Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1169 A Quiet Change ([-])

Since the official founding of the country in 1430, the descendants of Batu’s younger brother Tuhua Timur have been ruling the Crimea Peninsula and parts of the grasslands to the north for more than [-] years.

Over the course of more than 200 years, they have developed from a governorship of the Golden Horde (limited to the interior of the Crimea Peninsula) to a country with a vast territory and no less than [-] people who control strings (of course, that is all-out mobilization) Under the circumstances, generally [-] to [-] cavalry is the limit), they have taken refuge in the Ottomans, expelled the Genoese colonists, fought with the Grand Duke of Lithuania, also robbed Moscow, and even once coveted the Golden Horde The throne of the sweat, but these were eventually blown away by the rain and the wind, and became a passing cloud.The current Crimean Khanate is just a nomadic kingdom that plays a great balance between Poland, Russia, and Ottomans. Life is not bad, but it seems difficult to go further.

Gao Wengang rode on a steed horse and headed for Bekchisalai, the capital of the Crimean Khanate.They disembarked at the port near the small city of Balaklava, which is an area controlled by the Ottomans, not far from the famous Sevastopol in later generations-of course, this place, which was still a barren meadow at this time, is in Crimea Under the control of the Khanate, last year Mehmet Glai Khan designated this as a direct trade place between the East Bank and Crimea to avoid the unbearable taxation of the Port of Kaffa (here is the Ottoman territory ), and promised to be exempt from duty on all goods of the east coast, except that they were due to the khan's personal tribute.

Naturally, the people on the east coast have no objection to this. They really want to reduce trade costs. After all, although the tariffs of the Ottomans in Kaffa are very low, there are a lot of messy apportionments, which leads to a lot of unnecessary expenses.After the direct trade was negotiated, the large state-owned enterprise on the east coast, the South China Sea Shipping Company, naturally acquired the port of Haji (that is, Sevastopol) at an astonishingly low price of 5 yuan to commemorate the founding of Crimea. King Haji Grai) construction and 50-year operation rights, they intend to build a small wharf and commercial station here, as a commodity import and export port and a distribution center for some slaves.

As for why not all slaves are sold in Haji Port, isn’t this nonsense, isn’t it to take care of the interests of the Jewish merchants who have been operating the slave trade in Kaffa all year round?You must know that there are many big figures of the Ottoman Empire behind these people, and they cannot be neglected, so the female slaves are still bought here, but the prisoners of war caused by the war will slowly turn to Haji Port. After all, there is not so much mess here. Taxes, lower cost.

Closer to home, this time Gao Wen was ordered to change guards with Li Qing from Kafa's side, that is, Li Qing was transferred to the Riga Commercial Station to clean up the mess there, and Gao Wen had just started to manage the business of Kafa's side. As for Ma De, he was transferred because of his high profile. He has returned to his hometown, and his replacement has not yet arrived.

After Gao Wengang came to the Black Sea from the tense Baltic Sea by boat, he originally planned to go straight to the port of Kaffa, but because he still had some business to discuss with the Great Khan of Crimea, he decided to go to the small town under the Turks. The port of Balaklava (Balaklava, Sudak, Kaffa, and Azov along the coast of the Crimea peninsula are all territories acquired by Ottomans when they expelled the Genoese and have not been handed over to the Tatars), Then ride on horseback to Bek Sakirai, the capital of the Khanate - a city that was built during the Mongol conquest in the 13th century.

"Since the Great Mongol Kingdom moved its capital from Harahelin to Dadu (Beijing), commercial cities such as Bekchisalai and Sorhat have begun to decline, and goods from the East no longer gather here. It’s an endless war.” The person speaking was a 30-year-old east bank official named Malati, who graduated from the first phase of the Corps Fortress. He was the adopted eldest son of Zamparini, and he grew up in the East An, who has intensively studied Tatar language and Crimean history, is a well-known "Tatar master" in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. He has worked in Kafa Trading Station for more than a year, and has won the appreciation of Li Qing and Ma De.

"Fortunately, the descendants of Bald Flower Timur eventually ruled this land, and Bekchisalay was designated as the capital. Later, the country relied on the power of the Ottoman Turks to get rid of the control of the Golden Horde, and then through a series of The war and changes in the international situation have won a large amount of heritage from the Golden Horde, and its military strength has grown rapidly, and it has become a pivotal force in the nearby areas. The forces of all parties are vying to win over them, and the Ottomans are also extremely tolerant to them and control them. Its power is not as powerful as that of Moldavia, Transylvania and other vassal states-this can be seen from the diplomatic autonomy given to it by the Ottomans. In addition to the diplomatic relations with Poland and Russia, the Crimean Khanate The policy needs to be reported to the Ottoman Empire in advance, and everything else is independent-in short, this is a country with great autonomy. Of course, the territory and population are also large enough: there are no less than 50 Crimean Tatars. If the slaves of various countries captured over the years and the children of slaves (these people will eventually be Tatarized), the total population of this country is probably close to one million, and it must not be underestimated.” Malati’s statement continues "Of course, the Crimean Khanate's economy is extremely primitive, primitive to a heinous degree, and the industrial level of their nominal suzerain, the Ottoman Empire, is also very average, especially the industries related to people's livelihood are a mess , which also gives opportunities to the business community of our country..."

Gao Wengang nodded lightly when he heard the words. As a senior official of the East Bank in Europe, he naturally has the right to know the trade data of the East Bank in various trading stations and even various regions, and the trade map of the Crimean Khanate in the East Bank. Although it is not very eye-catching and relatively remote, it must not be underestimated.Gein is a very primitive country with extremely low productivity. Due to the luck of these years (frequent wars in the surrounding areas), a lot of money, materials and people have been plundered, which has greatly improved their purchasing power. They have a strong ability to digest goods from the east bank - weapons and ammunition, spirits, tobacco, textiles, dyed leather, metal farm tools, sugar, cocoa, coffee, etc. The largest import of goods here is always slaves (mainly female slaves), followed by livestock and a small amount of artworks and jewelry (looted from Poland, Russia and other countries). In short, the trade between the two sides is extremely complementary. The amount has broken 1657 million yuan, which is extremely astonishing.

"This time I heard that Gelai Khan captured more than 6000 Transylvanian prisoners of war in Poland. We hope to eat them at a very low price. After all, the Tatars have looted everywhere in recent years. The number of slaves in the country is already extremely large, so it would be surprising if the price of slaves does not fall any longer!" Gao Wengang said with a smile as he looked at the endless prairie intoxicated.He had just seen the outline of the city of Bekkisalay, and a nobleman from the Crimean Khanate who accompanied them had also sent his entourage into the city to report.

In all fairness, the city of Baekchisalai is not a grand and famous city.Needless to say the cities on the east coast, many small counties in Daming are not much worse than her, maybe they are only lacking in scale.However, under the guidance of the people on the east coast, Gelai Khan has made up his mind to update the city defense facilities in recent years, and the first step is to start from the capital, Bekchisalai City. Gao Wengang and others saw that the city A deep moat was dug outside, and the old city walls were demolished, rebuilt, and reinforced. For this reason, Gelai Khan did not hesitate to conscript more than [-] soldiers from Poland, Ukraine, Russia and other countries. The slaves in Moldavia seem to have made up their minds to run their lair well.

In addition to the capital Bekchisalay, Mader also successfully fooled the Great Khan into building a series of fortresses and forts near the later Perekop Isthmus.Although the grassland men have always disliked building cities, Grail Khan, who has been repeatedly beaten by the enemy's fortified city artillery in recent years, is also deeply aware of the difference in modern warfare, so after consulting After the price of the fireproof guns in East Shore City, Da Khan made up his mind to start building forts near the isthmus—according to the plan, four bastions would be built within the short eight-kilometer range of the isthmus. Khan will import as many as 96 various types of city defense artillery (including spare artillery) and some spare parts, special tools and other items from the east bank. The total contract value exceeds 12.5 yuan (including the cost of training artillery), which once made the Ottomans Look sideways for it.

Of course, the reason why Muhammad Glai Khan agreed to build the Isthmus Fortress was not all fooled by the people on the east coast. Most of the reason was because they were worried about the future of their country.Over the years, it has been difficult for the army of Glei Khan to take advantage of the Russian army or the regular Polish army.The Great Khan himself may not understand the disadvantages of cavalry in front of infantry equipped with a large number of firearms, but he knows that the era of Tatar cavalry may be gone forever, so he agreed to build a fort near the isthmus. In order to have the ability to resist the enemy and gain a respite in the future.

Gao Wengang and the others stayed in the city of Bekchisalai for two days, and then a messenger from other places told the people on the east bank apologetically that the Great Khan had assembled a continuation army of 2.5 cavalry on the grassland. It is about to enter Transylvania westward (they had already entered Transylvania with 3 cavalry before the Polish army).The 35 Transylvanian prisoners of war they captured before—this is a "sad" story. The Prince of Transylvania led [-] people to attack Poland to take advantage of it. On the way to retreat, he was intercepted and killed by Tatar cavalry. The prince himself fled back to the country with only [-] cavalry, and almost the entire army was wiped out. It can be sold to people on the east coast at a discount ([-] yuan per person), and of course they will be in Transylvania later. Find as many young women as possible in Asia and even Hungary. If you need them on the east coast, you can eat them together and deliver them at Port Haji.

Of course Gao Wengang was overjoyed by this, and immediately agreed to the terms of the Tatars, and paid a deposit of 3 yuan to show his sincerity.And after doing all this, he bid farewell to the Tatars in a hurry, and then went to the port of Kaffa, where there were the last batch of more than [-] Moldavian female slaves waiting for him to pay the bill——the war has continued until now , The slave trade of people on the east coast has taken off, greatly enriching the domestic labor force and the number of women, which undoubtedly means the growth of national strength.

(End of this chapter)