees.

There were more than 100 people in this group, and they dragged their families and families to travel across the ocean. After landing from Tianjin, the canal was already frozen and closed to boats, and they came all the way in a big carriage.

Liu Jun looked at them gobbling up and couldn't help but be speechless.

When the whole barrel of pig's feet, sausages, baskets of bread and a few barrels of beer had been eaten, the men finally stopped patting their round bellies.

Liu Jun frowned when he saw it, these people were like a starving ghost reincarnated, they ate so much at once, and they were not afraid of dying.

Lina was finally able to relax at this time, she pulled Liu Jun to the side, and said a little embarrassedly, "Let you see the joke." ”

"These are all your relatives?"

Lina shook her head, these people were her fellow villagers, and some of them were relatives.

"Speak slowly."

It turned out that Europe was still in the midst of a chaotic war, and the Thirty Years' War, which later became known in history as the First All-European War, was originally a German civil war between the German Protestant princes and the German Kaiser and Catholic princes.

Later, the scale of the war continued to expand, and the German Protestant princes united with Denmark, Sweden, and France, and were also supported by the Netherlands, England, Russia, and other countries.

And the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, the German Catholic princes, together with Spain, were supported by the Pope and Poland.

The civil war of the Holy Roman Empire, which turned into a religious war in the Protestant and Catholic countries, began in 1618 and has been fought for 24 years now, but the war has become more and more fierce, and more and more countries have been involved.

Even various countries are still working together, in short, it is a mess. From the Czech phase twenty-four years ago, to the Danish phase eighteen years ago, to the Swedish phase eleven years ago. Now the war has entered a chaotic high-level, all-European melee phase.

After more than 20 years of fighting, the whole of Europe was smashed, and the population of Germanic Germany was reduced by more than half.

The countries of Europe have formed a large number of mercenary standing armies. The protracted war, coupled with a standing mercenary army of tens of thousands, kept military spending high and the taxes collected by countries from the common people increased. In addition, the armies of various countries are mainly mercenaries, and the military discipline of these people is extremely poor, coupled with the lack of logistical supplies, the war is completely dependent on robbery, and they can grab wherever they go.

And at this time, Europe, like China, also had to endure the severe cold of the Xiaoice period, and the output of various food crops was greatly reduced. In this situation, ordinary people in Europe are in dire straits.

Most of the European men went to war, and many fled the war zone, trying to find a place to survive.

Among them, there were many men who had military experience in the European theater and ran to become mercenaries for maritime merchants. To the New World of America, to the West Indies, to the East Indies, in short, there is a glimmer of hope. It's all out of the way.

Many Europeans who initially arrived in the East Indies with merchant ships from Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, England, France, Sweden, and other countries were unexpectedly taken prisoner by the Han Dynasty. Later, he joined the Han army one after another.

Then they finally discovered that the Han Empire in the East was a sacred eastern Eden, a holy paradise. Being a soldier here, the pay is higher, the pay is better, and there are not many battles. Casualties are even rarer.

They themselves have lived a good life, and they have not forgotten the relatives and villagers in their hometown who are still suffering. They wrote letters back to their hometowns, sent money back to their homeland, told them that there was such a sacred paradise in the East, and asked them to come immediately.

In Europe, I starved and froze all day long. The days of being cannon fodder at any time, everyone has already passed enough. I heard that there was such a good thing, so they sold their belongings one after another, packed and sorted their luggage, and then dragged their families to buy a ferry ticket and came.

Many people did not even have the money to buy a ticket, so they came to the East on the condition that they help the boatmen work.

Throughout the year, countless Europeans came to the East on merchant ships every day.

Lina received a letter from her fiancé and came with a ticket bought with gold from her fiancé. Although when I came to the East, I found that my fiancé was dead, but this is indeed a paradise.

She also sent letters and money home, so that her suffering family could come to the East to enjoy happiness. In their hometown, there are many people's sons who are also the companions of Lina's fiancé, and they are also in Dahan.

So the people of the country went on the road together, took a Spanish merchant ship to the East, paid the fare, and sailed all the way across the sea.

That strong man like a black bear is the cousin of Lina's ex-fiancé, and he is also a comrade-in-arms who came to the East together in the past. He is now a former sergeant major of the seventh rank in the Dahan Navy. This time, after receiving the person in Tianjin, I asked for leave to send the person over in person.

The strong man's name was Hans, and he was now a little sad.

So many hometown people came at once, but it was a little troublesome. There were not only a hundred or so people who came this time, but at least thousands. But most people have sons or brothers, cousins or something in the big Han. After they come, they have their own reception arrangements. To be honest, with their current salary, even if they support a family by themselves, it is not a problem.

But the trouble is that among the people who came this time, many of them came directly after hearing that the situation was very good here, and they didn't care that there were no relatives here. Although these people are not dragged with their families, most of them are young men. But they have no relatives or friends here, and Hans can't take care of that much by himself.

In particular, there are a few families that are in the same situation as Lina, and they only find that their family members here have died in the battle after they come over.

This is now the case with more than 100 refugees, men, women and children.

"Can you help them find a job?" Lina asked Liu Jun, and she knew that Liu Jun was very capable.

Liu Jun also knows that a large number of Europeans have come to China in recent years, and Liu Jun is not completely repulsive to these European refugees, and even gives very high treatment to those craftsmen with skills. For example, those craftsmen of all kinds in the shipbuilding industry, as well as other professions, as long as they have a skill, can also get arranged jobs, and it is not a problem to support their families, which is certainly better than living in Europe.

But for those who have no strengths, Liu Jun mainly arranges for them to build roads and mine as coolies, which is hard, but at least they can earn money to support their families.

However, Lina offered to help find a job, definitely not wanting these fellow villagers to go to mining and building roads to work as coolies.

Hans had already heard Lina say that Liu Jun was an eight-grade editor and a civil official in the Hanlin Academy in the capital. Hans was also a naval officer in the Seven Grades in Dahan. But he clearly knew that Han Chinese Chinese officials had a higher status than military officials, especially civil officials in the capital.

"My lord, many of my countrymen, like me, have been the best mercenaries. They are physically strong, and it is difficult for them to fight. Hans spared no effort to sell for his fellow countrymen. Among these fellow villagers. Indeed, there are many young men who have served as soldiers and fought in war. And he also knows that the salary in the Han army is very high, and it would be great if he could enter the Han army as a soldier and be paid.

However, Liu Jun was not very interested in this, if it was a year or two earlier, he would definitely be happy to accept European mercenaries. But now, the Han has a standing army of sea and land built by himself, so why do he need those wild roads from Europe.

The mercenaries have the worst military discipline and are not suitable for the Han New Army, which has strict military discipline.

"Do most of them go to war?" Liu Jun asked.

"Of course." The thump of Hans's chest.

"Then do any of them know how to sail a boat? Driving a warship, a merchant ship is also good, is there anyone who can handle guns? ”

"Yes, many of my fellow villagers have worked on warships, and many of them have fought in the army, and they have all kinds of skills."

Liu Jun smiled, "If that's the case, I don't think it's difficult to help your fellow villagers solve their work." ”

"Oh. What's your best idea? Lina also said happily, she knew that this man was very powerful. Sure enough, nothing could make it difficult for him.

Liu Jun was not prepared to recruit these European refugees into the Han army, but he thought of another solution.

The Imperial Court will officially attack Japan next year, mainly by capturing Ryukyu and Kyushu, but it will also send warships to attack the rest of Japan's seaports and coastal areas.

Liu Jun thinks that in fact, it is completely possible to let these fellow Hans villagers go back to their old business.

Only this time they don't need to accept the employment of the imperial court, they are their own bosses.

"Going to Japan to rob? Isn't that a pirate? Lina exclaimed.

"Nope. Certainly not pirates, they would be authorized by the imperial court, so they belonged to the mercenaries of the imperial court. Liu Jun did not recognize the name pirate. It's better to call it a mercenary, anyway, mercenaries in these years are actually robbers.

Liu Jun's plan was simple. Let Hans gather his unemployed young men and finally form a mercenary army with the permission of the imperial court to plunder the coast off the island of Kyushu in Japan.

"All the names of the personnel must be registered, but the imperial court will not pay salaries. The imperial court would grant them a privateering license that would allow them to plunder within Japan. ”

"They profit from the booty of the war tax paid by the war."

Lina thought of a key question, "But they don't have the money to buy a ship, a gun, or a gun!" ”

"That's not a problem either." This is difficult for Liu Jun, and he also has a way.

His method was that these people didn't have the money to buy a ship in the early stage, so they would first board the imperial court's fleet ships, and the imperial court's warships would escort the transport ships to land off the coast of Japan, and these European mercenaries could go ashore.

Once ashore, they move freely and grab as much as they can, whether it's money, supplies or people. They brought them back to shore, registered them and loaded them onto the ship. After being transported back to Dahan, it will be sold in a unified manner. The money obtained is deducted from expenses such as boat money and taxes, and the rest is their income.

If they have money in the future, they can buy a ship and follow the fleet, or they can act alone, and have their own ship, and the taxes and fees collected will definitely be much less, and they can earn more.

Anyway, if you have money, you can buy a boat or rent a boat to rob it, and if you don't have money, you can take a boat with the army to rob it.

In this way, those Europeans have the opportunity to make a lot of money without having to work as coolies in mining and building roads in China. As for the imperial court, these people were accepted as mercenaries, but they were neither paid nor equipped, and they took boats to rob and had to pay boat fares. If it is grabbed, the court will have to draw a copy and collect a tax.

If they didn't grab it, the court didn't lose anything, if they died, it would be their bad luck, and the court wouldn't even have to pay a pension.

"As long as someone is willing to vouch for them, then they can become mercenaries for the Han Dynasty to attack Japan, and the swords, guns, and ammunition they need can be purchased and supplied by the imperial court. The spoils of war they obtained will also be uniformly disposed of at a fair price and exchanged for silver money. ”

"Can you say anything about this?" Hans asked an important question.

Liu Jun remembered at this time that his current identity was just an eight-grade editor.

"Let me reveal a piece of news to you, don't tell me after you hear it, this is actually the content of a plan of the imperial court, which will be announced soon. I'm just telling you in advance. ”

When Hans and Lina heard this, they were overjoyed.

"Don't worry, this matter will definitely be announced in the next day or two. But for now, you should take the time to get a temporary identity card for your fellow villagers and relatives, and then apply for a temporary residence permit. ”

"Can't they be naturalized?" Lina asked.

"Of course it will be possible in the future, but not yet, and now they can only apply for a temporary identity card and a temporary residence permit. If you don't have these two certificates, you will be found by the government, but you will be sent to mine and repair roads! ”

"Oh, then I'll do it tomorrow." (To be continued.) )