"Your country does not need to worry about our land claims to the Black Sea periphery. You know, how can our Emperor give up even the Kazakh steppes, so how can he be interested in the Black Sea? "Even the most powerful empire knows the troubles of the enclave.

Special envoy Chen Han further discouraged Alemdar Mustafa's vigilance.

"It is really impossible for the Ottoman Empire to play the role of China, we have ample arms and material exports to Crimea and Ukraine. From flintlock rifles to flintlock pistols, from grenades to sabers, cuirass and all kinds of artillery, we can also guide them to set up their own military factories on their own to produce qualified gunpowder, rockets, and paper bullets.

And as far as I know, the military-industrial system of your country has not been reformed very successfully so far. Moreover, the scope of arms and the business scope of those Jews does not coincide, or the degree of overlap is not high, and it will not cause much backlash from them. ”

Special Envoy Chen Han said it lightly. Alemdar Mustafa's face was a little embarrassed, but what the other party said was the truth.

The Jews will certainly return to their old sphere of influence with the return of the Ottoman Empire to the Crimean Peninsula. In the Crimean slave trade, Jews acted as middlemen. At the same time, much of the trade in goods necessary for the life of the Crimeans was also controlled by the Jews.

But the exception is the arms thing.

The Ottoman military-industrial system is really rotten.

In previous wars, there was a situation where the rockets were filled with sand, and then the Ottoman government used the transport department to make a mistake about the real and the fake. The explanation that the fake rockets used in the exercise were sent to the front as real ones is to cover up the facts. But their faces, to be honest, have been trampled into the quagmire.

Even if the Jews were able to find arms from outside, they would have to pass through the Ottoman government before they could be imported into the Crimean Peninsula.

It can be said that if the Jews want to be involved in this matter, they must do it again with the support of the Ottoman government. This would have deterred many Jews.

They almost became the 'royal merchants' of the Ottoman Empire, but the merchants did not master swords and guns, and their power and influence were very considerable, but at the same time, they were also subject to great restrictions and limitations.

It's like a vine that is attached to a big tree, even if they wrap the whole tree and cover it, even if they send this big tree to hell with their own hands, it can't change that they are vines that are attached to this big tree.

Don't look at them now lush, while the trees are slowly aging. But when the trees die, the vines lose hope of life.

Alemdar Mustafa looked at each other deeply, or the Chinese are smart, they also love money, but they are not very greedy, they know what is proportionate. This is a truly terrible people, far more powerful than the seemingly intelligent Jews.

The greatest weakness of the Jews is that they are too greedy and have no moderation. And his greed is still based on the power of others, not the power in their own hands.

Chinese have a sense of proportion in their hearts, and they know how much power they have - and how much profit they should make; The Jews, on the other hand, never considered where their power came from, or how much profit they had gained. They never want to give anyone a share of the benefits, they always want to get all of it.

"But the list of arms you sell to Ukrainians and Crimeans must be communicated to us for every transaction." Alemdar Mustafa made a request.

"Of course. The ultimate purpose of our arms sales is to help the Ottoman Empire, not to trap you. The smile on the envoy's face was very bright, and he knew that the big man sitting in front of him had agreed.

At this time, he also made one of his own requests, "We want to get a contact form between Abraham and the magnates of Istanbul, the eunuchs of your Sultan's palace, and the military generals." ”

"This kind of thing is easy for Your Excellency."

If it weren't for the fact that the old Sultan was already dying, the concubines in the Sultan's palace were also among the supporters of the Jews.

But now the old sultan is going to see the true god, and the concubines of the harem must be as honest as they are. What Chen Han needs to pay attention to is the magnates in Istanbul, the eunuchs in the palace, and the generals of the military.

The former is very high, just like the masters of the Manchu Eight Banners treated their subordinates in the past, and they definitely do not regard the Jews as partners on an equal footing with them, but a money-making tool that can be used.

What about the eunuchs in the palace? Needless to say. The eunuchs of the Ottoman Empire are still very energetic, because they can influence the will of the Sultan, and the Ottoman Sultan has long been unable to give birth to a ruthless character like Suleiman in the current years, which is really longer than the hands of harem women/eunuchs.

For example, the current old sultan was imprisoned in the palace until he was in his forties, and the importance of eunuchs in his outlook on life and values does not need to be said.

The military generals are the ones who may pose a real 'danger' to Chen Han. Because they have the barrel of a gun in their hands.

In terms of the current political situation of the Ottoman Empire, the army is no different from the nature of the private army for the direct generals. If you are a powerful general, you can mobilize some troops to make trouble.

That's a life.

This Chen Han must have an idea here.

Of course, the Jews were more likely to be contacted by the Agas of the Sudanese Guard.

Because of the Ottoman 'tradition', the Guards had maintained their power in the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years, so how could the Jews not report such a big thick leg?

Moreover, as mentioned above, the Sudanese Guards were lax in military discipline and lax military discipline because of their perennial stay in Istanbul, resulting in a large number of Guards soldiers entering the field of urban handicrafts, and the Ottoman handicrafts were controlled and influenced by the Jews all year round, and the ties between the two sides were extremely close.

However, the big thick legs of the Sudanese Guards suffered from the 'slimming' of the current Sultan in previous years. In addition to the Guards, Istanbul had an additional palace guard, and the new army promoted by the reformists performed significantly better than the Guards in the war against Russia. Thus, after the end of the Sixth Russo-Turkish War, the palace guard was further expanded, and the new army also entered Istanbul, and the power and status of the guards were greatly weakened. However, the Agas of the Guards did not dare to regain the intention of abolishing the Sultan.

It is not as good as the current Istanbul, whether they can still control it, it is said that the new army in the hands of the reformists is much stronger than the Guards. If the latter had attacked the Guards, the Guards would have been completely wiped out.

Perhaps in a decade or two, the status of the Sudanese Guards will be reduced to the level of the Albanian Legion or the Macedonian Legion, but that would be much better than being completely bulldozed.

The new army confirmed itself with solid results, while the Guards showed mediocrity in the war against Russia. They had to face the fact that they had lost the crown of the strongest Ottoman army.

If the generals of the Guards choose to make a stir now, they will face opposition from the whole Ottoman Empire.

The defeat and humiliation of the Fourth and Fifth Russian-Turkish Wars were not forgotten by the top and bottom of the Ottoman Empire. Especially in the Fifth War, the Ottoman Empire lost too badly. The defeat of the frontal battles and the loss of the Crimean peninsula left the Ottomans in pain.

Now, relying on China's support and help, and relying on the new army built up in recent years, they finally supported the joint attack of Russia and Austria, and held out until Russia succumbed at one time. This gave many people in the Ottoman Empire hope for the revival of the empire!

The Sultan Guards had deep roots in the Ottoman Empire, but they did not dare to risk the world's condemnation.

"I can give you this information, but you must also ensure that the Ottoman I can sail smoothly into the Aegean Sea." Alemdar Mustapha opened his mouth to be a condition, but the difficulty of this condition was not great.

The envoy Chen Han on the opposite side did not hesitate at all, nodded and agreed.

China sold warships to the Ottomans, and according to custom, the Ottomans were required to arrange sailors to go to China to pick up the ships. However, it is not difficult to arrange dozens of people on each warship, waving the Chinese flag, all the way from China to Tianfang, down to Africa to Europe, and from Gibraltar to the Mediterranean.

No one in Europe, including Spain and France, wants to provoke China, right? The British will not even be.

But if the flag of the warship is the star and moon flag of the Ottoman Empire, it is difficult to say.

The British put Gibraltar in one letter, and the Ottomans were dumbfounded.

And there's a real possibility that the British will do so.

They were friends and foes with the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottomans did not have ports on the west coast of Africa and in Europe, so it was really dangerous for this fleet to be treated specially.

After the envoy negotiated a 'deal' with the Grand Viqi of the Ottoman Empire, they went to the Black Sea once.

The tentacles of the Jews were really fast, they had reached into the Crimean peninsula, and even the merchant ships on which the envoys were traveling belonged to the Abrahams.

It was only a month before the envoy returned to the solid ground of Istanbul.

He walked through the Black Sea in a month, and even on the Black Sea he saw the warships of the Russians with his own eyes.

The Ottoman Navy in the Sixth War was generally defeated by the Russian Navy.

Although the overall losses were not too great, they did not win a single one of the major battles and several important battles in the battle.

But the Black Sea region is really rich, including the Crimean peninsula.

Wheat, barley, millet, salt, beef, sheep, chickens, fish, eggs, fruits, butter, honey, cured meats and other foods produced here supplied more than half of the necessities of life in the core of the Ottoman Empire, the core of the Ottoman Turk settlement, from which more than half of the necessities came from these places. In addition to transporting wheat, barley, cattle, sheep, chickens, fish and other daily necessities to the Ottomans, the Black Sea coast also transported raw materials such as flax, iron, copper, timber, and coal, and it can be said that at its peak, it was able to support half of the Ottoman Empire on its own.

For the Ottoman Empire, the Black Sea region was so important.

Therefore, Mustafa III, who launched the Fifth Russo-Turkish War, at the end of his life, knowing that the weakening of the Ottoman Empire was still continuing, his plan for institutional reform was immediately opposed by the conservative Guards Aga and the Order, but when Catherine II of Russia showed his teeth against the Crimea, he still resolutely launched the Fifth World War.

He was called "fat and ignorant" by his rival, Catherine II, but Mustafa III was at least a self-aware monarch based on his performance during his reign.

During his reign, he tried to avoid war with Austria and Russia. But in the end, he chose war.

This is the helplessness of a weak country, and it can also fully reflect the importance of the Black Sea coastal region to the Ottomans.

A hundred years ago, before the Ottoman Empire had fallen to the point it is today, the Ottoman government completely forbade the activities of Western merchants or ships in the Black Sea. This policy originated in the early 17th century, when the British tried to conquer Trabson [the southern shore of the Black Sea], and the Ottoman Empire completely eliminated the coveting of this vast expanse of the sea.

And now, for some special causal interests, Chinese ships are not among them. After the envoy, merchants and their ships from the distant East could freely sail the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, stopping at several designated ports along the way for supplies or trade. It is also an opportunity to fully exert its influence around the Black Sea.

At the end of February in the Western calendar, Chen Zhan needed to set sail from Egypt, cross the entire Mediterranean, and return to London, England. But the Ottoman Empire's 'return' to China is clearly not over. Still in Crete, Chen Zhan got another order from an Ottoman nobleman who had been waiting here: the Ottomans decided to import some more passenger ships and merchant ships from Chen Han and open regular flights between cities on the Black Sea and the White Sea (as the Ottomans called it, that is, the Aegean Sea).

You know, in the Ottoman Empire, cotton, wine, olives, lemons, citrus, rice, etc., produced in the Greek region; The Rich Levant [a geographical term for a large area south of the Taurus Mountains in the Middle East, east of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Arabian Desert, and west of Upper Mesopotamia. Between the Sinai Peninsula and Turkey, the horses, leathers, wheat, spices, precious stones, perfumes, etc., of the Jordan River, Syria, and Iraq are summarized; Cotton and wheat from Alexandria and Cairo, Chinese goods and coffee from the ports of Suez and Mocha on the Red Sea, all of these materials need to be transported.

After these riches flow, they will be bigger and more wealthy, and they will continue to produce shining gold coins.

Istanbul, of course, could hand over this order to the Chinese envoy there, who was the plenipotentiary.

But it is obviously more effective to give the gold to the Chinese government than to give it directly to the Chinese imperial family.

The 'agreement' between the Chinese royal family and China's finances has spread all over the world at this time. I don't know how many people have laughed at Emperor Chen's idiocy.

The emperor, who is the ruler of the most powerful and rich empire in the world, and who can decide the fate of millions of people with a single word, has taken the initiative to sign such an unobtrusive agreement with the cabinet government.

Louis XVI, who was beheaded, was once envious and jealous of it.

I don't know how many monarchs are cursing Emperor Chen's 'extravagance'. Especially after the details of the annual expenses of the Chinese imperial family were exposed, the world did not know how many people were laughing at him.

Of course, the monarchs of countless countries laughed at Emperor Chen's stupid contract, but their hearts swelled more with envy for him. The 'income deficit' that is so large every year has no impact at all.

The most powerful business group in China formed by Emperor Chen, the wealth is simply as powerful as the Chen Han Empire with no end in sight......