Zheng Yong's family has been in Arhangel for a long time. August was already in the middle of the year. It was the most beautiful season in the Principality of Moscow. Zheng Yong's wife Veronica, with her children, was having fun with some local women from the local celebrities. However, the miserable Zheng Yong himself was still staying at the East Coast Merchant Station next to the dock and discussing with the local webmaster Schneider how to open up the market in Moscow, how to expand contacts and collect information locally.

Perhaps the bad luck of the East Coast people had been used up in Poland, but now it is in Moscow. Not long after the establishment of this business station, a big business came to the door: Boris, a Moscow businessman who once led a caravan to Kafa from Astrakhan, was transferred to Arkhangel by the Tsar and discussed with the East Coast people to purchase a large number of weapons.

It is said that since the Cossacks launched a massive uprising in 1648, the Polish army has lost consecutive battles and the standing army has almost lost all. At that time, the Cossack uprising army led by Khmelniks had already reached Lviv, and the crown territory of Poland had opened to the Cossacks and the Tatars. However, the Tatars, who were considering their own interests, were afraid that Poland was overly weakened by the Ukrainians, so they decided to reconcile with Poland and in turn threatened the Cossacks that once fought side by side.

Khmelnikki faced various real threats (the Tatars turned against each other, tens of thousands of cavalry were eyeing each other, and the Polish parliament was also organizing aristocratic private army to gather, preparing to fight to the death). In addition, he was born in aristocratic family and was also seeking "recruitment" from the Polish Kingdom, so he soon signed the Treaty of Zborov with the Poles in August 1649. The Poles officially recognized the independence of the Cossack emirates and the two countries stopped their troops and repaired them.

However, the matter obviously did not end there because the Poles were not willing to fail. Especially those Polish landlords who fled back from the Ukrainian region and Polished Ukrainians have been urging the Polish parliament to send troops to regain their lost territory and suppress the Ukrainians who revolted. The Polish nobles tended to send troops, so they began to actively hoard war materials and prepare for war.

On the other hand, the upper class of the Cossack Uprising Army headed by Khmelniksky became the rulers of the country and the landlords after the founding of the Cossack Emirates, and their interests were contrary to those of ordinary Ukrainian peasants. According to the content of the Zborov Treaty, the Cossacks were no longer allowed to confiscate the Polish property at will. The Cossack Emirates recognized all the rights and interests of the Polish landlords in their territory, and the fleeing serfs had to return to the farm to continue serving the landlords. This caused many soldiers of the uprising army to blow up their nests because they did not understand why the country they established after fighting hard was now asking themselves to continue to return to the manor to be serfs for the Polish masters? Isn’t this nonsense!

In this way, Khmelnikki and other Cossack uprising troops lost their military spirit and the people's hearts. The soldiers of the uprising troops no longer trusted these officers and were no longer willing to fight for them in a confused manner. They gathered together and asked their superiors to explain to them why they became serfs again? However, Khmelnikki had deteriorated at this time. He had no good impression of the serfs of the uprisings. He had just used them before, but now he has achieved his goal, so he naturally no longer wants to see that there are still rebels in the country, because this may threaten the rule of the uprising people.

Therefore, he not only did not respond to the uprising soldiers who gathered to question him, but instead launched a cruel suppression and sold them all to the East Coast people, making a big profit. However, Khmelnikki's violent actions not only did not scare the uprising soldiers who had nothing again, but instead made them fight back. The situation that had just calmed down in the Cossack Emirates was turbulent again, and the civil war was about to break out.

At this time, the Duchy of Moscow, adjacent to the new Cossack Emirates, was also staring at the Ukrainians' every move. In the spring of this year, the Tsar ordered the summoning of thousands of soldiers to be stationed in Puzivri, south of Voronesh, in name to prevent the spread of unrest in the Cossack emirates from Moscow, and in fact to interfere with the situation in the country at any time.

It is worth mentioning that not all the thousands of soldiers mobilized by the Moscow people. According to the Tsar's plan, the number of troops who are planning to interfere in the Ukrainian situation at any time will eventually be between 15,000 and 20,000. If the Polish royal army also intervenes in the Ukrainian situation, this number may continue to expand since the failure of the Smolensk War twenty years ago, the Duchy of Moscow has been looking forward to avenging its previous shame.

This army with a population of more than 15,000 will be drawn from various places in Moscow. The military equipment of these old-style troops is undoubtedly extremely poor. Most of them are cold weapons. The few muskets equipped are basically old-style mesh rope guns, and the caliber of the cannons is pitifully small, which is generally one to two eras than Western Europe.

From the Tsar to the military officials, they naturally knew the current situation of the old army that existed in the country. They have been trying to improve this situation over the years. Therefore, when their government finances slightly improved, the exports of fur, wood, rig, cable, wax and tar in the Principal of Moscow increased greatly and the government's financial situation improved greatly, they planned to change the army as soon as possible so that they could have sufficient capital to interfere in the situation in Ukraine to meet the government's unlimited desire for new land.

The Moscows came to visit, and Zheng Yong, Schneider and others were naturally extremely happy because their trading station has not opened much yet. The warehouse of the East Coast Trading Station in the dock area (temporary rent, the East Coast Trading Center has been determined, the land has been purchased, and it is now under construction). There are really a batch of arms now, including about 7,000 flintlock rifles, 4,000 sabers, 8,500 standard spears, 2,000 pairs of breastplates, 1,500 saddles, and many military kettles, iron picks, shovels, bandages and other gadgets, with a total value of about 190,000 yuan.

These weapons were temporarily transferred from the Riga Trading Station and have been here for several months. After all, when they went to the Moscow Principal, which is located in the wild corner of Europe, they did not work well, and only military funds, liquor, tobacco, cheap textiles, metal utensils, etc. were sold well. When Zheng Yong and others came to Arkhangel from Riga, they brought these things with the ship. At present, some thick cotton, liquor, and metal farm tools were sold out. Although the sales of weapons and military products have experienced some twists and turns (some British and Dutch merchants protested that the Moscow Principal decided to buy cheap and cheap East Coast Ordnance), the Moscow people, seeing the tension, firmly withstood the pressure of some Dutch and British merchants, ate all the arms brought by the East Coast people from Riga, and used them to arm the troops stationed in the south and ready to interfere in the Ukrainian situation at any time.

The reason why the Moscow people made up their minds so quickly and did not hesitate to offend the first English and Dutch merchants to cooperate with them was naturally considered from an economic perspective. Now the situation in Ukraine is becoming increasingly tense, and Khmelnikki lost his military spirit and the people's hearts in the country, and the Polish royal army, which is facing a treason and a resumption of war, has been defeated in a row and almost reached the end of the road. All he can rely on now is the Moscow Tsar, the Crimean Sultan and the Ottoman Sultan. Of course, Khmelnikki and his core subordinates would rather surrender to the Moscow and even the Polish royal army than to surrender to the Tatars and Turks.

He did this himself. While he asked the Tatars to send troops to interfere in the situation (with the intention of using others to scare away the Polish royal army), he contacted the Moscow people and frequently asked the Tsar to support the armies, materials, money and personnel, otherwise he would turn to the ********** in pagans. The Tsar and his ministers were naturally not fools. They were all lords who did not see rabbits and did not show eagles. In the face of no substantial benefits (for example, the Cossack Emirates surrendered to Moscow and became vassals), they would not send troops without authorization, but just set troops on the border, watch on the wall, and wait for the Cossacks and the Polish royal army to weaken each other.

However, not sending troops to support the Cossacks for the time being does not mean that the Russians are not ready for war. In fact, they have deployed many standing troops to the front line, and war materials are being tightly raised. The opinions of domestic nobles and ministers are gradually becoming consistent, that is,: increase the efforts to collect intelligence and truly grasp the first-hand information of Ukraine; frantically hoard war materials and be ready to intervene at any time; spend a lot of money to buy Cossack officers, so that they can turn to the Principality of Moscow.

These measures have been implemented for some time. The provinces and regions in southern Moscow have undergone local mobilization. Once the situation escalates, the Moscow army will enter the Ukrainian region. At the same time, the rear also conducts a second phase of mobilization, gathering at least 50,000 soldiers to guard against the Polish royal army. As for their goal, it is to annex the entire Ukrainian region. If the situation is not smooth, at least it will annex the left bank of the Dnieper River, and manage it across the river from the Kingdom of Poland, and then slowly plan it.

The East Coast people were naturally happy to see the imminent battle between Poland, Moscow, Ukraine and Crimea. For this reason, Riga, Arkhangel, and Kafa several major commercial stations started to operate quickly and began to order a large amount of war materials from the country. At the same time, under Mosan's overall planning, they also contacted and hired ships to buy all the slaves captured by all parties in the war, and then sent them back to the local area for infrastructure, or sent them to New China Island with extremely high mortality rates to pioneer the land.

These people are strong and do not cost too much (the war materials are considered by the East Coast people to be as much as possible), and can also improve the status of the East Coast Republic in this area and provide conditions for future intervention in international affairs in the region. So why not do it?

These weapons were temporarily transferred from the Riga Trading Station and have been here for several months. After all, when they went to the Moscow Principal, which is located in the wild corner of Europe, they did not work well, and only military funds, liquor, tobacco, cheap textiles, metal utensils, etc. were sold well. When Zheng Yong and others came to Arkhangel from Riga, they brought these things with the ship. At present, some thick cotton, liquor, and metal farm tools were sold out. Although the sales of weapons and military products have experienced some twists and turns (some British and Dutch merchants protested that the Moscow Principal decided to buy cheap and cheap East Coast Ordnance), the Moscow people, seeing the tension, firmly withstood the pressure of some Dutch and British merchants, ate all the arms brought by the East Coast people from Riga, and used them to arm the troops stationed in the south and ready to interfere in the Ukrainian situation at any time.

The reason why the Moscow people made up their minds so quickly and did not hesitate to offend the first English and Dutch merchants to cooperate with them was naturally considered from an economic perspective. Now the situation in Ukraine is becoming increasingly tense, and Khmelnikki lost his military spirit and the people's hearts in the country, and the Polish royal army, which is facing a treason and a resumption of war, has been defeated in a row and almost reached the end of the road. All he can rely on now is the Moscow Tsar, the Crimean Sultan and the Ottoman Sultan. Of course, Khmelnikki and his core subordinates would rather surrender to the Moscow and even the Polish royal army than to surrender to the Tatars and Turks.

He did this himself. While he asked the Tatars to send troops to interfere in the situation (with the intention of using others to scare away the Polish royal army), he contacted the Moscow people and frequently asked the Tsar to support the armies, materials, money and personnel, otherwise he would turn to the ********** in pagans. The Tsar and his ministers were naturally not fools. They were all lords who did not see rabbits and did not show eagles. In the face of no substantial benefits (for example, the Cossack Emirates surrendered to Moscow and became vassals), they would not send troops without authorization, but just set off troops on the border, watch on the wall, and wait for the Cossacks and the Polish royal army to weaken each other.

However, not sending troops to support the Cossacks for the time being does not mean that the Russians are not ready for war. In fact, they have deployed many standing troops to the front line, and war materials are being tightly raised. The opinions of domestic nobles and ministers are gradually becoming consistent, that is,: increase the efforts to collect intelligence and truly grasp the first-hand information of Ukraine; frantically hoard war materials and be ready to intervene at any time; spend a lot of money to buy Cossack officers, so that they can turn to the Principality of Moscow.

These measures have been implemented for some time. The provinces and regions in southern Moscow have undergone local mobilization. Once the situation escalates, the Moscow army will enter the Ukrainian region. At the same time, the rear also conducts a second phase of mobilization, gathering at least 50,000 soldiers to guard against the Polish royal army. As for their goal, it is to annex the entire Ukrainian region. If the situation is not smooth, at least it will annex the left bank of the Dnieper River, and manage it across the river from the Kingdom of Poland, and then slowly plan it.

The East Coast people were naturally happy to see the war between Poland, Moscow, Ukraine and Crimea. For this reason, Riga, Arkhangel, and Kafa several major commercial stations started to order a large amount of war materials in advance from the country. At the same time, under Mosan's overall planning, they also contacted and hired ships to buy all the slaves captured by all parties of the war, and then sent them back to the local area for infrastructure, or sent them to New China Island with a very high mortality rate to pioneer. These people are strong and do not need to spend too much (the war materials are as much as they think in the eyes of the East Coast people), and can also be improved.

The status of the East Coast Republic in this region provides conditions for intervening in the international affairs of the region in the future, so why not do it? These people are strong and do not need to spend too much (the war materials are as much as the East Coast people think), and can also improve the status of the East Coast Republic in this region and provide conditions for intervening in the international affairs of the region in the future. So why not do it? These people are strong and do it without spending too much (the war materials are as much as the East Coast people think), and can also improve the status of the East Coast Republic in this region and provide conditions for intervening in the international affairs of the region in the future. So why not do it?

These people are strong and do not cost much (the war materials are considered by the East Coast people to be as much as possible), and can also improve the status of the East Coast Republic in this area and provide conditions for future intervention in international affairs in the region. So why not do it? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!