"The Ottoman Empire was an extremely powerful empire, and I naturally knew it."

Liu Jin smiled and said, when the Ottoman Empire was strong, its power reached three continents, Asia, Europe and Africa, and its territory included most of the territory of the Balkan Peninsula, the Middle East and North Africa, the Strait of Gibraltar and Spain across the sea in the west, the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf in the east, Austria and Slovenia in the north, and present-day Sudan and Yemen in the south, which was definitely an extremely powerful empire.

When the Ottoman Empire was strong, the Western world was trembling, and the Ottoman Empire continued to attack the Western world again and again, seriously hindering the ancient Silk Road and indirectly promoting Europeans to find the eastern road above the sea.

"The Ottoman Empire, hehe, it seems that there will be opponents in the future."

Zhu Houzhao on the side didn't speak, just listened quietly, and when he heard Liu Jin say about the Ottoman Empire, his little eyes narrowed, silently remembering the Ottoman Empire.

"But when I mentioned the Ottoman Empire to many people in the Ming Dynasty before, no one ever knew, even your officials in the Ming Dynasty didn't know, and even thought that our Ottoman Empire was a small country, and thought that we were arrogant, although I also knew that the Ming Dynasty was a powerful empire, but our Ottoman Empire was not bad."

Hassim seemed a little excited, and this excitement was a kind of excitement that was recognized.

He has come to Daming many times, and every time he says that he is from the Ottoman Empire, he is very proud, but both officials and ordinary people on the Ming side disdain this so-called Ottoman Empire, and they all feel that it is a very small country, and they all feel that the Ming Dynasty is the most powerful, richest and largest country in the world.

This attitude of the Ming Dynasty also made Hasim very distressed, you must know that he can come to the Ming Dynasty to do business, the identity of the Ottoman Empire is still very useful, whether it is Tatar or Warat, they all know that the Ottoman empire is strong, but it is in the Far East Ming Dynasty.

No one knew the strength of the Ottoman Empire at all, and even less believed that the Ottoman Empire depicted by Hasim was a powerful empire that was not inferior to the Ming Dynasty.

Now hearing Liu Jin's words, he also has a feeling of meeting a confidant, and someone in this distant and ancient empire finally recognizes that their Ottoman Empire is a powerful empire.

Next, Hasim also opened the conversation box and began to talk to Liu Jin about today's Central Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Through Hassim, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao also knew a lot of things that they didn't know before.

The once powerful Mongol Empire has long been torn apart, and the major khanates have basically perished, and the Golden Horde has completely ceased fire after Batu's last westward expedition, and the internal struggle for power has given it too few in the vast area it rules, allowing Muscovy to take the opportunity to get rid of its rule, and continue to expand, encroaching on the territory of the Golden Horde.

On the Ilkhanate side, because the Mongols themselves did not have a strong culture, and even did not have their own written language before, they were quickly and completely greened after coming into contact with the religion on the Middle East side, and even the honorific title of the Mongol Great Khan was changed, and it was destroyed by the Timurid Empire more than 100 years ago, and the Chagatai Khanate was also destroyed by the Timurid Empire more than 100 years ago.

As for the Mongolian headquarters, after being expelled by Zhu Yuanzhang, it was quickly divided into Tatar and Warat, and the descendants of the once golden descendants completely launched the stage of history.

First, he briefly reviewed the history of the previous 100 years, and then slowly began to talk about the current situation.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire was in a period of strength, with power spread across Asia, Africa and Europe, forming a huge pressure on the Western world, the rule of the Western Roman pope was falling apart, and the rising Renaissance movement had lasted for nearly two centuries.

Liu Jin and Hashim chatted very happily, this chat was enough to chat for more than an hour, during which the tea was changed several times, and Zhu Houzhao on the side also knew for the first time from the mouth of another person that the world outside the Ming Dynasty was as vast as Liu Jin said, and everything Liu Jin said above the Moon Tower was also confirmed one by one in the mouth of this Hu Shang Hasim.

"Mr. Hasim, thank you very much for being able to tell me the news outside of the Ming Dynasty, let me know how vast this world is, if I have the opportunity in the future, I must go to the Ottoman Empire to have a look, to see the prosperity and strength of the Ottoman Empire."

Liu Jin took a sip of tea, which can be regarded as an end to this chat, and then it is time to talk about business.

"I think there will be a day like this."

Hasim said with a smile.

"I also believe that there will be a day like this, and it won't be long."

Liu Jin said very confidently, there seemed to be other meanings in these words, this meaning was read by Zhu Houzhao on the side, and he immediately felt that Liu Jin was really his confidant.

"Mr. Hasim, it's time for us to get down to business, I think Your Excellency should be interested in these things of mine, right?"

Liu Jin pointed to the many glass products in the private room and asked with a smile.

"Yes, I'm interested, I can't hide that from your sharp eyes."

Hasim admitted this very decisively, and then said after a deep thought: "But these things are made of glass, although they are very delicate and very good, but the price is too expensive, if it can be cheaper, I think I will buy a batch to take home." ”

"Mr. Hasim, in fact, I know a lot about the West and your Ottoman Empire, although glass is not uncommon on your side, but whether it is you Ottomans or Europeans, you can't make glass like me."

"Especially this mirror, you will never be able to make it, and you should know here that this mirror is something that only our Ming high society can afford."

"We are friends, I can give you certain deals and discounts, but only if you purchase in large enough quantities."

Liu Jin remained silent, and gently picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

This Hasim wants to use glass to suppress his own price, there is no door, he is very clear about the situation in Europe, not to mention the mirror in Europe now, even colorless glass can not be made, although this glass is very common, but this colorless transparent glass like crystal is absolutely not, let alone this mirror.

"Well, it's all hidden from your eyes."

Hasim smiled helplessly, he knew that he had met a powerful person, the Ming man in front of him was really different, there was no arrogance and prejudice of other Ming people, but he had a very wide range of knowledge, and he was also not easy to deceive.

After thinking about it, Hasim said, "I don't know how big this offer and discount is?" ”

"Then it depends on how much silver Mr. Hassim has?"

As soon as Liu Jin heard this, he immediately knew that big business was coming, and he didn't know how much silver this Hasim had brought over.

"More than 100,000 taels of silver?"

Hasim thought for a moment and said as he reported a number.

"I can give a 10% discount."

When Liu Jin heard this, he smiled and said, as for Zhu Houzhao on the side, he raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect this Hu businessman in front of him to be so rich, and he was 100,000 taels of silver as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What if it's more than 500,000 taels of silver?"

When Hasim heard this, his eyes lit up slightly, and he thought about it and whispered.

"I can give you a 20% discount!"

When Liu Jin heard this, he was also slightly surprised in his heart, this Hasim in front of him was so rich, how many valuable things did he bring to Daming this time, and it was worth more than 500,000 taels of silver.

But in my heart, I was happy, and this order was definitely a big deal.