Chapter 108: Enter the Crimean Khanate

Marin brought 200 men and 500 Lithuanian cavalry into the Crimean Khanate, and was soon discovered by the Tatar herdsmen. Then, a long horn sounded on the prairie along the Black Sea.

After half a day, a large group of about 2,000 Tatar cavalry surrounded the Marin team ...

Marin looked at it. These Tatar cavalry were obviously made up of local herdsmen, and their weapons and equipment were not good. Everyone but a machete, a bow and a pot of arrows, without armor. The officer with only a fraction of his head wore Mongolian-style armor with oriental characteristics.

"Who are you? What are you doing in Crimea?" The bearded Tatar cavalry general shouted loudly in Tatar language.

However, they can also see that this team is not like an intruder. Because, all the troops seem to be protecting a carriage. It seems that there are important people in the carriage.

But in fact, there was no one in the carriage, only a big box full of gold coins and some debris.

Only Marin understands Tatar in the whole team. No way, Marin had no choice but to steer the horse to the front, and came to the officer with the beard Tatar and replied in Tatar:

"We are a mission to the Khan Mengge Jire Khan, from ..."

"Pap--" A whiplash flashed, and Marin was fortunate to be a knight, and he was considered to have practiced. As he bent over, he would avoid the whip. Otherwise, if this whip is drawn to the face according to the original trajectory, he is estimated to be disfigured.

This time, Marin's 200 men all changed color. "Brushing" was heard, 200 men, pulled out sabers, or pulled out carbines, aimed at the whip tartar officer ...

Officer Tatar was also taken aback, but instead of retreating, he shouted arrogantly:

"The name of Khan is also what you can call it? It's Khancha Khan, okay?"

Of course, this bearded man also saw that Marin was about an important person, no longer waving his whip. Otherwise, the 200 people who drew the knife will definitely rush over. In addition, there are 500 Lithuanian cavalry on the side.

This bearded Tatar officer named Sadat is a thousand heads of households along the border between the Crimean Khanate and Lithuania. His tribe is responsible for grazing in the border areas, but also for guarding the border. If Crimean Khan was on the expedition, Sadat would lead a thousand young men within the tribe to follow the expedition. But while guarding the border, this tribe, including the old and the weak, can make up more than 2,000 cavalry. What Marin saw in front of him was the full strength of Sadat's tribe.

In fact, in the face of the 700 well-equipped cavalry led by Marin, Sadat had no idea. It's just that the Crimeans are arrogant in Eastern Europe. When facing Marin, they tried to pull it with a whip, almost triggering a conflict.

Although Marin is also very hot, after all, if he does not respond quickly, his face will be hung. However, he came this time not to fight with a small officer in Crimea, but to shoulder an important mission.

So, he waved his hand and stopped his men. Anyway, it was not drawn, and there was no need to live with a small officer.

Then, Marin patiently told this bearded man named Sadat that he was the envoy of the three major forces representing the Hanseatic League, Sweden and Lithuania. He heard that the Crimean sweat had wiped out the original Chincha Khan, After becoming the new Khancha Khan, who came to congratulate him, especially thousands of miles away ...

Marin did not say the real purpose. Anyway, after arriving in the capital of the Crimean Khanate, after seeing Mongoire Khan, he had time to persuade Mongoire Khan and wage war on bribery plans.

In addition, he did not say his true identity. Otherwise, due to the traits of the Crimean robbers, I heard that an Earl of a wealthy prince came over in person, and maybe he would really get rid of the kidnapping and asked East Frisian prince to use a ransom to replace him.

Therefore, the cautious Marin did not reveal his true identity to the Crimeans, and even did not tell the origin of East Frisian Lambert. However, merely representing the two powerful forces of the Hanseatic League and Lithuania is enough to attract the other party's attention.

Sadat did not allow Marin's team to move forward, but first placed them near his tribe, and sent people to look after it day and night. Because, Marin's team has more than 700 people, and most of them are elite cavalry.

Such a huge armed force can also cause great damage if it penetrates into the Crimean hinterland. Therefore, the cautious Sadat left Marin first, and sent himself to the capital, Bakhchisaray, to send Marin's autograph letter requesting congratulations in Tatar. Then, wait for the reply from Bakhchisalai.

The Crimean Khanate is really poor. There are basically no food crops here, and the business is very underdeveloped. Although Marin brought money, he could not buy any exquisite food. There is only one thing, and there are so many here, that is beef and mutton.

The Crimean Khanate is, after all, a descendant of Mongolia, very similar to the characteristics of the Mongolian tribe. They usually grazed, and Khan called for it, so he took the saber and followed Khan to cut people, grab things, and even grab people ...

Therefore, after entering Crimea, Marin don't think about any good hotel, or live in a tent honestly. If you want a house, you have to go to the few big cities such as Bakhchisaray or Kafa. In other areas, let's live in tents honestly. Moreover, you can only eat barbecue and drink some milk.

However, the barbecue price here is really cheap. A fat roasted whole lamb weighing 50 pounds was sold to Marin by the Crimeans for 40 fennies. On average, a pound of lamb can't even reach one fenny. Unlike the German region, a pound of mutton requires 3 fenny drops. Even in wholesale, a minimum of 2 Finneys is required.

This is no wonder. After all, Crimea is a country where all people graze. The most important thing in the country is beef and mutton. In the German region, agriculture is still the main activity. Although animal husbandry is not small, it is not the mainstream.

Therefore, whether it is live animals or meat prices, the Crimea side is lower than the German side, and it is much lower.

Not to mention Crimea, even in Poland-Lithuania, the prices of livestock and meat there are also lower than those in Germany. For example, Marin and the Poles buy cattle, a strong cow, as long as 10 gold coins, equivalent to 600 Finney. The German native cow needs at least 20 gold coins.

It ’s no wonder that in Eastern Europe, especially Lithuania, there are actually many places that belonged to the Ross area, which was originally influenced by the Golden Horde, and grazing is popular. Therefore, in Eastern Europe, cattle and sheep prices are generally low.

Crimea cattle and sheep prices are even lower. Because Crimea plundered neighboring countries all the year round, resulting in poor relations between the Crimean Khanate and neighboring countries, and trade was difficult to develop.

And Ottoman Turkey, which has the best relationship with the Crimean Khanate, is also a large animal husbandry country, and it is impossible to import Crimean cattle and sheep.

Not only that, whether it is the Grand Duchy of Moscow or Lithuania, it is also a big animal husbandry country, and there is no shortage of cattle and sheep, and they will not import cattle and sheep from the Crimean Khanate.

In desperation, the impoverished Crimean Khanate began to engage in the evil activities of human trafficking, relying on the sale of slaves to Turkey to maintain its economy.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the Crimean Khanate regards plundering and human trafficking as the economic backbone, and it is also forced to a certain extent. After all, the only economic model of the Crimean Khanate is nomadism.

It is a pity that its neighboring countries are all large animal husbandry countries, but the Catholic areas in the west, where animal husbandry is not well developed, may not be willing to import their cattle and sheep because they oppose and resist green religion. Therefore, under desperation, coupled with their own robber nature, they simply regarded plundering and human trafficking as their main business ...

And what makes the neighbors of Crimean Khanate depressing is ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ This poor ghost-mongering country, what a special force is breaking the table. Even if they want to stop it, they don't have that ability.

Know that although the Crimean Khanate has a population of more than 200,000 people, it has as many as 40,000 fully equipped regular cavalry. If the whole people were mobilized, together with the old and weak, it would be possible to mobilize 70,000 or 80,000 cavalrymen.

Moreover, because they are light cavalry, they are good at riding and shooting. These Tatar cavalry came and went without a trace. The infantry-based European countries such as Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow had no way to take it.

Therefore, for such Crimea, even Marin feels a headache, and can only choose to buy and draw, instead of turning over.

Because the Crimean people are so mobile. Even if you send troops to siege the Crimean capital of Bakhchisaray, if the Crimeans can't see the fight, they can choose to mount the whole people and move away as a whole. If you want to catch up, you can't catch up. Even if you catch up, you can only catch the old and weak, and it doesn't make much sense. Because those escaped Crimean Tatar cavalry can completely rob women and give birth to more children to continue.

Later Russia, after annexing the Zaporozhye Cossack and Tun and Cossacks, also had a large number of maneuverable and powerful light cavalry, and then began to shun the Crimean Tatars. Even the expansion of Tsarist Russia was carried out by the fierce Cossack ...

Therefore, if you want to deal with a difficult country like the Crimean Khanate who is full of cavalry, it is the best way to have a large number of cavalry who also have high mobility.

If there is not enough cavalry to suppress them, then temporarily choose to make friends with them, or even spend money to buy and draw, the best choice ...