King of German Mercenaries

Because of the huge profits of big sailing, Marin definitely did not want to miss the new era of big sailing.

However, he also saw that there were only 200 fishermen in his territory, of which only 30 were young and strong. If you want to make a big voyage, there are not enough sailors on a ship. You know, Columbus's flagship "Santa Maria" has 39 sailors on board.

Moreover, it was impossible for Marin to recruit all the young men among the fishermen as sailors. Otherwise, those old and weak fishermen will go hungry. Because the main force of fishing is those young men.

Marin thought about it, and finally decided - to recruit Frisian fishermen, to enrich the territory, and to increase the sailor reserve...

Malin checked the information and found that the aristocrats were heavily exploiting the fishermen these days. Generally speaking, those coastal lords will require fishermen to hand in more than 40% of their catch. Some of them are fresh marine fish. The rest are salted fish.

But here's the problem. These days, salted fish needs a lot of salt to pickle. The fishermen themselves are very poor, and they have to pay for expensive salted and salted fish to give to their lords. After all, the cost they handed over to the lord reached as much as 60% of the catch. Plus 10% of the catch that needs to be handed over to the church. Therefore, the fishermen's harvest is only about 30%, so life is very difficult.

If Marin wants to recruit fishermen, he must relax the conditions, otherwise it will not be attractive. So Marin thought about it and decided to only charge 30% of the fishermen's harvest. And, you can come to him to reimburse 30% of the salt needed to pickle the salted fish...

In this way, what the fishermen need to pay, including the church's tithe, only spends about 40% of the harvest, which is nearly half of the usual amount. Naturally, the fishermen will have a much better life.

Moreover, as a big local tyrant, Marin decided to set up a special bank to professionally face fishermen, provide them with low-interest loans, and encourage fishermen to collectively raise funds to buy larger fishing boats. For example, a ship with a hundred and dozens of tons like Columbus' flagship "Santa Maria" is definitely enough to fish in the North Sea.

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In fact, there are many fishermen who can be recruited along the North Sea coast. For example, in the Netherlands, there are many Dutch fishermen for recruitment.

However, there is a problem. Those Dutch fishermen served the Netherlands under the emperor's control. Recruiting those Dutch fishermen actually means digging the corner of the emperor. Marin needs the support of the emperor, so he can't be evil with the emperor.

And those Frisian fishermen are different. Frisian people currently mainly live in the Frisian aristocratic republic (including the later provinces of Friesland and Groningen in the Netherlands), and the counties of East Frisian where Mrs. Mary was born.

These two forces are not strong. Moreover, the Frisians, although belonging to the West Germanic peoples, were excluded from mainstream Germanic society.

In other words, the Germans and the Dutch actually rejected the Frisians. In later Germany, there are still many jokes that mock the stupidity of the Frisians.

Moreover, neither the Frisian Aristocratic Republic nor the East Frisian Counties, the Empire will not recognize. These two countries were regarded by the empire as barbarian forces "undisciplined".

Marin had read European history in his last life, and knew that around 1500, Maximilian I would give the Friesian noble republic to Albre, Duke of Saxony, as a reward for the Duke of Saxony's help in suppressing the rebellion in the Netherlands in Flanders in 1492 sitter.

As for the East Frisian country, it was also around 1515 that the emperor sent a combined army of 24 lords to conquer it, but it was defeated (the East Frisian army was quite strong)...

That is to say, the two small states of the Frisian Aristocratic Republic and the Counties of East Frisland are rejected by everyone in Europe. Marin recruited the Frisian without much problem.

The Frisian aristocratic republic across the sea from Texel Island,

It is not a unified and centralized state, but an alliance composed of many noble territories. Such a country, even if Marin offends them, it is difficult for them to make military retaliation decisions. Because, if they want to start a war, their noble council will have to quarrel for a long time. By the time they quarreled, the other party would be ready...

Moreover, the fighting strength of the Frisian Aristocratic Republic is not as good as that of the East Frisian Country. Although, it is about twice the size of East Friesland. However, the military power is relatively scattered, belonging to multiple noble forces, and the command is not unified. Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, took the Friesian aristocratic republic without much trouble after receiving the emperor's approval. But the emperor sent an army to attack East Frisian counties, but was defeated.

Therefore, Marin was not afraid of the hostility of the Frisian aristocratic republic. And, in a few years, this republic will be destroyed by the Duke of Saxony. What Marin has to do is to recruit enough Friesian fishermen to prepare for his nautical career before the Duke of Saxony occupies the Friesian noble republic... , take control of this small country... If there is a conflict, Marin thinks it will be good. In this way, Marin has an excuse to attack the Frisian Aristocratic Republic...

Therefore, Marin quietly sent people to the coastal fishing villages of the Frisian noble republic to carry out propaganda and mobilize the Frisian fishermen to move to Texel Island.

As for the conditions, of course, the greatly reduced taxes, and the loan to them to buy a big ship...

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However, although Marin's offer was good, the German subordinates Marin sent were unable to gain the trust of those Frisian fishermen.

Marin thought for a while, and with very good treatment, hired 20 Frisian fishermen on the island of Texel and asked them to persuade the fishermen along the coast of the Frisian Aristocratic Republic.

Sure enough, using these people to persuade, the effect is much better. Many Frisian fishermen believed in it, dragged their families and brought their families, and drove small fishing boats to Texel Island.

Marin warmly welcomed the Friesian fishermen and arranged for them to build cheap and practical adobe houses. Afterwards, he helped refurbish the fishermen's wharves at Thoruncher and Odeshilde to allow more fishing boats to dock.

After that, Marin again hired the articulate people among the newly relocated Frisian fishermen, let them dive back and persuade more people.

These people were originally residents of the Frisian aristocratic republic, and their persuasion was more convincing than the Frisian fishermen sent by the island.

Therefore, more Frisian fishermen, after being persuaded, brought their families and brought their families and came by boats...

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