The Rise of the European Emperor

The French population is complex and its natives are Gauls. Therefore, France was nicknamed "Gallic Rooster" later. But the Gauls were first conquered by the Roman Empire and began to be Romanized. Subsequently, with the collapse of the Roman Empire, it was invaded by the Germans.

The origin of the name France comes from the most important Germanic people who invaded France-the Franks. However, France is dominated by the Gauls after all. Although the Franks conquered the French region, they gradually merged with the Gauls because they were not dominant in numbers. Even languages ​​have begun to influence each other. Eventually, the Germanic language used by the Franks merged with the Latin language used by the local Gauls to become another language - Romance, officially known as French.

In other words, the Franks' conquest of France was a bit like the entry of the Qing Dynasty, but it was quite different. When the Manchus entered the customs, the number of people was too small, and they had no cultural background, so apart from the ugly braids and clothing, they were actually culturally assimilated by the Han people.

Unlike France, the Franks have gained a firm foothold in France. Moreover, although the Franks are at a disadvantage in number, they are not like the Manchus with hundreds of thousands of people facing tens of millions of Han people. Therefore, the integration of the two sides does not have too many problems of who is better than the other. In other words, the Franks and Gauls at that time were both illiterate. Therefore, when the two major ethnic groups merge, they can only compromise with each other, and then get a French that is neither Germanic nor Latin, which belongs to the mashup type of the two languages.

To give a simple example, it's like mashing Chinese and Japanese. One person got angry and yelled—"Baga, I'm going to kill you!"...It's so nondescript...

In terms of race, the French nation has not yet formed. The main population in northern France is still a mixture of Franks and Gauls, while in the south, it is mainly descendants of Gauls. In addition, there are many descendants of Burgundians (also Germanic) in the eastern border area, and some Basques in the southwest...

The French north and south really began to integrate, thanks to the British. Through the "Hundred Years' War", the Germanic and Gaul mixed races in the north of France and the Gauls in the south began to unify and merge.

It's just that the northern Germanic and Gaul mixed races have too much political advantage. Therefore, in later generations of France, the northern French was the main language, and the southern Gaul was gradually replaced by the French dialect of Paris.

The integration of the north and the south in France began to make great strides after the end of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. Before, there was a big gap between North and South. Now, it has only been a few decades since the end of the Hundred Years War, and the southern region is still very Lush, but the influence of the northern culture dominated by Paris is deepening...

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In other words, France at the moment has not yet formed a unified language and culture. Not only are there differences between the north and the south, but there are also great differences in the eastern border areas. For example, the Burgundians on the eastern border, the situation is more complicated. The original subjects of the Principality of Burgundy had complicated bloodlines. They were originally descendants of the Burgundians of the Germanic people, but after they came to the French-German border, they later intermarried with the Franks and Gauls, forming a mixture of the three major bloodlines. Of course, because two of the three lines of blood are Germanic. Therefore, Germanic culture is more preserved. Moreover, the local area is close to the German region, and is greatly influenced by German culture.

Moreover, in this era, Burgundy was the most famous wine producing region in Europe. Before the rise of wine in the Bordeaux region, Burgundy was the most famous wine region in Europe. Moreover, many top wineries in later generations are also in Burgundy. In front of Burgundy wine, Bordeaux wine is like a younger brother. Right now, the wines in the Bordeaux region can only be regarded as middle-low, while the top-quality wines are in Burgundy.

And because it is on the border of France and Germany, German nobles and priests also favor high-end wines from Burgundy. Therefore, the exchanges between the Burgundy region and the German region are very close. Many Burgundians speak not only French but also German.

The spy sent by Marin to purchase wine in the Burgundy region is a German-speaking,

Burgundians who speak French again. However, the man was from the Franche-Comté region, currently under the control of the Habsburg family, and formerly from the Grand Duchy of Burgundy. Currently, Franche-Comté is under the rule of the Habsburg family, and the official language is German. Therefore, it is easy to recruit talents who can speak both German and French in Franche-Comté.

And because it was greatly influenced by the German region, and it was only a few decades before it was incorporated into the Kingdom of France, it was only annexed after the death of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy in 1477. Therefore, the original Burgundy region has not been fully integrated into the French cultural circle, but has been influenced by both French and German culture. For example, serfdom is still relatively common in Burgundy. The spies under Kohler also saw serf boys for sale in the market in the Principality of Burgundy.

Moreover, the region of the Principality of Burgundy, later known as the Burgundy Region, is a densely populated area. However, except for the area within the Paris Basin in the northwest corner, most of the other areas are plateaus and hills. Otherwise, it would not be helpless to grow grapes. Because grapes do not need plains, they are very suitable for planting on hillsides.

However, due to the scarcity of farmland, in this agricultural era, the number of people to support is not large. The local population of one million is mostly engaged in wine-related industries. Many manor serfs had too many children, so they could only find ways to send their children to other manors, or sell them to be servants. Otherwise, the family will not be able to support themselves.

It is said that every year thousands of surplus people in the Burgundy region are exchanged by the manor owners, or forced to leave their hometowns to make a living.

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After hearing all this, Marin immediately moved his mind, planning to buy some Burgundy boys back, and then cultivate them into the needed male laborers. During the years when these Burgundian boys grew up, Marin could have sent someone to teach them German while brainwashing them so that they would forget the past and be true to themselves.

In this era, there is no nationalism in France, and there is no big fool named Daudet. Therefore, Marin can safely train those French teenagers into the labor force he needs.

In fact, this is not a rare thing at all. For example, England has been digging corners in Flanders over the years and recruiting local woolen artisans and woolen workers. Otherwise, the wool spinning industry in England would not be able to develop.

During the Protestant War, many religious refugees from the old and new sects also migrated between Germany and France. In short, this is an era that is not so particular about ethnicity. As long as there is food to eat, ordinary people don't care which country they live in. Of course, in Europe in this era, it is difficult for people of different religions to coexist. Like Turkey, because it has different religions, it was targeted by Christian countries all over Europe. As for nationality, it is secondary.

Suddenly, Marin remembered that the Egyptian Mamluk cavalry seemed to be dead-level cavalry trained by Circassian slaves.

"Maybe, I can use French teenagers to train my own Mamluk cavalry?" Marin suddenly had this idea in his heart...

Marin doesn't care about the life and death of French teenagers. He can buy a group of strong French teenagers and throw them into the cruel Mamluk cavalry training camp. Then, let them fight each other, and the last survivor becomes his elite cavalry...

Then, Marin used the Mamluk cavalry composed of French teenagers to attack France and plunder more population...

"Quack quack -" Marin thought of the excitement, and let out a gloomy laugh... What could be more exciting than using the French to chop the French?