Marin left Hoffman Manor and returned to Texel this time, and his family did not accompany him. Because the spring plowing has already started, the old Hoffmans and the Adlers will go to the field to supervise and even help.
As for the three little guys, they would be happy to follow them to Texel, but old Hoffman was not allowed. Because, both Simon and Albert have reached the age of practicing martial arts and equestrianism. If these two brats go to Tenburg, Marin will be busy and have no time to take care of them. Therefore, the old Hoffman was worried that they were playing crazy and could not care about contacting Wu Yi. Moreover, even for reading, Marin has no time to teach them. At home, Mrs. Mary can still teach them to read when she is free. The same goes for Annie, although girls don't need to practice martial arts and equestrian skills, they still need to learn from Madam Mary.
Therefore, Marin can only take Angela together and return to Den Burg...
However, on the way, Marin suddenly remembered that his staff was seriously lacking in talents. 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 the German region, 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. And, these colleges, 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 subjects such as law, humanities and medicine. Of course, not every university has medicine. Because, in this day and age, medicine is not taken seriously.
Marin now controls 5 large islands and needs at least 20 administrative talents. However, at present, there are only 5 educated management personnel under him, which is not enough. Moreover, among these five people, only Heidel Lerman is a college student, and the others have only studied for a few years. They are not really talents, they are just making do.
Moreover, for such a long time, no college student took the initiative to join him. Even college students who were born in the common people did not go to him. And Haider, the only college student official on the archipelago, was left behind by Marin when Haider passed by on a trip.
Thinking that in the future, if he wants to conquer an uncle country, he needs to have his own civil servant team, and Marin is even more eager to obtain talents who will be loyal to him.
If you don't have a group of educated talents in your hands, even if you occupy the Counties of East Frisia, you will have to cooperate with the local nobles. Because, generally speaking, only the children of nobles are generally educated. And civilians, the vast majority are illiterate.
It is precisely because of the monopoly of culture and education that the aristocracy has been prosperous for a long time. In Europe, the aristocracy's monopoly on knowledge was not broken until the 19th century when various powerful countries began to implement universal compulsory education. Then, the United Kingdom and other countries began to study Huaxia and conduct civil service examinations. Since then, the status of the nobles has declined sharply, and they can no longer be arrogant.
And China in the East, and Europe, have always been very different. Because of the appearance of Confucius, "there is no distinction between teaching and learning". Therefore, many wealthy civilians in China also have the opportunity to receive education. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties began to implement imperial examinations, the monopoly of the aristocratic class on official positions was suddenly broken. Then, the nobles became an embarrassing existence in the Chinese feudal dynasty.
The same title, the treatment is very different in Europe and Huaxia. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, although a duke of the state could seal up to ten thousand households, there were actually a maximum of one thousand households. This is the so-called real seal. And the so-called "ten thousand households" are just fictitious titles, and the honor is higher than the reality.
In Europe, a duke, except for those who are not favored, has hundreds of thousands of dukes under many dukes. It is normal for tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of vassals and common people. Even a baron, like Marin, now has a population of 16,000 and thousands of families under his rule, which is more affordable than the Duke of China. Because, the Duke of Huaxia has sealed up to 1,000 households. Moreover, even if there are thousands of households, they only have the right to collect taxes and have no management rights.
It can be said that the benefits of the Dukes of the same period in China may not be comparable to the powerful barons with fiefs 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 though the number of acres is similar, the output of China's fields is much greater than that of Europe in the same period...
The reason for this phenomenon is that there are many scholars in China, and with the emergence of the imperial examination system, the importance of nobles has been greatly reduced.
However, the ancient Chinese monarchs had the conditions to select talents from the common people, but it was impossible for Europe. Because education in Europe is basically dominated by the nobility and the church. The vast majority of educated people are either nobles or priests.
The priest is a member of the church, and Marin cannot recruit it. As for those nobles, let alone. Perhaps, those dukes, earls, etc., are easier to attract those educated nobles. But Marin, a mere baron, wants to recruit talented noble children—it's a dream...
However, according to Haider, like the University of Cologne he graduated from, although most of them are children of nobles and priests, there are also a small number of children of common people. These civilian children generally come from merchant families, or wealthy landlord families in the countryside.
Moreover, in this day and age, many children of aristocrats do not necessarily rely on their strength to get into colleges, but rely on their family connections to get into colleges. But those common people's children are basically admitted to the university based on their ability. Therefore, the civilian children who can go to college are basically talented people.
For this reason, Marin moved his mind, turned a corner halfway, and went to Cologne, planning to abduct several 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 the University of Cologne to understand the situation.
Later, at noon on Sunday (sunday morning college students also go to church to pray), Marin took out a huge wooden board with the words "Recruitment" written on it, and erected it at the entrance of the civilian dormitory area of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cologne, and moved Come to a table and start preparing to recruit people seriously...
Unexpectedly, Marin's move was too advanced and unacceptable by the times. Therefore, at noon, there were many college students who came to watch, but none of them applied for the job...
After waiting for two or three hours in a row, no college student came forward to apply for the job, not even a consultation...
Cold sweat dripped from Marin's head...
"Nimma, why are you so sad?" Marin was sweating madly.
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. Usually, these college students are recruited by many nobles before they graduate. Even ordinary college students don't worry about having no way out after graduation.
Putting up a sign in the university is like recruiting someone, and Marin really thinks too much. Since the beginning of the new century, universities have expanded their enrollment indiscriminately every year, making it difficult to find a job after graduation. Therefore, at that time, college students could be recruited by erecting a sign in the university.
But this is the middle ages, there are fewer college students than pandas, and Marin can recruit people by putting up a sign. It's like his brain was kicked by a donkey...
In this day and age, a small nobleman like Marin wants to recruit a college student, or he happens to meet him like he recruited Haider, and then he boards the boat. Or, like Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched cottage, Pai Ren visited the door many times to attract college students. Don’t you see that in the early 1980s, college students in Jinghua basically entered the national ministries and commissions directly after graduation.
Marin also seemed to remember the actual situation of this era, so he changed his strategy and began to visit those ordinary college students. However, it turned out to be very difficult.
The reason is 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 only a small baron, how many important positions can he provide? When Marin explained that they were hired to manage the villages and towns on the island, these proud college students turned their backs...
Because, these medieval proud sons believed that at least letting them manage city-level areas was considered to be in line with their status. For example, the position of mayor of Den Burg, where Marin is located, may be able to attract these heaven's favorites. However, in Marin's territory, only Denburg can be regarded as a city. The current mayor Haider himself is a graduate of the University of Cologne. Therefore, Marin could not provide more good jobs.
Therefore, Marin came to the University of Cologne to recruit talents this time, and it was a complete failure...
Of course, if Marin conquers the Counties of East Frisia, he will be able to provide a lot of high-end jobs. However, he can't say this to the students of the University of Cologne now. If it gets out, it will definitely spread, and then it will arouse the vigilance of the Counties of East Frisia, and maybe it will be pre-emptive...
Therefore, the depressed Marin could only cancel this solicitation. After taking down the Earl of East Frisia and becoming an earl, he will have enough confidence to recruit these medieval heroes...