Nanming: I can build wonders

Sophia clearly realized that if she didn't make any changes, Luo Sha would take date pills!
"Your Majesty Sophia, the first thing you need to do is to have more troops!"

"Otherwise you won't be able to do any reforms!"

Just listen to the Orthodox Patriarch Adrian continue:

"I have read a book in which there is an introduction to imperial power in the East. It is called, why is His Majesty the emperor qualified? Of course, only those with the strongest soldiers and the strongest horses are qualified to rule the country as emperors. !"

Well, Daming has become a lighthouse now, coupled with Daming's open attitude.

Therefore, there are quite a few books from the East that have been translated into Latin. Among them, history books are translated into Latin the most. Confucianism values ​​history. History books are an important culture in China. Pay attention to the history books.

The Orthodox patriarch Adrian had read the history of the Five Dynasties.

However, he couldn't read it thoroughly, because of the fault of the translation, he couldn't understand many things, but he still remembered the truth of An Chongrong in the biography of the Later Jin Dynasty.

"In addition to purchasing Ming weapons to build a new army, you may be able to mobilize more troops from Kangxi Great Khan to help you out!"

Adrian reminded.

Sophia nodded. This is a good idea. With more troops, she can carry out reforms at will!
"But what kind of army do I want to build?"

"What kind of military system is used, the source of soldiers, and where do they come from?"

"This is really a headache!"

Sophia said helplessly.

Compared with adjusting Kangxi Khan's army, she tends to build a strong army by herself.

She knew the situation of Kangxi. Now the Qing Dynasty is in the stage of splitting up. The prince and the eldest prince are splitting the territory in Kazakhstan under the banner of resisting the Ming Dynasty.

With many troops from the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi needed more troops to maintain his rule in Northwest Tianzhu.

I have to say that apart from being fat and domineering, Sophia is still a considerate wife.

On the other hand, Adrian came up with his own suggestion.

"I think Rome's Praetorian Guard system is very suitable for the current national conditions of Rakshasa!"

Well, after all, Rakshasa also claims to be "Roman orthodoxy".

Rome's Praetorian Guard system is really more suitable.

"We can select a group of teenagers from His Majesty's serfs, and then let them train, let them receive military education, and become officers. In this way, in a few years, you can have an armed force with outstanding combat effectiveness!"

"You can promise to allocate one hundred dessiacres of land to them after ten years of service as adults, give them the status of free citizens, and pay them a salary during this period!"

"You can also let them enter the imperial system as officials to check and balance the nobles. In this way, these soldiers will be loyal to you. You can also use this army to carry out serfdom reform... "

"Not bad!"

"Then quickly select 12 teenagers between the ages of 14 and [-] from among the serfs, and send them to Moscow..."

"Your Majesty is wise, the fate of the Raksha Kingdom will be changed in your hands!"

Adrian said with a smile.

He felt that although Sophia was a woman, she was a king who could be made.

In the future, it is indispensable to become the leading monarch on the European continent.

While Sophia was preparing to carry out her own reforms, the sea offensive of Green Rome also started!

The Ottomans believed that after their victory in the Aegean Sea battle, they already had the command of the Mediterranean sea, so they couldn't wait to send troops to attack the island of Venice!

But the Venetian navy is not a vegetarian anymore. After they purchased a batch of French rockets, their naval strength soared, and with the coastal defense artillery, they still had the power to fight.

The Ottoman navy started a confrontation with it, and the Ottomans were dumbfounded by this fight!
The Ottoman Navy never expected that the enemy would have weapons like rockets.

The Venetian Navy was also a little uncomfortable. They thought that the Ottoman Navy's rocket reserves should not be used up in the last naval battle. They didn't expect that Ottoman's rockets seemed to be endless.

They spent a lot of money in Venice to buy more than 100 pieces from France!
It's just a high-end imitation of Louis XIV, although it can't compare to the high-end goods imported from Daming.

However, it is just right to deal with Ottoman.

Venice caused huge damage to the Ottoman navy, sinking more than forty ships of the Ottoman fleet, and even more than a dozen troop carriers were sunk because they were slow to dodge.

The bodies of elite Ottoman soldiers were floating everywhere in the waters near Venice Island.

But fortunately, relying on the large number of ships, the Ottoman navy barely landed.

The performance of the two sides was actually similar. The few remaining warships of the Venetian Navy had to withdraw from the battle after the rockets were all fired.

Although there are dozens of rockets left, the navy of the Ottoman Empire is also at the end of its strength.

Then, they started landing while fishing for people.

After catching all the sunken sailors and soldiers floating on the sea, the only remaining Ottoman army, with endless anger, carried more than [-] Yeniceri soldiers and killed them not far away. of the Venetian Islands.

They just want to kill the Venetians to vent their anger, regardless of whether they can capture the city of Venice.

Originally they had 1 people landed, but the Venetian counterattack left them with only 4000 people.

Even if they can't take down Venice, they still have to loot it.

The Janissaries were the Custodians of the Ottoman Sultans.

And many of them are Europeans!

Ottoman local officials first asked Christian priests to provide a list of all baptized boys in the conquered Europe. Ottoman officials selected healthy children and forcibly took them away from their parents.

If a family's genes are particularly good, then the parents don't even want to keep a single child.

The child's identity details were registered in two rosters, one held by local officials and the other delivered to Istanbul.

The two rosters are compared with each other to prevent parents from redeeming their children.

Children kidnapped like this amounted to more than [-] a year at the peak.

These children sent to the heart of the Ottoman Empire were slaves, but they were treated with the best of the empire.

They were raised in palaces and received an elite Ottoman education.

Not only do you have to undergo rigorous military training every day, but you also need to learn Turkish, Arabic and various cultural knowledge to become a member of Tianfang.

All this is to cultivate reserve talents for the Ottoman Empire.

Many generals, provincial governors, viziers, and even grand viziers were born in the Janissaries.

However, when these children grew up and returned to their homeland in Europe as Praetorians, they no longer had the joy of returning home.

Their minds were filled only with the fanatical thought of being loyal to the Sultan and expanding the frontiers of the Empire.

Locals see strangers with faces like theirs.

Frightened by the force of the empire, they had no choice but to bow their heads and obey the soldiers of the Imperial Guard. Some of them recognized their own flesh and blood with a glance from the corner of their eyes.But soon, the sabers in the hands of the soldiers reminded them all the time: the children back then were no longer strangers, they were conquerors.

The Ottomans are actually a bit vicious.

(End of this chapter)