The Rise of the European Emperor

Compiling a dictionary is a huge project that requires a large number of scholars. It is estimated that it will take two or three months to invite scholars. So, Marin is not in a hurry. Because it's no use worrying.

However, considering that the German nation and the English nation will be integrated in the future, Marin decided to call German "High Germanic" and English, "Low German". Alternatively, German can be called the Germanic branch of Germanic languages, and English can be called the Germanic English-Frisian branch. In this way, the ethnic distinction between the two languages ​​is diluted. In short, let Germans and English people feel that each other's language is just another dialect.

Moreover, after the compilation of the German dictionary and the English dictionary is completed, Marin will also compile a German and English dictionary for easy reference.

In fact, English and German do have many similarities. However, the grammar and pronunciation of the two languages ​​are quite different. For example, German has more nasal sounds, while English does not have this phenomenon.

Of course, the German that Marin wrote was not High German, but Low German and Rhine German. At the strong request of the old Hoffmann, Marin took the German dialect of his hometown of the Ruhr region, the German dialect, as the standard pronunciation.

The German in the northwest region of Germany, which belongs to the Low Saxon language in the Low German, is quite different from the High German in the east and south. Low Saxon, between German and English, is an intermediate language that can communicate with High German and English at the same time. Of course, this is 16th century German. The further back you go, the greater the difference between German and English. Even the Low Saxon languages ​​are gradually becoming incapable of communicating with English.

Frisian, for example, is actually a branch of Low Saxon. Of course, Frisian in this era is closer to the English pronunciation.

The distribution of the Low Saxon languages ​​is mainly in the later states of Lower Saxony, Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia, and most of Schleswig-Holstein, including the eastern part of the Netherlands. The area under the rule of Marin happened to fall within this range. Of course, the Ruhr area is also included.

Therefore, the German dictionary compiled by Marin actually serves the northwest region of Germany. As for southern Germans and East Germans, these pronunciations are not necessarily adapted. Of course, there are phonetic marks on the dictionary, and those Germans who use High German have no difficulty learning.

Because Marin had the idea of ​​jointly ruling North Germany and England, he used Low Saxon, a language that can communicate with English. If you switch to High German, you won't be able to communicate.

Moreover, Marin also has an ambition, that is - to use Low German, to influence High German, and then Low German becomes the standard...

In fact,

This is not a fantasy. Because there is no professional dictionary for German up to now. And Marin's professional dictionary comes out, just can be used as the standard of study.

At that time, Marin also intends to use the power of the Holy See to promote this Low German as a special German for the church. As a result, Southern Germans and Eastern Germans would have to learn the pronunciation of Low Saxon. Because, even if they want to learn High German, there is no textbook for them...

Then Low German would become the standard for German. Marin thought of a way to make a slight modification of German to bring it closer to English. At the same time, the English is also slightly modified, so that the normal communication between English and German can be achieved. In this way, Germans and Englishmen, who can communicate with each other, will not regard each other as aliens. It's great that everyone loves each other together... In this way, it is also convenient for joint rule.

However, this matter cannot be rushed and needs to be planned slowly. Marin intends to join the editing work himself if he has time.

Because there are no standard German and English dictionaries. So, there is quite a lot of room for manipulation here. Marin can perfectly spell two similar German words and English words the same. However, when the phonetic symbols are marked, they are still marked in Low Saxon and English. However, those who have learned it in the future will know what it means when they see this word. That way, Germans and Englishmen could stumblingly communicate not only verbally, but also in writing. Because everyone has a lot of similar words...

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Of course, for the moment, compiling a dictionary is not the most important thing, not even sending troops to England. Because, there are more important things to do Marin than these. That is - land replacement...

What is "land replacement"? It was Marin who planned to centrally replace the lands of the old landlords and small nobles in the newly captured Jutland Peninsula, the Archbishopric of Bremen, and West Frisland, and gather them together in one place.

Why do you do that? Marlin this is for secrecy...

Marin has advanced agricultural technology and fertilizer technology, and the manor must be highly productive. Now, Marin has newly seized Jutland, the Archdiocese of Bremen, and West Friesland. However, in these three areas, there were originally many local small aristocratic landlords.

Jutland is a little better. After reaching an agreement with King Hans, Denmark took away all the minor nobles in Jutland. Therefore, there are no small nobles over there who need land replacement.

But the Archbishopric of Bremen is different from West Frisian, although the Archbishop of Bremen has taken away many cronies and related family members. However, many petty nobles and Junkers landowners remained in the Archdiocese of Bremen.

The so-called Junker landlords are the children of nobles who have not been mixed with the title of nobles. There are many such people in Germany. Strictly speaking, those wandering knights are also Junkers. However, ordinary Junker landlords are descendants of nobles who have been allocated land.

These Junkers landlords cannot be treated as rudely as they are to civilians. Because they have aristocratic blood. Moreover, many people have cultural heritage.

In fact, the official establishment of Marin is full of Junkers. Many college students of this era are from Junkers. For example, Haider, although he was a son of a merchant, his ancestors were also nobles. If you don't have a noble blood and want to do business, it is easy to be deprived of property by the nobles. But with the identity of Junkers, ordinary nobles will not easily do it. why? Because ordinary nobles have their own family, there will definitely be Junkers descendants. If you break the rules, your descendants of Junkers will be easily bullied.

Among the folk landlords, the big landlords are naturally nobles. The small landlords are basically Junkers. Ordinary commoners without aristocratic blood have no right to own land, and can only work as hired labor, or simply go to the city to seek a living.

There are not many minor nobles and Junker landlords in the Archdiocese of Bremen and West Frisian, because almost half of the landlords in the Archdiocese of Bremen were taken away. As for the minor nobles and Junkers of West Frisian, many people were killed because of the war.

But no matter what, the minor nobles and Junkers in the two places still controlled more than 10,000 Eugrams of arable land. Their total number is about a few hundred people. Marin's plan is to replace all the cultivated land of the hundreds of small nobles and the Junker landlord family to the area along the Elbe River in the eastern part of the Archbishopric of Bremen...

As for why the replacement to this area? This is because the Elbe is a busy river. Some agricultural secrets cannot be kept at all by the Elbe.

Therefore, the land on the west bank of the Elbe, although fertile, is not easy to keep secret. Therefore, to replace these minor nobles and Junkers landlords who are not "our own" to the Elbe River will not treat them badly, but also use them to keep secrets. After all, they must still use traditional farming methods, and the foreign ships passing by can't see anything.

In addition, in the eastern part of the Archbishopric of Bremen, Las Vegas is the closest to the Elbe Estuary. Relocating these minor nobles and Junkers landlords to the Elbe River near Las Vegas also facilitates these noble children and the young masters of Junkers landlords to go to Las Vegas for fun. At the same time, a large number of Consumption……

With the frequent visits of these nobles and Junkers who have been displaced to the vicinity, the popularity of Las Vegas will definitely increase. Marin originally planned to make Las Vegas a very popular gold-selling cave, attracting aristocratic and local tyrants from all over Germany to visit. That way, as the owner of Las Vegas, Marin can also earn more...  

Therefore, it is not only conducive to the secrecy of agricultural technology, but also for Las Vegas Las Vegas has a large number of customers, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone...