"You're saying their ships are made of steel?" Suleiman II was also so surprised that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"Nonsense, I'll give you a piece of iron, and if you can't make it float on the water, I'll wring your head off." Koprulu yelled at Dolgon. Dare to play monkey tricks with the Ottoman monarchs!

Dorgon sighed, his heart filled with helplessness. Because of the influence of doctrine, the Ottoman Empire can be called a technological desert. Everything that is advanced, here there are imams who stand up and say heresy.

In the East, firearms wars have become a fact. The Indians went to war with the Ming with rifles, machine guns, and even airship cannons. But in the Ottoman Empire, the rifle was already considered an advanced weapon. There is no breech loading for cannons, and what is even more depressing is that there are no corresponding scientific and technological talents here.

Although Dolgon brought a lot of drawings from India, there were no lathes here, let alone craftsmen to make them. In other words, even if Dolgon had the blueprints in his hands, he couldn't make a suitable weapon.

It all starts with the basics, training craftsmen and then slowly building machine tools and the like.

It was a closed time, and the sultans of the Ottoman Empire did not know that the war had changed dramatically in the far east. Technology is changing the world, and of course it's changing the shape of warfare.

It will take a lot of time for the Ottoman Empire to be armed like India. It was clear that Li Xiao was not going to give them time.

"Hey......! Your Majesty the Sultan, could you please move with your ministers to the pool outside? Dolgon said helplessly to Suleiman II.

"Yes, if you can't give us a good answer, you will be punished very severely." Suleiman II nodded and led the way out. Behind him, the courtiers followed the fish, gathered around the edge of the pool, and saw how the man had made the steel float on the water.

Dorgon had a brass basin and a brass ingot. In front of everyone, he weighed the copper ingots and copper basins.

"Your Majesty! Ladies and gentlemen, you have seen that the copper basin and the copper ingot are of equal weight. With that, Dorgon put the two things together in the pool in front of Topkapi Palace.

The copper ingots were put into the water, and of course they fell straight to the bottom of the pool at the first time. But the copper basin, however, floated on the surface of the water under the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Your Majesty! You see, the copper basin floats on the water. In the same way, as long as the steel is made thin enough, the basin made of steel can float on the water. You can understand a ship made of steel as a huge basin of water. Of course, such a ship is very complicated to build, and with the capabilities of our Ottoman Empire, it is not possible to build it. ”

"Uh......!" Although surprised, Suleiman II had to admit what he saw in front of him.

"You just said that the warships of the Ming Dynasty are all ships made of this kind of steel. In other words, Daming has the ability to make this kind of steel ship. Prime Minister Ahmed asked.

"Yes! India used to have such capabilities, but ...... It was destroyed by the Ming people. The Ming people's greed for land is boundless, and now that Li Xiao's soldiers have appeared in Adana, they will definitely be interested in the eastern territory of the empire. Perhaps, they have brought the Persians into submission. ”

"Well, I believe you. Our battleships are no match for them, so what do you say now. "Suleiman II was determined to keep his eastern territories.

"No matter what happens to us in the future, keeping Adana is key. With the loss of Adana, the Eastern Province was lost. Dolgon didn't speak rashly, he knew that the interests of a big empire like the Ottoman Empire were absolutely complicated, and he was an outsider who had not yet stood firm, and it would be ugly to die rashly.

Keeping Adana was already the consensus of the Ottoman courtiers, and Dorgon's words only reinforced this view.

"Hmm!" Quaprulu let out an "um" and gave Dorgon a look that counted you as familiar.

"In that case, it would be better for us to mobilize our troops and hold Adana." Ahmed, who didn't agree to go to war, couldn't do anything about it, because Adana was really important.

"That's good! O Copru, you command the great army to prepare, and in three days lead the great army to reinforce Adana. In any case, Adana can't be conquered by the Ming, understand? Suleiman II turned to Koprulu behind him.

"Yes, but Your Majesty, this time I want to bring your guards smoothbore gunners. According to Dolgon, the Ming army had fully achieved firearms. If we did not have guards smoothbore spearmen, we would not be an opponent of the Ming army at all. ”

"Uh......!" Suleiman II hesitated.

Guards smoothbore spearmen, the essence of the Ottoman Army. From the huge army of the Ottoman Empire, 20,000 officers and soldiers were selected.

This is also the only fully firearms unit in the Ottoman Empire, and the combat weapons of the officers and soldiers are breech-loading cannons in addition to smoothbore guns, which are somewhat similar to the Ming Dynasty's Shenji Battalion.

The Guards Smoothbore Spearmen were Suleiman II's trump card, and they would not easily let their generals take control. Now leading the guards smoothbore gunners is Conte, the eldest son of Suleiman II.

He hesitated for a moment, perhaps because he felt that Adana was too important, or maybe he felt that he really couldn't fight without a smoothbore gunner. Suleiman II looked at Koprulu: "Well, Conte will follow you to Adana with fifteen thousand guards smoothbore gunmen." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty Sultan!" Koprulu almost died of euthanasia. With the help of the Guards smoothbore gunners, this battle was much more assured. I don't believe it, the Ming people are really as powerful as Dorgon said.

"Your Majesty! As a result, the defense of Constantinople was reduced to 20,000 men. Are we going to get some men from Sofia to defend Constantinople? "Prime Minister Ahmet was worried about the safety of Constantinople.

"Sophia's men and horses are to be used against the Slavs. If Sophia is lost, the Slavs will take the opportunity to attack Constantinople.

As long as we keep the enemy out of the country, Constantinople will have no problems. Koprulu hurriedly spoke. He wouldn't give Ahmed a chance to get involved in the army.

"Hmmm! Broadluch was right when he said that as long as we were able to keep the enemy out of the country, Constantinople would be safe. The Ming people will not fly from the sky. "Suleiman II supported Koprulu.

As the Sultan, he had to maintain the balance of his subordinates, and Ahmet was already in control of the civil affairs of the Ottoman Empire, so he should not be involved in the military again. The Sultan could not tolerate the excessive authority of a courtier.

Dorgon wanted to speak, but when he saw the wolf-like look in his eyes, he swallowed the words that came to his stomach. Involved in the dispute between the prime minister and the general, he will die an ugly death.

He was a great general, and he was ordered by the Sultan to immediately reorganize his army. Three days later, the Ottoman army, which had shocked the Middle East, marched into Adana.

Among them, the 15,000 guards smoothbore spearmen led by the eldest prince Conte are particularly eye-catching.

On the day of Kuoplulu's expedition, Li Xiao received a battle report from the front.

"Crete has been taken down, and Zuo Liangyu has done a good job." Putting down the battle report, Li Hao looked at the vast Mediterranean Sea in front of him.

"Order, transfer supplies to Crete. We're going to use it as a base for moving forward and tell the second child that he has half a month. ”

"No!" Sun Xing received the order and immediately ran out.

"Big brother, I've caught Newton." Li Hu walked in and reported good news to Li Xiao.

"Oh! This is good news, I thought he was hiding in Yama. Li Xiao's eyes lit up, this kind of idol-type character has to be seen.

"Newton and more than thirty professors from Oxbridge have been hiding in a bunker for so long. The food in it was also eaten, and the drink was drunk. There was no way, when we came out to look for food, we were found by local Indians and grabbed and gave it to us. ”

"I really want to meet these people, and that's the biggest reward." There are more than 30 people, all of whom are professors at Oxbridge. Li Xiao feels that this is the biggest gain from India.

"Yuan Chonghuan sent it to you."

"Sent? Where is it? ”

"Just got off the boat, look." Li Hu pointed to a freighter parked in the harbor.

"This Yuan Chonghuan, okay, since you're here, let's see you." Li Xiao was also helpless, such a person was not sent back to China to be strictly guarded, and was sent to the front line.

This Yuan Chonghuan is really getting more and more unreliable.

After a while, a guy with blonde hair and a pale face was brought in.

"Dr. Newton?" Li Xiao looked at the sloppy and embarrassed guy in front of him, and couldn't believe that this was the Taishan Beidou of the scientific community, Dr. Newton.

"Who are you?" Newton was surprised that the Ming man in front of him could actually speak English.

"My name is Li Xiao, and it's a pleasure to meet you." Li Xiao walked over and stretched out his hand.

Newton shook hands with Li Xiao in a daze, and he didn't know who Li Xiao was.

He gestured to Junko, who immediately brought two cups of tea. It's the Indian black tea that the British love to drink!

Newton stirred a few times in the cup with a small spoon, then sniffed it, looking very intoxicated.

"Dr. Newton, taste it! Very authentic Indian black tea. ”

"Hmmm! Just smell the smell. Newton sniffed greedily.

"Dr. Newton, I would like to ask you and your colleagues to serve us Daming, would you like to?" Li Xiao knew that it was useless to talk to these people around the corner. He was not so arrogant that he thought his intelligence would crush Newton.

"Mr. Li Xiao, you know that I am English. I cannot rebel against our King! It's a pity. Newton looked at Li Xiao and shook his head helplessly.

"It's very simple, I'll go to London and ask your king. If he doesn't agree, I'll ruin London, then Nottingham, then Yorktown. Maybe I'll find a Scotsman and be king of England. Anyway, the grievances between you are still messy. Li Xiao said with a smile, as if hitting London is a small thing that can't be smaller.

"Mr. Li Xiao, I have to admit that the Ming Dynasty's force is very strong. But I don't believe you can fight in London, you know, ......! ”

"Look! Do you know this place? Li Xiao stood up and pointed outside and asked.

Newton shook his head blankly, when he first came to India, there was no Suez Canal, he was going to India by detouring to Africa.

"This is Egypt, and this port is called Alexandria. As you are well aware, the city was named after Alexander the Great. Now, here is crawling at my feet.

Two days ago, we just occupied Crete. Then Sicily, then Corsica. Out of Gibraltar, you say how far we are from London.

What's more, I also have a friend named Napoleon. Your queen is organizing one anti-French alliance after another. I think Monsieur Napoleon would have liked me to help. Don't say I didn't warn you, London will surely be in ruins by then. And Nottingham and Yorktown, I promise! ”

With a smile on his lips, destroying London was like a weekend safari.

"It's impossible, that's how you got to Egypt. It couldn't be so short to travel through Africa! Newton was startled when he saw what was happening outside.

"I built a canal from Port Said all the way to Suezburg. I named the canal the Suez Canal, and it will take a month at most to travel from London to Mumbai, India. ”

"Oh! God, you dug a canal. Newton was astonished, he had never thought about the canal.

"Yes, I dug a canal." Li Xiao shrugged his shoulders.

"You! You are Your Excellency the Generalissimo of the Ming Dynasty. Newton only reacted at this time, and the person in front of him was Marshal Daming.

"That's right! I am, and now I formally invite you, your friends, to come to Daming for scientific research. We will provide you with the best experimental site and the best experimental equipment.

Agree! Or refuse. If you refuse, I will ruin the nation of England. The French fought the Hundred Years' War with you, and the English burned Joan of Arc. The Scots are even more hostile to you, and don't forget the time of the nobility's first night power.

Believe me, the French and Scots are full of hatred for the Anglo-Saxons. As long as I provide the navy, they will be more than happy to destroy England. Li Xiao looked at Oxford and said viciously.

"You're the devil, you're a real devil." Newton looked at Li Xiao, his face contorted with nervous anger.

Reaching out to stop Junko, who pulled out the gun, "You have five minutes to think about it." After five minutes, it's useless for you to agree. The future of England is in your hands for the lives of countless English people. When the time comes, I will personally take you back to the corpse pillow set, and London will be in ruins.

Right now! You've got four minutes, three minutes and fifty-seven seconds ......! ”

Li Xiao held a pocket watch in his hand and looked at Newton with a cruel smile on the corner of his mouth.

"You're the devil!"

"Three points and thirty-two wonderful ......!"