The Rise of the European Emperor

After sending Jama Khan away, Marin couldn't wait to send someone to invite 32 Cossacks among the 100 Cossacks to his palace. Then, Marin ordered someone to entertain the Cossacks with good wine and good food.

Inside the palace compound, Marin was sitting on the steps, guarded by Kahn and other guards to prevent the Cossacks from suddenly attacking. And the 32 Cossacks had a table in front of each of them. Then, the waiters at the palace brought big dishes such as braised pork and beer roast duck, each of which was very generous. At the same time, in front of each Cossack man, there was a one-pound bottle of rye Erguotou.

"Whiskey?" Sure enough, among this group of strong Cossacks, some people know the goods. This man was relatively well-dressed, probably originally the chief of the Cossack tribe or something. So, he knew the best-selling whisky in Eastern Europe (rye Erguotou).

Probably greedy, this rough-looking man couldn't wait to pull out the cork, took a big mouthful, and then showed a very comfortable expression.

The Cossacks on the side were stunned, so they quickly asked in Kievan Rus (Ukrainian):

"Poshkin, what are you drinking?"

They didn't recognize what was in the bottle in front of them, and it was no wonder they had never seen wine so clear. After all, the wine that these ordinary Cossacks usually drink is muddy. In other words, in the whole of Europe, the wine that people drink now, whether it is wine or beer, is cloudy in color. Although whisky is a little dark in color because it is mixed with substances such as brown sugar, it is still much clearer than inferior and cloudy wine. Therefore, it is normal for these turtles to not recognize wine.

The Cossack named Boshkin burped with satisfaction, and suddenly there was a strong smell of alcohol. This time without his explanation, the other Cossack men also knew that it was alcohol. And, from the smell of Boshkin's booze burp -- it's strong. Otherwise, Boshkin only took a sip, and he would not burp such a heavy wine...

Then, without Marin's greeting, these Cossacks pulled out the corks one after another and scrambled to pour them into their mouths...

It was probably because they were in a hurry, or because some people had never drunk such a strong drink, and several Cossacks choked on it. However, this did not stop them from continuing to drink...

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"Cha! I haven't even said the banquet, and these bastards have been drinking? It's too unruly, right?" Marin was a little stunned.

But Marin was relieved to think that the entire group of Cossacks was best known for being unruly.

Throughout the centuries of Cossack history, most of the time,

Cossacks are synonymous with poor discipline. The biggest characteristic of the Cossack cavalry is the ferocious personality, but the military discipline is lax. Such an army is very good at fighting against the wind, but fighting against the wind... let's not mention it...

However, the Cossack also has his advantages, that is, super mobility. Eastern European Mongolian horses are endurance breeds, so the Cossack cavalry is as mobile as the Mongolian cavalry.

It is precisely because of the great mobility of the Cossacks that successive tsars recruited Cossacks and occupied the vast Siberia, all the way to the Far East.

Marin recruited Cossacks. In addition to using the Cossack cavalry to help him defeat his opponents, he also had the intention of using the Cossacks to help him conquer America.

These undisciplined Cossacks may not be able to beat the regular European troops, but there is no problem in bullying the Indians who have not yet obtained war horses.

Although Marin's population is currently insufficient, it is not enough to manage the entire America, but it is no problem to use tens of thousands of Cossacks to occupy the territory first.

Moreover, the brutality of the Cossacks against civilians was, in a sense, what Marin needed. You know, the competition for land is extremely cruel.

If Marin wanted to occupy the entire America, he would inevitably have a bloody conflict with the original owners of the land, the Indians. After all, everyone wants fertile land.

Just like in the Russian Far East, in order to permanently occupy the Far East, Tsarist Russia either killed or expelled the local Chinese. In the 21st century, the Far East is basically all Maozi, and there are no Chinese. The "Sixty-four Tunnels in Jiangdong" massacre was Mao Zi's purge of the annexed Chinese in the Far East.

Not to mention Maozi's barbarism, but Maozi's purge of the Chinese in the Far East did lead to very few Chinese in the Far East in later generations. So much so that Huaxia couldn't do it if she wanted to go back to the Far East - you said that you want this land, what about public opinion? The local residents are all Maozi, and they are willing to merge into China? Huaxia really wants to take back the Far East, and even if it takes over this land, it will face resistance from the local Maozi residents. Unless you get rid of them all. Otherwise, there will be no peace. Moreover, in the process of driving away Maozi, there must be blood all over the floor.

In the same way, it was almost necessary for Marin to firmly occupy the Americas and drive out the indigenous peoples there. Otherwise, there will be ethnic conflicts in the future. Just like Bosnia and Herzegovina, the three ethnic groups of Serbs, Croats and Muslims played dog brains...

But the Germans were relatively civilized, and Marin also forbade soldiers from killing civilians. But colonizing America was bound to be accompanied by bloody conflicts over land. Since the German regular army did not do such dirty work, those brutal Cossacks became Marin's best choice.

Marin can learn from the Maozi Ivan IV. On the one hand, he used the Cossacks to conquer the Americas, driving and slaughtering the local people; , sacked the Tatars with Cossacks, and finally unified the Eastern European steppe. Then, Ivan IV was also honored by Mao Zi as the Great Emperor and Thunder Emperor.

In other words, the Cossacks will become the "black gloves" of the Marin's conquest of the Americas. All the blood and violence will be pushed on the Cossacks. And Marin will always be "wise".

Sitting on the high platform, Marin was stunned for a while, and forgot to greet the Cossacks.

However, these Cossacks did not even know what "kindness" was. Probably because the whiskey was too loud, these Cossacks grabbed the beer duck directly with their hands. The waiters quickly handed over the spoons, and then these idiots began to use the spoons to dig the braised pork...

"Oh my god! These dishes are so delicious!"

"Oh, Allah, these dishes are so delicious!"

Then, these Cossacks, who usually like to drink in big bowls and eat big pieces of meat, are like reincarnations of starving ghosts, eating and drinking fiercely...

The composition of the Cossacks is very complex. The main body of Ukrainian Cossacks is Ukrainian, but there are also Poles, Lithuanians, and a small number of Tatars.

The Tatars believed in Allah, however, these Tatars who became Cossacks were not sincere in their beliefs. Because, according to the rules of Allah, drinking alcohol and eating pork are not allowed. However, these Tatars, who became Cossacks, not only drank strong wine from large bowls, but also devoured the braised pork made of pork, ignoring the canon at all. Not to mention these free and unruly Cossacks, the Tatars of the Crimean Khanate, although they do not eat pork (mainly because there are too many cattle and sheep in the Eastern European grasslands, there is no need to eat pork), but they also drink less wine.

Moreover, since they have become Cossacks, these people themselves are idiots who don't care about the rules, and don't care about their beliefs.

After a meal of wine and meat, this group of Cossacks was immediately bribed. The Cossack leader named Boshkin told Marin through an interpreter that as long as there is enough wine and meat in the future, the whole family will not be hungry, and his life will be sold to Marin in the future...

"Hahahaha!" Marin laughed. For him, wine and meat, as much as he wants. What he lacks most now is a senior thug.

However, for this group of Cossacks, although Marin accepted them, he did not arrange them in one place, but divided them into two parts and arranged them in two German-style Cossack villages that had been built. In this way, the number of people is small, and it can also prevent these Cossacks from becoming too powerful to accept discipline.

Moreover, in the future, Marin will continue to follow this example, mixing these authentic Ukrainian Cossacks with fake German Cossacks, so as to prevent the Cossacks from getting out of control. At the same time, the village chiefs and military chiefs of those Cossack villages will also be Germans. But in order to respect those Ukrainian Cossacks, a Cossack chief was also elected as an adjutant. In this way, it is also possible to ensure as much as possible that the Cossacks will not lose control.

Finally, there is the question of faith. After all, most of these Cossacks from Eastern Europe are either Orthodox or Allah, and only a few believe in Catholicism. However, as the monarch of a Catholic country, Marin must ensure that the whole country is Catholic.

So Marin sent people to test the Cossacks and try to convert them to Catholicism. Of course, some tricks were used - the supply of unconverted spirits and meat was halved...

As a result, this group of Cossacks, whose beliefs were not firm in the first place, converted without hesitation...

Marin had to admit that he overestimated the integrity of the Cossacks. In fact, in the original history, these Cossacks who originally believed in different religions also believed in the Eastern Orthodox Church at the request of the tsar. Therefore, the issue of conversion is not a big deal for the Cossacks who have no morals. If your faith is firm, you won't be a Cossack...