"Daming is too far away from Europa, I don't think you can send troops over, even if you can send troops, it is only a few thousand, tens of thousands, but the Ottomans have a million troops! I don't care about that bit at all. The man next to Lystemm spoke, and as an attendant, his back was straighter than Lystum's, and his voice was louder.

"Hahaha!" Wang Yue smiled, "Can I ask for something?" How many years does your country have income? ”

Lystem suddenly said angrily: "Could it be that the Ming wants to peek into the strength of our country? ”

He was angry, but he didn't expect to be stopped by the old man.

"Since you want to form an alliance, of course, you have to be honest with each other. Osman could earn six million ducats a year. ”

Wang Yue bowed, he got up from his seat, and paced with a smile.

"Your envoy said less, your country Suleiman the Magnificent still has a lot of private property, and there are also tributes from various subject countries, all of which add up, and your country's annual income should be less than 10 million ducats, at least more than 8 million."

The old man looked surprised, "How can Master Taishi estimate so accurately?" ”

Wang Yue was dumbfounded, "It's nothing, I've been in charge of finance and taxation in Daming for many years, and I have a little experience." And now there are many foreign scholars in the Ming Dynasty, including Arab scholars, of course. I want to ask your envoy, can you guess the income of the Ming Dynasty? ”

The old man pondered for a moment, then shook his head helplessly, "The Ming Dynasty is rich, and it should be above our country." ”

Wang Yue smiled, "Last year, our annual income just exceeded 200 million silver dollars, and if it is converted into your country's calculation unit, it is about 190 million ducats!" ”

Yes!

Lystum's face turned green, and his first impression was that he didn't believe it, and he didn't believe it if he killed him!

Although the Ming Dynasty was vast, the Ottomans were not bad. Moreover, the Ottoman controlled the commercial strongholds, and the annual toll alone was a large amount of money, which was an advantage that the Ming did not have.

It's nearly twenty times worse, and he doesn't believe it when he says it's dead!

The old man pondered for a moment, but only smiled slightly, "Your country's wealth is indeed unparalleled in the world. It's just that I'm full of Ottoman martial virtues, and I'm not weak! ”

"Not humble or arrogant, well said!" Wang Yue said with a smile: "I don't mean to show off when I say this year, I want to tell your envoy that if the Ming Dynasty is willing, we can cut off the trade between the East and the West!" ”

The old man didn't seem to understand, what did he mean by this? How to cut off?

Wang Yue said with a smile: "Your country has conquered Eastern Rome, occupied the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, cut off the trade route between the East and the West, and forced the Europa people to open up new shipping routes. Now they can go around Africa and bring the products of the East back to the West by sea. They also plundered gold and silver in the Americas, which they used to arm their armies and build ships. Frankly speaking, the rapid growth of the power of the European countries, especially the weapons and equipment, should not be underestimated. I think you have seen this trend when you gave up attacking Europe and turned to Persia in the East. ”

Wang Yue knew the whole general trend well and talked eloquently. Lystem wanted to refute, but the old man had a deep gaze and nodded slightly.

"Master Taishi is really powerful, Europa has indeed found a way to bypass the Ottomans, but what can your country do to cut off trade?"

"Hahahaha!" Wang Yue laughed loudly, "Your envoy won't forget, right?" The goods that the Europeans want are from the Ming Dynasty! We can make it impossible for them to trade. Of course, they could develop their military power, form a fleet, and fight so that the Ming had to open the country and sell their goods to them. ”

After Wang Yue finished speaking, the old man and Lystime both laughed.

This joke is a bit big, can European countries open the door of the Ming Dynasty by force? Do they have that much strength?

In other words, the Europeans set a goal, and the purpose of their military development was to prevent the Ming from cutting off the trade routes between the Ming and the West......

What do you think?

Does it sound like a joke?

Perhaps!

However, Westerners are indeed capable of building ships and guns, opening the country, and forcing the signing of unequal treaties, which is completely an ancestral skill, and there is no need to be surprised at all.

In the face of these guys, the best way is to increase the national strength, and people will only be in awe of your national strength, but will not appreciate your kindness. On the contrary, the more kind you are, the more people will think that you are a bully, and they will even believe that this is the fat that God has given them these chosen ones, after all, it is God who is thankful for Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving...... If it doesn't exist, other people's cultural genes don't have this thing.

……

"The Ming can cut trade, or even cut off trade, and can trade exclusively with the Ottomans, and then continue to let the Ottomans enjoy the advantage of trade."

Wang Yue said with a smile: "Your envoy is right, it is true that the Ming Dynasty cannot send too many people, but the Ming Dynasty has the ability to reduce the profits of several million taels in Europe, and then transfer this benefit to your country." I think that even if only two or three percent are in hand, the strength of your country will be greatly enhanced! ”

After Wang Yue's words were finished, the eyes of the old man and Lystem straightened, and their breathing became heavy.

I can't help it!

Although the Ottomans were a huge empire, the empire was also very fragmented, perhaps only slightly stronger than the HRE.

There are wars on the borders of the empire, there are rebellions inside, the management costs are extremely high, and a strong army needs to be maintained at all times.

Therefore, the power that can be taken out and used with foreign troops is not so great.

This is why Suleiman gave up after the failed attack on Vienna.

To put it bluntly, any empire has its own limits.

But the Ottomans were not reconciled, and they still wanted to drink the Madanube!

Otherwise, how could he run to Daming and seek allies.

But Wang Yue gave them a plan.

Cooperate with the Ming Dynasty to strengthen the power of the Ottomans and weaken the West, so that the cost of capturing Vienna may be much smaller!

……

While they were thinking, someone suddenly came in and sent a secret letter to Zhu Houxi, Zhu Houyu opened it and looked at it twice, and suddenly his heart was shocked!

He hurriedly controlled his emotions and said with a smile: "After talking so much, let the envoys also go to rest, things related to the two countries, talk slowly, don't be in a hurry." ”

The Son of Heaven had spoken, Wang Yue naturally would not continue to chase after him, the negotiations were temporarily suspended, and the Ottoman envoys were taken down, leaving only Zhu Houxi and Wang Yue.

"That old man is very good!" Zhu Houxi said meaningfully.

Wang Yue smiled slightly, "He is a person who can call the shots, but there is no need to delve into it, Osman is a friend and not an enemy to us, even if he is Suleiman, I will not do it." ”

Zhu Houxi snorted, "I knew that you were used to taking advantage of others, and I could pretend to be confused about this old man's identity." But you can't ignore it! ”

Zhu Houxi stuffed the secret letter to Wang Yue, and this time it was Wang Yue's turn to be surprised!

What a Xu Jie, what a Yan Shifan!

It wasn't until this moment that Wang Yue knew that France had already made a fuss, and it was still a big one.

The chess pieces that I fell played an unexpected role, which was really a bit unexpected.

After the ecstasy, Wang Yue fell into thought, how long could they hold on? Will it be destroyed when you are happy?

After all, the traditions of Europe and the East are so different!

Wang Yue glanced at Zhu Houxi, Zhu Houyu comprehended, and sighed lightly: "After all, it is not easy to rebel, but I think it is not so easy to fail. Zhu Houxi looked at Wang Yue and said in a deep voice: "Didn't you talk about it?" Europe is in between the old and the new, including Michelangelo and others, who also don't know what to do! At this time, our plan should be convincing. ”

Wang Yue's brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but nod.

At this moment, the West has not yet surpassed the world for hundreds of years, nor has it developed a deep-rooted and unbreakable sense of superiority. Coupled with the Reformation, it was the time when it was most vulnerable......

And if France lit a fire, the probability of success in the Ottoman capture of Vienna would be greatly increased!

This move is completely alive!

It's just that after Wang Yue revealed the news to the Ottoman envoys, Lystem's face darkened, they had signed an alliance with the Dharma King before, did they want to support the thieves who killed the Dharma King!

The old man was the old god, "If I can get Vienna, I don't mind cooperating with the devil!" ”