The Rise of the European Emperor

The territory of the Crimean Khanate is not large, and its northern border is not far from the Crimean Peninsula, the core area of ​​the Crimean Khanate. Therefore, Sadat's report was quickly sent to the capital, Bakhchisalai.

Mungojirehan heard that there were envoys from European countries coming to Asahi, and he was also very interested, so he agreed to let Marin and others in. However, for safety reasons, only Marin was allowed to escort him with 100 cavalry. Everyone else will stay in the border area and wait.

Hearing this reply, Marin only hesitated for a while before agreeing. Because he can't reveal his true identity. It is dangerous for an earl to personally visit an unfriendly pagan country. In particular, a robber state like the Crimean Khanate.

If you insist on bringing 700 cavalry with you, the other party may wonder - is this a big man? It would be a shame for the Crimeans to take Malin abducted.

Therefore, Marin just hesitated for a while, and then agreed to the other party's request. Then, he took only two diplomatic adjutants, an accompanying adjutant sent by Lithuania, and 100 cronical cavalry such as Kahn, and went to Bakh with the corresponding minister sent by Bakhchisalai, the capital of the Crimean Khanate. Chisaley.

On the way, in order to show the identity of the envoy, Marin took off his armor, put on the robes of a civil minister, sat in a three-horse carriage, and set up a guard of honor to show formality.

In fact, Marin was winking at the blind man. The Crimeans were originally a steppe tribe, and they didn't care much about etiquette. Just like the Crimean foreign minister who came to lead the way, he said he was a minister, but he was actually a rude little chief. At least, from the outside, the other party is definitely a guy with well-developed limbs and a simple mind.

However, the other party is literate and can read the credentials in the Tatar language, confirming the identity of Marin's messenger...

The Crimeans sent 500 heavily armed Khan cavalry from the capital, well equipped. They will be responsible for escorting Marin and others all the way to Bakhchisalai, and also have the task of monitoring Marin and others. The Crimean foreign minister did not allow anyone in the Marin team to leave the team easily if it was not necessary. This is to prevent Marin's men from spying on the Crimean Khanate's intelligence.

While riding in the carriage, Marin took the opportunity to divide the gold coins on the carriage into four parts - one of 10,000 gold coins, and put them in a beautiful box. Another 40,000 gold coins are placed in another beautiful box. The remaining 100,000 gold coins were placed in two large boxes and hidden in the dark compartment under the carriage seat.

According to the plan, Marin intends to use 10,000 gold coins to catch the appetite of Mungoguirehan. Wait until interest is aroused and add 40,000 gold coins. If you still can't talk, take another 50,000 gold coins to smash... As for the other 50,000 gold coins, Marin said - the head of the regiment has been hacked...

Anyway, the Tatars in Eastern Europe and Western Europe hardly communicate with each other at the moment, the news is not smooth, and there is no inspection team to check the accounts, hacking him for 50,000 gold coins, and no one knows...

As expected, Bakhchisaray was not far from the border area. Even by carriage, Marin arrived at Bakhchisarai two days later.

However, the capital of the Crimean Khanate is indeed a bit shabby, just a small town in the valley. In addition to the Bakhchi Salehan Palace, which covers an area of ​​about 4 hectares, the city is home to some military camps and administrative agencies. As for civilian housing, it seems that there are very few...

It is no wonder that the Crimean Khanate is a nomadic country after all, and there is no handicraft industry. They need handicrafts or weapons, mostly imported from Ottoman Turkey. The Turks didn't want their cattle, sheep, or horses, so in order to get the money they purchased, the Crimeans had to go to Eastern Europe to grab people and sell them for money. With money, you can go to Turkey to import all kinds of necessities.

For now, in addition to the capital Bakhchisaray, the Crimean Khanate is the eastern port city of Kaffa (Feodosia). And the port of Kaffa,

It was also an export port for the slaves exported by the Crimean Khanate. Every year, thousands of Eastern European slaves are exported from Kaffa.

However, because there was only one buyer in Turkey, and Turkey was the eldest brother of the Crimean Khanate, the price of slaves was kept very low. An ordinary middle-aged male and female slave only needs five or six gold coins in Kafa. Even a beautiful woman is only 10 gold coins. The only expensive ones are the beautiful original girls and the sturdy little boys.

Needless to say, the beautiful original girl was definitely for the pleasure of the Turkish nobles. After all, men on the Green Sect can have multiple women.

The strong little boy was brainwashed at a young age and trained as a slave soldier who fanatically believed in the Green Religion. When he grew up, he worked for the Turks. The famous Sudanese personal soldiers are all little Slav boys who have been brainwashed since childhood.

Of course, the source of the Sudanese janissaries was mainly the areas on the Balkans that were conquered by Turkey. The Turks called the plundering of these little boys "blood tribute". After these little boys were sent to Constantinople, they were brainwashed and trained in various martial arts and riding. When they grew up, these people became sharp knives in the hands of the Turkish sultans and were the most powerful troops in Ottoman Turkey.

Although the Crimean Khanate can also plunder the boys of the Slavs, the Turks mainly force it from the Balkans at no cost. Therefore, the strong little boys on the Crimea side, although the Turks also acquired, but not many. The Crimean Khanate itself has no such tradition. Therefore, many of those children were actually sold to Turkey's "Pasha" (Turkish official position, equivalent to the governor), who were trained into their own personal guards.

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The economic situation of the Crimean Khanate has been bad because the price was too low by the Turks. There are about 250,000 people in the country, but thousands of slaves are exported every year, but they only sell for tens of thousands of gold coins. It is difficult to maintain the operation of the Khan Court and the luxurious life of Mungoji Lei Khan, let alone make the country prosperous. So, Sigmund I later spent 15,000 gold coins to bribe Mungojirehan to attack Moscow.

Under the arrangement of the Crimean officials, Marin wore a noble robe and a noble hat with bird feathers on his head, and asked Kahn and others to carry gifts and follow the leading officials to enter the only luxury in Bakhchisaray. The building - Bakhchi Salekhan Palace...

The gift that Marin brought was very simple, only a gold-encrusted knife bought from a Lithuanian noble (it only cost a few hundred gold coins), and 10,000 gold coins.

Now that he knew that the Crimean Khanate was poor, Marin naturally chose to use the gold that blinded them as a gift...

After entering the main hall of the Khan Palace, Marin saw Mungojire Khan sitting on the throne at a glance...

Mungojirehan is not tall, about 50 years old, but he is relatively strong. I don't know why, looking at the sturdy and sturdy Mungojirehan's glittering eyes, Marin always felt that the other party was a sly person...

However, after entering the main hall, Marin was not idle. Immediately he took off his hat, stooped to Mungoguire Khan, and said loudly in Tatar:

"The common messenger of the Hanseatic League and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, congratulations to the Great Khan of Kipchak, the communist god of the grasslands, Fu Yongxiang, Shou and Tianqi..." Without noticing, Marin used the flattering lines of Li Wei Xiaobao in Ludingji... ...but, there are no immortals in Europe, we can only enjoy the blessings of gods forever...

Unexpectedly, the effect of this flattery line is quite good. Hearing Malin's almost shameless flattery, Mungoguirehan's dignified and tense face immediately showed a smile...

Seeing that the effect was good, Marin immediately stepped up and prepared to flatter Mungoguirehan. Anyway, flattering didn't cost money...