Chapter 1723: Earn money
Why did Ivan's head be sent to Marquis Stroganov? It's really a bit of affinity?
Ivan and Marquis Stroganov were actually friends, and when the Marquis looked at Baron Ivan's head in fear, he was shocked.
Then came an order from the Tatars, no, theoretically, it was the order of the Zhenguo Mansion, which ordered the Marquis of Stroganov to break up with the Ross completely, and warned him to go south immediately within a month to pay homage to the Duke of Zhenguo, and from then on, the family must be completely loyal to the Duke of Zhenguo.
Although he was subordinate to the Grand Duke of Moscow, he was far from the Duchy of Moscow, so the marquis almost had great autonomy in his vast territory. In a sense, the marquis was the master of the Ross people east of the Urals.
The Marquis still couldn't come back to his senses because he received his friend's head for a long time, and this order from Zhenguo Mansion made him feel like a joke.
He recruited his vassals to his own account, and most of the vassals swear that this was just a ridiculous intimidation and ignored it.
only……
The Marquis was not completely at ease, because in his fiefdom, there were hundreds of thousands of Ross, Tatars and Turks. He was indeed far from the east of Urals, and even more powerful than the Siberian Khan. However, he also knew the power of the Tatar Khan who unified Mongolia. Those guys had a population of millions but had a huge monster of more than tens of thousands of iron cavalry.
By the way, there is also a town government...
In fact, the Marquis was unfamiliar with the Zhenguo Mansion, but this did not affect the spread of some rumors into his fiefdom. After all, the Marquis also traded with the Tatars, and there were many legends about the Zhenguo Mansion.
So he thought for a while and said, "Don't pay attention to them first. I will write a handwritten letter to the Grand Duke. I think the Grand Duke will definitely take measures after receiving the news of Ivan's death and the intimidation of the Zhenguo Mansion."
This comforted the vassals and told them that the Grand Duke was his solid backing, but... only the Marquis knew that he was still nervous because he knew very well that the Grand Duke was paying attention to the West and was continuing to fight against the Duchy of Lithuania, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to give him too much support.
Even in the Moscow Duke, many nobles did not regard the Stroganov family as the Ross, but instead believed that the family of the Marquis who did not have blue eyes were filled with Tatar blood.
Moreover, since Ivan's head was able to be sent to him, the deep meaning here was obviously thought-provoking.
The Marquis was worried and finally could only silently say to himself with a little thought of hiding the bell, "Just do this, the Tatars will not come, and they will never."
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Almost the feudal lords east of Urals received the same letters, with severe warnings and even hints about some impending punishment.
Obviously, this world that was originally inseparable from the world has been completely broken.
Three months later, a small tribe east of Siberia received a letter of help. The letter of help came from the Siberian Khan, which began with my brother. You should know that the Siberian Khan never regarded the nearby small tribes as his brothers, because in the Siberian region, Siberian Khan was a well-deserved overlord.
But now, this letter seems enthusiastic, and finally reveals a terrifying news.
The Tatars invaded Siberia on a large scale. Countless crazy Tatars, holding exquisite weapons, riding their war horses, attacked countless villages and slaughtered extremely cruelly. Not only that, even the city of Siberia was inevitable. This "capital city" with only more than 20,000 people was directly attacked by thousands of Tatars, and soon the place was razed to the ground.
The Tatars were like hungry wolves on the ice field, as if they had smelled people somewhere, and they were madly attacking them. Not only did they have swords, but they also had muskets. Of course, the muskets were sporadic, but they were a bit like a playful nature.
The city of Siberia was directly burned to ashes, and it is said that only countless headless corpses were left there.
Suddenly, the feudal lords who received the letter were finally shocked and their hearts were filled with horror.
Only then did they realize that the jokes they had told before were just words to comfort themselves. These Tatars came to play the truth. The Tatars used bloody lessons to tell them what the price would be to violate the orders of the Zhenguo Mansion.
At the same time, the battle reports were handed over to the case of the Ye Chunqiu of Qinglong.
Half a year was not long. In just half a year, the railway from Qinhuang to Qinglong had been completed. The steam train began to run between the largest city and the largest port of Zhenguo Mansion in a roar.
Carrying a mountain of goods, like a large artery, instantly connecting the place.
What made Ye Chunqiu feel relieved was that the Ye family had a right bet this time, and the Ye family made a lot of money...
They had invested too much money to buy a large amount of land and obtained countless related equity. When people saw the benefits of the railway, countless lands at the stations along the route began to grow like crazy, and the countless silver invested by the Ye family also received generous returns.
Ye Chunqiu was not very interested in the various war reports coming from thousands of miles away, because he knew very well that the Tatars were almost beaten to many feudal lords, and in the past they ignored these "little guys" because they were not worth looting. Moreover, the environment they were in was even worse than that of the Tatars, and there was no need to invade their land.
But now, it is completely different. The battle reports are like snowflakes. What they say is that the Tatars divided their troops into more than a dozen groups, advancing in succession, and sweeping wildly.
Occasionally, there will be some news of surrender, and some frightened feudal lords, who will move towards Qinglong without hesitation, trying to clarify some "misunderstandings."
Ye Chunqiu just looked at the reports boredly, and what he cared about was his railway.
Chapter completed!