The Rise of the European Emperor

That night, Marin woke up laughing many times in his sleep. After waking up, still laughing...

You know, the current Marin is really the number one coal boss in the world. Most of the Ruhr area has been taken by him, plus most of the coal mines in the UK, he is now the number one coal boss in Europe...

How could Marin not know the importance of coal? In later generations, the coal reserves of the three top countries of China, the United States and Russia happen to be the top three in the world. Even in the 21st century, thermal power generated by coal-driven steam turbines still accounts for 70% of China's electricity supply. This is despite the vigorous construction of a large number of water conservancy projects such as the Three Gorges Project, as well as the development of nuclear power. It can be seen that the role of coal is too great, and it will not be outdated for hundreds of years.

In addition to asking for the ownership of the coal mines in England and Scotland, Marin proposed the next day that the recruits should be selected by his own people, not provided by Edward himself. Mainly, Marin was afraid that Edward would stuff a group of cowardly people into his army.

You know, during the selection process, Marin's army has always only looked at courage, not physical fitness. Some strong men may be full of muscles, but they are cowards. Don't look at usually showing off your muscles everywhere, but when you get to the battlefield, you are so scared to run away.

Therefore, when Marin selected soldiers to compete in martial arts, he never looked at the outcome, but only at who was braver. Of course, if both of them are brave and not afraid of getting hurt, they will both be admitted.

A soldier who fights needs to be brave, or a barbaric character. Therefore, the civilized and wealthy Rome was destroyed by the barbaric Germans, and the civilized Song and Ming dynasties were wiped out by the barbaric Yuan and Qing dynasties. Especially in the era of cold weapons, the more brutal the soldiers, the stronger the army. When you start a war, it doesn't matter whether you are a civilized person or not, whoever is barbaric is the most powerful. Even the so-called barbarian Man Qing sent people to the black waters of the Baishan Mountains to arrest the more barbaric "Nurchen" and serve as death squads.

Of course, if they were all savages, that wouldn't work, as they would be easily calculated. And because of the backward productivity, the army is often unable to scale up. But it would be terrible if there was a wise leader among the barbarians. For example, powerful military strategists like Genghis Khan appeared in the barbaric Yuan Dynasty, and Mongolian cavalry swept across the Eurasian continent. And the barbaric Jurchen, a cunning leader like Nurhachi who had read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", appeared, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty rose immediately. Although there was a lot of luck involved in the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the fighting power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was indeed very strong at that time. The barbaric army, coupled with a smart leader, suddenly increased in power.

Of course, this refers to the era of cold weapons. In the age of hot weapons, barbarism doesn't work. During the Crimean War, the Russian Maozi launched a barbaric bayonet charge, but was beaten into a dog by the Minie rifles of the British and French allied forces.

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Before returning to England, Edward came to chat with Marin again, mainly to ask Marin how to manage Scotland, a foreign country. After all, Marin has experience in this area. The current Jutland peninsula is an alien area dominated by Danes. It is said that

The Jutland peninsula is developing quite well now. Therefore, Edward came to "learn from the scriptures".

After thinking about it, Marin decided to tell Edward everything. Because Scotland will also be under the rule of his son Caesar in the future. Now, let Edward lay the foundation, it would be better.

After Marin organized the language, he said:

"Your Majesty, if the Scots will not resist in the future, first of all, the Scots must not be all Scots."

"Can't all be Scots? You mean immigrants from England?"

"Yes, you should immigrate some Englishmen to live with the Scots. Then, immigrate some Scots to England. In this way, when Scotland is not all Scots, it will be difficult for the other side to argue for independence. You see , the Scots want to be independent, can those English who immigrated there agree?"

Edward nodded:

"That's the truth, but how can an Englishman be willing to immigrate to bitter cold Scotland?"

"This is easy. There should be a lot of poor people in the huge England, right? Even, there are a lot of beggars and so on. In short, those poor people who have no property will be sent to Scotland to distribute the land. Even, set up a bank, give them loans, and support them. They have a foothold in Scotland."

Edward thought for a while, and said with a sad face:

"It's okay to send poor people from England to Scotland, and it's okay to give them land. The problem is, I don't have money, and I don't have a bank to loan them... Even sending those poor people to Scotland for resettlement is a lot of money I may not be able to afford the expenses..." After speaking, Edward let out a long sigh.

Although Edward made a lot of money by confiscating the homes of the great English nobles, the money was used to feed the army and to pacify Scotland and Ireland. However, fighting in the army is the most money-consuming, and Edward really can't afford the extra money for economic construction.

"I still have to come..." Marin sighed, thinking melancholy.

After a pause, Marin said:

"Your Majesty, let me figure out a way to provide loans to immigrants. It just so happens that I know Bishop Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici from the Medici family in Florence, and I have become an allied brother with him." .Through his connection, I can introduce banks into Scotland to support those English immigrants."

"You can't get too high an interest rate, otherwise, they won't be able to survive." Edward worried. If the wealth of those immigrants is earned by the bank, it will not be worth the loss.

Marin sneered and said:

"What do they have to lose? They are all poor people with nothing. God bless someone who is willing to lend them money!"

Ma Linxin said that if there was a bank in his previous life who was willing to lend money to himself who had no money without collateral, he would also be able to make a fortune. Unfortunately, no. Therefore, he can only develop after time travel...

Scotland is such a big place, although most of it is mountainous, but there are also many good places. Moreover, Scotland now has a population of only 500,000. Even if they are all farmers, there are 100,000 strong men, calculated according to the high standard that each strong man can cultivate one hundred acres of land, but they can only cultivate 10 million mu, which is equivalent to 6666.7 square kilometers. However, the area of ​​Scotland is as high as 78,000 square kilometers. Even if the arable land area is only 10%, there are 7,800 square kilometers.

Moreover, many of the 500,000 people in Scotland are herders and fishermen. Moreover, the proportion of herders is very high. Therefore, the development of Scotland is far from over. As long as 200,000 poor people immigrated from England, after a few generations, Scotland will no longer be pure, and it will be difficult to have a unified nationality. Another intermarriage will directly blur the ethnic boundaries.

In addition, Marin's proposal also included emigrating some Scots to England, which further reduced the proportion of local aborigines, making rebellion and independence even more impossible.

As long as a large-scale population replacement is carried out, so that the ethnic groups in Scotland are no longer single, then the local people's idea of ​​resistance will become weaker and weaker. And through large-scale intermarriage, the Scottish nation will be integrated into the more populous English, and eventually complete unification will be achieved. Didn’t the Hu people in the ancient north, such as the Xianbei people, disappear in northern China in this way? As long as the restrictions on intermarriage are lifted and intermarriage is encouraged, within a few generations, ethnic groups with small populations will be absorbed by ethnic groups with large populations. Then, everyone is their own person, and they still have a P?