After Marin entered the territory of the Crimean Khanate with 200 men and 500 Lithuanian cavalry, he was quickly discovered by Tatar herdsmen, and then, on the steppes of the Black Sea coast, a long horn sounded. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Half a day later, a large group of Tatar cavalry, numbering about two thousand people, surrounded Marin's troops......

Marin looked at it, and it was obvious that these Tatar cavalry were all composed of local herdsmen, and their weapons and equipment were not good. Each of them was no more than a scimitar, a bow and a pot of arrows, and not even armor. The officer, who was only a fraction of the head, wore Mongolian armor with oriental characteristics.

"Who are you? What did you do in Crimea? The bearded Tatar cavalry commander shouted loudly in Tatar.

However, they can also see that this team does not look like an intruder. Because, all the armies, it seems, are protecting a carriage. It looks like there was something important in the carriage.

But in fact, there was no one in the carriage, only a large chest full of gold coins and some miscellaneous items.

Of the entire team, only Marin knew Tatar. There was no way, Marin rode out of the ranks, came to the bearded Tatar officer, and replied in Tatar:

"We are a mission to the Great Khan of Mongkojire, from ......"

"Smack-" A whip shadow flashed, Marin was fortunate to be a knight, and he was also practiced. As soon as he bent down, the general avoided the whip. Otherwise, if this whip was drawn to his face according to the original trajectory, he would probably be out of shape.

At this moment, all 200 of Marin's men changed color. With a "brush", 200 of his men drew their sabers or drew their carbines and aimed them at the Tatar officer who was wielding the whip......

The Tatar officer was also taken aback, but instead of retreating, he shouted arrogantly:

"The name of the Great Khan is also what you can call it? To call the Kipchak Great Khan, you know? ”

Of course, this bearded man can also see that Marin is about to be an important person, and he no longer wields a whip. Otherwise, the 200 people who drew their swords would definitely rush over. In addition, there are 500 Lithuanian cavalry on the side.

This bearded Tatar officer, Sadat, was the head of a thousand households along the border between the Crimean Khanate and Lithuania. His clan is responsible for grazing cattle in the border areas, and is also responsible for guarding the border. If the Crimean Khan went on an expedition, Sadat would lead a thousand young men from his tribe to follow him. But when guarding the border, this tribe, including the old and weak, can make up more than 2,000 cavalry. What Marin saw in front of him was the entire strength of Sadat's tribe.

In fact, in the face of the 700 well-equipped cavalry led by Marin, Sadat did not have a bottom in his heart. It's just that the Crimeans are used to being arrogant in Eastern Europe, and when facing Marin, they don't want to whip it over, which almost leads to a conflict.

Although Marin is also very hot, after all, if he hadn't reacted quickly, he would have flowers on his face. However, he did not come this time to fight with a petty officer in the Crimea, but to shoulder an important mission.

So, with a wave of his hand, he stopped his men. Anyway, I wasn't drawn, so there's no need to get along with a petty officer.

Then, Marin patiently told the bearded man named Sadat that he was an envoy representing the three major powers of the Hanseatic League, Sweden and Lithuania, and that after hearing that the Great Khan of Crimea had eliminated the original Kipchak Khan and became the new Great Khan of Kipchak, he had come from thousands of miles to congratulate him......

Marin did not say the real purpose, anyway, when he arrived in the capital of the Crimean Khanate and met Möngogre Khan, he had time to persuade Möngkegire Khan and start a war bribery plan.

In addition, he did not reveal his true identity. Otherwise, with the robber characteristics of the Crimeans, I heard that the count of a wealthy Earl came in person, and maybe he would really get rid of the kidnapping and ask the Earl of East Friesland to take the ransom in exchange.

Therefore, the cautious Marin did not reveal his true identity to the Crimeans and did not even tell the origin of the East Friesian Lamber. However, the mere representation of the two powerful forces, the Hanseatic League and Lithuania, is enough to attract the attention of the other side.

Instead of allowing Marin's troops to advance, Sadat first placed them near his tribe and placed them under their watchful day and night. Because, Marin's team numbered more than 700 people, and most of them were elite cavalry.

Such a huge armed force, if it penetrates deep into the heart of Crimea, can also cause great damage. Therefore, the cautious Sadat left Marin and them first, and he himself sent someone to the capital, Bakhchisalai, and delivered Marin's handwritten letter in Tatar asking for congratulations. Then, wait for a reply from Bakhchisare's side.

The Crimean Khanate was indeed relatively poor, there were basically no food crops here, and commerce was also very underdeveloped. Although Marin brought money, he couldn't buy any exquisite food. There's only one thing, and that's beef and mutton.

After all, the Crimean Khanate was of Mongol descent, and the characteristics of the Mongol tribes were very similar. They usually graze, and when the Great Khan has a call, they take a saber and follow the Great Khan to cut people, grab things, and even, rob people......

Therefore, after entering the Crimea, Marin should not think about living in a good hotel, but live honestly in a tent. If you want to buy a house, you have to go to one of the few big cities such as Bakhchisaray or Kaffa. In other areas, it's better to live in a tent honestly. Moreover, you can only eat barbecue and drink some mare's milk or something.

However, the barbecue here is really cheap. A fat, roasted whole lamb weighing 50 pounds, which the Crimeans sold to Marin for only 40 pfennigs. On average, a pound of lamb is less than 1 pinknig. Unlike in Germany, a pound of mutton costs 3 pfennigs. Even if it is wholesale, the minimum is 2 pfennigs.

It's no wonder, after all, Crimea is a country where all people graze, and the last thing in the country is beef and mutton. In Germany, the main thing is agriculture, and although the scale of animal husbandry is not small, it is not the mainstream.

Therefore, whether it is the price of live animals or meat, the Crimean side is lower than the German side, and it is much lower.

Not to mention the Crimea, there is the Polish-Lithuanian region, where the price of livestock and meat is lower than in Germany. For example, Marin and the Poles buy a cow, and a strong cow only costs 10 gold coins, which is equivalent to 600 fennig. And the native German cow costs at least 20 gold coins per cow.

It is no wonder that in Eastern Europe, especially Lithuania, there are actually many places that originally belonged to the Rus' region, which was originally influenced by the Golden Horde and was popular for grazing. Therefore, in Eastern Europe, the price of cattle and sheep is generally low.

The price of cattle and sheep in Crimea is even lower. Because, Crimea has been plundering neighboring countries all year round, resulting in poor relations between the Crimean Khanate and neighboring countries, and it is difficult to carry out trade.

And Ottoman Turkey, which has the best relations with the Crimean Khanate, is itself a large livestock country, and it is impossible to import cattle and sheep from Crimea.

Not only that, but both the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Lithuania are also big livestock countries, and there is no shortage of cattle and sheep at all, and they will not import cattle and sheep from the Crimean Khanate.

In desperation, the impoverished Crimean Khanate began to engage in human trafficking, relying on the sale of slaves to Turkey to maintain its economy.

Therefore, the Crimean Khanate regarded plundering and human trafficking as the mainstay of its economy, and to a certain extent, it was also forced. After all, the only economic model of the Crimean Khanate was nomadism.

It is a pity that its neighboring countries are all large animal husbandry countries, while the Catholic areas in the west, which are not very developed in animal husbandry, may not be willing to import their cattle and sheep because of their opposition and resistance to the Green Religion. Therefore, as a last resort, coupled with their own bandit nature, they simply regard plundering and human trafficking as their main business......

What makes the neighbors of the Crimean Khanate depressed is that this poor ghost trafficker country is particularly powerful. Even if they tried to stop it, they didn't have the power.

You must know that although the Crimean Khanate has a population of only about 200,000, there are as many as 40,000 fully equipped regular cavalry. If the whole people are mobilized, plus the old and weak, seventy or eighty thousand cavalry can be mobilized.

Moreover, because they are all light cavalry, they are all good at riding and shooting. These Tatar cavalry came and went without a trace, and European countries such as Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which were dominated by infantry, had no way to take them.

Therefore, for such a Crimea, even Marin feels a headache and can only choose to buy and woo, rather than turn against it.

Because, the Crimeans are too maneuverable. Even if you send troops to besiege the Crimean capital of Bakhchisale, if the Crimeans see that they can't be defeated, they can choose to get on the horse and move and flee as a whole. You can't catch up if you want to, and even if you do, you can only catch some old and weak, and it doesn't make much sense. Because, those Crimean Tatar cavalry who escaped can completely rob women again, give birth to more children, and continue.

Later, Russia, after annexing the Zaporozhye Cossacks and Dunhe Cossacks, also possessed a large number of highly mobile light cavalry, began to ignore the Tatar cavalry of the Crimea. Even, the expansion of Tsarist Russia was carried out by fierce Cossacks......

Therefore, if you want to deal with a difficult country like the Crimean Khanate, which is full of cavalry, it is best to have a large number of cavalry that also has high mobility capabilities.

If there are not enough cavalry to suppress them, then it is the best choice to choose to befriend them for the time being, or even spend money to buy them off......