Two months after the Battle of Constantinople, the river in the Persian Gulf of Basra was full of large and small ships. The Tiber River is almost clogged with ships of all kinds.

The army of ants on the wharf was crowded, and the infantry, armed with smoothbore guns, cuirasses, and helmets, formed a neat phalanx under the leadership of their respective commanders, three-inch cannons, ten-inch and twelve-inch mortars, and large and small baggage wagons all in an orderly manner, leaving the pier in a long line, and heading for the city of Basra in the distance, under the escort of the cavalry that had penetrated earlier.

There are indestructible ships and cannons on the water, and there are brave infantry artillerymen on the ground!

Liu Xiaoyuan stood at the head of the wall of Basra City, although he had known that the Ming Empire had countless fierce generals, but seeing such a powerful army, especially such a huge fleet, undoubtedly brought a great shock to his heart.

"It's so strong! The sea is like a giant ship, and it is invincible in the world. And the soldiers on land seem to be everyone's steel-armored muskets, and there are as many cannons as there are, and they are so tightly organized! ”

Although Liu Xiaoyuan is a scribe, he is not only no stranger to the military, especially the firearms army, but can even be regarded as an expert!

He knew that the bow and arrow posed little threat to the steel-clad warriors—the kind of condor shooter who could shoot a man's face from a hundred paces away, and there were not many in the whole of Great Mongolia. Moreover, it was archery shooting on the jousting field, and there were no dozens or hundreds of cannons firing frantically on the other side, let alone gunsmoke, and it was impossible to see clearly -- it was obvious that the future war would be more than muskets than cannons. The Mongol salvo could be completely discarded.

Liu Xiaoyuan withdrew his gaze from the Ming army brigade that was entering the city. Cast it on a few "fellow travelers" around you.

He is tall and has a very heroic appearance. It's a pity that I am lame and can only stick crutches for the rest of my life. I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the battlefield again.

However, his England seems to have a bit of a future, isolated in Europe, out of reach of the Mongols, and not far from the European continent, not only can he do business, but also absorb the population that escaped from Europa. The culture of France and Germany can also be preserved in England. Moreover, due to the existence of Hong Kong, an overseas colony of the Ming Dynasty, England was in terms of absorbing Ming culture and knowledge. It also has natural advantages that most countries in Europa do not have.

In addition, due to its considerable distance from Rome, England would not be subject to much control by the Roman Catholic Church.

This country should have some prospects, and it may be a big disaster for Mongolia in the future......

Liu Xiaoyuan's gaze swept from the lame Edward to Pope Sirisius II of the Roman Ecumenical Church. Surrounded by several Europa monarchs in Crusader robes, this old French man is like God's representative on earth. And Kublai Khan is the second in God's family...... Religious identities on both sides alone are a dead knot that cannot be broken! In the future, most of the two sides will have to fight endlessly.

The Holy Roman Emperor Alphonse I was also on the city walls. Standing far away from the Pope, surrounded by a group of Europa monarchs in silk robes and swords at their waists - they had no Crusader marks on them!

"The Pope and the Emperor don't seem to be very happy!" Liu Xiaoyuan secretly sneered in his heart. The honeymoon period between the Ecumenical Church and the Holy Roman Emperor had apparently passed - and after the Mongol offensive had worn off, it was inevitable that the two sides would have to fight for the interests of what was left of Christendom......

Although Christendom lost most of its territory, the remaining benefits were not small. Because Italy, the industrial and commercial center of Europa, is still intact. And a lot of French and German capital flowed into Italy.

In the past two years, the Ming Dynasty has accelerated the development of the New World, which has also brought prosperity to the industry and commerce of Europa...... The east coast of the New World is too close to Europe and too far from the Ming Dynasty. Household goods and production tools are needed. Naturally, it is cheaper to import from Europa.

Also, the wars of the Europa countries and the Mongols. There was also the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Heavenly Fang Sect camp, which also brought economic prosperity to Italy.

But the Italian economy is booming. But it did not bring much benefit to the Holy Roman Emperor. After losing most of his German territory, the emperor had to rely on Castile income to sustain his large army against the Mongol onslaught. The Church, on the other hand, received huge revenues from the wealthy Italian city-states......

Moreover, many of the knights who had been exiled from France to Italy were now attached to the French pope of Cylicus II, and the Church was able to organize a large army enough to confront the emperor.

Liu Xiaoyuan was intelligent and naturally knew a lot about the struggle between the emperor and the church. If the Mongol offensive stops in the Alps, the Holy Roman Emperor and the Pope of the Ecumenical Church will probably have to be divided into two subdues......

The Chief Judge of Great Mongolia turned his gaze to the side of the Celestial Cultists again. Dressed in black and with a snow-white beard, Caliph al-Hakim took the Sultan of Egypt and Syria with him, the Emir Calawin, who retreated to Antioch, and the Abu of the Marin dynasty of Morocco in North Africa. You Sufu. Yakub, and some sultans, emirs, or pashas, who don't know where, went to Basra together. also brought unusually rich gifts, BMWs, beauties, jewelry, all held in front of the king of the world. to show the obedience of the caliphs and the Mamluk sultans.

And the Great Mongolia represented by Liu Xiaoyuan also brought rich gifts and beautiful women, including white beauties from France, Germany and Poland, as well as the daughters of Mongolian princes, and even the youngest daughter of Kublai Khan, the granddaughter of God (what an imaginative honorific title), the 14-year-old lost princess of Kudulujieli. Although this princess's appearance is not beautiful (Kublai Khan's appearance is there, it is strange that his daughter can be beautiful), but the feeling of riding the young daughter of the old enemy under the crotch is probably quite satisfying, right?

In addition to this not very beautiful princess, Liu Xiaoyuan also brought another very special gift - an honorific title, which is a favorite trick of the Mongols, adding an honorific title to the living Great Khan. Like Genghis Khan. It means the Khan who has the four seas; For example, Gul Khan (Zamuhe) means the Khan of all Khans. Now Kublai Khan will also take the lead in presenting Chen Dexing with an honorific title. The Emperor of the World! It means that the earth is the length of the earth, the largest reactionary in the world!

Moreover, Liu Xiaoyuan also negotiated with Bibers in Egypt. At that time, the Mongols and the Mamluks proposed to honor the Ming Emperor as the emperor of the world - the ruler of the whole world, the king of kings! As soon as the Mongols and Mamluks proposed, the Christian Roman Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor naturally had to follow.

In this way, Chen Dexing is the first "ball chief" in human history. Although it is not possible to establish effective rule in the whole world, it is recognized by all monarchs in the world. This honor is also unprecedented, and there will be those who will come after - naturally there will be those who will come, and Chen Dexing's heir will have this honorific title!

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Chen Dexing, who was about to become the "ball captain", was standing on the deck of the battleship "Shenzhou" at this time. Watch the accompanying army march into the city of Basra. A month ago, the city had fallen into the hands of Land Rover, the king of the Stone Kingdom.

However, the Celestial Cultists in the city were not expelled, but were restricted from settling in certain areas and practicing the Celestial Cult religion, paying a protection tax, and not being allowed to serve in the military and holding public office in the Shiguo government. The same applies to Christians, Brahmans, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, Zoroastrians, and other Western religions.

Moreover, this is not only the case in the Shi Kingdom, but also in the Chinese states of East Persia, West Persia, Kang and Qing, which were founded in the West -- this is a policy of religious tolerance, but not freedom of religious belief. It's the Middle Ages, where is there so much freedom? It would be nice to have tolerance. Of course, after all, the Kingdom of Shi, the Two Persians and the Kingdom of Kang were founded on the territory of the Tianfang Sect, and the Great Qing Kingdom was built on the land of the Tianfang Religion and Christianity for hundreds of years. It is unrealistic to want to turn it into the world of the Heavenly Daoist Sect overnight, so you can only make peace with the mud for the time being.

"Well, that's all there is to it. After all, we can't drive out all the Celestial Christians and Christians, otherwise there will be no one left in these five lands. ”

Chen Dexing heard that Land Rover, Guo Kan, Yan Zhongji, Liu Quan, and Zhu Sijiu had reported on the religious policies of their respective countries. Just smiled and nodded. Still with their backs to the five kings, their eyes looking into the distance. It was as if I was firmly attracted by the ancient and desolate land in front of me.

Guo Kan, Yan Zhongji, and Liu Chuan were all relieved, and before they arrived in Basra, they did not know whether Chen Dexing would tolerate the Celestial Cultists on the territory of the three of them—unlike the Great Qing Kingdom and the Oil State, the Celestial Cultists of Eastern and Western Persia and Kang were numerous and occupied most of the country, and the territory of the three kings was concentrated in the vicinity of Taoli Temple, Isfahan, and Bukhara. If they were to forcibly promote the Heavenly Daoist Sect across the country, the rest of their lives would probably be a civil war for the rest of their lives......

"Guo Kan, Yan Zhongji, Liu Quan, you should step down." Chen Dexing turned around and waved at the three kings behind him, telling them to retreat first. But he left Land Rover and Zhu Sijiu behind.

The three kings retreated, and Land Rover coughed and gave Zhu Sijiu a fierce look. Zhu Sijiu took a sharp breath, and fell to his knees with a pop, "Big brother, the younger brother pleads to the eldest brother......

"What are you guilty of?" Chen Dexing glanced at Zhu Sijiu, his tone was light, and he couldn't hear the joy and anger. "With 100,000 soldiers, he marched tens of thousands of miles to destroy the Timur Khanate, the Ilkhanate, and the Eastern Roman Empire, and expanded the western frontier of China from Shaanxi all the way to Constantinople! Your credit, although Wei Qing and Huo Quai, are not as good as you! That's why I made you the king of the Qing Dynasty...... Forty-nine, are you still satisfied with the Qing king? ”

Zhu Sijiu knew that this matter was not so easy, and turned his head to look at the land rover. Land Rover hurriedly snorted and reprimanded Zhu Sijiu: "Sijiu, what is your credit!" More than 100,000 steel-armored musketeers, what opponent can stop? Someone else can also have such a credit...... Moreover, if you send troops without the approval of the military department, it will ruin the overall deployment of the big brother! ”

Land Rover is a tiger, but in fact, it is to avoid the important and light, excusing Zhu Sijiu. The sin of "sending troops without authorization" is not great -- this is not an unauthorized war, because the Ming Dynasty and the Mongol states were in a state of war, and the commanders of the front line had the right to make decisions on the spot. When a fighter plane is discovered, it is only natural that it will send troops before it has time to ask for instructions. If it was like those generals of the Song Dynasty, everything had to be fought according to the "formation map" of Emperor Laozi, and the Ming Dynasty would not have today's situation anyway.

In addition, before Zhu Sijiu, there were also Meng Qi and Zhou Xiaoqi's great achievements in the New World. Not only did they send troops, but they also organized their own armies and waged war against the natives of Mingzhou. But in the end, not only was he not punished, but he was also given the title of prince and marquis, and later he continued to increase the number of officials and knights, and now both of them have been promoted to the grand duke, and they have each obtained a thousand miles of land (coastline thousands of miles) in Nanmingzhou. They were also allowed to take all the "wildlings" from the original Mayan fiefdom to the new fiefdom.

Since there is a precedent for Meng Qi and Zhou Xiaoqi, Chen Dexing doesn't seem to be able to make a heavy hand on Zhu Sijiu's matter - of course, the situation of the two is not the same, Meng Qi and Zhou Xiaoqi already have full power...... Chen Dexing gave them a few boats and hundreds of people, which was purely a venture capital, so he naturally wanted to give them full power, and he was not afraid of their rebellion. And Zhu Sijiu led an army of more than 100,000 people, of course, there must be restraints. However, Zhu Sijiu still has a name for acting cheaply, and if he insists on explaining it in terms of words and regulations, his approach is only to exploit a policy loophole.

"Tiger!" Chen Dexing waved his hand to stop Land Rover's words, and then looked at Zhu Sijiu with heavy eyes, "Sijiu, you have a lot of credit!" A Qing king is not enough to commend you, I will give you another Huaiyin Marquis! ”

Marquis of Huaiyin...... The cold sweat on Zhu Sijiu's forehead came out. Isn't this Han Xin's title?

"Minister...... Thank you for the great grace of the saints! Zhu Sijiu's voice was trembling when he spoke, and he didn't know if he was really scared or pretended.

"Hmm," Chen Dexing nodded, "The Marquis of Huaiyin and the King of Qing can't be concurrent, Sijiu, are you the Marquis of Huaiyin or the King of Qing?" ”

Zhu Sijiu knew that he could no longer be the king of Qing, so he hurriedly said in fear: "The minister should be the marquis of Huaiyin......

"The Qing king will give the first year of junior high school," Chen Dexing said lightly. "However, the first day of junior high school is still young, and it is impossible to go to the country immediately, and the major policy of the Qing country will be assisted by Xu Ting, Tang Ying, and Hai Dawei. In addition, I will send another prison state to Constantinople to govern the country with the three of them, you can always rest assured, right? (To be continued.) )