Li Chengyan, who had just returned to Daming, didn't have time to take a good breath, and was once again sent to the palace by Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen's meaning is very simple, what other countries dare to sell, we want to sell in the Ming Dynasty, and what other countries dare not sell, we want to sell in the Ming Dynasty! Payment to delivery, sell first and then negotiate.

Isn't it just a few treasure ships? Wouldn't the pit man be gone?

Will there be a reduction? The artillery with a range of 20 miles was reduced to 10 miles, 100 guns to 80, and the speed of 30 miles per hour to 20 miles.

Aren't all car companies in later generations playing like this? What is the premium version of the beggar version, it looks no different on the outside, but in fact, the things inside are a little worse.

For Li Chengyan's "uncle", little Ellis was full of gratitude, even if it was at the cost of a large stack of Chongzhen treasure money.

If there is no Li Chengyan, little Ellis can be sure that it is impossible to negotiate the export of the treasure ship on his own, not to mention that Li Chengyan also specially pointed out to himself and taught himself how to save the country.

The plan to buy a Ming woman as a slave and then become a wife naturally doesn't work, but it's no problem to change to a Japanese woman.

Because the Ming law only protects the rights of Ming women, such as prohibiting being bought and sold as slaves, and prohibiting being accepted as concubines, but there is no protection for foreign women, but encourages Ming men to take more concubines.

Although Little Ellis is a strange-looking Ming man, he has a decent Ming household registration, although in the eyes of the women of the Ming Dynasty, he is not as good as those Ming men, but he is countless times higher than the men of the Japanese Kingdom.

It is not appropriate to describe Lang Youqing's concubine intentionally, and there is no problem with using dry firewood to meet fire, and pheasants to meet hooligans.

When little Ellis got all this mess out of the way, he returned with not only a widow's wife, but also a large amount of arms and four treasure ships sold to the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Navy's Governor, Hiram Archer, had been hoping for little Ellis to bring him good news.

As the naval governor of the Ottoman Empire, Hiram Archer had long been aggrieved and wanted to die - the entire maritime frontier of the Ottoman Empire was basically protected by those pirates......

The regular army can't do anything, and the sea border has to rely on pirates to protect it, and this kind of feeling is estimated that only Hiram Archer knows what is going on in his heart.

Accompanied by little Ellis, after walking around all four warships, Archer praised loudly: "With these four giant warships, the Ottoman Empire's maritime frontier is finally protected." ”

Little Ellis shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, although I don't want to interrupt the excitement in your heart, but I have to tell you that these four warships alone are not enough to form a complete naval formation. ”

Archer shook his head in the same way and said, "No, you don't understand. Perhaps in your opinion, a fleet like the Ming Empire is a real naval battle formation, but in fact, that kind of fleet is not suitable for the Ottoman Empire. ”

Seeing that little Ellis put on a deferential look, Archer continued: "Of course, theoretically speaking, the naval fleet of the Ming Empire is the real fleet.

What the fleet of the Ming Empire needs is to fight in the open sea, and they need to sail from the Ming mainland to thousands of miles away, so they must have troop carriers and supply ships.

The Ottoman Empire did not need to fight in the ocean, unless the Ottoman Empire planned to fight hard with the Ming Empire at sea, there was no need to engage in any troop carriers and supply ships.

I believe that it is precisely because of this that you were able to buy these four warships from the Ming Empire for us, and if you propose supply ships again, the Ming Empire may not agree to this deal. ”

Smiled and nodded, but kept scolding the mentally handicapped little Ellis in his heart, and finally spoke: "I'm sorry, Mr. Governor, the Ming Empire doesn't care that the Ottoman Empire has a complete naval fleet.

Completely different from what you imagined, the Ming Empire hoped that the Ottoman Empire could shoulder the heavy responsibility of the maritime power in the Middle East and Europe and maintain the maritime security in this area. ”

Asselton said suspiciously, "Are you sure?" Aren't they worried that the Ottoman navy will pose a threat to them when it grows up? ”

Little Ellis, who asked Li Chengyan the same question, still clearly remembers how Li Chengyan replied to him at that time: "Your Majesty once said that the development of the navy is by no means a matter of one or two days.

Leaving the development of accumulating experience step by step, forcibly pushing the navy step by step to the position of a strong army on the sea, in the end it is nothing more than a castle in the air, a dead thing with no foundation.

What if they had ten large fleets? Does their crew have experience in maneuvering large warfleets? Will they be able to repair after the battle damage?

Especially the treasure ship, a large sea warship, the Ming Dynasty was developed on the basis of thousands of years of experience, and an inexperienced country like the Ottoman Empire wanted to imitate it, which is completely a fool's dream!

Therefore, even if they sell, as long as they do not offer to buy ironclad ships, treasure ships, or lucky ships, they can sell them as much as they want. ”

What Li Chengyan didn't tell Ellis Jr. was that it didn't matter if the Ottoman Empire could copy the treasure ship - the Ming Dynasty was now focusing on the development of ironclad ships, and wooden treasure ships would be the target in future naval battles......

Archer, who had some vague guesses about this but was not sure what he was thinking, pondered for a long time before he spoke again: "If this is the case, then I want to trouble your East India Company to purchase a few warships for us to form a complete warship formation." ”

Seeing the embarrassed look on Little Ellis's face, Archer waved his hand and said, "Silver coins are not a problem!" The great Muhammad has approved enough silver coins! ”

"My uncle once told me that anything that can be solved with silver coins is not a problem, and if it can't be solved, it must be because there are not enough silver coins."

Congratulations, great Mr. Governor, you will see a whole fleet of naval formations this time next year, provided you have enough silver on hand. ”

Archer had just nodded, and was about to blow a few more awesome words, when he saw his retinue hurrying over with an Ottoman messenger.

Seeing the envoy's solemn expression, Archer nodded and greeted Ellis Jr., and then took the messenger to avoid Ellis Jr.: "Is it the caliph who knows the news of the fleet and sends you over to check?" Or is there something that has changed? ”

The emissary's expression showed a hint of grief: "Although I should not have told you this sad news at this time, the caliph may not be able to see this fleet for the time being. ”

Archer suddenly laughed: "You must be joking about the caliph's physical condition, but this is not funny, it will cause you trouble!" ”

There was a hint of hatred on the messenger's face: "No, I'm not kidding, the damned Mughals sent someone to assassinate the traveling caliph, and although they didn't succeed, the caliph was also seriously injured. ”

Archer, who still couldn't believe the news, was silent for a long time, and suddenly said, "Then what are you doing here?" Just to inform me of this news? ”

"It's not just to inform you of the news." The messenger shook his head, then continued: "After the caliph was seriously injured, he no longer had the energy to deal with government affairs, and the current government affairs are completely handled by the Elders' side.

Now the notice I am bringing to you is to ask the navy to form combat strength as soon as possible, and when the army's training is completed, it will strike at the Mughals in all directions by land and sea! ”

After sending someone to settle the emissary, Archer found Ellis Jr. once again, and asked for more ships to be needed now.

Little Ellis naturally doesn't care, as long as the current goods are transported back to Europe, there will naturally be time to make another trip to Daming.

However, Archer was extremely dissatisfied: "Now, all your goods are bought by the Ottoman Empire, and then you go to the Ming Empire again, and help us buy more warships by the way?" ”

Little Ellis naturally doesn't care - the goods he brought back this time are in the nature of reserves, and they will not affect the war situation in Europe, so it is better to sell his favor to the Ottoman side.

The same news also reached Daming.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Guoxing curiously: "Is this really a decision made by Ao Zelangbu himself?" ”

Wang Guoxing bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, according to the news that has come back so far, it is indeed a decision made by Ao Zelangbu himself, and it has nothing to do with Jinyiwei and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. ”

Zhang Zhiji suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the brocade guards on the Mughal side sent back the news, otherwise, this would have fallen into the crotch of his pants at all, and it would have become if it wasn't.

It is not a big problem for the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to send someone to kill Muhammad, nor is it without this strength, the problem is that he just decided to leave Muhammad a few days ago, and he sent someone to kill him when he turned around, how to explain this matter to Emperor Chongzhen?

Wang Guoxing and Zhang Zhiji have the same thoughts, so they are so anxious to clear up the relationship - the situation in which Jinyi Wei acts without edict is absolutely not allowed to appear, otherwise he will definitely bear the brunt of being held accountable.

What's more, it is impossible for Jinyiwei to want to kill people but can't, unless Jinyiwei deliberately left Muhammad a dog's life.

Emperor Chongzhen knocked on the table with his fingers and said with a smile: "This thing is interesting." Originally, I thought about whether to send someone to add some trouble to Muhammad's side, so that they would sooner or later confront the Mughals, but now it seems that there is no need for it. ”

In Emperor Chongzhen's opinion, it doesn't matter whether this matter was done by the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, or whether it was done by Jinyiwei.

The important thing is that Muhammad was seriously wounded and did not die.

If Muhammad had been left to hang up now, the Ottoman Empire would have faced either a situation in which the young lord had come to power, or the ministers would have competed for power and favor the new monarch to the throne.

Once one of these two situations occurs, it is certain that the Ottoman Emperor will fall into turmoil, and it is estimated that he will not have the time to ponder the Mughals for a while.

Well, now that Muhammad is not dead, the hatred of the entire Ottoman Empire has been drawn to the Mughals, and not only does he have no time to pay attention to the chaos in Europe, but he also has no time to think about other things.

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Let the North and South Industrial Group increase production, especially the treasure ships and fortune ships, renovate the old ones, and sell a few more to the Ottoman side." ”

Zhang Zhiji bowed down and said: "After this incident, it is not clear that the Ottomans will devote their whole country to crusade against the Mughals, and whether the Mughals can hold it out, it is really difficult to say." ”

Emperor Chongzhen hummed and said, "Send someone to contact the Mughals, support them with more arms, don't be killed by the Ottomans early." ”

After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen instructed Wang Guoxing again: "When necessary, provide some information about the Ottomans to the Mughal side, and let the Mughal side hold on no matter what." ”

For Emperor Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty, whether the Mughal died now is not the key at all, the key is not to let the Ottomans win too happily.

The main reason is still the amount of work of the Ming Dynasty - the railway alone needs a steady stream of labor, which is why Emperor Chongzhen did not completely kill the Mughals.

Only when those hostile countries still existed, could the Ming have a steady stream of laborers to use.

After Zhang Zhiji bowed down, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly asked, "By the way, how is the situation in the north?" ”

Zhang Zhiji bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, now the Beishan side is ready to march westward, and the Xiahou Department has now turned back to Hangai Mountain to rest, preparing to go north from Hangai Mountain, and directly cut off the retreat of Maonu in the east."

As for Amin and Mang Gurtai's department, because of Mang Gurtai's body and the reason to defend the Mughal direction, they can only let Mang Gurtai stay behind, while Amin will take the blue flag and join up with several guards on the side of Usizang and Duogansi to march to the northwest and directly enter the Ural Mountains.

If the battle plan went well, the whole of Tsarist Russia would be completely divided into three parts, one part of the main body of Tsarist Russia west of the Urals, one part of the West Siberian Plain from the Urals to the Yenisei River, and the remaining part of the Central Siberian Plain and part of Eastern Siberia.

In addition to its main body, the remaining two parts will not be able to take care of each other because of Xiahou's department, and they will also be unable to get supplies from Tsarist Russia because of Amin's department, and in the end they can only be slaughtered by our Ming Dynasty. ”

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen nodding, Zhang Zhiji continued: "It's just that there is another problem in this, and it still needs His Majesty's approval." ”

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became curious: "What is the problem?" ”