After the messenger had heard all the news, Murad IV burst out laughing and was very happy.

For Europe, successive Ottoman rulers were ambitious. But without that strength, you can only keep this ambition in your heart. In the original history, the army was not sent until September 1683, but the first battle of Vienna was defeated by the European coalition.

As a capable Ottoman monarch, Murad IV was naturally happy that Europe was attacked by the Ming army, especially when he found that the Ming army was attacked by the Ming army regardless of camp, whether it was Poland in the Catholic camp or Sweden in the Protestant camp, he was even more happy.

Compared to Westerners, Murad IV knew something about the Ming Kingdom, both from the Mongol side and from his previous records of dealing with the Ming Kingdom.

After laughing for a while, Murad IV slowly suppressed his laughter, and suddenly ordered his subordinates: "Immediately send a messenger to contact the leader of the Ming army in Tsarist Russia, the general named Li Dingguo, and tell him that if the Ming army can agree to my conditions, I can send troops to help the Ming army fight those heretics together!" As long as I, the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Kingdom, join forces, I believe that the whole of Europe will lie at our feet! ”

When his subordinates heard this, they all started to gossip, which was nothing more than saying that the Ming army was able to get the friendship of Murad IV, which was really too far. With the support of the Ottoman Empire, the Ming army would definitely be able to win the battle in the European theater. Anyway, in their opinion, it seems that from this moment on, if the Ming army does not have the help of the Ottoman Empire, it will be difficult to move an inch, and if it is not good, it will be completely annihilated.

After Murad IV said the conditions, they added one after another, as if saying that their prince was too merciful and too good to the Ming army, and that more conditions should be added.

However, Murad IV himself was not so inflated, and when he made up his mind, he asked people to immediately contact the Ming army of Tsarist Russia.

After dealing with this matter, he was a little unable to raise his energy for the current war with the Persian Safavid Dynasty. Because, in his eyes, he expects the Ottoman Empire to trample the whole of Europe under his feet!

After thinking about it for a long time, the next morning, Murad IV made up his mind, and instructed his men: "Send a letter to Safi that the waste, if he admits that we say that the occupied place belongs to the Ottomans, then I can stop calling him and sign a contract with him." If he doesn't agree, I'll definitely lead the troops to him! ”

He sent troops this time because he knew the situation of the new emperor of Persia and felt that there was a bargain to be picked up.

In fact, what he learned was correct. Safi was only eighteen years old when he succeeded to the throne, and he was brutal and restrained. During his reign, he ruthlessly weeded out anyone who could threaten his power, executing almost all the princes of the Safavid royal family, as well as those courtiers and generals who had distinguished themselves. On weekdays, he pays little attention to political affairs, has no cultural or academic interests, and is said to have difficulty reading and writing. Have a long-term habit of drinking and opium abuse.

At this time, Murad IV felt that the opportunity was rare, and a mediocre and incompetent person like Safi could come over and bully him at any time, so it was better to seize the opportunity of the Ming army to fight with the Europeans first, and solve the European side first.

As for the Persian side, Safavid, a mediocre and incompetent man, would have happily agreed at once when he heard the news of the peace talks. With this in mind, he began to prepare for the war against Europe. After all, the countries of Europe are still very strong, and he is self-aware of this.

But the butterfly wings brought by Emperor Chongzhen continue to fan over Europe and Asia, and many things are different from the original history.

In the palace of the Persian capital, the smell of wine was suffocating, and several maids were waiting on the side with wine, while Safi was holding a wine glass, as if he was excited to drink, his face was good, and he stared at the people below and asked, "I heard me right, Shah Jahan actually proposed peace talks?" ”

"Your Majesty, yes, our Great Khan is willing to negotiate peace, and we will always be a brotherly state." The man below, apparently an emissary of the Mughal Empire, replied respectfully.

Safi was very happy to hear this, although he didn't care about politics and knew how to drink and smoke opium all day long, but the east and west sides of the empire were invaded by two neighbors, and he was still somewhat unhappy. Originally, he was still a little worried, but suddenly heard that Shah Jahan took the initiative to sue for peace, which was his political achievement, so he suddenly forgot that the Mughal Empire was aggressive before, and he still wanted to seize the important town of Kandahar, so he wanted to agree.

After all, in his opinion, the Ottoman Empire was relatively stronger, and Murad IV personally led the army in the war. If the east can avoid fighting, it will be able to deal with the war in the west.

At this moment, someone suddenly came in and announced that the envoy of Murad IV of the Ottoman Empire had arrived.

This made Safi stunned when he heard it, what was going on, why did the two enemies send envoys in unison?

I was summoned in and asked, but I didn't expect that I was also here for peace talks. However, the Ottoman Empire went too far and demanded that he recognize the occupied places. If it had been the same as before, Safi might have agreed, not wanting to make trouble, and wishing that the Ottoman Empire would not come to fight. But at this time, he felt that under his rule, his strength was not bad, and look, Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire took the initiative to sue for peace.

So, he finally rose up and did not agree to Murad IV's request, which made Murad IV's envoy angry and said bluntly that Persia was waiting to bear the wrath of the Ottoman Empire!

On the side of the Mughal Empire, Safi agreed, after all, he didn't lose anything, and he was very dignified.

Shah Jahan's messenger did not say much and hurriedly returned to his country.

Originally, in history, in this year, the Mughal Empire finally forced the landing of Kandahar, but because of the butterfly effect of the Ming army, Kandahar was finally in the hands of Persia.

When Shah Jahan heard the messenger's return, he was surprised by the affairs of the Ottoman Empire, but he did not think much about it, but he had already achieved what he wanted, so he hurriedly ordered the army to retreat.

However, he did not pay attention to the fact that the army had been fighting in the north and Persia for many years, and had been working hard to conquer Kandahar. Who would have thought that in the end, it was the Mughal Empire that first sued for peace and left the north in disgrace. This not only cheered up the governor of Kandahar in Persia, but also overshadowed the Mughal army, and morale was inevitably damaged.

For these, Emperor Chongzhen is not clear. But even if it was clear, he wouldn't care much. For the Ming Dynasty at this time, even if you use the strength of the Mughal Empire to attack, it is expected. Usually you brag on the Indian peninsula, saying that you are invincible in the world and so on, and you do as you please, but now if you want to face the Ming Dynasty, then try it.

If it is replaced by the Ming Dynasty in the vicinity of the Persian Empire, he will rely on Safi's behavior, ignore the government and politics, and kill all the men of the royal family, and kill all the ministers and generals with prestige and ability, just rush this, and the Ming Dynasty can destroy Persia in minutes! How can it be like the Mughal Empire, which has been fighting for so many years, and has not even beaten a Kandahar!

The Great Khan of the Mughal Empire is also embarrassed to call "Shah Jahan" ("Shah Jahan" means "ruler of the world" in Persian), and it is really that the tiger is not at home, and the monkey is the overlord!

Let's go back to the Ming side, at this time, the Ming Dynasty has returned to Nanjing. In late autumn, Nanjing is actually cold.

However, at this time, Nanjing was particularly lively, and countless people came out of the house, just like the balloon test back then, and the roofs everywhere were full of people. While knocking melon seeds and eating snacks, they chatted about the sky, and by the way, they should bask in the sun.

"I don't know what the emperor said about the airship, what kind of airship? Wouldn't it still be the same as Kong Ming Lantern? ”

"That's definitely not going to happen, I heard the emperor say with my own ears that it's called a hot air balloon, which is indeed similar to Kong Ming lanterns, but now this airship is completely different."

"What's the difference, tell me?"

"How do I know? Otherwise, why did I take my place so early, I just wanted to see what this airship was like! ”

“……”

As they spoke, they looked at the place under the Imperial City that had been under martial law from time to time. In the past, horse-drawn carriages came from outside the city, and they stopped there, and many people were busy. But when they looked at it, they couldn't see anything, so they could only guess.

While they were discussing, someone suddenly shouted, "The royal driver is coming, and the royal driver is coming out." Suddenly, all the chattering voices disappeared, and the square in front of the imperial city immediately fell silent, and everyone turned their heads to look at the imperial city.

I saw that the gate of the imperial city was opened, and a group of civil and military officials came out and stood under the imperial city. And on the tower of the city gate, under the canopy, stood Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, and even the prince and harem concubines also went to the city.

The sound of drums suddenly came from the imperial city, slowly but powerfully, echoing in the sky above the imperial city.

In the square below the Imperial City, in the middle of the carriage, the people could be seen, and after hearing the sound of powerful drums, they began to move. When the onlookers outside saw it, they stared at it one by one, eager to see all the situation there.

After a while, slowly, something could be seen. Those who had seen a hot air balloon test last time, after slowly seeing what was appearing, couldn't help but exclaim, "This ...... Isn't this still a hot air balloon? ”

"No, it's not the same as a hot air balloon!" Someone else immediately retorted, "Are you blind?" So you can't see the obvious difference? ”

Indeed, the airship they saw was really similar to a hot air balloon, but it was a little different from a hot air balloon. There is no fire device, and the shape is no longer spherical, but long, flattened, and there is something on the tail.

The brains are more flexible, and after watching it for a while, they all suddenly realized, and they commented: "I see, I see!" This is an airship! ”

"Why didn't I think of it! Is! Since the hot air balloon can be lifted into the air, then it is natural to consider how to artificially control the flight direction of the hot air balloon, and how it will move when there is no wind. ”

“……”

They were right, it was for this reason that Emperor Chongzhen asked Xu Zhengming to make a hot air balloon first, and after gaining experience, on the basis of this hot air balloon, he could naturally ponder the airship.

Of course, it is said that it is pondering the airship, but with Emperor Chongzhen here, there is naturally a lot less pondering links, and saying the thoughts of later generations will speed up the process of the appearance of the airship.

Nowadays, this airship is no longer inflated by on-site burning, but directly filled with hydrogen.

The production of hydrogen gas has been around since the XVI century, but it is obtained by placing metals in strong acids. However, Emperor Chongzhen has invented electricity, although it is not yet possible to solve the problems of storing electricity and transmitting electricity, and it is still possible to use electricity to electrolyze distilled water and collect hydrogen.

Of course, now everything is grass-made, and the requirements are not high, anyway, it can be used to lift off the airship.

Little by little, little by little, the airship was lifted into the air, very slowly.

Looking at it, someone suddenly realized: "My son knows, why did he choose today's windless day, it turns out that this airship is afraid of the wind!" ”

Indeed, if the wind is strong, the world's first airship is not capable of resisting the strong wind.

Finally, after reaching a certain altitude, the airship stopped.

The operator under the belly of the airship was Xu Zhengming, the only apprentice of Emperor Chongzhen, and he shouted loudly in the direction of Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Weichen requests to start the flight test of the airship!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked up and said with a smile on his face: "Accurate!" ”

So, everyone looked up at Xu Zhengming, curiously watching whether this airship would fly according to people's will.

For those who have seen a hot air balloon flight, the airship is not so shocking to them anymore. But the ones I didn't see last time, such as the newcomers to Nanjing, as well as most of the civil and military officials, they were originally in Beijing and had never seen them, and at this time they saw Xu Zhengming in the air, they were already very shocked, and now they want to see Xu Zhengming start to fly according to their own will, no matter how highly knowledged and knowledgeable they are, they have never seen this scene, they are all looking up and watching motionlessly.

After waiting for a long time, just when they felt that their necks were about to be sore, an official suddenly shouted in surprise: "Look, the airship is moving forward, it really has to move, it ...... move"

For the first time, they had seen people in the air, and with the help of tools, they could really fly. The excitement is naturally overflowing. Unfortunately, however, the airship flies very slowly.

Those experienced people, especially the people who knocked melon seeds on the roof and ate snacks to watch, all finished knocking melon seeds and eating snacks, only to see the airship move some distance.

But in any case, this is not controlled by people without the help of the wind, and they can fly there if they want to. It's still quite exciting to do something like this.

It was almost noon, when the experiment was successfully completed, and Emperor Chongzhen looked at the "buzzing" discussion above and below the city, coughed, and the drumming stopped, and he began to speak: "I said before that the heat is set to ascend to heaven, and people can fly in the sky. In the past, hot air balloons were lifted into the sky, and now, airships can fly. However, all of you should have seen that the flight speed of the airship is a bit slow, but what does it matter? ”

Speaking of this, he raised his voice a little and said: "With technology in hand, the speed of the airship is slow, so improve this shortcoming and make it faster." I told Qing and the others that one day, the speed would be so fast that in the blink of an eye, it would be gone. Zhuqing, do you believe it? ”

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