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Chapter 1737 Chinese envoys in Persia

China is actively preparing for the upcoming World Expo, and various new industrial technologies and inventions are emerging.

A batch of ambassadors also took advantage of this opportunity to go overseas and actively deal with backward civilizations around the world.

African civilization is too fragmented and primitive. Except for a few forces in North Africa, this World Expo did not invite other African kingdoms.

There is a relatively prosperous Asian civilization, and Chu Yun has very little contact with it at present.

But this Asian civilization still played a huge role in the pre-industrial world.

This civilization was the Persian Empire located in the Persian Gulf.

Now is the Third Persian Empire - Safavid Dynasty.

This empire is located between Europe, Central Asia and India. It competed with the Mughal Empire of India to the east and fought with the Ottoman Turkish Empire to the west. It was one of the four great powers in Asia in the 17th century.

However, its two great enemies were severely taught by the Kyushu Army led by Chu Yun.

Shah Jahan, the emperor of the Mughal Empire in India, died of illness after the battle. The Mughal Empire was torn apart and has not yet been reunified.

The Ottoman Turk Empire was defeated twice, ceded territory and paid compensation, lost half of Egypt and the whole of Greece, and signed the shameful Treaty of Constantinople.

The defeat of two powerful enemies is undoubtedly a good thing for the Persian Empire sandwiched between the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire, and the Persian Empire may even be revived again.

Chu Yun has never dealt with the Persian Empire much.

The reason is also very simple. After the great sea route was opened, Persia has gradually deviated from the center of the world's main economic waterway.

Before the opening of the Suez Canal, trade between the East and the West no longer followed the traditional Silk Road, but detoured around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.

After the opening of the Suez Canal, ships entered the Mediterranean directly through Egypt instead of the Persian Gulf, also avoiding the Persian Empire.

This is why Chu Yun seldom intersects with the Persian Empire.

Of course, Chu Yun, the oil producer in the Persian Gulf, has never forgotten that this is a very important oil-producing area in the future.

At present, only the oil in Southeast Asia cannot be exploited, so Chu Yun temporarily ignores the Persian Empire, which has no sense of existence.

When more oil is needed in the future, Chu Yun will definitely not let the Persian Gulf go.

As the Persian Empire was an important civilization, the Ministry of Rites sent ambassadors to the Persian Empire, which had never dealt with it before, and invited them to attend the World Expo.

The ambassador of the Ministry of Rites of Huaxia had no relationship with the Persian Empire.However, they can indirectly have a relationship with the Persian Empire through the English.

More than 20 years ago, the captain of England brought Western European firearms technology to the Persian Empire, helped the Persian Empire develop from a tribal army to a new type of army equipped with muskets, copper cannons, etc., and defeated the Ottoman Empire westward to regain some of its lost land , defeated the Mughal Empire eastward, and occupied Kandahar.With the help of the English fleet, the then Persian Emperor Abbas I recaptured Hormuz from the Portuguese colonists.

In return for the English, the Persian emperor generously gave the English monopoly over Persian trade, especially the English East India Company.

Chu Yun bought [-]% of the shares of the English East India Company, incorporated its employees and captains, and used their trading stations and connections in the Strait of Hormuz to easily and safely enter the Persian Empire.

What Chu Yun valued in acquiring the English East India Company was some of the connections it had already established, not its technology and ships. Using these connections can save a lot of effort in re-establishing relationships.

This time, the ambassador of the Ministry of Rites is going to Isfahan, the imperial capital of the Persian Empire, an important station on the traditional Silk Road, a concentration of business between the East and the West, and a city once rich in the world.

A group of envoys wearing Persian robes, turbans or silk hats led camels. They landed in Bandar Abbas. In order to ensure safety in the Persian Empire, they bought local clothes and hired camels to carry their luggage.

Isfahan, where the Persian emperor lived, is inland on the Iranian plateau, and it will take some time to travel from Bandar Abbas to Isfahan.

"Isfahan is magnificent, with a population of 50 to 60. In the Persian Empire, there is a saying that 'Isfahan is half the world', which shows its wealth. The Persian Gulf is a vast market, second only to India in the Arabian Sea The market.” Employees of the English East India Company who had been to the Persian Empire to do business led the way for the envoys of the Ministry of Rites, and they knew more or less information about the Persian Empire.

"Is the current Persian emperor easy to get along with?" asked the envoy of the Ministry of Rites.

"It's hard to say. The former Persian emperor Abbas I was the real emperor. The Persian Empire he led gained advantages against the Ottoman Empire and the Mughal Empire. The current Persian emperor is his grandson Abbas II, but He is only 14 years old, and the current power in the Persian Empire is the prime minister," said the English employee.

"I hope they are a little self-aware. If something happens to us in the Persian Empire, our army will use this as an excuse to enter the Persian Gulf and destroy Isfahan." The envoy of the Ministry of Rites was full of confidence.

Behind him is a strong country as a pillar.

Weak countries have no diplomacy, but strong countries can do whatever they want and make their own rules of the game.

Businessman Li Jinde was hijacked by Barbary pirates in North Africa, and then the Fourth Fleet destroyed the Pennion Fortress in Algiers.

If something happens to the ambassador of the Ministry of Rites in the Persian Gulf, maybe the Nanyang Fleet will send troops to the Persian Gulf.

This is the confidence of being an ambassador of a powerful country.

The ambassador of the Ministry of Rites and the English employees as guides first found the local Persian officials and submitted diplomatic documents to them. After obtaining the permission of the Persian emperor, they crossed the plateau, rivers, and towns all the way to the imperial capital Isfahan.They carried dozens of muskets for self-defense, and some conflicts were caused by the customs clearance inspection on the way. The Persian soldiers were full of vigilance against this group of strangers.

Isfahan, like Constantinople, is an ancient and populous city. A large number of people gather here, and business is quite prosperous. Mainly Persian, Arab, and Indian merchants are active in this area.

The envoy led by the ambassador of the Ministry of Rites entered Isfahan, an ancient city they had never set foot in before.

"These people look a little strange..."

"The blond-haired and blue-eyed ones should be Europeans, and those people are a little different from Indians. They came from some wild place overseas?"

The residents and businessmen of Isfahan whispered to each other when they saw such a strange camel caravan coming.

"We seem to be treated as barbarians by them." The ambassador of the Ministry of Rites said to the rest of the envoy when he saw that the people in Isfahan looked aloof.

(End of this chapter)