The Rise of the European Emperor

In any case, Marin made a profit on this trip. After all, that's 67,800 households. Even based on a family of three, there are 203,400 people. Based on a family of five, that would be 339,000 people. These days, more than 300,000 people live in northern Germany, which is the population of a small counties.

However, considering the chaos caused by the war, it is unlikely that a family of five would be possible, and a family of three would be too few. Therefore, in the end, it is estimated that there are about four members of a family, but there are also more than 200,000 people.

As for doubling the price, Marin is not a pity. Because, he originally bid 10 gold coins per household, which is indeed very unkind. Because, the Crimean Khanate sells Maozi cheaply, and it must be at about the same price. And 20 gold coins per household is not low, but it is really not high either.

If these laborers arrive in America, and each household reclaims 100 acres of land, the rye produced by this 100 acres of land alone will probably have more than 40,000 pounds (based on 400 pounds per acre), and the value will be more than 600 gold coins. !

So, in general, Marin still made a lot of money!

However, this is also a hidden danger. Because, if these two hundred thousand people are all sent to America. As a result, the Hungarian population constituted the majority of the colony's population. After all, even if we add up the 26,500 households brought back from Württemberg and the 3,000 German immigrants who have already been transported, there are only 28,500 households, not even half of the number of Hungarian immigrants. Even with the addition of the tens of thousands of English immigrants and the original thousands of German immigrants, the number cannot be compared with that of Hungarian immigrants.

If there were ethnic conflicts in the colony, then the Magyars, who had an absolute population advantage, would definitely be able to turn against the host and take control of the colony.

For this reason, Marin was very troubled by the placement of these Hungarian prisoners of war.

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After thinking about it, Marin finally thought of a way to solve it - don't rush to send Hungarian immigrants to America, but let tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war go to the Rammelsberg silver mine on the side of Goslar Work for several years.

With the addition of these tens of thousands of strong men, the development speed of the Goslar silver mine will also be greatly increased. It just so happened that Marin still owed the Fugger family a lot of money. The mined silver just happened to be used to offset the account.

As for these Hungarian men who refuse to mine honestly? This is not a problem! Because Heynckes' Sixth Army happened to be stationed in Goslar. With tens of thousands of soldiers from the Sixth Army watching, they were not worried about the dishonesty of these Hungarian prisoners of war.

Then, while mining the silver mines in Goslar, Marin will also arrange a large number of missionaries who understand Magyar to teach these miners German. And it is stipulated that the salary of the miners who can speak German will be doubled, otherwise the basic salary will be maintained... In this way, these Hungarian men are not worried about not actively learning German.

As for the little ones, it is even easier, send them to school, and systematically teach them German. Good German scores are rewarded, and poor German scores are punished...

Elderly people can give up, but middle-aged women also have to go to "literacy classes" to learn German. In the same way, more food will be given to those who have learned well, and some will even be deducted from those who have learned poorly...

After a few years, these Hungarian prisoners of war had a high degree of Germanization, and their edges and corners were smoothed, and then they were sent to North America to open up wasteland. At that time, it will be much easier to manage.

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to this end,

Marin has sent people to Goslar to send a letter, asking the Sixth Army stationed there to cooperate with the local government to build a huge large-scale walled city that can accommodate more than 200,000 people near the Goslar silver mine. House those Hungarian prisoners of war.

In addition, the garrison of the Sixth Army is located nearby. Once there is a mining disturbance, it can be suppressed immediately...

To house these Hungarian residents, ordinary grass-reinforced adobe houses can be used. But in order to contain these Hungarian prisoners of war, a large wall was definitely needed. And to build a wall, it must be strong. With stones, the speed is too slow. Because, there are not so many masons to polish the stone.

Therefore, in order to speed up the construction of the wall, Marin Feige sent a letter to the country to ask Kohler to arrange for the cement plant to start a large-scale increase in cement production for the construction of the wall of the Miner City of Goslar. As for bricks, it is not cost-effective to transport them from other places. It is better to build a brick kiln locally to burn bricks. At most, transport some coal from the Ruhr area to use as fuel...

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Far away in Zimbabwe's Stone City in southeastern Africa, this abandoned city welcomed more than 2,000 Spanish colonial troops at this time.

And the leader of this colonial army is named Hernan Cortes...

That's right, it was Hernán Cortes who conquered the Mexican Aztec Empire in history, that adventurous guy!

This time, Cortez led an expedition of 2,500 Spanish soldiers in two phalanxes to Stone City, Zimbabwe.

Right now, Cortez is only 29 years old and a mid-level officer in the Spanish army. Coincidentally, he was sent by the Spanish royal family to the New Spanish colony at the mouth of the Save River in Mozambique.

At this time, the governor of this colony named "New Spain" was Gonzales transferred from India, the colonial official who proposed to import elephants from India and then wade a way in the tropical rain forest of Mozambique .

Originally, Gonzalez was just a low-level colonial officer. But because of his contribution to opening up the road, he was promoted by the Spanish court as the new Governor of New Spain, responsible for opening the road to the Great Zimbabwe Empire.

When Cortez came to Mozambique to serve as the deputy general of the colonial army, the road from Mozambique to the tropical rainforest of Zimbabwe had almost been opened.

At this time, the outpost of the Spanish expedition had actually arrived at the junction of the tropical rainforest of Mozambique and the savannah of Zimbabwe.

According to Governor Gonzalez's idea, it is planned to let the expedition team enter the grassland area on the Zimbabwe plateau to explore the way first, and then contact Stone City, the capital of the Zimbabwe Empire. When we get in touch, we will find a way to send troops to capture...

Cortez, however, couldn't wait. Because, he has received news that he may be transferred back to China. Because, his term of office is coming up.

It's just that he has been in Mozambique for more than three years and has not made an inch of merit, which makes him feel very unhappy. You know, although he is a son of a nobleman, he has no right of inheritance. If he can't make meritorious service, he can't become a nobleman.

It just so happened that Besitas, the chief general of the Spanish garrison in Mozambique, died of illness, and the mainland wanted to change the chief general, but he couldn't react for a while. Before he got the news from the mainland and appointed a new general, Cortez was lucky enough to become the acting general of the garrison of the Governor General of New Spain in Mozambique...

Then Cortez's ambition exploded...

Taking advantage of the time when the governor took a boat along the coast of Africa to find a new place suitable for colonization, Cortez used his military power to temporarily control the governorship of New Spain, mobilized supplies, and embarked on an adventurous expedition...

Cortez left only a few hundred people to stay at the Fort New Spain at the mouth of the Save River, and he led a total of 2,500 people in the two phalanxes that the colony could only dispatch along the Save River all the way up the river, rushing directly into the grasslands of eastern Zimbabwe.

Fortunately, after entering the highlands of Zimbabwe, the local environment has changed from the most complex tropical rainforest to an endless tropical grassland.

There are far fewer dangerous animals in tropical grasslands than in tropical rainforests. Cortez led his men and horses all the way back along the Save River, and then, under the guidance of the local black people's gestures and gestures, after going through untold hardships, he finally came to the legendary city of gold - the Imperial Stone City of Zimbabwe... …

However, after arriving in the legendary Stone City, Cortez couldn't help but swear, and cursed Marin, calling Marin a big liar!

Because, in the stone city in front of Cortez, the buildings are majestic, but it has been abandoned for decades. Through the exchange of gestures and gestures with the locals, I learned that the Zimbabwe Empire moved to the north after the gold was mined decades ago...

Hearing that the gold of the legendary Zimbabwe Empire has been mined for decades, Cortez almost passed out after hearing this! Daringly, the "Golden City" he found after going through untold hardships and adventures, there is only an empty city left...

"Pfft——" Finally, Cortez couldn't stand the heavy blow, and spat out a mouthful of old blood...