The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin was right, the Spaniard did plan to do it. Gonzalo's army has begun to regroup in Sicily. As long as the autumn harvest is over and the army and food and grass are in place, they will start to fight back.

But the mainland of Spain is mountainous, and Sicily is not big. It seems impossible to expect to meet the food needs of tens of thousands of troops. Although Sicily is known as the Golden Basin, the area is rich in expensive durum wheat, which is a high-grade ingredient for making pasta, and it is impossible for ordinary soldiers to eat. Therefore, Gonzalo proposed to ask the Spanish royal family to contact Marin to buy enough military rations.

However, this time Marin's reaction was very strange. Although he promised to provide food, he did not take all the shares. Moreover, he also made a suggestion to Gonzalo-suggest him to grab food!

Where did he suggest Gonzalo go to grab food? Duchy of Milan!

The Principality of Milan is currently under the control of the French, and is controlled by the German mercenary general Ludendorff who originally served Spain with a large army.

However, Ludendorff is now under the order of Louis XII to attack the Müstair Valley, and he has not been able to conquer it so far, so he is stalemate there...

In fact, Ludendorff was bribed and did not try his best to attack the Müstair Valley...

These are not important, what is important is that the autumn harvest is coming to an end, and the Po River Plain in the Principality of Milan is the first plain in Italy and the most important grain-producing area in Italy.

If no one intervened, the grain produced in the Po River Plain of the Principality of Milan alone would not only meet the needs of Ludendorff's 10,000-odd army, but could even compensate the French army. Perhaps, he could be recruited by the French to help the victims of the rain disaster in the Northeast.

Therefore, Marin suggested that Gonzalo lead the army to land from the south of the Principality of Milan, and then quickly attack the Po River Plain and rob the Po River Plain of food.

In that case, the Duchy of Milan, which was able to support France's food, will need France's food support instead. And the Spanish army that has grabbed the food can also save a lot of money to buy food...

As for Ludendorff, Marin's opinion is that the two sides acted and faked a fight to fool Louis XII...

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After Marin's secret letter was sent to Gonzalo de Cordoba, Gonzalo attached great importance to this suggestion. Because, after repeated calculations, he found that if he went north to Milan to grab food, and Ludendorff didn't fight the Spaniards, the French would be very uncomfortable.

At that time, do you want to send troops to reinforce Milan? Should the army of Naples be sent to reinforce Milan, or should troops be sent from the mainland? It's a dilemma...

It is unlikely that reinforcements will be sent from Naples.

After all, the French also had to prevent the Spaniards from taking advantage of the opportunity to seize the city of Naples by the sea. And sending reinforcements from the mainland must use the more than 10,000 knights. In this way, the time was ripe for Marin's original plan to launch an uprising in the disaster-stricken areas of northeastern France...

In short, this is a big pit, so the French have to jump...

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This autumn, not only the autumn harvest in Europe, but also in North America at the same latitude, the autumn harvest is also in full swing. The 2.65 million migrant households who migrated from Württemberg will help harvest wheat as soon as they go.

Seeing the large wheat fields in Colonial New York and New Jersey, these Württemberg immigrants opened their mouths in surprise—isn’t this a dangerous “wild land”? How come there are so many wheat fields? Moreover, it is still the most precious wheat field...

This is wheat, the most expensive wheat in grain! The Württemberg region is located in southern Germany, and the locals have seen wheat. Because Württemberg is warmer than the North Sea country, rye is not grown there, but barley and wheat are mainly grown. However, because wheat requires a lot of water, it is generally grown on fertile soil near large rivers. In general, barley is still grown.

Moreover, the white flour made from wheat can only be eaten by nobles and rich merchants. Commoners like them can only eat food made of barley...

Moreover, in southern Germany, when brewing beer, barley is also the main ingredient. Only in the northern rye-producing areas will the dark beer be brewed mainly with rye. For example, the main raw material of Munich beer in later civilizations is barley. Many people may mistake Munich beer for dark beer. In fact, local beer is based on barley from southern Germany. Don't think that the beer in Munich is dark beer. The black in Munich is just a place name and has nothing to do with whether it is dark beer or not. It's Munich's old rival, Dortmund in the north, because in the rye-producing area, the local staple is dark beer.

In the astonishment of 2.65 million Württemberg immigrants, the local English immigrants and the newly arrived Württemberg immigrants joined hands to harvest the wheat, threshed and dried it.

At that time, the governor of New York, Albert, used wheat to grind white flour boldly, and invited these new immigrants to have a meal of white bread that no one could imagine. But the local early German immigrants proudly told them-what is this? The locals mainly eat white bread!

In fact, white bread is not as nutritious as brown bread. But white bread tastes good and is a status symbol in Europe. Only rich nobles and rich merchants can eat white bread every meal. This kind of life, in the eyes of the poor, is simply a wonderful life like heaven...

Probably overwhelmed by the white bread, the 2.65 million Württemberg immigrants didn't say anything, and accepted Albert's arrangement honestly.

In order to prevent them from colluding with each other and rebelling against each other, Albert immigrated the households he was familiar with to Württemberg, deliberately disrupting the resettlement.

Then, Albert also selected 3,000 strong and honest farmers from the 2.65 million farmers, and stayed in New York with their families as guards.

These people will receive the training of the original local garrison and become the main armed force to protect New York.

Moreover, the original local garrison will also suspend external expansion during this period, but will monitor these new immigrants.

After all, these new immigrants came from disgraceful backgrounds, they were rebels. In order to prevent them from launching a rebellion here, the original 2,000 garrisons and the newly recruited 3,000 soldiers and horses are responsible for protecting the security of the New York colony and the New Jersey colony.

This kind of vigilance cannot be lifted until the disciples and grandchildren sent by Bishop Taylor have educated these rebel-born Württemberg immigrants into obedient citizens. In addition, Albert will conduct a second round of recruitment at that time to expand the size of the army.

In fact, the first round of recruitment did not follow the normal North Sea recruitment principles. Because, at the beginning, safety is the main priority. If someone who is not honest enough is recruited as a soldier, maybe this group of people will start a rebellion.

Therefore, for the first time recruiting from this group of people, Albert, according to Marin's instructions, prioritized reliability over bravery. After a year or two, these immigrants have been educated before starting conscription again. At that time, we can use the principle of recruiting soldiers from Beihai to give priority to those who are brave and obedient. Then, form a colonial army with a scale of 10,000 people. If necessary, this legion will be transferred to the mainland to participate in the religious war that may erupt...

But first of all, the main task of the first batch of colonial troops was to supervise the immigrants logging and reclaim wasteland; secondly, to cross the Delaware River westward, organize logging, and drive out the local aborigines at the same time, so as to expand the reclaimed land...

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