Win the Ding 1617

PS: I don't want to say anything these days, it's just making things worse.At the end of the year, there is nothing to say about the unexpected work, but another idiot came to show off in front of the leader.I messed up my original plan and plan, which added a lot of workload for no reason.

I am here for the peace and friendship between our two countries.

Almost all diplomatic envoys use this set of slogans.However, what is wrapped under the gorgeous and tall coat is the most real and naked purpose.

Koprulu's visit this time also brought the interests of the Ottoman Empire and his family under such a majestic banner.

"Trade? Open ports? Tax issues?"

For such envoys, the officials of the Division of Rites have seen a lot, and have formed a complete set of effective procedures, and even the basic documents have a fixed format, only leaving the name of the country and the geographical location of the development port. , and relevant tax rates, and the respective obligations of both parties are left blank.

From the perspective of the country, in the eyes of the Ottoman Empire court, the European countries have been fighting for more than ten years, and there is no intention of stopping right now.It seems that with the support of a steady stream of munitions and supplies, this war has a protracted and continuous momentum. (Moreover, any country or noble that is involved will never dare to stop! Want to withdraw from the war?! Look at the ever-increasing cannons of the neighbors around you, and kill the red-eyed army. Do you dare to stop? , withdraw from the battle, then your territory, subjects, castles, villas, mistresses, children, gold coins, jewelry, and horses may all become other people's property. And you yourself may have to serve God and his old man. Although all Advertise yourself as the most devout believer of God, but really want to serve his old man and enjoy the glory in his halo. But no one wants to go.)

Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the Ottoman Empire, who have always regarded Europe as their own taboo and have always wanted to completely overthrow the cross, remembered that famous saying. "I'll kill you while you're sick!"

On the one hand, they fought against European countries, marched west and north, and fought all the way to the Ukrainian grasslands.Snatch all the land originally owned by the Mongols, cross the sea and march south, turning the Nubian and Arab territories into their own, as well as Egypt, which is rich in wheat.

However, in this way, the required munitions, supplies, food and grass are a huge astronomical figure.What's more, there are still countless soldiers rushing to the front line for the nobles.

Gonzalez, who passed under Osman's nose not long ago, relied on a group of Japanese mercenaries under his command to greatly deflate the Spaniards in Portugal.Moreover, thousands of mercenaries left to His Majesty the Sultan as road money and votes.They actually killed those sturdy mountain people in the Balkan Peninsula, bleeding into rivers and fleeing. Countless castles that required tens of thousands of horses to besiege for several years to take down in the past, under the crazy attack of this group of mercenaries, soon the main building of the castle was flying. flag representing the Ottoman Sultans.

Although the price paid was half of the wealth in the castle, compared to the consumption and casualties of tens of thousands of troops for several years, such mercenaries can be regarded as cheap and high-quality.

Therefore, after King Gonzalez I slapped his chest and expressed his willingness to act as a bridge, the Ottoman Empire decided to send Coprilu to Guangzhou to meet with Duke Li to discuss the trade activities between the two parties.Reached an agreement with the recruitment of mercenaries within Duke Lee's jurisdiction.

In public, in private, Coprilu also came with the mission of the family.

"After the envoy returned, the sultan of our country wanted me to serve as the governor of other provinces. Therefore, in order to suppress the rebellion in various places, so that those pashas with evil intentions would not dare to make mistakes, I must have a strong armed force in my hands. Yes! Therefore, I am willing to use my family's private wealth to recruit at least [-] Japanese soldiers and horses for me to drive."

Koprilu also got straight to the point, after handing over the letter of credence and gift list from the Ottoman Sultan to Li Shouhan.He directly stated the purpose of both public and private.

The Kur system, which is similar to the eight-banner coating system in the Qing Dynasty, provided institutional support for the prosperity of the Ottoman Empire and the concentration of power in the Sultan.Those boys who were chosen from all over the country and had good family backgrounds grew up under the care of the sultan and became the so-called sultan's kur, that is, the sultan's slaves.However, please note that here, the slave of the Sudan is not a derogatory term, not a symbol of low status, but a status similar to the emperor's slave.

"It's another Cao Cao! He intends to coerce the emperor to command the princes!" Li Peilin, who was looking at the two messengers from afar, couldn't help but sneer.

"Your envoy never said, how many mercenaries does your lord intend to recruit in the country of Wa?"

"It depends on what the king wants. However, the sultan of our country said that at least 3 to [-] people are needed, all equipped with weapons and armor. We can calculate the cost together."

snort!Isn't it Cao Cao?The emperor plans to recruit 3 to [-] people, and you plan to recruit [-] private soldiers. Isn’t it because you have a plan in mind? !

In other words, Muhammad Koprulu was also born in Kuer. He first worked in the palace, then went to the pro-army to earn his qualifications, and finally was sent to other places as officials. He is a bit like Xuanye's imperial guard.Before 1640, he served as a magistrate in many newly conquered areas of the Ottoman Empire, and he had a good understanding of the situation in various parts of the Ottoman Empire.

As the founder of the Koprulu family who had been in control of the power of the Ottoman Empire for 50 years, Koprulu served as the governor of some important provinces of the Ottoman Empire from 1644 until 1652.Judging from his working experience, the rebellions in Ottoman around 1650 were not unrelated to him.

During this period, another coup took place in the Ottoman Empire, and the daughter-in-law Tehan, the daughter-in-law of Queen Kesem, who was listening behind the scenes, ousted her mother-in-law.Due to Tehan's lack of strength, he borrowed the power of the honorable ministers, so the honorable ministers who were crushed by Kesem before also took the opportunity to raise their heads, and finally blasted Tehan from power seven years later, and Controlled the power of the Ottoman Empire.

From this period until the Venetian navy came to Istanbul in 1656, there were rebellions all over the Ottoman Empire, which was a harbinger of disintegration.And the Dardanelles naval battle that led to the outbreak of this crisis feels a bit like the civil engineering change of my dynasty!The Ottoman Empire was defeated and almost completely wiped out, and then the Venetian navy came to Istanbul.The entire Ottoman Empire was in panic, and the nobles and generals collectively exerted their strength. Tehan was blown off the stage, and the era of listening to politics behind the curtain was over.Then Mehmet Koprilu, who was in his 60s, became the grand vizier and defended Istanbul, and defeated the Venetian navy in the following year.

As a result, as soon as this guy came to power, the rebellions in various places were quickly quelled.It would be a ghost to say that these rebellions have nothing to do with him!

What's even more outrageous is that the defeat of the Ottoman navy in the Dardanelles was on June 1656, 6, and almost the entire army was wiped out, while the second Dardanelles almost wiped out the Venetian navy on July 21, 1657.Do you think a country that is falling apart and rebelling everywhere and its navy is almost wiped out can quickly wipe out most of the enemy's navy in the same place before a year later? (You can imagine after the Weihaiwei Beiyang Fleet was wiped out. In 7, another Chinese navy came to Tokyo and wiped out the combined fleet. Do you think it is possible?)

Not only is the battle at sea outrageous, but it's even more so on land!Under the command of Koprulu, the Ottoman Empire quickly regained the lost territory previously occupied by Venice, of course.In the process, he also changed the blood of the Imperial Guard by the way.After this guy died, his eldest son, eldest son-in-law, and second son successively served as grand vizier, and the last one to serve as grand vizier was his grandnephew.The Koprulu family has been the grand vizier for nearly 50 years, which is similar to the Yuan family of the fourth generation and third prince in China.

Although Li Shouhan and Li Peilin were unaware of Kepululu's grand cause that had not yet been established, the two monarchs and ministers had already smelled a hint of his coming intention.

"Trade? Naturally, it is excellent! I have always built my country on the basis of industry, commerce, farming and warfare. I pay attention to sailing. Since your envoy said that your lord is willing to start trade with our Nanyue army, you are very welcome. However, I don't know. What is your envoy's main trade target?" Li Peilin, as the head of the Southern Guangdong Army's government affairs, knew that it was not easy to make such a big deal.A business offer to the Ottoman Empire.Naturally, he is quite enthusiastic.

"Hey! Brother Zong, today is a meeting for the envoys. There is no need to talk about government affairs. Let everyone rest for a few days, and it will not be too late to discuss the troubles of the boat for the time being!"

Now that Li Shouhan had spoken, Li Peilin naturally didn't have much to say.I had to order the person in charge of rituals to continue with the next steps.

"The Ottoman Sultan paid tribute to the lord, the list is as follows!"

The long list of rites was held high in the hands of the deputy envoy of the Ottoman Empire, who read it out loud in Turkic, and the officer of the Ministry of Rites translated it in a low voice.

but.After such a few links, a loophole was created for the officials of the etiquette department.They quietly changed the name of the Ottoman Sultan's gift to Li Shouhan in concept.Originally a gift from the Ottoman Empire to Li Shouhan from an equal or even slightly condescending perspective, it became a tribute from the Ottoman Sultan to Li Shouhan, the commander of the Southern Guangdong Army.This one-word difference, the status and status of the two parties is a thousand miles away.

"... two hundred fine horse guns, two hundred double-barreled short-barreled guns inlaid with jewels, five hundred fine guns, one thousand steel sabers inlaid with gold thread and precious stones, two hundred One hundred pairs of year-old stallions and mares, one hundred female slaves of Austrian, Hungarian and Greek princely descent, one hundred Arab female slaves, one hundred Berber female slaves, two hundred Ukrainian Rus female slaves..."

Hearing the series of numbers, Li Shouhan was beaming with delight.This is the rhythm for the five continents to have fun together!Austrian, Hungarian, and Greek royal and noble blood slaves?Undoubtedly, it was the captives captured by the Turks in various battles in Europe. As for the Arab female slaves, it was even closer to the water.Purchased from affiliated Arab tribes or donated by those chiefs.And the so-called Berbers must be black female slaves in Africa!

As the saying goes, it is human nature to think about things when you are full and warm.It's just a farmer who charged a few stones more for rent, and still thinking about getting a concubine for himself, let alone someone like Li Shouhan?

Sitting on tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, he has millions of troops and thousands of ships.The administrative system, that is, the so-called civil officials in the eyes of the world, has penetrated into the villages in the old areas, and also penetrated into the villages and towns in the more stable areas, and the military cadres are even more fierce.

In addition, the treasury is abundant and the food is abundant.Such people, do you think there are fewer concubines in his mansion?What's more, our Liang Guogong is a person who is deeply poisoned ideologically by various pornographic cultures in the 21st century, and he is combined with the market sex culture that has prevailed since the middle of the Ming Dynasty.How can such a person be the kind of hypocritical Taoist who preserves the principles of nature and destroys human desires?

In the back house, except for Yan Meier and Li Muhua.Sister Meishan Shilin, Xiuzhu, Aolei Yilan, Qimuge, and Zhuoma from Uzang are well-known, in addition to the wives who are ranked, there are all kinds of concubines and maidservants filling the pits and valleys. .Someone once said with jealousy.In the old days, Chen Shubao had ten beauties, Yang Guang had twenty beauties, and Tang Xuanzong Li Longji had tens of thousands of court ladies. I'm afraid Li Shouhan's back house has beauties from all over the world and all races no less than them.Even worse than that!

A gust of fragrant wind came, and under the guidance of dozens of red gauze glass palace lanterns, forty female slaves were carefully selected among hundreds of female slaves.Or holding a long red lacquered wooden plate in his hand, inside which are placed fine horse guns, double-barreled short fire guns, high-quality swords, etc., or wearing a horse riding outfit with leather boots on his legs and a long jacket with narrow sleeves, A wide belt is tied around the waist, the waist is narrowed, and the bust of the upper body is particularly prominent. Holding the reins in his hand, he leads twenty top-quality Turkic horses, Arabian horses, and Don horses to appear at the banquet In the courtyard outside the hall.

The women who walked in front and offered Li Shouhan the first-class firearms and high-quality swords produced by the Ottoman Empire were quite enchanting.The revealing clothes are completely opposite to the ordinary woman in Li Shouhan's consciousness who is wrapped in a blouse and only shows her two eyes. She wears a small waistcoat that just covers her double peaks, a thin gauze skirt around her waist, and her slender legs are looming. The little belly was simply exposed outside without any cover.

"It seems that the religious system is indeed set up for ordinary people. They require others to be well-wrapped, but the women around them have to be as seductive as possible." Li Shouhan thought of those Arabian princes in the legend Luxurious, lustful, corrupt and depraved life, and looking at these female slaves in front of her, she can't stop complaining.

Two female slaves with excellent looks and figures came slowly.One was holding a silver pot, and the other was holding a small cup as thin and delicate as an eggshell on a silver plate. When he was a few steps away from Li Shouhan, a strong fragrance rushed into his nostrils.The two female slaves first bowed their knees to salute Duke Li.Then he tilted the silver jug, and the dark and silky liquid poured into the small cup from the jug, and a long-lost fragrance wafted into his nose, refreshing him.

"This is real Turkish coffee!" Li Shouhan couldn't help feeling eager to try it, and he didn't know if he planned to try the long-lost Turkish coffee, or to try these two top-quality female slaves trained by the Ottoman court.

However, with Li Shouhan's status today.Even if he wants to try anything, the Nanyue Army Group he represents will definitely not let him have such a chance! "My lord is the most important thing for the world's safety, how can I take risks lightly?" This is the unanimous opinion of the senior officials of the Southern Guangdong Army.

Even though a small hand was about to pop out of his throat, and leapfrogs kept jumping under his crotch, Li Shouhan could only watch helplessly as his two personal soldiers stopped the two female slaves.

One of these two expressionless guys took the coffee cup from the hand of the female slave, looked at it carefully, and found that it was just a holy porcelain cup produced in Nanzhong. Although it was expensive, it was not a rare thing. He couldn't help but snorted softly, raised his cup and drank the coffee in one gulp.After taking a few sips in his mouth, he stood aside and waited quietly.As for the other one, it was snatched from the female slave holding the silver jug, and after a careful look, it was found that there must be no design mechanisms such as partitions and heart-changing pots, so he nodded.

For such a move, Koprilu not only didn't care, but felt that as the master of an empire, it should be like this.In order to dispel the doubts of the people around him, he reached out his hand to signal, and asked the soldier to pour him a cup of coffee, and drank it down in one gulp, smacking his lips with some unfinished thoughts.

"Okay! Put Master Coprilu's coffee here. Go and see the good things that Master Coprilu sent you!"

Everyone immediately got up and left their seats with a bang, as if they had been pardoned by the emperor, and rushed into the yard. Almost no one noticed the flaws and flaws in the lord's words just now. (One of the language problems: Your title is just a duke, although you have already reached the peak of the title, but how dare you call yourself an orphan? It is clearly his heart! One of the flaws, no one has ever explained to him that this drink is What, how did he know it was coffee?)

The emphasis on horses and firearms was carried through from top to bottom in the Southern Guangdong Army.

In order to have sufficient mobility, the Southern Guangdong Army spends a lot of manpower, material and financial resources every year on the introduction of horse breeds and breeding and breeding of horses.

No expense was spared in investing in firearms.Maple Ridge Laboratory, Nanzhong University, well combined all kinds of whimsical ideas in one place, constantly exploring, experimenting, failing, and summarizing, and collecting every bit of experience like a miser Gather up like pieces of silver.

Relying on these, the Southern Guangdong Army has a large-scale, low-cost, and powerful firearms unit, and has barely enough horses for use.

According to the legend, the Lumi Kingdom, which is the Ottoman Empire in front of us, has extremely sophisticated firearms. The Ming Dynasty also organized the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War to imitate them many times.The famous Lumi gun is highly praised by countless people.I just hate that the mountains are far away and the road is far away, and I can't see what the real quality of the Lumi blunderbuss is. Now that I have the opportunity to observe the highest level of Ottoman firearms design and production at a close distance, how can these civil and military officials let it go? (~^~)