After returning to the Ottoman Empire from London, Mo San had recently been recuperating in Smyrna. When he is older, his physical function is not as good as before, so he can no longer work all day long as before, and gradually cultivate and promote young people, and then let young people go to the front, which is what a person like him who is running to the age of five should do.

For example, Mo San is now focusing on cultivating two people, one is Gao Wengang, the son of Gao Mo, a veteran of the diplomatic world, who is now studying with Mo San, Mo San plans to observe and teach him at close range for two years, and then try to let him take care of a trading station, and after accumulating a certain amount of experience, he can consider letting him be responsible for one aspect of affairs alone.

The other is a 37-year-old Li Qing, who was a junior high school student before the crossing, ACG house, joined the navy after ten years of clerical work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs at his own strong request, but was "returned" by the navy in less than a year - it is really not this material. After many years of being transferred to the Admiralty as a staff officer, he had recently retired from the rank of captain in the Navy and was then assigned to Smyrna to help with Mo San on errands.

Mo San also has a headache about how to arrange this kind of high-level crossing, after all, no matter how much people don't care, they are also crossers, they are "their own people", and they can't be ignored or neglected. So, after thinking about it, Mo San decided to save this guy, train him in foreign affairs, and give him some simple tasks by the way. For example, Ma De, who was originally in charge of the Kafa slave trade, recently went to The Hague in the Netherlands to serve as the permanent diplomatic envoy of the East Coast Republic of China (possibly promoted to ambassador in the future), and no one took over the affairs here for a while, so Mo San thought about it and handed it over to Li Qing, who is said to be fond of blondes. Let's see how bad this kid is.

The result was quite satisfactory to Mo San. The handover between Li Qing, a "young man", and the Azov Chamber of Commerce was smooth. The operation of the Qaffa merchant post was not very good, but at least there were no mistakes, and the befriending of the local Ottoman officials and Tatar nobles was carried out in an orderly manner, and the work was basically qualified - if you ignore the fact that he had been guarding himself and stealing two slave girls in the first few months of his tenure.

There was a successor to the foreign affairs of the Great East Coast, and Mo San was relieved, and then concentrated on staying in Smyrna and becoming a turtle. This is not the reason, as another storm of coup d'état is looming over Istanbul, the heart of the Ottoman Empire. Grand Vizitta Ernhoku. Ahmet (in recent years, the Ottoman prime minister has been really diligent, each Grand Viqi can only serve for one or two years on average, and only two or three years at most), the court eunuch Suleiman Agha, the sultan's biological mother Turhan, the military forces, Suleiman, the popular prince Suleiman, and the unruly local leader of the Sellari rebels, are about to join forces to start a battle in Istanbul to determine the future direction of the empire.

At this time, Mo San felt that it was better to hide as far as he could, anyway, Cheng Dù, who was entangled in the interests of the Ottoman Empire and the East Coast Republic of China, would befriend the East Coast no matter who came to power, especially when the Dardanelles Strait was still blocked by the Venetian fleet, this connection was even closer.

However, as the plenipotentiary envoy of the Eastern Republic to the Ottoman Empire. Even if Mo San hid in Smyrna, his leisure still couldn't last long. February 1. Former head of the Garni Shari Legion, who has been disgraced from his post as Grand Vizi, Kara Brown. Murad came to the door. At first, Mo San thought that he had come to buy equipment for the Ottoman Army, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Mo San was startled.

"You mean, you're an admiral now?" Mo San's eyes widened, and he looked at Murad Aga with incredible eyes—oh no, maybe it should be called Kara now. Murad Pasha up, honorable Ottoman Navy Pasha!

"It's crazy!" Mo San said, "The transition from the world-famous Ganishari Legion to serving in the Navy is too big to be true. ”

"But it's true, Mo, my friend." Carla. Murad Pasha picked up a cup of coffee, took a sip, and said: "My task now is to break the blockade of the Dardanelles by the Venetians, this is important, Mo, I want to ask for your help. Now that the sea traffic between Egypt, Syria and Istanbul has been completely cut off, and the Rumili region also had a failed harvest last year, the situation is not very rosy, and hungry soldiers can rise up at any time to riot, they have this tradition. In addition, the Sivas region is also home to a large number of Serari rebels, and to make matters worse, these rebels still have a backstage in the court, and the Ottoman Empire has now entered a critical moment. ”

"It's a mess." Mo San shook his head and commented, "So you urgently need to break the Venetian blockade of the Dardanelles so that wheat from Egypt and Syria can be brought into Istanbul, and at the same time, a large number of soldiers and supplies can be transported to Crete via Alexandria to support the large army fighting on the front line?" ”

"Yes, I need more warships, artillery!" Carla. Murad Pasha said bluntly, "Of the many warships we ordered from your country, only the Bayezid is still alive today. But the sailors who piloted her were a bunch of cowards, who preferred to hide under the shelter of coastal defense batteries rather than go out to sea to fight the Venetians. I have not been in charge of the navy for a long time, and these moths will have to be cleaned up sooner or later, of course, before that, I need to order a number of warships from your country to strengthen our navy. Hassan will come to discuss this with you in detail, so please help and the people of Allah will always remember this friendship. ”

"I'll do my best to communicate with the locals about this." Mo San didn't dare to admit it, so he only vaguely agreed: "There is no problem with the sail frigate gunboat and the fast cruiser, the battleship may be in some trouble, but I will try my best to fight for it." In addition, there are more than 50 naval long-barreled guns in our trading station in Smyrna that have been stored for a long time, and you can pick them up now. ”

"Very good, I'm much more relieved now!" Carla. Murad Pasha happily patted Mo San on the shoulder and said, "The previous vassals of the Empire in North Africa, such as the Governor of Algiers and others, gathered some warships, intending to use them to reorganize our navy, and then fight to the death with the Venetians. Completely lift the blockade of the Dardanelles. Before that. Maybe I have some doubts about whether I can win this battle. But now I feel like I'm much more sure. ”

Mo San also smiled cooperatively. He didn't know if the Ottoman navy, which was composed of the fleet of North African pirates, had defeated the Venetians and lifted the blockade of the Dardanelles, but since these guns could boost Murad Pasha's confidence in victory, Mo San was naturally happy to sell them all.

However, the Ottoman navy is also tragic enough now, and in recent years, almost every battle with the Venetians has suffered a lot of losses. I don't know if it's because of the ships and tactics, or because of the personnel, maybe it's both, in short, they are now at a loss in the exchange ratio in naval battles. The Venetians often had to pay a small price to achieve good results - and this apparently explains why the battleship Bayezid, which had been bought back from the east coast, had lost confidence in the harbor as a storage fleet.

"Also, there's one more thing I might want you to help ......" said Kara, who has always been quick to talk. Murad Pasha also hesitated a little, and only heard him say in a slightly begging tone: "You also know that since the return of Muhammad Sultan to power, the life of the Ghani-Shari Legion and the Sipahi Legion has been much harder. Now there is even rumor in the palace that the army will be purged, which makes many soldiers feel panicked, so they ......"

Mo San didn't speak, quietly waiting for Murad Pasha to continue. He also lived in the Ottoman Empire for so many years. The rules of the game are clear about the brutality of the country. The Legion of Ghanishari was forced to end a three-year period of military control because of its ineffectiveness against the Venetians. This allowed the Sultan of Muhammad to come to power in advance. And since the Sultan is in power, do they, the soldiers who were so arrogant before, still have a good life?

Respected generals such as Murad Pasha and Commander Bektash may be fine, but a large number of mid- and low-ranking generals and soldiers under their command are destined to be purged by the political forces that accompanied the rise of the Sultan's pro-government, and the fate that awaits them is very simple, and it is also the usual simple and crude style of the Ottoman Empire: death (of course, some low-level soldiers will also be reduced to slavery).

Mo San, who knew the inside story of the Ottoman Empire, had now vaguely guessed that this Murad Pashamo was not asking the east bank to accommodate some of the officers and soldiers of the Ganishari legion, so that they would not be brutally purged by the nouveau riche?

Sure enough, after a long silence, Murad Pasha slowly said what he wanted to say: "I ask you to accept some of the officers of the Guards who are about to be persecuted, and allow them to bring their families into exile in your country. These are Christians recruited from childhood through the Demisem system (and of course have now converted to Islam), and they are skillful, experienced, and strong-willed, and I have taken them for many years, and I cannot bear to see them persecuted...... You can rest assured, I will take care of it from beginning to end, and some people just want them to leave that position, and they don't necessarily need to be killed, so you don't have to worry about any bad effects. ”

"What if ......" Mo San decided to sell the Ganishari Legion for a while after thinking for a while, only to hear him say: "If they are willing to settle on the East Coast and overseas colonies, then of course we welcome it." ”

As an "old Ottoman", Mo San certainly knew how deeply entrenched the Ganishari legion and the so-called Demisheme class were in the Ottoman Empire, and wanted to uproot the power of the Guards? It's still early! Therefore, he decided to help the army at this moment, which can be regarded as a political and emotional investment for himself.

What's more, these officers (and perhaps many soldiers) are extremely rare military talents, who have learned how to fight wars since childhood, may not be very advanced in terms of military thinking, but their personal skills and organizational discipline are not to be mentioned, they are very good. When these people arrived in the Eastern Republic, it was very convenient to disperse and settle (lest they form a Muslim community that was difficult to assimilate), and then use their spare heat to defeat the natives, such as the Sakarava and Melina on the island of New China, so Mo San agreed without much hesitation.

In fact, Mo San was right, and soon after, the incumbent Grand Vizitta Ernhoku of the Garni Shari Army was strictly suppressed and restricted. Ahmed Pasha would have been implicated in the "plot of Prince Suleiman (brother of Muhammad Sultan) to usurp the throne" and thus executed. In this incident, it is heard that the Ghanishari army made a critical dispatch to stabilize the situation, and played a crucial role in the final victory of the forces opposing the Grand Viqi.

Mo San's political investment is destined to be compensated extremely generously. (To be continued......)