In the early morning, the Siegmund family's property inventory was completed. The Siegmund family owned 4 towns, 27 villages, countless serfs, and an annual income of more than 2 million zloty, which was more than 300,000 in imperial Ole.

, there are more than 200,000 zlotys of gold hidden inside the castle.

Nobles like the Siegmund family are not a minority in Poland. You must know that Western European countries and Rome purchased large amounts of Polish grain to meet their own population growth and social development needs. Polish nobles have gained huge benefits from foreign trade.

Having tasted the sweetness, the Polish nobles continued to seize farmers' land to produce more food. In the fertile areas of Ukraine and Belarus, many nobles established small independent kingdoms on this land with rewards from the king. Russian invasion

Before Poland, the most famous Polish nobleman, Ostrogski owned 100 cities and 1,300 villages in this area. His annual income exceeded that of the Polish royal family and reached 12 million zloty. According to the conversion at the time, it was converted into an empire.

The Ole is more than 5 million.

After dawn, the troops that went out to wipe out the Siegmund family came back. All the formations were intact and the results were rich. Most of the relatives of the Siegmund family who had not had time to escape were captured in the raid.

But after all, the Siegmund family is a wealthy family in this area. Considering that some fish that slipped through the net may come back to cause trouble in the future, and the imperial army cannot be stationed here for a long time, we found the local religious leader, um, Orthodox. Catholic.

The leader was from Siegmund's side, and he had been killed.

As a deal, we gave the church some farmland from several villages and asked them to appease local snakes of all sizes nearby.

Uncle Tzimiszia led the army to set off again the next afternoon, leaving me and my cavalry battalion, an infantry battalion and an artillery company to stay in charge of the pacification matters here.

I spent a day reorganizing the young and strong serfs, while the priests gathered the nearby local serfs to show them the tragedy of the Siegmund family, and let these local serfs understand that even the best among them had nothing to do with the Roman Empire.

When it collides, it's just like a mantis trying to act like a car.

Part of the land of the Siegmund family was allocated to these local snakes, but they only had the right to use it. The output of the farmland belonged to them, but the territory belonged to Rome. The leading parties, as punishment for the allies of the Siegmund family,

Each of them was punished with a hundred ores and sent thirty cavalrymen and lineal men to accompany the army in the battle. Their betrayal on the battlefield was rewarded, and each family allocated 500 serfs of the Siegmund family to them.

Originally, Uncle Zhimiszia wanted to give these families the burden of women and children, but when I saw the scene of those people gathering together and crying and crying, I said a few words with a soft heart. Uncle Zhimiszia

To save my face, I changed my mind. Those families suddenly got 500 serfs but had no land. All they could do was sell these serfs. And each family sent more than 30 cavalry, which was equivalent to draining most of their land.

strength.

But just removing people who are close to the Siegmund family does not guarantee that trouble will not occur. During the meeting, unlike the nobles who are close to the Siegmund family and act with their tail between their legs, those local snakes who were originally suppressed by the Siegmund family

All of them were extremely arrogant and domineering towards their original oppressors, and the priests were even more so. It is estimated that these people had suppressed the Siegmund family miserably, and their attitude towards the now downtrodden nobles who were close to the Siegmund family was extremely arrogant.

Something will happen sooner or later, so we might as well let those people take some of the manpower and male heirs from their families to come over, so that these people can remain evenly matched.

But just like that, with 20 of you, 30 of me, and 10 of him, I gathered together a cavalry team of more than 400 people.

There are more than 400 cavalry troops with various weapons and colorful costumes.

Combat power?

This can be seen from the Siegmund family cavalry. The leader was killed, and they were all at a loss. They wanted to run away but not run away, and wanted to fight but not fight. They stared stupidly and stayed where they were, circling.

I'm confused, I don't know what to do.

But these people were surprisingly useful. They were very good at driving serfs. More than two thousand serfs were driven like sheep from the territory of the Siegmund family to Bug in front of Ulyanovka.

Before crossing the river, there was a bridge built earlier by Uncle Zhimiszia, so we could easily cross the Bug River. However, since it was getting late when we arrived, we chose to stay on the other side of the river overnight.

Ulyanovka is a large city on the plains below the Dnieper River Highlands. In the city meetings of the empire that volunteered to join, this was the fringe area.

The core area of ​​the Polish cities that applied to join the empire was the Dnieper River and the coastal area near the Black Sea. The local area controlled the outlet, and due to long-term business with the empire, the handicraft industry was developed, and the shipbuilding and fishing industries were very prosperous. It was a very wealthy country.

There is no need to calculate the accounts carefully. As long as someone has the brains to think about how much revenue such an area can provide to the empire's finances in a year, I think it is no less than four million imperial ores. Taxation is secondary. The land in that area is fertile.

Incomparably, if it can be managed well, the empire will have a large grain-producing area.

It was prosperous in commerce, rich in grain, and controlled the sea. Such a province was controlled by Rome, which brought countless benefits. The land further north, as far as Ulyanovka, could also provide the empire with

Food, then the land further north can only be regarded as a tasteless and abandoned territory. The Russians cannot be allowed to occupy it, but we are not very interested in it. It seems that the way to treat that land is

There's only one left.

………………….

Valens had been waiting in Ulyanovka early. With him were hundreds of Polish nobles and their cavalry, less than three thousand. This number made me feel very happy.

dark.

rare?

The province of Bratskoye, which is closest to Ulyanovka, sent 1,500 cavalrymen to show its loyalty to the empire, and the neighboring province of Bashtanka sent 1,300 people to show its loyalty.

Kirovograd sent 400 people, Gurokaf sent more than 300 people, and more people were gathering later. Uman, Vatukino, these provinces closer to Kiev also sent people as a

The thugs declared their allegiance, but these large troops were all in their respective provinces. They only sent dozens of people to show their attitude. But according to them, as soon as the imperial army arrived in the north, the local nobles would provide

Provide one thousand cavalry.

These local cavalry alone are more than the imperial cavalry. Uncle Zimiskia just asked them to send twenty or thirty people from each family. It would be fine if these people were sincerely helping, but their purpose was not

It's not that simple.

Give the serfs to Valens and let him dig a stronghold before the ground freezes in winter. I was told that Uncle Tzimischia used oil on the soles of Roman feet three days ago. Put eggs, which are necessary for forced marches.

The thing was hammered into the boots, and then the whole army marched towards Kiev. The order he gave me was to wait here for the following two legions, the 10th Spartan Legion and the 5th Reinstein Legion.

At night in Ulyanovka, after settling down my entourage in the hotel where I was temporarily staying, I went to look for Valens in the hotel where he was temporarily staying.

Asking Assassin to guard the door, I walked in and closed the door. I asked, "Your father has his reasons for doing this. Did he tell you?"

"We were betrayed." Valens' face was full of sorrow.

I was stunned for a while, and then I came back to my senses and said, "Huh?"

Valens said angrily: "Those Polish remnants betrayed us! The closer we get to the Russian nobles, the less they want to merge into the empire!"

I asked in surprise: "What about that petition?"

"They forged many of the signatures on the petition to be included in the empire!"

I understood everything, so I asked, how could the Polish aristocracy, which has always been full of differences, be so unified? Logically speaking, the empire does not allow the legal existence of serfs, and the economic system is not compatible with the current structure of Poland. Those

The landlords and cowards should be more inclined towards Russian talents. It turns out that those people who are not unified are no longer considered part of the system.

"How did you find out?"

"The day I arrived at Ulyanovka, many Polish nobles gathered here with their soldiers and horses. Later, when I asked, I found out that they were going to prepare for counter-insurgency! What counter-insurgency! There is simply a part of Poland.

The remnant did not sign the petition! Those damn Poles were hiding this from the beginning!" Valens slammed his fist on the table.

"So you are angry?" I hate those Polish bumpkins more and more. They didn't go early or late, but they only went to suppress the rebellion when we came. This was really a wishful thinking.

"That's not all. Those damn Polish nobles actually got together according to their origins and formed an alliance to advance and retreat together! They obeyed the empire's orders and violated them! The more people there are, the less they take the empire seriously, just like raising food and grass, and

Mobilize manpower to build a stronghold. When I came here on the first day, they completed one-third of it, but now, it is less than 70%!"

I couldn't help but smile: "You are really a simple and cute soldier."

Valens raised his head inexplicably: "Can you still laugh?"

"This is what I call a general's demeanor."

Valens was choked to death and could not speak.

"Okay, then do you think my father and others won't know?" I asked seriously.

"But what does this have to do with us stepping onto the Western Front and being disgusted by those Polish nobles?" Valens said gloomily.

"In order to get ahead of the Russians, my father had insufficient reserves and food preparations. In addition, your plan relied heavily on the support of local nobles and landowners. This gave the Polish nobles the opportunity to raise prices."

"Are you saying that we are asking for trouble!"

"The first thing to deal with is the Russians."
Chapter completed!