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>Merchants kept to where the law and order was, never outside of it
The Roman Empire traded with China. I'm pretty sure the Slavic lands were not out of reach for some intrepid merchant parties.
>But it's legal to travel to Russia and just approach a girl who works in some grocery store, tell her you're foreigner seeking a wife, boom, a week later she's back at your McMansion pregnant
I was assuming you wanted children because of this post >>936589323