Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 609 The sincerity of the Ross people?

There is actually a certain reason for the reason why the amount should be mentioned.

Originally, the Nishgorod region was an independent principality, which was regarded as a subsidiary state under the Golden Horde.

Just because this place is a bit chaotic, not only can't collect much taxes, but troops have to be often sent to suppress it.

It happened that the Grand Duke of Moscow was ambitious, and after giving generous gifts to the officials of the Golden Horde, he stated how much benefit he had annexed the region to the Golden Horde, and the Golden Horde allowed him to annex the Nishgorod region.

Dmiritjevic immediately showed embarrassment when he heard this.

"Master Erdigai, it's not that I don't want to pay more taxes. It's because I sacrificed many soldiers and lost a lot of money when I attacked Nishgorod."

"Now this area is only nominally owned by our Principality of Moscow, but in fact it is still doing its own way, and it is not obedient at all..."

The forehead should hear the words and smiled meaningfully.

"is it?"

"General Hugelut, you can figure it out, I won't participate..."

After saying this, Erdi turned his horse's head and left, scaring Dmiritevich to his knees on the spot.

"My lord, please give us a way to survive, woo woo woo..."

"It's really not that the servant doesn't want to pay more taxes, it's really hard to pay, woo woo woo..."

Dmiritjevic was crying, while holding on to Erdiga's trousers, for fear that this guy would run away.

Seeing this, he should have looked at Hugroot with a wry smile.

"General Hugelut, look at this..."

Seeing how pitiful Dmiritevich was, Hugroot decided to cut his tax in half on the spot.But before he could open his mouth, he saw the forehead winking at him uncontrollably.

Hugelut understood, and immediately said with a straight face.

"This general doesn't care how difficult you are, this general is only responsible to Dazhang Khan!"

"If you can't pay enough taxes, this general can only order soldiers to flatten your country, and replace someone who can pay enough taxes to be the Grand Duke!"

"This……"

Seeing that it was useless to cry for poverty, Dmiritjevic could only resort to dragging words.

"Since it is the order of the Dazhang Khan, the servant must pay the Khan a full amount of taxes even if he desperately refuses."

"But the people of the principality of the servant are scattered, and it is not easy to collect money and food. Can the special envoy allow a few days?"

Hugroot did not expect Dmiritevich, who was still crying just now, to agree to the request to pay taxes so happily.

Therefore, we must agree on the spot.

However, as soon as he uttered a word, he saw Erdi should wink at him again.

"Can……"

"Can't!"

"This general is going to conquer Lithuania, so I don't have time to waste with you!"

"If you can't raise enough money and food within three days, this general can only order someone to rob it himself!"

"Uh uh..."

When Dmiritjevic heard the words, sweat broke out on his forehead, and he nodded hurriedly.

"Good good!"

"This servant will order someone to raise money and food, and it must be handed over to the special envoy within three days!"

"Now, my lord envoy, please follow me into the castle, and let me treat you wholeheartedly for a few days..."

Hugelut refused on the spot when he heard the words.

"No!"

"I'm used to living in tents, but I'm not used to this kind of stone house!"

"Hurry up and go back to raise money and food. If you are a day late, this general will order you to kill 1 people!"

After Hugroot said this, he turned around and left without giving Dmiritjevic a chance to bargain.

It's just that Groot felt a little guilty when he went out.

"Eh, I should have been too harsh just now, wouldn't it make that guy feel rebellious?"

The forehead should hear the words of praise.

"no!"

"Your handling is absolutely correct. When dealing with a villain like Dmiritjevic, you should be more ruthless and domineering, so that he will stop thinking about luck."

"It's just that once the three days are up, this guy will definitely play tricks, delay as long as he can, and rely on whatever he can."

"Therefore, when that day comes, the general must not be merciful, and do whatever he wants!"

"What to do?"

Hugeroot felt a chill in his heart, and secretly made a decision.

If Dmiritjevic dared to play tricks on him, he would definitely raise his butcher knife and give him an unforgettable memory!

Dmiritevich returned to the castle and immediately summoned his ministers and subordinates.

Don't look at him bowing his knees in front of the envoys of the Golden Horde, but in his country, he is a real king.

"Everyone, now that the Golden Horde is urging us to pay our taxes, we have to pay them together with the taxes of the Nishgorod region. What should we do?"

As soon as Dmiritjevic said this, the knights and generals below stood up angrily.

"Your Majesty, let's fight them!"

"Why should we give the food that we worked so hard to grow to those parasites for nothing!"

"Obviously we don't have enough to eat ourselves!"

The minister in charge of finance also sighed upon seeing this.

"Ugh!"

"Don't look at our territory is getting bigger and bigger, but our place is bitterly cold, and the food production is too low, which can't satisfy the appetite of the Tatars at all!"

"If taxes are paid in full, we will starve to death at least a few thousand people this year..."

After listening to the speeches of the two ministers, Dmiritjevic also had a trace of hesitation on his face.For a moment, he really wanted to tear himself apart from the Golden Horde, and let the damned Tartars go to hell!

However, when he calmed down, he categorically got rid of the unrealistic fantasy just now.

Although the Golden Horde Khanate is now in decline, if they are pushed into a hurry and let them use all the power of the country to deal with themselves, they can still destroy themselves.

What's more, Lithuania in the south has always been eyeing its own territory.Once he knows that he has broken with the Golden Horde, he can attack himself without any worries.

Therefore, even if it was to use the Golden Horde as a tiger-skin banner, he had to hold his nose and hold back his breath.

"never mind!"

"Now is not the time to tear yourself apart, try to raise money and food, and try to satisfy the appetite of the Tatars."

The leader of the knights said bitterly when he heard the words.

"I'm afraid that the Tatar's appetite is getting bigger and bigger. In the end, even if we feed him the entire principality, it won't be enough!"

The Minister of Finance said with a painful face.

"We have just improved a bit in the past few years. Once we try our best to meet the demands of the Tatars, we will have no savings at all..."

A trace of hesitation flashed across Dmiritjevic's face when he heard this.

"How about we give half first?"

The leader of the knights still pursed his lips unhappily after hearing the words, while the chancellor expressed his stance happily.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

"If we only give half of it, not only will we not have to worry about starving to death in winter, but we can also fight against Lithuania in the spring of next year!"

Dmiritjevic was an ambitious king who dreamed of getting rid of the control of the Golden Horde and achieving true independence.

But if you want to get rid of the Golden Horde, you must first stabilize your rear, and you cannot go to Lithuania to copy your own rear.

Therefore, when the Minister of Finance said that he could fight a small battle with Lithuania, he immediately made up his mind.

"it is good!"

"Just do it!"

Seeing that the king had made up his mind, the chancellor asked with some concern.

"Your Majesty, if the Tatars are dissatisfied, what should they do to blame you?"

Dmiritjevic shrugged helplessly.

"What else can I do, of course it is to wrong me..."

When the people in the castle heard this, they all knelt down and wept gratefully.

"Your Majesty, you are so great, woo woo woo..."

On the other side, when Hugelut returned to the barracks and wanted to rest, he was called by Erdi.

"General, you should familiarize yourself with the map of the Principality of Moscow first, and prepare for the war."

"what?"

Hugelut asked with a surprised face when he heard the words.

"The general has made it so clear, how dare Dmiritjevic play tricks?"

The forehead should hear the words and sneer.

"Some people just don't listen to the butcher's knife!"

"But we can't be careless. The strength of the Principality of Moscow can't be underestimated. It can easily gather more than [-] elite soldiers. If we really fight head-to-head with us, the people we bring may not be opponents!"

"If we lose, not only will we be guilty, but the reputation of the Golden Horde will also be greatly damaged!"

"This……"

Hugeroot nodded heavily after being stunned.

"I understand!"

"I will order people to repair the armor and weapons, and prepare to kill the enemy in three days!"

"General wise!"

The forehead should flatter, and then went back to his tent to wait for the show.

Three days passed in a flash, and Hugeroot grinned happily when he saw the cartloads of food and cloth delivered to the barracks.

"My lord, Dmiritjevic is quite obedient, hahaha..."

He should have smiled disdainfully upon hearing this.

"Let's talk about it after the subordinates finish counting the quantity!"

Hugelut said in a puzzled manner.

"My lord, do you have too much prejudice against Dmiritevich?"

"I?"

"I have too much prejudice against him?"

The forehead should sneer.

"You'll find out later!"

Three hours later, the clerk who was in charge of counting the grain trucks stepped forward to report.

"Reporting to the general, the [-] carts of grain handed over by the Muscovite State have been counted. There is not too much, and there is not much."

Hugelut laughed loudly when he heard the words.

"Eh, you should be wrong this time, hahaha!"

The forehead should be said in a calm manner.

"Secretary, go and order someone to unload the grain from the grain cart and see how much grain is loaded in a cart!"

"Yes!"

Not long after, the clerk came back to report with an ugly face.

"Reporting to the general, the interior of the carriage is empty. The damned Ross deliberately packed food in long and thin sacks, and then filled the outside of the carriage. There is nothing inside!"

"what!"

Hearing this, Hugelut angrily walked up to a grain truck, and without calling out to his subordinates, he pulled a corner of the sack and tore off a bag of grain.

When a bag of grain is torn off, the hollow area inside can be seen immediately. If it is fully filled, at least two bags of grain can be put down.

"Damn!"

"This group of damned Ross people dare to play such a clever trick with General Ben!"

"Come on!"

"Behead the civilian men who came to deliver the food on the spot, and then pile their heads on the open space in front of Dmiritjevic Castle, so that he can see how he will end up cheating the general!"

"Yes!"

The Mongols were never afraid of killing. After hearing the military order of Hugrut, they happily captured the peasants one by one, and then took them to Dmiritevich Castle to behead them.

Tens of thousands of civilian husbands knelt on the ground, wailing, crying, and begging helplessly, but it didn't help, and the Mongols would not show mercy for them.

As the soldiers of the Golden Horde raised their knives, their heads fell to the ground one by one. Bright red blood spewed from the necks that lost their heads, staining the large open space in front of Dmiritjevic Castle.

Standing above the castle, Dmiritjevic looked at the horrific scene below, and his heart was about to explode.

These are all his people, his tribe!
They migrated here from the far west, and it took a hundred years for them to improve to a certain extent!

The knight behind Dmiritjevic was furious when he saw this.

"Your Majesty, let's fight the Tartars!"

"There are also 2 people in our castle. As long as we hold on for five days, reinforcements from all over the country will be able to rush over. By then, we will definitely be able to defeat these damned Tatars!"

Hearing the remonstrance of the knight leader, Demirit just asked a question.

"What if we lose the battle?"

"Defeat?"

Dmiritjevic sighed heavily.

"Once we are defeated, all of us Russians will be slaughtered by the butcher knives of the Tatars!"

"We can't afford to lose!"

"This……"

Even if the knight leader had 1 unwillingness in his heart, he could only forcefully suppress it at this time.

Your Majesty is right!
If they lose to Lithuania, they may still have a chance.But if they lose to the Tatars, with the brutal nature of the Tatars to massacre the city at every turn, their Rus ethnic group will be wiped out.

"Your Majesty, are you just watching them..."

Dmiritjevic said coldly.

"They're just ruthless, trying to use this group of unarmed civilians to show their prestige!"

"If it was the Tatars 100 years ago, they would have ordered the attack on the city and slaughtered us all!"

"Oh oh oh..."

"So the Tartars are dead?"

"Yes!"

"They can't do it anymore. Whether it's Lithuania, Timur, or Ming who just entered the Syr Darya region, they can defeat this group of damned Tatars!"

"After we get rid of these demons, we will immediately send someone to contact Da Ming, and try our best to form an alliance with Da Ming..."

"Your Majesty, I am willing to go to Kangju City..."

Dmiritjevic shook his head upon hearing this.

"no!"

"You are not enough, I want to meet Daming's Governor in Kangju City in person!"

Hugroot had just beheaded hundreds of civilians when he saw the gate of Dmiritevich Castle open, and an old man with a gray beard led a group of people running out of the castle carrying boxes of gold and silver jewels. .

"stop!"

"Master Special Envoy, show mercy!"

"The old man is here to send the military salary to the lord under the order of the Grand Duke!"

Hugelut just wanted to stop when he heard this, when he heard the cold reply from the forehead.

"What did you do just now, and now you think of sending military pay?"

"Prince Hugelut of the Golden Horde has already issued an order. If he wants to take back the military order, he needs at least 100 million gold dinars. Are you sure you can afford it?"

"what?"

"One million dinars!"

The Minister of Finance was almost scared to death when he heard this. It is hard to say whether they can find 100 million gold coins in the whole country of Ross. Where can he get so many gold coins for these damned Tatars?

"My lord, no matter what, please raise your hand high!"

"I know I'm wrong, I will try my best to raise the military salary for the adults, and ensure that the adults are satisfied!"

"Oh?"

The forehead should show a knowing smile.

"Prince Hugroot, why don't we just wait and see the sincerity of the Ross people?"

In fact, Hugelut was already very satisfied. Even if the Ross people were a little slick, they could receive so much tax without a single soldier, which was enough to stop the mouths of the rich and powerful in Khan.

But now looking at the meaning of Eden, there may be unexpected gains?

So he deliberately pretended to be angry to cooperate.

"Since my lord has spoken, this general should give me some face!"

"Pass down the order to temporarily suspend the execution!"

"If the property paid by the Ross people can't satisfy the general, I will not only kill these lowly slaves, but also trample the entire Ross castle to the ground!"

(End of this chapter)