Chapter 2018： Weapon purchase?

After talking about the artillery business, the Teutonic messenger Lev, suddenly asked to order another 50,000 sets of sword armor, which surprised Marin.

"50,000 sets?" Marin was puzzled. Because, as far as he knows, since the defeat of the "Thirteen Years War", the strength of the Teutonic Knights has been greatly damaged. Even though a lot of strength has been restored through trade with the Beihai Kingdom, according to cousin Peter, the Teutonic Kingdom can currently make up to 7,200 heavy cavalry regiments composed of knights and knights, a total of 60 Cavalry flag team (120 people per flag team).

In addition, because of the rich trade gains these years, the Teutonic State can also hire 20,000 mercenaries. These mercenaries are mainly from Germany, including 8,000 people in Switzerland, which still belong to Germany. In addition, there are French and British mercenaries, and the combat strength is very strong.

However, when these people are added together, there are 28,000 people. Even if the peasants are temporarily recruited as militiamen during wartime, more than 10,000 people will be called up at most, mainly responsible for guarding the rear cities. Therefore, less than 50,000 sets of weapon armor are used. Besides, the original army of the Teutonic Army is not without weapons. 50,000 sets of new sword armor means that Teutonic will expand its army by 50,000 ...

But that is impossible!

Because, the Teutonic Kingdom has not so many strong men to call! The Teutonic State currently has 300,000 to 400,000 people, and the maximum number of strong men is 60,000 or 70,000. However, even if there are 60,000 or 70,000 strong soldiers, it is impossible to catch all of them as soldiers. Because all the strong soldiers are sent to serve as soldiers, the economy of the entire country will stop and even the food supply chain will collapse. Therefore, even if the Teutonic Kingdom fought the national war, it would be good to recruit half of the strong soldiers, that is, 30,000 or 40,000.

In addition, due to the provocation of Poland and Lithuania, the nobles and citizens of Teutonic actually did not support the rule of the Teutonic Knights very much, but were vaguely opposed to the Knights. Chief Philip has succeeded to the throne in these years and has been busy rectifying the country to suppress the nobility and the civic class. Although now basically control the resistance trend of domestic nobles and citizens, it is impossible to count on them to help themselves fight for their lives ...

In other words, these weapons and armor are probably not just for the Teutonic army. Because, cousin Peter also came to Aurich three months ago, saying that the Teutonic Kingdom ’s current weapons and equipment have been replaced, and a lot of old weapons and armor have been eliminated ...

Considering the various intelligences in Eastern Europe recently, Marin suddenly realized:

"Mr. Lev, are you buying armor for the Moscow people?"

Lev's face suddenly stiffened, and then he smiled again:

"Your Majesty's eyes are as if torch, yes, we are helping the Moscow people to purchase. I heard that the Moscow people are going to send troops to attack the Kazan Khanate, so we are entrusted to help us purchase 50,000 sets of sword armor to conquer those who do not believe in God Tatars pagan……"

Worthy of being a diplomat, Lev's lies came open. Moreover, with the serious expression on his face, he said the same as the real one. If Marin had already heard about the intention of the Moscow people, I might have believed it. Because the Moscow people do have hands-on thoughts on the three other Khanates-the Kazan Khanate, the Astrakhan Khanate and the Siberian Khanate-in addition to the powerful Crimean Khanate with Turkey as a backer.

Moreover, because Lithuania and Crimea formed an alliance, the cost of expanding westwards was too high, and it was more feasible to annex the three small Khanates eastwards. Therefore, Lev's lies look like real ones.

Because he was an ally, Marin was too lazy to expose it, so he said bluntly:

"It is impossible to provide weapons and armor to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Because, I need to consider the feelings of the Lithuanians. Uncle Yule is my uncle, but the Lithuanian granddaughter Anne is also my sister."

"So, I can provide weapons and armor to the Teutonic Kingdom, but it is impossible to provide weapons and armor to the Moscow people. After all, they and I have no relatives and no reason, I let them die!"

Lev blushed, but recovered quickly. He smiled and said:

"Do n’t worry, Your Majesty, it ’s our Teutonic business to sell weapons and armor to the Moscow people. After we fall back, we wo n’t count as selling them to the Moscow people."

Marin still shook his head:

"No, the weapons and armor produced by the North Sea country are all made of stainless steel, and the quality is very different from other countries. If it falls into the hands of the Moscow people, it will definitely be used against Lithuania and Poland. By then, I will I can't explain to my sister and brother-in-law. "

"So, I don't care if you buy weapons and armor from others and sell them to Moscow people. But I can't sell them to you. Of course, as a neutral, you buy weapons and armor for the Moscow people. … "

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In fact, Marin is suggesting that I will not intervene in your assistance to the Moscow people.

So, when Lev understood Marin's meaning, he turned his head south and went to Nuremberg to purchase weapons and armor. There are even matchlock guns and artillery.

Nuremberg was an important handicraft center in southern Germany in this era, and the manufacturing industry was very developed. Previously, Marin took away the artisans who made the world's first rifle gun. There are many artisans here, and the products are abundant. Because of the endless wars in this era, as a handicraft center, Nuremberg's weapon and armor manufacturing industry is also very developed. And the messengers of the Teutonic Kingdom will certainly be able to buy the required weapon armor.

Although Nuremberg's weapon armor is originally made of iron, it can't keep up with the steel products of Beihai. However, for Eastern Europe, where the level of forging is lagging behind, it is definitely an excellent weapon and armor. With these weapons and armor, the combat effectiveness of the armies of the Grand Duchy of Moscow can certainly reach a higher level. Then, the equipment of the Lithuanian army is crushed ... because the equipment level of the Lithuanian army is lower than that of the German region.

In this era, apart from the North Sea country, the most developed handicraft technology in Europe is probably the Venice and Milan regions in northern Italy ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Secondly, it is south of Germany near northern Italy Area. Even in France, Europe's first knightly power, its domestic knights often sent people to purchase fine equipment such as Gothic plate armor in Nuremberg and other places in southern Germany.

Therefore, after possessing 50,000 sets of brand-new weapons and armor produced in southern Germany, the already dominant force of the Grand Duchy of Moscow will certainly be able to rub the Lithuanians on the ground.

And this is what the Teutonics are happy to see. Because, if Lithuania was defeated by the Moscow people, the pair of friends in Poland and Lithuania would have no time to take care of things on the Teutonic side. When they attacked Livonia, the Poles and Lithuanians must have been busy resisting the Moscow attack ...

Maybe, if both Poland and Lithuania were beaten down by the Moscow people, the Teutonic could take the opportunity to recover the large territory that was cut off by Poland and Lithuania ...

Therefore, this time the purchase of arms and armor of the Moscow people was actually advanced by the Teutonic people who had saved a lot of money through trade. Even, they also asked the messenger Lev to personally help the Moscow people to purchase weapons for the purpose of supporting the Moscow people to suppress the old enemy Lithuanians ...

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