Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1698: New Situation in Diplomacy ([-])

The sound of rumbling iron hooves gradually faded away, and Malati stood on the roof of a very imposing three-story building in Haji Port City, watching the large group of cavalry slowly leave in the distance.This is a cavalry unit of the Crimean Khanate. It has just returned from Ukraine and escorted about [-] Polish men and women (there are no old people, but there are young children, which is the request of the people on the east coast) to Kazakhstan. Auspicious Hong Kong delivery.

What the people on the east bank handed over to them was not money—in fact, the steppe people in Crimea didn’t need money either. Their country’s financial system was quite chaotic. At present, under the persuasion of the people on the east coast, they have hired hundreds of people from the east bank Accountants from China, Genoa, and Venice helped it establish a system, and the currency was temporarily used in East Coast dollars-but a large amount of war materials, medicines, daily necessities, and luxury goods, such as tea, spices, coffee, and so on.

This kind of barter trade between the two countries has always been the mainstream. Your Haji Port Trading Station from the east coast tells Grail Khan about money orders, checks, insurance, and road goods. Just pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other. Don't make it too complicated, it will be inconvenient for everyone.

When the Polish slaves who were brought back as goods were concentrated in camps (or prisons to be more accurate) outside the city for health quarantine, spy screening, etc., Haji Port currently has a mercenary army of thousands of people who are exiled Cossacks, Composed of retired Ottoman soldiers and Tatar herdsmen, in addition to maintaining the daily order of the city, the main job is to guard the camp. After all, 2 or [-] people are locked in one place, and it is always a dangerous thing for a long time. .

"Starting from this month, I will give an additional allowance of two yuan to all 1049 officers and soldiers of the Haji garrison, so that the boys will cheer me up. I didn't care about them hanging out, playing cards, fighting, etc., but now the 'goods' have arrived , I can’t make any mistakes, otherwise my knife will kill people.” Malati said to the two followers behind him.

The attendants are all old people who have worked in the commercial station for many years, and they are very familiar with the situation here, so they immediately nodded and said yes, saying that they will follow suit later.Malati felt relieved when he saw this, and then asked his followers to bring a large stack of documents and put them on the table. He planned to start his business on the spot under the pleasant summer sun of the Black Sea.

First, he quickly processed the business and diplomatic documents, which were basically selected and annotated by the technical bureaucrats in the business station. Now he only needs to review them again, and if they are correct, they can be directly signed and executed.Now the goods on the east bank are sold on the Dnieper River and the Danube River (the trade on the Don River was closed due to the tension between the East and Russia), so the cash flow of the Hadji Port Merchant Station is extremely considerable, and the property is in such a good condition that it can be allocated every year. A large sum of money went to the Ottoman Empire to support the Suez light rail project, which is being built intermittently.

Malati has studied in Bingtuanbao for many years, and he is familiar with these things, so after reviewing and signing a bunch of documents at a glance, he asked his subordinates to remove them all, and replaced them with a bunch of intelligence documents (East Coast Commercial Station Station Chiefs generally have multiple roles, including diplomatic, commercial, and intelligence work).At this time, he took a closer look. As the saying goes, intelligence work is no small matter, and carelessness can kill people. In the matter of sending people deep into the Caspian Sea to contact Stepan Razin, many excellent people were sacrificed. The intelligence personnel on the east coast, including several intelligence officials who had been trained by the Bingtuanbao for ten years, suffered extremely heavy losses, and finally provoked Russia's fury and interrupted the relationship between the two countries.Malati, as the person involved, naturally has a fresh memory of this. You must know that he was punished for this matter at the time. At present, the position of the station master is only an agent, and he has never been able to rectify it.

The very first document made Malati frown slightly.This is actually a report, drafted by his secretary, and Marati himself participated in the whole process, so after he quickly scanned it, he leaned back in his chair lightly, lit a pipe, and read it carefully. Think about it.

This is a report on Eastern Ukraine (that is, Russian Ukraine), which involves the current Eastern Ukraine Hetman Ivan Samoilovich, so the level of confidentiality is very high, and only Marathi talked to his secretary. Five people dealt with it.As we all know, Eastern Ukraine has signed a humiliating refugee agreement with Russia since the previous Hetman—the content roughly includes that major Ukrainian cities are placed under the supervision of the Russian army, the tsar’s officials levy taxes on Ukrainians, and Eastern Ukraine has no power to communicate with foreign countries. Exchanges, the election of Hetman must be carried out in the presence of the tsarist envoy, the newly elected Hetman must go to Moscow to accept approval in person, the metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is appointed by Moscow, etc. - Eastern Ukraine can no longer Known as a country with independent sovereignty, it is already a vassal and protectorate of Russia, and even worse.

Therefore, except for the former Russian Ukrainian Hetman who had been killed by the army led by Doroshenko (this king knelt and licked Russia, so the Tsar rewarded him with a noble title and married the daughter of Duke Dolgoruky to him ), but any Eastern Ukrainian leader with a bit of conscience is very dissatisfied with the feeling of being tightly controlled by Russia, so he has been seeking change.

However, considering the disparity between the enemy and the enemy, it is far from enough to rely on the more than [-] Cossack officers and soldiers in Eastern Ukraine for this change. It is also necessary to seek the support of external forces, such as the Crimean Tatars, Poles, Ottomans and even In recent years, people from the east coast who have gradually gained some fame in the Black Sea area.No, the current Hetman Samoilovich of Eastern Ukraine secretly dispatched envoys to Port Haji and made some tentative contacts with the east coast side. Although it seems that the two sides have not reached any breakthroughs, But this kind of contact itself is a historical precedent, and its importance is self-evident.

As for Ivan Samoilovich, the East Bank side had also worked hard to investigate before.This person is a rare cultural person among the group of old and rough military officers in Eastern Ukraine. He was born in a priestly family and has received a good education. He once studied at the Kiev Academy and is well-informed.

After becoming the Hetman of Eastern Ukraine, this gentleman was not as qualified as many Cossack regiment elders, so he paid great attention to attracting upper-level Cossack officers.Usually, when deciding on something, the so-called "chief officer Rada" will be convened, that is, to discuss with the veteran Cossack heads.In addition, he also established an educational institution called "Army Brothers Arms School", sent the nephews of the upper-class Cossacks to study, gradually formed a group of young officers, and then replaced their parents' vacancies at all levels, so that It is tantamount to making the official positions of the Cossacks at all levels hereditary instead of being recommended by the lower-level Cossacks. This measure will naturally anger some lower-level Cossacks, but it greatly wins over the upper-level Cossack officers. Ilovich's position has become more and more stable.

Until now, the members of this group of young officers have basically become Samoilovich's right-hand men, and many things will be handed over to them. Hetman's power has finally reached its peak, and there are very few upper-level opponents (if there is no If external forces intervene), Samoilovich achieved a feat that the previous Gettlemans failed to accomplish.

And this person, once Weifu used it for himself and enjoyed the beauty of power, he would naturally be reluctant to let it go.Samoilovich is well aware that the independence of Eastern Ukraine is decreasing day by day, and it has almost become a puppet manipulated by Moscow. Therefore, he has been carefully handling the relationship with the tsar, but at the same time, he has also properly displayed his own character, serving the interests of Eastern Ukraine. Some rights and interests have been won, and a little autonomy has been restored. For example, the Russian army, which has expanded its garrison in recent years, has been driven back to the first few cities, that is, it is only allowed in Chernigov, Nezhin, and Pere The five cities of Slavic, Osjoel, and Kiev (Kiev is still in the hands of Western Ukraine) are stationed. The Russian military and political chiefs here can only command the army and cannot intervene in local affairs. Taxes are also turned over to the Hetman treasury.

Perhaps the Russians were afraid that the Cossacks in Eastern Ukraine would defect to Poland or the Ottoman side in a fit of anger, so they held their noses and agreed to this request, but they must be unhappy.And Samoilovich also understood this point, and later went to Moscow to meet the tsar regularly, and the offering of goods was never delayed. It can be said that he was extremely obedient. Gettleman, who is "a little bit of a character," expressed confidence.

The reason why Samoilovich put on such a low profile is that apart from the strength of the Russians and the weakness of Eastern Ukraine (Russia has requested that most of the army be abolished and only [-] Cossacks are allowed to remain), the bigger reason is that they want to use The power of the Russian army will unify the entire East and West Ukraine, and be the Hetman of the entire Ukraine!Yes, that's right, this is Samoilovich's dream!If a person has no dreams, what is the difference between him and a salted fish?Samoilovich also has some lofty ambitions to unify the entire Ukrainian Great Plain, and he will not hesitate to resort to various means and various forces for this!

Of course, as an old Cossack fritter who was born and died for many years, Samoilovich would not be so naive as to pin his hopes on his family.Then, it is the proper meaning to communicate with the Great Khan of Bekchisalay, Sultan Mehmet of Istanbul and the people on the east coast of Port Haji in advance!This time, he dispatched several confidant officers to contact Malati in Haji Port with a secret letter, just to get acquainted with the east bank side and lay a good foundation for help in case of need in the future.Based on this consideration, Malati had reason to deduce that this Samoilovich must have also sent secret envoys to meet the Turks and Crimeans without telling the Russian minister.

What a bold Cossack!Having figured this out, Malati chuckled lightly, exhaling a puff of smoke ring.Now he suddenly thought of Samoilovich's greatest opponent, Doroshenko, the Hetman of the West Ukrainian Cossacks.This guy who just took office as the Ukrainian Cossack Getman on the West Bank nine years ago also has the desire to unify the entire Ukraine, but the Polish garrisons stationed in Chigilin (also Doroshenko’s hometown), Baizerkovy, Korsun and other places He did not support his idea, so Doroshenko himself was very depressed, and finally had to take the risk and seek help from external forces outside Poland-he had reason to do so. When he led his army across the Dnieper River in August 1668, When Hetman defeated Eastern Ukraine and unified Eastern and Western Ukraine, the Polish army actually launched an attack on him, forcing him to lead his army back to help. The unified Ukraine lasted only eight months and was divided into two halves again. This shows that How he hated the Poles!

Therefore, Petro Doroshenko secretly surrendered to the Turkish Sultan without hesitation, seeking his strength to get rid of the rule of the Poles.His efforts came to fruition in 1672. Ottoman Turkey's Grand Vizikoprulu was determined to attack Poland. The Cossacks on the West Bank were greatly encouraged and selected tens of thousands of people to accompany the Ottoman army to attack (1.2 of them were directly under Doroshenko. In this battle, Turkey sent 10 troops, the Tatars sent 5 troops, and the West Bank Cossacks sent 4 to 5 troops. Almost 20 troops swept across the entire southern Poland. Jan Sobieski, Hanenko, Luje Tsky and others suffered consecutive defeats, and their entire army was almost wiped out, so they had to flee to the west to avoid the limelight.

After this war, the Poles ceded Podolia, paid huge indemnities to Turkey, and recognized Western Ukraine as an independent country. Doroshenko completed his first goal, which was to get rid of the rule of the Poles.And similar to Samoilovich, this Doroshenko also noticed the people on the east coast who have become more and more active in the Black Sea area in recent years, so he also sent personnel to Port Haji and had a series of contacts with the people on the east coast.

Malati had met this Hetman's subordinate, the head of the Bratslav Regiment, and a Cossack veteran who had experienced many battles.During the meeting, the head of the regiment bluntly asked whether it was possible to import a batch of ordnance from the east bank through the Dnieper River to improve the equipment level of tens of thousands of horses under Doroshenko's command. The property of military officers, merchants, and priests was used to pay for the goods.Even, if these are not enough, they can also arrest all those Poles and send them to the people on the east coast together with the Polish captured soldiers on hand to cover part of the payment. Mouth, why are so many human traffickers starting to recruit people for our Dadong'an these days?

As for Doroshenko's trade request, Malati agreed after a little thought, but he said that Doroshenko had better be able to "get rid of" the Tatar Khan, otherwise the goods would always have to go through Crimea. Asia's territory, there is no guarantee that nothing will happen.Doroshenko’s people are confident about this, saying that as long as the people on the east coast agree to start trade, then they have a way to get the Tatars to agree to this matter. Speaking of which, the two countries are currently both vassal states of the Turkish Sudan, and they have also separated and united in history. It's complicated, and it's not exactly an adversarial relationship.

Doroshenko came to ask for business, and Samoilovich also sent his confidant to come to the front stand. The two Ukrainian gettlemans are so powerful, which makes Malati quite excited, and at the same time, he wonders if he can use this to do business. After making some achievements, while expanding trade to the depths of the Dnieper River, it also exerted a certain influence on various political forces on the entire Ukrainian plain, and then served the strategic interests of the east bank.

It's a pity that neither Eastern Ukraine nor Western Ukraine has access to the sea. The only way to contact them is through the Dnieper River, which is separated by the Crimean Khanate, which is quite inconvenient.But take your time, I heard that Jan Sobieski has become the king of Poland (this kind of guy who can't even beat the Tatars and Cossacks can become the king, to be honest Malati I doubt the level of the Poles...), is regrouping, to regain lost ground, the Ottoman Empire has become nervous again, mobilized many troops, intends to go to Podolia, and fight the Poles to the death. space for people to operate.

He even planned to go deep into Western Ukraine through the Dnieper River to see how the local situation is and if there is any special opportunity.You know, it is said that due to the difficulty of exporting goods, the local government is currently engaged in infrastructure construction and expanding domestic demand, and a large number of non-national labor is needed to fill the gap. Two documents have been sent to the Istanbul embassy and Haji Commercial Station.Speaking of this rekindled war, it really is the right time. Maybe the Cossacks in Eastern Ukraine will also be ready to move, and the people on the east coast will probably usher in a bumper harvest season again.

(End of this chapter)