"Haji Port is really an alternative city on this peninsula." Turning over and getting off the horse, Wu Yifei took a wine jug thrown by his subordinates, took two sips of it, and then laughed and said: "It's a foreigner city, but it's not like it, there are people wearing East Coast costumes everywhere." To say that this is an East Coast city is even more ridiculous, more than half of the 6,000 inhabitants are roe deer, and they speak all kinds of strange languages and accents, this is a fucking freak! ”

His subordinates were from the Ming people, and they were also old buddies when he was crisscrossing the Pampa Plain before, and after hearing this, he spat directly on the ground and said: "They are all a bunch of Polish and Ukrainian fugitive slaves, lowly to the extreme, and they are all light, and they are not as good as those Kalmyks and Tatars who voluntarily laughed over." ”

It is said that the port of Haji (later Sevastopol) was originally just a trading post approved by the Great Khan of the Crimean Khanate, and later the state-owned South China Sea Transportation Company obtained the right to operate the wharf for 50 years, and a large piece of land around the wharf was attached, which always had the appearance of hundreds of square kilometers and cost very little, which was a model for the people on the east coast to gain a foothold at a small cost.

In order to maintain and operate the wharf, the East Coast has dispatched a considerable number of technicians from the mainland to the site. At the same time, the foreign service, the intelligence department, the trade department, and the military system have all sent a considerable number of officials, ordinary cadres, technicians, and soldiers here, and these people, including their families, have reached about 2,000 people. In addition, because of the business opportunities highlighted here, there are also many businessmen and their employees in the country, some of these people are single, some of them are dragging their families, and some of them are married and have children in Haji Port, and the total number is quite quite large, probably hundreds of people.

In the end, the Taoist Association on the east coast did not know what kind of nerves were sent, and sent a large number of Taoist priests to Haji Port to "spread the glory of Tianzun". Because it was largely the East Coast people's decision, their missionary work was relatively smooth, and there were already three Taoist temples in the wharf and the surrounding commercial area, and it was even heard that they were now planning to build a fourth and fifth Taoist temples, one in the surrounding small agricultural area, and one in the area where the Crimean Tatars were trading to spread the faith.

What do these Taoist priests say, they are very willing to spend money, and continue to distribute warm clothes, drinking water, and other items to those who are willing to come to participate in religious activities, which attracts a group of poor people to come over. Wu Yifei is sometimes staggered, the bull noses are really rich, and they don't know if it's the state's appropriation or their own industry. After spending so much money for many years, the Taoist Association has indeed attracted a considerable number of Poles, Ukrainians and Tatars to convert, especially those Poles and Ukrainians who were bought by the East Coast to do manual work (many of them chose to settle down after five years), and basically became believers in Tianzun.

Therefore, Hajibout, a commercial port city with a permanent population of no more than 6,000 people, is indeed a "freak", and there is no other city in the nearby Crimea, Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Ottomans and Moldavia. It is unique, with a unique culture of blending East and West, slowly developing and growing on the shore of the Black Sea, of course, the people of the Taoist Association are still not very satisfied, because the atmosphere of Chinese culture here is not strong enough, the east wind has not been able to overwhelm the west wind, and we still need to continue to work hard.

Wu Yifei is now the captain of the garrison at Haji Port. His predecessor had just died in a robbery plot in the difficult terrain of the Don estuary, and it is still unknown whether it was the Ottomans, the Russians, or the horse bandits roaming the steppes.

In fact, this is the norm in the Black Sea area. The turbulent situation, the poverty of life, the continuous beacon fires and the scattered rout of the army have all greatly deteriorated the law and order situation, and the normal life of the common people has been greatly affected, not to mention commerce and trade. The port of Haji on the east coast has had to provide delivery services over a certain distance in recent years to keep the trade from falling too badly, and has suffered at least two attacks in the vicinity of Kajibey before, although it has repelled the cavalry that is said to be the Grand Duke of Moldavia who crossed the border and robbed the goods, but it also killed and wounded many men; Later, on the east bank of the Dnieper, where people thought they were safe, there were also attacks by unknown armed men, killing and wounding many people, and taking away some of the goods.

After Wu Yifei, an old horse bandit, took office, there were less than 1,000 people left in the garrison under his command, and after removing the men and horses who stayed in the city to maintain order, it was indeed impossible to send many people to other places to maintain trade routes. Although he is extremely strong and likes to fight bravely, this does not mean that he has no brains. In fact, during the years of working for the General Directorate of State Intelligence and the Gendarmerie Command, he was "tamed", and at the same time learned a lot and knew what to do under what circumstances.

For example, this time, after taking stock of the strength at hand, he decisively gave up some unrealistic ideas, and instead suggested that the upper part of the market should be adjusted, and give up on some markets, and then find a way in the future. Trade along the Dnieper, in particular, can no longer harbor unrealistic illusions, which has now become a treacherous land, and the steppes are full of ferocious horse bandits, and no number of men can be sent to fill it. The situation along the Danube and Don rivers is relatively quiet (although the law and order is also poor, but it is much better than that of disorderly Ukraine), which can be used as a key operation, although the profits in these two places are somewhat thin because of the large number of tax cards.

Today, Wu Yifei just went to the city to ask for instructions and came back, and got a positive response, and he was happy to go to a restaurant opened by a Polish outside the city to eat and drink, of course, he brought a few of his henchmen.

The Polish owner of the restaurant, who had been bought by the East Coasters many years ago, had been loading and unloading goods at the wharf of Haji. After five years of hard work, according to the policy of the East Coast, he was granted free status and could apply for naturalization, so he became a citizen of the East Coast, and now has a restaurant outside the city and a trade market with Crimeans has opened a restaurant, dealing in all kinds of food, and the business is not bad.

The Pole married a Tatar widow who, in addition to the money to open a restaurant, had two cheap sons who had grown up in the port of Haji. Wu Yifei has seen these two half-sized children, and now they are helping in the restaurant, their costumes are actually very interesting, which can be summed up as a round neck, narrow sleeves, left side, robe, and a red belt around the waist, which is obviously not the tradition of the East Coast people, of course, it is not the clothing style of the Europeans, but it is with a strong grassland heritage. Judging from some clothing sample books published locally on the east coast, it is probably the style of the Khitans, a northern nomadic people during my "Great Song Dynasty" period. Wu Yifei has also seen the costumes of the hostess of the hotel, with a straight collar, a left side, and a robe, which is a bit like a Mongolian woman's group shirt, but it is not a mopping style, it should be an improved design to adapt to heavy labor.

It can also be seen that as the remnants of the Golden Horde established by the Mongols, the culture of the Crimean Tatars (the descendants of Batu Khan of the Great Khan) did have a strong element of the oriental steppe. The Mongol cavalry that swept across Eurasia did bring a huge difference to the places they passed, and it is telling that tribes like the Tatars, who had been mixed for centuries and had been gradually assimilated by the locals, still stubbornly retained a large number of cultural traditions from their ancestors.

"Big brother, I heard that the next step in Haji Port is to build a city wall, and all the commercial facilities in the city will also be completed, and I heard that Ambassador Ma of Istanbul will also invite civil officials from China to come and manage it. This, this, this is a formal government system, and the Tartar court doesn't care? An old man wiped a bench with his sleeve, and then courteously beckoned Wu Yifei to sit down, and asked with a smile.

"Don't call me big brother, call me captain, how many times have you been told? Also, the Crimean Khanate is not a Tatar, but a Tatar, don't talk nonsense, you are responsible for causing diplomatic disputes? Wu Yifei gave the old subordinate a roll of his eyes, sat down swaggeringly, and said: "Don't worry, the Great Khan of Gelai has also agreed to the construction of the city, and has also approved a lot of additional land for us, and now the area is afraid that it will not be as big as our hometown Yidu County." According to the above, this must be more than 1,500 square kilometers, and the port of Haji is called Haji County. However, this Great Khan is also interesting, as soon as he saw that his suzerain, the Ottomans, were in trouble, and hastily signed an armistice with the Russians and ran away, he was a little uncomfortable, and he was afraid of being attacked by the Russians, so he began to show us goodwill, and rented land (the area around Haji Port was actually a deserted land), and sold slaves at a low price, which was really dazzling. ”

"Not really." The old subordinate called the Polish boss loudly, ordered some common dishes, and said with a smile: "The signing of the 20-year armistice agreement is two Ukrainian puppet states under the control of the Ottomans and Russia respectively, theoretically speaking, the Russians can directly enter the Ottoman Empire and do not violate the agreement, of course, this is actually impossible, the Tatars are far from safe." ”

"Hehe, you kid knows it too!" Wu Yifei grabbed a cup, poured the wine, and said, "Yes, that's right!" It is indeed unlikely that the Russians will do anything to the Ottoman Empire now, but what if they do something to the Crimean Khanate? It's hard to say! Moreover, when the Ottomans left, they instructed the Crimean Khanate to be the 'caretaker' of Western Ukraine, right? The Poles have always been eyeing Western Ukraine, and the Ottoman Empire annexed the southeastern Podolia Province to the territory of the Western Ukrainian Principality, which is densely populated, and basically Poles and Lithuanians, and the right-bank Cossacks who have been greatly injured can be suppressed, which is also a problem. If something happens, the Tatars will have to wipe their butts, and the Ottomans are not free now, so they can not be nervous. Therefore, they now have to rely on themselves for everything, and for the Tatars, all external forces that can bring them benefits are worth befriending, and we, who are of great help to them economically, militarily and in other aspects, are naturally the focus of the court. The Crimeans are not stupid, they are just a little wasteland and slaves, they are worthless things for them, if they can exchange the aid of the East Coast at a critical moment, then they can earn back tenfold, a hundredfold, they are really good. ”

Actually, Wu Yifei is right. The Crimeans do have a bit of a hesitant feeling now, and although their strength has grown a lot over the years, it is still not enough compared to the colossal Russia. Even when they faced the Poles, they could not defeat them without the help of the Ottomans or Russia, so their situation is really delicate now, and they urgently need the support of external forces, and this force is better to be the East Coast Republic, which is more trusted by the Ottomans, and other forces may cause some unnecessary misunderstandings.

As for their suzerain, the Ottoman Empire, . The army had already been exhausted, claiming to be 200,000 (which was about the same number, although it was mixed with a lot of logistical baggage personnel), and it had entered the territory of Hungary in a mighty way. Under the leadership of the Ottoman army, which was part of the Hungarian aristocratic army, it defeated many of the local Hungarian nobles loyal to the Habsburg royal family, and also routed an Austrian army of several thousand men.

Their opponent, the Kingdom of Austria, was still stationed east of the Rhine to confront the French, and had very few troops on the mainland and on the eastern front, so they had to urgently shrink their forces and retreat, while asking for reinforcements to help resist the Ottomans. Their request was still correspondingly from many countries in Christendom, and they all said that they would send troops and money to help the Kingdom of Austria resist the invasion of the Moors, for them, this was no longer a continental struggle, but a large-scale invasion of pagan countries, and it was the east wind of the world that wanted to overwhelm the west wind of the Christian world.

Of course, although Austria was facing a great enemy, the Ottomans, who were still wandering in Hungary, had not yet made up their final mind. Mustapha Davizi, who was well aware of the inside of his army, wanted to accept it as soon as he saw it, but his subordinates, who were carried away by the victory, opposed it, and the French envoys also used their incorruptible tongue to persuade Davizi to lead his troops westward and destroy the Kingdom of Austria. Therefore, the situation of this war, which suddenly broke out because of the competing interests of Hungary, is far from clear.