King of German Mercenaries

This time, Marin left Hoffman Manor and returned to Texel Island without his family. Because the spring ploughing has already begun, the old Hoffmans and the Adlers have to supervise and even help out.

As for the three little guys, they are happy to follow them to Texel Island, but old Hoffman is not allowed. Because both Simon and Albert have reached the age of practicing martial arts and equestrianism. If these two brats go to Den Burg, Marin is too busy to take care of them. Therefore, Old Hoffman was worried that they were going crazy and couldn't care about contacting martial arts. Moreover, even if it is reading, Marin has no time to teach them. At home, Mrs. Mary can teach them to read when she has time. Anne is also, although girls do not need to practice martial arts and equestrian, but they also need to learn from Mrs. Mary.

Therefore, Marin could only bring Angela back to Den Burg...

However, halfway through the journey, Marin suddenly remembered that he was seriously lacking in talent. So, he decided to recruit some talents to...

Where are the talents? University of course!

However, in this day and age, there are not many universities in the whole of Europe. In Germany, the most famous are mainly four universities - Charles University in Prague, WYN University, Cologne University and Heidelberg University.

As for prestigious schools such as the University of Göttingen, they have not yet been established. Moreover, these universities, for now, are liberal arts schools. Not only that, theology majors are the first and most important disciplines established by these universities. Then, there are disciplines such as law, humanities and medicine. Of course, not every university has medicine. Because, in this era, medicine is not paid much attention.

Marin now controls 5 large islands and needs at least two dozen administrative personnel. However, at present, he has only five literate management talents, which is not enough. Moreover, among these 5 people, only Haider Lerman is a college student, and the others have only read a few years, so they are not real talents, they are just make-believe.

Moreover, for so long, not a single college student took the initiative to seek refuge with him. Even college students from civilian backgrounds did not seek refuge in him. And Haider, the only university student official in the archipelago, was left by Marin when Haider passed by during his trip.

Thinking that in the future, he needs to have his own civil service team if he wants to lay down an old country, and Marin is even more eager to obtain talents who are loyal to him.

If you don't have a group of literate talents in your hands, even if you occupy the East Frisian country, you have to cooperate with the local nobles. Because, generally speaking, only the children of nobles are generally literate. The civilian population is mostly illiterate.

It is precisely because of its monopoly on cultural education that the aristocracy has been prosperous. In Europe, the monopoly of the aristocratic class on knowledge was not broken until the 19th century when various powerful countries began to implement universal compulsory education.

Then, countries such as the United Kingdom began to study Huaxia and conduct civil service examinations. Since then, the status of the nobility has dropped sharply, and they can no longer play arrogantly.

The East China, and Europe, have always been very different. Because of the emergence of Confucius, "there is no distinction between teaching and learning". Therefore, many ordinary people in China who are a little richer also have the opportunity to receive education. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties began to implement the imperial examinations, the monopoly of the aristocratic class over official positions was suddenly broken. Then, the nobility became the more embarrassing existence in the Huaxia feudal dynasty.

For the same title, the treatment is different in Europe and China. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, although a prince could seal up to 10,000 households, there were actually a maximum of 1,000 households. This was the so-called real seal. And the so-called "10,000 households" are just false seals, and the honor is higher than the actual.

In Europe, a duke, in addition to those who are not favored, has hundreds of thousands of people under many dukes. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of vassals and common people, that is normal. Even a baron, like Marin, now has a population of 16,000 and thousands of households, which is more affordable than the Duke of Huaxia. Because, the Duke of Huaxia has actually sealed up to 1,000 households. Moreover, even if there are thousands of food towns, they only have the right to collect taxes, but not to manage them.

It can be said that the benefits of the Guo Gong in the same period in China may not be comparable to that of the powerful and fiefdoms in Europe in the same period. Of course, the same cannot be said. Because of the gap in agricultural productivity between China and Europe, even if the number of acres is similar, the output of China's acres is much greater than that of Europe in the same period...

The reason for such a phenomenon is that there are many common people in China who read, and with the emergence of the imperial examination system, the importance of the nobility has been greatly reduced.

However, the ancient Chinese monarchs could have the conditions to select talents from the commoners, which is unlikely in Europe. Because education in Europe was basically dominated by the nobility and the church. The vast majority of literate people are either nobles or priests.

And the priest is the person of the church, Marin can't recruit. As for those nobles, let alone. Perhaps, those dukes, earls and so on, it is easier to recruit those literate nobles. But a baron in the Marin district wants to recruit talented aristocratic children - it's a dream...

However, according to Heidel, although most of the children of the nobles and priests, like the University of Cologne where he graduated, there are also a small number of children of the commoners. These commoner children generally come from merchant families or families of wealthy landowners in the countryside.

Moreover, in this era, many aristocratic children went to university, not necessarily because of their strength, but because of their family connections. But those commoners were basically admitted to universities based on their ability. Therefore, the common people who can go to university are basically talented people.

To this end, Marin moved his mind, turned a corner in the middle of the road, went to Cologne, and planned to abduct a few civilian college students to work for him...

After arriving in Cologne, Marin first visited his business partner Wright, and then, through Wright's relationship, sent someone to enter the University of Cologne to understand the situation.

After that, at noon on Sundays (college students also go to church to pray on Sunday mornings), Marin took out a huge wooden board with the words "Recruitment" written on it, erected it at the entrance of the civilian dormitory area of ​​the University of Cologne Law School, and moved it. Come to a table and start preparing to recruit people seriously...

Unexpectedly, Marin's move was too advanced and unacceptable for the times. Therefore, at noon, many college students came to watch, but none of them came up to apply...

After waiting for two or three hours in a row, I was stunned that not a single college student came forward to apply for the job, not even consulting...

Cold sweat dripped down Marin's head...

"Nima, why are you so sad?" Marin was sweating inwardly.

However, Marin is also inexperienced. In fact, in this day and age, college students are a very rare species, comparable to giant pandas.

College students are so rare, of course they don't have to worry about work. Generally, these college students were recruited away by many aristocrats before they graduated. Even civilian college students do not have to worry about no way out after graduation.

Putting up a sign in a university is like recruiting people. Marin really thinks too much. Since the beginning of the new century, universities have expanded their enrolment and recruited indiscriminately every year, making it difficult for them to find jobs after graduation. Therefore, at that time, if you put up a sign in the university, you could attract college students.

But what's so special, this is the Middle Ages, there are fewer college students than pandas, and Marin can recruit people even at the vertical sign. It's like his brain was kicked by a donkey...

In this era, a small noble like Marin wants to recruit a college student, or he happens to meet him like Haider, and then he gets on the boat. Or, just like Liu Bei's three visits to the cottage, he has to send Ren to win over many times before he can invite college students. Don't you see the college students in Jinghua in the early 1980s, who basically went directly to the national ministries after graduation, even if they went to the local area, they did not do well...

Marin also seemed to remember the actual situation of this era, so he changed his strategy and began to visit those civilian college students specially. However, it turned out to be difficult.

The reason is very simple, people dislike Marin's title is too low...

Yes, the title is too low...

College students at the University of Cologne think that Marin is a small baron and can provide several important positions? When Marin explained that he hired them to manage the villages and towns on the island, these arrogant college students were dismissive...

Because, these medieval arrogances believed that at least letting them manage city-level areas was in line with their identities. For example, the position of mayor of Den Burg, where Marin is located, may be able to attract these talented people. However, in Marin's territory, the only one that can be considered a city is Den Burg. The current mayor Haider himself is a graduate of the University of Cologne. Therefore, Marin can not provide more good jobs.

Therefore, this time Marin came to the University of Cologne to recruit talents, which was a complete failure...

Of course, if Marin had conquered the country of East Friesland, he would have provided a lot of high-level positions. However, he can't always say this to the students at the University of Cologne. If it is said, it will definitely spread, and then the East Frisian country will be alerted, and maybe it will be preempted...

Therefore, the depressed Marin can only cancel this recruitment operation. After winning the counties of East Friesland and becoming an earl, you will have enough confidence to recruit these medieval heroes...