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Chapter 109 East Wind and West Wind

"Haji Port is really an alternative city on this peninsula." Turning over and coming down from the horse's back, Wu Yifei took a wine pot thrown by his subordinates, took a few sips happily, and then laughed and said, "It's a foreign city, but it's not like people wearing East Coast clothing everywhere. It's even more absurd. More than half of the 6,000 residents are meant to be a deer-headed rat, and they speak all kinds of strange languages ​​and speak various accents. This is a fucking freak!"

His subordinates were from Ming people and were also the old friend he had been lying on the Pampa Plain before. After hearing this, he spat on the ground and said, "It's all a bunch of Polish, Ukrainian escaped slaves, extremely low-key people. They say that the deer-headed and rat-headed eyes are lighter, and it's better than those Kalmyks and Tatars who voluntarily laughed."

Speaking of Haji Port (later Sevastopol) was originally just a commercial station approved by the Grey Khan of the Crimean Khanate to establish the East Coast people. Later, the state-owned South China Sea Transportation Company obtained the operating rights of the wharf for 50 years, and it also included a large piece of land around the wharf. It always looked like hundreds of square kilometers and was very small. It was considered a model for the East Coast people to gain a foothold at a relatively small cost.

In order to maintain and operate the dock, the East Coast sent a considerable number of technicians from the local area to the place. At the same time, the diplomatic departments, intelligence departments, trade departments, and military systems all sent a considerable number of officials, ordinary cadres, technicians and soldiers here. These people, together with their families, have reached about 2,000. In addition, because of the business opportunities highlighted here, many businessmen and employees have also come to China. Some of these people are single, some are with their families, and some are married and have children in Haji Port. The total number is quite large, which is about a few hundred people.

Finally, Taoism on the east coast always had no idea what was coming out, and sent a large number of Taoist priests to Haji Port to "spread the glory of the Heavenly Lord". Because it was basically the case that the people on the east coast had the final say, their missionary actions were relatively smooth. There were already three Taoist temples in the dock and the surrounding commercial areas. I even heard that they had planned to build the fourth and fifth Taoist temples, a small agricultural area located in the surrounding area and a region where they traded with the Crimean Tatars to spread their faith.

How do these Taoist priests say that they are very willing to spend money and keep distributing clothes, food, water and other items to those who are willing to participate in religious activities, which attracted a group of poor people. Wu Yifei is sometimes shocked. The bulls are indeed rich, and they don’t know whether it is the state’s appropriation or the industry they own. It is so generous to send things to the things. After many years of spending money, Taoism has indeed attracted a considerable number of Poles, including Ukrainians and Tatars, especially those who were bought by the East Coast people for physical work, Ukrainians (many people chose to settle down after five years), and basically became believers of the Heavenly Lord.

Therefore, Haji Port, a commercial port city with a permanent population of no more than 6,000 people, is indeed a "freak". There is no city in nearby Crimea, Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Ottoman, Moldavia and other places. It is unique and has a unique culture that blends east and west. It is slowly developing and growing on the coast of the Black Sea. Of course, people from the Taoist Association are still not very satisfied with this, because the atmosphere of Chinese culture here is not strong enough, and the east wind has not yet overwhelmed the west wind, so we need to continue to work hard.

Wu Yifei is now the captain of the security team at Haji Port. His predecessor just died in a robbery conspiracy on the complex land at the mouth of the Don River. He still has no clue whether it was done by the Ottomans, Russians, or horse bandits wandering on the grassland.

In fact, this is the norm in the Black Sea area. The turbulent situation, poor life, even the war fires in the sky and the scattered defeated troops have greatly deteriorated the security situation, and the normal lives of the people have been greatly affected, let alone commercial trade. The Haji Port Commercial Station, a person from the East Coast, has had to provide a certain distance of delivery services in recent years to maintain the trade volume. It has suffered at least two attacks in the Kajibey area, although it has been repelled.

It is said that the cavalry robbed across the border under the command of Grand Duke Moldavia saved the goods, but many people were killed and injured. Later, in the area where people thought they were safe on the east bank of the Dnieper River, there were also attacks by unidentified armed people, killing and injured many people, and some of the goods were also taken away. Now the east bank has suspended trade in some areas of the right bank of the Dnieper River, or requires local merchants to come to pick up the goods by themselves. The security situation is really worrying.

After Wu Yifei, an old bandit, took office, there were only less than a thousand people left in the security team. If the people who stayed behind in the city to maintain order were not drawn out, many people could not be drawn out to other places to maintain trade routes. Although he was extremely tough and liked to fight bravely, this did not mean that he was brainless. In fact, in the past few years of working for the State Administration of Intelligence and the Gendarmerie Command, he had been "tamed" and also learned a lot of things and knew what to do under what circumstances.

For example, after taking stock of his strength this time, he decisively gave up some unrealistic ideas and instead suggested that the superiors adjust their strategies and give up on some markets when they should. At worst, they could find a way out. Especially the trade along the Dnieper River, there can no longer be unrealistic fantasies. There are now a dangerous place, and there are extremely vicious horse bandits everywhere on the grassland, which is not enough to fill in. The situation in the Danube and Don Rivers is relatively quiet (although the public security is also poor, it is much better than the disorderly Ukraine), and can be used as a key business, although the profits of these two places are a little thin due to the high tax cards.

Today, Wu Yifei just came back from the city for instructions and received a positive response. He was happy and planned to go to a restaurant run by a Polish outside the city for a meal. Of course, he brought some of his confidants with him.

The Polish boss who opened a hotel was bought by people from the East Coast many years ago and has been loading and unloading goods at the Harj Port Wharf. After five years of hard work, according to the East Coast policy, he obtained a free status and could apply for naturalization. Therefore, he became a national of the East Coast. He is currently opening a hotel outside the city and operates various foods and has a good business.

This Pole married a Tatar widow. In addition to bringing him the cost of opening a hotel, this widow also has two cheap sons who grew up in Haji Port. Wu Yifei had seen these two and a half-year-old boys and now helping in the hotel. Their clothes are actually very interesting. In summary, they are round collars, narrow sleeves, left lapels, long robes, and red belts tied around their waists. It is obviously not the tradition of the East Coast people, and of course it is not the style of European clothing, but rather a strong grassland heritage. According to some clothing sample books published locally on the East Coast, it is probably the style of the Khitans in the northern nomadic people of the North Song Dynasty. Wu Yifei has also seen the clothes of the mistress of the hotel, with straight collars, left lapels, and long robes, which are a bit like Mongolian women's group shirts, but they are not in the style of mopping. They should be a design improved to adapt to heavy labor.

From this we can also see that as a survivor of the Golden Horde established by the Mongols, the culture of the Crimean Tatars (Greda Khan is a descendant of Badu) does contain a strong element of the Eastern grassland. The Mongolian Iron Cavalry that swept across the Eurasian continent did bring great changes to wherever they passed. Tribes like the Tatars, which have been mixed with blood for centuries and have gradually been assimilated by the locals, still stubbornly retained a large number of cultural traditions from their ancestors, which is already very telling.

"Brother, I heard that the next step of building a city wall is to be built, and all commercial facilities in the city must be completed. I heard that Ambassador Ma from Istanbul will also invite civil affairs officials to come and manage it from home. This is the official system, and the Tartar court will not take care of it?" An old friend wiped a long bench with his sleeve, then asked with a diligent response to Wu Yifei.

"Don't call me brother, call me captain, how many times have you said? Also, it's not the Tartars in the Crimean Khanate, but the Tatars. Don't talk nonsense, you're going to be responsible for causing diplomatic disputes?" Wu Yifei rolled his eyes to his old subordinate, sat down with a swagger, and said, "Don't worry, Grey Khan also agreed to the construction of the city, and also granted a lot of land for us. Now the area is not as big as our hometown Yidu County. According to the above, he said

, It must be more than 1,500 square kilometers, and Haji Port is called Haji County. But this Khan is also interesting. When he saw that his sect leader Ottoman was in trouble, he hurriedly signed a ceasefire agreement with the Russians, he ran away. He was worried about being attacked by the Russians, so he began to show kindness to us, and rented land (there is actually a deserted land around Haji Port), and he sold slaves at a low price, which was really dazzling."

"That's not." The old subordinate called the Polish boss loudly, ordered some common dishes, and said with a smile: "The signing of the 20-year armistice agreement was the Ottoman, two Ukrainian puppet states under Russia's control. Theoretically, the Russians can directly belong to the Ottoman Empire and do not violate the agreement. Of course, this is actually impossible. The Tatars are far from being safe."

"Haha, you boy knows it too!" Wu Yifei grabbed a cup and poured the wine and said, "Yes, that's right! The Russians are indeed unlikely to attack the Ottoman Empire now, but what if they touch the Crimean Khanate? It's hard to say! Moreover, when the Ottomans left, they instructed the Crimean Khanate to be the "guardian" of Western Ukraine? The Poles have been eyeing Western Ukraine, and the Ottoman Empire also incorporated the Podorian province in the southeast that was ceded by Poland into the territory of the Duchy of Western Ukraine. This land is densely populated, and is basically Polish, Lithuanian, and the right bank Cossacks were severely damaged.

It is also a problem for us to suppress it. Once something happens, the Tatars still have to wipe their butts. The Ottomans are not available now, so how can they not be nervous. Therefore, they have to rely on themselves now. For the Tatars, all external forces that can bring them benefits are worth making friends. Among them, we, who have great help in the economy, military and other aspects, are naturally the focus of winning over the targets. The Crimeans are not stupid, they are just a little wasteland and slaves, and they are all worthless things. If they can get assistance from the East Coast at a critical moment, they will earn back ten times or a hundred times, and they are really good."

In fact, Wu Yifei is right. The Crimeans are indeed a little confused now. Although their strength has increased a lot in recent years, it is still not enough to look at the huge Russia. Even when facing the Poles, they cannot beat it without the help of the Ottomans or Russia. Therefore, their situation is really a bit subtle and urgently needs external forces to support it. Moreover, this force is better for the East Coast Republic, which is more trustworthy by the Ottomans. Other forces may cause some unnecessary misunderstandings.

As for their sect leader, the Ottoman Empire, it had already formed a large army, claiming to be 200,000 (the number was almost the same, although there were many logistics personnel mixed in it), and entered Hungary in a mighty manner. Under the leadership of some Hungarian nobles who were controlled by the Ottomans, they defeated many Hungarian nobles who were loyal to the Habsburg royal family and defeated an Austrian army of thousands of people.

The main force of their opponent, the Kingdom of Austria, is now stationed in the area east of the Rhine, confronting the French. There are very few troops deployed on the local and eastern fronts, so they have to urgently shrink their troops and retreat. At the same time, they ask for help from various countries to send reinforcements to help resist the Ottomans. Their request was still corresponding to many countries in the Christian world, and they expressed their desire to send troops and money to help the Kingdom of Austria resist the Moors' invasion. For them, this was no longer a battle for hegemony, but a large-scale invasion of pagan countries. It was the east wind of the world that deluded overwhelming the west wind of the Christian world. How could this be? It must be stopped, so they sent troops and money. The situation in the Kingdom of Austria improved slightly.
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