Chapter 112 Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Cross the Black Sea through the strait

This emissary sent by the Ottoman Sultan. Sha Xin's words were very sincere, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong asked him to rest first, and the two came to the side of the boat.

Zheng Zhilong said: "Damn, don't hit the smiling person when you raise your hand!" It seems that it will be difficult to fight any longer! But there is the Bosphorus Strait in front, the strait is more than 30 kilometers, the widest point is less than 4 kilometers in the north, the narrowest point is only more than 700 meters, and there are many castle batteries on both sides. ”

"Huh!" Mu Yi smiled and said, "In the current situation, if we still fire the artillery, I'm afraid our two countries will have to go to war again!" This is also not in line with our overall deployment. The meaning of the home is that it still takes some time to digest the area we occupy. As for the right of passage through the strait, it may need to be resolved by our negotiations! However, in any case, the initiative is still in our hands, and if they don't agree to our demands, we will be able to knock out Istanbul at any time! ”

"Okay! Without firing the artillery, we can also take a good look at the scenery on both sides of the strait on the road. Zheng Zhilong said, "Take out your good wine, let's drink it while watching the scenery!" ”

"You guy, what good wine do you still think about me?"

"Don't hide!" Zheng Zhilong said, "When we get to the Black Sea, I think Li Wei and the army should be able to prepare some good wine for the two of us." You should also bring wine when you go back! ”

"Good! We are drinking and watching the scenery, don't you say, the scenery on both sides of the strait is really good! Mu Yi said, "However, tell the brothers not to slack off, to prevent a sudden attack by the Turks!" ”

"Don't worry about this, we will arrange the fleet reasonably, and the warships will be far apart, even if they move one of our ships, other ships can fight back, so I can't eat it!" Zheng Zhilong is the master who never suffers.

Zhang Zhimu once again will be the emir. When Shaheen invited him out, he said to him: "Your Excellency, we have studied it and feel that what you said has some truth, and we have also felt the sincerity of His Majesty the Sultan. We have decided that we will not use force as long as you refrain from armed provocations. But you have to sail with us through the Bosphorus in front of you to ensure our safety. As for the events that have already taken place between us, I suggest that we negotiate a settlement exclusively! ”

"Good! This is exactly what our Majesty meant," said the Emile. "Please also be assured that our Sultanate has informed all troops not to interfere with your freedom of navigation," Shaheen said. I will personally accompany you through this strait. ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Okay! Then let's sail! ”

"Let me signal to the ship that came with me, and let him lead the way!" Emir. Shaheen said with some flattery.

"Forget it! The strait ahead is against the current, your ship is too slow, let's go by ourselves! Zheng Zhilong said disdainfully.

"Oh! That's fine! ”

The Yaogang fleet started with a bang and entered the Bosphorus through the Sea of Marmara.

At this time Emir. Shaheen was in a particularly mixed mood, and as soon as he boarded the Tarzan, he knew that His Majesty the Sultan had made a very wise decision against public opinion. With such a warship, the Ottoman Empire had no means to counter it.

According to the emir. At Shahin's suggestion, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong discussed it, leaving a transport ship that still had unsold goods to dock in Istanbul, and the other ships did not stop and sailed directly into the Bosphorus.

After entering the Bosphorus, it was against the current and the wind, but all the ships of the Ming Dynasty were moving forward as if nothing happened, and if it weren't for the narrow lanes and safety, the speed would have been very fast.

Emir. Shaheen understood that the Ottoman Empire would not take advantage of this in naval warfare. Those bulky sailboats can only be targets.

In order to bring the relationship closer, the emir. Shaheen came to Zheng Zhilong, who was looking out from the bow of the ship, and said, "General, do you know the origin of the name of this Bosphorus?" ”

"Oh, I haven't heard of that!" Apparently the emir. Shaheen brought up Zheng Zhilong's interest.

"The Greek word Bosphorus means ox crossing. Zeus, the king of the gods of ancient Greece, once turned into a majestic sacred cow and carried a beautiful human princess to swim from this rough strait to the other side. Hence the name of the strait! ”

"It's a beautiful legend, but unfortunately, it's never too peaceful here!"

"If we unite the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty, we can keep peace here forever!" Emir. Sha Xin's words were very decent, and when Zheng Zhilong heard this, he also looked at him carefully. The heart said that the Ottoman Empire was really not all reckless people, and there were really people who could speak well.

The Ottoman sultan, of course, would not have sent an idiot to be an emissary, emir. Shaheen is a very smart man. He had been watching the ship closely, trying to learn as much as he could about it, but he was shocked to see two Portuguese on board. When he learned that the Ming Dynasty and the Portuguese had fought a war and reconciled, the two Portuguese were sent by the King of Portugal to the Ming Dynasty as navigators, and his heart was very cold. Although there is no religious war between Christians and *** now, this natural estrangement between them cannot be removed. Especially the Ming Dynasty Navy These people are really not ordinary people, and they can reconcile with others after subduing them, which is something that ordinary people can't do. It's no wonder that people can cross the world, and this is definitely not something that can be done by virtue of technical superiority alone. Due to the obvious technological superiority of their ship, their human abilities are easily overlooked, in fact, this is the most fatal thing.

Emir. Shaheen knew that he would have to alert His Majesty the Sultan when he returned. The gap between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Dynasty was not just a gap in equipment.

Sure enough, like the emir. Shaheen said that after entering the strait, there was no further attack, and the guns on the forts on both sides of the strait and the guns on the castles were all backwards, and the cannons on the ships on the docks on the shore were also retracted.

When the fleet was sailing in the Bosphorus, it received a telegram from the command center transmitted by Fan Chengkun. The command center affirmed Mu Yi's approach, hard when it should be hard, and soft when it should be, which leaves a lot of room for solving problems later.

There is nothing more comfortable than getting home, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong watched the scenery on both sides of the Bosphorus on the deck, and drank all the good wine that Mu Yi had been collecting.

Emir. Shaheen looked carefully at all the places he was allowed to go on the boat. He noticed that there were many people on the ship who were busy, and when he asked, he found out that this was a detailed measurement of the route with a theodolite. What he didn't know was that the ship was still measuring the seabed with an underwater acoustic detector all the way, and with the location measured above, it was making a more detailed chart.

It was a morning when the fleet left the Bosphorus, and in front of it was the often stormy Black Sea. Shaheen is going to disembark here.

Zheng Zhilong asked people to bring the latest products of Yaogang, gave him a beautiful watch, and said to him: "Although we both represent our two countries, we must strive for the best interests of our respective countries." But as an individual, you have made a deep impression on me. I hope that our two countries can be at peace forever, and I hope we can be friends! ”

Emir. Shahin was also unambiguous, took off a jade accessory on his body, and said: "Thank you general, I didn't prepare anything, this ornament has followed me for many years, leave it as a souvenir!" The wind and waves ahead are still high, please take care. If possible, please return to the ship while the fleet docks in Istanbul, and I will do my best landlord's friendship! ”

"Good! By that time, the misunderstanding between our two countries has been resolved! Zheng Zhilong waved his hand to the emir. Shaheen disembarked into the boat.

Entering the Black Sea, it was indeed a storm again, Zheng Zhilong said: "The Black Sea is called the Black Sea because there are too many black storms!" ”

Mu Yi said: "We have seen the big waves of the Cape of Good Hope, do we still care about the wind and waves here?" ”

"Also, break through and enter the Assyrian Sea, and the two deputy commanders are waiting for us with good wine and meat!" Zheng Zhilong's excitement is also beyond words.

"Send a telegram directly to Li Wei and Deputy Commander Li Jing, telling them that we have entered the Black Sea, please prepare wine and meat!" Mu Yi is in a good mood now!

After a while, Li Wei called back: "Fat Sheep Fresh Fish and Wine have been prepared, I hope to arrive as soon as possible!" ”

Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong received the telegram, and their eyes were a little moist. They knew the voyage was going to be successful. The significance of this voyage is definitely not how much gold and silver he earned, but to open up his own east-west passage. There is also a complete connection from the land and sea, and the meaning is even different!

Li Wei and Li Jing received a telegram from Mu Yi, and they were even happier than Mu Yi!

They had been keeping an eye on the fleet for a long time, and when they heard that they were fighting with the Ottomans again, they asked their families if they needed to put some pressure on the Ottomans on land here.

The call back from the command center was as simple as "No! ”

Li Wei and Li Jing knew that everything was under control.

Li Jing couldn't help but say to Li Wei: "Lao Fan, the two of them are okay!" ”

"Not really! If you want to talk about reputation, that Zheng Zhilong is more famous than Mu Yi, everyone in Xiyi knows that there is a 'Yihong General' in the East, and he has more than a thousand ships in Fujian, you know this! Li Wei said.

"Of course I know, I made the little stuff in his house! Hehe! Li Jing said very smugly.

"Huh! Lao Zheng still doesn't hate you to death? Li Wei asked with a smile.

"My men are defeated, it's useless to hate!" Li Jing said, "But the navigator Zheng is really a good hand!" It's not easy for them! When they arrive, they must give them a drink! ”

"Oops! I'm waiting for them to send me a large piece of equipment! You see it's cold, and it's hard to unload the equipment when it freezes! Li Wei looked at the snowflakes floating outside the window and said.

"In any case, if you want to install large-scale equipment, you will have to wait until the beginning of spring next year!" Li Jing said, "But according to the clues provided by the Mongolians, we found the big coal field, which can be regarded as a big harvest this year." We don't have to transport coal from afar on our ships in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea! ”

"God really has eyes!" Li Wei said, "But in the future, if our shipping route is really open, the oil here can also be transported by big ships, so it will be easier for us to use oil." Otherwise, if you bring it by car from over there, more than half of it will burn the car itself! ”

"That's right! We're going to build a couple of big tanks on the dock! "Oil can be unloaded directly from the ship into the tank." ”

"That's what happened!" Li Wei said, "However, the two engineers sent by Li Yunhe the day before yesterday said that the oil tank also needs to have many things such as fire prevention, anti-static, and lightning protection, and special pumps are needed for oil loading and unloading." There's a lot going on. He also said that a special oil tanker is needed! ”

"Oh my God! Don't bother me with these things! "Li Jing doesn't want to worry about it, especially Li Wei, a senior brother, he has more to rely on here!

Mu Yi and their fleet, against the strong wind, saw the land in front of them from a distance, and everyone braved the wind to come to the deck to cheer!

It's time for the flotilla to approach the Kerch Strait, and the artillery on the coast salutes the flotilla of the victorious voyage!

Mu Yi ordered the Taishan to also fire a salute!

The sound of "dong dong" cannons on the sea seems to say that the wind and waves have been suppressed.

The Kerch Strait is more than 40 kilometers long, but the water here is very shallow, and in some places it is even only five meters deep, so for safety, the Tarzan and the 25,000-ton cargo ship stopped at a sheltered place at the entrance of the strait and anchored. The two large ships could only enter the strait along the deep-water channel on the west coast of the strait when the wind and waves were light and the tide was high. Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong also braved the wind and waves to transfer to a 1,800-ton warship.

Although the northwest wind is fierce in winter, ordinary sailing ships do not dare to sail here in this season, but the Yaogang warship entered the Kerch Strait smoothly against the wind.

The Assyrian Sea is also a shallow sea, and the fleet entering the Assyrian Sea must also carefully explore and advance to avoid running aground.

When Mu Yi and his fleet saw the floating dock built, they used the radio to contact Li Wei.

Li Wei said with some excitement: "Commander Mu, Commander Zheng, you have worked hard! Welcome home! ”

"Thank you! Commander Lee! We're home! Mu Yi was also a little excited. A sentence of going home is simply the best comfort.

Many officers and men on the shore lined up to greet the Yaogang fleet, and the sound of "dong dong" artillery was even louder. It seems that God was also moved, and the strong wind that had been blowing all the time stopped.

When the warship approached the dock, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong walked down the gangway, Li Wei and Li Jing greeted them, and the four of them shook hands and hugged each other, and the man's eyes were a little moist.

Li Wei said: "I heard that you are fighting with the Ottoman Empire on the shore, and we want to send troops from here to deal with you, but the family does not agree!" ”

Zheng Zhilong said with a smile: "You can still do such a little thing!" We sent them away easily! If they hadn't sent someone to say good things about it, we would have leveled Istanbul and come back! ”

Li Jing also came over and said: "Lao Zheng is not interesting enough, so he likes to eat alone!" ”

"Oops! You have taken down such a large area here, and our navy has not caught anything? Mu Yi also argued.

Li Wei said: "Don't say it, if your navy can come over earlier, we can fight more happily!" However, you are back, and we will have the final say on the Black Sea coast! ”

Li Jing said: "Let's not talk about it here. The lamb on the shore has long been cooked, and the fish has been stewed. If we don't leave, the brothers on the boat can't come down, and we can't eat good things. Let's go! ”

Seeing that rows of houses had been built on the shore, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong were overjoyed.

Mu Yi said: "Commander Li, you welcome home, I almost burst into tears!" It's really different from relying on someone else's port! ”

Zheng Zhilong also said: "I didn't expect you to build this place like this!" ”

Li Jing said: "Actually, we are waiting for you to transport large boilers, large generators, and large steam turbines. When these things arrive, we can build power plants. Let me tell you, we just discovered a coal field, and those experts say it's a big coal field. In this way, you don't have to worry about the coal burned on your ship, you don't have to transport it, and the coal of the power plant we built has also been solved! ”

"Great!" "We also brought a lot of reinforced concrete, as well as large terminal loading and unloading equipment. It's going to be easy to do in the future! ”

Snowflakes were falling outside, but it was warm inside, and a few people were sweating.

Mu Yi said: "We originally wanted to flatten the forts on both sides of the entire Turkish Strait, but we couldn't help it, we all said that we wouldn't raise our hands and not hit smiling people." But those of us who go to negotiate with them should win our free access to the strait. Otherwise, we will be in trouble in the future! ”

"Huh!" Li Wei smiled and said, "Do you know who went to negotiate with them to settle this matter this time?" ”

"I don't know!" Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong both shook their heads!

"Sun Chuanting!" Li Wei said, "Master Sun is a veteran of negotiations with the Ottoman Empire!" ”

"He fought for that part of the Two Rivers Valley, right?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"That's right, it's him!" Li Wei smiled and said, "Master Sun doesn't suffer at all. It was also his idea to negotiate with the Persians! ”

"Haha! Then we are relieved! Mu Yi said with a laugh.

The Ottoman Sultan sent away the envoy who went to negotiate, in fact, he was the one who advised people not to use force, and the Sultan sent someone to invite the chief treasurer of the kiln.

The chief treasurer didn't know what was going on, and he was still a little nervous when he was summoned by the Sultan, and after seeing the ceremony, the Sultan said to the chief treasurer: "I'm really sorry, I know you're very busy, but something urgent happened, and I have to invite you!" ”

"Your Majesty, you're welcome, we don't have your care here, and our business is not easy to do. What do you need me to do, just ask! "The big shopkeeper is very good at saying kind words.

"That's right, our Ottoman fleet patrolling the Aegean Sea has a misunderstanding with your ocean-going fleet, and there has been an exchange of fire. As your fleet passed through the Dardanelles, there was an exchange of fire with our castle batteries on the shore and with the ships on the docks. I've just gotten the news and I've sent someone to stop it. I would like to ask you to contact Mr. Zhang from the Ming Dynasty, and don't let the situation expand further. If there is a misunderstanding due to our empire, we will compensate for all losses! I suggest that the two sides immediately send personnel to negotiate and resolve this matter, and not let this matter affect our bilateral relations! ”

The chief treasurer understood as soon as he heard it, "Your Majesty, we are only in charge of trade, not military affairs. However, I can convey your Majesty's advice on my behalf. This matter is too big, if Your Majesty has nothing else to do, I will go back and send a telegram to the house immediately!" ”