Chapter 218 - My Great Ottoman ........ The world is invincible!
The Venetian territory was sold to the Genoese.
So the current Constantinople is considered to be devoured by two parasites, one is the Genoese in the north, which is considered a leech attached to the skin. A real vampire, constantly sucking the blood of Constantinople; The second is the Han people in the south. They paid taxes, but they were parasites lurking under the skin of Constantinople. Although it may not look obvious, it has amazing growth potential. When it is fully grown, it will be time to break through Constantinople and see the light of day.
And at that time, Constantinople was probably going to be renamed Junjing.
"So I can only stand here and watch the ships come and go in the distant harbor and the pagan towers rise?" Constantine XI coughed and sat in front of the window. The direction he was in was the direction of the port of Sofia.
The current name of Sofia Port is still Sofia Port, but the meaning it represents is the port of congratulatory gifts for Sophia, the concubine of the Han Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, the meaning of this Sophia was changed to Qin Cang's woman.
And this dock area is gradually expanding, and it is indeed like Qin Cang's woman who is constantly growing.
Constantinople was now divided into four parts. In the southwest corner, from the Golden Gate of the Theodosius Wall to the Bull Square, this long strip of area was inhabited by the Greeks. They also have the ports of Theodosius and Cantos Carleon, and the economy is in decent shape; In the northwest corner is the place where the emperor lives, the palace of Brahney (the village of Blakenell in the suspected mage video, all under the walls of Theodosius, but not certain); Then there was the city of Galata on the Golden Horn and the Genoese colony on the other side, and outside the colony there were tens of thousands of Greeks who depended on this economy to survive, and the rest were the Han Chinese in the port of Sofia.
The colonies were not taxed in Constantinople, so until now, the bulk of Constantine XI's income was only the taxes paid in the port of Sofia and the taxes paid by the Greeks.
You understand that this does not satisfy the desires of the great emperor.
"I want to revive the Roman .......," Constantine XI's eyes were full of despair.
Rome, for Diocletian, Rome is the whole Mediterranean; For Justinian, Rome was half of the Mediterranean; For Vasily I, it was the Balkans and Asia Minor; For Alexios I, it was the Aegean coast and the coast of Asia Minor.
By the time of Constantine XI, only the Brahnay Palace in front of him remained.
From thousands of miles of land to only the part where the head can be seen at a glance, the empire always collapses suddenly in the middle of a change.
Constantine XI had some bold ideas.......
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Sophia's Merchant House. The Han flag fluttered, and a Greek eunuch ran around the base of the wall.
"Steward Wang, the people from Brahnay Palace are here." Someone privately reported to Wang Chang.
Wang Chang immediately stopped writing. From a literati who cultivated and studied a family, to a second-hand merchant who followed Zhang Qi everywhere to do business, and then to the marine manager in charge of the Aegean Sea, Wang Chang has developed a strong enough bearing.
"Let him in."
In the history of Rome, eunuchs occupy a position that cannot be ignored as much as China.
In Rome, however, eunuchs were not discriminated against. They exist only as a third gender. However, as in China, as a person who has no younger brother and cannot pass on the lineage, the desire for money is obviously strong enough.
"I've brought the latest change of the Emperor!" The eunuch shouted!
"Shut up and say less! Watch out for your little life! The man who led the way said through gritted teeth.
When he arrived at Wang Chang's place, the eunuch said in fluent Chinese: "His Majesty the Emperor is a little stunned. He sat there at the window all day, talking about the revival of Rome. Yesterday........ Yesterday, I even ordered the guards to prepare for drills. It's just that the officials don't take it seriously. ”
"Fifty gold." Wang Chang replied lightly.
So the eunuch was overjoyed and went out with the steward.
Wang Chang lay on the chair worriedly. Qin Cang also talked about this kind of thing in his letter. That is, the affluent economic life of the Han people will inevitably attract the prying eyes of others. Just like the Venetians and Genoese. These wealthy merchants were not unusually sheared in the commercial ports of their colonies.
Recently, for example, the Venetian merchants in Damascus last year were forced by the Damascus princes to buy a batch of blankets at a price that exceeded more than half of the market price, so that these Venetians had to go to Europe to find merchants to sell at a loss.
Venetian merchants who did not buy were to be arrested and beaten by them, and they were to be driven out of Damascus.
Therefore, when doing business to make money, you also have to take risks. Want to make trouble? Touch the gun in your hand and wipe the sweat from your head.
"Give the order. All adult Han Chinese must participate in a half-day musket salvo training every Sunday on their day off! There is also simple training for attack and defense in battle formations! Expand the number of garrisons in Sofia Port! Write to Governor Li and Chen Shumi, asking them to be alert to recent events. And also! ”
Wang Chang stared at his subordinates and said, "Let the people of the Central Unification Branch keep an eye on those Greeks in the country." I suspect they may turn into pawns of that stupid emperor. ”
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The great changes in the port of Sofia did not affect the good mood of Mehmed II.
After trying to learn from the Han Chinese, especially after melting down all the pots and pans sold by the Han Chinese and turning them into new cannons, the gunsmiths of Mohammed II were highly appreciated by the army, especially the new army.
These guns, which only have a thousand pounds and shoot three-pounder guns, are already quite good for them.
Originally, when the bastard in Urban cast the cannon, he used bronze and bronze to cast the cannon, and a cannon was expensive to death. And the CD time is up to two hours, and if the cannon is fired for a long time, the cannon itself will be deformed. I don't know when it will suddenly explode!
Such a cannon is much worse than a cannon made of crude steel with strong stability.
And now the artillery of the Forces nouvelles is being slaughtered by the Crusaders on the banks of the river in Belgrade.
The stupid, brainless Hungarian aristocrats rode their horses and slaughtered them like a gust of wind, while the new musketeers picked up their muskets and exploded them one by one.
That's right, the new musketeers have improved their arquebuses, and now they have triggers, throughstrips, and even imitation powder rooms.
After a few volleys, Mehmed II watched with great satisfaction as the Hungarian crusaders turned into meat sauce.
"I'm a big Ottoman...... Sure enough, it's the best in the world! Mehmed II exclaimed! It's as if the world is already in your hands.
"Collapse!"
A cannon blew up, taking several lives.
Today and tomorrow are two shifts. Because I had to travel all the way from my hometown to school to start school. Sophomore. Also, I don't like to use the author's words very much, so I rarely thank you for your monthly passes, so I'm very sorry. Thank you for your support!