The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Hearing Henrik say this, Cheerchen felt a little better in his heart. After thinking about it, Chechen decided to accept the suggestion of King Jan Kazimierz and Old Master Stanislaw Potocki and return to Vidava to avoid the limelight.

"Just give yourself a long vacation." Cheechen laughed at himself secretly.

In the past two years, he has been fighting in battles of blood and fire all the time, and he has awe-inspired fortune and reputation, but he always has less time to spend with his family.

To Fatima, to Natalie, to Uncle Pidro.

This time, I just gave myself a chance to make up.

Throwing the "evil official" Tourville on the ground, Cheerchen led the man and horse to the path on the left and headed towards Vedava.

After more than a week of trekking, he finally returned to Vidava.

Uncle Pidro, Fatima, and Natalie were already waiting for themselves at the intersection.

After months of absence, her daughter Anna's head can stand upright, her pink cheeks are even more white and beautiful, and her eyes are twinkling.

After reuniting after a long absence, Cheerchen and Fatima and Natalie are naturally sweet for a while.

And the gradual and prosperous construction of Vindava also made Chechen see it in his eyes and joy in his heart.

Chechen saw that more mills had been built; the villagers in the territory had built new houses with wooden walls and thatched roofs, and some even built barns and stables in their homes.

And when he first returned to Vidava, there was no such prosperity here.

The curious Cheerchen asked Pedro and Natalie, why did Vidava change so much when he was absent for such a short time.

Pidro told Cheerchen with joy that it was all Ingrid's credit.

As mentioned before, the large quantities of precious metals from the Americas were imported into Europe, leading to a "price revolution", which made the Polish noble class whose main income was fixed land rent fell into poverty. They have to merge land and exploit farmers in large quantities and increase their incomes, which leads to a vicious circle.

But in fact, the solution is not without. Ingrid found that in Western Europe and Germany, due to currency devaluation and population growth, the prices of agricultural products were higher than in Eastern Europe. If the method of fixed land rent is changed to land rent in kind, and the grain is shipped to Western Europe for sale, the profits will be several times higher than it is now.

She told Piedro and Natalie of her discovery. Of these two, Pidro is the standard eye-opener, while Natalie is young and full of pioneering and innovative spirit. Both thought that Ingrid's suggestion was good, and agreed to implement it according to her idea.

It was this little change that made Vidava's income three times that year. The Pidro of Happiness also naturally invested more money in the construction of the territory.

Pidro also told Chechen that Natalie decided to implement the same policy of collecting real rent in the territory of the Kishka family starting next year.

Cheerchen didn't expect such a small reform to create such a large income.

At the same time, Chechen was a little bit confused. How could no one in the Republic of Poland think of such a simple way to increase income?

But Cheerchen didn't think deeply about this problem, because as soon as the problem emerged, he was taken to visit the newly built mill by the enthusiastic Uncle Pietro.

In fact, in Poland, the method of changing the fixed land rent to the real rent does not mean that no one thought of it, at least the rich peasants and businessmen in Gdansk thought of it; it was unexpected or thought that the nobles who did not want to change were those nobles who owned large real estate and manpower. , After all, his father, grandfather, grandfather's father, and grandfather's grandfather have all lived to the present in the same way of production.

The reason why the feudal class lags behind the times is because of their conservativeness and observance of conventions, vainly trying to use old methods to solve new things.

With the victory of the British bourgeois revolution, the bourgeoisie, as a new and majestic force, will completely defeat the feudal aristocracy in the next two hundred years and become the master of the European continent.

Of course, Cheerchen, who was born in the 17th century and a noble class, cannot and cannot see the future, the decline of his own class.

Cheerchen fled back to his own territory, Vidava, which naturally made the parliamentary aristocrats angry. They clamored to send troops to Vidava to capture Chechen for trial. But this order was softly resisted by King Jan Kazimierz.

The greater pressure comes from Lubaumacki.

The Marshal of the Republic publicly declared that Cheerchen, as a soldier, should be under the management of the High Command, and that the laws of the parliament and courts do not apply to soldiers.

In fact, it is to put Cheorchen under his own protection.

Cheerchen got all these news through the secret agent Oksana sent to Warsaw. This deepened Cheerchen's gratitude to Lvbao Macki.

Although King Jan Kazimierz and Queen Ludvika actually made a lot of efforts to protect Chechen, most of their methods are curvilinear, not as shown by Lubaumacki. Obviously and bluntly, Cheerchen could not know the hard work of the king and queen behind the scenes just by looking at the superficial intelligence that Oksana brought back.

Cheerchen's increasing affection for Marshal Lubao Macki also made Natalie worried.

She read the letter brought by Orina Toyelishey, and she agreed. But even if he told the king and queen Cheerchen all the things he had done for him, Cheerchen's misunderstanding of the king was still deep-rooted.

Time passed in the constant wrangling of parliament.

Cheerchen and Natalie got married at the end of 1657. The presiding officer of their wedding was Father Koldecki of the prestigious and prestigious Czestochowa Monastery.

Although the old priest was very old, he still hurried over without hesitation. Natalie and Cheorchen were both heroes who defended the monastery. Although Cheerchen is now notorious and lawsuits ~www.wuxiaspot.com~, Father Koldecki is convinced that what Cheechen did is right, and he has never Don't shy away from complimenting Cheorchen's achievements in front of others.

Among the other guests, the only ones who came in person were the Anjay and his wife. Although one of them was in Prussia and the other in Polotsk, after receiving the invitation, they put down everything on hand and rushed.

And this will undoubtedly allow the people of the Prussian region to have a birthday in a few days. The armored Cossacks and Tatar cavalry led by him and Nahai have ravaged Prussia back and forth. His name Anjay and Nahai can even stop children from crying at night in Prussia.

Mikhav Vorodjavsky, whom Chechen had hoped for, did not come.

This wasn't because Mihau was too busy, but because the little knight had a hurdle in his heart and he was unwilling to face Chechen.

This hurdle was the agreement brought back by the Polish mission from Wigowski.

The Mihav knights have fought the Cossacks since the Zaporizhia Cossack riots in 1648. His home is on the left bank of the Dnieper, and Lubnet, the territory of the loyal and beloved Prince Jarime, is also on the left bank of the Dnieper. And the terms of the contract brought back by the mission were equivalent to making the territory of the Vichynevitsky family truly become the territory of the Cossacks, even if Mihav understood that it was not Chechen’s fault, how could he be reconciled? ?

Although Mihavu's absence made Chechen regretful, this regret was immediately diluted in the lively wedding banquet.

All the officers of the mercenary group raised their wine glasses and warmly congratulated Cheerchen and Natalie on the combination of the new couple.

The wedding banquet lasted three days and three nights. Pidro, who has always been stingy, didn't spare any money this time, and a lot of Thale was spent.

Even at night, the sky of Vidawa was glowing red with the burning bonfire.