Realizing their inadequacy, the nobles decided to look for foreign help. Some went to contact the enemies of the Purple Horde, such as the HRE, the Hungarians, and the Ottomans. Others believe that we have to organize ourselves: these families are also not good at stubble, and even if they intervene, they will definitely open their mouths.

So, they invited Paolo Castellotti, a nobleman from Albania, to contact the mercenaries and lead the army.

Castellotti was originally a small family, and the territory originally consisted of only two villages. But Paul was warlike, and his territory grew. He always wanted to join the circle of the Serbs next to him, and he even went to propose marriage to his son. As a result, he was regarded as an invitation by the nobles.

Castellotti said that if they really wanted to do something, they had to determine the command first. Whether he or someone else commands, he must make sure that the orders are the same, and that they cannot go their own way.

Moreover, against the Roman army, it was better to abandon the plains and fight in the mountains, which meant that the nobles of the plains, who were richer and more well-armed, had to be prepared to sacrifice their own interests for the country.

Strategically, the towns and fortifications in these plains had to hold out under siege long enough to provide opportunities for the mountainous army to maneuver and harass. If it falls too quickly, it will not help even if it threatens the enemy's logistical supply lines.

He confessed that he doubted that the Serbian aristocracy could do it.

Until that is ensured, it would be unwise to wage war. Because of internal contradictions and the lack of quality of the soldiers, the Serbs had already suffered greatly at the hands of the Ottomans. If you rush out, it is hard to guarantee that the outrageous precedent of the year will be repeated.

Although this is a difficult statement, the nobles really cannot refute it. In fact, they themselves are indeed arguing over the issue of the battlefield. Seeing this, Castellotti quickly found an opportunity to slip away and ran back to his hometown in Albania to avoid the limelight.

The nobles also understood that whoever took the lead would be hit by the Purple Horde, and even if they won back, they might not be able to take advantage. Everyone wanted others to go first, so they kept hesitating and prevaricating, and they couldn't make up their minds for two months.

In the end, what triggered the rebellion was actually an unexpected mutiny.

In some territories close to the core of the Purple Horde, the local nobles also tried to learn from their experience, so that themselves, the nominal military leaders, could also gain the combat effectiveness of the regular military government.

The Purple Horde did not hide its military system—and it was practically impossible to hide it. Therefore, as long as you have the heart, you can directly learn the rules of various conscription, training, etc.

Even if you can't understand the rules and regulations, it doesn't matter. As nominal "own people", Serbian aristocrats can easily hire retired veterans of the Purple Tent to teach everyone to train them by hand.

However, when it came time to actually start training, the situation was different.

Farmers in Serbia, the burden is very heavy. According to the local "Duchamp Code", the highest rank and the lightest burden of the lord also had to provide the lord with more than 100 days of labor rent every year, not counting other taxes and servitude - and this was already the result of the Duchamp king's standardization of all kinds of private and outrageous land rents. In Eastern Europe at that time, they were all commendable.

In this case, the "military soldiers" of the lords are not in a position to train at all.

The Roman military advisers suggested that this plan should be abandoned altogether, anyway, the fighting power of the Serbian knight class is not bad now, it is enough; Either reduce the burden on the people and don't think about making more. It is impossible to satisfy both.

They said that in the military offices of the Purple Horde, there was no rent for the lords, because the land of the manor was not rented.

The poll tax also does not exist, because this thing is the "money pooled" that they used to buy equipment for military households in the first place, and it is part of the military service system.

Later, the Khan's court had money, and there was no need to make up the equipment by himself, but the citizens of the manor also changed from military service to everyone's service. The arsenal can only provide long soldiers, armor and the like, and many gadgets have to be bought by themselves, so there is no additional levy.

The other big head, the church tax, also does not exist. In fact, the Khan court never understood why he had to give the temple money for incense when he didn't burn incense.

Churches elsewhere have taken on the responsibility of educating and managing the grassroots people, so they do need financial support. But in the Purple Horde, education and grassroots management were all organized by the Khanate. Therefore, the church here also has no tax privileges.

On the contrary, in the Khan's consciousness, the church should be used for money. Especially after taking control of the patriarch of Constantinople, the Khan's court, with the help of the authority of the Orthodox Church, often sent people to the controlled areas on business trips, performing magic everywhere, and trying to call on foreign believers to donate money.

Unfortunately, the Orthodox Church's sphere of influence is too small to provide enough income so far.

In this way, the burden on the citizens of the manor is only military service and land tax.

Moreover, when the first Khan Boyan Timur established the sacrifice that year, he accepted the proposal of the people and built a temple dedicated to the god Romulus Ginus.

Because they didn't understand the composite gods here, when making the statue, they adopted Guo Gai's suggestion to imitate the "Yellow Emperor Four Sides" and carve a double-sided statue of the god, which was expressed in the most intuitive way.

This idol embodies the two elements of civilization of the Purple Horde, as well as the cultural duality: one side is war, and the other side is also war.

The Khan's court announced that whenever there was a war, the temple would open its doors to pray for war. The state of war is different from peacetime, and everyone only needs to pay for the grain and forage directly used during the war, and does not need other money and silk. Those who go out on the expedition don't need to pay, just fight with peace of mind, and stay at the manor to provide enough food and grass.

As a result, since the establishment of the tent, many decades have passed, and the temple has never been closed. This kind of temporary policy has also become the norm.

This system made the aristocracy feel very exaggerated. The people don't do anything but fight, so how can the territory be maintained?

But advisers say the pressure on military service is already great.

In the Purple Horde, building roads, bridges, and even water conservancy projects were supposed to be part of the conscription, because of the special military background of the region, they were also counted in the military service.

Even in the current situation, there are often people who complain. Because although the nominal tax is very low, all kinds of consumption and forced labor are already a high burden. If you improve it again, it will affect your combat effectiveness.

The khanate's expenditures depended mainly on commerce. One of the main sources of wealth for the Great Khan and the nobles was to travel from place to place. It is also because of this that maritime and trade routes are so important to the Khan's court that they deserve daily attention.

Of course, in addition to this kind of trading with capital, trading without capital is also indispensable. Although it is not so stable, most of the wealth accumulated by the Khan court itself is indeed snatched by successive generations of Great Khans, with a knife and an arrow, with their ability.

Therefore, in the current situation, some people in the upper echelons of the Purple Horde even advocate the complete abolition of the field tax, and the future military rations will be purchased by the Khan Court as a subsidy for the citizens of the manor.

General Li Yinglin told others at that time that the legion was a Roman sword, and since ancient times, how could there be a knife that spits out gold coins? On the contrary, as long as you show your knife and go out for a few turns, the people around you will automatically spit out gold coins.

This is also why the Khan court is not afraid of others learning at all.

Other countries around it are not in a position to do this. Forced imitation is also HD toddler, because the most basic conditions are not available. Can the Serbian aristocracy give up the rent? Can you make such a huge amount of business income? Apparently hopeless.

Some people believe that this is not enough to control the people in ordinary times, and as long as the control and management are strengthened, it will definitely be done. However, the hired veterans of the Purple Horde, when training the people, obviously brought the habits of the legion manor with them.

(End of chapter)