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Chapter 1661
Horses and camels transported cartloads of gold and silver to the coalition's barracks, and Janissary soldiers wearing white hats guarded both sides to ensure that the compensation paid to the coalition would not be lost.

The coalition army has set up a special committee to count and check the compensation worth 50 taels of silver.

Constantinople couldn't come up with pure 50 taels of gold and silver for a while, and was forced to use a batch of jewelry as compensation to the coalition forces during the war.

"This box of spices is worth about 300 taels."

"This gem, 100 taels."

The committee tried to keep the price of the treasures that the Ottomans offered to pay back as low as possible.

After the compensation is counted, the coalition forces will withdraw from Constantinople and return this ancient city to the Ottoman Empire.

"Sun Chuanting, you send a team of 500 people to take over the city of Athens by boat. It is a very old city. Try not to destroy the ruins inside. After the team arrives in Athens, you will still use local officials to manage it... Properly win over the local dignitaries to consolidate our rule over Athens, and wait until our follow-up officials and soldiers arrive to teach them a good lesson, so that they have to build the city of Athens according to our will." Chu Yun was waiting for the compensation to be counted Sun Chuanting was found and ordered to take over the city of Athens.

Sun Chuanting led the Far West Dispatched Army, which was in charge of the garrison in Europe, so Chu Yun asked him to divide 500 troops to take over Athens.

The Mediterranean War had just ended, and the Ottoman Empire was terrified. 500 troops were not many, but it was enough to hold down a city of Athens.

Moreover, Greece was divided into eight regions, and each of the eight forces took over their own jurisdictions. The city of Athens was located in the central area of ​​Greece, which meant that it was protected by the other seven forces.

If the Ottoman Empire wants to retake Greece, the other seven forces will definitely not be happy, and they will re-form the third anti-Ottoman Empire alliance at that time.

The city of Athens is right by the sea. Chu Yun is now more and more fond of the seaside city. The cost of occupying it is much lower than that of the inland cities. This place can become one of the centers of the Mediterranean Sea.

"My subordinates will go down and arrange troops to take over Athens by boat. The only troublesome thing is the language barrier." Sun Chuanting replied.

"Language... It would be great if everyone could use Chinese, so that it wouldn't be so troublesome to communicate. First occupy Athens, and then build it well later, set up schools in the local area, and popularize Chinese education." Chu Yun muttered.

It took the coalition forces two days to count the 2 taels of indemnity. The Ottoman Empire did not dare to lose money at this time. After the coalition forces received the first batch of compensation, they divided it up and began to evacuate.

"The war is over. After we leave the Mediterranean Sea, we may continue to return to the mainland with the global fleet. At that time, you will not be the crew of the Zheng He, but will serve in various fleets and become official officers and soldiers of the Ministry of the Navy." Zheng Chenggong summoned all the crew members who went ashore and prepared to board the Zheng He and retreat with the coalition forces.

"The attack on Constantinople this time opened up a gap for the army, and our Zheng He has hardly achieved any credit."

The crew of Zheng He was somewhat regretful.

There were as many as 300 large and small ships besieging Constantinople. The firepower of the Zheng He was not strong, and it only played the role of artillery cover.Submerged in the guns of 300 ships, they were unable to excel.

"If you want to make meritorious service, there may still be opportunities. It would be good to be able to become a full-time officer in advance. What else are you thinking?" Zheng Chenggong urged everyone to board the ship.

In addition to the Zheng He, there were groups of soldiers on the beach. They left the beach in small boats and returned to their respective ships.

Looking at it from afar, the beach is full of people and voices. People who don't know the whole story may think that there are some lively activities that cause so many people to gather.

Soldiers from Venice, the Papal States, Genoa and other forces plundered a lot of treasures and were ready to leave contentedly. Some even captured a group of people as slaves.

The 5 people were ready to leave by boat just as they had arrived.

Chu Yun stood on the deck, watching the soldiers on the beach board the ship.

It is a huge project to move soldiers, horses, artillery, gold, silver and jewelry on the shore to the big ship, and it will take a lot of time.

The whole of Greece and half of Egypt were separated from the Ottoman Empire, weakening the influence of the Ottoman Empire and opening up the Mediterranean market at the same time.

Half of the purpose of Chu Yun's visit to Europe was achieved.Then there are markets in Northern Europe and Western Europe.

I believe that the news of the signing of the Treaty of Constantinople has spread to European countries, especially the nearby kingdoms such as Austria, Spain, and France. I don’t know how they will react...

The affairs in the Mediterranean Sea were not completely over yet. Chu Yun's arrival was not just for the purpose of dealing with the Turks and occupying the city of Athens.

He also had to sign an agreement with Venice separately, obtain the qualification to open the Suez Canal in Egypt, and establish diplomatic relations with Venice.In addition, it needs to sign a separate treaty with the Knights of the Hospital.

The territory of the Hospitaller Knights is small, but the geographical location is dangerous, and they need to obtain the right to park warships in Malta Island, Rhodes Island and other places.

"It's time to go back, prepare to evacuate!" Chu Yun waited patiently for the soldiers on the beach to retreat to the boat, and ordered the squadron to dispatch.

Huo Qubing and Weiqing made piercing whistles, resounding through the waters outside Constantinople, frightening many people in the city.

To them, this strange siren sounds like the cry of a sea monster.

In addition, the bombardment of Constantinople by ironclad ships caused a fire in the city, which made the residents of the city fearful.

"These demons are finally planning to leave here."

The defenders of Constantinople and the reinforcements from all over witnessed the whole retreat of the coalition forces, but they dared not take any action for fear of reprisals.They finally breathed a sigh of relief until the coalition forces withdrew.

Grand Vizier Koprulu led his men to stand on a 20-meter-high tower in Constantinople, watching the coalition fleet gradually disappear into the sea.

The dignitaries of the Ottoman Empire rejoiced that they survived the catastrophe, but several people including Koprulu were not happy at all.

Constantinople was captured, the empire's authority was in a mess, and it was forced to cede land for compensation. Pashas in various provinces were ready to move, and the North African Barbary pirates took this opportunity to break free from the empire's control.

The Ottoman Empire seemed in danger of falling apart.

"If I haven't been buried in ten years, I will lead the empire to retake the lost territory." Koprulu always felt a little reconciled.

(End of this chapter)