The Rise of the European Emperor

On the Württemberg side, 26,500 peasant army prisoners of war were quickly prepared for Marin, including their families, the total number reached 105,000.

However, among the 105,000 people, 12,000 people are over 50 years old. Many peasant army prisoners of war knelt down and begged Marin not to let their elderly parents follow them to the wild land to suffer.

Marin thought he was right, it was too dangerous for old men and old ladies to sail across the sea. Boats on the sea are completely different from those on inland rivers. Boats on inland rivers are stable and suitable for the elderly, weak, women and children. For example, when the ancient Chinese moved their families, unless they had to, they usually chose to take waterways such as the Grand Canal. Because river boats are much more stable than horse-drawn carriages. Sea ships are different. On the sea, sea ships sway from side to side under the strong wind, and the range is very large. For older people, I am afraid that it is really unbearable.

Therefore, Marin finally agreed that all elderly people over the age of 60 can stay in the native manor of Beihai State for the elderly. As for those between the ages of 50 and 60, they are now looking for fishing boats to go to sea in Emden Port to get used to it. When you get used to it, send it to North America.

When Marin escorted the 105,000 immigrants to Karlsruhe and began to ship back home along the Rhine River, the 13,000 peasant captives in the Breisgau area, the first fleet of 3,000 people, It has arrived in the New York-New Jersey colony in North America.

Their landing place is the Philadelphia area of ​​later generations. However, it is not in the Philadelphia area west of the Delaware River, but in Kenton on the other side of the Delaware River from later Philadelphia.

The reason for landing here is because there are still some native Indians active in the west bank of the Delaware River. If you land rashly on the West Bank, you will be easily attacked by the native Indians.

The landing at Kenton on the east bank of the Delaware River was much safer. After all, it was difficult for native Indians to cross the wide Delaware River. Moreover, even if they crossed in canoes, there would be a warning from the guards guarding the Delaware River. As for the original Delawares on the east bank of the Delaware River, they were all moved to Albany by Marin instructing Albert to coax, cheat and buy. Today, the east bank of the Delaware River is full of Marin's people.

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When the fleet sailed into the Delaware River from the open Delaware Bay, the immigrants of Breisgau on board shouted in surprise:

"God, what a big river! This width is much wider than the Rhine River!"

In fact, this is what they didn't know. The Delaware River is not big, with a total length of only 650 kilometers. How can it compare with the Rhine River? However, in the lower part of the Delaware River, the channel is very wide and looks very big. Moreover, the Breischgau area where these immigrants originally lived was close to the upper reaches of the Rhine, so of course the Rhine they saw was not that big. Even if you go down the Rhine to the North Sea, when you reach the Lippe River, you will follow the narrow Münster Canal to another small Ems River.

Therefore, they have never seen the mouth of the Rhine in the Netherlands. Then, of course, I was shocked to see the wide lower Delaware area at first glance...

When the fleet arrived in the Kenton area of ​​later generations, there was already a row of long bridge piers waiting there...

These long bridge piers were built by English immigrants who had moved here long ago. Although the Kenton area is not an officially designated English immigration area, Albert still conscripted 3,000 English men and came to Kenton in advance. More than a dozen long bridge piers were built, and all the trees along the coast were cut down, leaving behind mountains of timber.

Under the arrangement of the soldiers on board, the immigrants began to walk from the Changqiao Wharf to the shore in an orderly manner. After stepping on the land, some experienced old farmers couldn't help stepping on the land along the coast...

"Excellent fertile soil by the river! Very suitable for growing wheat!"

As farmers, these elders are very experienced. In the past, they farmed the land for the nobles and Junkers in Breischgau. There are some old farmers who originally lived in noble manors near the Rhine River in the west of Breisgau.

Generally speaking, the fertile land near the Rhine River is usually used by nobles to grow the most expensive wheat. Those lands that are not near the river are used to grow barley... This is the custom in the southern regions of Germany, and the northern parts that are not near the river are used to grow rye. The south is warmer, and barley is generally grown in places not near the river... Therefore, the German beer of later generations is the dark beer brewed from rye that is popular in the north. In the southern region, such as Munich, because there are more barley planted, beer is mainly brewed with barley...

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After all the immigrants landed, the strongest group of men, under the guidance of the soldiers, had already started to fetch water and mud for the construction of brick houses. Young women, on the other hand, mainly pull thatch, and it is said that they serve as "bones" for mud walls...

And the old people, while looking at the children, are busy cooking with cooking pots...

Of course, there are also some old men who didn't help with the cooking, but ran around and stomped the dirt with their feet. Sometimes, I would grab a handful of soil and put it to my nose to smell it...

When asked about a faint smell of rotten grass, these people became ecstatic:

"It's really good soil!"

Experienced farmers know that this kind of black-gray soil with a rotten grass smell is the most fertile. Just like the black soil in the Northeast and Ukraine, it is because the withered grass has accumulated and rotted for generations, and the black-gray rotting impurities have turned the soil black. Such soil is the most fertile.

Suddenly, a very prestigious old man said suspiciously:

"Since the land is so fertile, and the big river...and the climate is okay...why is this place called the 'Wild Continent'? Could it be... there is a danger here that we don't know about?"

After saying this, the old men who came to check the soil became nervous. At this time, an officer who was following the old men burst out laughing.

"Master Bing, what are you laughing at? Is there anything wrong with what the old man said?"

The Beihai military officer nodded and said:

"That's wrong. Strictly speaking, this place is called the 'American Continent', which is named after Lord Amerigo. As for the 'Wild Continent', it can't be wrong. From here, go south for a thousand leagues (on land) One league is equal to 3 miles, which is 4.827 kilometers). There is a tropical forest called the Amazon over there, which is indeed wild and terrifying. But our side is far away from that side, and it is actually a place richer than the continent of Europa. The reason why I said that was because I was worried that other countries would rob me..."

The officer named Leighton gave a detailed explanation to the old men. In fact, his task this time was to explain to the immigrants. As a soldier who followed Marin very early, the 40-year-old Lairton has been promoted to the captain of the company and is a veteran of the Second Army.

Because he is a Frisian and knows how to sail, Marin transferred him to be responsible for protecting the immigrant fleet. At the same time, it also shoulders the task of explaining the local conditions to the immigrants.

In this way, the first batch of 3,000 Brischgau immigrants performed their duties-men built houses with mud, women helped pull weeds to make "bones and bones", and the old people (mainly old ladies) cooked , while taking care of the children...

And several of the most prestigious old farmers sat by the river on the other side of Philadelphia, quietly listening to the North Sea military officer Lairton explaining the local geographical environment and Marin's future arrangements...