The territory of the Crimean Khanate was not large, and its northern border was not far from the Crimean peninsula, the core area of the Crimean Khanate. So, Sadat's report was quickly sent to www.biquge.info the capital, Bakhchisara.

When Möngkejire Khan heard that envoys from European countries had come to congratulate him, he was also very interested, so he agreed to let Marin and others in. However, for the sake of safety, only Marin was allowed to accompany the escort with 100 cavalry. Everyone else has to stay in the border area and wait.

Hearing this reply, Marin only hesitated for a moment before agreeing. Because, he can't reveal his true identity. It is dangerous for an earl, to personally visit an unfriendly pagan country. In particular, such a bandit state as the Crimean Khanate.

If you insist on accompanying 700 cavalry, the other party may wonder - is this a big man? It would be a shame if the Crimeans had a bad idea and kidnapped Marin.

Therefore, Marin only hesitated for a moment and agreed to the other party's request. Then, with only two diplomatic adjutants, an accompanying adjutant sent by Lithuania, and 100 cavalry including Kahn, he went to Bakhchisaray with the minister sent by the capital of the Crimean Khanate, Bakhchisala.

On the way, in order to show the identity of the envoy, Marin took off his armor, changed into the robe of the minister, sat on the carriage drawn by three horses, and put on a guard of honor to show formality.

Actually, Marlin was flattering to the blind. The Crimeans are steppe tribes and don't care much about etiquette. It's like the Crimean Foreign Minister who came to lead the way, saying that he was a minister, but in fact he was a rude little chief. At least, from the outside, the other party is definitely a well-developed and simple-minded goods.

However, the other party was literate and could read the national letter in Tatar, confirming the identity of Marin's emissary......

The Crimeans sent 500 heavily armed Khanting cavalry from the capital, well armed. They will be responsible for escorting Marin and the others all the way to Bakhchisale, and will also have the task of monitoring Marin and the others. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Crimea did not allow anyone in Marin's ranks to leave the ranks without the need. In this way, it was to prevent Marin's men from spying on the intelligence of the Crimean Khanate.

During the carriage ride, Marin took the opportunity to divide the gold coins in the carriage into four parts—one for 10,000 gold coins, and placed them in a fine box. Another 40,000 gold coins was placed in another beautiful box. The remaining 100,000 gold coins were placed in two large boxes and hidden in a dark compartment under the seat of the carriage.

According to the plan, Marin planned to use 10,000 gold coins to catch the appetite of Montgogire Khan. When it arouses interest, add another 40,000 gold coins. If you can't say that you can't move, you will take another 50,000 gold coins and smash it...... As for the other 50,000 gold coins, Marin said that the head of the regiment has been hacked......

Anyway, at this time, the Tatars in Eastern Europe and Western Europe have almost no contact, the news is not smooth, and there is no inspection team to check the accounts, and no one knows about the 50,000 gold coins that hacked him......

Bakhchisaray was not far from the border area, and even by horse-drawn carriage, Marin arrived in Bakhchisaray two days later.

However, the capital of the Crimean Khanate, which is indeed shabby, is just a small city in the valley. In addition to the palace of Bakhchisarai Khan, which covers an area of about 4 hectares, there are some military barracks and houses of administrative institutions. As for the housing of civilians, it seems to be very small......

It is no wonder that the Crimean Khanate was, after all, a nomadic state with little handicrafts. They needed handicraft products or weapons or something, most of which were imported from Ottoman Turkey. The Turks didn't want their cattle and sheep, nor their horses, so in order to get money for purchases, the Crimeans had to go to Eastern Europe to rob people and sell them for money. With the money, it is possible to go to Turkey to import all kinds of necessities.

For the time being, in addition to the capital city of Bakhchisale, the Crimean Khanate is also the port city of Kaffa (Feodosia) to the east. The port of Kaffa was also the port of export for slaves exported from the Crimean Khanate. Every year, tens of thousands of Eastern European slaves are exported from Kaffa.

However, because there was only one buyer in Turkey, and Turkey was the big brother of the Crimean Khanate, the price of slaves was kept very low. An ordinary middle-aged male and female slave costs only five or six gold coins in Kaffa. Even if it's a beauty, it's only 10 gold coins. The only ones that are more expensive are the beautiful original girls, and the able-bodied little boys.

Needless to say, the beautiful original girl must be for the pleasure of the Turkish aristocracy. After all, a man on the Green Sect can have more than one woman.

The sturdy boys, on the other hand, were brainwashed and raised to become fervent slave soldiers of the Green Religion, and when they grew up, they worked for the Turks. The famous Sultan's personal soldiers are all from the little Slavic boys who have been brainwashed and cultivated since childhood.

Of course, the source of the Sultan's personal soldiers, mainly the regions of the Balkan Peninsula that were conquered by Turkey. The Turks called the plundering of such young boys "blood tribute", and after being sent to Constantinople, these little boys were brainwashed from an early age, and at the same time trained in various martial arts and horsemanship. When they grew up, these people became the blades in the hands of the Turkish sultans, and they were the most powerful troops of the Ottoman Turks.

Although the Crimean Khanate was able to plunder Slav boys, the Turks mainly forcibly recruited them from the Balkans at no cost. Therefore, the strong little boys on the side of the Crimea, although the Turks also bought them, are not very many. And the Crimean Khanate itself, without such traditions. Therefore, many of those children were actually sold to the Turkish "pasha" (Turkish official position, equivalent to the governor), who trained them to become their own personal guards.

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Because the price was pushed too low by the Turks, the economic situation of the Crimean Khanate has not been good. There were about 250,000 people in the country, but thousands of slaves could be exported every year, but they were sold for tens of thousands of gold coins, and it was difficult to maintain the operation of the Khan's court and the luxurious life of Möngkejire Khan, let alone make the country rich and strong. Therefore, Sigmund I later spent 15,000 gold coins to buy Möngkegire Khan to attack Moscow.

Under the arrangement of the Crimean officials, Marin wore a noble robe and a noble hat with bird feathers on his head, asked Kahn and the others to carry gifts, followed the officials who led the way, and entered the only luxurious building in Bakhchisaray - the Bakhchisaray Khan Palace......

The gift of the Marin belt was simple, only a gold-encrusted sword bought from the Lithuanian nobles (which cost only a few hundred gold coins), and 10,000 gold coins.

Knowing that the Crimean Khanate was poor, Marin naturally chose to use the gold that blinded them as a gift......

Upon entering the main hall of the Khan's Palace, Marin saw at a glance Möngke Gire Khan sitting on a throne......

Möngkegire Khan is not tall, about 50 years old, but he is relatively strong. I don't know why, looking at the twinkling eyes of the short and sturdy Möngke Jire Khan, Marin always felt that the other party was a cunning person......

However, after entering the main hall, Marin was not idle. He immediately took off his hat, bent down and bowed to Möngkejire Khan, and then said loudly in Tatar:

"The common envoy of the Hanseatic League and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, congratulations to the Great Khan of Kipchak, the co-lord of the steppe, the blessing of eternal enjoyment, longevity and the ...... of Tianqi" Without paying attention, Marin used the sycophant lines of Liwei Xiaobao in Luding Ji...... It's just that there are no immortals in Europe, so they can only enjoy it forever with divine blessings......

Unexpectedly, the effect of this sycophant line is quite good, hearing Marin's almost shameless sycophant, Montgogire Khan's originally majestic and tight face immediately showed a smile......

Marin saw that the effect was good, so he immediately stepped up his efforts, and prepared to slap the sycophants of Montgogire Khan vigorously, anyway, it didn't cost anything to pat the sycophants......