The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword
Chapter 102
When Cherchen walked into the tent, father sparso cooktsky was drinking a bowl of thick potato soup. Although potato soup was an ordinary food, father spasokuktsky drank it with relish.
Moreover, the priest''s robe was damaged in many places, and the soles of his shoes were worn through. Obviously, father sparso kucktsky had a bad time.
"Father sparsokuktsky, I didn''t expect us to meet again so soon." Chechen said with a smile. He has always admired father sparso kucktsky''s impartiality and thought that clergy like sparso kucktsky are worthy of being God''s shepherds.
"Hello, my child. I''m glad to see you, too. I didn''t expect you to be the head of the mercenary regiment now." father spasokuktsky put down the potato soup in his hand. He looked at Chechen''s face with a smile.
"Oh, by the way. Father, how did you come to Polotsk?" Chechen asked strangely as he sat down next to father skotsky.
Although father sparsokuktsky lived a poor life in Smolensk, he helped so many people and had a large group of followers among the refugees. How could he suddenly think of coming to bolotsk?
"The priest fled, and with him were hundreds of refugees who had to leave their homes because they were persecuted by czar Russia," father Pedro tispasokuktsky explained.
"How is it possible?" Chechen exclaimed in surprise. When Prince Alexei entered the city, didn''t he "make three rules" with the residents of Smolensk?
Father sparsokucktsky was not surprised at Chechen''s surprise. No one would have thought that a prince''s "JOFA" was no different from a piece of papyrus.
"Most of the refugees who fled into the city returned to their hometown after the war, but their land was occupied by the Czar''s Russian nobles. Yes, the Czar''s uncle did guarantee everyone''s property, but you have to prove that the property is really yours, and you have to take out the land and house deeds. But most of the people fled into the city in a hurry. Where will it be Take care of those. In this way, the aristocrats of Czarist Russia "legally" occupied all this. Of course, some smart people did escape with their house deeds and land deeds and saved them after the war. But what''s the use? The aristocrats from Moscow would force them to sell land to them at a very low price with fire and sword. No one could be spared. " Father sparsokuktsky said painfully.
"A group of robbers." Chechen scolded.
"More than that, those tsarist Russian nobles packaged the free people in the village, regardless of men, women and children, and sold them to Armenians or Crimean Tatars, just to make room for their serfs to cultivate. Of course, you can also stay, but you want to be a serf without freedom," interposed Pedro. He heard all this from the refugees who fled with father spasokuktsky.
"So father, did you escape to Polotsk?" Cherchen finally knew why he saw father sparso kucktsky here.
But I didn''t expect father sparso cook tsky to shake his head. He said:
"To be exact, we were driven all the way to Polotsk. Many people couldn''t stand the treachery and excessive collection of Czar Russia. They organized and formed a resistance army. Because I was very popular during my time in Smolensk, they elected me as the leader of the Resistance Army. But our weapons were too simple, except horses and sickles, flail and few We didn''t have any guns. At the beginning, we sneaked into the manors of several czars and Russian nobles by relying on the familiar terrain, and got our hands. But when general Yakov reacted and sent regular troops, we were not the enemy soon. We retreated all the way to zamoshya, where we were caught up, thousands of people died and others were killed It broke up. At last, only a few hundred people fled to Polotsk with me. "
Che Chen was silent. He did not expect that father spasokuktsky had encountered so many things in such a short time.
Father spasokuktsky said again, "we are going to enter the city tomorrow. I am going to see the city Lord here and hope he can take us in."
Hearing that father sparso kucktsky was going to ask to see Anjie kemitz, Chechen had to smile bitterly. Because he knew very well that father spasokuktsky''s wish was doomed to be impossible. Now, Anjie kemitz is being overwhelmed by the formation of the new army, and he has taken back arms from him today. One can imagine how angry he will be, and how he will have leisure to take in refugees. Moreover, Anjie kemitz even had to steal money to form the new army.
"I don''t think it will work out if you go to see the city master here, father," Chechen said.
"Why?" father spasokuktsky asked in surprise.
So, Chechen told the priest exactly what Anjie kemitz had done in Polotsk recently.
After hearing this, the priest was silent. He sighed and said, "it''s OK for us men to avoid eating or eat less. But the old and weak women and children in the team can''t stand the toss."
With that, father sparsokuktsky shed tears.
Cherchen couldn''t bear the father''s sadness. He said to the father:
"Maybe we can,"
As soon as he asked this, Cherchen felt uncle Pedro pull his sleeve. He looked back and saw his uncle winking at himself.
Obviously, Pedro was afraid of the flood of Cherchen''s love and carried the burden.
The so-called not in charge does not know that firewood and rice are expensive. Pedro really knows now that money doesn''t pay. A mercenary regiment of more than 120 people needs more than 1500 Taylor a month. Although Prince yanushi will certainly send money in the future, the prince will not raise a group of old and weak women and children no matter how generous he is. If Cherchen has accepted it for a moment, he can''t get rid of it in the future.
Che Chen shook his head and said he would be measured.
He said to father sparsokuktsky, "father, if you and your people don''t dislike it, you can stay in our mercenary regiment. However, our mercenary regiment can only provide you with three meals a day. Compared with our mercenary regiment, which has just been established, there are a lot of places to spend money."
Father kospaso kucktsky was grateful to hear what Chechen said.
"Thank you, thank you. God will bless you for your good deeds, child. We are not all burdensome here - there are 87 young people who have seen blood. Let them join you and fight the Russians."