open sea

Chapter 1363
When the Wanli fleet sailed into the Aegean Sea, the escort fleet sent by Osman had been waiting for a long time.

The huge fleet arrived at Constantinople. At this moment, the official name of this magnificent city is Constantinople. Istanbul is parallel to the official name, just like the relationship between Beijing and the capital.

The official name was officially changed to Istanbul. It was not until the Kemal Revolution in Turkey after the end of World War I that the name set by Ottoman was changed.

When Ottoman captured the city, in order to appease the Greeks, he appointed to retain the position of the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople.

This world is extremely paradoxical. In the narrow Catholic world, it is difficult to find a mosque; while in the vast territory of the Ottoman Empire, churches of various Christian denominations can be seen everywhere.

When Chen Ju got off the boat, he was full of greetings. He was greeted by well-equipped elite soldiers and bureaucrats everywhere. Fortunately, there was also Qi Jimei from the Western Army as a guide.

"This Ottoman, why are there so many churches?"

On the way to Topkapi Palace, Chen Ju asked while walking, complaining: "I didn't see a temple in Rome."

Topkapi Palace, the free translation of the name actually means the gate of the cannon, which is very similar to Chen Mu's name.

"The common people don't want to be Christians, but they can quickly think about it. The state has the blood-rewarding art of war. Every five to seven years, Xinxiyangfan teaches the people from forty households to recruit a young son to join the army. The training is hard, and it doesn't feel bad to die on the front line."

As he spoke, Qi Jimei moved his chin slightly, cupped his fists to signal Chen Ju to look at the armored cavalry leading the way, and said, "Sipaxi, the best-performing children who are paid by blood will become like this, and they will be trained here." , study, enfeoffment and become a small hundred households.”

"If the training is not the best, a batch of them will die, and then they will be incorporated into the navy. When the internal envoys come over, the oars are either slaves or them."

Chen Ju had long noticed the cavalry leading the way.

On their left and right, there are infantrymen wearing tall hats and red robes, carrying heavy muskets with sabers on their waists, and at the front and back, there are heavy cavalry who are all covered in iron chain ring armor.

"Believe in the Western religion, can you be an official in Ottoman?"

Faced with Chen Ju's doubts, Qi Jimei nodded accurately, and then said with a little regret: "They are all knowledgeable and capable people, but they are not as good as the envoy thinks."

"These sipahi are equivalent to young generals on the frontier. When they finish their studies, they will be given fields and sent to the frontier or under the command of the vassal Sutan. They will all die after years of war."

"Sutan's real self is also a heavy cavalry, but he is called Kapukuru. He divides the six armies and leads Sutan personally. The four armies lead the battle, and the two armies defend Sutan—what's wrong?"

As Qi Jimei was talking, he looked up and the team was approaching the gate of the cannon where Su Tan lived. The cavalry in front had dismounted and came over, saluted Qi Jimei and said a few words.

It seemed that the meaning of the words was not very good, Chen Ju saw Qi Jimei frowned and nodded slowly, turned to him and said: "The mother of Su Tan said that the envoy came in a hurry today, and I want to ask the envoy to stay outside the palace for a while. Tomorrow, a banquet will be held in honor of the envoys of Ming Dynasty."

Chen Ju's face was not good-looking, he pulled his lips and smiled at the gate of the artillery, regretted getting off the boat very much, and said: "Mother of Su Tan, the harem is in charge of politics?"

"You should follow me first. The situation here is very complicated. I will explain to the envoy in detail when I go to the other hall. It is not just the harem who is involved in politics here."

Hearing what Qi Jimei said, Chen Ju had no choice but to give up. After all, this is the king of a great country, and his countermeasures were not the same as those he used to deal with Roman priests, so he had to follow Qi Jimei as soon as he came.

When Chen Ju and his party entered the manor that Su Tan had prepared for them, the banner guards spread guard posts in the manor, and the two sat facing each other. Qi Jimei arched his hands and asked straight to the point: "Please let the envoy tell you that this trip will not be completed?" Are there other missions besides the sea circle?"

"I heard that you also summoned envoys from various princes for Dongyang Chen Shuai."

Chen Ju nodded, this is not a secret.

On the contrary, what surprised him was: "Osman Sotan didn't tell you? How did the general know that I was coming?"

"I didn't say, I just happened to be working in Ottoman, and I was called to meet the envoys. Even the summoning of the princes for the Eastern Army was sent by the mother of the sultan to me."

Chen Judao: "The biggest mission is this, but what we guys don't understand is, what does the mother of Su Tan want to do? Could it be that Su Tan doesn't want to see the envoys of the Celestial Dynasty?"

"It's not Su Tan. Su Tan doesn't care about things, and his mother barely supports him. This is too messy."

Qi Jimei shook his head, bitter and bitter, said: "Not only is the harem meddling in politics, but also the eunuchs and the imperial army are in trouble. The bureaucrats have great power. When Sutan Murad III returns to the country to succeed, he wants to salute the prime minister. , was stopped, the whole Cao Cao."

"Now the power is in the hands of the leader of the harem, and if the envoy just wants Sutan to summon the vassal state to send an envoy to Havana, all he needs to do is see Sutan's mother."

"After all, the Wanli ship is here, so let's not talk about it if it doesn't cause trouble."

"What about the general, what is the general doing here?"

When mentioning her own affairs, Qi Jimei shook her head with a big headache, and said: "Talk about trade, Beiyang Minister Zhang Gelao sent a letter from China, urging the Western Army to prepare for Marshal Qi in the north and supervise the management of food and grass."

"There is Commander Zhang at Safi Persia." Qi Jimei pointed to herself, and said, "I will try every means to get Osman to allow a Ming army of 5000 people to enter, buy food and ship it to the northern border..."

Speaking of this, he has a big head, how is this possible?
This is like saying that I asked Daming to pile up grain and grass outside the Great Wall. In case of bad intentions, war will break out from the border in the blink of an eye. Even if he is eloquent, it is difficult to do this.

Not to mention that the imperial court wanted the Western Military Government to provide military support to open a road to the east, and the entry of troops would make things more difficult.

This is difficult for the strong.

Qi Jimei sighed, and said: "I don't know when elder brother will come, I have already tried the Sutan bodyguard who is in charge of the government, and it doesn't make sense."

"The mother of Sutan, who is in charge of politics, is enlightened, but she has no intention of running the north, where the Turkic, Khitan, and Mongolian Khans rule. As soon as Sutan is recruited, they will ride horses, pick up bows and arrows, and go out to grab money and women. Osman asked of them nothing else."

"Now there is only one person who can let me try again, and that is Su Tan."

Chen Ju pursed his lips tightly, and raised his eyebrows listening to the big pause: "Well, how to try?"

"I also want to know how to do it, so I advised the envoy, if you don't see Su Tan, don't see him, he can't go out of the palace gate, the Imperial Forest Army threatened him, as long as Su Tan dared to step out of the palace gate, they would depose him , set up another speed sandalwood."

Chen Ju opened his mouth slightly, his eyes glazed over.

Whose Imperial Forest Army is this? It is the Imperial Forest Army of the Cannon Gate: "Did we guys misunderstand that Sutan's Imperial Forest Army wants to abolish Li Sutan?"

(End of this chapter)