Soon, Siwicks met the young man who personally escorted the goods to Yafei Fort this time, that is, Li Anran, an intelligence agent under the Cairo Intelligence Department.
Cairo put him in contact with Siweix in order to ensure the survival of the rebels, and then quietly support them so that they could cause trouble for the Ottomans in the future.
Otherwise, why bother with it.
You must know that the information provided previously is very valuable, not to mention that the food supplied during this period is basically affordable.
If it were not for the fact that these rebels would be of great use in the future, Cairo would not have made such a big effort.
Li Anren is very clear about this.
It¡¯s just that people like Siwicks don¡¯t understand.
Of course, there is no free lunch in this world, and there is no help for no reason.
It¡¯s just that Siwicks couldn¡¯t think of any way he could be taken advantage of, so after getting in touch with Li Anran, his mentality changed.
In Siwicks¡¯ view, this Li Anran should be very sincere.
He really wants to help the rebels, not to take advantage.
Otherwise, he could have raised the price of the grain and sold it to himself, and he didn't have much choice.
Not to mention that the other party also provided a lot of intelligence and proposed a perfect plan to attack the Principality of Hungary.
But what Siwex doesn¡¯t know is that there is a saying in the East that says, ¡®take a long time to catch the big fish¡¯, and their rebel army is just a ¡®big fish¡¯.
Before the big fish takes the bait, as a fisherman, if you want to harvest, you must at least take out some bait.
So, Li Anran¡¯s evaluation of the food being sold, the very valuable information he provided, and his suggestion to attack the Principality of Hungary are just the bait.
The center of Yafei Castle. Dozens of carriages were parked on the street outside the former residence of Viscount Stoke.
On these carriages, there are piles of grain packed in sacks, which makes those carriages look like hills.
When Siwicks arrived, his subordinates had already organized their manpower and were unloading the grain from the carriage and stacking it aside.
So, it seems very lively here.
Siwex glanced around and found that the food sent by the other party this time was obviously much more than the previous times.
Just by scanning with your eyes, you can tell that the amount of food this time is at least three times that of the previous times.
It¡¯s just the pillow that makes me sleepy. I happened to want to talk to the other party to see if I could expand the transaction volume of some grains.
It¡¯s okay now. The other party took the initiative to get such a batch of food, which can be regarded as solving its own big problem.
After Yafei Fort fell into the hands of the rebels, Siwex and the others took stock of some of Yafei's supplies.
There are thousands of weapons and armors, and hundreds of thousands of gold and silver coins.
However, there is not much food.
Through inquiring, I found out that most of Yafei¡¯s food was taken away by the Hungarian Archduke after he led his army on the expedition.
so. The number of stocks here in Yafei Fort is not that large.
Therefore, after capturing Yafei Fort, the rebel army still had a big gap in food problems.
but. Fortunately, I got a lot of gold and silver here, so I don't have to worry about not being able to buy food if I pay a big price.
But strictly speaking, this money is not a lot, and it is not worth spending at all.
Europe is now in a state of war, and the price of food has begun to skyrocket.
This money from Yafei Castle. The only way to reach the sky is to buy dozens of tons of grain, which requires someone to be willing to sell it.
Based on the current environment of the rebels, basically no businessmen are willing to deal with them.
Even if you are dealing with someone. The asking price will also be very high, which is simply not something the rebels can afford.
Therefore, if you want to get a reasonable price to buy food, you can only buy it from Li Anran.
However, Siwicks didn¡¯t know if he could convince the other party to sell more.
Therefore, he was still a little nervous on the way here.
But now he feels that his idea should have a high probability of success.
"Besides, our side has already captured Yafei Castle, which can be regarded as a small territory. It's no longer like a while ago, a group of beggars wandering around.Body.
There are many villages around Yafei Fort, and as long as people in these villages living in the Yafei Fort area do not want to leave, they will have to pay taxes to the rebels in the future.
In other words, the rebel army has another stable source of income.
At the same time, it doesn¡¯t matter if the original residents of the Yafei Fort area leave. The land they left behind can be distributed to those in the rebel army.
A large part of these people cannot become fighters, and even if they become fighters, their families still need a stable source of income.
The rebel army cannot always support them.
Then, disperse these people around the Yafei Fort area and give them land for farming.
¡°When these people have income in the future, they will also have to pay taxes.
With such a guarantee, Siwicks felt that he should have some capital to discuss the expansion of grain trade with Li Anran.
At this time, Li Anran was wearing a set of long European coarse cloth robes. The style of the robes looked like those worn by low-level rural pastors in the church.
After Siwicks appeared, Li Anran greeted him with a smile.
"Congratulations, congratulations, you have successfully captured the Yafei Castle, and you have a large territory. I think as long as you carry out the original plan, capturing the entire Principality of Hungary will definitely not be a problem."
Li Anran stood in front of Siwicks, stretched out his hand to shake Siwicks's hands, and expressed sincere congratulations on his face.
Siwex also had a smile on his face and responded: "Speaking of which, I would also like to thank you for your proposal and the food you supplied in the early stage. If it weren't for those food, our team would have collapsed long ago. Or Without your suggestion, we would not have attacked Hungary at all, let alone achieved such results. Maybe, now we have been defeated by the Ottomans, and our heads have been chopped off by the Ottomans."
What Siwicks said was very modest. But this is also true.
The Ottoman army is not as weak as the Hungarians.
Especially when they were in Ottoman territory, the military town on the northern border of Ottoman that they had previously planned to attack was even more solid and difficult to attack than Fort Biaphi.
So, if we did not choose to attack the Principality of Hungary, but implemented that plan. Now it is hard to say that it is true, as Siwicks himself said, their rebel army has been defeated and collapsed by the Ottomans, and their leaders have been defeated and captured and their heads chopped off.
"I wonder why you came here in person this time, Mr. Li? This journey is very dangerous. If anything happens to you, we will regret it deeply."
After Siwicks responded to Li Anran. A worried application appeared on Lina's face, and she asked with some confusion.
The two did not stop on the street at this time, but walked towards the building on the side of the street as soon as the conversation began.
At this time, Yafei Fort has completely fallen under the control of the rebels, so there is no need to worry about any security problems.
Although there are still many Hungarian civilians in the city, as well as people from nearby Naxi who came into the city earlier to escape the war, these people are too late to be afraid now, so how can they look for trouble for no reason.
¡°Besides, Siwicks has repeatedly told the rebel soldiers entering the city not to harass the civilians in the city. There can be no such thing as robbery.
So, overall, it is still very peaceful in Yafei Castle.
Although it is impossible that there will be no problems at all, they are generally under control.
The temporarily formed law enforcement team constantly patrols the streets and will catch any offending soldiers on the spot. Especially if something as bad as rape is discovered. Soldiers who break the law will not be tolerated.
Therefore, the Hungarian people in the city did not have any bad feelings towards the rebels.
I have to say that this era is still very good. Because people have no national concept. Therefore, they were quite numb to who ruled them.
Anyway, no matter who rules, life will still be the same.
There is no difference at all.
so. The people of Yafei Castle didn't pay much attention to the fact that they had changed their ruler. As long as the arrival of the new rulers in western Zhejiang will not have any impact or harm on them, it will be fine.
And as long as they can do nothing wrong, they will not oppose the rule of the rebel army, nor will they give up.What troubles and instability will the military rule bring?
This is why Siwicks taught the soldiers not to harass the people and looting in the city before entering the city.
And, in order to prevent these things from happening, Westwicks also formed a law enforcement team to patrol the streets.
All of this, in fact, I have to thank Li Anran.
It was Li Anran who reminded Siwicks in private some time ago and made him pay attention to this.
"Although there are some dangers on the road, I also have some trustworthy guards. So, it's not a big problem." Li Anran responded with a smile. Then he looked at Siwicks and said, "Now that the Yafe Castle has fallen, I don't think it will be long before you start attacking Budapest, the capital of the Principality of Hungary, as planned, right?"
Siwicks nodded and said: "Yes, I am going to start marching to Budapest in two days."
After receiving Siwicks' answer, Li Anran gradually put away the smile on his face and became serious.
"I am here mainly to tell you some important information, and at the same time, I also have some personal words to say to you, which are related to the life and death of your rebel army." Li Anran's words made Siwex The body paused, and at the same time his eyes narrowed (To be continued)