The war between the Crimean Khanate and the Ryazan Principality, a vassal state of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, was fought very well, as the Muscovite army was fighting in Finland, and the Ryazan Principality did not have reinforcements to help defend against the attack of the Crimean army. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSo, the city of Ryazan was breached.

After the city of Ryazan was breached, the whole city was sacked in blood. Not only were their belongings and food looted, but many residents were also killed. As long as the Crimean soldiers do not cooperate in the robbery, the scimitars of the Crimean soldiers will fall......

Fortunately, the city of Ryazan was once attacked by the Grand Duchy of Moscow. In order to flee for his life, the Duke of Ryazan, Ivan. Ivanovich, with his family and some of the nobles, entered a secret passage in the backyard of the palace, hid and escaped. In fact, that secret passage was a special passage used by the previous Duke of Ryazan to have an affair with a certain Ryazan noblewoman. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, he saved the lives of the Duke of Ryazan's family and some Ryazan nobles, which is really impermanent......

Those who were estranged from the Duke of Ryazan had no chance of falling into that secret passage. Then, the whole family was killed. If you are lucky, you will be kidnapped by the Crimeans and you will be able to redeem it as long as you take the money. Unlucky, the city was cut down by the Crimean Tatars when it was broken......

The city of Ryazan was the center of the Principality of Ryazan, which was the richer agricultural state of the Rus' states. Therefore, the Crimean Khanate made a lot of money this time, seizing a lot of food and property.

Later, after more than two months of sweeping, the Crimean Khanate seized 500,000 bags of rye (about 100 pounds each), thousands of cattle and horses, and more than 200 truckloads of various goods in the Ryazan region. This time, Möngkejire Khan led his troops to recruit in person, and when he saw so many captures, Möngkejire Khan's smug laughter could not be stopped......

Not only that, but the Crimeans plundered 40,000 people in the Ryazan principality. Of these, young women account for half. In addition, 8,000 are children and 12,000 are men.

Most of the captured men were strong men, but they didn't have the courage to resist. As for those who resisted, they had long been chopped into meat sauce by the scimitars of the Tatar cavalry......

The Grand Duchy of Moscow brought back 20,000 elites who had invaded Finland, but did not dare to rescue Ryazan. Because, the Crimean Khanate came with 40,000 main cavalry this time, which can be regarded as the elite exhausted. If it relied on the fortified city, the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow would dare to fight. But in the wilderness, these 20,000 elites were not enough for the Crimean Tatar cavalry to cut down.

Therefore, Prince Vasily, the regent of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, could only endure it alive and did not dare to send troops to fight the Crimean Khanate.

However, what the hairy people of the Grand Duchy of Moscow did not expect was that the steppe peoples had always admired only those brave people. For the forbearance of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Crimean Khanate, which has always been domineering, will not only not appreciate it, but will also inspire their bandit ambitions of "coming next time......

However, after transporting all the belongings, food, livestock, and prisoners back to the Crimean Khanate, Möngogir Khan was not in a better mood.

Because, although Marin has a trade agreement with it, there are not enough ships to go to the port of Kaffa to transport slaves. As for the land road, it has been made clear in advance that you can only walk cattle and horses, not people. Because the slave trade is too dishonorable and not allowed by the Holy See. Therefore, the slave trade ships could only go along the Mediterranean line.

However, Marin currently does not have enough galleys suitable to run the Mediterranean to transport people to Port Kaffa. After all, the Mediterranean Sea is not very suitable for sailing in the Mediterranean because of the light wind and waves, and the wind often stops, so ordinary sailing ships are not suitable for sailing in it, and can only use galleys.

However, Marin now only has two 500-ton modified galleys in his hands, which are used to run the Egyptian trade routes. Egypt was also an important trade route, and it would be unwise to stop it and transport slaves to the Crimean Khanate's port of Kaffa.

The 40,000 slaves captured by Ryazan consumed a staggering amount of food every day. Although the Crimeans were already mistreating the slaves, they still had to give a lot of food every day.

40,000 mouths, the food consumed every day made Möngke Jire Khan very painful. Therefore, Möngogiré Khan sent an envoy to Lithuania in a hurry, claiming that if the "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" represented by Marin did not transport slaves, he would turn his face and tear up the previous peace treaty and re-ally with the Grand Duchy of Moscow......

The Grand Duke of Lithuania, Alexander, also panicked, and immediately sent someone to East Friesland to urge Marin to hurry up and receive those slaves. Otherwise, if the Crimean Khanate really rejoined forces with Maozi, the Lithuanians would be out of luck.

When Marin heard about Möngkejire Khan's threat, he was also at a loss. He didn't want the Crimean Khanate to join forces with Maozi again, otherwise, Maozi really couldn't suppress it.

For the sake of the long term, Marin decided, to meet the demands of the Crimeans and buy half of the slaves.

However, it was easy to pay, but it was very difficult to transport the 20,000 slaves back to East Friesland. Because, that's 20,000 people, not 20,000 goods......

Marin now had only two galleys suitable for sailing in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and although each of them was relatively large, it was used to transport slaves, and each ship could transport three or four hundred people to the sky at a time. For 20,000 slaves, Marin couldn't think of a good way.

Count on the shipyard to copy a few more improved 500-ton galleys, and it will be too late. Because, in a hurry to get rid of these slaves who waste food, the Crimeans are urging very hard. And it takes months to build a ship, where will the irascible Tatars wait?

Employing a Venetian ship to consign is a solution to the problem. However, this approach is not advisable. For if the Venetians had gone around preaching Marin's wanton buying slaves from the infidels, Marin's reputation would have been ruined.

After thinking about it, Marin finally decided to buy a boat......

Marin was not short of sailors, and he now had tens of thousands of Frisian fishermen under his rule, and it was easy to pick sailors from among them. Although the galley is not quite the same as the Kirk sailboat, the principle of operation is generally similar, and only the row of oars is a bit more difficult. After all, when there is no wind in the Mediterranean, the galleys rely on the sailors to paddle to solve the power problem.

When Kohler heard Marin's call, he immediately came:

"Young master, do you have something to do with me?"

"Well, I made an agreement with the Crimean Khanate to buy the Slavic slaves they captured. It's a pity that I don't have enough ships on my hands to transport people to the Crimean Khanate. So, I want you to send someone to Italy to buy a galley......"

"Understood, I'll send someone to do it right away!"

"Ahh He knew that it was easy to buy a boat, after all, there were many boats in Venice. The sailors were also easy to handle, and the Frisian fishermen under his command were very good at controlling the sails and fishing. However, he is short of professionals in paddling......

Don't underestimate paddling, paddling is also a technical job. Those who are skilled in boating can use the least amount of effort to maximize the speed of the boat. And those who don't know how to paddle can paddle, not to mention the effort, the efficiency is low, and the sustainability is also very low.

"Young master, why are you sighing?" Kohler was a little puzzled by Marin's long sigh - wasn't everything settled?

"The ships are fine, and the sailors are fine. However, we lack skilled oarsmen and sailors. After all, sailing in the Mediterranean requires a large number of oarsmen. Marin sighed.

"That's it?" Kohler asked, looking surprised.

"Do you know how to fix it?" Marin was also taken aback. You know, it takes at least a few months for a number of oarsmen to be trained.

"Of course, as I've said for Alt, it's very popular in Italy to buy slaves for rowing on galleys. When the time comes, when you buy a boat, you can spend a little more money and buy some slaves from the Italian slave market that are specially used for paddling......"

"Paddle...... Slave? Marin was a little stunned.

"That's right, paddling slave. It is said that only a small number of these paddling slaves were local Italian sailors, and most of the rest were bought by Venetians from Eastern Europe. Many paddling slaves were simply bought by the Venetians from the Crimean Khanate at a low price. ”

"......I see," Marin realized.

So Marin instructed Kohler to go to Italy and buy a batch of galleys. At the same time, buy a group of paddling slaves who are proficient in paddling. Coupled with the Frisian sailors, who were skilled in sailing ships, Marin would be able to organize a fleet of galleys in a short period of time, which could be used to transport a large number of slaves to the port of Kaffa in the Crimean Khanate......