Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 751 Still a Political Mission

Made ran to the Port of Suez these two days for an extremely important political mission, yes, that is to arrange labor for more than [-] strong and strong men, and then wait for the time (after May) to ship them to Xinhua Island.These people will wait for distribution there, some will stay in Xinhuaxia Island to enrich the population of various colonies, some will go to Australia for reclamation, some will go to the Blackwater region of the Far East to act as cannon fodder, and finally some will be difficult to discipline (nobles or soldiers, thorns) will be sent to Patagonia to build railways.

These 3000 people are only the first batch, and there will be second and third batches later.You must know that throughout last year, the Ukrainian Cossacks continued to launch offensives. Under the siege of tens of thousands of Cossacks and their allies, the Crimean Tatars, the Polish army suffered consecutive defeats and suffered heavy losses.

Inspired by this, the local residents of Ukraine rose up and unleashed their anger on the oppressive Polish lords and their lackeys (housekeepers and usurers, both of whom were almost all Jews).They successively captured a large area of ​​​​the countryside around Kiev, and then listed all Poles, Jews, German mercenaries, and Catholics (mostly Polish immigrants, and a small number of Ukrainians) they encountered as targets of attack.Kiev, Poltava, Podolia, Chernihiv and other places fell into huge chaos one after another. The ruling order of the Kingdom of Poland for many years suddenly collapsed, and Ukraine began to drift away from them.

In this chaos - especially the chaos involving the Crimean Tatars - a large number of people were degraded into slavery, and then were driven uniformly to the port of Kaffa, where they were shipped to the great market in Smyrna for sale. For East Coasters.Because there is almost no cost to rob these people, the price is extremely low, only 40-50 yuan per person-of course, this refers to healthy people, and it is easier to eat on the east coast.In fact, most of the Polish landowners and homeowners who immigrated to Ukraine in the past 200 years were killed, and a small part were driven back to Poland. But in this time and space when the shit-stirring sticks exist on the east coast, they were lucky enough to stay. life, but also lost the freedom of life.But then again, the Cossacks and the Tatar allies exchanged population for military resources. This combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger, and the continuous combat capability is also getting stronger. Poland may lose more blood than in history.

In order to buy these prisoners of war or female slaves, almost all the money from the trade balance between the East Coast Republic and the Ottoman Empire in 1648 was poured into it. The embarrassment of paying.In desperation, relying on his old face, Mo San went to Genoa to seek a low-interest loan of 300 million lire (approximately 49.2 yuan) from St. George's Commercial Bank, which was enough to fool him.

A considerable number of these people were German mercenaries, basically soldiers captured in the two battles in the spring and summer of 48.Among them, after the fiasco of the first Battle of Kolson commanded by Potocki, the Poles captured 80 local administrators, 127 officers, 8500 soldiers and 41 artillery pieces.It is worth mentioning that after the end of this battle, when the Cossack leader Khmelnytsky was bargaining with the Kingdom of Poland (he himself did not want to be independent, and asked the government to "recruit" himself), their ally Tatars Then they plundered in Ukraine and took away more than 20 slaves, and this is why the Cossacks temporarily broke with them-the Tatars did not distinguish whether you were Ukrainian or Polish when they captured slaves.

The second time in Piryavci, this time the Cossacks were forced by the situation and invited back the Tatar cavalry. The two sides cooperated sincerely to defeat the Polish army of as many as 4 people, which shocked the whole of Poland.In this battle, the Polish soldiers were almost wiped out (many of these soldiers were recruited by Poles living in Ukraine, and they had deep conflicts with the Cossacks), and 5000 German mercenaries were also captured. In addition, about 100 guns and a lot of baggage were the spoils of the Cossacks and Tatars.

These two battles almost wiped out all of Poland's troops in Ukraine and the east, and the gate to Warsaw has even been opened to Khmelnytsky. However, for various considerations, he himself insisted on negotiating peace with Poland. The war between the two subsided temporarily.However, this year (49), due to the dissatisfaction of the lower Cossacks (they have already participated in the uprising, but now they are likely to continue to return to the village as Polish serfs) and the instigation of the Tatars, Khmelnytsky appeared again To be shaken, he publicly declared that Ukraine must be independent from Poles.This angered the new Polish king who had just ascended the throne, and the Polish nobles also felt the pressure of death, and began to support the king's re-conquest to completely wipe out the Ukrainian rebel forces and the evil wolves from the steppe-the Crimean Tatars.

Dense battle clouds once again enveloped the sky over Ukraine!The great leader of the Cossacks, the "Super Duke" Khmelnytsky, began to send envoys frequently to and from the two unreliable allies, the neighboring Principality of Moscow and the Crimean Khanate, to secretly discuss the possibility of mutual assistance.But the Russians still have a little fear of Poland at this time, and the shadow of the disastrous defeat in the Smolensk War still exists, so they have not yet made a final decision on whether to intervene in the war.In comparison, the Crimean Tatars were much more straightforward. Their Khan said that if needed, he would personally lead more than [-] cavalry to support the Cossacks' actions.This is due to the consistent national policy of Crimea, which is to help the weak Ukrainian side to fight against their common enemy Poland; Supported by the Ukrainian Cossacks.

Recently, Nasukh Pasha of the Sea of ​​Azov Chamber of Commerce sent someone to inform Ma De to send a large amount of military supplies (including muskets, spears, armor and other sophisticated equipment, as well as military supplies such as hemostatic bandages and medicines) to Ma De before the end of May. Suez port, then transported to Alexandria by local camel caravan, and finally the ships of the newly established Black Sea Liner Company (with four flute-shaped transport ships made on the east coast) pulled these urgent supplies to Kaffa or Odessa , waiting for the two sides to go to war.And once that time comes, the Azov Maritime Chamber of Commerce can hoard in the meantime and resell it for huge profits.

Mader didn't care about this "serious diplomatic incident" (Polish diplomatic envoys) who sold military funds to the Tatars and Cossacks. Anyway, the people on the east bank had already offended the Kingdom of Poland because of the female slaves. Just offend him to death.I sell weapons and military supplies to your enemies, and at the same time buy their trophies (captives, female slaves), so that they have the capital to continue fighting, what can you do with me?Bite me?

This time, the first batch of 50 strong male laborers transported by the Azov Maritime Chamber of Commerce to the Port of Suez were all captured by German mercenaries.They were bought by the Azov Sea Chamber of Commerce from the Ukrainian Cossacks. The price is [-] yuan per person. They are all mercenaries with rich combat experience. They are familiar with the use of muskets and cold weapons. of.Their defeat to the Cossacks and Tatar cavalry this time was mainly due to the sudden rebellion of the fellow book Cossacks, which caused the Polish army to be caught off guard and completely defeated, which is the so-called crime of non-war.

The strength of these people, in Mu De's view, is quite good if they are well trained and their morale is successfully stimulated.On a Spanish liaison ship heading to Dongfang Port in mid-December last year, Mo San’s special envoy had gone to the mainland to ask for instructions on how to deal with the purchased prisoners of war. If nothing unexpected happened, the arrangements were as described at the beginning of this chapter.Among these people, those who are good at fighting and endure hardships (poor German countrymen in this era are very hardworking) will be fortunate enough to be selected to be sent to the Far East to participate in the battle against the Qing Dynasty.They were even promised that whoever could kill a "true Manchurian" would immediately obtain the status of a free citizen and be allocated houses, land, livestock and wives; Just low.

These bitter German mercenaries were guarded by the Egyptian Mamluks at this time (the cost was paid by the people on the east coast), and their fate had been told, so it didn't take much to guard them.In this era, there are not too many German countrymen who followed the Dutch to the Far East—of course, most of them were deceived. If the destination was stated at the beginning, most of them would not want to go to the Far East. They were prisoners of war slaves, and their psychological expectations were already very low, so it was announced at this time that they would go to the Far East to fight for the east coast, and most of them could accept this fact calmly.

Of course, not everyone can take the opportunity to go to the Far East. Some mercenaries with bad habits can only be assigned to Xinhua Island to enrich the local population. At the same time, they can also capture Malay slaves on the island and send them back to the mainland. Building the railway kills two birds with one stone; in addition, some emaciated mercenaries (easily acclimatized to the soil and water) will be sent to Australia to farm and cultivate, so as to develop the local virgin land and face the possible invasion of the aborigines.In the end, some diehards, such as military officers and nobles, will be dispatched to the Gobi Desert in southern Patagonia to use their own hands to build railways for the people on the east coast.

Mo San had explained to Ma De before that it was a political task to transport [-] female slaves back to the mainland; buying prisoners of war from the Crimeans and Cossacks was also a political task, because the domestic construction companies on the east coast and Overseas colonies need a large number of people to open up wasteland (opening up wasteland often means extremely high mortality), so it is also very important to transport these people back.

It was for this that Made came to the Port of Suez.It was already March at this time, and the two flute-shaped ships of the East African Transportation Company had already carried a group of Polish prisoners back to Xinhua Island, and brought back the news that the Azov Maritime Chamber of Commerce had ordered military supplies.And when the wind direction changes in mid-to-late April, the east coast ships from New China to Suez will set off, and then bring these Germans back to New China Island.

(End of this chapter)