Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 29 The Mongolian One Piece
Novgorod's enemies came not only from land, but also from the sea.A long time ago, they had frequent conflicts with the Nordics.

After Sweden, a major Nordic country, converted to Catholicism, it began to continuously launch crusades to the east.They built the fortress Vyborg across the bay and also destroyed the Novgorod settlements around the Neva River in an attempt to cut off their access to the commercial circles of the North Sea.

Facing the challenge, Novgorod also began to take the initiative after repelling several attacks by the Swedes. In the early 14th century, Novgorod troops even pushed all the way into central Finland, removing Swedish fortresses along the way in retaliation.Revolving around the important waterway of Lake Ladoga and the Neva River, as well as the suzerainty of the local Karelians, the two sides have been fighting for hundreds of years, but there has been no result.

Although there was once an idea of ​​a peaceful solution and a contract was signed, the conflict of interests cannot be bridged.

The King of Sweden once suggested that since everyone is a believer in God, it is better to solve the problem through debating scriptures.He claimed that he could send several philosophers (theology and philosophy were often separated at that time) to debate with the Novgorod Church.If anyone loses, convert to the sect of the winner, so that everyone can save themselves from fighting again.

But the bishop and mayor of Novgorod rejected this request, pointing out that they are only a local church, and suggested that if the Swedes really want to debate the scriptures, they should let the philosophers go to Constantinople and debate with the Greeks there .If they can win, I am willing to bet and admit defeat. It depends on whether the King of Sweden dares to bet.

Of course, this bet did not stand up in the end.After all, the King of Sweden is not a fool. His philosopher can fool the Russians, but he went to argue with the Greeks. Isn't it just for nothing...

As a result, the agreement fell through, and everyone fought back and forth for decades.

Unlike the Novgorodians who mainly run business between inland rivers, lakes, and swamps, the Swedes are serious maritime powers.For hundreds of years, they repeatedly landed on the coast of Novgorod, making the republic quite passive.Now is a good opportunity to try to reverse this situation.

With the help of the purple tent army, the Novgorodians finally gained a foothold on the Neva River.Guo Di, the patriarch of the Guo family at that time, provided them with a group of engineers and used their fortification technology to build a military port fortress "Guojiabao" at the important river mouth.Because Guo Di's Greek name "Peter" is easier to remember, the locals call this place Petrograd.

The fortress was very strong, and the Swedes and Karelian servants failed to take it down several times, so they could only stare blankly and temporarily withdrew from the river mouth area.

Of course, the ambitions of both sides go beyond that.

If you continue to expand your horizons, you will find that the current situation of the Hanseatic League where Novgorod is located is becoming more and more dangerous.

Back then, because the kingdoms had loose control over places, cities often sought self-government and then formed commercial alliances with each other.But now, throughout Europe, the royal power is constantly strengthening.

Sweden and Denmark in the north, England in the west, Moscow in the east, and the princes of Shenluo in the south are all coveting this huge profit.When the state institutions continue to improve and the dynasty's control over the local area is gradually strengthened, the good days of Free City are coming to an end.

The businessmen are also aware of this, they are constantly trying to intervene in the succession issues and territorial disputes of various countries, trying to dance on a few eggs to maintain their independence.But the trend of the times is unstoppable after all. In the face of an increasingly powerful big country, it is really difficult for traditional commercial free cities to support.All they can do is struggle as hard as they can.

Therefore, Novgorod suggested that everyone regard the Purple Horde as the suzerain, introduce the Roman army, maintain the balance of power, and fight against the European kingdoms.

Although the nomadic country gives people the impression of starting from war, in many cases, for the Great Khan, the skills of doing business and making connections are actually the most important.The Purple Horde also has a strong commercial nature. It is also a powerful country that is hostile to Poland, Lithuania, and Shinra. It is far enough away that it has no motivation to annex territories.Not only for Novgorod, but also for other alliance cities, it is also very valuable.

Of course, if this plan is successful, the status of the Novgorod city-state in the alliance will definitely be greatly improved, and it will gain more voice.No matter how you look at it, it is a steady profit.

Therefore, on the other hand, in order to persuade the Purple Horde to expand its army, Novgorod decided to increase the tribute to improve its persuasion.

These tributes were directly handed over to the Roman government, which was actually a protection fee for the Purple Horde, or a major part of military costs.Among them, in addition to fur, also includes the famous gyrfalcon.

Novgorod, Tver, Moscow and other countries have a large number of falconers, and even developed a multinational management organization, which is a very developed industry.From Ireland to Khitan, throughout the Eurasian continent, the upper echelons of all countries are extremely fond of this kind of animal, which is almost a hard currency and very valuable.

In the Ming Dynasty, this bird of prey had a more familiar name, "Caidongqing".When Shahru reconciled with the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute again, he got one as a gift in return.From this, we can also see its popularity.

Due to the lack of several resale processes, the efficiency of spending money to do things is also much higher than recruiting mercenaries.This, the merchants decided, was a more favorable deal.They are more enthusiastic about this matter than the Khanate itself.

The other vassal states would rather pay more than let Zizhang send troops.But the merchants in Novgorod, after paying the money, came every day to urge the "governor" to send more soldiers, especially to expand the navy, which seemed very inconsistent.

But the water power of the Purple Horde is also limited.

Today, the Black Sea has become the inland sea of ​​Rome.After the rise of Timur, with their help, the Purple Horde also successfully entered the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and established several strongholds in Asia Minor and Syria.

Navigation is the main tool for troop transport and commerce. It can even be said that in these places, the Purple Horde expanded along the sea passages, so it formed this seemingly scattered, but actually relatively stable territorial distribution.

To maintain the empire, sea power was of course indispensable.

When the Purple Horde was first established, they knew nothing about navy.The founding emperor Boyan Timur himself was a famous landlubber.In order to enter the Balkans, he decided to follow the advice of the Eastern Roman Church and lead his people to join the Orthodox Church.The church was overjoyed and decided to imitate the baptism ceremony of Ross that year, and let everyone go down to the river to wash in a circle, and the ceremony was considered complete.

Unexpectedly, when the Great Khan Boyan Timur led the way down the river, he drowned.Minister Guo Gai and others hurriedly picked him up, and rescued him for a long time, but finally he did not drown.Fearing that there would be too many casualties, everyone had no choice but to decline the collective baptism ceremony. Until now, the collective initiation ceremony has not been completed.

This incident became an ancestral joke of the Purple Horde Khanate, and it is still popular until now.According to Li Xuanying, there are several Greek comedies based on this.

This also caused the nobles of the Han court to be unable to expel the Greek forces in the court after the "Anda War".Because the Khan Ting Shui Division still depends on their participation to a large extent.

　I will post a few more pictures in these chapters, hoping to understand them better.Although I try to use simple words to describe it as much as possible, but looking at this unpopular place now, it is the most intuitive to look at the picture.

　　By the way, this is not intentional to popularize the word count, because as a funny light novel with a historical background in Eastern Europe and West Asia in the Middle Ages, at my current level, it is really impossible not to mention the historical background at all...

　　And compared with the previous "real" Cope, now these have been compressed to the minimum as much as possible.No matter how little, I am afraid that new readers will really not understand.Please also understand.

　　
　
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