King of Mercenaries

Chapter 59: Adobe House

Early the next morning, Kohler was nearby, and many residents were called in, ordering them to help clean the castle. In the Middle Ages of agricultural society, most people were idle in the winter. Especially the farmers who cultivate the land, there is nothing to do in winter.

Marin sent Kohler to several nearby villages, called in 200 farmers, helped clear the castle, and cleaned and cleaned the streets. As for compensation, there is no such thing. Because in medieval Europe, it was an obligation to help the lord during the leisure time.

Kohler, the dog leg, bullied the serf, showing nothing but the nature of an evil slave. However, Marin was embarrassed, and provided Kohler with a free lunch after Kohler rejected his suggestion of paying wages.

The ghosts knew what the serfs thought. Marin just provided them with a free lunch, and they were very cheering and grateful to Marin.

It turned out that in the eyes of medieval European serfs, labor was worthless. The food is extremely precious. In a serf family of three people, if Marin solved the problem of eating for a man, their family would have one mouth less to eat that day, and it would be the most mouthful. The saved food can fully feed his wife and children. This is the simple and depressing logic of medieval serfs ...

Marin never expected that there was such a tragedy in the world. Just providing a lunch will make them happy. Feeling softened, he asked Kohler to give the working serfs, in addition to providing a piece of dark bread at noon every day, and allowing them to take home a half piece of bread when they returned home at night. This decision cheered the serfs again, only to feel that they had met the best lord in the world. Marin was very speechless-what else could the other lords do?

While the serfs were working, Marin had to do something else. First, he sent Kohler to Amsterdam to buy a new batch of furniture and other supplies.

Because many of the wooden furniture in the castle have been corroded and need to be replaced with new ones. Schwartz, however, was sent to three villages to tell the owners of their estates that they would buy their land.

In fact, as an autonomous lord, Marin owns the land rights on the island. In the case of civilian land, the lord even has the right to take it directly. But the owners of the three Zhuangzis are all noblemen who live on land, so they are not easy to use. However, it is possible to forcibly redeem it at a relatively low price. You can give money, but it's pretty good. Because, although the three Zhuangzi masters are nobles, they are only jazz (and knights are equal), and they are not hereditary nobles. Marlin gave the floor price, already counted for face. You know, the villages on the island were not officially closed by the three, but bought later. Instead of formal land closure, local lords have the right to forcibly buy.

The owners of the three villages live near Den Helder. They were on land, and there was another manor. For Chuang Tzu on the island of Texel, they also felt a bit of chicken ribs, tasteless, it is a pity to abandon.

Now that the new lord Marin is willing to acquire, they are also a burden. The farms on the island are remote because no one wants to manage them. Therefore, the management of the three Zhuangzis is very chaotic and the output is not high. Even because "the emperor is far away from the sky", corruption on the island's affairs has also occurred, resulting in a relatively low output for the owner on the estate.

Marin sent Schwartz to negotiate with them, and Schwartz, in order to put pressure on the representatives of the other party, took 400 fully armed brothers to run to the sidelines, terrifying the three representatives. Then, Schwartz used 15,000 gold coins to buy all the farmland and ranch belonging to the three houses on the island, including the "organizational relationship" of the serfs. This price is definitely the reserve price. But Marin did not reason with them, and overwhelmed them, and they could not help it. After all, this island is now the site of Marin.

In this way, the entire Texel Island, except for the 200 Ugram land owned by the church, cannot be moved, and other cultivated land, pasture and wasteland,

It all belongs to Marin.

As for the fishermen in the two fishing ports, their taxes, in addition to the tithe of the church, do not need to go to Den Helder to pay them. They are directly given to Marin. In fact, the so-called tax they handed in is dried salted fish, and some fresh fish can be paid. It depends on Marin's requirements ...

Kohler soon returned, and he brought home hundreds of pieces of furniture. At the same time, a group of masons and building materials were brought back.

First, the walls of the castle, Marin, had plastered the bricklayers. In this way, the white walls looked bright. Marin then asked them to rebuild the sewers and toilets, and began building septic tanks. In this way, there will never be an odor in the castle.

Then, on the grassland north of the castle, Marin built a row of stables to house 1,030 horses in his hand and a few cows.

In the end, Marin mobilized the folks and gave his soldiers 400 soldiers to build a batch of adobe houses with mud ...

This adobe house is still on the side of his former home in Marin. Uncle Elder Zhou lives in the village. At the beginning, Uncle Zhou's adobe house was renovated. Marin went to help and saw how everyone built adobe houses.

The construction of the adobe house is very simple, that is, the soil, which can be obtained everywhere, is put into the thatch, straw, etc., which are used as "bones", and stirred, similar to the feel of reinforced concrete. Those thatch are the "bones".

Then, everyone stood up with two pieces of wood, sandwiched on both sides, and filled it with thatched mud, which was compacted. After the soil in the splint is almost dry, remove the splint. In this way, a thick earthen wall was completed. After the building was completed, the fire was raised and the walls dried up. In addition, this kind of soil is mixed with thatched bones, which is quite strong. At least, the wind and rain are absolutely fine.

In addition, the adobe house is lived. In the era without air conditioning, it was quite warm in winter and cool in summer ...

The soldiers started to abandon this kind of soil-built house, but Marin let them live in and try for a few days, but they fell in love with this low-cost, fast-built house.

In fact, Marin can't use this trick. It's December and it's winter. Living in a tent is quite cold, and how to build a stone house popular in Europe and repair a house for 400 people?

Moreover, Texel Island does not produce stones, so you have to buy it off the island and ship it back ... How troublesome? Also, time is tight ...

Therefore, Marin simply asked the serfs to help and build the legendary adobe house together. The cost is low, the construction speed is fast, and the comfort is good ...

Then, according to Oriental habits, Marin built Chinese-style stoves and erected simple chimneys ...

But what makes Marin speechless is that Europe currently seems to be unpopular with chimneys. At least, it was not popular in ordinary people's homes in the Middle Ages ...

It is said that the chimney was introduced into Europe from the East by Jewish merchants, Egyptians, and Syrians around 800 AD. Although hundreds of years have passed, chimneys have not fully spread in Europe.

Because the biggest function of the chimney is to exhaust smoke. Only very noble and rich families pay attention to smoking. As for the poor people's homes, no chimneys still lit a fire, so they would be suffocated by the smoke ... Many poor homes, in order to prevent smoke, directly set up semi-open kitchens. In this way, when the bread is fired, the smoke directly spreads out ...

Marin organized everyone to build 400 three-bedroom, one-cooker adobe houses without spending any money. Even the beds were slammed directly into the ground and then roasted and dried with a fire.

Moreover, each bed is actually a soil bun. On the outside, there is a cooker chamber where fuel can be placed. Fireplaces are currently popular in Europe (in fact, they are also popular in wealthy people, and chimneys are mainly equipped for fireplaces), but there is a problem with fireplaces, which are burning inside the house. If it is burning wood, it is okay, if it is burning coal, it is easy to cause gas poisoning.

The oriental earthen owl introduced by Marin is an artifact of wintering. The people of Gazi in Northeast China can resist low temperatures of tens of degrees below zero by relying on soil hoe. And put fuel such as coal in the outside with open windows, and do not worry about gas poisoning in the soil room. However, in the Netherlands, the minimum temperature is only a few degrees below zero, which is still because of the "Little Ice Age". It is simply wasteful to use soil.

The only problem is that there are no trees on the island and there is no wood. This also led to the lack of firewood available on the island. Therefore, the residents of the island generally burn hay for cooking and heating. At the same time, I will also go back to Den Helder to buy some firewood. Of course, those who buy firewood on land are generally rich forces like the church. After all, there is a fireplace in the church and priests, you can't burn hay in the fireplace, right? No more grades, it is still more regular to burn wood ...

"Should I get some coal from the coal mine at home to use as fuel?" Marinto thought with his chin.

Huffman Estate has not only small coal reserves, but also good coal quality. However, in the Middle Ages, the use of coal was very narrow. This has also led to poor sales of coal. The biggest and only client of Manor Coal was Marlin's deal before.

However, the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce also has limited purchases from the Huffman Coal Mine. On average, the Wiggins Chamber of Commerce buys only 100 charlotons of coal from the Huffman Coal Mine every day. And one Charteron coal, profit is only 1 shilling more. On average, the Huffman Estate earns about 2,800 marks from the coal mine each year.

Marin bought coal from his own coal mine, which not only solved his own fuel shortage problem, but also considered his family cheap. The question is, how to transport coal from Huffman Estate to Texel ...

Marin himself had no boat and no sailor. It is obviously wise to transport coal from Huffman Estate to Texel. Because the cost of water transportation is low, there are fewer tax cards (this is a very important reason), and the volume of freight is large.

Loading coal, the coal carrier can go west along the Ruhr River and into the Rhine. Then, reach the estuary via the Rhine, and head north along the west coast of the Netherlands to Texel Island.

In order to get this set down, not only a boat and skilled sailors, but also a pilot who is familiar with the route and knows how to avoid tax cards. All of these, Marin didn't ... So, Marin decided to find someone to cooperate ...

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