The Rise of the European Emperor

After negotiating the price of buying Eastern European Mongolian horses (Don Hippo) with Mungojirehan, the atmosphere between the two sides became more harmonious. Next, Marin was invited to a seat by Mungojirehan, and received courtesy and hospitality.

At this time, not only Mungojirehan, but other Crimean nobles, looked at Marin with fiery eyes. You must know that although the Crimean Khanate has only a population of 250,000, counting the newly conquered Golden Horde, it has a population of only 400,000. However, its land area, including the newly conquered Golden Horde, reached more than 200,000 square kilometers. Moreover, most of them are the warmest grasslands in Eastern Europe on the Black Sea.

Therefore, there are countless horses, cattle and sheep in the Crimean Khanate. The great aristocrats of the Crimean Khanate who were present had at least a total of hundreds of thousands of horses, cattle and sheep.

However, in the past, because the allies of the Crimean Khanate were all short of horses, cattle and sheep, and other countries had no dealings with the Crimean Khanate and were even hostile to each other. Therefore, so many cattle and sheep can only be eaten by themselves. Even if it can be sold, it is still a very low price.

Therefore, if someone can really buy the horses, cattle and sheep of the Crimean Khanate on a large scale, it is definitely a great thing for the great nobles in Crimea who have countless livestock under their names.

Marin did not reveal his true identity, but only said that he was a representative of a large chamber of commerce called the North Sea Chamber of Commerce under the Hanseatic League, but had the right to decide whether to import livestock from the Crimean Khanate. Therefore, at this moment, the nobles of the Crimean Khanate, including Mungojirehan, regarded Marin as a little god of wealth, and their attitude was much more polite than before.

The two deputy envoys from the Hanseatic League, as well as the deputy envoys sent by Lithuania, had no idea what they said to Marin and Mungoguirehan. Because they don't know Tatar.

When Marin said that he would buy 1,000 warhorses from the Crimean Khanate, the Hanseatic League did not care, but the Lithuanian deputy envoy expressed his objection:

"Lord Marin, why import livestock from the Crimean Khanate? We also have a lot of horses, cattle and sheep for sale in Lithuania!"

In fact, more than half of the 50,000 cattle headed from Poland to Germany each year come from the Ukrainian steppe controlled by Lithuania.

However, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland are a common confederation, and these animals are very convenient to transit through Poland. Even in 1569, after Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were reunited into a federation (the federation is one, the confederation is not one), the Ukrainian region was ceded to the Kingdom of Poland. Therefore, the history books say that Poland exports 50,000 cattle to the German region every year. And that "Poland" was actually the later "Poland-Lithuanian Commonwealth", not the now long and narrow kingdom of Poland.

Therefore, the Lithuanian deputy envoy expressed dissatisfaction with Marin's large-scale import of war horses from the Crimean Khanate and wanted to win the list. Because, Lithuania also has a lot of horses. After all, the Ukrainian steppe is now the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

"Deputy Envoy Victor, I know that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has plenty of livestock, but, did you know? My choice to import livestock from the Crimean Khanate is of great political significance. If we do not import livestock from the Crimean Khanate. How can they be willing to help us fight the Grand Duchy of Moscow? Are those orders more important, or is the national security of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania more important?”

Marin explained to Lithuania's deputy envoy Viktor the reason for this, of course, this is only one of them. The Eastern European Mongolian horses of the Crimean Khanate are resistant to rough feeding and are very suitable for military horses, which is also an important reason.

However, this reason alone was enough to shut up Vice-Envoy Victor. Victor did not forget the desperate situation in which the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was jointly oppressed by the Crimean Khanate and the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the past two years, and was forced to cede several cities and vast grasslands.

Then, Marin brought up the cattle trade...

Before,

Marin asked Polish businessmen to buy more than 20,000 cattle. Among them, the price of each cow is only about 10 gold coins. However, due to Marin's aggressive cuts, beef prices in southern Germany and Italy, where traditionally imported Polish-Lithuanian cattle herds are imported, have risen due to shortages.

Now, the price of Polish cattle has reached 13 gold coins per head. Honestly, the price is pretty cheap. In Germany, the price of a strong cow is as high as 20 gold coins.

But Marin is not satisfied, everyone wants to spend less money to buy what they want. So Marin offered to import cattle from Crimea...

Now Marin has been promoted from the "little God of Wealth" in the eyes of many Tatar nobles in Crimea to the "Great God of Wealth"...

This kind of thing, cattle, usually eat grass. Only when ploughing the land and pulling the plough, because it is too hard, will there be an opportunity to "add meals" to eat feed.

Therefore, there is no cost at all to raise cattle at all. The herdsmen only need to drive the cattle to the prairie to graze. While the Crimean Khanate had no agriculture, horse farming was also popular in Eastern Europe, rather than cattle farming. Therefore, the sales of cattle in the Crimean Khanate is also very problematic. They are generally digested within the country and used to eat meat and provide milk.

When Marin asked about the price of the cattle, not only the Tatar nobles, but also Mungoguirehan were excited. You must know that, as the Khan of the Crimean Khanate, Mongoggire Khan has the most cattle and sheep. The number of cattle alone is as high as more than 90,000.

If there is a market for these cows, Monggojirehan will also make a fortune...

Then, the two sides carried out "bargaining" in a friendly and stubborn manner. Marin was sure that the animals of the Crimean Khanate were unsustainable, and desperately suppressed the price, reducing the price of each cow to 7.5 gold coins per head.

In fact, at this time, Meng Gerehan's heart had already turned over with laughter. Marin thought he had made a lot of money, but he didn't know that when the Crimean Khanate exported cattle to Turkey at a low price, the Turks only gave 5 gold coins a head, the full price of cabbage... Marin was so ruthless according to Poland The price of cattle is still half the price of cattle exported from the Crimean Khanate to Turkey...

Marin, who thought he had taken advantage of it, told Mungojirehan proudly that when he returned, he would make up the decision of the headquarters to import a large number of live cattle from the Crimean Khanate. If it goes well, the annual import volume may reach 10,000...

As soon as he heard this number, Mungojirehan was no longer calm, and almost came down to hang shoulders with Marin...

You know, at 7.5 gold coins per cow, 10,000 cows are 75,000 gold coins! Sigmund I was able to buy Mungojirehan with 15,000 gold coins. The annual super list of 75,000 gold coins almost made Mongojirehan faint...

Even, because the amount of 10,000 heads per year is too amazing, a group of Tatar nobles in the main hall approached Monggojirehan and asked for a certain "export share" to avoid being swallowed by the greedy Mongojirehan. .

In fact, Mungojirehan really intends to swallow this big list. However, the other nobles in the hall were easy to handle. The 40,000 households were all powerful nobles with heavy troops, and Mongoji Leihan could not ignore their demands. Therefore, for this matter, Mungojirehan decided to convene a court meeting to decide the distribution...

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Seeing that the release of 10,000 cows was so important to the Crimean Khanate, Marin felt confident, and finally revealed the real purpose...

"Khan, you have become the co-owner of the Kipchak steppe. I wonder if the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Ryazan Principality and other Rus countries have paid you tithe?" Asking", in fact, his whole spirit was tense at this time. Because it's time for a decisive battle...

"Ah? 'Tithes'?" Mungojirehan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head:

"No, in the era of Ahei Ma Khan, they stopped paying tithes."

At the beginning, the reason why the Grand Duchy of Moscow colluded with the Crimean Khanate to create the Golden Horde was to refuse to pay the "tithing" that should be paid to the Golden Horde. Moreover, Ahema Khan did not ask the Grand Duchy of Moscow to pay all the "tithing", as long as half of it was enough, but the Grand Duchy of Moscow was still very unhappy. Because even half of them are scary. The Crimean Khanate and the Grand Duchy of Moscow are allied, and naturally they are embarrassed to ask for "tithing". Moreover, the Grand Duchy of Moscow is not good, but a powerful faction.

"Khan, I heard that the Grand Duchy of Moscow has a population of several million. If everyone pays tithes to you...the annual tax amount should be at least a million gold coins..." Marin said with a delusional tone. said. But in the ears of Mungojirehan and the Tatar nobles, it was like a thunderbolt...

Millions of Gold Coins… Million Gold Coins… Ten Thousand Gold Coins… Gold Coins…

All of a sudden, Meng Gere Khan and many Tatar nobles were short of breath, and they all fell into contemplation...

Yes, the population of the Grand Duchy of Moscow is the largest in Eastern Europe. If the collection of "tithing" is resumed in the Grand Duchy of Moscow, will the Crimeans still need to snatch human beings and sell them as slaves? Moreover, in the past year, they dispatched so many large-scale cavalry, and the slaves they grabbed were only sold for about 100,000 gold coins, and they often did not even reach this number.

However, if the collection of "tithing" in the Rus countries is resumed, every young person will be able to get millions of gold coins, which is much better than robbery...

Seeing that Mongojirehan and the Tatar nobles fell into contemplation, Marin naturally wanted to make persistent efforts:

"Khan, the collection of 'tithing' from the Rus countries is the power given to the Kipchak Khan by God. The Grand Duchy of Moscow refuses to pay it. It's really untidy!"

After speaking, Marin looked indignant, as if he had been insulted by the furries of the Grand Duchy of Moscow...