In fact, there were more Russians in this era. The population of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, at this time was estimated at more than 6 million. Marin, however, prefers to solicit Ukrainians rather than Russians.

Why? Because of religious issues!

Although Ukrainians and Russians at this time were both Eastern Slavs and believed in the same Orthodox Church, the beliefs of the two ethnic groups on Orthodox Christianity were different.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow is a staunch Orthodox state, and its inhabitants are mostly staunch Orthodox Christians. The Ukrainians, on the other hand, are more complicated, because the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is a Catholic country......

Under the rule of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, although the Ukrainians still maintain the Orthodox faith, because Catholicism is the state religion of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Ukrainians do not reject Catholicism. After all, that's the state religion. Even, some Ukrainians converted to Catholicism in order to blend in with the upper echelons of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

The Russians, on the other hand, are Orthodox Christians who have eaten the scales and have an iron heart. After the fall of Constantinople, the Grand Duchy of Moscow became the only remaining sovereign state with Orthodox Christianity as the state religion. Moreover, the current Grand Duke of Moscow, Vasily III, because his mother was a member of the royal family of the Byzantine Empire, also considered himself the heir of the Eastern Roman Empire. In fact, he preached that the Grand Duchy of Moscow was the "Third Rome", which made the Russians more firm in their belief in Orthodox Christianity.

Unlike Ukrainians, accustomed to Catholicism, Russians have an unusually strong Orthodox faith that is difficult to change. Therefore, Marin is not happy to recruit Russians as nationals, but more than Ukrainians, who are accustomed to Catholicism.

What the? You say that the faith of Ukrainians is difficult to change? This one is too simple. After Simon became the Count of Ukraine, Marin would find a way to send a large number of German missionaries to the Ukrainian region, and try to transfer the Orthodox missionaries from the Ukrainian area.

When the time comes, do you want to pray? The church was full of Catholic missionaries, preaching Catholicism all day long. If it doesn't work for a day or two, what about a lifetime? If you don't believe it, you won't be lame......

Then, Marin learned the trick of holding meetings in rural China in later generations - converting to Catholicism and distributing welfare......

The welfare is not too good, the Catholics give out food and salted fish or something during the New Year's holidays, and even two pots of spirits, but the Orthodox Christians do not have ...... Plus the church is full of Catholic missionaries...... Human beings with the nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages will know how to choose......

It is not advisable to blindly use violence to force ordinary people to change their faith. However, without some means, verbal persuasion alone will not be very effective.

So, on the one hand, Marin supported the Orthodox missionaries, so that the Orthodox Christians could not find Orthodox priests to worship. After that, with the lure of grain and salted fish, which were very popular in this era, and the favorite liquor of Eastern Europe, many people must have fallen. If there is one, there will be two, and then it will be much easier......

And the Russians, because they are not accustomed to the dominance of Catholicism, it is too difficult to demagogue. Therefore, Marin does not solicit Russian men now, and is only willing to accept Mao Mei. Mao Mei is a woman, and she is much easier to persuade than men. Even, in this era, there is no need for patient persuasion - domestic violence is honest after a meal......

Although this practice may be criticized by later generations of feminist bigwigs, it is not unusual in this era. Not to mention that this era is not unusual, even in Russia in later generations, it is not uncommon to beat a wife.

After these hairy girls were bought by Marin, most of them married soldiers in the army. At that time, will the child born be able to convert to Orthodox Christianity? Not to mention that Mao Mei didn't dare to blow up in front of her husband in this era, and future generations didn't dare to ......

As for the hairy men, Marin doesn't have the heart to recruit them at the moment. At most, he would buy castrated hairy men from Crimean slave traders...... Well, it shouldn't be called a man, but Mao's father-in-law......

Mao's father-in-law could not give birth to offspring, and most of them served as domestic servants or slaves, which naturally did not affect religious issues.

Don't underestimate the issue of religion, in this day and age, because of religious issues, people can fight each other's lives. Wars of Religion, which one was not a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood? Therefore, Malinin could accept Ukrainians who were accustomed to the presence of Catholicism, and was unwilling to accept Maozi. Otherwise, there will be religious conflicts in the country in the future......

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In order to prepare for the temptation of Ukrainians to convert, Marin specially summoned Taylor, the bishop of the North Sea State. This person is a big fool, and he has also helped Marin cultivate a lot of small fools.

This time, Marin still approached him and asked him to prepare a group of missionaries who are good at demagogizing the people and send them to Kyiv to fool the local Ukrainians into converting to Catholicism.

In order to facilitate communication, Marin specially sent people to the Ukrainian church and hired missionaries who knew German to serve as Ukrainian language teachers at the theology department of the University of Aurich, where Bishop Taylor was the president.

When the students of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Aurich learned the Ukrainian language, they could be sent to the Ukrainian regions to fool the locals into converting. In addition, you can teach German to local children for free as a teacher.

Today's Bishop Taylor is no longer the same as it used to be. Not to mention his own strong flickering ability, now, he has trained several batches of students with strong flickering ability for Marin, and was sent by Marin to various places and the army, vigorously advocating Marin's greatness and calling on people to be loyal to Marin.

When Marin approached Bishop Taylor and hoped that he would train another group of petty fools to fool the Ukrainians, Bishop Taylor waved his hand and said:

"Grand Duke, this kind of thing doesn't need me to go out in person!"

"What? You don't want to help me? Marin's face suddenly changed, and a dangerous light appeared in his eyes.

Bishop Taylor sensed the danger and immediately explained:

"It's not that I don't want to, but my students can take on this responsibility!"

It turned out that the first students of Bishop Taylor had been "dedicated" to the flickering post for more than ten years. 10 years of experience in flickering have given these first batch of disciples of Bishop Taylor an incomparably rich experience in flickering.

Therefore, Bishop Taylor thought that it was entirely possible for his early batches of disciples to come forward and train new little fools to complete Marin's mission.

These early disciples of Taylor, although not as skilled as Bishop Taylor, were superior to many. Bishop Taylor recommended dozens of his first batch of disciples to Marin, intending to have them help train him. Dozens of veteran disciples, each with dozens of people...... In this way, more than a thousand people can be trained at one time, which is better than Bishop Taylor can only bring a few dozen people at a time......

Marin was right when he thought about it, Bishop Taylor alone really couldn't cultivate too many people. So, he agreed to Bishop Taylor's plan, planning to reuse dozens of veteran disciples recommended by Bishop Taylor to help him cultivate a new generation of little fools. But at the same time, Marin also asked Bishop Taylor not to rest. When the time comes, Marin will select dozens of the most talented apprentices and hand them over to the old Fool Taylor to train himself...... These people will be a powerful weapon for Marin to pacify the people......

You know, Marin is in dire need of a large number of petty fool missionaries. In addition to the need to fool the Ukrainians, the 8 vassal states newly included in Marin's rule also need a large number of small foolish priests to help reassure the people......