I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

After learning that he had witnessed more than 60 warships of the Ming Dynasty escorting a dozen Venetian warships to Crete and successfully entering the port, Mustafa felt desperate. He looked at Greco and said: " Your Excellency, Venice, you are playing with fire. You have opened the door to hell and released a group of demons. Those who play with fire will burn themselves. I hope you will have enough ways to deal with it when the time comes."

Mustafa almost didn't curse directly.

"Haha, General Mustafa, you don't need to worry about this issue. Now you should worry about Osman yourself. How are you going to deal with the current situation?"

Greco said very proudly: "Our city-state Republic of Venice is now a vassal state of the Ming Empire. Our consul has gone to the Ming Dynasty and is preparing to accept the appointment of His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Your Ottoman Empire's attack on our Venice is equivalent to attacking the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire will not let you go!"

Aberg continued: "You may not know it well. About forty years ago, a small army from the Far East organized more than 200,000 troops to invade Korea, a vassal state of the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire immediately recruited hundreds of thousands of reinforcements. After several years of hard fighting, they defeated Xiao Benzi. As a result, they led the navy to attack Xiao Benzi's homeland several times and beat Xiao Benzi to a miserable state..."

In fact, Greco, like Aberg, is not worried about future problems. With the power of Venice alone, it is impossible to defeat the attack of the entire Western Europe. They will either surrender and become prisoners. There is no other good choice at all, but now Being able to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty is the best outcome for everyone in Venice.

Are they supposed to surrender to Osman, their defeated general? Are they shameless in Venice?

Mustafa has no solution to the current situation. If he had, the situation would not have collapsed to the current level. Mustafa's answer to Greco was a long silence.

Greco could tell from the changes in Mustafa's expression that Mustafa's inner struggle was complicated.

"If...I mean if, if Venice can give the Ottoman Empire a relatively decent step, then the Ottoman Empire can still recognize the management of Crete by the City-State Republic of Tanzania?"

Mustafa finally raised this question, but he didn’t know whether it was Eli’s intention or the Ottoman Empire’s intention. It was probably both.

Crete now looks like a bottomless pit. The Ottoman Empire is not unable to destroy the Venetian army. The key problem is that the attitude of the Ming Empire has already explained everything. If the Ottoman Empire can mobilize the whole country and continue to attack Crete When increasing troops on the island, is the cost proportional to the harvest?

If Crete is a place full of gold, then I believe that the Ottoman Empire will capture Crete no matter how difficult it is. Unfortunately, Crete is not a place full of gold. The current Crete itself is not rich in resources. , but compared to Venice, which is relatively small, it is a must-win place.

For the Ottoman Empire, Crete was just a springboard to attack the city-state of Venice. Now that Venice has the support of the Ming Dynasty, it is simply possible to destroy Venice, unless there is a disagreement between the Ming Dynasty and Venice, a fundamentally irreconcilable conflict.

Greco smiled faintly and said: "It's useless for you to tell me this kind of thing. I'm just a small earl and the lord of Candia. I don't have the right to communicate with foreign countries. To do this, I need to go to Venice, where there is the Ming Empire. Consulate in Venice!”

"In fact, I have always believed that competition in Europe should not involve outsiders, especially the Great Qin (the Ottomans have always called the Ming Dynasty the Great Qin). The problems between our Ottoman Empire and Venice are essentially internal problems of European countries. We are more We should join forces instead of tearing each other apart like now."

Greco shrugged, showing a helpless expression: "This is not something I want to see, but you Ottomans are too greedy. Let's make it clear. Even if we in Venice are used as dogs by others, we must choose a stronger one. The master may be the Ming Empire, or the Spanish Empire, or at least the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, but it definitely cannot be the Ottoman Empire, because you are not qualified..."

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The Ottoman Empire is still unclear about the true attitude of the Ming Empire. The main problem is that naval warships of the Ming Empire have appeared in the Red Sea and the Ottoman Strait. No one can say whether these warships are directed at the Ottoman Empire. The powerful Ottoman The Imperial Navy was almost entirely in the Mediterranean.

If the Ming Dynasty takes action at this time, the Ottoman Empire will not only be attacked from both sides, but may also lose a large amount of coastal territory.

In fact, after receiving the news from Deng Xianwu via the radio, Cheng Shijie did not spend more energy on European issues. As Zhu Weiti and Yang Yuniang gave birth to the fifth and sixth children of Cheng Shijie, now Cheng Shijie has There are six children, four sons and two daughters. The fifth child is named Cheng Jiayao and the sixth child is named Cheng Jiaheng.

Faced with the matter of Cheng Shijie's child being crowned king, Cheng Shijie directly waved his big hand and turned Mindanao into the Kingdom of Zheng. He named his third son Cheng Jiayao as King Zheng. This is King Zheng's fiefdom.

The sixth son, Cheng Jiaheng, was granted a seal in Sumatra and renamed Sumatra the country of Su.

Of course, neither the Jeju Island of the second oldest King Qi, the Mindanao Island of the third oldest Zheng Guo, nor the Sumatra Island of the fourth oldest one are all in the mainland of the Ming Dynasty so far.

Zhu Weiti looked at the sea map and found that although her son's fiefdom was not as big as Lao Si's fiefdom, nor was it as strategically important as Lao Si's fiefdom, however, as a princess of the former dynasty, she was not qualified to negotiate terms. As for Lao Si's fiefdom, it was even more important. Big, when she thought about it, it was probably Yang Yunniang who had earned more wealth for her son.

Of course, Zhu Weiti's idea is somewhat natural.

The ship on which the Venetian Consul Francesco Elizzo was riding was the Xianyang from the Ming Dynasty's Ocean Fleet. In the past, the naval warships of the Ning Navy were named after the names of prefectures or states. However, Cheng Shijie later discovered that originally the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty were Although the number of provinces has increased from thirteen to twenty-one, the problem is that the names of prefectures and states are still not enough.

For this reason, the county name had to be used as the name of the battleship. Xianyang is not a prefecture-level city and is now a county town affiliated with Chang'an Prefecture. Of course, it has a name and a ship number, and the name is three digits.

From the hull number 803, it can be judged that this is the 803rd new warship of the Ming Dynasty. Although some battleships of the Ming Dynasty were sunk in battles or hit rocks and sank, they will supplement this hull number with subsequent warships. and ship name.

The Xianyang is a giant shark-class warship with a full load displacement of more than 1,800 tons. This behemoth has a speed of more than 14 knots. When there is a tailwind, it can even run at a high speed of 16 knots. This also means that The Ming Dynasty's shipbuilding industry reached a new peak. Escorted by twelve Sea Wolf-class and six Sea Shark-class warships, this battleship traveled day and night, crossing the Strait of Malacca, crossing the vast South China Sea, and heading north.

When crossing the Strait of Malacca, Francesco Elizzo noticed that the beautiful Strait of Malacca was already full of wars. With the support of the Ming Dynasty, indigenous people from all over the country were mercilessly besieging the Dutch who had finally established the Strait of Malacca. colonial stronghold.

Obviously, the Dutch's act of robbing the Ming Dynasty of envoys has completely angered the Ming Dynasty navy. They want to uproot the Dutch power!

Dongyu and Siam were also at war. After two years of recuperation, the chieftain army that moved to Annan had gathered enough strength and began to launch an overwhelming offensive against Dongye and Siam.

Perhaps the memory of being squeezed out and beaten for thousands of years has made them fearful. In order to avoid history repeating itself, they will not let go of any opportunity to expand their territory. Even if Annan cannot be saved in the future, they can still go to Taungoo, Siam, and other places. They can annihilate immigrants from areas such as Lagoon and Khmer, so that they will not be cornered.

This way of thinking is like buying the entire city because you are afraid of not having a house to live in. These mountain people are so simple.

Their simplicity is a nightmare for all ethnic groups in Indochina. Their invincible heavy infantry legion held muskets and long cannons in front, and a large number of armed immigrants followed behind with swords, axes, bows and crossbows. Every time the legion conquered a place, the armed immigrants would expel or even massacre all the civilians there. Just like in real life A wax official said: "These barbarians swept our land like locusts. Where they swept, few civilians or livestock survived!"

These countries also went to the Ming Dynasty to cry and complain, but it was obvious that the expansion of the chieftain army was approved by the regent of the Ming Dynasty, and their complaints were of no use.

Francesco Elizzo saw all this, and he felt extremely bitter in his heart. This kind of scene of territorial expansion has been staged countless times in the Venetian city-state's seven to eight hundred years of history. But now, these glories are gradually disappearing like the setting sun, leaving Venice with an extremely dark future. .

Can ancient Venice, the great motherland that has inherited the glory of ancient Rome, survive this endless night and usher in the dazzling moment of sunrise?

Although it is in the interest of everyone in Venice to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the problem is that no one knows the Ming Empire's attitude and strategic management towards the vassal state.

Will the Ming Dynasty let the Venetians leave Venice and come to live in the vast Ming Dynasty? Will they rob the Venetians of their wealth?

However, when passing Shanghai in Luzon, the fleet took a three-day rest. Francesco Elizzo saw the first city of the Ming Dynasty. Francesco Elizzo faced the magnificent The city wall appeared, and the uneasiness in his heart disappeared instantly.

Compared with the magical cities of later generations, Shanghai is undoubtedly still an inconspicuous town. Due to its interest in foreign trade, Shanghai has developed rapidly. Most of the streets have been widened and turned into cement roads, which are neat and beautiful.

The floors of many flying mast buildings have been demolished and turned into buildings built with reinforced concrete and red bricks with ceramic tiles on the outside. Each building is like a fortress. Sewage pipes and water pipes have covered most neighborhoods, especially the water pipes, which are laid all the way from the Yangtze River.

With the widespread use of steam engine-type water pumps, tap water has become a reality. The Yangtze River water is pumped into tall cooling towers for filtration, precipitation, and purification, and then the effect of gravity is used. Tap water has become a necessity for thousands of households in daily life. You can drink it by turning on the tap, which is very convenient.

However, there are signs posted in many conspicuous places with the words "Save Water" written in red paint to remind citizens to save water. There are factories set up in almost every neighborhood, including textiles, clothing, leather goods, and grain processing, with a full range of products.

The number of breweries has increased sharply, which indirectly proves that the history of food shortage in the Ming Dynasty has completely passed. A large amount of chemical fertilizers and manures have caused a surge in grain production. The food transported from the surrounding areas of the Ming Dynasty can basically meet the needs, and the remaining gaps will be prioritized from The purchase of Liaodong encouraged more people to immigrate to open up Liaodong.

The price of food is now unbelievably low. In order to curb mergers, Cheng Shijie is frantically suppressing the prices of agricultural and sideline products. It is safer to farm in Daming than to put the money in the bank to earn interest. Although farmers do not earn much from growing grain, they can still work. Now the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty is still falling, and the supply exceeds demand. There is no way. Some officials in the DPRK and China have even begun to worry about whether such low grain prices will dampen farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain.

Take the current workers of the Ming Dynasty as an example. With one month's salary, they could barely buy two hundred kilograms of rice in five years. They could buy five hundred kilograms of rice three years ago, but now they can buy more than two thousand kilograms.

Looking at the city of Shanghai, prices in Shanghai are very cheap. As the price of grain falls, farmers use a large amount of grain to raise livestock and poultry in order to increase their income.

An egg only costs one penny, and two pennies can buy three eggs. According to the salary of local construction workers in Shanghai, their monthly salary can be almost more than 3,000 eggs. Even the salary of a female textile worker can be purchased. More than two thousand pieces.

With Francesco Elizzo's salary as a consul, he could barely buy more than 3,000 eggs a month in Venice, which was equivalent to the income of a construction worker in Shanghai. Now he was completely relieved that Ming Dynasty was not poor now. , arguably, richer than the Venetians.

This high-intensity war has basically emptied the wealth accumulated by the Venetians. Not only did they support the Ming Dynasty with protection fees for five years of peace, but they also purchased a large number of artillery shells and naval guns.

Major projects in Shanghai continue. Water conservancy is a top priority. Thanks to the advantages of water and sea transportation, Shanghai's industrial development is very rapid, especially the textile industry, with huge textile factories rising from the ground.

Francesco Elizzo exclaimed: "It's so energetic... It's great, it's great to have such great energy!"

In Beijing, Cheng Shijie looked at the cabinet members and said: "Now that Venice has arrived in Shanghai, he will stay in Shanghai for three days, and he will arrive in Beijing in up to seven days. You all think about how we treat our Ming Dynasty!"

Sun Zhiwan asked doubtfully: "What does the king mean by changing the Ming Dynasty's imperial system?"

"Our Ming Dynasty's current national policy will not waver for a hundred years. To sum up, it is just four words: distant friendship and close attack!"

Cheng Shijie then looked at the crowd and said: "In the past, we had many vassal states in the Ming Dynasty, but in recent years we have raised a group of white-eyed wolves, one is Lao Burma, the other is Annan, not to mention those Mongolia, little books, so this set It doesn’t work anymore, we must find a proper way!” (End of this chapter)