Poland is a noble parliamentary country dominated by knights. Although there are kings, the nobles have great power. Therefore, although Poland has a large population and strong national strength, due to the decline of the royal power and the dispersion of power, Poland's national strength has never been exerted.

People in later generations often argue whether centralization is better or local autonomy is better. Marin thinks that this depends on the situation. If it is a peaceful era, both are fine. However, if there is a war, centralization is definitely far better than local autonomy.

Because centralization can mobilize the power of the whole country to the greatest extent and compete with the enemy. However, too much local power will easily cause your own people to be hindered at critical moments.

Moreover, it is more convenient for a centralized country to do big things. For example, building a high-speed rail or digging a canal canal canal can be easily solved. But if the power is dispersed, it will be difficult to deal with. What? Province A wants to dig a canal? However, that canal does not pass through Province B, which is not good for us... So, reject... disagree, strongly oppose... we want to make trouble...

So if you want to do big things, you still have to concentrate your power, concentrate a lot of resources, and do your best to do several things. If the power is dispersed, there will be endless fights...

Of course, there is no future problem with Poland's power dispersion, and Marin didn't care. He even wanted to see this. Otherwise, Poland would become a threat to Germany. A wave of power dispersion can reassure Germany much.

The result of the dispersed power is that Poland, a feudal country, has many traditional knight families. In Poland, if you want to form a cavalry, as long as you have money and food to support, you can still recruit a lot of people. Because the number of wandering knights in Poland is also huge...

In Poland's foreign war, the scale of cavalry was very large. Poland and Lithuania, the gay friends, often dispatched 20,000 to 30,000 troops mainly cavalry. Even cavalry powers like the Teutonic Knights were defeated by the army formed by Poland and Lithuania. At the Battle of Greenwald, which both sides decided their destiny, Poland and Lithuania dispatched 39,000 people to fight against the 27,000 people of the Teutonic Knights.

At that time, Poland dispatched 42 squadrons of plate knights, while Lithuania dispatched 40 squadrons of knights. The number of a knight squadron in Poland and Lithuania was generally 180. It can be seen that in the Battle of Greenwald, Poland and Lithuania each dispatched 7,560 and 7,200 squadrons of plate knights...

But generally speaking, it is unlikely that all the knights in each war will be collected. It is not that they cannot be collected, but that there is not so much food and grass to support all the knights... Moreover, in each war, each knight family will have at least one knight, which will be considered as fulfilling the obligations of the ministers...

Therefore, whether it is Poland or Lithuania, their respective knight families should be over 10,000. Otherwise, the two countries would not be able to produce so many plate-armored knights to participate in the war.

In the siege of Vienna in 1683, Polish king Sobesky brought an army of 27,000 people, mainly cavalry. At that time, Sobesky only brought Polish troops, and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had not had time to mobilize the whole country.

This decisive battle was the first battle of the Polish winged cavalry. With a coalition of more than 70,000 people, they defeated more than 200,000 Turkish troops, keeping the security of the Christian world.

Therefore, it is not a worry to ask Simon to select knights without inheritance as vassals among the knight families in Poland and Lithuania. After all, the knight families in both countries may have exceeded 10,000. Each knight family cannot have only one male, as long as there are too many people, they can recruit them. Those knights who do not inheritance are happy to find a lord to serve. If they can get into the knight fief, they will make a lot of money... After all, for those traditional knight children, serving a monarch and obtaining a knight fief is their lifelong goal...

Of course, except for the children of aristocrats in Italy. The business atmosphere in that place was too strong, and the children of aristocrats all went to be merchants, and no one was willing to fight. The reason why Italian mercenaries developed was that the knights who were doing business were unwilling to fight and spent money to hire people to serve the emperor on their behalf... Then, the profession of Italian mercenaries developed...

Germany is not very different. Germany is because there are too many wars here and the cannon fodder soldiers are not consumed enough. Then, those who are not afraid of death come to earn this money, and the German mercenaries are developed... Also, the German princes are poor and cannot afford fiefdoms, so they like to use mercenaries who do not have fiefdoms. Just give a few commissions and can be paid, which is much more cost-effective than giving fiefdoms...

But that was just the situation of Germany. After all, Germany was divided into two or three hundred vassal states. The princes' fiefs were originally very small, so how could they have extra land to their subordinates? So, they had to hire mercenaries who only needed salaries...

But Simon's side is different. Because of the harassment of the Crimean Khanate and the Cossack robbers, no one has developed the vast Ukrainian black soil. Want a fief? There are so many things, as long as you can defend it, you are not afraid of the enemy harassment...

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How big is Ukraine? Later Ukraine had 600,000 square kilometers. Moreover, most of it was fertile black soil, which was extremely suitable for agriculture. It was once the largest granary of the Red Empire Soviet Union. Not only that, Ukraine also had extremely rich coal and iron resources, and it was definitely a country with the potential to become a world power.

However, because the Ukrainian leader was determined to be a Western licker, and challenged the Russians every day, he would not develop the economy well. Therefore, he wasted such good conditions. Director Zhang Da once regretted this. If the leader was reliable, he would definitely be another great country with both industry and agriculture...

But now, the black soil of Ukraine is full of weeds, which is also part of the Eastern European prairie where cattle and sheep are visible. Perhaps every winter, the wild grass turns into dead grass, falls into the soil and rots, and accumulates from generation to generation, so that the fertile black soil of Ukraine is found...

To be honest, if Ukraine had not had the bad sea estuary and was easily blocked by the Turkish Strait, Marin wanted to develop in Ukraine.

Like the later generations, did the Black Sea Fleet have a good use? Even the Turkish Strait was blocked. Even if the Black Sea has an aircraft carrier, it can only be fun in the "huge inland lake" of the Black Sea...

Therefore, Ukraine in later generations sold the Varyag to China. Because they knew that the aircraft carrier was of no use in the Black Sea and could not open the Turkish Strait casually. Just like when China bought the Varyag, it was blocked in the Turkish Strait for two years before it passed...

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It is precisely because Ukraine does not have a good seaport and Marin, who is committed to voyage, did not think about the development in the past. However, it is a pity to waste such a good land there. Therefore, Marin operated Simon to be the lord and develop the local area. Of course, it also provided itself with population and cattle and sheep. After all, the conditions for raising livestock in the Ukrainian prairie are too good...

But it is obviously not easy to mess around there. Not to mention the cruel Crimean Khanate in the south, even the Ukrainian Cossacks on the grasslands, they are not good people. In this chaotic and disorderly era, those who can mess on the grasslands are not good people. Otherwise, sooner or later, there will be no bone residue left that people will eat.

In later generations, in the rule of law society, people went to the grassland and met enthusiastic herdsmen, delicious roasted whole lamb, and horse milk wine... But in this era, how can you go to the grassland to try? Come on, eat my sabre... roasted whole lamb? Kill you and roast it...

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However, Marin asked Simon to form several Polish wing cavalry regiments, which is currently only a plan. Even Zigmont I, the pioneer of the Polish wing cavalry, is still trying to explore the construction of the Polish wing cavalry, and the scale is not large.

Therefore, Simon must first have his own power when he goes there. As for the Winged Cavalry regiment, he must be formed slowly. After all, as a knight, he is not a fool and will not be fooled by your words and then bow down to him.

Adler went to County Wicklow in Ireland. The reason why so many wandering knights came to vote was because everyone knew that there was no opponent on Ireland that could beat, so they enthusiastically signed up. But the Ukrainian prairie is different, that is, the world of cruel people. If you go there, it is dangerous.

Therefore, Simon first needs to prove that he can gain a foothold in Ukraine, which is full of people, and then he can recruit people.

To this end, Marin had to provide Simon with an army to gain a foothold on the Ukrainian prairie. When Simon gained a firm foothold there, he would recruit heroes from all walks of life to serve him...

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According to Simon's current situation, Marin believes that his primary goal is to complete the defense work of Kiev so that it will not easily fall. Therefore, this first requires a force that is good at defending the city.

And when it comes to the experience of defending the city... Marin thought for a while and found that the most experienced one was the Italian mercenary...

Why? Because Italian mercenaries are weak...

If you are strong, you will directly fight with the enemy in the wild. Only a weak army will shrink into the city and rely on the city wall to defend...

Therefore, the one who has the most experience in defending the city in Europe was actually Italian mercenaries... It seems that the anti-aircraft bastion was created by the Italians...

Simon is currently in urgent need of an army that is good at defending the city. Marin refused to give it to several legions of the Beihai Kingdom. They were all veterans and were baptized by war, which was too precious. Moreover, Marin was also worried that the princes or France would come to attack the Beihai Kingdom...

So, after thinking about it, Marin decided to spend money to hire a group of Italian mercenaries to help guard the city of Kiev first. They have rich experience in defending the city and can help Simon in the early stage.

But it is not enough to rely on Italian mercenaries, because they are experienced in defending the city, and nothing else can do. Therefore, Marin also plans to equip Simon with some German mercenaries. In addition, there will be Polish mercenaries and even Polish wandering knights in the future...

Such a complex ethnic composition is comparable to the foreign legion of France in later generations...
Chapter completed!