Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1890, I've been counseled before I fight
"An extremely strong ultimatum?"

When Selim I and Moses heard this, they also quickly looked at Ali Pasha.

Ali Pasha respectfully handed over the ultimatum sent by the Ming Empire to Selim I, and he had asked someone to translate the above content.

"...If your country is unwilling to abide by the Erzincan City Agreement, continue to hinder the free trade of our Ming merchants in your country, and at the same time default on indemnity, our Ming will take all necessary measures to protect the interests of Daming!"

"Your country is limited to transport this year's compensation and delayed interest to Nanyun Province within seven days, otherwise, I, Ming Dynasty, will send a large army to the royal palace in Istanbul in your country to collect it in person."

"Humph!"

Seeing this ultimatum, Selim I angrily tore it to pieces on the spot.

"Too deceiving!"

"Da Ming bullies people too much!"

"What do they think our Ottoman Empire is?"

"Is it a small country like England or Portugal?"

"Is it someone you can bully if you want to bully?"

"Also take all necessary measures to protect the interests of Daming, and send it to Nanyun Province within seven days."

Selim I was really angry. The Ottoman Empire has always been synonymous with power. It punched the Persians and set foot on European countries. The beaten Egyptians cried for their fathers and mothers, and burned, killed and looted all over the Mediterranean.

It can be said that the neighbors in all directions have been bullied by the Ottoman Empire, but now the people of Ming Dynasty are so ignorant of the Ottoman Empire, threatening to use force to make the Ottoman Empire remember.

It's true that my uncle can bear it, but my aunt can't bear it.

"Come on, send me an order to send troops from all over the country to Erzincan City. I will start here and fight all the way to the capital of Daming."

Selim I was really furious, the people of Daming really looked down on him.

He didn't put himself in the Ottoman Empire at all.

"Great sultan, great sultan, think twice, think twice!"

Upon hearing this, Ali Pasha also quickly said: "Great Sultan, put out the fire first, put out the fire, don't get angry."

"How can I not be angry?"

"The people of Ming Dynasty didn't take our Ottoman Empire seriously at all. Look at this ultimatum. Is this equal to the outside world?"

Selim I said angrily.

"Your Majesty the Great Sultan, calm down first."

"The Ming people have always been like this, not only for our Ottoman Empire, but also for other countries."

"Of course, the Ming Empire is powerful, but they are also very proud and arrogant, and have always looked down on people from other parts of the world."

"With the Ming Empire, we should try not to start the war lightly. The strength of the Ming Empire is too strong, and it is far from what Persia, Egypt, and European countries can compare."

"The Ming Empire can easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops, and all of them are well-trained and well-equipped elite troops. Motorcycles and more."

"Once we go to war with the Ming Empire, our chances of winning may be less than half. Even if we win, we will definitely suffer heavy losses. At that time, it will only give Persia, Egypt, and European countries a chance to take advantage of it."

When Ali Pasha said this, he still considered Selim I's feelings.

Ali Pasha had been to the Ming Empire, and had seen the vastness, richness, and strength of the Ming Empire with his own eyes. In his opinion, the odds of the Ottoman Empire winning the war with the Ming Empire were not even [-]%.

In the Battle of Erzincan, the [-] troops of the Ming Dynasty wiped out the [-] troops of the Ottoman Empire, and slaughtered hundreds of cities. The blood flowed into rivers, mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Even the capital Istanbul was destroyed by the Ming Fleet. bombardment.

Although the current Ottoman Empire is stronger, the strength of the Ming Empire will only become stronger and more terrifying. Not to mention, it just swept Eastern Europe 2 years ago.

The Crimean Khanate, the Principality of Moscow, the Principality of Ryazan, Kievan Rus, and a large number of powerful countries disappeared in a blink of an eye under the sweep of the three-way army of the Ming Empire, and the entire huge land of Eastern Europe became the Black Earth Province of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, the Ming Empire only dispatched an army of [-] troops, and all of this was wiped out with minimal losses and costs. How could the Ottoman Empire resist the wolf-like army of the Ming Empire?

"Even so, we can't swallow our anger like this, can we?"

After hearing this, Selim I calmed down immediately, but his mouth was still very stubborn.

"Your Majesty, it is very cost-effective to endure a moment of anger in exchange for the strength of our Ottoman Empire."

"As long as we continue to become stronger, one day we will be able to defeat the Ming people."

Seeing that Selim I had calmed down, Ali Pasha patiently persuaded him.

"However, we have paid this war indemnity for more than ten years. The annual war indemnity of 800 million taels, we have now paid hundreds of millions of taels of silver to the Ming people."

"What a huge wealth this is. If we have hundreds of millions of taels of silver, we can easily arm an elite army of millions, which is enough to easily sweep all directions."

"I'm really not reconciled. The wealth we have saved through hard work is just given to the people of Daming."

Soon, it came to the matter of war reparations. Selim I was very unwilling to continue paying war reparations. Eight million taels of silver a year was a heavy burden for the Ottoman Empire.

If this money can be saved, the Ottoman Empire can raise a powerful army.

"Your Majesty, we are not as strong as the Ming people now. Even if we don't want to, we still have to accept it. Otherwise, if we start a war with the Ming people now, it will be extremely unfavorable to us."

"I think it's better for us to send the war indemnity that we have raised as soon as possible. In addition, regarding the free trade of Ming businessmen, I also think that we should continue to allow it instead of prohibiting it."

"Once the Ming people stop selling us food, arms, tea, sugar and other commodities, there will be many problems within us."

"Trade is like this. It has a good side and a bad side. The goods of the Ming people have impacted our related industries, but they have also brought a lot of things we urgently need. They also bought our slaves and gave us It brought a lot of wealth, and we made a lot of money from our trade with the Ming people.”

Ali Pasha also said helplessly.

Back then, in order to pay the war indemnity, Bayezid II withheld all the gold used for decoration in the palace, and this was the first huge amount of war indemnity collected with great difficulty.

Later, relying on plundering the white slaves to meet the annual payment of war indemnity, there is also surplus money to continue to expand the army and strengthen its strength.

He participated in the peace talks back then, and it was he who signed the agreement. For this agreement, he has always advocated that it should be strictly implemented, and that the people of Ming Dynasty should not be given an excuse to continue the war.

The war indemnity has been paid for more than ten years, and it can be paid off after another ten years.

Endure it for a while.

Besides, if you get stuck with the Ming people, and the Ming people will no longer buy your white slaves, the financial revenue of the Ottoman Empire will become a big problem.

What did the Ottoman Empire use to feed its huge army?Buy new ammunition weapons, forge cannons and more.

"But I'm really not reconciled to giving the great wealth to the people of Daming for nothing like this."

In fact, Selim I didn't dare to go to war with the Ming Empire, he just wanted to test the reaction of the Ming people.

Who knew that the reaction of the Ming Empire was so strong and issued such a strong diplomatic ultimatum, and at the same time, the merchant of the Ming Dynasty did not trade with the Ottoman Empire anymore.

This Daming man is really not to be messed with, he is very tough, and he has always been like this with the outside world.

It is estimated that it will not be an easy task to appease the anger of Daming's people. If the slave cannot be sold, it will be an extremely bad thing.

"Sultan, great Sultan~"

"Something happened, something happened!"

At this time, another minister hurried in, panting and sweating profusely, and said immediately before Selim I could ask: "The news just came that the Ming Empire has gathered 20 troops on the border of Heitu Province and Nanyun Province. The army intends to attack us."

"In addition, the Ming Dynasty Black Sea Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet appeared on the border of our coastline and began to blockade the north and south seas, ports and cities of our Ottoman Empire."

"It is reported that the Red Sea Fleet of the Ming Empire is passing through the Egyptian Canal, and it is estimated that it is very likely that it also came to participate in the blockade of our sea areas and ports."

"what?"

When Selim I, Ali Pasha, Moses and others heard this, they were stunned.

The action speed of the Ming Empire is too fast.

Only after the ultimatum was issued, the army and navy of the Ming Empire had already reached the border and coastline, with the appearance and momentum of attacking the Ottoman Empire on a large scale.

This made Selim I, who was still hesitating whether to pay the war indemnity, deeply frowned.

Even though he wanted to seek revenge from the Ming people, and even dreamed of defeating the Ming people, when the war really came, when he faced the army of the Ming Empire, he suddenly lost confidence in his heart.

The strength of the Ming Empire was not blown out, but was achieved through battle after battle. The most vivid memory of the Ottoman Empire was the Battle of Erzincan City. This battle defeated dozens of the Ottoman Empire. Thousands of elite troops were buried.

Now that the Ming people are coming with another 20 troops, God knows if there will be more troops coming, and the navy has started to block their own coastline and ports.

"Report~"

"The great sultan, Persia and Egypt are on the frontier, intending to recapture the Mesopotamia."

Before he could react, someone came to report in a hurry.

"Immediately pay the war reparations and interest to the Ming Empire, and apologize to the Ming Empire, and promise that such things will not happen again in the future."

When Selim I heard this, he immediately opened his eyes wide. He was very flustered, and after thinking about it, he was scared, and quickly gave orders to Ali Pasha.

He really doesn't have the confidence to start a war with the Ming people. The Ming people's fleet can kill his capital Istanbul in a few minutes, so he still has to admit cowardice, otherwise once the fight starts, it is estimated that he will be embattled on all sides. The enemy will not miss such a good opportunity.

But he thought too well, thinking that he would simply let you go if he loved Daming?
(End of this chapter)