Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1248, Envoys of the Ottoman Empire
At Xiji Port in Nanyun Province of the Ming Empire, three ships flying the green crescent flag of the Ottoman Empire slowly sailed into this increasingly busy port.

On the deck of one of the large ships, Grand Vizier Ali~Pasha of the Ottoman Empire was looking at the port in front of him, lost in thought.

The West Pole Port in front of you is divided into two parts. One part is the military port belonging to the Ming Dynasty Black Sea Fleet. There are huge warships moored in it. You can also see the Ming Dynasty Navy training on the playground.

The other part is a commercial port belonging to free trade. Ships from any country can come here to berth, replenish, and trade freely, and only need to pay certain taxes.

This area is really very lively. The port has been expanded repeatedly, and the scale is huge. The docks are very spacious and flat, full of goods waiting to be loaded and unloaded. There are huge ships with flags of various countries flying in the wind. Hunting sound.

From Romania and the Crimean Khanate in Eastern Europe, you can even see ships from the Poles and the Holy Roman Empire, as well as ships from Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and other countries in Western Europe, and you can also see ships from Ships of the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt and the Arabs of the Middle East.

There has never been such a lively and noisy place here, almost gathering ships and merchants from various countries in the entire European region, as well as Persians from the east, Kazakh Khanates, Mongolian Tatars from the north of the Caucasus Mountains, and so on.

It is very lively, even standing on the boat, you can see businessmen from various countries constantly bargaining here in the port.

Silk, porcelain, tea, ironware, glass products, sugar, cloth, etc. from the Eastern Ming Empire are the most popular things here, and almost everyone comes here for these things.

In the past, it was very difficult to obtain these things. You had to travel across the ocean to the far east to obtain them. Now this place belongs to the territory of the Ming Empire, and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty transported these goods to the westernmost place. Merchants naturally flocked.

The Persians brought blankets, lapis lazuli, precious medicinal materials, spices from Tianzhu, and gemstones from Ceylon; Arabs and Egyptians brought ivory, diamonds, myrrh, and frankincense from the African continent; The Tartars brought fur from Siberia; the Kazakhs of the Kazakh Khanate brought their BMWs; the Tatars of the Crimean Khanate brought their Slavic slaves; the Europeans brought their wine... ....
Here you can buy almost all the goods you want to buy, and the tall buildings standing around the harbor are hung with the signs of the Ming Dynasty, and all the businessmen from all over the world come in and out.

"It's only been a few years, and it feels like the world has changed here."

Seeing everything in front of him, Ali~Pasha couldn't help sighing.

He had been here before, as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, and he had come here to demand tribute from what was once the Kingdom of Georgia.

The most comfortable way to come to the South Caucasus region from Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, is by boat, so he still clearly remembers that when he came here before, it was just a very backward small fishing port, and there was no bustling scene in front of him at all. .

"Yeah, like magic, the world has changed in the blink of an eye."

Beside Ali ~ Pasha, the Minister of Finance of the Ottoman Empire, Moses, also nodded and said that he is a Jew. He used to be responsible for helping the Ottoman Empire deal with captives and slaves. He specialized in selling captives and slaves to Ming people. Watching this West Pole Port rapidly undergo earth-shaking changes day by day.

"Ming people~"

Ali Pasha read softly.

Looking at the Daming dragon flag flying high in the barracks of the Daming Nanyun Provincial Garrison halfway up the mountain, his eyes were filled with many emotions, including hatred, fear, anger, helplessness, and envy.

In the battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire, the Ottoman Empire was seriously injured. Almost all the cities in the easternmost provinces were attacked by the Ming people, killing and looting.

More importantly, the "Erzincan Agreement" signed was an extremely humiliating agreement for the Ottoman Empire. It not only ceded the huge land in the south of the Caucasus to the Ming Empire, but also required compensation of hundreds of millions to the Ming Empire. Huge war reparations of two silver.

At the same time, the number of troops directly wiped out by the Ming Empire was as high as [-], which directly caused Ottoman's vitality to be severely injured. Now it is difficult to restore the powerful posture of dominating Europe, Asia and Africa.

If it hadn't been for these few years, relying on the Western Expedition to Europe, continuously plundering people and wealth from Europe, and selling slaves to restore some vitality to the Ming people, I am afraid that the Ottoman Empire would have fallen apart by now.

You must know that the Persians in the east are feuds with them. The tribal leaders in the Middle East have always refused to submit to the rule of the Ottoman Empire. The Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire also have enmity. The Crimean Khanate, a former vassal state, is now free from the control of the Ottoman Empire, and even wants to bite the Ottoman Empire back.

The past few years have been really sad. The hair of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid was grey. The formerly luxurious palaces were almost demolished, and all the gold and silver jewelry from the concubines in his harem were taken away. It came out and was sent to the Daming people as compensation.

It can be said that for the Ming people, the Ottomans hated them very much. They had blood feuds. They slaughtered and trafficked a large number of people by the Ming people. Coupled with the huge war reparations, how could they not hate the huge land that was cut off.

But what about hate?

The Ottoman Empire could not even have any garrisons within a hundred miles of Erzincan City, while the Ming Empire stationed [-] troops here, coupled with the powerful Black Sea Fleet, they could come in again at any moment , and directly attacked the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

This is a tooth that can only be swallowed in the stomach. Who said that he was greedy and coveted the Hezhong area of ​​​​the Ming Empire?

The Ottoman Empire was also severely feared by the Ming Empire.

Now he doesn't dare to provoke Daming people at all, and he doesn't even dare to provoke any incidents.

In addition, the Ottomans were extremely envious and jealous of the Ming people.

I envy the Ming people for their vast and boundless territory, huge population, and powerful army. I envy the Ming people for being rich and powerful, because the Ottoman Empire was also like this, confident and powerful. It’s just that in that battle, the Ming people almost lost their backbone. was interrupted.

In front of the Ming people, it was always difficult for them to raise their heads.

Under the guidance of the pilot, the ship moored slowly at a pier in Xiji Port. With extremely complicated emotions, Ali~Pasha got off the boat and stepped onto the cement-paved pier.

He came to Daming this time not for tourism, but to buy arms and weapons from the Ming Empire and to see if he could get a loan from the Ming Empire.

Recently, the army of the Ottoman Empire has captured Vienna and is heading towards the Vatican, the core of the Christian world, which greatly shocked the entire Christian world in Europe.

Under the call of the Pope of Rome, the four fiercely fighting European countries ceased their war, and instead formed a huge coalition, claiming to carry out the Crusade in the new century and completely drive the Ottoman Empire out of Europe.

Facing the huge army composed of France, Spain, Portugal, England, the Holy Roman Empire, Italy, the Holy See, Poland and other Christian countries, the Ottoman Empire also panicked.

Although the Ottoman Empire was powerful, the Europeans were not vegetarians, especially the Spanish Empire, which was extremely powerful and possessed a large number of advanced muskets and cannons purchased from the Ming Empire. How could the Ottoman Empire not be afraid.

But the Ottoman Empire also knew clearly that the reason why the Ottoman Empire was able to persevere now was mainly relying on the use of war to plunder people from Europe and sell them to the Ming people as slaves.

Otherwise, the war indemnity from the Ming Empire alone would overwhelm the Ottoman Empire, so the war with the Europeans cannot be stopped, and it cannot be stopped just by saying it. You must win to be able to plunder more people. , Ask for war reparations as soon as possible to restore your vitality.

Originally, the Ottoman Empire would not have thought of going to the Ming Empire to buy weapons and equipment, but the Ming Empire seemed to intend to maintain the current situation in Europe.

I don't want to see the Ottoman Empire defeated again. Of course, in the eyes of the Ottoman Empire, perhaps the Ming Empire cannot lack slaves from the Ottoman Empire.

Therefore, the Ming Empire also sent a friendly message to the Ottoman Empire, expressing its willingness to support the war between the Ottoman Empire and the Europeans.

This made the originally melancholy Sultan of the Ottoman Empire overjoyed.

As long as the people of Daming are willing to support him, it will be easy to say.

First of all, there is no need to worry about the land in the east. If the Ming Empire speaks, the Persian Empire will definitely be honest and will not mess around. The army stationed in the east can be transferred to the European battlefield.

Secondly, the Ottoman Empire was severely taught by the people of Ming Dynasty. They deeply understood that the weapons and equipment of the Ming Empire were the absolute best. If they could buy some weapons and equipment of the Ming Empire, the strength of the Ottoman Empire would become stronger and they would win the battle. The war with the Europeans is more confident.

So the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid immediately dispatched Ali Pasha and Moses to lead a huge mission to the Ming Empire, preparing to go to the capital of the Ming Empire to see the Emperor of the Ming Empire and discuss these matters with the Ming Empire.

(End of this chapter)