After reaching an agreement with the Sámi, Marin arranged two merchant ships of about 180 tons (merchant ships of more than 200 tons were arranged to transport ewes to Western Sahara to "find a boyfriend"), carrying supplies such as salt and building materials, and planned to build a trading port in the fishing village of Narvik. After the www.biquge.info of the Pavilion, Marin planned to use it as a center of trade with the Sámi.

Klaus, who looks like Santa Claus, happily drives three small Sámi fishing boats with the Sami fishermen, and acts as a guide party for Marin's two merchant ships. For the Sámi people, who live in the polar regions and are short of supplies, better days have come. Marin promised that, in addition to salt, he would provide the Sami with all kinds of necessities, including cloth, needlework, and hunting bows and knives. And these are what the Sámi people desperately need.

The Norwegians and Danes do not see the Sami as human beings, only as barbarians. So, the Sámi are very difficult to supply supplies. Every year, the Danes would only send one or two ships loaded with salt, which the Sámi were most desperate for, to the Sámi area, to sell them at a high price, buy reindeer fur and other materials at a low price, and squeeze the Sami people. As for the bows and arrows and hunting knives that the Sami people urgently needed, the Norwegians did not give them at all. Because they were afraid that if the Sámi had weapons, they would threaten their rule.

Marin, on the other hand, is not worried about this. Why? Do the Sámi expect themselves to provide them with supplies, even if they have weapons, and dare to use them against their own men? Even if the Sami people can't think of it and want to be robbers, they can only go to the south to rob the Norwegians, and it is impossible to cross the sea to East Friesland to rob them. Therefore, Marin is very relieved to buy weapons for the Sami people.

Moreover, the Sámi do need as many weapons as possible. Because, in their living area, there are dangerous creatures such as grizzly bears, polar bears, and snow wolves. Without weapons, the Sami can only watch these creatures wreak havoc, and they can only hide in houses for defense. However, with sufficient and sophisticated weapons, it is possible to hunt down these threatening guys. That way, the reindeer domesticated by the Sami people will not be preyed upon by wolves.

After Klaus left, Marin was inspired and told little Caesar a fairy tale about Santa Claus. Little Caesar, who was already talking very slipperily, was fascinated by the listening. In fact, not to mention little Caesar, even Angela and Felise were attracted to fairy tales. Only little Robert, because he was too young, didn't understand what Marlin was talking about......

Hearing that Santa Claus was driving a cart pulled by nine reindeer to deliver gifts to the children, little Caesar happened to see nine reindeer tied to the courtyard of the palace, so he strongly asked Marin to use the nine reindeer to pull the cart......

Marin looked at it thousands of times, and these 9 reindeer seemed to be castrated bucks, and they were all very tame, and they seemed to be used to pull carts. Because, on these nine reindeer, there are still reins and shoulder gauntlets for pulling carts......

However, nine reindeer pulled the cart together, and the horsepower was too great, so Marin used one of them to make a small deer cart and put Caesar on it to play, which made Caesar so happy.

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A few days later, Alter's fleet transporting Mao Mei brought back a group of Mao Mei again. This is the last batch of Mao Mei captured by the Principality of Ryazan. According to Art, the Crimean Mungke Gire Khan has already made great efforts to wait for the autumn harvest to grab another wave of hairy girls. At that time, it will be Mao Mei and the grain to grab together.

Marin rolled his eyes when he heard this—sure enough, it was a robber country, and the robbery had all gained experience. After the autumn harvest, it is the time when the countryside has the most food. As long as you go to the countryside before those nobles bring grain into the city, there will be a lot of food. Moreover, Marin did not think that there was any Rus' village that could withstand the attacks of the Crimean Tatar cavalry, except for those fortified castles.

"By the way, Lord Duke, Möngke Jire Khan asked you if the castrated Ryazan men before are they still easy to use?"

Marin didn't know why, but he still sent someone to check what happened to the first batch of unlucky hairies who came with the ship.

Alter explains:

"That's right, my lord, the problem with the sales of the 10,000 men in the prime of life captured by Möngkejire Khan. Before, because I taught them how to disinfect. Now, the 10,000 men in the prime of life have been castrated, but 9,900 have survived, which makes the Crimeans very excited. Then they went around selling castrated Ryazans, however, they ran into problems......"

"Got a problem? What's the problem? Could it be that there is something flawed about those Ryazan men? ”

"That's not true, that's right, the main direction of sales of Crimean slaves is Ottoman Turkey. It's just that it's not a coincidence. Last year, the Omani pirates in the Arab region (the ancient Omanis were very bullish and often invaded East Africa) captured thousands of strong black slaves in East Africa, and all of them were castrated. So, last year the Ottoman Turkish male slave market was saturated. Therefore, these 9,900 Ryazan male slaves in the Crimean Khanate were unsalable all at once......"

"Uh...... That's really unlucky. Then, Montgogire Khan wants to sell me a slow-moving item? ”

"It seems like that......"

At this time, it happened that the men sent by Marin to investigate the whereabouts of the castrated hairs returned:

"Your Excellency, we have investigated clearly. Those Rus slaves were working as porters in the granary north of the city, specializing in loading and unloading grain. For several months, the slaves were very honest and willing to work hard. Although the amount of food is not small, there is a lot of work, and there is no laziness. And at night, I went to bed as soon as it was dark, and I never made trouble......"

The corners of Marin's mouth twitched - they were all castrated, what else could they do at night? Whether it's looking for a woman or a friend, I have a weak heart. So, I can only sleep as soon as it gets dark......

"So, these Ross slaves are quite honest?"

"Yes, sir!"

Marin turned to Alter again:

"What does the Crimean side say?"

"Over there in Crimea? I heard those Tatars say that in the past few months, except for the period when they were recuperating from their wounds after castration, the 9,900 Rus slaves were helping Möngke Jire Khan build palaces. It seems that those slaves are very honest, after all, they are serfs from the Principality of Ryazan......"

"Serf-born? Find a good one. It just so happened that the North Münster region needed serfs. Then buy it, just use it for farming! Marin said happily.

"No, my lord, this will affect your reputation!"

At this time, Machiavelli, the little secret of Marin on the side, suddenly spoke out against it......

"Uh...... Niccolò, what do you mean by that? Marin was a little surprised. Still, he respects Machiavelli's opinion. After all, people are big bulls.

"Your Excellency, did you forget? The Holy See does not allow the slave trade......"

"Uh...... Seems like yes......"

"So, if you buy back those more than 9,000 slaves, it will be questioned by other nobles, and it will also cause displeasure to the Holy See!"

Marin thought about it, and indeed, it seemed that this was a bit of a faceless for the Holy See. Although the Pope is his father-in-law, the Pope's father-in-law can't stop the mouths of the people.

"Then don't buy it?" Marin had some regrets.

"Not really, my lord, don't you have a few colonies in the Savage Continent? Why weren't these serf-born Rus' slaves sent to the Savage Continent colonies as serfs? Anyway, transport the Ross slaves to the Savage Continent, and no one will see them......"

Ma Linxin said, really. In fact, Marin had planned to do the same before. It's just that now that North Münster is being cultivated, a large number of people are urgently needed, so he is dizzy and wants to transport the more than 9,000 hairy "father-in-law" back to the mainland to participate in the reclamation.

However, in order to avoid becoming the target of public criticism, Marin still decided to buy the more than 9,000 "Mao Gonggong" according to Machiavelli's words, and then send them to North America as serfs. After all, 9,000 "Mao Gonggong" with farming experience will definitely be able to reclaim a large amount of arable land......

(Maozi's male is called Maozi, and the female is called Maomei.) As for the castrated hair, it is called "Mao Gonggong". ）