Due to the intervention of the Ming Dynasty, the emergence of the Fengyang Kingdom, the already very fierce battle in Baghdad is even more chaotic, the appearance of the firing gun allows the soldiers to kill each other at a long distance, although the power of the Xiaoer kicking cannon is limited, but it is better than the distance it can attack. The Ottoman Empire and the Safi Kingdom were now equipped with return cannons that were no longer useful, as long as they dared to appear on the battlefield, they would be destroyed by the Xiaoer kicking cannon in the first time, which made the two sides stalemate, and the number of casualties among the soldiers was reduced.

As the number of casualties decreases, there will be more and more veterans with combat experience, but the war has more demand for firing guns and Xiaoer kicking guns, and both sides are constantly increasing the number of purchases from the Fengyang Kingdom, which makes Zhu Changrun of the Fengyang Kingdom happy, if he keeps fighting, he will make a fortune, no wonder His Majesty the Emperor let him come to this place to establish a country, it turns out that this is the mystery.

The first to be unbearable is the governor supported by the Khalid family, this guy wants to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield in Baghdad, this purpose has been achieved, and the Ottoman Emperor Murad IV also gave him more land and money, but Murad IV will not do a loss-making business, the land can be given to him, the amount of money is limited, and the governor cannot turn all the territories into gold coins in half a day, so the huge purchase of weapons will collapse his backbone, he wants to think of other ways to make money, otherwise not only will his current position not be kept, If you don't get it right, you have to lose your capital.

At this time, the Khalid family gave him an idea, saying that since we don't have the money to pay for the purchase of weapons, then we should use the land as a mortgage or sell it to the Fengyang Kingdom, anyway, His Majesty Murad IV will not come to our place to see, my original place was occupied by the Fengyang Kingdom, or let's discuss it with the Fengyang Kingdom and sell that desert to him, anyway, it is also a place where birds don't, if anything happens, we can deal with it with enough weapons.

In this way, under the deception of the Khalid family, the governor made up his mind to exchange the four hundred miles south of the Persian Gulf for a large number of weapons from the Fengyang Kingdom, and the two sides cooperated happily. This incident made Zhu Changrun overjoyed, originally this territory was forcibly grabbed, and maybe there would be a war with the Ottoman Empire, but as soon as the Khalid family signed this sales contract, he could legally own this territory, even if there was a war with the Ottoman Empire in the future, he would become the party that took advantage. Of course, all this is based on their own absolute strength, without absolute strength, no matter how much there is in vain, the advantage of taking advantage of the reason is that it can give the other side, so that when the Ottoman Empire does not want to fight, there is a decent reason to withdraw, and it is easier to end the war.

Zhu Changrun passed on the matter of buying the land of the Ottoman Empire to Zhu Youxiao, and said that he didn't know if it was appropriate, and hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would decide. Zhu Youxiao was also very happy after receiving this news, although it was the land that the local governor sold to the Fengyang Kingdom privately, as long as the contract was in hand, he was not afraid of them going back. He didn't want to go to war with the Ottoman Empire, or Zhu Youxiao didn't plan to go to war everywhere in the future, unlike when the Jurchens were going to destroy the country if they didn't defeat them, but now they are very powerful, and if they can solve the problem with money, it's better not to fight.

The Ottoman Empire is the bridgehead to resist the European powers in the future, Zhu Youxiao does not want it to collapse like later generations, so he has to give the necessary help at a critical time, so Zhu Youxiao does not plan to stiffen relations with the Ottoman Empire, and now that the Fengyang Kingdom has this contract in its hand, it can give Murad IV or his successor a decent reason to give them up the war. Of course, if there is an independent event in the Arabian Peninsula like history, it is best to isolate the Ottoman Empire from the Fengyang Kingdom without affecting the overall situation of the Ottoman Empire.

Next, Zhu Youxiao wrote back to Zhu Changrun, telling him that this matter was done very beautifully, and he would immediately transport more weapons to him, and it was estimated that the Safavid Dynasty would also need more weapons, and if the Safavid Dynasty came to negotiate with the envoys to buy weapons, they could also discuss it with them, and let them sign the reality of recognizing the current sphere of influence of the Fengyang Kingdom, otherwise they would no longer give them weapons, and wait until the Ottoman Empire captured Baghdad, and then negotiate with them to bring over the Bushehr Province on the Persian Gulf coast. If they still don't agree, they are told to unite with the Ottoman Empire and divide their lands in the lower Tigris.

With the arrival of large quantities of munitions in Abadan by tankers, the port is now very well developed, and the port has some modern characteristics. Under the hard work of Daming engineers, the reinforced concrete process has been successfully applied here, and the towing ship no longer relies on fiber pulling and sailing, and is completely driven by the steam engine ship, which greatly improves the efficiency of entry and exit. The goods on and off the ship are also powered by steam engines, and the conveyor belt made of linen, silk cotton and steel wire weaving is very strong, and can be transported directly from the cargo accumulation point at the dock to the ship, saving countless labor. Under the guidance of Zhu Youxiao, the container mode is also adopted, which is more convenient for loading and unloading, and the rail crane is equipped, which greatly improves the work efficiency.

Looking at the more advanced port, Zhu Changrun felt that he was too happy, the arms sent by Zhu Youxiao had been unloaded, and the huge warehouse was piled up like a mountain of weapons, although the Khalid family exchanged land for a large number of weapons last time, it seemed to be a little loss-making, but the exclusive oil trade brought huge profits to Tenglong Bank, plus Tenglong Bank itself also has a weapons manufacturing plant, the cost of manufacturing these weapons is low, it is not a loss at all, Zhu Youxiao does not care about this benefit, Zhu Changrun doesn't care even more. This time, the weapons brought by the full transport ships were still ready to be exchanged for land, and it was up to the Persians to see if they recognized it, and if they did not know each other, they would have to suffer a great loss.

The Persians came, bringing with them a lot of carpets, saffron, turquoise, nuts, dates, etc., but there was no gold and silver, their treasury was no longer abundant, and the battle of Baghdad dragged them to exhaustion, and a lot of money was spent there, and they really couldn't draw up much money, so they had to exchange these native products for weapons.

After arguing in the Ming Dynasty and selling weapons in Africa, Zhu Changrun can be said to be extremely shrewd, since Zhu Youxiao gave him advice, Zhu Changrun kept the local products purchased from here in the dock warehouse, and did not transport a boat, his purpose was to negotiate the price with the Persians. Judging from their expressions when they bought weapons last time, they knew that they were nervous about gold and silver, and Zhu Youxiao's suggestion made him feel that he could make a lot of money.

Entertain the Persian guests with good food and drink, and then look at the goods they brought, and don't talk about the price, so they took them to the warehouse at the dock, and walked around the warehouse, without saying anything, the Persian guests naturally understood what Zhu Changrun meant.

Look at the various local specialties piled up like a mountain here, you can understand that Zhu Changrun has to talk about the price this time, so many goods are not shipped out, there are only two possibilities, one is insufficient capacity, a large number of goods are backlogged, and the other is that these goods are unsalable, unsalable means that the price will be reduced, otherwise who will lose money to do business.

It is definitely impossible to say that the first situation is impossible, the port's transportation, loading and unloading capacity is free, that is, these goods are unsalable in Daming, or Zhu Changrun deliberately designed this scene. Not much for the Persian envoys, he still has no way to break this situation, even if he turns his face and says that Zhu Changrun did it on purpose, Zhu Changrun just doesn't buy them weapons.

After returning to the hotel, the face of the Persian envoy was very ugly, now the situation in Baghdad is very dangerous, and a large supply of weapons is urgently needed, especially a large number of bullets and shells, which are one-time consumables, and I don't know how much money the Ottoman Empire has spent, anyway, their artillery is so suppressed that the Persian soldiers can't raise their heads, if they can't buy a lot of weapons this time, then it will be a matter of time before Baghdad falls.

After thinking about it, the Persian envoy finally went to Zhu Changrun to find a way. Came to Zhu Changrun's palace hard, and when he saw Zhu Changrun, he had to smile all over his face, and how Persia and the Ming Dynasty were friendly neighbors, and how the friendship between the two sides had a long history, even starting from the Han Dynasty and ending with the recent arms transaction between the two sides.

Fortunately, there was still a trace of clarity in his mind, and Zhu Changrun mentioned the death of Abbas I in the invasion of Daming, so that the Persian envoy understood that he was not easy to fool, so he had to laugh at himself in embarrassment. Just as the Persian envoys were desperate to leave, Zhu Changrun took out the agreement signed by the Khalid family on behalf of their governor.