Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1860 East Wind and West Wind

"Haji Port is really an alternative city on this peninsula." Turning over from his horse, Wu Yifei took a wine jug thrown by his subordinates, took a couple of sips, and then laughed and said: "It is said to be a city of foreigners. Well, it doesn’t look like that. There are people wearing East Coast costumes everywhere. To say that this is a city on the East Coast would be absurd. More than half of the [-] residents are rogue-headed, and they speak all kinds of strange languages. Such an accent, this motherfucker is a freak!"

His subordinates were born in the Ming Dynasty, and they were also his old buddies when he was in the Pampa Plain. After hearing this, he spit on the ground and said: "They are all a bunch of Polish and Ukrainian escaped slaves. They are extremely low. Those who say that the eyes of the roe-headed mouse are light, it is not as good as those Kalmyks and Tatars who voluntarily came over with a smile."

It is said that Haji Port (later Sevastopol) was originally just a commercial station established by the Khan of the Crimean Khanate with the approval of the people on the east coast. What's more, there is a large piece of land around the wharf, which always looks like hundreds of square kilometers, and it costs very little.

In order to maintain and operate the wharf, the East Bank dispatched considerable technical personnel from the mainland to stay here permanently.At the same time, the foreign affairs department, intelligence department, trade department, and military system have all sent a considerable number of officials, ordinary cadres, technicians, and soldiers here. These people, including their families, have reached about 2000 people.In addition, because of the business opportunities highlighted here, many businessmen and their employees have flooded into the country. Some of these people are single, some have families, and some get married and have children in Port Haji. Quite a few, probably in the hundreds of people.

In the end, the Taoist Association on the east bank did not know what happened, and sent a large number of Taoist priests to Haji Port to "spread the glory of Tianzun".Because the people on the east coast have the final say here, their missionary activities are relatively smooth. There are already three Taoist temples in the pier and the surrounding commercial area, and it is even heard that they are now planning to build a fourth and fifth Taoist temples. , a small agricultural area in the surrounding area, and one in an area that traded with the Crimean Tatars to spread the faith.

How should these Taoist priests say, they are very willing to spend money, and they keep distributing warm clothes, water and other items to those who are willing to participate in religious activities, which attracts a group of impoverished people.Wu Yifei was sometimes speechless. Niubizi really had money, and he didn't know whether it was from the state's appropriation or from their own business. It's a bold thing to distribute something.After spending so much money on Taoism for many years, it has indeed attracted a considerable number of Poles, Ukrainians and Tatars to convert, especially those Poles and Ukrainians who were bought by people on the east coast to do physical work ( After five years, many people chose to settle down), and basically became believers of Tianzun.

Therefore, Haji Port, a commercial port city with a permanent population of no more than 6000 people, is indeed a "freak". Nearby Crimea, Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Ottoman and Moldavia, etc., find There is no other city quite like it.It is unique, with a unique culture that blends east and west, and slowly develops and grows on the shore of the Black Sea—of course, people in the Taoist Federation are still not very satisfied, because the atmosphere of Chinese culture here is not strong enough, and Dongfeng has not been able to To overwhelm the west wind, we need to continue to work hard.

Wu Yifei is now the captain of the Port Haji Guard.His predecessor had just died in a robbery plot on the complex land at the mouth of the Don River. It is still unknown whether it was the Ottomans or the Russians who did it, or the horse bandits wandering on the grassland. clue.

In fact, this is the norm in the Black Sea area.The turbulent situation, the poor life, the sky-high flames of war, and scattered routs all made the security situation extremely worse, and the normal life of the common people was greatly affected, let alone commerce and trade.The Haji Port Trading Station of the people on the east coast has had to provide a certain distance delivery service in the past few years to keep the trade volume from falling too sharply. It has been attacked at least twice in the Kaji Bay area before, although Repelled the cavalry who were said to be robbers crossing the border under the command of the Grand Duke of Moldavia, saved the goods, but also killed and injured a lot of people; The attack by armed men killed and injured many people, and some of the goods were taken away. Now the east bank has suspended trade in some areas on the right bank of the Dnieper River, or asked local merchants to come and pick up the goods by themselves. The security situation is really worrying.

After Wu Yifei, an old horse bandit, took office, there were only less than a thousand people left in his guard. If the people who stayed behind to maintain order in the city were removed, it was true that many people would not be able to spare many people to maintain trade routes in other places.Although he is extremely sturdy and likes to be brave and fierce, it does not mean that he is brainless.In fact, during the years of working for the General Directorate of State Intelligence and the Gendarmerie Command, he had been "tamed" and learned a lot about what to do under what circumstances.

For example, after taking stock of the strength at hand this time, he resolutely gave up some unrealistic ideas, and instead suggested that his superiors adjust their strategies, give up on some markets if they should give up, and think of a solution later.Especially the trade along the Dnieper River, we can no longer have unrealistic fantasies, it has become a dangerous place now, the grassland is full of vicious horse bandits, no matter how many people are sent there, it is not enough to fill them.The situation along the Danube and Don Rivers is relatively quiet (although the law and order is also very bad, but it is much better than the chaotic Ukraine), which can be used as a key business, although the profits of these two places are somewhat thin due to the large number of tax cards.

Wu Yifei just went to the city today to ask for instructions and came back, and got a positive response. He was happy and planned to go to a restaurant opened by a Polish outside the city to eat and drink. Of course, he brought a few of his confidantes with him.

The Polish owner who opened the restaurant was bought by people from the east coast many years ago, and he has been loading and unloading goods on the wharf of Haji Port.After five years of hard work, according to the policy of the East Bank, he obtained a free status and can apply for naturalization, so he became a citizen of the East Bank. Currently, he opened a restaurant outside the city and the Crimean trade market. All kinds of food, business is not bad.

The Pole married a Tatar widow, who besides bringing him money to open a restaurant, also had two cheap sons who grew up in Port Haji.Wu Yifei has seen these two and a half boys, and now he is helping in the restaurant. Their costumes are actually very interesting. To sum it up, they are round neck, narrow sleeves, left lapel, long robe, and a red belt around the waist. They are obviously not from the East Coast. Of course, it is not the clothing style of Europeans, but it has a strong prairie legacy.Judging from some clothing sample books published locally on the east coast, it is probably the style of the Khitan nomadic people in the north during my "Great Song" period.Wu Yifei has also seen the costumes of the hostess of the hotel, straight collar, left lapel, long gown, a bit like a Mongolian woman's tunic, but it is not a mopping style, it should be an improved design to adapt to heavy labor.

It can also be seen from this that, as the remnants of the Golden Horde established by the Mongols, the culture of the Crimean Tatars (Glai Khan is the descendant of Batu) does have a very strong element of the oriental grassland .The Mongolian iron cavalry that swept across the Eurasian continent did bring huge changes to the places they passed. Tribes like the Tatars, who have been mixed for centuries and have been gradually assimilated by the local people, still stubbornly retain a large number of traditions from their ancestors. Cultural traditions, this already speaks volumes for the problem.

"Brother, I heard that Haji Port will build a city wall in the next step, and various commercial facilities in the city will also be completed. I heard that Ambassador Ma in Istanbul will invite civil affairs officials from China to manage it. This, this, this is an official Establish a government system, so the Tartar court doesn't care?" An old man wiped a long bench with his sleeve, and then asked Wu Yifei politely to sit on it, and asked with a smile.

"Don't call me big brother, call me captain, how many times have I told you? Also, the Crimean Khanate is not Tatars, but Tatars, don't talk nonsense, you will take care of diplomatic disputes?" Wu Yifei gave his old subordinate a supercilious look, sat down swaggeringly, and said, "Don't worry, Grail Khan also agreed to the construction of the city, and he also approved a lot of land for us. I'm afraid the area now has to be large." Our hometown is as big as Yidu County. According to the above, it must be more than [-] square kilometers. Haji Port is called Haji County. But this sweat is also interesting. When I look at my suzerain Ottoman Troubled, he hurriedly signed an armistice agreement with the Russians and ran away. He felt a little uncomfortable, worried about being attacked by the Russians, so he began to show his favor to us, and rented land again (the area around Haji Port is actually a deserted and deserted place. land), and sold slaves at a low price, it really dazzles people.”

"That's not true." The old subordinate called the Polish boss loudly, and after ordering some common dishes, he said with a smile: "The signing of the 20-year armistice agreement is two Ukrainian puppet states under the control of Ottoman and Russia. In theory, Russia People can go directly to the Ottoman Empire without violating the agreement, of course, this is actually impossible, and the Tatars are far from being safe."

"Hehe, you know it too!" Wu Yifei grabbed a glass, poured the wine, and said, "Yes, that's right! It is indeed impossible for the Russians to take action against the Ottoman Empire now, but if it is against the Crimea What about the Khanate’s hands and feet? It’s hard to say! Moreover, when the Ottomans left, they asked the Crimean Khanate to be the “guard” of Western Ukraine, right? The Poles have always been eyeing Western Ukraine, and The Ottoman Empire also incorporated the southeastern province of Podolia, which was ceded by Poland, into the territory of the Principality of West Ukraine. This land is densely populated, and most of them are Poles and Lithuanians. Housing is also a problem. Once something goes wrong, the Tatars will still have to wipe their asses. The Ottomans are not free now, so they can not be nervous. So, they have to rely on themselves now. For the Tatars , all external forces that can bring them benefits are worth making friends with. Among them, we, who are of great help to them in economic, military and other aspects, are naturally the key to win over. The Crimeans are not stupid , It’s just some wasteland and slaves, they are all worthless things to them, if they can exchange for the aid of the East Bank at a critical moment, then they can earn back ten times, a hundred times, they are really good at it. "

Actually, what Wu Yifei said was right.The Crimeans do feel a little hesitant now. Although their strength has grown a lot over the years, they are still not enough compared to the behemoth Russia.Even when they faced the Poles, they couldn't beat them without the help of Ottoman or Russia. Therefore, their situation is really delicate now, and they urgently need the support of external forces, and it is best for this force to be more trusted by Ottoman. The heavy east coast republic, other forces may cause some unnecessary misunderstandings.

As for their suzerain state, the Ottoman Empire, they had already set up a large army, claiming to be 20 (the number is almost the same, although there are a lot of logistics and transportation personnel mixed in), and they entered the territory of Hungary in a mighty manner.Under the leadership of the Leading Party, a part of the Hungarian noble army controlled by Ottoman, defeated many local Hungarian noble forces loyal to the Habsburg royal family, and also defeated an Austrian army with a scale of thousands of people.

However, the main force of their opponent, the Kingdom of Austria, is still stationed in the area east of the Rhine and confronting the French. There are very few troops deployed on the mainland and on the eastern front, so they have to urgently shrink their troops and retreat, and at the same time ask for help from all over the world. Send reinforcements to help resist the Ottomans.Their request has been responded to by many countries in the Christian world, and they have expressed their willingness to send troops and money to help the Kingdom of Austria resist the invasion of the Moors. For them, this is no longer a European hegemony, but a pagan country. The large-scale invasion is the east wind of the Christian world delusional to overwhelm the west wind of the Christian world. How can this be possible?

Of course, although Austria is facing a big enemy, the Ottomans who are still wandering in Hungary still have not made their final determination.Grand Vizier Mustafa, who knew the inside story of his own army, wanted to accept it as soon as he saw it, but his subordinates who were stunned by the victory rallied against him. Destroy the Kingdom of Austria.Therefore, the situation of this war, which was suddenly triggered by the competition for the interests of Hungary, is far from clear.

(End of this chapter)