Chapter 2032： Drug schemes and immigration routes

Sure enough, within two days, Simon received Marin’s **** flying pigeon's letter-this unfortunate pigeon was the only one that arrived alive, but was also attacked by a peregrine falcon, injured, and the letter was stained with blood. Fortunately, he didn't get the letter. The words are confused. After reading Marin's letter, Simon scratched his head a little-I'm good at fighting, but what about recruiting farmers? Lead troops to arrest people? Then, he went to ask the little wife Princess Anna of the Lamarck family. Princess Ann... Oh no, it should be called Countess Anna. Anna thought for a while, but she didn't have any clues, so she suggested that Simon throw the pot and ask Marin what to do... Simon really did this, released a batch of carrier pigeons, and added meals to the falcons along the way, but Marlin also received it. letter. "This stinky boy, ask me this kind of question..." Ma Lin was speechless, but thought of his brother's touching IQ... Forget it, let me give some guidance... After a brief discussion between Ma Lin and his subordinates, it was decided. The means of recruiting Ukrainian farmers-both soft and hard, coercive and lure! The so-called "soft and hard", coercion and temptation, naturally mean coercion on the one hand, and on the other hand, it uses benefits to attract Ukrainian farmers. For this reason, Marin even came up with a not-so-savvy poisonous trick-raising thieves! The so-called raising thieves means that Simon deliberately raises a group of thieves secretly, so that these thieves go to ransack the Ukrainian villages and rob the Ukrainian farmers of their food and possessions, and even rob them of their winter fur. Go (the fur on the grassland is very cheap), leaving them desperate. Then, Simon sent someone to extend a helping hand to accept the Ukrainian farmers from the hapless village, provide them with food and accommodation, and "recommend" them to settle in the North Sea country on the grounds that they can't afford it... After the fist, the Ukrainian farmer who was desperate had no other choice. Either starve to death, or be killed by Simon when the robber. Either, accept the conditions and immigrate to Beihai Country... However, Marin worried that Simon, a rough man, was not strict in doing things. If someone knew that he secretly supported the bandits to ransack the peasants, he would be ruined. Therefore, Marin asked Kohler to select a few capable members from the spies. After learning the local language from the Cossacks, he went to the Eastern European prairie to use spirits to attract the Cossacks, pull up a team of Cossack bandits, and professionally looted Ukrainian villages. Only grab things, don't kill people. Then, Ukrainian farmers who were forced to desperately had no choice but to accept Simon's recruitment. Of course, Simon must also behave and send troops to chase after him. But Marin would let Simon arrange his subordinates to notify the gang established by the spy door in advance so that they could escape. In this way, Simon made an effort. It's not that he didn't work hard, but the bandit was too cunning...So, no one would accuse him of colluding with bandit...This kind of routine is not smart in later generations, but in this era of Europe, it is definitely the top and most vicious, but The most effective strategy again. As long as this strategy is implemented, there is no need to worry about recruiting Ukrainian farmers. It really doesn't work, Marin can even spend money to hire Crimeans to do this. After all, the Crimeans were in the original history, but they were willing to attack their ally, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, for 15,000 gold coins. As long as the money is given, they really don't worry about their unwillingness to help. But the problem is that by doing this, Simon may lose a reputation for incompetence. After all, if there are thieves who do not solve it, it is a failure. So, after thinking about it, Marin decided to stop Simon from recruiting Cossack cavalry lightly. And modify the recruitment principle-someone has invaded the Ukrainian country, and then recruit them. As for the 2,000-member Flying Wing Knights, Malin decided to pull 1,000 first and send them to the North Sea State to help train the winged cavalry belonging to the North Sea State. These flying winged knights are all trained by Ukrainian wing cavalry officers. They have been trained for a long time and have solid basic skills. They can also help train many winged cavalry when they come to the North Sea country. As a result, Simon usually only has the standing strength of 1,000 Winged Knights. If you can't protect the Ukrainian prairie, it is excusable. If the standing force is still 2000 Winged Knights and at least two or three thousand Cossack cavalry, the village is looted, this kind of thing will definitely fall to him to solve. From now on, Simon only needs to take care of his ten thousand square kilometers fief around Kiev. If he leaves the fief and doesn't care about it, he is in line with his status as a lord... As for Simon's energy, there is nowhere to vent? This is simple, Marin decided to let Simon play a football match in Kiev. Since he is energetic, he can play the game himself...Marin doesn't believe it, he has a 90-minute game every day, this guy still has the energy to toss...Except for Simon to recruit Ukrainian farmers, Marin I also have to consider how to bring the farmers back to the country after they are recruited. In the beginning, Marin intended to use the route of trade with Crimean livestock. It is from the Ukrainian prairie to the northwest, then through the Kingdom of Poland, and then into the northeastern part of Germany, into the coastal Pomeranian region, and then all the way west, passing through Mecklenburg to the North Sea country. But the problem is that animals are not the same as people. The animals can maintain their grazing all the way, and lose a little fat at most. To be pleasant, it is impossible to eat grass along the way, but to eat grain. Using the Mongolian method, people walking with the mare, drinking mare's milk while walking, or eating cheese processed with mare's milk, is also a way. But the problem is that with hundreds of thousands of people migrating, there are not so many postpartum mares that provide mare milk! Thousands of people, the Crimean side may be able to make up a lactating mare that provides mare milk along the way, and no matter how many people there are, there will be no way to make up. Therefore, the large-scale migration of people still has to provide food along the way. Then, the supply of food along the way is a big problem. It is possible to take the livestock transportation route, but the cost of food transportation is too high. In this era, the carriage of horse-drawn carriages is very small but consumes a lot of money. Horses that pull carts eat at least a few pounds or even more than 10 pounds of food every day. According to French cavalry standards, horses must be fed 48 kilograms (1,058 pounds) of barley or oats every day! Although a cart horse is not as expensive as a war horse, it consumes no less food than a war horse when doing heavy work. Therefore, the cost of transporting grain by land is extremely high! If it’s okay for a few days, if it’s a few months of transportation, the cost... 10 pounds of grain a day, 300 pounds a month, a few months... But ordinary carriages can only pull more than a ton... Therefore, the grain is transported by land. , The cost is really high. In particular, European food prices are still very expensive in this era. So can reduce the transportation cost, or as much as possible. Therefore, transporting grain by water is the best choice! Marin checked the map and finally determined the route-starting from Kiev, along the banks of the Pripyat River, a tributary of the Dnieper River, all the way westward, arriving at the Burg River, a tributary of the Vistula River in Poland. Then along the Bug River, arrived at the coast of the Vistula River, and then arrived at the Danzig area at the mouth of the Vistula River, boarded the merchant ship of the North Sea country, transported to Jutland first... The reason for choosing this route is that Because it is very convenient to ship food along the Vistula River, the food can be transported upstream and to the banks of the Bug River. As long as the food carried by the migrants when they set off in Kiev can be supported close to the Bug River, a large amount of food will be prepared on the Bug River to support the migrants halfway. Once you enter the Buge River Basin, you don’t have to worry about food...In fact, there is another good route for Marin to choose, which is to follow the main stream of the Dnieper River and arrive at Orsha, and then a distance to the north. , Access to the Daugava River connecting Riga, transportation of food is also very convenient. Moreover, the distance between the Dnieper and Daugava is shorter than the distance between the Pripyat and the Bug. But Marin would not choose this route, because this route would pass through the hinterland of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and openly display the immigrant army in front of the Lithuanians in the hinterland, which was too exciting. If one is not good, Lithuanians will restrict him from taking away the immigrants, so let’s stop. Therefore, to be safe, go south and avoid the Lithuanian hinterland. At least, don’t let the core ethnic group of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania see the large immigrants. As for the Poles who they co-own, they don’t care how much population Lithuania lost... This year, Ukraine still belongs to Lithuania, not Poland...