Chapter 2068 Cruel Human Sacrifice

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Bringing back tens of thousands of people and bringing back hundreds of thousands of people are two completely different concepts. To bring back tens of thousands of people, only one silver mine in the Harz Mountains can fully absorb them. And hundreds of thousands of people must be distributed in a very wide area, and the population structure will be completely changed.

In fact, Marin brought back these hundreds of thousands of people, not to ask them to replace those German farmers now. In other words, what they replaced was not the German farmers of the North Sea country at this stage, but the German farmers of the North Sea country in the future.

It's a bit of a mouthful to say so, but it's clear at a glance if you put it another way-they are replacing children who are currently being educated in school.

These children who received formal elementary school education in the country were all well-known high-achieving students in this era. If you put it back to farm, it would be a waste of money. You know, in this day and age, the literacy rate is astonishingly low. Anyone who dared to release elementary school students as serfs would be punished by God.

That is to say, in the era of later generations, universal education is universal, and it is nine-year compulsory education. Primary school students are too low, and junior high school students dare not say that they are literate. Because there are high school students and college students on it. But in this day and age, elementary school students are cultural people.

Even the mayors and sheriffs of many towns in this era are illiterate. In many cases, the monastery needs the help of a low-level priest to help with the paperwork. After all, priests read books. In other words, the monastery has the highest literacy rate in Europe. Almost everyone is literate, and they know Latin. Not to mention small towns, even the British Lord Seal Keeper is a bishop.

However, many priests are too religious and do not know how to be flexible. Many times, they ignore the law at all, and directly compare the "Bible" when dealing with government affairs, which is quite casual and willful.

Of course, you can't expect too much from those priests. Because, when they study culture, the only teaching material is the Bible. As for other subjects, they were all studied by the priests themselves, and no one forced them to learn. As for the priests who only study the Bible, one can imagine their ability to handle affairs.

The elementary school students in Beihai State are different. They not only need to study the Bible, but also study mathematics, and law is also a compulsory course. Moreover, everyone has to learn to write a composition. The most commonly used format for writing is the official document.

In this way, after these primary school students graduate, they can write official documents, know how to calculate accounts, and understand the law, and they are proper middle-age students. Even in the colleges run by the church in this era, some scumbags recommended by the church may not be able to keep up with these elementary school students.

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Marin can let these primary school students become craftsman apprentices and become craftsmen in the future. We also accept these elementary school students who will become soldiers or low-level officials in the future. The only unacceptable thing is that they go back to farming. Because, this is a great waste of talent!

We must know that education is a national resource, and educated talents are also national resources (human resources). Many modern people don't understand-why most of what I learned in college is useless. In fact, he doesn't understand that universities are established by the state to train and select talents for the state. The university does not guarantee that you can make a fortune after studying, it is only responsible for helping the country cultivate the talents it needs. Among them, "scrap products" are allowed. If you feel that what you learned in college is useless, congratulations, you are a failed product of the national education system...

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Of course, don't give up, it just means you're not a good fit for that system. However, you can choose to follow your own path, the path that suits you. Everyone has their own talents, as long as they find what they are good at and what is needed by the society, they will always find their own way. However, if you say that you are good at eating, drinking and having fun... Well, when I didn't say...

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In Beihai State, the children of serfs all went to receive primary education. And after the education is over, it would be a waste of talents to let them go back to farming.

However, if these children do not go back to farming,

Who will produce food to feed everyone? Therefore, it is necessary to find another person to top it. Obviously, these Russians of the Grand Duchy of Moscow are very suitable serfs...

Only when someone takes up the job of farming, can Marin safely arrange the children who have received elementary school education into military, political or craftsman positions.

And if this robbing of the population fails, no matter how unwilling Marin is, he must send a large number of children who have received elementary school education back to farm. Because if no one farms, everyone will starve to death.

Therefore, this war is not only about interests, but also directly related to the employment direction of the next generation of Beihai. Once no one takes over the burden of farming, industrialization cannot be promoted.

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In addition to these Ross people, Marin is now planning to attack Mexico. Because, he knew a piece of news-it is said that the Aztec Empire in Mexico killed tens of thousands of people every year to perform living sacrifices. And those who were killed as sacrifices were mostly prisoners of war who were captured after the failure of the tribal war.

And being able to become a warrior is all young and strong from all tribes. Tens of thousands of young and strong are killed every year. After hearing this, Marin has a toothache-p, I am struggling with the lack of young and strong, and even started a war. You fucking kill tens of thousands of young adults every year! I have something to say...

And according to the spy report, 29 years ago, that is, in 1487, more than 20,000 people were killed in a single sacrifice, most of them were young and strong...

Seeing this information, Marin no longer had a toothache, but a pain all over his body, especially his egg...

He also thought about using a peaceful way to let the Aztec Empire help him produce silver. But now, he realized that if he did not send troops, the Aztec Empire would continue to kill. There are tens of thousands of young adults every year, and they can kill more than 200,000 young adults in 20 years...

It is said that the Spanish colonists were ruthless, but the Aztec Empire itself was also very ruthless!

Moreover, the most terrible thing is that this data is only the number provided by the three city-states of the Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan, Descoco, and Tracopan. As for the figures of other small city-states and tribes in Mexico, they are not included in the statistics at all. It is said that in addition to the Aztec Empire, there are also many tribes who are popular in killing prisoners of war and enlivening human sacrifices. After all, at least 20,000 people are killed in Mexico every year, and most of them are young and strong...

"It's no wonder that the empire hasn't been able to expand out of Mexico for so long. It turns out that there is a shortage of manpower. Moreover, they killed the young and strong by themselves!" Marin was deeply moved.

In fact, the behavior of the Aztec Empire, which killed tens of thousands of prisoners of war every year, also caused panic among the surrounding tribes. Because, once the Aztec Empire ran out of sacrifices, it would send troops to plunder the surrounding tribes, and then kill the prisoners as sacrifices. No one wanted to die, so when Cortez landed, many opposing tribes from the Aztec Empire joined Cortez's coalition forces.

Of course, Cortes is really the son of luck. Because, the year when he sent troops was really a coincidence...

In the mythology of the Aztec Empire, the time when the white god returned to the world was set as 1519. And Cortez, who happened to land in Mexico that year, went in recklessly. Then, the Aztec Empire basically had no firm resistance. Coupled with the support of some tribes who did not want to be killed, the Aztec Empire was successfully destroyed.

If you really want to send troops to the Aztec Empire, obviously, 1519 is a very suitable year. Sending troops in that year will meet the least resistance.

However, Marin did not intend to destroy the Aztec Empire directly, but only hoped to control the temple of the Aztec Empire by sending troops. Then, change their bad customs of killing living people and offering sacrifices.

Moreover, in addition to using force, Marin also intends to let the sender pretend to be the messenger of the white god, and falsely preach the oracle, so that they will stop killing living people for sacrifice. However, these prisoners of war cannot be wasted.

For example... Now that the envoys of my White God have come, you can give all the captured prisoners to the envoys of the White God to take away. Then, White God will reward you with many things...

In this way, Marin can use the Aztec Empire to gain tens of thousands of young adults for nothing every year. 10,000 young adults can plant hundreds of thousands of acres of land. There are tens of thousands of young and strong every year, and it doesn't cost much, just give some rare supplies that the Aztecs have never seen before. This kind of business, don't be too cost-effective...

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Of course, it is impossible to completely stop the Aztecs from offering sacrifices. Therefore, Marin intends to learn from ancient China and use pig heads instead of human heads to become temple offerings.

In the Yin and Shang Dynasties of China, human sacrifices were especially popular. The oracle bone inscriptions on the bronze wares describe cruel scenes of human sacrifices. The Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang Dynasty. Although many people complained for King Zhou, one thing is certain, that is, the Zhou Dynasty abolished the cruel practice of using living sacrifices in the Shang Dynasty, and changed it to sacrifice three animals, that is, pigs, cattle and sheep. Animals, instead of offering sacrifices to living people. This approach is undoubtedly a huge historical progress.

In the historian circle, there is a saying that Indians are descendants of Yin and Shang, and Marin thinks it is quite reasonable. Because, not only the jade culture is similar, but also the living sacrifices are exactly the same. However, Marin personally believes that not all Indians are descendants of Yin and Shang. The early Indians probably did come through the Bering Strait. As for the Mexico area, a group of Yin merchants who came to the east probably came later. Then, brought the customs of jade culture and human sacrifice. But for some reason, Mexico has inherited the backward culture of human sacrifice for 2,500 years.

Like the Inca Empire in South America, there was no culture of human sacrifice. Probably, the culture brought by the descendants of Yin and Shang did not spread there, but only spread in Mexico.

However, among the Yin merchants who came from the east, there probably were no craftsmen in prospecting and metallurgy. Therefore, they did not bring bronze smelting technology. Therefore, the huge Aztec Empire had to use obsidian to make weapons. The jade culture was probably brought by the Yin Shang nobles who came from the east.

After all, it is said that the Yin merchants who traveled to Mexico from the Middle East seemed to be the army sent by King Zhou to crusade against Dongyi. They never thought about going into exile before they set off. Therefore, the artisans who searched for copper mines and made bronzes were not brought. Otherwise, American civilization would not be like this. Moreover, it is estimated that not many Yin merchants arrived in Mexico alive. Otherwise, a civilized empire would have been established long ago. It is estimated that a small number of people floated to Mexico alive and taught the locals something. Just like the Yuan Dynasty expedition to Japan, a ship floated to the Queen Charlotte Islands on the west coast of Canada and took root there. However, because most of them are sailors, they have not brought much change to the local area. After all, knowledge was something that was not possessed by ordinary people in ancient times.

Marin planned to send the army to escort the fake white god messenger into Tenochtitlan and control the temple. Then, kill those who are disobedient, and then pass on a false oracle, saying that in the future, they will sacrifice three animals, just like the Zhou Dynasty.

As for the lack of pigs and sheep in the local area, Marin can provide it in a friendly manner. As for cattle, there are plenty of them on the North American prairie. However, tens of thousands of prisoners of war are indispensable every year. Marin will ask the fake envoys to give a reason - to take them to the place where the white god of the sea lives for a blood sacrifice... In this way, tens of thousands of young and strong people are deceived every year...

After all, it is too tragic for tens of thousands of people to be killed just like this every year. Live well, and then work for yourself, isn't it good?

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