The Second Thousand and Eighty Chapters Clever Means of Enclosure

Prince Philip obviously thinks so too. He believes that Marin really gave Tian a big face this time. Unexpectedly, the Beihai country has a complete primary industrial park, which greatly reduces the manufacturing cost. Of course, Marin would not let Philip see it, but showed an expression of "I have spent my money".

Moreover, Prince Philip would not know that Marin was about to personally lead an expedition to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, worrying about the safety of the homeland. Otherwise, he wouldn't think it was a debt of favor at all, but would feel that "I paid a lot"!

Then, the two parties "cordially and friendly" discussed how to perform the effect of "Prince Philip's money, and Marin will not refuse after ten moves".

After discussing for more than a day, the two sides finally came up with a script. Prince Philip used "introduction of immigrants" as a temptation. At the same time, he publicly proposed that the North Sea country be upgraded to a kingdom and an elector, so as to attract Marin to provide weapons...

Although this performance has the effect of clearing Marin of suspicion, it can also show Prince Philip's superb ability to win people over. Therefore, even though he was acting to help Marin clear his suspicions, Prince Philip did not refuse to be used once. Because this will show his "wiseness" and "superior wrist". It can be said that it is a win-win situation.

After that, shortly after Marin left Ghent, Prince Philip let out the news that he would promote Marin, Grand Duke of the North Sea, to be the King and Elector of the North Sea, just like the Kingdom of Bohemia.

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused a sensation throughout Germany, including France. Then, it was all fried...

After all, the princes who opposed the Habsburg family accounted for the majority, and they expressed their opposition one after another. They believed that the Hoffman family came from a humble background, and it was already a miracle to become a grand duke. Become a king? It's too childish.

Then, Prince Philip publicly stood up and said that the Holy See had crowned Marin as king, indicating that he already had the qualifications of a king. Therefore, to become the king of the North Sea, status is no longer a problem.

Immediately, those opponents said that it was only the king of a wild area, which was different from the king of a "civilized area" like Germany. Among them, the elector of Saxony, Frederick III, had a sharp point of view. He believed that becoming the king of the wild area was due to Marin's contribution to the Holy See, which was a reward from the Holy See. And if you want to become the king of the German region, you need to make great contributions to the German region, and you can become a king only after you have received the unanimous recognition and respect of all the states, and the elector is also...

This old guy is very good at focusing on the key points, and what he said is well-founded and convincing. However, Philip didn't really want to push Marin to become king and elector. Therefore, he doesn't care much about success or failure. However, the momentum must be built up.

Quarrels, you can't win if you are justified. As long as the opponent pretends not to hear your reasons and insists on messing around, you can't help it. That's why the court set up judges to avoid endless quarrels among lawyers.

Philip, therefore, was like a rambunctious brawler, constantly voicing arguments in favor of Marin's elevation to king, regardless of whether Frederick III's views were correct or not. Moreover, this guy cheated, saying that Frederick III deliberately retaliated and made trouble because he was defeated by Marin in the previous war, which made Frederick III almost recite it with anger. This is so obviously a slap in the face. Losing to Marin belongs to black history. Philip, who took it out to talk about it, is simply a face slap in public!

But Philip didn't know that Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, had already made a major decision in his heart to be the next emperor, and he would definitely not choose Philip, a bastard!

If Philip knew the news, he would probably faint in the toilet. You know, he has always wanted to be the emperor! Fortunately, Maximilian I had already planned to pave the way for his grandson, otherwise, the Habsburg family would have fainted in the toilet.

Of course, the Habsburg family is not at a loss. With the support of Marin, they can annex the entire Switzerland, and their strength has greatly increased! If you can sell a few more manors on the Swiss land, you can make up for a lot of shortfalls. Moreover, the territory can be passed on to future generations, which is very cost-effective! In general,

The Habsburg family is definitely not at a loss, only Philip himself is at a loss. Moreover, he only lost the title of emperor, but he didn't lose any profit.

However, this matter is limited to quarreling, and has not yet escalated to the scope of fighting. why? Because Philip is not an emperor, his status is that of the great lord of the Netherlands, no different from other dukes. Even, he was the only one who quarreled with the Habsburg family. Therefore, the princes were just angry, but did not act. Because, Philip is just talking about it, and has no actual action.

When they were quarreling, Prince Philip quietly summoned most of the lords in the Netherlands, except for the opposition, on the pretext of holding a banquet, and discussed with them the matter of enclosing the land.

Before, Philip had actually discussed this matter with them. Although everyone was tempted, they were full of worry and fear of problems.

But this time, after Philip offered an "intermediary fee" of 20 gold coins per household, everyone was tempted...

It can not only occupy land, but also get money! All the hesitation before was swept away. After all, what is a little risk when it comes to money?

In fact, in the history of the enclosure movement in the UK, this kind of phenomenon happened when the aristocrats fooled poor yeoman farmers, saying that they could make a fortune by going to America. Then, the poor owner farmers were tricked into selling their land at a low price to the nobles who fooled them, in exchange for a boat ticket, and shipped it to the American colonies. Then, leave the whole family there. In this way, the nobles seized the land of the yeoman farmers at a very low price.

Next, the aristocrats, who were timid and hesitant to start, started a large-scale enclosure operation. Of course, they didn't come here blindly, but specifically selected farmers with debts and bought all the IOUs of their creditors. Then, use the IOU to grab the land.

And in this era, who hasn't owed some debts to the poor? If you are not in debt, you are not called poor. When ordinary people collect debts, they may send gangsters with "left green dragon and right white tiger" to beat and intimidate people. At most, it is to evacuate the property of the debtor's family. Those who have the confidence and backing can rob other people's daughters or something.

But it is different if the creditor is replaced by a nobleman. The European legal system in this era was not perfect, and nobles basically represented the law in their territories. Maybe they can't kill people and rob things casually, but with an excuse, they can deprive the debtors of their property without any problem. And starting from the IOU is an excellent excuse to deprive self-cultivated farmland.

Marin felt a bit low-level after learning about the operating methods of Philip and the nobles of the Netherlands. So, he personally wrote a secret letter to Philip, and introduced to him the method used by the British to fool the poor owner farmers and sell their land at a low price to the North Sea country...

For this reason, Malin specially selected a group of disciples and grandchildren of Bishop Taylor, who can speak Dutch, to help them fool. In this way, the Dutch nobles who used the advanced means of the enclosure movement were not limited to the crude method of seizing land by borrowing. After all, nobles are also people who want face.

As a result, the subsequent enclosure movement in the Netherlands changed its style of painting and turned it into a large-scale flickering scene. Also, it's not entirely a lie.

In order to be more convincing, the nobles of the Netherlands, with Marin's suggestion and funding, specially invited some representatives of the poor to personally go to the manor under the name of Marin in the North Sea State to visit the lives of the serfs. Anyway, the North Sea State borders the Netherlands, and it is very convenient to organize people to go to Marin's manor in the western border area of ​​the North Sea State.

In these Martian manors, the Netherlands usually can only eat soil bread mixed with soil, so they are called poor farmers who eat soil. I have witnessed with my own eyes that ordinary farmers in the North Sea country eat black bread without soil mixed every day, and Fill up! Good labor performance can also reward you with delicious food such as Thuringian sausage or sauerkraut and salted fish. Sauerkraut is pickled cabbage made from Chinese cabbage, and salted fish is sea fish caught in North Sea fishing grounds. Moreover, every family has the opportunity to receive salted fish every week. During the festival, some meat can also be distributed, such as sausages, bacon and the like...

In addition, children of all families have the opportunity to go to school without money. The food that children eat at school is even more nutritious than what the average person eats. It is said that Marin, Grand Duke of Beihai Kingdom, hopes that all the children of Beihai Kingdom will grow taller and stronger...

As for dressing, it seems that the serfs in the manor under the name of Marin, all the clothes are distributed, and they don't need money. It is also divided into winter clothes, summer clothes and spring and autumn clothes. Two sets of each are easy to change and wash.

Even if they are sick, the farm can pay for them to go to the church hospital in the town for treatment...

"This is simply a day like heaven!" The poor owner of the Netherlands was shocked.

In fact, the manor under the name of Marin in Beihai State is a bit like the collective farm of later generations. The only difference from the collective farms is that the food is not divided absolutely equally, but based on performance, rewarding people with good labor performance. At the same time, punish lazy people.

People in this era are short of oil and water, and they are greedy for meat and fish. Facing the temptation of delicious food, everyone is highly motivated to work. In addition, there is a final penalty system. Those with poor labor performance and those who catch fish will be deducted from the weekly fish subsidy, and they will be criticized on the public platform to embarrass them.

Those who fish for a long time will even be deducted half of their bread share and will starve. Of course, this is rarely the case. why? Because serfs in this era are half-slaves and dare not act recklessly. As for the members of the later generations, they are the masters, with high status, and dare to challenge their superiors to make trouble. And serfs in this era have no status at all, and if they really want to fish, they will be beaten. Therefore, there is basically no phenomenon of open fishing. There may be occasional fishing, but there is absolutely no long-term fishing, unless you are impatient.

With the cooperation of this incentive and punishment system, the farm under the name of Marin in Beihai State is very energetic. Everyone loves to work, and everyone is afraid of being criticized and deducting food from the platform.

This kind of life, in the eyes of ordinary people in other countries at the same time, is almost a life like heaven. Because, in this era, the life of ordinary farmers in European countries is generally eating poor-quality bread mixed with soil, wood chips, stones, leaves and wild vegetables. The flour content is less than half, and the bread is so hard that it can be used as a brick... …

What's more, ordinary people can't eat such black baguettes every day. Half hungry and half full is the normal state of European farmers in this era. As for clothes, housing and medical care, they are also incomparable to ordinary farmers in other countries. Because clothes in this era are very expensive, and they are all priced in shillings. Normal poor peasants should have tattered and dirty clothes. The serfs of Ma's Farm in Beihai State all wore uniform work clothes made of rough wool, and looked very energetic. Also, every farm where everyone is clean has a bathhouse.

In terms of medical care, poor peasants in other countries can only bear it or wait to die when they get sick. And the serfs of Ma's Farm will be sent to the church in the town by carriage, and seek medical treatment from priests who are skilled in medicine, and the farm will pay for it...

Such a happy life quickly broke down the psychological defense of the visitors. After returning, these poor homeowners in the Netherlands who were in debt or whose families didn't have enough to eat quickly packed up, sold their land, and went to the North Sea under the organization of the nobles. Of course, there are also a few who refuse to leave, but the nobles have ways to deal with them...

Under this clever method of half-fudge and half-factual proof, the enclosure movement in the Netherlands went very smoothly. The only disadvantage is that after the visitors went back to tell the story, even many self-cultivated farmers with good families were tempted, which caught the nobles who only wanted to send some farmers away a little unprepared. After all, they also need some people to stay to help them farm or herd sheep. Fortunately, serfs are not free in this era, and they must have the consent of the lord if they want to leave. Otherwise, some serfs under the name of the nobles of the Netherlands would have to run away...