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Chapter 1660 We Want Athens

With the announcement of Constantinople's surrender, the Ottoman Empire was in turmoil.

However, the coalition forces did not have such concerns. The ambassadors of the eight countries discussed the issue of internal distribution of spoils on the battleship Huo Qubing.

The compensation for the Ottoman Empire has been distributed, and what they need to solve now is the division of Greece and the Aegean Islands.

"The island of Cyprus was originally our territory, but it is still under the control of the Ottoman Empire and does not belong to the Aegean Sea, so we hope to get a piece of land as compensation. We hope to get the Peloponnese. There and The island of Crete we occupy is across the sea, and if we Venice can gain control over the Peloponnese, we can keep an eye on Constantinople forever." The Venetian ambassador said first.

On the surface, the war between Venice and the Ottoman Empire this time, so the Venetians are more active, and they are sparsely populated and eager to get more territory and population.

"The area of ​​the Peloponnese Peninsula is more than twice the size of the island of Cyprus you lost, and the population is larger. Does this compensation make a lot of money for you Venice?" The ambassadors of the Papal States, Genoa, and Sicily raised objections .

The Venetian merchants used to run across the Mediterranean Sea and were as rich as an enemy country. After the opening of new sea routes, they declined and were suppressed by the Ottoman Empire.

But now the Venetians seem to have gained the most from the war in the Mediterranean.

At present, the Republic of Venice owns the three territories of Venice, Crete, and Lower Egypt. If it occupies the Peloponnese, the Venetians may once again become a Mediterranean power.

This is not very reassuring for the Papal States, Genoa, Sicily and other places that are also Italian civilizations.

There was once a famous city-state in the Peloponnese Peninsula, and that was Sparta.

"We have no objection to assigning the Peloponnese to Venice," said the Minister of Rites.

Seeing the leader of the Huaxia people nodding and agreeing that the Venetians were given the Peloponnese, the other small countries participating in the coalition remained silent.

In this tough battle, apart from China, even England and Venice contributed the most troops, and they couldn't object to the fact that the Big Three nodded.

"Our hospital knights were originally stationed in Rhode Island at the southern end of the Aegean Sea. Later, they were besieged by the Ottoman Empire and had to wander to Malta. Return Tokushima to us." Castella, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, made a request.

"No problem, besides Rhodes Island, Chios Island and nearby islands are also the bases of your Knights Hospitaller." The Minister of Rites directly allocated hundreds of islands, large and small, to the Knights Hospitaller on the map, allowing the large group to Long dumbfounded.

He just wanted to go back to Rhodes Island, but the Huaxia people allocated a large area of ​​sea between Rhodes Island and Chios Island to the Knights Hospitaller, an organization that is not even considered a country.

"The Knights of the Hospital got all the small islands in the South Aegean Sea, and England got the small islands in the North Aegean Sea and part of the Balkan Peninsula."

"The Papal States, Genoa, Sicily, and Portugal, and England divide these parts of Greece in the Balkans."

The Minister of Rites seems to have thought of a draft for dividing up Greece. He simply used a ruler and a pencil to savagely divide Greece into eight places with lines on the map. Even Portugal, which sent a symbolic 500 soldiers, unexpectedly obtained A small island and a mountainous part of the Balkan peninsula were established as colonies.

It seems that the minister of the Ministry of Rites doesn't care who gets more and who gets less, as long as the situation here is as complicated as possible.

Looking at the eight pieces of land that he had savagely allocated, the Minister of Rites wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

He got Chu Yun's permission to split up like this unceremoniously.

"What do you think of this distribution?" Minister of Rites asked the remaining seven diplomats.

"We have no objection in Venice." The ambassador of Venice said first.

Venice, which gained Lower Egypt and the Peloponnese from the two Mediterranean wars, doubled its population and territory, and took the lead in supporting this proposal to carve up Greece.

"The Knights of the Hospital have no objection." Castella was even luckier than the Venetians. The Knights of the Hospital acquired a large number of islands, including Rhodes Island and Chios Island, which allowed them to live longer than the Venetians. Now I want to live a much better life.

"We in England have no objection." Prince Rupert even expressed support for this.

"Portugal agrees." The Portuguese military officers are grateful to the Chinese for rewarding them with an enclave in Greece. They have made little contribution in this battle, so of course they must support them.

The remaining Papal States, Genoa, and Sicily also agreed.

They all set their sights on the land they had allocated, but soon found the land divided by the Chinese people on the map.

"Is this the land you want to leave?" The Venetian ambassador pointed to a Greek city at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula.

The Chinese people don't have to go to so many islands with unknown names, they only need a city and coastal islands.

"That's right, what we want is this city called Athens." said the Minister of Rites.

"Athens..."

The ambassadors of Venice, the Papal States, Genoa, Sicily, etc. were not jealous.

Athens did prosper for a time, but the economic center of the West shifted from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, and it began to decline.

Of course, for Venetian merchants who had always had significant commercial interests in the Aegean region, Athens was still relatively important.For example, the Peloponnese, which the Venetians now share, is only separated from Athens by an isthmus.

But it's not enough to make them feel jealous. They already have Egypt, the outlet of the Indian Ocean, and their commercial interests can expand to the east.

"Then distribute according to this plan. If any party violates the distribution plan, we will lead the other six parties to attack it." The Minister of Rites completely put his country in the status of the patron saint of the Mediterranean world.

In addition to getting closer to the Knights Hospitaller and the Venetians and suppressing the powerful Ottoman Empire, they now have their own territory in the Mediterranean world - Athens.

Although many officials, including the Minister of Rites, did not understand why Chu Yun only chose Athens in so many places in Greece, he could choose other places or ask for more land.

In fact, Chu Yun didn't want to be distracted from occupying so many untamable territories, all he needed was a springboard in the Mediterranean Sea. As for why it was Athens, he was simply familiar with the city of Athens.

(End of this chapter)