My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 828 Detonating Conflict

"Is Mufas pretending to surrender to confuse and mislead us?"

On the warship in the Suez Canal, Zhu Yong said with suspicion.

"That's what I thought at first, but later on, Mufas's expression and tone of voice didn't sound like he was acting. Moreover, for such a big matter, we should send someone to investigate and we should be able to find out some information."

Zhu Zhantan, who was sitting opposite, shook his head and expressed his opinion.

After he met with Mufas yesterday, the other party suddenly proposed to hand over Egypt to the Han in order to exchange for the Han's support and help him seize the Ottoman Sultanate.

Zhu Zhantan couldn't make up his mind about this matter, so after the meeting, he immediately sent someone to inform Zhu Yong who was behind him. After the two met on the boat today, he told yesterday's incident in detail .

"If what Mufas said is true, then it is absolutely great news for us. Not only can we easily capture Egypt, we can even take the opportunity to divide the Ottomans and make them busy with internal fighting in the future. !”

When Zhu Yong said it to the end, there was a somewhat excited expression on his face. Although he was sure of defeating the Ottoman army head-on, it would certainly be better if he could capture Egypt at the minimum cost.

"Yes, I think so too, so I think we can completely agree to Mufas's conditions. To put it bluntly, if we really take Egypt, whether we will help him in the future is all up to us. in a moment!"

Zhu Zhantan said again with twinkling eyes.

"Hehe, with your eldest brother's character, as long as Mufas doesn't play any tricks, he will definitely help him get the position of sultan!"

Zhu Yong couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zhu Zhantan's cunning look.

"That's true. The eldest brother is a man of faith. In addition, with the help of Mufas, he can also mess up Osman. It is indeed possible to kill multiple birds with one stone."

Zhu Zhantan also laughed when he heard this.

Mufas is the younger brother of the Sultan and is also the governor. His identity is very similar to that of Zhu Zhantan. Even Zhu Zhantan had considered before that he would have the same experience in the future.

However, Zhu Zhantan quickly dismissed the above idea. If nothing else, Zhu Zhanhe's mind was not comparable to that of the Ottoman Sultan. After all, Zhu Zhanhe encouraged these brothers to develop abroad, but Zhu Zhantan had nothing to do with it. Ambition was why they stayed in the Han Dynasty. People like Zhu Zhanqi and Zhu Zhanhe chose another path.

It was too late to ask Zhu Zhanhe for instructions on this matter, because Mufas was still waiting for Zhu Zhantan's reply, so after discussing it with Zhu Yong, he met Mufas again that afternoon.

Zhu Zhantan, on behalf of the Han Dynasty, agreed to the deal with Mufas. As long as the other party could help the Han Dynasty win Egypt, the Han Dynasty would support Mufas in fighting back to the Ottomans and seize the throne of Sudan.

The two parties secretly drafted a treaty regarding this cooperation, which stipulated the respective rights and obligations of both parties.

This treaty was very secret, and only Mufas, Zhu Zhantan, and Zhu Yong, and later Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Gaoxu and a few other high-ranking Han officials knew about it. However, because this treaty had a great influence on later generations, it was later leaked. After leaving, it was signed in the border city of Hezhong, so it was called the "Hezhong Treaty" by later generations.

After the treaty in the middle of the river was signed, Zhu Zhantan and Zhu Yong immediately returned to the Port of Suez, patiently waiting for news from Mufas. According to the treaty, Mufas would open the entire northern section of the canal within six months. At that time, the two sides will repeatedly implement treaties. The contents of this treaty were quickly sent to Zhu Zhanhe. When he read the treaty, he couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect that Mufas would have such an experience.

However, out of caution, Zhu Zhanhe immediately asked Jin Yiwei to investigate the internal power disputes in Osman, and finally confirmed that Mufas was not lying.

The current Ottoman Sultan Murad II has indeed long been afraid of Mufas, who has soared in strength. Especially in the past year, Murad II has sent officials to Egypt many times to take over the local military and political power in Egypt, step by step. to compress the territory controlled by Mufas.

Of course, even so, Zhu Zhanhe still wrote to Zhu Yong and Zhu Zhantan, telling them not to relax their vigilance and to prepare for the worst when it comes to Mufas.

Just like this, another five months passed, and the northern section of the canal was finally completed under Mufas's urging. The waters of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea met in this canal, and the traffic arteries between the east and the west were completely opened.

According to the original agreement between the Han Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire, when the canal was dug, the governors of the two countries each led their officials to the border city on the river to hold a grand passage ceremony.

Therefore, Mufas and Zhu Zhantan also met again, but both parties had a tacit understanding and did not show any abnormality after the meeting. Instead, they came together to preside over this grand passage ceremony.

At the end of the ceremony, when the two warships representing the Han Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire passed the center line of the canal, the ceremony finally came to an end, and then the officials from both sides said goodbye and left.

If you are not familiar with this, after seeing this grand passage ceremony, you may think that the two countries are cooperating seamlessly. The next step will be the official opening of the canal, and the period will be controlled by the Han and Ottoman countries respectively.

However, what no one expected was that on the third day after the ceremony, something suddenly happened in Hezhongbian City.

With the opening of the canal, everyone knows that the decline of the riverside market is doomed, so many businesses are preparing to evacuate here, and before leaving, they must settle their previous accounts.

One Han businessman was like this. He had sold a batch of goods to an Ottoman businessman before, but the payment had not been settled, so before he left, he asked the Ottoman businessman for an account.

But he didn't expect that this Ottoman businessman actually defaulted on the payment. Instead of paying him, he called a few waiters and beat up the Han businessman who wanted the account.

The Han businessman was of course very angry and asked the Han officials to help him get justice. So the Han officials immediately brought people and arrested the Ottoman businessmen. As a result, the Ottoman officials were dissatisfied because they thought The Ottoman businessman who committed the crime should be under his own control. It would be beyond his authority for Han officials to arrest him.

Originally this was just a small matter. In the past, at most it would have been a quarrel between officials from both sides and then a solution would be discussed.

But this time, for some unknown reason, the commotion got bigger and bigger. In the end, even the garrisons of the two countries in the border city got involved. The two sides faced off in the border city in the middle of the river, and a conflict was about to break out in front of them.

If this conflict breaks out completely, it will detonate the conflict between the Han Dynasty and the Ottomans in Egypt, and Egypt will once again usher in a great change.

(End of this chapter)