Daming 1805

Zhu Jingyuan left the Wenhua Palace, boarded the car and returned to the palace where he lived, and then summoned the representatives of Persia.

The Three Kingdoms of Anxi also arranged for representatives to participate in the peace talks between Ming and Taixi.

It's just that they are not parties to the war and do not directly participate in the negotiations. They just wait for the results and possible orders on the sidelines.

In Persia now, the ruling family is still the Safavid dynasty that has been severed in history.

Seventy years ago, Abbas III, the last emperor of the Safavid dynasty in Persia, was rescued by the Ming Dynasty and became a monarch with partial actual ruling power, and the dynasty continued.

Abbas III dedicated the title of the Persian emperor, that is, the title of King of Kings, to Emperor Ming as his title.

From the perspective of Western countries, the Ming Emperor has actually held the titles of the three emperors of China, Tianzhu, and Persia.

Of the four titles of emperors in the classical era of the Old Continent, only the Roman Emperor is left, which is not in Daming's hands.

There is a group of people vying for the title of emperor in the Western and Eastern countries, so the Western and Eastern countries feel that the Ming Emperor is more honorable.

In fact, Abbas III's operation of dedicating his title was also learned from Chinese history books.

More than 1000 years ago, the last princes of the Persian Sasanian Dynasty, father and son Bilusi and Nines, fled to the Tang Dynasty after destroying the country.

They dedicated the title of King of Kings in Persia to Li Zhi, the then Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi easily built a Persian governor's mansion, and in theory Datang has claimed Persia since then.

The behavior of the two Persian princes started the habit of giving the emperor titles, and Li Zhi and Wu Zetian became the emperor and empress.

The Ming Emperor of this world followed the will of Emperor Shizu and no longer granted titles to foreigners indiscriminately, so he did not give Abbas any titles.

But Abbas himself was sensible, and after giving the title of Emperor of Persia (King of Kings), he changed his title to King of Persia.

The current king of Persia is the great-grandson of Abbas III, called Abbas VI.

The representative sent by Persia to the Cape of the West is the 28-year-old prince Suleiman, the son of Abbas VI.

Su Laiman came to Zhu Jingyuan's palace, saw Zhu Jingyuan in the middle of the living room, knelt down and kowtowed to salute:

"The little prince of Persia, Sulaiman, pays his respects to His Royal Highness Prince Dashi of Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand indifferently:

"Okay, get up, don't kneel in the future."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness."

Su Laiman got up after thanking him, savoring Zhu Jingyuan's sentence "don't kneel in the future", and found that there seemed to be a different meaning in it.

There is no kneeling etiquette among emperors and ministers inside the Ming Dynasty, but those outside the Ming Dynasty don't care.

That's why a prince like myself who doesn't belong to the Ming system will take the initiative to kneel down and salute.

Tell yourself not to salute in the future, is it time to accept Persia as a vassal state?

Suleiman couldn't believe this guess, so he could only ask cautiously:

"May I ask what your Highness has ordered?"

Zhu Jingyuan seemed to ask very casually:
"Does Persia want to become Ming's foreign vassal?"

Sulaiman was taken aback, his guess came true, and he fell to the ground again:
"We in Persia dream of becoming a vassal state of Ming Dynasty. If Your Highness can facilitate the establishment of a vassal state in Persia, it will be a boon to Persia."

Suleiman was really excited.

Nominally independent countries like Persia, Khiva, and Kazakhs are very embarrassing in Ming's camp.

In fact, it is indirectly controlled by Daming up and down, and the main industries are all in the hands of Daming's imperial consortium.

But in theory, if their country is beaten, Daming doesn't have to worry about it.

They dream of getting out of this situation.

It is impossible to be truly completely independent, and it is impossible to join the Taixi camp. The only way out is to become an official Ming dynasty.

Zhu Jingyuan imitated the attitude of the old emperor, and instead of taking the other party's criticism directly, he said noncommittally:

"Get up first, come and look at this map, I want a piece of land in your Persia."

Su Laiman got up carefully and walked in front of Zhu Jingyuan, looking at the map of Dashi area on the table beside Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Jingyuan drew a circle on the coast of the Caspian Sea, the capital of Azerbaijan in later generations, that is, the Baku area:

"I heard that there are oil seedlings here, so I want to buy a piece of land here, try to drill oil wells, and build factories."

The Baku area has natural oil and gas spills since ancient times.

In many areas, flames burn continuously all year round. The name "Azerbaijan" means "fire".

Such obvious oil and gas characteristics make the Baku Oilfield the earliest large-scale oilfield exploited in the original history.

Oil can be produced at 50 meters in the shallowest place, and oil wells at 500 meters in most areas are enough.

Mining began in the 70s, and at the beginning of the [-]th century, oil production once reached half of the world.

By the 40s during World War II, oil production once accounted for [-]% of the Soviet Union.

In this world, many people also know that there is likely to be oil here, because the oil seedlings on the surface are too obvious.

But this piece of land belongs to the Persian Kingdom, and it is the extreme edge of the buffer zone between Daming and Lucia.

Lucia and Taixi countries dare not come here to invest, and Daming does not need to come here to extract oil. Daming's oil fields are mainly in the Nanyang region.

After the war started, this place could become a battlefield at any time, and no one thought of coming here to dig oil.

When Prince Sulaiman heard that Zhu Jingyuan wanted the land, he agreed without hesitation:

"Why do you still need to buy it? You are really too kind. The entire lower plain of the Kura River is a gift from Persia."

Zhu Jingyuan was taken aback when he heard this, and then he couldn't help laughing dryly and said:
"You are really too smart, let me support Lucia for you in the future, right?"

What Zhu Jingyuan said was clever, not because the prince wanted to please him, but because he only wanted a small piece of land in Baku, and he gave himself the entire Azerbaijan region for future generations.

It is because Azerbaijan is the junction of Persia, Lucia and Ottoman.

If the entire land was given to Zhu Jingyuan, then Persia and Lucia would not be in direct contact.

When Lucia invaded Persia in the future, the first thing she occupied would be Prince Daming's land, and the Ming court could not ignore it.

As for oil, in the world and in this era, its importance is far from enough, and it is completely inferior to the Cold War era.

At this time, most of the ships were still burning coal, and only a few cars and oil lamps with limited consumption needed to burn oil.

The world's fuel consumption is relatively limited, and as a result oil fields are not particularly valued.

Moreover, the oil here in Baku is not dared to be picked by outsiders at all, and it is the best choice to give it to Prince Daming to keep him safe.

What's more, this prince is still the one who proposes to set up a vassal in Persia.

When Su Laiman heard that Zhu Jingyuan broke his mind, he was a little nervous and quickly made a promise:
"Your Highness, please be troubled. After the matter is completed, everyone in Persia will thank you."

Sulaiman thought Zhu Jingyuan was "corrupt" and asked Persia for benefits in exchange for helping them set up a vassal.

In fact, setting up a feudal clan was Zhu Jingyuan's goal, and he wanted Baku just to ask for something by the way, and he really planned to spend money to buy it.

So facing Su Laiman who misunderstood, Zhu Jingyuan reprimanded him blankly:
"If you don't know your own position, don't want anything west of Tehran. Daming will set up another vassal state to deal with Lucia and Ottoman.

"Don't ask for the east of the Sahad Plateau, let the Afghans build their own country, and hand over the southern part to Tianzhu's vassal state..."

Zhu Jingyuan's words are based on the foundation of modern Persia, and cut another big knife to the west of Persia, cutting the capital Tehran into a border.

Prince Suleiman was taken aback, but at the same time he immediately understood his position.

Daming took Persia because he wanted Persia to be a hound and keep an eye on Lucia and Ottoman.

If you hide behind Da Ming in Persia and ask Da Ming to block Lucia and Ottoman for you, why does Da Ming need you?
This must kill to eat meat?
Su Laiman once again decisively knelt down to Zhu Jingyuan:
"Your Highness, calm down, Persia must do their utmost to prevent Lucia and the Ottomans from crossing the border!
"But Persia's strength is limited. It's not the opponent of Lucia's barbarians. Please ask the soldiers of Ming Dynasty for help!"

Only then did Zhu Jingyuan lightly nod his head:
"Don't worry, you just need to send your troops to the northwest border and keep an eye on Lucia and the Ottomans for the time being.

"The main force of the Ming Dynasty will enter your northwest region again through the railway line while setting up a feudal domain.

"In the future, Ming's army will not leave, and any subsequent wars will still be in Lucia's territory."

Sulaiman was full of surprises, bowed down again hastily and agreed:

"Understood, Xiao Wang understands, and I, Persia, will definitely cooperate with all my strength!"

Zhu Jingyuan sent the Prince of Persia away, and called Wang Lai from the Ship Department of the Ministry of Industry.

After bowing his hands and saluting, Wang Lai sat down at the guest seat on the side of the lobby.

Zhu Jingyuan sat directly opposite Wang Lai and asked about the Ministry of Industry:

"Master Wang, has the situation of the plane been mentioned in the news of the capital in the past few days?"

Wang Lai reported in a very relaxed tone:

"According to Li Rui, head of the Armament Department, when we set off, we started to build a small-scale production line according to your instructions, and then directly started small-scale mass production.

"The result was just as His Highness had expected. The first batch of fifty aircraft was produced a few days ago, and they were sold out at the same time.

"This is just a list of the five armies, the shipyard, the Royal Flying Machine Company, and Daming Airlines, and it has not yet been sold publicly.

"Ten days ago, the combat aircraft equipped with machine guns and bomb buckles was formally designed.

"Using an 120-horsepower rotary cylinder engine, the maximum speed exceeds [-] kilometers per hour, and the Fifth Army Commander's Office directly ordered another [-].

"Half of this order was given to the Royal Flying Machinery Company, and now the two parties are rushing to manufacture these one hundred 'fighters'.

"Your Daming Airlines also built a rudimentary production line a few days ago.

"The test-use aircraft required by the subsequent government agencies, as well as all civilian unarmed aircraft, are produced by Daming Airlines.

"The transport plane and passenger plane you designed have also been designed, and the Ministry of Finance and the Five Armed Forces Governor's Office have ordered ten planes to explore the usage.

"The incendiary bomb test was also successful, and the effect of hitting the airship with ordinary bullets is very good."

Airplanes of this era were very simple, even simpler than automobiles of the same era.

At least there is no need to apply power to the wheels, and there is no need to consider the design of steering wheels, differentials and the like.

Even for the simplest planes, craftsmen can make them by hand, and it doesn't take too much time.

With the direct promotion of the Ming Ministry of Industry and the consortium, it is not a problem to accumulate dozens of such aircraft a month.

The production line must have also been transferred from factories such as automobiles, and it is not completely new, so it can be so fast.

Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly:
"Okay, the aircraft that can be used in combat has been mass-produced directly, and this progress is already very good.

"Then use my name to inform the Ministry of Industry and the Royal Aircraft Machinery Company to continue expanding the production line immediately.

"I will notify the Fifth Army Commander's Office and ask them to order another [-] planes, which will be sent directly to the front lines of Dashi and the northern Xianbei."

Wang Lai was taken aback:
"Your Highness, it is certainly possible to increase production, but pilot training cannot keep up.

"People who have struggled with hang gliding before are basically called up to be pilots now.

"The Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army directly opened a military training class, and began to select clever soldiers for training.

"But there are too few teachers, and it is difficult to see the effect in the short term, and it is even more impossible to go to the battlefield.

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and explained his thoughts:
"Pilot training needs to have enough aircraft to train faster.

"Now is the start-up period, don't think about completing it in one step.

"Let the teacher take the lead and directly train the pilots to become elites, the efficiency is too slow.

"Now we only need to teach the first step clearly so that students can take off and land by themselves, and let students explore the rest by themselves.

"The teacher immediately went on to teach more newcomers.

"Airplanes have just been invented, what experience do those masters have?
"Those experiences are summed up by the master himself, and they may not be absolutely correct.

"Now if we want to rapidly expand the scale of pilots, we must give those talented students the opportunity to explore the use of aircraft by themselves.

"And that requires a lot of aircraft, so get production up first."

Wang Lai reacted quickly.

When a new thing is born, there is no mature teaching and training program at all.

It is not necessarily less efficient to directly let more talented and interested smart students explore and learn by themselves than teachers.

Although the risk is definitely higher, it may not be unacceptable to Daming.

But Wang Lai has another worry:
"Logically, it is indeed possible to do this, but what His Highness means is that the existing pilots should go directly to the battlefield? Is this possible? And isn't it all truce now?"

Zhu Jingyuan laughed dryly after hearing this:
"The truce is not the end of the war. We have the final say. From the beginning, I did not intend to directly cease the war, at least not so happily.

"We also need to put pressure on Xiyi, create a greater real threat to them, and make them give up their illusions.

"A new type of weapon like an airplane is a great tool for that.

"The existing anti-aircraft guns in various countries are used to attack airships and even balloons. It should be difficult to hit such small and flexible machines as airplanes.

"The enemy has no planes to fight with us in the air, and airships and balloons are living targets in front of planes.

"In the early days, bombs could be dropped as high as possible without going to the ground to shoot targets, and the probability of damage to the aircraft was very small.

"Moreover, wars cannot be without casualties. Pilots have to have been on the battlefield before they can understand how to fight."

After Zhu Jingyuan said that, Wang Lai stopped asking. He is not a military personnel, so he does not get involved in these plans.

Wang Lai continued to confirm some details with Zhu Jingyuan, and then he left and went back to contact the Ministry of Industry of the Beijing Normal University.

Zhu Jingyuan ordered his two staff members to write out his plan according to his oral statement and send it to Zhu Jianyan, the father of the capital.