Afterwards, Marin was anxious about the confidants such as Haider, Schwartz, Kohler, and Schole, and continued to discuss the introduction of the Russian serfs. The main issue is the details, the direction has been decided, but the details are also very important. It will not be said to determine success or failure, but if the details are not done well, it will be very troublesome.
At this time, Shaoer raised a question. Shaoer was doing military supervision work. He found that in an army, if there are too many people from one place, it is easy to lead to a group. For example, if a company with 250 people is more than half of the total number of people in a small place, the leaders from this small place can often say something comparable to the company captain, at least the deputy company captain. If the company captain lacks experience and prestige, it is easy to be undermined by the leader of this small group.
Therefore, Saul believes that the same is true for the Russian serfs in the farm. The family can be retained, but it is best not to put a large number of people from the same village together, so as not to join them.
In a word, it is to break up the reorganization. If it is not broken up, the serfs in a manor are all from a village in the Grand Principality of Moscow, and some of the officials are likely to be united by these people to target them, as long as someone stands up to dominate and incite.
Kohler is also an intelligence agent. He even proposed that it is best to put Rose people with different accents in one manor, so that the people in this manor cannot unite. If they automatically form different small groups, they will not be able to unite and fight against the Beihai Kingdom official.
The best thing is to let the Moscows and Ukrainians be in the same manor in the manor, and the number of people varies too much. Although the Moscows and Ukrainians belong to the Ross, the Moscows belong to the northeastern Ross, while Ukraine is the southwestern Ross. The long-term separation has caused huge differences in the languages ​​of the two major ethnic groups. Now, it is difficult for people from the two ethnic groups to communicate normally in languages.
In the Ukrainian region today, there are about 2 million Ukrainians, which is much smaller than the Ross people in the Grand Principal of Moscow, but the number is also very large.
Although the Grand Duchy of Lithuania conquered the Ukrainian region, it had very weak control over the local area. In other words, it was a little uncontrollable. Because the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was at a disadvantage in the battle with the Grand Duchy of Moscow in recent years, the Lithuanians naturally did not have the energy to manage the Ukraine, which led to the out of control there.
Before, Marin asked Simon to buy the Kiev region as a territory, and Lithuania's Greatsom (Parliament) just began to wonder why Simon bought it, but did not stop it. The main reason was that it was not in the sight of the Lithuanians. Later, Lithuania even gave Ukraine to the Kingdom of Poland. It can be seen how little the Grand Duchy of Lithuania attached to the Ukrainian region and the local Ukrainians.
Now, Simon has been in Kiev for more than a year to establish the Kingdom of Beth. With the strong support of Marin, he established a Flying Winged Knights using a full set of weapons and armor in the North Sea Kingdom, which is also very prosperous in the local area.
Marin suddenly realized that Simon, the stinky brother, seemed to be time to repay his elder brother...
At the beginning, Marin spent money to buy Kiev for Simon, not to let this guy have fun, but to ask him to be responsible for helping him recruit Ukrainians.
However, Simon had not yet gained a foothold in the local area, and even the city of Kiev had not been repaired. Now, more than a year has passed. It is said that the city of Kiev has basically been repaired after using a large amount of cement from the North Sea country. The area around Kiev has also attracted a large number of local people and reclaimed land.
In addition, with the support of Marin's huge capital, Simon also recruited warriors and formed a 2,000-man Flying Wing Knights. Its weapons and equipment are similar to Polish winged cavalry, both half-armored and horseless armor, using spring rifles produced by the North Sea Kingdom, as well as steel sabers. These Flying Wing Knights were all children of little nobles who were helped by Simon Tozigmont I and recruited in Poland and Lithuania with no way out.
Because it was just the beginning, only 2,000 people were recruited. But in the future, Marin plans to let Simon expand its scale to more than 6,000 people. However, Simon actually controls only 1,000 Flying Wing Knights, and the other 5,000 people are all reserved by Marin.
In addition, Simon also built dozens of Cossack villages around Kiev according to Marin's instructions. Each of these Cossack villages had 100 households. Simon protected their safety and only 10% of the tax was levied. However, once a war broke out, each household in the village would have a Cossack cavalry to fight for Simon. In return, when the war broke out, 10% of the tax was exempted. In addition, they could also get half of the spoils.
Because the Eastern European region implemented a universal taxation system during the Golden Horde period, the locals would not be as resistant to taxes as Western European farmers. Even 10% of the tax was considered quite conscientious. Simon had to take out half of this tax to build a Catholic church. This was a special right that Simon obtained - tithing tax on behalf of others.
Most people cannot get this right, but Comarin is the pope's son-in-law, so it is still easy to seek this right for him. Simon also promised to take out half of the taxes to build a Catholic church and promote Catholicism locally. It is easy to convert local Cossacks into Catholics. Because Cossacks are a group with very vague religions and don't care what religion they believe in. It is easier to transform their beliefs than to transform ordinary farmers.
In Kiev, non-Catholics bear twice as much tax as Catholics. Therefore, most Cossacks convert to Catholicism.
More than fifty Cossack villages can provide Simon with more than 5,000 Cossack light cavalry. Therefore, Simon is currently a powerful among the powerful on the Ukrainian prairie. The only one who can compare him is the Crimean Khanate, which can bring out 40,000 cavalry. However, the Crimean Khanate is the trading partner of the Beihai Kingdom and sells a lot of horses, cattle and sheep to the Beihai Kingdom every year. Naturally, they will not cause trouble for the financial owner's younger brother. Simon will not be so stupid that he provokes the powerful Crimean Khanate. Therefore, both sides are in peace.
Moreover, the Crimeans suddenly discovered over the years that they could make money by selling horses, cattle and sheep, and they didn’t have to fight hard anymore. They were not even able to go to Moscow to grab population. In addition, they also learned to be intermediaries, buying horses, cattle and sheep from the Kazan Khanate, Astrakhan Khanate, Siberian Khanate and even the Nogai people at low prices, and then selling them to Marin. In this way, they could live a very comfortable life. Only when they were short of hair would they occasionally go out to the southern part of the Grand Principal of Moscow to fight the autumn wind.
Through trade, Marin turned the Crimean Khanate into a "moderate" country with fewer "fights"...
In such an environment, Simon's Ukrainian state is naturally very safe. Simon's biggest enemy is the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the horse bandits on the Ukrainian prairie. However, the Grand Duchy of Moscow is currently planning to seize Smolensk and has no time to pay attention to Simon in the southwest. Simon has just set up a stand on the country and will not seek death to provoke the Grand Duchy of Moscow. However, the horse bandits on the grassland have been cleaned up several times by Simon. Two thousand flying wing knights, and at least two or three thousand Cossack light cavalry were dispatched at each time. At this scale, no matter how big or small the horse bandits encounter, there is only one dead end when they encounter it. Therefore, the Ukrainian prairie is now close to the area around Kiev, which is so good that it can be described as "no doors are closed at night and no leave is collected."
But this is not what Marin wanted. Marin thought, since his stinky brother had already gained a foothold on the Ukrainian prairie, it was time for him to work hard to help recruit Ukrainians to the mainland of Beihai...
There is no need to have more, and there are 200,000 young and strong women, plus the number of young and strong women and children, which is about the same as the number of Russians. Then, live with the Russians in proportion, so that the serfs can effectively prevent them from merging together.
Chapter completed!