Chapter 43: The Sunset Protocol
"Humph! Republic of Genoa? It's old, strong on the outside, and dry in the middle! Even nearby Milan and Pisa can compete, right? So, Del Otto, put away your pride! In my eyes, that's nothing! ”
Qin Cang finally took the initiative in the audience. Conrado and his staff are finally in the worst possible situation. However, Qin Cang's heart was actually full of nervousness! For he actually had less than four thousand in population and less than two thousand in force. In the case of all the soldiers, it is already the limit! Once it is discovered by Conrad, I am afraid that Qin Cang will have to go back and prepare to fight against the swarming Genoese army in the coming year!
Qin Cang is not like the Ottoman Turkish army that swept across the Crimean Peninsula thirty years later, so that the Genoese could be slapped on the left cheek and pay for the right cheek!
"I warn you one last time, if you still use your so-called great power mentality, go back to Genoa as soon as possible. You might even be able to get your property back in Sardinia for the rest of your life. Qin Cang suddenly said with a cold face.
Conrador seemed to have been poured a large basin of cold water, and the whole person was stunned.
Before leaving, he also gathered all his strength, intending to rely on his wits and eloquence at the negotiating table to bring back the disadvantages after the defeat. But who knew that this hateful Tatar, Ano, the Mongols actually knew the situation in Europe so well!
"Hehe, in fact, the Taman Peninsula is not impossible to talk about...... It's just that Anapa must not be handed over. Conrador wiped the sweat from his head and then unveiled his first bottom line.
Anapa?
A topographical map of the Taman Peninsula appeared in Qin Cang's brain.
It is a peninsula that is roughly made up of two parts.
One part is two peninsulas on the opposite side of Kerch that look like two pairs of claws of prawns, and the body of the prawns is inserted horizontally into the Transcaucasus. So the whole Taman Peninsula is made up of three small peninsulas. However, due to the shallow waters of the region, the subsequent countries also implemented land reclamation and breakwater construction policies that made the place look like a whole peninsula.
Anapa is not actually a real peninsula city. It is a place in the southern part of the Taman Peninsula. If compared, it can be roughly regarded as the same location as Lianyungang under the Shandong Peninsula.
In fact, Qin Cang had not considered capturing Anapa at all. Because the place was so far away, it was very difficult to rule it with only four half-deserted ships.
"Hmm....... Anapa can remain in your hands. But you're going to come up with something else! ”
Of course, Qin Cang would not let Conrador make a profit in vain.
"This family, these two places must be obtained!" Of course, Qin Cang's hand was on the tail of the prawn. Conrador understood what Qin Cang meant.
"That Kerch ......" Conrador went on to begin the next territorial division.
After a long series of disputes, Kangrado and Qin Cang agreed that the two sides would be bounded by the locality, that is, the nameless lake [the descendant Malfiltuk Lake], due south to the great lake by the sea [the descendant Uzunalshik Lake] as the southern boundary, and at the same time to the northwest, through the village of Lai Ning Keya, to the north of the round lake [the descendant Aktasik Lake] by the sea. In this way, the territory of 3,000 square kilometers of the Kerch Peninsula was taken by Qin Cang for 2,000 square kilometers, and most of the Greeks living on the Kerch Peninsula were also taken under Qin Cang's command.
According to Conrad's unreliable statistics, there were five Greek villages in Qin Cang's territory, with a population of ...... Less than 1,000 people.....
Well, these poor places have not been well restored under the various uncaring governance of the Mongols and Genoese.
In fact, Qin Cang had already discovered a problem.
The population of Chishu is simply too much. The current population is actually more than 3,000 people, but food has been in a state of insufficiency. In particular, the reclaimed wasteland is only 12,000 mu, which means that in autumn, the harvest of grain is at most 1.2 million catties, that is, about 6,000 stones. And think about it, 6,000 stone of grain can barely feed 3,000 people! What's more, in the fall, you have to redo the time and space trade with the mercury man?
And in the face of the land that may be as high as 3,000 square kilometers today, a large area of wasteland is being abandoned, how can this be done?
It is imperative to develop the Taman Peninsula. Although the Taman Peninsula is not rich in resources, it has a lot of precipitation, and it is a good place to cultivate farmland. And the Taman Peninsula was a necessary channel for Qin Cang to march into Transcaucasia and communicate with the Caucasus countries. Think of the war horses of the Caucasus, all kinds of gold, silver and iron mines, and the ubiquitous timber in the mountains, this place really does not have a loss.
Then the two sides were entangled in the question of whether to submit and whether to become suzerain.
Kanglado knew that Qin Cang didn't have that many troops and didn't have that much strength. But Conrador was afraid of the possible huge forces behind Qin Cang. Or the connection between Qin Cang and the Great Khan of Crimea.
"One hundred thousand Modi. Give me a hundred thousand of grain, preferably wheat and barley. Then I'll assume I don't know! Qin Cang had been tearing at this question for two hours, and finally couldn't help it. He simply came up with the last conditions.
Of course, 100,000 mati is indeed too much, and one mati is about one-eighth of a stone. That's 12,500 stones! About 6,000 people for a year's bread!
Who knew that Conrador breathed a sigh of relief instead!
"Eighty thousand Modi! If you accept the old grain, I can pull it over now. Conrado's confident appearance made Qin Cang a little distracted.
Knowing ..... The price was 200,000 Modi.
In the end, after the two sides were struggling, the Sunset Agreement was signed when the sun was about to set. Speaking of sunset, of course, it is because of the time. And in Qin Cang's heart, with the sun setting, of course, there is also the brilliance of the Genoese.
The parties agree that:
Article 1: Cession of the Taman Peninsula and the Kerch Peninsula.
Article 2: The two sides agree to take Dayuan Lake, Desheng Lake and Changhu Lake as national boundaries. All the populations and villages on the borders of the country were inherited by the Han Kingdom.
Article 3: The two sides agree to an armistice for a period of five years. The two sides must not go to war again for five years.
Article 4: The two sides shall give equal treatment to the other party's businessmen, shall not make things difficult or severely punish the other party's businessmen, and both sides shall have the right to open commercial offices in each other's territory in accordance with the law.
Article 5: The governor of Kaffa paid eighty thousand mordi's grain for peace, and ransomed his soldiers with ten thousand modi's grain.
Article 6: The Governor of Kaffa shall not pursue captured prisoners of slave catchers.
Article 7 (Secret Treaty): If the governor of Kaffa fights for the power of the Republic of Genoa, the Kingdom of Han must assist.
After the agreement was signed, Qin Cang suddenly said to Conrado: "Do you know? In the East, the greatest is not the Mongols, but the Cyrites as you call them. ”