Chapter 2017： Artillery Order of Teutonic

More interesting is yet to come, because the Teutonic Knights sent messengers, secretly arrived in Aurich, and purchased weapons and armor from the North Sea Kingdom.

Obviously, this time the Teutonic Knights made up their minds to annex the Livonian Knights. After all, the Livonia Knights is also a big trading country and has huge interests. If it can be annexed, it will greatly enhance the strength of Teutonic.

In fact, before 1435, the Knights of Livonia were still under the control of the Teutonic State and needed to pay certain taxes to the Teutonic State. However, because the Teutonic Knights suffered a fiasco at the Battle of Greenwald in 1410, the head of the regiment and a large number of generals died, which greatly weakened the strength of the Teutonic State and reduced the vassal Livonian Knights. Control.

Not to mention, the control of the vassal of the Livonia Knights, the Teutonic Knights has serious control over the domestic nobles and merchants of the Teutonic Knights. Under such internal and external troubles, the mortal enemies Poland and Lithuania secretly supported the local forces of the Teutonic State and the Livonia Knights. In addition, in order to make up for the losses of the war, the Teutonic State has greatly increased taxes in the Teutonic State and the Livonia Knights, which finally caused a rebound of the local forces of the two countries.

In 1435, Riga, the Livonian Knights, and many other financially rich Hanseatic commercial cities and Livonia native nobles, churches, merchants, and farmers formed coalitions and launched uprisings in the name of tax resistance. Against Teutonic Knights and Livonia Knights.

The Teutonic Knights were held back by two powerful enemies in Poland and Lithuania. In addition, there were also rebels in Poland and Lithuania secretly supporting the country. They could not go north to reinforce the Livonia Knights. Then, at the Battle of Pabajskas, the Livonia Knights were defeated by the coalition forces of the local forces in the Livonia Knights.

Since then, the Livonia Knights have been forced to become a member of the Livonia Parliament, losing control of the Livonia Knights. After all, they are only a minority in parliament. At the same time, the Knights of Livonia were renamed the Federation of Livonia, formally out of the control of the Teutonic Kingdom. Only, the outside world still calls them the Livonia Knights. After all, the Holy See only recognizes the Knights, not the Federation.

Since then, the Teutonic State has repeatedly tried to regain control of the Livonia region. However, the Teutonic nation has also been unstable. With the secret support of Poland and Lithuania, the Prussian nobles could not but challenge the dominance of the Teutonic Knights, so that the Knights could not deal with Livonia at all. Also, when they reveal the idea of ​​annexing Livonia, Poland and Lithuania will react strongly and threaten with force. Therefore, the Teutonic State has never found an opportunity to regain control of Livonia.

This time, the Grand Duchy of Moscow will beat the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which is definitely a good opportunity for the Teutonic Kingdom. By that time, Poland and Lithuania will definitely be dragged down by the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, unable to intervene in the Teutonic war against the Livonia Federation. As long as the trade-prosperous Livonia region is annexed, the strength of the Teutonic nation will surely rise.

Moreover, in this war, the Livonia Knights of the Livonia Federation will also stand on the side of the Teutonic Knights and act as the leading party.

Why? Because after the battle of Paba Iskas in 1435, the defeated Livonia Knights lost control of the Livonia region. Especially in terms of trade, a lot of the interests of the Livonia Knights were taken away by the business representatives of the defeated Hanseatic city, the local nobles and even the church. Before this, most of the trade interests of the Livonia Knights were under the control of the Livonia Knights. At present, the Livonia Knights have tragically mixed into the second-class forces of the Livonia Federation. Had the Holy See not upheld their legal status, the Knights might have been banned.

The same is the Knights, the members of the Teutonic Knights have a much better life than the members of the Livonia Knights. Because, most of the Teutonic trade interests are controlled by more than 800 Teutonic knights of the Teutonic Knights.

Moreover, since the head of Philippe took office, these years have been committed to suppressing the strongest opposition forces in the country-the Prussian aristocracy.

Because of Marin ’s support, the Teutonic Knights monopolized the salt trade of the Teutonic State and provided Marin with various goods such as coarse wool, wood, turpentine, etc. Because of the control of trading ports such as Konigsberg and the trade channels with the North Sea State, the Teutonic Knights have been through commercial means in these years, and they have been able to run a lot of opposition Prussian nobles in the country. And this run of pure business behavior is not the suppression of force. Poland and Lithuania have no excuse for force intervention. They can't always say-you let the Prussian nobility have no money to make, I want to beat you ... plus Marin mediation, and the two parties signed a peace agreement, so the Teutonic Knights gradually took control of the Teutonic Kingdom Overall, I have the energy to deal with Livonia's problems.

But because of the existence of Poland and Lithuania, the Teutonic State did not dare to easily do it. After all, the combined strength of the two countries is stronger than the Teutonic nation.

But this time the Grand Duchy of Moscow was about to attack Lithuania, which made the Teutonic Knights overjoyed. Because, this means that during the war, both Poland and Lithuania will be dragged by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, unable to intervene in the Teutonic State to use troops against the Livonia Federation. As long as the action is fast enough, the Livonian Federation is won before the war between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Lithuania can avoid the rebound of Poland and Lithuania. By the time Poland, Lithuania and the Grand Duchy of Moscow had finished fighting, they had taken control of Livonia and established the facts.

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Why should the Teutonic Knights insist on winning the Livonia region? Because this is the salt trade channel of the Grand Duchy of Moscow ...

Turning the map, you will find that at this time, the Grand Duchy of Moscow is separated from the Central European Region by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the South is the Crimean Khanate ... Both are powerful countries. Stopped.

Therefore, the source of table salt in the Grand Duchy of Moscow is mainly in the northwest ...

To the northwest, the Livonia Knights is located on the Baltic Sea and is an important salt importer. Then, to the east of the Knights of Livonia is the Pskov Noble Republic, and to the east of Pskov is the Grand Duchy of Moscow ...

In other words, the main salt import route of the Grand Duchy of Moscow is-Livonia-Pskov Republic-Grand Duchy of Moscow ...

A pound of table salt sells only two or three fennies in the North Sea country. But when shipped to the Baltic coast, it can be sold for two or three shillings in an instant ...

One shilling is equal to 12 Finneys, two or three shillings is twelve times that of two or three Finneys ...

After passing through the two countries of Livonia and Pskov, the salt is more expensive to be transported to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. A pound of salt can be exchanged for one or two sheep ...

The population of the Grand Duchy of Moscow is tens of millions, and the salt consumption is very alarming. Therefore, by relying on the salt in their hands, the two commercial countries of the Livonia Knights and the Pskov Republic also made a profit.

It is for this reason that Vasily III was obsessed with winning the wealthy Pskov Republic. After all, this is the salt portal of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

As for the Livonia Knights, the Moscows dare not take it lightly. Why? Because here was the site of the Teutonic Knights. The annexation of Pskov by Moscow may be strongly opposed by Lithuania, but the Teutonic Knights must have been acquiesced. Even some cooperation will be given. But if you want to annex Livonia, a region that originally belonged to the Teutonic Knights, not only Lithuania will start, but the Teutonic Knights will also face up with Lithuania to fight the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The two countries are not weak. As long as they are not fools, the Moscow people will not provoke the two countries at the same time, but can only choose to fight one by one.

Therefore, the end result is that the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Teutonic Knights privately agreed that Moscow annexed the Pskov Republic, the Teutonic State annexed the Livonia Federation ... Both sides needed each, and they will also be close in salt trade Cooperation, make a fortune together ...

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But there is a very big problem in attacking the Federation of Livonia, that is the problem of toughness ...

Riga and other Hanseatic commercial cities are big, strong cities. If you attack according to the usual methods, I am afraid that it will take a few months to lay siege.

But what the Teutonic Knights lack most is time. If the battle between Moscow and Lithuania is over and Poland and Lithuania will not be able to attack major cities such as Kriega, Poland and Lithuania will definitely send troops to intervene. When the time comes, it's a busy life.

Therefore, the representative of the Teutonic State means-hoping to purchase a batch of heavy artillery and iron ball shells from the North Sea State, which will be used to open the gates of solid cities such as Riga.

It should be pointed out that it has not been a battle for a long time. Eastern European cities such as Riga did not replace ordinary oak gates with iron gates that were resistant to shelling. After all, Eastern Europe's metallurgy is backward, and metals are still very dependent on the supply of Western European merchants. The cost of getting a few pure iron gates is too high.

In this case, if there is a batch of heavy artillery, it will be able to open the oak city gate and achieve the purpose of overcoming the strong city.

Moreover, because Hanseatic commercial cities such as Riga are either by the sea or by the big river, after all, it is convenient for Hanseatic merchant ships to arrive. Therefore, the transportation of heavy artillery is not a problem at all. Ship directly to the shore with a warship, then you can drag it ashore to fire.

Therefore, the Teutonic messenger directly asked to buy the largest caliber naval gun. Moreover, it is a big powerful gun with a long body ...

After all, only with a long body can the range be far enough and the power strong enough. The large-caliber Karen gun with a short barrel is certainly not weak. However, compared with the long barrel heavy gun of the same caliber, the power was still checked. In the case of shipping, it is naturally better to choose a heavy gun with a long barrel and a large caliber ...

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However, Marin was not very happy to sell those heavy naval guns. Nothing else, just to keep people from knowing that the Beihai country cast heavy guns with steel.

Because in the past, Marin deliberately painted a layer of copper paint on the outside of the naval gun for confidentiality and misleading other countries to spend a lot of expensive copper to cast the gun. Even the artillery sold to Hanse allies was intentionally made of copper.

In this way, even if other countries know that Beihai has a lot of artillery, and want to learn the art of casting in the North Sea, they must first consume a lot of expensive copper. Playing bronze guns requires extremely strong capital. This kind of gameplay is afraid that only a few rich countries such as Venice, Spain, Portugal dare to play like this ~ www.novelhall.com ~ So, Marin decided to reapply the old tricks-using the copper casting heavy artillery to provide to the Teutonic Knights country.

The casting of copper cannons in the Beihai country is much simpler than in other countries. In other countries, the use of the clay mold method is still used. If the clay mold is air-dried, it will take more than two or three months. Moreover, the clay mold is a disposable consumable.

But the Beihai country is different. Gong Zhenlin's iron mold casting method is used. The iron mold can be reused, and the cooling is fast, and the casting speed is extremely fast. The iron mold is also easy to manufacture, and can be quickly obtained by sand casting. If it weren't for the current European copper is expensive and the cost is too high, Marin can cast many, many copper cannons at any time.

As a result, the North Sea and Teutonic secretly signed arms sales contracts. The contract stipulates that the North Sea State shall provide 10 24 pound copper guns and 10 32 pound copper guns to the Teutonic State by the end of the year for siege operations in the Livonia region. In addition, Marin also needs to provide 20 experienced gunners, responsible for the aiming of these 20 heavy artillery in wartime. After all, the Teutonic State itself lacks skilled gunners who control heavy artillery. The war is about to start next spring. The Teutonic Kingdom has no time to train skilled gunners, so we can only borrow experienced gunners from the North Sea Kingdom ...

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