The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Chapter 669



Persuading a wealth loving lesh grezenko is obviously easier than persuading Pavlo gomont. However, since Stanislaw pototsky entrusted the task to himself, Cherchen had to bite the bullet.

Fortunately, Cherchen did not do little to persuade others in Crimea.

Chechen first went to buy a gift, and then asked about the residence of Pavlo gomon, a Cossack of Sheqi. The latter told him that chief Pavlo gomon lived in Hassan Pasha district among the 36 districts.

Chechen walked in the direction of the Cossacks, but he didn\'t expect to meet with czar Russian ambassadors tubulin and bojankin.

Seeing them, Chechen was also stunned. Tubulin and Potemkin came out of Hassan Pasha District, and it was obvious that they had taken the lead to meet Pavlo gomon.

Tubulin had some impressions of Chechen. He knew that Chechen was from the Polish mission.

After Bo Jiangjin told Chechen his name, tubulin cracked his big mouth full of beard and said to Chechen, "Hey, little fellow Chechen. Stanislaw pototsky sent you. Go back quickly. You\'re late. Go back and tell Stanislaw that Pavlo gomon is already the closest friend of our czar Russia."

At the thought that he bought Pavlo gomon for only a thousand gold rubles, tubulin was happy in his heart. Pavlo gomon, an old Cossack, had never seen anything in the world and was easily bought by himself.

Of course, Cherchen won\'t go back because of tubulin\'s words. He took a step aside, ready to bypass tubulin and Potemkin.

Just as Chechen and bojiangjin passed by, Chechen\'s face was suddenly hit by something falling from the sky.

It\'s hard and glittering, and it hurts when it hits your face.

Chechen picked up the thing that hit him - it was a golden ruble.

Of course, there was more than one gold ruble falling from the air, and more than Chechen was hit. Tubulin and Potemkin were also hit by the golden ruble.

The three looked in the direction of the golden rubles flying, but they saw that in a two-story hanging foot building, a young man was taking out handfuls of golden rubles from a leather bag and waving them in all directions.

"Father Pavlo gomont bought wine for everyone," the young man shouted.

The people downstairs gave a shout of joy. They scrambled for the gold rubles all over the floor. Some people ran straight to the tavern after they filled them.

Tubulin was livid.

He recognized that the young man throwing the golden ruble was Pavlo gomon\'s son. And those golden rubles were just given to his father by himself.

Obviously, Pavlo gomont put himself together.

"This damn old Cossack!" said tubulin gnashing his teeth.

Chechen obviously won\'t understand the mood of tupulus woodland. He clamped the golden ruble with two fingers, smiled and poured oil on the fire: "ambassador tupulus, thank you for your golden ruble. I\'ll have a drink later."

Tubulin glared at Cherchen fiercely, and then left without saying a word.

After seeing the Russian ambassador and his adjutant leave, Cherchen went up to the second floor. He said to the young man who was still throwing gold rubles: "Hello, I want to see officer Pavlo gormon. I am..."

Before he finished speaking, the young man said impatiently, "Dad is inside. Go in by yourself."

Chechen walked into the room.

He saw, right across the door, behind a broken wooden table, an old, frail old man wearing a red Cossack hat - Pavlo gomon, the supreme officer of shecci. At this time, he was using a wooden spoon to scoop the liquor brewed from wheat from a wooden basin with two ears. The wine is muddy and obviously not refined. But Pavlo gomon drank with relish.

Chechen went to the table and put a box on the table.

"Aleval Chechen, captain of the Polish mission guard, asked to see Colonel Pavlo gormon," Chechen said.

Pavlo gomonhun ignored Chechen. He drank continuously from the basin. When he had had enough, he reached out his wet hand and grabbed the box.

Pavlo gomon opened the box, which contained rolls of tobacco. He took out a roll and smelled it under his nose. A relaxed and happy smile appeared on his face.

"Children, your gift is good. It\'s much more thoughtful than that Russian bear and me." Pavlo gomont praised.

Seeing that his gift was liked by Pavlo gomon, Chechen also showed a happy smile.

He bought the gift in a Jewish shop near Shechem.

It\'s so strange. The Cossacks hated the Jews and couldn\'t live without them. The Jewish owner of the store supplies all the materials needed by the thirty-six "dads" of Shechem and their children, and knows their preferences. When Chechen inadvertently revealed that he was buying a gift for Pavlo gomon, the Jewish shopkeeper took back the wine that had been packaged and handed to Chechen, and then dug out a box under the counter.

"Pavlo gomon prefers this to drinking," said the Jewish shopkeeper, pointing to the contents of the box.

Then he handed Cherchen a box of tobacco.

Seeing that the shopkeeper knew a lot of useful information, Cherchen gave the Jewish shopkeeper double money to buy tobacco and inquired about some news.

After enjoying the tobacco, Pavlo gomon closed the box. He said to Chechen, "tell me, little friend, what are you doing with me? Are you making friends with me like Vassily tubulin?"

Pavlo gomon bit his "friend" very hard. Obviously, he also knew the real purpose of tubulin and Chechen.

Seeing Pavlo gomon like this, Chechen didn\'t beat around the bush. He said, "yes, sir. I\'m here to make friends with you."

Pavlo gomon stood up. He went to an oil lamp, then drew a cigarette from his belt behind him and lit it.

"Russian friends are not easy to do, but Polish friends are even worse. Children, do you know barabash and tatarchuk?"

Che Chen shook his head. He was unfamiliar with the two names.

Pavlo gomon said, "balabash and tatarchuk were also the small leaders of Sheqi. But once, a Polish Colonel came to Sheqi and sent a letter, which only mentioned their names. What happened? Bogdan hemelinitsky handed them over to the people of Sheqi, and the two guys were cut by the people of Sheqi singing songs."

Chechen was puzzled. Was Pavlo gormon telling himself that he didn\'t want to get involved with the poles so as not to repeat the mistakes?

But if Chechen flinched from this hint only by Pavlo gomon, he would not be Chechen.

"Sir Pavlo gormon," said Cherchen in the tone of old lord Stanislaw pototsky: "Put those two Pro Polish Cossacks to death. Are you and the other Cossacks better off? No. on the contrary, the conflict between the Republic and the Cossack emirate has lasted for nearly ten years, and both sides have been exhausted because of the war. Everyone\'s life is getting worse and worse, even precarious. The people hope that Ukraine will be peaceful from now on, because this is the general trend. It is also because For this reason, this time our Polish mission can be safe in Sechi. I believe that as the most respected old man of Cossacks, you will make the most favorable choice for all Cossacks and Ukrainian people. "

Pavlo gomon was stunned by the truth of Cherchen. For a long time, he scratched his head with a smile.

"I didn\'t expect your boy to be so talkative." Pavlo gomont said, "but you can\'t convince me with one mouth. Well, we won\'t beat around the bush. What price is your Stanislaw pototsky going to offer me?"

Stanislaw pototsky didn\'t give Cherchen any promise when he sent Cherchen, but asked him to act conveniently.

Chechen stretched out a hand and then opened five fingers.

"Five hundred tales? Five thousand tales?" Pavlo gomont laughed again. "The Republic really thinks highly of me!"

This remark is obviously ironic.

Che Chen shook his head and denied it.

What he wants to give Pavlo gomon is not money, but money······

"There are five hundred Cossacks in the book," said Chechen.

Pavlo gomon was surprised when he heard Chechen\'s price. The cigarette pole he had just picked up from his mouth almost fell to the ground.

Looking at Pavlo gomon, Chechen knew that his offer was in Pavlo gomon\'s heart.

Chechen now knows that the so-called Book Cossack is not just a military position, but also linked to various interests. In short, once he becomes a Book Cossack, he will get many privileges and benefits, including but not limited to freedom of movement, exemption from taxes and autonomy, military pay (including money, woolen cloth, weapons and ammunition, etc.) and imperial fiefs (farming land and army station). And a book compiled Cossack can get a salary of 20-50 tales a year.

In other words, his opening, if converted into before, is equivalent to giving the Cossack old man at least 10000 taels a year.

Of course, Chechen knew that Pavlo gomon would not take the quota of Cossacks for himself.

Because Pavlo gomon is content to live in poverty and not greedy for power and position, but he also has his own weakness - the "children" who stay in Shechem.

Since most zaporoze Cossacks left Sheqi to fight with Bogdan hemelinitsky in all directions, except for the team guarding the fortress, most of them are old people like him who are hard to leave their hometown and some Cossacks who return after disability.

The Kazakh emirate does not have any pension and support system for disabled veterans. In addition, there are nine rooms in Ukraine and the Cossacks used to fish for landlords and businessmen. As a result, it is difficult for even the soldiers of the Kazakh emirate to receive their salaries on time - for a long time, they can only be replaced by clothes, food and wine, and later even in kind It can\'t be distributed. It\'s still the case for the able-bodied Cossacks, not to mention the disabled veterans back in Sheqi.

So these veterans have always been supported by Pavlo gomon, relying on taxes collected from Jews, varajians and Tatars doing business in Sheqi.

But as a contemporary of Bogdan hemelinitsky and Stanislaw pototsky, Pavlo gomon is already old and doesn\'t know when to see God. After his death, these veterans left in Xie Qi will be left without food and clothing.

That\'s what Pavlo gomon is most worried about.

And the quota of these 500 Book Cossacks is equivalent to solving Pavlo gomon\'s worries. Even if he dies, with the identity of book Cossacks, the old people who stay in Xiechi can have a living ration.

Pavlo gomon finally laughed.

"Your offer is really attractive," Pavlo gomont said "But how can I believe you? It should be noted that the poles deceived the Cossacks not once or twice. I still remember when I was very young, zhukevsky came to fight us. At that time, we were forced to retreat westward because we were defeated by the well-equipped poles. As a result, our rebel army was not fast because it carried more than 10000 family members, so it was finally attacked by zhukevsky when we set up camp in lubneh Skie was surrounded. At that time, the poles proposed that we could be pardoned as long as we handed over the mastermind of the rebellion. As a result, we arrested nariwaiko and Saura and escorted them to the Polish army. However, the treacherous zhukevsky took the opportunity to attack the Cossack camp and ordered all personalities to be killed. Nariwaiko and Saura were beheaded in public in Warsaw "Things are still ahead of me. I need your guarantee."

"I guarantee my life and reputation." Chechen said firmly, "I am a Polish nobleman and Lord of vidava. I swear to you now that if the king fails to fulfill the conditions I promised you, I will be responsible for all the expenses of the five hundred people until I die."

With that, Chechen asked Pavlo gomon for paper, pen and ink. When he learned that there were no such things here, Chechen quickly ran downstairs. He entered a shop opened by valachians, asked for the paper and pen used by the owner, and then wrote a note.

When Chechen took the written note stamped with the family\'s coat of arms to Pavlo gomon, the Cossack old man finally promised: "OK, then it\'s a deal. I support vigovskina boy to become the chief of Cossacks."

Then an old hand and a young hand were held together.

After Chechen returned, he told old lord Stanislaw pototsky the process of his negotiation with Pavlo gomon and the conditions he promised.

After listening to Chechen\'s words, Stanislaw pototsky sighed heavily. He promised Chechen that if one day the Republic really broke Chechen\'s promise to Pavlo gomon, the pototsky family would bear all the support of the 500 people.