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Chapter 41 Crimea! (6) Bakhchisarai Khan Palace (Part 2)

 He ​​didn't want to face Zalma, so he shouted, "Fahed!"

Fahd hurriedly walked in.

"Is there anything outside?"

Fahd was also a smart man and said, "The prince of Truchen Khanate, Obasi, is here"

Karim's eyes rolled, "Oh? How long have you been here?"

"It's been a while"

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier!"

Fahd: "..."

Karim knew what he meant. He stayed in Ayi Palace for a long time and started killing again today. No one dared to disturb him.

"Don't lead the way yet?"

“Yes Yes”

Karim took Fahd down the mountain, and when he met Zalma, he just nodded.

The Khan Palace was built on a high place in the Krim Valley. It was originally a small hill. When I was halfway through, Karim suddenly thought of something.

"My country has always been controlled by the Ottomans. Although their beliefs are the same, they have too strict control over us"

"If Wobasi had not arrived, I would have to continue to be humble in front of Zalma, the shrew. It would be better..."

At the foot of the mountain, there is a small fort dedicated to the place to meet the guests of King Khan. The small fort happened to be stuck on the mountain road. If you want to go up the mountain, you must first pass this small fort. Poor Wobaxi has been waiting here for a full half day.

However, it is not the first time he has visited Poland. After being humiliated by the Russians, he is furious. Although he has been waiting for half a day, he is still waiting leisurely.

Not long after, he met Karim himself.

"Meet the Khan"

Karim helped him up and scolded Fahd, "It's all your fault, we have made our honorable guests wait for so long!"

Fahd quickly apologized.

It is said that for a guest like Wobasi, Karim should have welcomed him to the Khan Palace on the Mountain in person, but he received him in this small fort.

Wobasi immediately reacted.

"My country is now closely related to the Crimean Khanate. Although Karim is famous for his brutality, he will never be vague about this matter. Obviously, what happened on the mountain"

However, Karim could not tell him about killing his own son to an outsider like him. He completely lived up to his reputation as the most brutal and unkind Khan of the Khanate in the past few decades. Although his son died, he still killed him with his own hands, but he still had a great conversation with Obasi.

After taking the gift prepared by Wobasi for him, Karim said: "Thanks to the strong support of your country in recent years, Ben Khan has a horse-riding musketeer like the Truqin army. If the damn Russians come over again, Ben Khan will have some confidence in his heart"

"All this is thanks to your country, Fahd!"

"Slave is here"

"Take my treasure!"

Just as Fahd went up the mountain to get the treasure, Karim smiled and said, "I heard that your country has recently won Chechnya, Tatarstan and Azerbaijan, and has achieved great harvests."

Wobaxi secretly figured out his meaning and replied tentatively: "The people in these places are in dire straits, and we are very welcome to go"

Karim gave him a secret glance and said in his heart: "It's obviously a robbery, but he's still saying something striking."

But he said, "Your country's population must have increased a lot."

"That's natural," Wobaxi nodded, "Originally, there were nearly two million people in our country, with 300,000 herdsmen and 200,000 farmers. After accepting the above three places, the population has exceeded five million!"

Karim thought to himself: "From the actions of Qitad in managing the Truchen Khanate, although most of them were conquered lands, few people were in trouble and rebellion. He could often stabilize these newly conquered lands in a short time."

"If this is the case, Truchen with a population of five million cannot be underestimated"

I also thought of: "Since our country became a vassal of the Ottomans, it has always been on the front line of fighting against Russia as cannon fodder. In recent years, in the war between Russia and the Ottomans, the Ottomans had more defeats and fewer victory, and the Truchen Khanate was a vassal of the Russians..."

Thinking of the word "vassal", I suddenly thought of Zalma, who had been showing off his power in the Khan Palace, and a strong sense of humiliation suddenly surged into my heart.

"Although Truchen is a vassal of the Russians, they can develop freely outside. The premise of all this is to provide a small amount of taxes to Russia every year"

"In the process of fighting against Russia, my country has suffered numerous casualties and wounded people on both sides, and there has been a deep hatred. Moreover, during the previous war, the Russians swept the peninsula and snatched too much of our property and women. The hatred of the Chinese people towards the Russians has deepened"

"But what if our country defected to the Truchens? They are now a major country near the Caspian Sea, and even a major country like the Azerbaijan Khanate was destroyed by them."

"I signed an agreement with the Persians not long ago. Obviously, the Persians dared not provoke them at will. In addition, they once killed Pasha, located in West Georgia, and annihilated their troops, but the Ottomans did not send revenge."

"This shows that the strength of the Truqin Khanate has been recognized by them"

"In recent years, we have been very happy in our interactions with the Truqins. As long as we negotiate in advance, both sides will cooperate happily, and the Truqins have not acted condescendingly."

"They still have a fleet hidden in Yesk, and others don't know it, but I know it. Is this fleet used to deal with the Ottomans? Surely not, then there is only one possibility"

"The Truchens are secretly preparing for war against the Russians!"

"By the way, I heard that this Wobasi was humiliated when he was traveling to Poland a few years ago when he was passing through the Russian territory. I guess Qitad's current state of mind is the same as mine."

"But our country has been relying on the Ottoman Empire for a long time. If we suddenly turn to Truchen, the relationship between the Ottomans and Truchens will definitely break down. In the end, we can only get the Russians cheaper. What a pity..."

Another thing came to my mind, "It has been a few years since our country has established friendly relations with the Truqin people. I don't have much contact with each other, and I don't give gifts. Everything is done in business according to the terms of negotiation. Why did Wobasi come here at this time?"

He suddenly realized something, and when he thought of this, he felt a little excited.

"The Truchens, it is probably time to challenge the Russians. At this time, Qitad asked his brother to travel around the countries, so that once a major war occurs, he will have allies and stabilize the rear."

Then he said, "How is Qitad Khan happy recently?"

Seeing that he paused for a while in the middle of the journey, he must have been thinking about something, but he could not inquire about it himself, and said, "My Khan has always been very good. Recently, our country has formed a new army, and he has put it all his body and mind there."

"Oh?", this sentence hit Karim's heart. Although I have heard of Truchen's great military achievements, it is better to see him after all, but it will be different if he says it from the mouth of His Highness.

Wobaxi said: "My country now has thirty brigades, nearly 100,000 troops, and they are all musketeers who can ride horses. There are many new soldiers recruited. Khan has always been very concerned about this matter and is personally supervising the training."

This is naturally his exaggeration. Even with Azerbaijan, Chechnya and Dagestan, the Khanate's regular army had only twenty brigades and about 60,000 people.

However, since we are here to "contact feelings", the Crimean Khanate is ultimately a Khanate dominated by cavalry. It is not an exaggeration to say that the strong are respected in their hearts.

"Oh?"

Karim felt really frightened.

He obviously knew how much military power a country with a population of five million can have to the greatest extent. Although the Truchens have not had many standing troops, if fully mobilized, it is still possible to have 300,000 people.

The 300,000 Truqin army is terrifying to think about.

He knew that the Russians claimed to be a large population, but every time they participated in a war, they would not invest more than 300,000 troops in a certain aspect!

At this time, Fahd came back, holding a wooden box in his hand, Karim took it and handed it to Wobasi.

"This is a gift I gave back to Khan Qitade. In addition, I originally wanted to ask His Highness the Prince to stay in Khan Palace for a few days, but there have been too many diseases on the mountain these days, so I can only feel wronged that His Highness lives at the foot of the mountain."

"You also see that the Khan Palace is built on the mountain, and the lower part of the mountain is an outer city, which contains a hotel dedicated to entertaining guests in our country. If your highness doesn't dislike it, stay there first"

"Infected with a disease?", Wobaxi naturally didn't believe it, but he still said, "thank you so much for the sweat."

Because he was worried about Jiliya, Karim and Obasi had a brief chat before going up the mountain, and asked Fahd to take him to the inn in the outer city.

When I arrived at the inn, Wobasi understood what Karim had just said about "specially used to entertain foreign guests".

He found out before entering the city that this inn was specially used to entertain the Ottomans. It was the permanent residence of Ottoman Pasha and was the best building in the entire outer city.

After entering the house, Wobasi pulled Fahd.

He asked Adil to bring over a wooden box with the same exquisite decoration and said to Fahd with a smile: "Aga, there are 100 new gold coins in our country, and ten specialty fire-patterned gems of Truchen, each of which is of great value"

Fahd naturally accepted it with a smile. He originally wanted to go up the mountain after sending Wobasi, but after getting this treasure box, he decided to stay and have dinner with him. Since the Khan was not there and there was a bloody storm on the mountain, he was also willing to come forward to entertain the prince of the Truqin Khanate.

At the banquet, Wobaxi, who had always disliked eating and drinking, suddenly seemed to have become a different person, toasting Fahd and occasionally gave some small gifts from Truchen, such as stainless steel tableware, knives, etc., which made Fahd happy the more he drank.

Not long after, Fahd was a little shaky.

Wobaxi took the opportunity to ask: "There hasn't been peace on the mountain these days?"

Fahd smiled and said, "It's not just a tragedy on earth, it's simply a tragedy on earth."

"How could this happen? Did the plague happen? Many people died?"

When I thought of this, Wobaxi felt agitation, "If you are infected by this person, it would be bad."
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