The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Robbery of arms is a major event. After Cheerchen learned about it, he immediately summoned all the officers of the mercenary group to come to discuss. These people include: Pidro, deputy head of the mercenary regiment, Fatima, captain of the guard, Ingrid, chief quartermaster, and Fedot, captain of the Musketeer.

"The soldiers who returned said that this time His Royal Highness brought us 80 muskets and the same number of uniforms, 30 pikemen uniforms and weapons, and a four-pound cannon. These equipment are located at a distance from Polotz. Thirty miles away, the army was forcibly taken over by an army claiming to be under the lord of Andjay Kmicic. Since that army did carry the warrant of the lord of Andjay, there were a large number of people, and the soldiers who escorted the munitions were not If you dare to stop, you can only watch them take the arms away."

Cheerchen retelled the story briefly to everyone. These were told to Cheerchen by the military officer who was dispatched by the prince to **** the arms, and Cheerchen also carefully inquired about every aspect.

Everyone heard that the city lord of Andjay Kmicicz was so arrogant that even Prince Yanush dared to looting the supplies delivered to the mercenary group, and everyone was filled with anger and righteous indignation.

"Leader, give me fifty people. I will take people to the castle now to make sure that the generals will be snatched back." Fedot, who has always been an "good old man," stood up and said.

Cheerchen was silent.

Cheerchen had also thought of the method Fedot said. That was when the officer he had just heard said that the arms had been taken away by Andrzej's men. Chechen thought that he and the mercenary group had enough respect for the lord of Polotsk. Cheerchen didn't ask Anjay to pay a cent for the daily supplies needed by the mercenary group, and they all purchased them from the market with their own funds. It was the village head of Snezhko village who came to him to sue Anjay a few days ago, and he spent money to settle the matter. The mercenary group did its best to the Lord Anjay, but he didn't expect him to be so well-informed. At that time, Cheerchen was really furious, and he was almost ready to summon everyone from the mercenary group to the castle and **** the arms back.

But reason finally defeated anger. Chechen's current status is the vassal of the Laziviu family, and his words and deeds represent the prince. During his time in Polotsk, Chechen finally had a more comprehensive understanding of the situation of the Laziviu family and Prince Yanush in the Republic.

"The surface is beautiful, and the dark tide is surging." This is the situation that the prince and his family faced in the Republic. Indeed, the Laziviu family is a family with a long history and rich wealth, especially in Lithuania with the status of the first family. The patriarch of the Laziviu family has always served as the head of Lithuania. This tradition lasted until the generation of Prince Yanush Raziviu. Although the current position of Prince Yanush is also the head of Lithuania, this official position was granted to the prince after the outbreak of the Russian-Polish War, when King Kazimierz and the parliament were unavailable. That is, before that, Yanush Raziviu did not get this world position that everyone saw as a matter of course.

To understand this, one has to mention the religious beliefs of the Laziviu family. In the Republic of Poland where Catholicism is the state religion, the Raziwiew family, represented by the Prince and his cousin, Prince Boguslav, the Royal Horse Guardian of Lithuania, believe in Calvinism. This is undoubtedly an alien in a republic where most traditional aristocrats believe in Catholicism, and it is also hostile by most traditional aristocrats in the Republic.

Although they dared not openly criticize the faith of Prince Yanush in public, they did not curse the Prince as a heretic in secret.

If the republic is in power by a wise king, there is still room for reconciliation of this contradiction. But King Kazimierz, who is now in power, is a devout Catholic. He was able to defeat his rival, Archduke Karl, to become king, and the Catholic Church behind Kazimierz did not contribute much. After Kazimierz ascended the throne, of course the king had to retaliate. Politically, this is reflected in the House of Lords of the Republic. As the largest family in Lithuania, the two princes of the Laziviu family are not members of the House of Lords.

Of course, the Raziviu family and the prince will not stand alone. They used the wealth of the family's wealth and the enemy's country to recruit members of the parliament and the city lord for their own use. Among them, the most famous is the "one-vote veto" incident that occurred in the parliament.

In this situation, if Andrzej Kmicicz is the person the prince wants to win, Cheerchen rashly brings people into conflict with Andrzej, and then affects the relationship between the prince and Andrzej, his own sin will be Big.

Pidro saw Cheerchen not speaking. Although he didn't know Cheerchen's consideration, he could see that Fedot's method did not suit his nephew's wishes. He waved his hand and motioned for Fedot to sit down first.

"Fedot, let's listen to what other people think." Piedro said, and he glanced at Fatima: "Fatima, what can you do?"

Fatima magically stuck a throwing knife on the table.

"As long as the head of the team agrees, I will send this flying knife overnight under the pillow of Andrzej Kmicicz. I promise that he will send us back the arms obediently tomorrow. I remember, hundreds of years. Earlier, the Assassins of the Assassins did this.” Fatima said flatly, as if putting the murder weapon under the pillow of Angeli’s bedroom in the heavily guarded castle, it was like eating and drinking water to her. The ground is normal.

Not only was Chechen unable to accept this method, even Pidro was in a cold sweat. The subordinates of Andrzej Kmicicz dared to rob Prince Yanush’s arms. The so-called servants must have their masters. Then Andrzej himself must be a fearless master. Fatima is a threat. This behavior is good for those who are timid, and it will definitely be counterproductive to Anjay. Pidro was sure that as soon as the city lord of Andjay spotted the flying knife, he would definitely kill the mercenary group with all his troops.

In a cold sweat, Pidro quickly nodded Ingrid's name.

"Dear Ingrid, talk about your opinion."

"Yes, the deputy commander." Ingrid, wearing a mercenary regiment uniform, stood up and gave a military salute neatly. Among all the people, she is the most like a soldier.

"I don't think we should have a head-on conflict with Castel Anjay. We should use some civilized methods." Ingrid said.

"Yes, yes. Civilized way, civilized way." Piedro said cheerfully. There is finally someone who is not so impulsive. Fedot and Fatima were too violent just now.

"Commander, deputy commander, you know that I came from a quartermaster. What I do best is to buy things at the lowest price, and then sell the goods at three times the normal price. According to my observations over the past few days. The most volatile goods in the Polotsk area are gunpowder. On the day we first came to Polotsk, the local gunpowder price was as high as 581 taylors per barrel. At least it has broken through now. I had six hundred Taylors. My idea is that we will make up for the losses in munitions. We buy gunpowder from Riga. I used to be a quartermaster in the Swedish army and know the market for gunpowder. The price of gunpowder in Riga is only two hundred taylors per barrel, so when shipped to Polotsk, each barrel is worth as much as four hundred taylors. I have calculated that the total price of the arms and equipment delivered to us by the prince is about Between 12,000 Taylors. At that time, we will release the news that Tsarist Russia is about to attack Polotsk. The price of gunpowder will definitely rise again. Then we only need to sell fifty barrels of fire. "Medicine" can make up for our loss and repurchase the same amount of equipment." Ingrid said vividly. This is her area of ​​expertise. Buying low and selling high is also her best job.

The method Ingrid said also aroused Cheerchen's interest.

"This method is good." Pidro glanced at Chechen's expression, knowing that Ingrid's method suits his nephew best. He praised Ingrid, and then said: "Ingrid, you can be more specific."

Seeing that his approach was valued by Cheerchen, Ingrid became more and more vigorous. Her thinking was no longer limited to gunpowder and Polotsk, but expanded to a wider latitude.

"We can not only sell gunpowder, but we can also buy some fish in Riga. Riga fish is also very popular in Lithuania. Then we transport the fish to Werner to sell, and then buy iron tools there. , And then sell the tools to Chernigov and Kiev, that is twice the profit. Along the way, we can sell the gunpowder in batches to the castles, so that it will not cause dramatic price fluctuations and lead to market saturation. After this cycle, we can earn money for two sets of arms."

"Wait, Ingrid. You just mentioned the cycle. If you want to complete such a business, how long will it take you?" Cheerchen was a little confused by Ingrid's terminology and place names, but he still caught One of the keywords.

"Sir, it will take about three or four months."

"Three or four months!" Cheerchen and Pidro were stunned by such a long time. The mercenary group can't afford to wait for three or four months.

"So the shortest? I'm talking about selling gunpowder from Riga." Piedro asked unwillingly.

"A month," Ingrid replied.

One month is too long. Although it is calm now, no one knows when Tsarist Russia will invade Polotsk. The mercenary regiment must immediately develop combat effectiveness in order to deal with any unfavorable situations that may arise.

"I'll talk to City Lord Anjay first. Maybe it's just his subordinates who acted recklessly." Cheerchen sighed and said. Now I can only go one step at a time and go to the bottom for myself.

"Head, I'll go with you." Fatima said immediately. She was afraid that Anjay Kmicicz would be disadvantageous to Chechen.

"No need. I believe that our relationship with City Lord Anjay has not yet reached that point." Cheechen declined Fatima's request.

In the afternoon, Chechen rode alone to Polotsk Castle.

And inside the castle in Polotsk, Andrzej Kmicicz was furious. The whip in his hand crackled in the air, and then it rained on the back of his adjutant Oshka.

Anjay's anger was also related to the forcing of supplies by his subordinates. But don't get me wrong about the Lord of the City, he is not because he loves the people under his control. Anjay has a plot of deep aristocratic blood. In his opinion, the so-called little nobles in the Polotsk area are just farmers with noble names, and they are all horrible. I just levied a thousand more military salaries, and these people complained and even blatantly resisted taxes. It was absolutely lawless.

Anjay was annoyed that the matter of his forcibly confiscated supplies was stabbed to Miss Koolina Birlevich. This noble lady is Anjay's sweetheart and a local nobleman. Orina Birlevich was married to Angel by her grandfather's fingertips when she was very young, and Orina's beauty also made the young soldiers fascinated by her. The two soon fell in love.

Unlike Anjay, even though Orina Birlevich is from a prominent family, her family and the nearby little nobles have always lived in harmony and have a good relationship. This time Anjay forced military expenditures in the Polotsk region, and some little nobles who were familiar with the Birlevich family placed their hopes of persuading Anjay Kmicicz on the young lady.

Of course, the kind lady can't ignore the neighbors' requests. She immediately found her lover and spoke to him. Of course, Orina Birlevich also attributed the responsibility to the arbitrary actions of Andrzej's subordinates. Miss Orina Birlevich even said that if Polotsk's military expenditure is not enough, Andrei can take it from Birlevich's property.

Of course, Andrzej Kmicicz is responsive to the request of his lover. He immediately told Orina to stop the expropriation in the future, and vowed that there would never be a similar situation, and severely punish his subordinates.

Miss Orina Birlevich went back contentedly. And after the lady left, Anjay immediately summoned his adjutant Oshka.

"You dog, what do you eat? How dare you go to the village of the Birlewicz family to collect supplies!"

Oshka was beaten up, but he gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound. Because he knew that the louder he shouted, the greater his master's anger.

Gradually, Anjay was also tired. He collapsed on the bench and pointed to Oshka's nose and said, "You said. UU reading www.uukanshu.com"

Oshka finally waited for the opportunity to defend, he said: "Master, we have carefully avoided the Birlevich family and nearby fields, but whoever wants to get so far away, there are also friends from Miss's family."

Andrzej also knew that his adjutant was at fault, after all, Polotsk was so big. But he loses face in front of Orina, there is always a place to vent.

"It's also to blame that Prince Yanush, who didn't work hard. You promised your master to form a new army, but you didn't allocate a single Taylor."

Speaking of Prince Yanush, Anjay was also agitated.

The deputy commander of Pavel Sapega of Werner also sent a letter to blame him, and even handed over the cavalry regiment he had asked to send to Werner to Janusz Laziviu as a escort, allowing the prince to spend it all in Werner. Limelight.

At this time, the guards of the castle came in and reported:

"My lord, Alvar Chechen, the commander of the mercenary group, beg to see you." The last border of the fire and sword