My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 713 The gap in strength

In the large carriage, Zhu Zhanhe was half-lying on a soft couch, flipping through a thick agreement in his hand.

This was an agreement signed by Zhu Zhanhe and Mufas before leaving Beizhenggang. Because most of the contents were related to Egypt, the name was called the Egyptian Treaty.

In this agreement, Zhu Zhanhe represented the Han Dynasty and Mufas represented the Ottomans. The two parties negotiated and decided to carve up Egypt's interests. With Cairo in Egypt as the boundary, the canal area north of Cairo was under the control of the Ottomans, and the canal area south of Cairo was under the control of the Ottomans. It's under the control of the big man.

Of course, in addition to the distribution of benefits, there are also some obligations. For example, it was agreed to send troops in one year. Each side will send [-] troops to attack Cairo from two directions, striving to reunite under Cairo City. As long as Cairo City is defeated, Ma The Muluk Dynasty will never have a chance to turn around.

In addition to the provisions related to Egypt, the two parties also have some commercial cooperation, which are also written in this agreement. Each article is very detailed to avoid future disagreements.

Helen stood behind Zhu Zhanhe, patting his back while secretly reading the contents of the agreement.

Zhu Zhanhe knew that she was peeking, but he didn't care at all. After all, she was alone in Dahan, and it was useless even if she knew more inside information.

"Have you finished reading? How do you feel?"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly asked Helen without raising his head.

"Hmph, your cooperation with the Ottomans is just like... is... there is an idiom called "Who comes?"

At the end of Helen's speech, she suddenly wanted to use an idiom, but her time to learn Chinese was still too short, and she couldn't even think of what the idiom was.

"Are you trying to say that you want to seek skin from a tiger?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked up at Helen and asked.

"That's right, you are seeking the skin of a tiger. The Ottomans are a group of devils who eat people without spitting out their bones. Even if you cooperate with them to conquer Egypt, they will probably turn against you in the future and drive you out and leave you with nothing. Can’t catch it!”

Helen said excitedly after being reminded by Zhu Zhanhe.

"Haha, I think you should be more worried about the Ottomans trying to get their skin. If they really conquer Egypt in the future, it's still unclear who will annex whom!"

Zhu Zhanhe said with a proud smile.

He had been extremely wary of the Ottomans from the beginning. After all, they were a country with expansion written into their genes, and they would never give up any opportunity to invade other countries' land.

But this time they met their opponent, because Zhu Zhanhe also had the same idea. If Osman dared to take action first, he would never be polite to him. A country that could not even defeat Timur and the Black Sheep Dynasty would dare to provoke The big guy will definitely not end well.

"It turns out you are not a good person either. You have no good intentions from the beginning of our cooperation!"

Seeing Zhu Zhanhe's proud smile, Helen finally realized the truth.

"Is there anything good or bad between countries? Your father is the governor. I'm sure he has done many similar things!"

Regarding Helen's words, Zhu Zhanhe sneered.

"I……"

Helen wanted to refute, but she couldn't help but feel speechless when she thought of some of the things her father once said to her, because Zhu Zhanhe was right. As a ruler, you can only put the interests of your own country first, and nothing else. important. "There is nothing to say. There are only naked interests between countries. We big men can cooperate with the Ottomans because our two countries are far away and there is no conflict of interest with each other. Why can't you, Venice, fight with the Ottomans? Stop, it’s not because you are so close, and the conflict of interests cannot be reconciled, naturally you can only fight to the death, and only one will survive in the end!"

Seeing that Helen was speechless, Zhu Zhanhe said proudly again.

"You have never been to Ottoman, let alone Venice. Why do you know so much about our situation?"

Helen suddenly asked curiously.

During this period, Zhu Zhanhe mentioned Ottomans and Venice from time to time, and he was often able to hit the nail on the head. Some of his insights were more profound than Helen, a native Venetian.

"What's the point? I just collected some of your intelligence and after analyzing it, I can naturally draw some conclusions. And I dare to say that you Venetians will definitely lose to the Ottomans in the end!"

Zhu Zhanhe answered perfunctorily, and then told a historical fact.

"Why did we lose?"

Helen asked unconvincedly. Although her father often said that the Ottomans were very powerful, in her heart, Venice had a powerful maritime fleet with more than 3000 ships. With so many ships to protect them, no matter how powerful the Ottomans were, , and it is impossible to swim from the sea.

"The gap in national strength, compared to the Ottomans, your Venice is too different in terms of territory and population, so the Ottomans can fail a hundred or a thousand times, but in the end they have the ability to get up. Compared to Come on, as long as your Venice fails once or twice, you will never have a chance to come back again!"

Zhu Zhanhe stared at Helen's eyes and answered very seriously.

Although Venice continues to expand outwards, it actually only occupies some islands and cities. The total population is only a few hundred thousand people, and the population in the core area is only 10+. Even the Han people in the Han Dynasty outnumber them.

Therefore, in the confrontation with the Ottomans, Venice was able to successfully sign a peace treaty with the Ottomans at first with its powerful navy, but then war broke out and they were defeated only once. What followed was a series of defeats, and the territory was constantly occupied. Devoured by the other side, the once powerful navy shrank to one-tenth of its original size.

Until the end, there were only four galleons and seven small galleons left in Venice, which eventually perished at the hands of Napoleon.

Helen couldn't help but shudder under Zhu Zhanhe's sharp gaze, and she seemed to see the scene of her country and subjects being destroyed in the flames of war.

"Don't we have a chance to defeat Osman?"

Helen finally asked in a dry voice.

"Of course there is. If a powerful external force intervenes, let alone helping you defeat the Ottomans, it will not be difficult to even destroy them."

Zhu Zhanhe turned sideways and leaned on the soft couch, looked at Helen again with a smile and said.

"After all that, it turns out you want us to surrender to you!"

Helen was very smart and guessed Zhu Zhanhe's intention at once, and immediately said a little angry, because she felt that Zhu Zhanhe deliberately exaggerated the strength gap between Venice and Ottoman in order to achieve his goal, which made her feel cheated.

"Believe it or not, the wheels of history are already turning and we will see the results soon!"

Zhu Zhanhe smiled calmly and said that historically it took the Ottomans nearly 200 years to defeat Venice, but with his own appearance and the intervention of the Han Dynasty, this process will be greatly shortened.

(End of this chapter)