"Honorable Governor, this is a promise made by the emperor of your country, as long as the country agrees to this condition, the two countries will be reconciled forever!" Mustafa was in front of Lu Xiangsheng, and moved out the big Buddha of Emperor Chongzhen, "The country not only agreed, but was willing to submit to the Ming Empire forever." ”

He had already been to the southern city of Persia once, and the comparison of what he saw and heard on the road before and after made him surprised to find that the people's livelihood in Persia recovered so quickly that except for the fact that there were fewer people, he couldn't see the dilapidated appearance of a few years ago because of the military disaster.

It can be seen that the Ming Empire has definitely gained a firm foothold in Persia. Looking at it like this, it won't be a few years before the Ming State has sufficient logistics to launch a large-scale war.

Seeing this, he was very glad in his heart, and felt that this time the Ottoman Empire's decision was absolutely right. If it drags on for another two years, once the Ming army uses troops against the Ottomans again, it will definitely be like a thunderbolt, and it is not something that the Ottoman Empire can resist. And by that time, even if the Ottoman Empire agreed to that condition, it would probably be too late.

Therefore, when Mustafa saw Lu Xiangsheng and mentioned this matter, he saw that Lu Xiangsheng seemed to be a little stunned, so he hurriedly said the above words to remind Lu Xiangsheng that he had no right to refuse what the Ming Emperor had said.

Lu Xiangsheng was indeed a little surprised when he heard it.

If the Ottoman Empire really agreed to cede the area east of the Black Sea Strait, it was equivalent to the former Ming Dynasty ceding the area north of the Yangtze River to others. If this kind of thing happened in Daming, it would be absolutely unacceptable.

Now, however, the Ottomans agreed. And listening to the tone of this messenger, you still have to force yourself to accept it.

Hehe, there is such a thing in this world. If it had been before, I would never have dreamed that such a thing would happen!

In fact, although he was surprised by this incident, he was not much surprised. Because Emperor Chongzhen had talked to him about this before leaving. However, at that time, Emperor Chongzhen did not confirm whether the Ottoman Empire would finally agree.

Emperor Chongzhen only said that the reason why he did this in the first place was that he had no intention of seizing more land. The reason for the expedition is more for the oil underground. The largest oil producing areas have been occupied by the Ming army, and the reason why the area east of the Black Sea Strait is only to establish a frontier zone to protect the oil area.

Based on Emperor Chongzhen's idea, Lu Xiangsheng understood what he should say.

Therefore, after he came back to his senses, he said with a smile: "Since it is my Emperor Ming who has spoken first, of course there is no problem." But do you Ottomans know what you will pay tribute if you submit to my Ming dynasty? ”

Today's Daming is different from before, no need for bizarre gadgets, no luxuries, just food and grass.

Before, the Ming Dynasty had already asked the vassal states to pay tribute once, and Mustafa had naturally heard of it. At this time, it was not surprising to hear it, but it was a little difficult.

Because the Ottoman Empire had evacuated the population in order to clear the wilderness. In this way, you can imagine how big the pressure on grain and grass will be! At this time, the Ottoman Empire was also short of grain and grass!

However, this is a requirement to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. If you want to hug Daming's thighs, this is the price you have to pay.

Mustafa thought that before he came, whether it was the queen mother or his brother-in-law, they had all told him that the future of the Ottoman Empire would be entrusted to him.

Thinking like this, Mustafa gritted his teeth and said: "There is no problem with tributary grain and grass, no matter how difficult the country is, it must be to express his reverence for the Ming Dynasty." Grain and grass will definitely pay tribute. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and then asked, "I just don't know how much grain and grass the country needs to pay tribute?" On the way over, I saw that the territory of Persia was full of abundant harvests, so there should be no shortage of grain and grass, right? ”

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but smile when he heard this. Not only in Persia, but also in Yan Yingyuan's side, in the Baghdad plain, there is a bumper harvest.

However, he did not show off, but replied to Mustafa: "You should have heard that the countries of Europe are discussing a union to deal with my Daming. A big war is inevitable. Take precautions, of course, the more grain and grass, the better! ”

Speaking of this, Lu Xiangsheng began to estimate in his heart how much grain and grass was appropriate for the Ottoman Empire's tribute? If there are too many words, the Ottoman Empire can't take them, and no matter how much they say, it's useless; If it is less, it will be cheaper for the Ottoman Empire, which is not good.

Mustafa was overjoyed to hear this, and with a roll of his eyes, he quickly replied: "I have heard of it!" Those Europeans were really too much, and they even thought of uniting against the Ming Empire. It's not as good as this, since my Ottoman Empire has now surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the matter of the Ming Dynasty is also my Ottoman matter, and I Ottoman is willing to send troops from all over the country to deal with European countries together and teach them a cruel lesson. In this way, the grain and grass are also very important, you see......"

Lu Xiangsheng did not have Emperor Chongzhen's eavesdropping system, so it was impossible to know about the gathering of fleets that took place along the coast of Austria. Therefore, it is impossible to know exactly that the reason why the Ottoman Empire took the initiative to cede was because the European countries would unite to destroy the Ottoman Empire.

At this time, after listening to Mustafa's reason, he nodded after thinking for a while: "It is inevitable that the vassal states will send troops. But you can take the initiative and it is also an attitude. Besides, you're right. In this case, the amount of grain and grass for the tribute, the official can play to His Majesty and give a certain degree of reduction! ”

The matter of tribute is actually under the control of the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple. But this place is too far away from Jingshi, and Emperor Chongzhen gave Lu Xiangsheng full power, so he can actually have the final say.

The reason why it is not certain is that Lu Xiangsheng knows his duty very well. Even if he can decide, he has to go through the process to show his respect for the emperor.

When Mustafa heard this, he was very happy, and he felt that he had taken a lot of advantage, and after he went back and said it, he would definitely be affirmed. So, he urged Lu Xiangsheng to sign the agreement quickly.

In this way, the Zhennancheng Agreement between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire was signed.

The agreement stipulated that the Ottoman Empire ceded the area east of the Black Sea Strait to the Ming Empire, and henceforth, it would always be a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. And the Ming Dynasty, as the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire, had the obligation to protect the Ottoman Empire.

After the signing was completed, Lu Xiangsheng watched Mustafa leave with a smile on his face, and wondered a little. This agreement, no matter how you look at it, is a disgrace to the Ottoman Empire, cession of land and reparations; But why was he so happy? Is it because of that inconspicuous little agreement in the agreement?

Since it is already the relationship between the suzerainty and the vassal state, there are nearly 100,000 prisoners who were captured by the Ming army before, and according to their voluntary principle, they can choose to go back to the Ottomans, or they can choose to settle on the side of the Ming Dynasty and take their families in the Ottomans over.

For these captives, Da Ming has not yet reached the ruthlessness of squeezing to death.

Originally, it was agreed at the beginning that as long as they worked hard, and after completing big tasks, such as building a railroad at Fort Minwei, how many acres of land were cultivated in Baghdad, how much harvest they would harvest, etc., or after a certain number of years, they would be able to get rid of their captives and be free.

Only in this way can the enthusiasm of these captives be brought into play. Otherwise, in the absence of hope, the enthusiasm for labor will definitely not be high, and it will cost the Ming army an unknown amount of energy to manage so many prisoners!

Now that they have reconciled with the Ottoman Empire, it is time for the captives to fulfill their promises. Therefore, in Lu Xiangsheng's view, this is a convenient thing, and Daming has not suffered a loss, this messenger doesn't know what to be happy about?

There is another point, Lu Xiangsheng himself can be sure, now that there is this agreement, he guesses that in the case of a high probability, those captives will not only not return to Osman, but will ask Osman's family to come to Daming's side.

Mustafa had already gone back, and Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and didn't understand what he was happy about, so he didn't want to.

For him, that was the end of the matter. And the European countries jointly want to deal with the Ming Dynasty, and he is not the most concerned. It's not that he looks down on European countries, but he understands that the union of European countries is definitely not so easy.

After fighting for so many years, he understands a truth. In a war, it is not about the number of troops, but the number of elites who are like arms! European countries have their own plans, so their combat power is definitely not a superimposed combat power like one plus one, but the kind that is less than two.

Speaking of which, the thing that Lu Xiangsheng is most concerned about now is actually an important thing that Emperor Chongzhen explained before leaving.

Yan Yingyuan, on his side, had already been ordered to take a part of Egypt and control the smallest place. Emperor Chongzhen's intention was to dig a canal out of that place, along with the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.

This thing is a bit troublesome.

Although Daming has the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which is navigable from north to south, it can be said to be the longest canal in the world. It stands to reason that it is not difficult to dig a canal here. Not to mention, in ancient times, there have been several excavations and abandonment, and there is a certain canal foundation.

However, the difficulty with the canal is that it is a desert area, sparsely populated, and the land yield is pitifully small. If there is enough labor to dig the canal, it must be provided with sufficient materials, otherwise too many people will die, and the project will not be completed in the year of the monkey.

The difficulty now is to add another one, where to get enough free labor?

The original plan was to destroy the Ottoman Empire after being fully prepared, so that the subsequent captives could be used for this purpose. However, now the Ottoman Empire has voluntarily submitted. Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but be a little surprised, could it be that the Ottomans escaped, so the Ottoman envoy was so happy, right?