Recently, Marin's luck seems to have been good. Soon, Draca also returned from the Canary Islands shortly after Columbus returned and brought back good news.
Because after Aben arrived in the Canary Islands, he stuffed a bag of gold coins into Baron Sandro, the controller of the Canary Islands. Baron Sandro was very concerned about this matter.
However, Baron Sandro did not contact the Vatas dynasty of Fes. Because the Vatas dynasty completely lost control of the Moroccan region in the southern Atlas Mountains.
Now, the Saad tribe controls the area south of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. The Ayuen area is also one of the vassals of the Saad tribe.
Therefore, it would be better to talk to the Saad tribe that dominated the south than to talk to the Fes court who lost control. So Baron Sandro sent someone to contact Abdullah Kaim, the chief of the Saad tribe, to discuss the purchase of the Ayuen area.
Abu Abdullah Kaim (the founder of the Saad Dynasty) was very confused and didn't know why Marin bought the small oasis of Ayuen. Moreover, Marin's name shocked Abu Abdullah Kaim. Because, now the Vatas dynasty in Morocco is notified, it is a branch of the Marin dynasty. Of course, it was shocked. After all, Marin was a European and had nothing to do with the Berbers.
During the secret negotiations, Draka naturally followed the "script" designed by Marin and said seriously that he wanted to buy a batch of Arabian horses and stock them here, and planned to build this place into a horse breeding base.
Abu Abdullah Kaim felt a little funny. He knew about Ayuen's situation. There was only a long oasis lake there, and only the edge of the oasis lake, there was a pasture suitable for grazing. More than 10 kilometers away from the oasis lake is the desert area. Strictly speaking, Ayuen Oasis, and the main control area of ​​the Saad tribe, are separated by the desert.
Therefore, Abu Abdullah Kaim did not attach much importance to Ayuen. In fact, the Ayuen tribe is not a branch of the Saad tribe, but a small tribe that is attached to them. This tribe has a population of more than 4,000 and about 1,000 cavalry. It is not strong, but not weak. Moreover, they don’t offer many offerings to the Saad family every year, only a few dozen sheep.
When Draka carefully proposed to buy Ayuen with 10,000 gold coins, Abu Abdullah Kaim immediately became tempted...
That night, Abu Abdullah Kaim and the religious leader of the Saad tribe (Shelif) Mohammed Ibn Abdullah Rahman discussed.
It just so happened that the Saad tribe is now gathering its strength to create a rebellion from the Vatas dynasty. So they finally agreed to Draka's offer.
However, they also put forward an additional condition - that is, every year, Marin will sell them a large number of iron ingots privately...
Obviously, this iron ingot was used by the Saad tribe to build weapons. In North Africa, iron tools are also very precious. Because the local area does not produce iron. Even if there is iron, it is controlled by the Vatas Dynasty.
The Arab cavalry was very simple, and they could be played with just a war horse, a white robe, and a scimitar. To them, Arab scimitars were weapons. However, to build scimitars, they needed iron. The Saad tribe lived in a barren land south of the Morocco Mountains, and only the Seus River basin was richer. Therefore, they were also very short of iron. If Marin agreed to sell their iron every year, they would agree...
So Draka quickly boarded the ship and returned, asking Marin...
In addition, Abu Abdullah Kaim also told Draka that the Ayuen tribe was only their vassal tribe, not their subordinates. Therefore, although the Saad tribe sold Ayuen to Marin, Marin needed to send his own troops to conquer the tribe...
Marin cursed in his heart, but he didn't feel anything. After all, if a small tribe of 4,000 people couldn't handle it, it would be too frustrating. Moreover, this tribe is a tribe in the desert and has no place to escape. Because, after leaving the Oasis Lake in Ayuen, they would all die of thirst... Moreover, there are the Saad people who sold them to the north, and the deserts to the south and east. Even if they escape, they will be dead...
Moreover, it just so happened that Marin thought that his steel plant had too high production and had no place to sell it. Since people from the Saad tribe wanted to buy it, then sell it.
As for whether the Saad people will turn against each other after becoming stronger, Marin said that they will completely ignore it. Because after obtaining the Ayuen area, he will send people to build a solid small town in Ayuen with reinforced concrete, and not be afraid of Moroccan attacks. Moreover, because this area is on the beach, Marin can send ships to support at any time, and it will be fine for how long it will last...
Just so happened that Marin also wanted to test the combat effectiveness of the Lancers who had been training in Teutonic for several months. So Marin planned to pull the 1,000 Lancers to Ayuen and fight with the opponent's 1,000 tribal cavalry.
If you win, everyone will naturally be happy. If even a third-rate unit like tribal cavalry cannot win, it means that the training of lances and wall charges has failed...
As for the issue of the dead, Marin had never considered it. At worst, he could pay some pensions. Moreover, the wandering knights recruited from the Teutonic Kingdom were actually unlucky people who were kicked out of the house. Even if Marin wanted to pay the pensions, he still didn't know who to give them to...
So Marin quickly settled and agreed to the conditions proposed by the Saad tribe. Then he began to prepare troops, sent ships to the Teutonic Kingdom, and pulled troops to the Canary Islands. Then, he landed in Ayuon and killed the Ayuon tribe on the banks of the Ayuon Oasis Lake.
In order to give the other party a chance to react, Marin planned to let the enemy cavalry gather and then let the lancers launch a wall-style charge. He wanted to see if the wall-style charge was as awesome as the Internet said...
However, arranging troops to Ayuen to fight war is a very complicated matter. Because if you want to station troops in the Canary Islands, you must obtain the consent of the Spanish royal family.
For this reason, Marin had to send people to apply for this matter to the Spanish Kings. In addition, it also required many ships to transport 1,000 lancers and their horses to the Canary Islands and transport them to Ayuen.
In short, there was still a lot of preparations here. When the preparations were completed, Marin decided to lead the troops to conquer the small tribe himself.
In order to ensure safety, Marin decided to bring another 1,000 infantry to accompany him. In this way, even if the lancer fails, he can escape unscathed under the protection of the infantry and calmly retreat onto the warship and leave...
Chapter completed!