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Text 1013 [Tsarist Russian Military Household]

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    Astrakhan is known as Moscow's "Window to the East".

    Goods from Moscow can be quickly transported here through the Volga River and its tributaries.  Then, across the Caspian Sea is Persia.  Similarly, goods from Persia can also be transported to Moscow very conveniently through this trade route.

    Alexei was a soldier in this city, and his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had always been soldiers here.

    His great-grandfather even participated in the construction of the fort here.

    More than a hundred years ago, Yin Fan IV founded the Shooting Army, bypassing the traditional aristocrats and recruiting free people to train musketeers.  His great-grandfather was one of them. At that time, he was invincible in the Volga River Basin. No matter which enemy saw the shooting army, he was terrified.

    Today, Alexei is still a shooting army, and he must be, and his children and grandchildren must be.

    Due to being stationed at the border, Alexei at least has muskets, and many shooting troops in the interior don't even have muskets.

    There are more than 20,000 shooting troops in Moscow, a large part of which are acting as police and firefighters.  Especially firefighters, they can only receive rations, and their weapons are just a few buckets, and they usually have no salary to get.  More than ten years ago, shooting troops across the country had to pay taxes, no matter what they did, they had to pay poll taxes.

    After Alexei I came to power, the shooting army finally didn't need to pay for their work, but it was that's all.

    There are three hundred standing border guards in the fortress, and that is the real son of the Tsar.  There is military pay, good food, no need to work, just fight.

    And a shooting army like Alexis, to put it bluntly, is similar to a Ming military household.  When they meet a benevolent commander, they can still receive rations; when they meet a mean commander, they have to work to earn money to support their families.  And they also have to serve as free handymen in the fortress. They do all the hard work, and the reward is at most a meal.

    Alexei was very happy that the fortress was surrounded by rebels.

    Because as long as the enemy continues to besiege the city, they will not be afraid of starvation. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the governor must take care of the shooting army.

    The governor's name is Yakov Bezobrazov, a great nobleman from Moscow.  This position was bought. After all, it is the Window to the East. Being a governor in Astrakhan is a lucrative job, and you can get a lot of lucrative money from passing business travelers.

    I am not afraid of war or anything. Although this is the border of Russia, Persia has not gone north for decades, and it is impossible for other forces to break through the fortress.

    Of the three insurgents, two have left.

    The remaining Mongols also had to work, and it was impossible for the army to besiege the city all the time. Only more than 2,000 horsemen remained on the east bank of the Volga River.

    Governor Yakov completely relaxed and resumed his days of debauchery.

    Alexei became sad. How much he wished that the fortress would always be surrounded by enemy troops, and he could barely eat enough every day.

    Why didn't the enemy continue to besiege the city?

    On this day, Alexei was called to work, and the object of his service was an officer of the standing army.  These standing armies, like his great-grandfather, were also freemen conscripted by the Tsar, but now they could drive him as a slave.

    Racine's small cannon smashed a hole in the roof of the officer's house, and the tables, chairs and benches were also smashed.

    Several shooting troops were called to repair the house for free and clean up the messy house.  Alexei was whipped several times by the officer because he worked slowly, and he didn't even eat a bite from morning to night.

    When he returned home hungry, his wife and children were counting on him.

    He originally had four sons and three daughters, but three died of hunger and disease.  In the past, they could go to work in the bazaar (big bazaar) on the other side of the fortress, and the salary of the husband and wife was barely enough to support the family.  But the bazaar was looted by the rebels, many wealthy merchants were killed, and the people at the bottom rebelled northward with Racine.

    In this case, Alexei could not find a job and completely lost his source of income.

    A few days later, the whole family was so hungry that even the table was ground into powder, and bread was made with the little flour left.  Alexei looked for people to borrow money and food everywhere, but his friends were all shooting soldiers. Who in the bitter family has surplus food?

    Going home again, his wife was crying, but his youngest son died, whether it was from illness or starvation, he didn't know.

    At night, a friend from the shooting army came to visit, and Alexei's family was curled up on the bed to endure hunger.

    "Egor, why are you here?" Alexei asked.

    Yegor said: "There are more than 200 shooting troops, all of them have run out of food at home. We have already discussed that tomorrow we will collectively go to the governor to borrow food, otherwise we will all starve to death. The governor doesn't want to see this happen, right?  .are you going?"

    Alexei said: "Of course I'm going, I have no food at home.?If we can fight, the Tatars will be willing to take us in.  "

    Alexei exclaimed: "But the Tatars are heretics!"

    Nikita said: "Heretics can give us food, and the governor will only borrow a little food each time. He hangs us to prevent us from starving to death, and will not let us have enough food, let alone the life and death of our family members."

    Yegor said: "Can you guarantee that the pagans will really take us in?"

    Nikita said: "You can send someone to contact first. I am a low-level officer in the shooting army. I can't leave for too long at will. Who of you would like to help me take a trip to contact the Tatars in the east?"

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    Yegor hesitated.

    Alexei gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go, but you have to take care of my family!"

    Nikita said: "I still have a little bread at home, and your family is my family."

    "I'm not going back to the fortress today, but I'll stay in the Grand Bazaar in the city," Alexei said. "When it gets dark, I'll go quietly to the east to find the Tatars.?
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