In the winter of the 21st year of Hongxing's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cixiang took the opportunity to explore and develop the southern continent to conduct "conquests and diplomatic relations" with Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries in the West, trying to divide the West and isolate France.
The diplomatic mission sent by Louis, the Sun King of France, has achieved great success. It not only formed an alliance with the Dashun Empire and obtained the right to send troops from Shunfeng Castle to attack various parts of the Coromandel Coast, but also brought back a huge Dashun Western Affairs Inspection Group.
The Dashun Emperor Li Jicheng, who has opened his eyes to seize the world, is still very determined to engage in Westernization. Just look at the number of respected old men among the missions he sent out - he wants to give it to the older generation. The rogue bandits changed their minds.
The world is so powerful, we can’t always rob the Ming Dynasty family!
And now that the Ming Dynasty has revived, there is a Zhu Cihong who is difficult to snatch. If he continues to fight against him, he will be suicidal.
Therefore, driven by Li Jicheng, the Dashun Dynasty is currently busy with two major things. One is to move south - first, most of the military households will be relocated to Upper and Lower Myanmar Province, Arakan Province, Chittagong Province and other places. Only Only after your family has been settled can you feel free and bold to grab it!
The second is to explore the road and check out the points... Having been a bandit for four generations means you have rich experience! If you know that you are going to do something big, you must step on the right steps and find out the road. Otherwise it’s easy to miss!
Today's Dashun is no longer the time to occupy the land of abundance in Sichuan...it cannot afford to lose.
So the team exploring the route and checking out the spots split into two groups.
Gu Junen led the team all the way to India to visit sites... Of course, in name, it cannot be said to be visiting sites, but to collect protection fees! The Timur Empire in India must give 2 million stones of flour to the Dashun Empire to feed itself, or else it will be beaten!
The other route is the Westernization inspection team led by Song Xiance. They are not here to grab food and food, but to explore the way for Westernization reform - Li Jicheng is a new era bandit who has opened his eyes to seize the world. He knows that now is the Age of Discovery. , being a pirate has a better future than being a rogue!
So I have made up my mind to learn from the West, build a navy, and conquer the world!
This Westernization expedition group led by Song Xiance went to learn advanced experience and technology from Western bandits.
In the winter of 1669 in the Western calendar, they had followed the Frenchman Fouquet to Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, a historic rogue empire.
On the way to Istanbul, Song Xiance had already heard the Dutch envoy Bruce, who was accompanying him as a translator, introduce the glorious history of the Ottoman Empire - they turned out to be descendants of the Turks! He also turned to the west after failing to capture the Tang Dynasty in the east, and captured Europe all the way. He also robbed the Eastern Roman Empire, an ancient civilization in European history... It was really amazing!
Moreover, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is ready to continue his efforts and seize Vienna, the capital of the Holy Roman Empire... He is so energetic!
After entering the Ottoman Empire, Song Xiance specifically asked the Ottoman officials who greeted them to visit the mausoleum of Osman, the founder of the Ottoman Empire, in Bursa. As soon as Song Xiance saw the place, he knew it was a rare geomantic treasure - it could protect the Ottoman dynasty for at least 600 years!
The Ottoman Empire is only 370 years old now, and it will have at least 230 more years in the future! It seems that it is better for Dashun and Osman to be friends... The Holy Roman Kingdom is probably a bit uncertain!
When Song Xiance and his party arrived in Istanbul, in the palace, accompanying Sultan Muhammad IV to receive him and Bruce was the elderly Grand Vizier Ahmed Koprulu - the one who was in his eighties. He was the son of Muhammad Koprulu, who had just become the Grand Vizier. Under the actual management of the two Koprulu laws, the Ottoman Empire has been prosperous and prosperous in the past ten years.
But the Song Dynasty's military advisor took a look at Muhammad IV, who had a cute rectangular face, and found that although this guy was very lucky now, he only had a few years of good luck left.
He took another look at the Grand Vizier, who was so old that he almost became a spirit, and he knew what the problem was - the Ottoman prince was probably a fool, and the country relied on the chief minister to manage it. With the old prime minister here, the Ottoman prince can of course rest easy. If he is gone...haha, I'm afraid something bad will happen!
Muhammad Koprulu was also looking curiously at the short old Chinese man in front of him...the great mage of the Dashun Empire! I don’t know if he really knows magic or is a liar? But even if you really know magic, you are not allowed to use it in the Ottoman Empire, because the Ottoman Empire only needs a true god, and no magic is needed!
"Your Majesty the Archmage!" Muhammad Koprulu said in a majestic voice, "I heard that your Dashun Empire suffered a heavy defeat recently and lost to the Ming Empire... Why is this happening? Could it be that the Ming Empire Is the Archmage more powerful than you?"
This question... is really a bit strange!
Muhammad Koprulu's words were directly translated into Chinese by a translator present - this is no longer the era when the Ming Dynasty has just entered the world. There are already many Chinese translators in the diplomatic departments of Western countries.
The Ottoman Empire has always had a warm relationship with the Ming Empire, so Chinese translators can be found in Istanbul.
What? Archmage?
Song Xiance was a little confused when he heard this, and thought to himself: I am a military advisor, why did I become an archmage? The Master is talking about a monk. How do I look like a monk? When I was traveling around the world, I pretended to be a Taoist priest!
However, Military Advisor Song did not bother to explain to Mr. Osman what a mage was, but directly answered the other party's question: "Mr. Ge, the reason why we lost to Can Ming was not because of the mage, but because of the weapons... .... Canming has attached great importance to military innovation in the past 20 years. He has not only introduced Western military science and weapons, but also introduced Western knowledge, opened as many as 15 universities, and cultivated a group of students who are well versed in both the East and the West. , scholars who are particularly good at studying things. Under the planning and operation of these people, Can Ming not only learned to make Western guns and cannons, but also excelled in making sharp weapons such as nail-head exploding bullets and wooden-handled grenades. At the same time, he also I summed up a set of methods to use explosive bombs, grenades, and trenches to attack the city. So I suffered a big loss and lost a lot of territory!
This is also the reason why the emperor sent us to inspect the West... We in Dashun also need to learn Western military science and weapons manufacturing methods. "
"What are nail-head explosive bombs?" Mohammed Koprulu became interested - he had also heard that the Chinese's explosive bombs were very powerful. In the Battle of the Malacca Strait, they relied on the explosive bombs to cause heavy losses to the Dutch Navy.
Now it seems that this kind of explosive ammunition is very useful in land warfare... The Ottoman Empire's cannons are already powerful. If they have this kind of nail-head explosive ammunition, they may be able to break through Vienna.
"The nail-headed bomb is to add a wooden support to one end of the shell, and add a nail to the other end... The wooden support can make the shell fly more smoothly, and can also protect the wooden tube fuze. And the nail The function of the bullet is to allow the bullet to be inserted into the wooden board or masonry wall." It was Bruce who explained to Muhammad Koprulu, he said, "It is not difficult to improve the bullet into a nail-head bullet, but the effect is But it is excellent. Now the armies of France, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Prussia and Spain have introduced nail-head explosive ammunition."
"Austria has it too..." Mohammed Koprulu narrowed his eyes. Austria has it, and the Ottomans must have it too!
No, we have to introduce nail-head explosive bullets immediately...send people directly to Daming to buy them! The Ottoman "Ge Lao" has made up his mind, not only to buy nail-head explosive bullets, but also preferably to buy a batch of cannons that fire such explosive bullets, and imitate them as soon as they are brought back.
The old man thought: With a weapon that can break the walls of Vienna, the Ottoman army can show the power of the Habsburg family!
