I Became A Black Merchant In Another World
Chapter 426: War of Conquest of the New World (1)

If the tail is long, it will be stepped on.

In order to conquer the New World, you need to mobilize at least 20,000 troops and a lot of supplies.

Even if you want to shorten the tail, it is impossible to shorten it.

But you can't give up on the New World.

'We need to change our perspective.'

Just as you can be innocent if you kill someone or commit investment fraud without being caught, there is no problem if you make the tail visible but invisible.

How can you step on a tail that is invisible?

"Orsini, how is the situation in the Kingdom of Lyon?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Viscount. It's a living hell over there, but it's a little better than the Holy Empire."

In the Holy Empire, all kinds of horrible things like rape, plunder, murder, and arson happen as easily as eating.

Even the Tuscan Empire, which is united by justice and belief, does not engage in plundering, and embraces the people.

The Sultanate, the Electorate of Wittenburg faction, the Holy Empire Emperor faction, and the Lyon Kingdom Army are all causing trouble, so the lives of the people are not only miserable but also the bottom of hell.

There are no war crimes in the Lyon Kingdom.

“If I recruit sailors, they will all come rushing in. They will think that it is the same whether they die here or there.”

“You don’t have to worry about recruiting sailors. In other times, if you want to recruit people who want to go on a merchant ship that has to go to the unknown sea... you need to do some small tricks, but now there is no need for that.”

The Ship Press in British Empire jargon, and the Marine Corps term for voluntary enlistment, is the Marine Corps recruitment method.

I also used this method in the Kingdom of Granada to create new jobs for the Hidalgo guys.

You may have resented me before, saying, “What is this because of me?” But now that they are all fathers of their own families...

Everything worked out well.

However, it is better not to use such drastic methods if possible.

After kidnapping the sailors, or rather, forcing them to enlist voluntarily, you have to bribe the guards and officials to cover it up.

“Assuming you recruited the sailors, how much supplies have you prepared?”

“We have prepared 400 karak, 10,000 sets of plate armor, 20,000 matchlock guns, 1,000 tons of gunpowder, 40,000 long spears, 10,000 swords, 10,000 iron maces, and about two years’ worth of long-term food including hardtack.”

“You haven’t forgotten the most important thing, have you?”

“We have also prepared 300 tons of rum, iron water jars, dried seaweed, and fruit.”

“Without this, we would all die on a long voyage.”

There were many cases where those who set sail went missing after entering the wrong calm zone at sea, and there were also cases where they were cooked by the locals after landing in strange places.

The most serious problems were scurvy and water.

During the Age of Exploration, if a merchant ship set sail for India or East Asia, they would only eat things like dried bread and dried meat that could be preserved for a long time.

Then, it became common for people to get scurvy due to vitamin deficiency.

Even water stored in wooden barrels would become moldy or covered with moss, so people had to mix it with alcohol to drink it.

‘The lack of water was also a serious problem.’

Tin water jugs and strong alcohol were lifelines that could help overcome the lack of water and water pollution to some extent.

“I’ve prepared everything I could.”

“Yes, that’s right. And I can see Marseille over there.”

“Get ready to disembark.”

A large-scale revolution by workers, a Ponzi scheme that evaporated the national budget in one go, a city dragged into an unreasonable war (I did intend it).

I thought the city would be in bad shape, but I didn’t think it would be this bad.

Marseille, which was hit hard by all of this, is in such a state of decline that you wonder if it was really a trading port.

It’s not like the terrible state where there are only ashes left, like in war movies...

“Is this the Marseille I knew?”

“It was a bustling city when I was here last time, but war is truly scary.”

“I don’t think it’s something we should be talking about. After all, war is truly scary.”

The reason Marseille ended up like this is entirely because I gave the orders, and Orsini followed the instructions better than I thought.

But still, these guys are competitors of the Tuscan Empire and the Rothschild Company.

They made a noble sacrifice for our prosperity.

They may not have wanted it, but now they are thinking of saving the poor people who have lost their fortunes here...

‘I guess this is moral responsibility?’

‘Still, I think the sailors will be very well-gathered.’

There is one characteristic of the famous elite units including the Swiss mercenaries in the pre-modern era.

Not all of them, but most of them survived in harsh environments.

And the reason why they can’t help it is because the only way to survive in poor areas is to become soldiers, so they fight while risking their lives.

Can we expect the sailors we gathered here to do similar things now that Marseille is in shambles?

‘Start recruiting sailors.’

As soon as I gave the order, several of the company employees immediately set up something like a market stall.

The other employees started to tempt the crowds that had gathered here and there to sell their wares.

I thought I should go out to the field for a while and take a few employees with me.

“Osini, I’ll leave this to you.”

“Understood.”

After looking around for a moment, I saw dozens of people huddled together over there, making a fire.

“Do you guys want to try some work?”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s nothing much, we’re going to set sail soon to go on a trade trip and need sailors. I’ll pay you well.”

Normally, everyone would have thrown salt at me to tell me to get out.

Sailors pay a lot of money, but working on a ship is extremely hard and you never know when you’ll die.

That’s why no matter how desperate you are for money, no one wants to work as a sailor.

“It’s different when you’re completely cornered.”

Since they didn’t make a fuss when I told them to get on my ship, I think it would be okay to continue the conversation.

“Food and lodging provided, and three gold coins paid every year. Isn’t that good enough?”

“I guess you’re going quite far.”

I guess you must be interested because I asked you about the story.

Yes, if there is no way to make money, I should go on a shrimp boat.

I can’t just sit there and starve to death because I’m hungry but don’t want to work.

Of course, if I take the boat I’m driving, instead of catching shrimp, I’ll be subjugating the evil natives of the New World...

‘That’s a minor error.’

“I’ll go back and forth from the North Sea to the Sultanate. I’ll buy the Sultanate’s carpets and sell them to countries like the United Kingdom. It’ll be quite a journey.”

“You really go far.”

“But isn’t it better than sitting here and starving to death? Judging by the way you all look and the state of this city, it seems like we’re at a crossroads between starving to death or not.”

That’s what it’s like to be a human.

When you’re placed in a truly poor environment, you can do things you couldn’t even imagine before.

Helping with pepper farming in the countryside, cleaning up trash, washing dishes at restaurants, etc...

Moreover, even if you just look at their behavior, they are day laborers who made a living by unloading trade ships that came in here.

If they get this far, they will consider taking a boat.

“If you just stamp the contract, I’ll give you one gold coin right now.”

“One gold coin?”

“We also need to find people urgently. We have to leave within a week.”

This is a sales tactic that home shopping always uses to get people to buy things.

“Sold out in 1 hour, no next chance.”

If you advertise like this, people with thin ears will rush to buy.

They are afraid that if they miss the opportunity, they will regret not buying it next time.

And it is an unwritten rule in the home shopping industry that the same product will be sold at a different time with the same conditions a few days later or at the latest a week later.

To those who do not know this method, my proposal will seem like a precious opportunity that will be over if they miss it this time.

“Are you worried that I’ll cheat you? Well, there are some authors who say they’ll take you as sailors but end up selling you as slaves. But these days, slaves are being sold so much in the Holy Empire that male slaves like you are not just cheap, but worth shit. Have you heard about that damn war?”

“Yes, I have.”

“There are so many slaves there that the slave traders are crying out that the price of slaves has dropped. So, take this opportunity to get on a ship, bring some money, and get married. How long are you going to date your right hand? You should live with a woman other than your right hand and live together.”

The people who were gathered around stood up one by one at my dazzling words.

“You’re really not going to sell us as slaves or steal our wages, are you?” “What’s the point of lying? Get on the ship. No, we’re leaving tomorrow, so let’s have a drink and see you off. I’ll rent a bar today, so you can have fun there.”

“Thank you.”

And when you open your eyes, you’ll wake up on a ship heading to Ifriqiya.

There, you’ll be retrained in basic combat techniques and sent to the New Continent.

“I'll be back in two hours. If there's anything you ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) need to organize, do it and come back."

In this way, we were able to quickly gather 19,847 sailors.

With them, I headed to the New World for the first time in my life.