After a more detailed exchange, Wang Baobao finally knew the real reason why the Orthodox Patriarch Alexius asked him to be the Roman Emperor.
Emperor John V of the Eastern Roman Empire had neither the means to win over insiders nor the ability to resist external aggression. He was gradually regarded as an outcast by the Orthodox Patriarch and Roman citizens.
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Wang Baobao suddenly felt his blood boiling when he thought of this.
He led his men to travel thousands of miles to this unfamiliar part of Europe.
As soon as he arrived, he taught the Kingdom of Poland, which was known as the most powerful country in Eastern Europe, a lesson. Now that Salai City’s throne is still hot, someone comes to the door and begs to become the emperor of Rome. Best proof.
Wang Baobao immediately agreed to the invitation made by Joseph on behalf of Patriarch Alexius.
However, the specific implementation of this plan is quite difficult.
Because there are still Genoese fleets patrolling the Black Sea, and they have cut off all routes on the blackboard.
It is impossible for Wang Baobao to lead his 100,000 Mongolian troops to swim across the Black Sea.
There must be a powerful fleet to transport his troops to Constantinople.
Otherwise, if Wang Baobao went to Constantinople alone, let alone replace John V as the Roman emperor, he would be killed by just sending a few guards.
"Mongolia has no navy!" Wang Baobao looked worried.
It must be said that this is a problem that has troubled the Mongolians for hundreds of years.
When Genghis Khan rose on the grasslands, he had no chance to train any naval skills.
Whether in the east or the west, when the Mongols engaged in navy, it seemed to be very unsuccessful.
In the east, two large-scale campaigns against the Japanese were defeated by hurricanes and enemies.
In the West, the Golden Horde has not built a combat-effective Black Sea Navy for hundreds of years.
It was Wang Baobao's wish at this time to have a navy belonging to the Mongols.
Regarding this difficulty, Archbishop Joseph had already discussed it with Patriarch Alexius before coming to see Wang Baobao.
There are two ways to solve this problem. One is to compromise with the Genoese. As long as the Genoese agree to a truce with the Great Mongolia, they can give up the route on the Black Sea.
Then the Mongols can hire the Genoese fleet to transport troops to Constantinople.
Regarding such a suggestion, Wang Baobao immediately shook his head.
"No! No, this is too dangerous. I heard that the Genoa people are capricious. They only care about interests and have no morals at all. Not to mention whether they are willing to call a truce with us. Even if there is a truce, I will not It’s impossible to let your troops ride on their warships to Constantinople!”
"Who knows what tricks they might use on the way! Once our warriors from Mongolia reach the sea, they won't be able to display their fighting power!"
Wang Baobao is really scared!
If the Noisy Man caused trouble on the boat and threw all his Mongolian warriors into the sea and fed them to the fish, he wouldn't even be able to find a place to cry.
Archbishop Joseph's first suggestion was immediately rejected.
Then he made another suggestion.
That is to hope that Wang Baobao can spend a sum of money to buy the Roman fleet in the port of Constantinople.
Although this Roman fleet belonged to the Roman Emperor John V, its commander was a devout Orthodox Christian. He had long been dissatisfied with John V's desire to surrender to the Roman Catholic Church.
As long as a large amount of gold and silver can be used to buy him, the Roman fleet can definitely be transferred to Wang Baobao's command.
In this way, with the escort of the Roman fleet, Wang Baobao's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses can be transported to the gate of Constantinople.
At that time, there will be an invincible Mongol army outside the city. Patriarch Alexius and other archbishops inside the city will mobilize the people to force John V to get out of Constantinople.
Wang Baobao is not very satisfied with this suggestion.
This is not to say that he was not willing to spend gold and silver to buy the Roman navy.
For Wang Baobao, he now has more gold and silver than he can spend all of it.
The treasures he snatched from the Muslims in the river alone allowed him to bribe several Roman navies.
In addition, the gold and silver treasures robbed from Poland were all piled up in the warehouse and gathering dust.
After all, in a remote and desolate place like the Eastern European plains, there are not many places to spend money.
Since it is not about money, Wang Baobao is still worried about his own safety.
Although the commander of the Roman fleet was a devout Orthodox Christian, he was willing to obey the command of the Orthodox Patriarch.
But he was a complete stranger to Wang Baobao.
If he had bad intentions and plotted against the Mongols, Wang Baobao would have nothing to do with him.
What's more, Wang Baobao had already heard that the Roman navy had been defeated by the Genoese navy and was hiding in the port of Constantinople and did not dare to go out.
If the Roman navy were to transport its troops at this time, wouldn't it be in danger of being sunk and fed to the fishes on the sea if it encountered the Genoese navy?
Archbishop Joseph had no choice about this problem.
He thought for a moment and said, "How about you spend more money to bribe the Genoese navy and ask them to withdraw their troops and not obstruct the navigation of our fleet. That should be possible."
Wang Baobao hesitated and rejected this proposal.
The Genoese people in the city of Kaffa on the Crimean Peninsula have long been a thorn in Wang Baobao's side.
Without uprooting the city of Kaffa, he would never have any thoughts of peace talks with the Genoa people.
Finally, Wang Baobao felt...
This Roman navy must be in his own hands and completely obey all his orders before he can be completely at ease.
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This proposal put Archbishop Joseph in a difficult position.
Finally, Archbishop Joseph said hesitantly, "The navy of the Roman Empire can obey your command, but in that case, the secret weapons of the Roman Navy may not be brought out, because these weapons have been kept secret for hundreds of years. After you become the Roman Emperor, I’m afraid I couldn’t leave this secret to you before.”
The secret mentioned by Archbishop Joseph was naturally the secret weapon in the hands of the Roman Empire-Greek fire.
Since the Roman Empire mastered Greek fire six or seven hundred years ago, it has mastered the code of invincibility in various naval battles and city defense battles.
Neither the Arabs nor the Seljuk Turks could defeat the Roman army with Greek fire.
The Romans were superstitious about the secret weapon of Greek fire to the point of blind faith.
After learning that the so-called secret weapon was called Greek Fire, Wang Baobao showed a look of disdain.
"I'm not interested in the Greek fire you're talking about at all! To be honest, in our Dayuan army, the Greek fire is completely outdated."
After hearing what Wang Baobao said, Archbishop Joseph looked like "I know you are bragging, so I won't expose it."
Wang Baobao was very unhappy with Archbishop Joseph's expression.
He immediately led Archbishop Joseph to the church in his backyard.
Wang Baobao is now very keen on letting craftsmen create various new weapons.
There were a lot of weapons and equipment piled up in the backyard of his mansion.
Wang Baobao ordered the guards to pull out a strange-looking metal cabinet from a warehouse.
This cabinet is like a bellows, except it has a long pointed mouth and a long push rod behind it.
Under Wang Baobao's order, several guards carefully inspected the brass cabinet and then filled it with a pot of black mucus.
After some preparations, and with a command, the viscous liquid sprayed out from the brass cabinet flew more than ten steps forward in an instant.
When the viscous liquid flew out, it was already ignited by the torch.
A pine tree in the distance immediately burst into flames.
Archbishop Joseph looked at the scene in front of him and instantly turned into a statue, motionless in horror.
He never expected that the Greek fire, which had been treasured by the Romans as a secret weapon for hundreds of years, was already mastered by the Mongols.
And from the demonstration just now, he could clearly see that the Mongols were much better at controlling this kind of Greek fire than the Eastern Romans.
Because the flames emitted by this kind of copper cabinet are farther and more accurate than those of the Eastern Roman army, the power is naturally greater.
Moreover, the kerosene in this cabinet did not leak during the transportation of the soldiers.
This shows that the Mongols also had the ability to install Greek fire on warships.
After all, the warship is very bumpy. Once the kerosene leaks, it will definitely be a tragedy of seeking death.
After demonstrating the Menghuo oil tank in his hand, Wang Baobao looked very proud.
In his eyes, these Eastern Romans were just ignorant bumpkins.
Both the Song Army and the Yuan Army threw away their outdated weapons, but they still regarded them as treasured magic weapons.
It's really laughable.
Wang Baobao told Archbishop Joseph that he could pay to buy the Roman Navy, but all warships and sailors in the navy must obey his command. He could pay additional employment fees, and he would pay them at the highest current price.
At the same time, Wang Baobao would not ask the Roman Empire to hand over the Greek fire weapons in their hands, because Wang Baobao himself had better weapons that could replace the Greek fire.
Under Wang Baobao's series of actions, Archbishop Joseph was completely convinced.
At the same time, he felt ecstatic in his heart!
Such a powerful Mongolian will march to Constantinople in the future, become the emperor of the Roman Empire, and support the Orthodox Church!
The Orthodox Church successfully suppressed the Roman Catholic Church!
By that time, Archbishop Joseph felt that he would become one of the most powerful people in Christendom.
Archbishop Joseph agreed to all the conditions for Wang Baobao.
Then, with great excitement, he quietly returned to Constantinople.
When Archbishop Joseph returned to Constantinople, he received news that Emperor Joseph V of the Eastern Roman Empire had set off for Rome.
All Roman citizens were helpless.
They were unwilling to join the Roman Catholic Church because it was heresy in their eyes.
But now the Roman Empire was in an extremely dangerous situation. Apart from seeking help from the Roman Catholic Church, they seemed to have no other better option.
Archbishop Joseph entered Constantinople at this time and told Patriarch Alexius the results of his discussions with Wang Baobao.
In Archbishop Joseph's description, these Mongols from the east not only possessed endless wealth, but also possessed powerful force beyond everyone's imagination.
Joseph described what he saw with his own eyes in a secret meeting hosted by the Patriarch.
"The Mongolian army is powerful. There are as many Mongolian horses as the grass on the ground. I saw at least a million horses outside the city!
Their warehouses were filled with massive gold and silver treasures that could buy off the Roman navy ten times!
And these Mongols also have brilliant culture and art. Their palace was filled with art from the East and countless silk porcelain!
What is even more incredible is that the Mongols have long mastered the Greek fire that we regard as a secret weapon! Their technology even surpasses ours. I saw with my own eyes that a powerful Greek fire weapon was thrown into the warehouse and turned into scrap!
John Tamerlane stated that they already had superior weapons that could easily replace Greek fire…”
After Archbishop Joseph's description, Patriarch Alexius and others unanimously believed that this 'John Timur' from the eastern steppes was the great savior of the Orthodox Church and the Roman Empire!
“Praise God!”
Patriarch Alexius crossed himself happily.
After knowing that Wang Baobao's Great Mongolia was so powerful, Patriarch Alexius immediately made a very decisive decision.
In the name of the Orthodox Patriarch, Alexius mobilized some funds and secretly bribed the Genoese to temporarily lift their blockade and hostility against the Eastern Roman Empire's navy.
Genoa people are actually quite particular about credibility.
After all, they are businessmen, and their favorite thing to do is to get money to do things.
After receiving the gold and silver treasures sent by Patriarch Alexius, the Genoese lifted the blockade on the Roman navy.
However, the Genoese said that this lifting period is only less than two months. After two months, if the Roman Empire is not able to compensate them more money as war compensation, the Genoese navy will continue to blockade Rome. port.
Patriarch Alexius took advantage of this opportunity and immediately sent Archbishop Joseph to contact Wang Baobao and ask Wang Baobao to spend money to bribe the commander of the Roman Navy, Paul Gale.
Wang Baobao didn't hold back. He directly took out almost half a million imperial silver coins and bought the Roman fleet under Paul Gale.
However, when the acquisition was completed, Wang Baobao did not feel any joy, but felt a little worried.
Because Wang Baobao obviously felt that this matter was not as simple as imagined.
Johnsa comes to town.
Wang Baobao and Empress Dowager Qi were lying in bed, and after a heated battle, they expressed their worries.
Empress Dowager Qi immediately expressed her opinion.
"Expanding, I always feel that the Genoese people seem to have another purpose!" Empress Dowager Qi said.
Wang Baobao put his arm around the smooth and white shoulders of Empress Dowager Qi, "That's how I feel. Are the Genoa people trying to lure the snake out of their hole? When our Mongolian warriors get on the boat, they will rob and kill us halfway on the sea?"
It is almost universally known in the West that the Mongols are not good at naval warfare.
Although the Roman navy led by Paul Gale had announced that it would obey Wang Baobao's orders, after they arrived at the port on the Black Sea, they remained parked in the port without moving.
Wang Baobao didn't know what their combat effectiveness was and whether they could really protect the Mongolian army when facing danger.
