The Turks retreated in a hurry, but the Persian side could not be happy. After all, because of the clear walls, the Persians also suffered heavy losses.

In order not to make the Turks feel better, the Persians took away all the edible grain and livestock in the direction of the Turkish army's advance, and destroyed or killed those who could not be taken away.

At that time, it was easy to destroy, but in hindsight, it was a big loss! Moreover, the Turks did a great job when they left - they demolished the royal palace in Tabriz......

The royal palace of Tabriz, however, was built by Ismaili I with many skilled craftsmen, and the construction cost was very high. The Turks directly and violently demolished the royal palace, causing Persia heavy losses. Because, it was very expensive to rebuild the royal palace.

Therefore, in this war, although the Turks did not gain much, the Persians also suffered great losses. In order not to leave good things for the Turks, the Persians demolished a dozen cities themselves!

Fortunately, the cities of this era were not large in size and the infrastructure was very rudimentary. Otherwise, the loss of each city alone is tens of billions.

Rao is so, the Persians also lost hundreds of thousands of gold worth of property this time, and many people starved to death. These people all starved to death because they did not have enough food after the fortified wall cleared the wilderness.

Of course, in this day and age, not many people care about the life or death of a few civilians. Therefore, these unfortunate civilians starved to death, and no one avenged them. Moreover, how can you avenge your grievances? The order to confiscate the grain was given by the Persian monarch Ismaili I himself......

And this defeat also reminded Ismaili I, who was extremely confident in the past, that there is a sky outside the sky, and he is not the best......

Therefore, under the pressure of the powerful Turkey, Ismaili I thought of joining forces with others for the first time to fight against the stronger Turkey.

Unlike in the original history, Ismaili I did not lose a loyal minister who invaded his uncle and brother in this war. Moreover, two wives were not taken by Selim I. Therefore, Ismaili I of this time and space did not collapse, but intended to fight the Turks.

Then, Ismaili I thought of trading with the Europeans. In particular, the import of artillery and muskets used by the Turks from Europe!

This time, although it was only a frontal fight, Ismaili I also saw the great power of the guns. Therefore, he desperately wished that he could also have such a powerful weapon to fight against the Turks.

Therefore, Ismaili I sent someone to inform the Portuguese occupying the Strait of Hormuz that they agreed to trade with the Portuguese on a large scale.

At the same time, Ismaili I also called the North Sea State spy Bard and expressed his willingness to trade with the North Sea State, hoping to import guns from the North Sea State.

Bard naturally agreed, and sent the news back to the mainland of the North Sea Country with carrier pigeons.

After receiving the news, Marin decided to immediately form a fleet and prepare to open the Persian route. In addition to wanting to support Persian artillery and muskets, Marin was also very interested in some Persian goods.

According to the information sent back by Bard, the Safavid Empire of Persia was rich in products, and the more famous ones were Persian carpets, silk, and textiles!

Yes, there is also silk in Persia. After all, Persia has had a close trade relationship with China since ancient times. Before the Green Cult occupied Persia, the Persian Empire had a very close trade relationship with the Tang Empire.

However, during the Song Dynasty, the Green Religion occupied the Western Regions and destroyed the local Buddhist temples, and the overland Silk Road between Persia and China was also broken. The Western Regions under the control of the Green Religion were not as mild as the Western Regions during the Buddhist period. Moreover, it is not as pro-Central Plains as the Western Regions under Buddhist culture. Therefore, after the Green Religion occupied the Western Regions, the overland Silk Road was officially abandoned. The Western Regions, once prosperous because of the Silk Road, became a place of poverty and barbarism. An ancient civilization like Loulan was also abandoned because of this.

After that, trade between Persia and the Central Plains could only be through Arab merchants at sea. But in the previous trade, there were Persian merchants who brought back the saplings of the heavy and mulberry trees, and the silk industry also developed in Persia. Although it is not as professional as the Chinese region, the technology can barely be compared with European silk. In the case of the shortage of Chinese silk, Persian silk is also very popular.

In addition, Persia exported horses, wool, pearls, and almonds, which Indians loved as condiments. The Persians, on the other hand, preferred to import coins (Persia lacked metals and precious metals), textiles, spices, metals, coffee, and sugar.

Marin once read in the history books that after the Dutch colonized Taiwan, they planted sugar cane to extract sugar in the local area. In addition to selling the obtained cane sugar to Japan, Persia was also an important market for cane sugar.

Now, of course, the Netherlands has not yet risen. Moreover, it was deliberately distorted by Marin and made it a furniture production center. At the moment, it is the Portuguese who occupy the Strait of Hormuz.

The Portuguese had no talent for farming, they were purely commercial colonizers, and they had no talent for farming......

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Marin was not really interested in Persian carpets, silk, wool, pearls, or anything like that. What he was really interested in was the Persian war horses. After all, Persia was once part of the Arab Empire, and the local horses were mixed with the blood of Arabian horses, which were excellent war horses. Moreover, even if it is not mixed with the Arabian horse bloodline, the Persian horse itself is very good.

Moreover, as a nomadic country, the local horses do not need to be fed much food. This is much better than the European grain horse breeding. At least, it's very cost-effective!

Therefore, Marin planned to use artillery and go to Persia to exchange war horses. Even if it's not a war horse, it's okay to pull a horse. In short, as long as the quality is acceptable, and then the horse that eats grass is the mainstay, Marlin wants it.

In addition to this, Marin especially needed another hidden commodity of Persia - oil!

Marin didn't want oil from the Persian Gulf, which had not yet emerged these days. The only one that really started producing oil in this era was Baku in Azerbaijan.

Now that Azerbaijan is still under the rule of the Persian Safavid Empire, Marin will have to trade with the Persian Safavid Empire if he wants to obtain oil from Baku.

It is said that Baku's local oil production is currently capable of loading hundreds of ships a year. Marin planned to take advantage of the opportunity of trade with Persia to import oil from Persia. Then, refine gasoline to create powerful incendiary bombs that can be used against enemy cities and warships.

Therefore, whether it was for war horses or for oil, Marin had a reason to open up the Persian route. It's just that in the past, Ismaili I was high above and looked down on Europe. Now that I have suffered a loss, I know that I have to join forces with Europe, and I will open the market to Europeans. In the past, even if Marin wanted to open up the Persian route, the proud Ismaili I might not have allowed it......