Up the Danube, Cherchen landed at a pier in the Holy Roman Empire. Because there was a letter from Mehmed Pasha to Cherchen in advance, they came all the way. Cherchen and their troops were unimpeded, and the Ottoman Turkish garrison everywhere did not embarrass them. As an ally of the Republic of Poland, the Holy Roman Empire had already sent father sparsokukotsky to Vienna to greet the Republic''s ambassador to the Holy Roman Empire, and imperial officials along the way also gave great convenience to the mercenary Corps. Of course, money also plays a great role.


    After that, they stayed in Silesia, where King Jan kachmidge had taken refuge. They will stay here for half a month to prepare for crossing the Carpathians. Chechen rented a castle nearby. The castle was built by a count of the Holy Roman Empire a hundred years ago. The count once followed Burgundy. In short, this is a painting with strong religious significance. The painter, or count, portrayed Charlie as a Catholic protector. In fact, Charlie''s life was really spent in the struggle with the Ottomans and Protestants.


    Seeing such a picture, uncle and nephew Chechen from Spain sighed. Although King Charles made great achievements for Catholicism, he also continuously consumed the gold and silver transported by Spain from America during his administration. It can be said that the decline of Spain began with Charles.


    Chechen still remembers that when he was a child, his grandfather once mentioned that his grandfather''s family was much richer than now, but with his grandfather''s grandfather and his brothers defeated and captured again and again across the Strait of Gibraltar, in order to redeem the men of his family, their family had to sell land and family property again and again, That''s all that''s left.


    Unlike Chechen, after sighing for a while, Pedro began to boast to yelishei and others about his ancestors and Algiers under the leadership of King Charles (at that time, Algiers was not an ordinary port, but a pirate port. The most popular business of this pirate port was to capture ships and harbor residents in southern and northwest Europe as slaves.) of course, it was a very different version from what Cherchen knew.


    Cherchen placed Fatima, Pedro and other relatives in the castle, and half of the officers and soldiers were also arranged near the castle. Although they were in the hinterland of the Holy Roman Empire and were safe in theory, they were always afraid of an accident. Cherchen arranged so that at least half of the people could act immediately in case of an emergency.


    As for the officers and soldiers of the other half of the mercenary regiment and the civilians of Czar Russia, Cherchen scattered them in a nearby town. During this period, Cherchen gave a bonus to all the soldiers and a three-month leave to Hessian mercenaries.


    During the Crimean War, Hessian mercenaries fought bravely, suffered the most casualties and lost more than half of their people. However, these tough Hessian people worked tirelessly and did not lose their jobs. It is time for them to relax their nerves and enjoy a short time of peace. Cherchen is also extremely generous to them: every Polish soldier of the mercenary regiment People only get a reward of 10 tales. For Hessian mercenaries, their standard is to give them 30 tales per infantry, 50 tales per cavalry and 100 tales per officer in recognition of their contributions during their service. For Hessian mercenaries who died in the war, Cherchen gave a pension according to the standard of 100 tales per person and brought them back to their hometown To their families.


    The money was distributed by Ingrid all the time. It is said that after receiving the bonus, Hessen mercenaries cheered.


    They couldn''t help but be so happy. Cherchen''s move gave them almost a year''s salary.


    After receiving the reward, some Hessian mercenaries tentatively asked Ingrid if the mercenary regiment and they would hire them after the contract expired. Because in the eyes of honest Hessian people, Cherchen is really a good customer. This just fell in Cherchen''s arms. One of the purposes of giving Hessian mercenaries so many bonuses is to pass their reward Word of mouth, let more Hessians, especially infantry who are good at infantry, join their mercenary regiment.


    "The door of the mercenary regiment is always open to the Hessian people," said Chechen to Ingrid.


    As soon as this was said, the smarter Hessian mercenaries immediately understood it.


    But Chechen''s current behavior will undoubtedly disrupt the originally harmonious mercenary market.


    On the night that Cherchen handed over the bonus to each Hessian mercenary, viscount Hessen found Cherchen.


    "Captain, I heard my men say that you want to hire more Hessian mercenaries?" Viscount Hessian asked bluntly. After so long in the mercenary regiment, he knew that Cherchen liked this straightforward way of speaking.


    "Yes, Hessen. I said that. Is there any problem?" Chechen asked strangely.


    Viscount Hessen looked at Cherchen for a long time. After he was sure that Cherchen didn''t know the key, viscount Hessen gently reminded Cherchen: "Captain, you want to hire Hessen mercenaries to continue fighting for you. It''s better to pass the count."


    Chechen is not a fool. He immediately realized that his behavior of directly skipping count Hessen to hire Hessen people would cause the dissatisfaction of count Hessen.


    Chechen thought count Hesse would be dissatisfied, but Viscount Hesse told Chechen that he would not only be dissatisfied, but would be furious.


    Indeed, as mentioned earlier, Hessen mercenaries were "sold" to Chechen''s mercenary regiment by Hessen count at the price of more than 100000 tales a year. Most of the money also fell into the pockets of count Hesse and his relatives (so Hesse mercenaries will be so happy after receiving the bonus). Ordinary Hesse mercenaries can''t get much. On the contrary, count Hesse himself built countless gorgeous castles and manors for himself and his family by exporting human resources. Every mercenary contract signed by count Hesse was a yin-yang contract. The soldiers who were born as farmers did not know that most of their hard-working money had been taken away by the nobles headed by count Hesse. For example, the Hessian mercenaries taken over by Chechen. One of them, Hessian heavy cavalry, can bring 240 tales of income to the nobles every year, while infantry can bring them 60 tales of income every year. This way of pumping more than half of it is similar to drinking soldier blood.


    Similarly, after the death of Hessian mercenaries, those employers should also hand over the pension to the relatives sent by Hessian count, who will receive it and then distribute it again.


    If Chechen skipped himself and recruited troops directly from the Hessian people in the future, there would be no success for the count and the Hessian family. "Stealing money is killing parents", how could count Hesse not gnash his teeth!


    Knowing this, Chechen hurriedly wrote a letter to Viscount Hesse and asked him to take it back to Hesse. In the letter, Cherchen stated that he wanted to hire more Hessian mercenaries. Cherchen said that he would give a lot of money to count Hessian. I just hope the count can facilitate the recruitment of his mercenary regiment.


    Viscount Hesse received the letter. He was ready to leave for Hesse all night. Because he must deliver the letter to the count as soon as possible in order to resolve the possible misunderstanding.


    Viscount Hesse cherishes and does not want to lose his current position in the mercenary regiment, because in this mercenary regiment, fighting is indispensable, but the income after each war is also huge. Viscount Hesse could not imagine where he could earn so much wealth and such a high reputation except here.


    Standing at the castle window, Chechen watched Viscount Hessen disappear into the dark on his horse.


    Not far away, scattered around the castle, the town is brightly lit. The influx of thousands of people not only troubled the normal life of the town residents, but also brought them endless business opportunities. Not to mention that the thousands of Russians carried by the mercenary Corps need money to eat, drink and Lazar. Even those mercenaries who received the bonus given by Chechen think of spending freely at the first time. At first, the Polish soldiers in the two squadrons were more cautious, and some mercenaries wanted to save money to buy land and repair houses when they returned to their hometown in the future. But less than a day later, they were damaged by the veterans in Hessen''s mercenaries, and took out all the money in their pockets one by one.


    In recent days, the business of casinos and brothels in nearby towns has been full almost every day. The prostitutes don''t even have time to get up and go to the bathroom. From the pockets of mercenaries, countless Ingrid''s Tallers flowed into the pockets of casino owners and brothel madams.


    In the same way, the spoils they gained in the battles in Crimea, Ackerman, Kafa and begzisalai let them squander in gambling and pleasure.


    In fact, ordinary mercenaries live a life of licking blood at the edge of a knife and having today and no tomorrow. Drinking today and getting drunk today is the state of life. And when it comes to saving money. Some mercenaries did this before. But in the end, when the mercenaries died, the money either cheapened their enemies or went into the pockets of their comrades in arms and fellow countrymen.


    "The most sad thing in life is not that people are alive and money is gone, but that people are dead and money has not been spent."


    Veterans and youths make recruits "degenerate" for such reasons.


    Thinking that these mercenaries who fought for themselves had no money when they retired from the army, Cherchen couldn''t help feeling a little sad. He wondered if there was any way to help these mercenaries who were not good at financial management save and increase the value of the money they worked hard with blood and sweat. In this way, even if they die or become disabled in the future, the money can be used for their wives, children and the rest of their lives.


    Suddenly, Chechen felt something falling on his shoulder. He looked back and saw Fatima hanging a cloak on his shoulder.


    "Fatima, haven''t you slept yet?" Chechen tightened his shoulder cape and asked with a smile.


    "Not yet, I just got up and saw that you weren''t there." Fatima said, leaning her face on Chechen''s shoulder. Today''s Fatima is like a little girl.


    Chechen enjoyed the feeling of Fatima leaning on her shoulder. He smiled at the corner of his mouth and patted Fatima with his hand.


    "It''s all right. Viscount Hessen came to me just now. I''ve settled everything," said Chechen.


    Fatima didn''t speak. She never interferes with the military affairs of these mercenaries.


    After a while, Fatima asked Cherchen, "Cherchen, how long will we return to Poland?"


    "In a few days, when the supplies are ready, we''ll go back to vidava." Chechen said. He thought Fatima wanted to ask about the mercenary regiment''s home in vidava.


    "Uncle Pedro said that vidava was a good place. It had fertile land, forests and ponds. Before uncle left, he had asked bachit and kiayang to choose a place to build a garden. After that, it will be our home."


    Chechen described vidava vividly. Although he had never been there, everything was hearsay from Uncle Pedro.


    Fatima listened so quietly, neither interrupting nor interrupting Cherchen.


    After Che Chen finished, Fatima said, "Natalie must have been waiting for you on the other side of the mountain."


    With that, Fatima felt Chechen''s body tremble.


    When Fatima mentioned Natalie, Chechen remembered the sword and eyes Natalie stabbed at him that night.


    "Will she wait for herself on the other side of the mountain?" Chechen thought unconsciously.