Chapter 981 Ottoman's Pride
This Ming Dynasty is too fierce. Chapter 981: The Ottoman’s arrogant city is burning and the people are being killed!
For the Rakshasa Kingdom, 1665 was undoubtedly a year full of disaster. In this year, they lost Kazan and a large area of land east of Moscow.
Hundreds of thousands of people were killed and thousands of women were sold to slaves.
The Tatars are here!
The Mongols are here!
Once again, the nightmare from hundreds of years ago came to Russia again. Just like hundreds of years ago, wherever the Tatars passed, blood flowed all over the ditches...
The bells in the church echoed, and people prayed in the church, they prayed for God's rescue, but God... could not save them at all!
In 1665, God could not save Rakshasa.
Just like in 1453, God did not save Constantinople. God... in fact, he could not save anyone at all.
"This is Constantinople!"
Looking at the magnificent palace city, Wang Jiezhi's eyes were full of surprise. He was surprised at the magnificence of the buildings in his sight. Once upon a time, he thought that such a magnificent building could only be found in the Ming Dynasty.
"I never thought that the Turks had some skills in the barbarians in foreign countries and such magnificent buildings."
"I don't know that most of these buildings are left over from the Roman Empire. As for the Turks, they just don't do anything for production!"
Chen Yechen sneered.
"Since the Turks seized the capital of the Roman Empire more than two hundred years ago, they have been working hard on this city. How did they work hard on it? It turned the city into a ruins, the Etius Reservoir was landfilled into a square, and the Aspa Reservoir was landfilled into a square. The collapse of the military camp reservoir also turned into a square... The two largest reservoirs in Constantinople with a total water storage capacity of nearly 400,000 tons were filled by Ottomans, with a total of more than 70 groundwater palaces and open reservoirs, and now there are very few who have survived. The original urban apartment building turned into a bungalow, and the palace of the Komuning dynasty has been collapsed. Look, the city walls over there have been collapsed for 150 years..."
As an official in Xihai County, Chen Yechen has visited this city many times in the past few years and is very familiar with Ottoman. This is also the reason why he will accompany Wang Jiezhi to visit Ottoman.
"ah!"
His eyes widened in shock. Wang Jiezhi didn't expect that he would be in such a country.
"You see, are they the people of the empire? No, the Ottoman calls them "reaya", which means the herd, not even the people, and the Ottoman does not hide it, literally means "cattle and sheep". If this "reaya" is not a lowly Turks and Arabs, there is no need to bear the heaviest taxes and painful corvee of the empire, and there is no need to die for a bite of bread from the Danube to Moscow, from Iceland to Malacca. This "reaya" is not an inaccessible Karaman Turks, and will not be massacred by the empire, nor will it be forced to immigrate to the Balkans by the sultan to fill the newly conquered territory. If it is not the unlucky Balkan mountaineer, it does not have to hand over their children to the sultan, pay blood taxes, nor will it "voluntarily" take up the martial arts given by the empire.
The weapon fights against the Turks who were forced to immigrate to defend the trade routes of the Sultan. Although "reaya" was not a slave of the Sultan and the High School, he lost the power to win the Great Vizier or the governor of the province, and also lost the qualification to be a fisherman and rushes for the people and runs rampant in the countryside, he also did not need to die for the Sultan. Or he became a priest, performed the mercy of the Sultan in various places, and performed the religious obligations of the Sultan, and the other was a white-faced tax officer who was levying the heavy tax authorities. Either he held his dog, patrolled his farm, ran horses and hunted, smoked and drank coffee every day, and went to the city to buy a few white Slav female slaves, and could live a very satisfied life by collecting rent and real estate. Or as a saint, under the name of Master Sayed, he snatched the roast lamb legs of poor students in the public kitchen every day, and then was grateful to the Sultan..."
Five years ago, Chen Yechen, who had traveled in Ottoman for two years, knew very well about Ottomans. He even wrote a book called "The Travels of Ottomans", which was also the reason why he was summoned by the Siyishite, because he knew Ottomans. Compared with Wang Jiezhi, the envoy, he knew better how to deal with the Ottomans.
However, even if you look down on these extremely violent Turks, you still have to maintain the corresponding etiquette when you are in the beautiful palace of the Sultan and face the Ottoman Sultan Mohammed IV sitting on the golden throne.
"...We require that the Ottoman Empire must strictly restrict the maritime plundering of Pasha in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and other places. The Ming Dynasty will never tolerate any country's attack on the Ming merchant ships. If the attack occurs again, the Ming Dynasty will maintain the power to take further action!"
Faced with the threat from the Ming Dynasty, Muhammad IV still looked indifferent. He did not take the threat from the Chinese at all. He is the leader of the entire Tianfang world, so how could he care about the threat from the Chinese?
After saying all the words equivalent to an ultimatum, Wang Jiezhi turned his gaze to Su Dan on the throne, quietly waiting for his reply.
"His Special Envoy issued an ultimatum to Ottoman on behalf of China?"
The response was not from Sudan on the throne, but from Davizikara Mustafa standing beside him, with obvious anger in his tone.
For many years, the Ottoman Empire's Great Vizi, that is, the prime minister, were controlled by the Koprulu family. Four years ago, after the death of Great Vizizi Koprulu Ahmed, Mohammed IV handed over the position of Great Vizizi to Ahmed's brother-in-law Kara Mustafa, and the rule of the Koprulu family was interrupted. As Great Vizizi, Kara Mustafa, who was arbitrary in the court and was blindly arrogant, so he certainly would not accept the "ultimatum" of the Ming Dynasty.
"It can be understood so too!"
Facing Kara Mustafa's sharp eyes, Wang Jiezhi replied without fear.
From the time he took on this task, he knew that these Ottomans were all tigers and wolves. They were tyrannical, cruel and ruthless, and enjoyed slaughtering the people.
But even so, what can we do? Can they still dare to kill themselves?
Thinking of this, Wang Jiezhi immediately cleared his throat and said:
"Dear Mr. Da Weiqi, the Ming Dynasty has no intention of being an enemy of other countries, but the Ming Dynasty's magnanimity is by no means cowardice! From now on, any attack on the Ming merchant ship will be regarded as a declaration of war! Yes, this is an ultimatum!"
Be arrogant?
Is this self-esteem?
Of course not, but a sound made out of strength and based on strength.
However, for Kara Mustafa, who was used to being arrogant, all this was obviously unacceptable. He shouted without even waiting for Sudan to speak.
"Enough, damn guy!"
Kara Mustafa, who was angry, shouted.
Chapter completed!