Although he is 28 years old, Simon is still essentially the muscular young man who doesn't like to use his brain. was fooled by Ma Lin's few words, and he couldn't find the north.

According to Marin, there are 2 million Ukrainians in the Ukrainian steppe. And the Cossacks, estimated at several hundred thousand. Of course, this includes not only the Cossacks of the Ukrainian steppes, but also the Rus' Cossacks in the southern regions of Russia, including the Cossacks of the Don Valley.

But it doesn't matter, Marin gave Simon the task of uniting all the Cossacks in Ukraine and southern Russia. Then, entrenched in Ukraine, support yourself at any time.

If hundreds of thousands of Cossacks were under Simon's command, then Simon had at least tens of thousands of Cossack cavalry, which was more ferocious than the Crimean Khanate.

As for how let Simon recruit those Cossacks? This shouldn't be too easy for Marin. With just two things, Simon was able to recruit a large number of Cossacks - spirits and salt......

In the steppes of Eastern Europe, spirits are the most popular. The winter here is very cold, drink some two-pot head, don't be too refreshing. Moreover, Eastern Europeans have always had a tradition and genes of drinking spirits. In later generations, many Eastern Europeans died drunk in the cold weather and fell on the streets – frozen to death......

In later generations, the Russian police would often patrol the streets in the middle of the night, just to check if there were any drunk people on the streets, so that they would not freeze to death on the streets. Of course, the process is unfriendly. After these drunks were caught, they were pulled directly into the bureau and pumped over with big-eared scrapers to help sober up. Then, close it for two days. If you have money, you will extort some bail money or something. If you don't have the money, you just kick your ass and leave......

So, for the Cossacks these rough guys. As long as they are willing to give spirits, they are willing to give their lives......

As for salt, it is another strategic material in the steppes of Eastern Europe. The overlords of the steppes of Eastern Europe were the Europeanized Mongols, who also lived like the Mongols. Similarly, there is a shortage of salt. The Mongolians in the east are okay, because on the Mongolian plateau, there are still some salt lakes where you can pick up salt by the lake. After all, the Mongolian plateau is arid, and there are quite a few salt lakes. Although the salt lakes on the Mongolian plateau are mostly alkaline lakes, they do not produce edible salt. But there are so many salt lakes, there are always a few that produce salt.

The Eastern European steppes, on the other hand, are drier than Western Europe, but wetter than the Mongolian Plateau. So, salt is harder to get here.

Although salt can be boiled on the seaside, the seaside of Ukraine is occupied by the murderous Crimeans. In front of the murderous Crimeans and at the moment the Cossacks are scattered and not at all an opponent. So, like the Poles and Lithuanians in the north, they were short of salt, and the price of salt was also very expensive.

Therefore, as long as Simon could ensure that there were enough strong liquor and salt pipes, he would not have to worry about recruiting Cossacks to serve him. And Simon's territory does not produce spirits and salt, so even if Simon has tens of thousands of Cossack cavalry in the future, he must beg for the side of the North Sea State. Without the supply of liquor and salt, the Cossacks would have dispersed......

In this way, Marin was able to firmly control Simon's Cossack group with two weapons, liquor and salt. Even if Simon dies and his son succeeds him, he will have to rely on the spirits and salt of the North Sea Kingdom to survive......

As for the role of this Cossack faction, needless to say, it is to help fight Maozi. At the same time, grab more hairy girls and send them to Beihai Kingdom.

Although Mao Mei is a Slav, they have children with German boys, and they are Germans. As long as children learn German from an early age and have similar appearances, it is easy to integrate into German society.

Unlike the Aztec Indian women that Marin had planned before, even if they had offspring with the boys of the colonial army, it would be difficult for them to identify with the North Sea Country because of their different skin colors. But that doesn't matter, all Marin needs is that the mixed-race kids will be the laborers of the Americas, not the masters.

And Mao Mei is different, they look almost the same as German women. The main difference is in language and customs. But if they become a woman of German soldiers and give birth to a child, they will definitely receive a German education, speak German, and live a German life. Coupled with similar appearance, it is easy to integrate into the society of the North Sea Kingdom.

The population of Germany is too small, the population of Germany is just over 10 million. When it comes to Beihai Country, there are only about 1.5 million people. It is not enough for people to completely develop the North Sea country, let alone develop tens of millions of square kilometers of America.

Even England, which will be annexed in the future, has a total population of only 3 million. Including Scotland's 500,000 and Ireland's 200,000, it's only 3.7 million. If you want to develop the Americas, there is a serious shortage of labor. Therefore, it is necessary to get more hairy girls and have more children.

So, in the future, mistresses will definitely be popular in the North Sea Country. Otherwise, fertility is insufficient. Because of this, Simon dared to ask Marin for a mistress before. Because, this thing sensed that Marin was encouraging this in the army. Even a soldier can have a mistress, and he, the third young master of the Hoffman family, naturally can't lag behind......

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It can not only help the North Sea State to grab the population, but also send Cossack cavalry to fight for the North Sea State, and by the way, suppress Russia with huge potential. Therefore, sending Simon to marry Ukraine as a lord is a good thing that kills three birds with one stone.

Of course, Marin didn't expect Simon to have that ability. Therefore, he will prepare a large number of talents to assist Simon and help Simon control the local area. Otherwise, Simon's simple mind may not survive three episodes......

After fooling Simon, Marin saw Simon standing there thinking nonsense. After thinking for a while, Simon suddenly hugged his mistress Anna, the little nurse, and said affectionately:

"Let us be the companion of Hongchen and live a chic life! Riding horses and galloping, sharing the prosperity of the world......"

"I'll go!" Marlin got goosebumps all over his body - wasn't that the lyrics of the German version of "When" that I had sung in front of my family before? This product was actually used to pick up girls...... Oops, spicy eyes, I'm gone...... Isn't it too much to support such a second cargo as the king of the Cossacks......

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Marin suddenly wanted to change Albert to be the lord of Ukraine, but thinking of Albert's ability, Marin gave up again......

Albert is good and smart. If he knew that Ukraine had a large amount of coal and iron, he would definitely develop Ukraine on a large scale, which would go against Marin's original intention, and maybe he would create a competitor. And Marin sent people to control Ukraine, in the service of the North Sea States, not to create competitors. Therefore, it is more appropriate to have a brainless Simon......

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Back at the mansion, Khloe came with the latest information......

"My lord, the battle report from Oldenburg has arrived. It is said that the Italian mercenaries guarding the city of Oldenburg fought evenly with the allied forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms......"

"What? The Italians are on drugs? Can it withstand the siege of more than four times the German army? What's going on? Marin was surprised. He called in Italian mercenaries just to stall for time, but not for them to be the protagonists......

Kohler was also speechless, he thought for a moment and said:

"It seems to be because of the ...... of the supplies in the city of Oldenburg"

"What does it have to do with supplies?" Marin was surprised.

"That's right, my lord. Although the Italian mercenaries were not strong in combat, they were greedy for money. Earlier, you said that the official supplies in the city of Oldenburg, they can take them at will......"

"That's right, I'm not afraid that they won't have the motivation to defend the city, so they surrender early. So, let's give them a little sweetness! ”

Kohler was speechless:

"What a little sweetness is this, what you threw out is a huge windfall! You are not unaware of the richness of the province of Oldenburg. You have hoarded most of the money and grain of the province of Oldenburg in the city of Oldenburg, do you know how much it is worth? ”

"No, I've brought most of the grain from Oldenburg to East Friesland!"

"My lord, don't forget the price of food. The province of Oldenburg has been developed for a long time and is second only to East Friesland in the North Sea State. For so many years, I have sold grain every year and saved too much money. The money, together with the small amount of food left behind, was estimated by Pargani to be worth more than 2 million ducats. ”

"Pargani's grandson said to the cowardly Italian mercenaries - if you win, you will take the goods of the city, and if you lose, there will be nothing left...... Then, the cowardly and money-hungry Italian mercenaries were red-eyed and broke out directly, and fought to a tie with more than four times as strong an enemy......"

"This ...... Feelings, or I have too much wealth in the city......" Marin was speechless for a moment.

"I'm worried that the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms will be frustrated in the city of Oldenburg, give up the siege, and then come to besiege Orich! Even if they don't come to Aurich, if they go to Lyre or Norden, we won't be able to afford it. After all, here in East Friesland, we are ill-prepared. Now, how can you continue to hold back the coalition of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms......" Kohler sighed.

"This ......" Marin also frowned a little and began to walk around trying to figure out a way. Half an hour later, Marin suddenly slapped the table and said:

"There it is!"

Kohler was accustomed to Marin's behavior for a long time, and said calmly:

"Please let the Lord know!"

Marin Road:

"You go and arrange spies and deliberately tell the princes of the Eight Kingdoms that the treasures piled up in the city of Oldenburg are worth more than 2 million Gulden gold coins......"

Kohler was shocked:

"What are you...... To stimulate the alliance of the princes of the Eight Nations to attack the city of Oldenburg at any cost? ”

Marin nodded and said:

"That's right, since you said that the money and food worth 2 million gold coins stimulated the Italian mercenaries who have always been cowardly to fight like a drug. Then, in the same way, the coalition of the princes of the eight countries besieging the city will also be excited when they get this news. Because, as long as the city of Oldenburg is captured, this wealth is theirs! People die for money, birds die for food! In order to get this wealth, the alliance of the princes of the eight countries will be desperate! ”

Kohler nodded:

"Okay, I'll arrange it!"

But in his heart, Kohler expressed his silence to those Italian mercenaries - obviously you are doing a good job, but why don't you meet an unscrupulous employer who insists on sinister you......

Marin had another thought in his heart - Made, he knew not to say that casually. Because he didn't expect the city of Oldenburg to gather so much wealth, Marin casually said that the money and food in the city were available to Italian mercenaries at will. If the Italians win the war, they will definitely pack up the wealth and take it away, and Marin will not be able to stop it. After all, it was he himself who publicly promised it. In this era, the promise of the lord of a country cannot be reversed casually.

Only if the Italian mercenaries lost, and Marin defeated the coalition of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, could these riches be reclaimed......

Moreover, the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms will also spend more time in Oldenburg City because of greed, giving Marin more time to prepare.