During his dealings with senior officials of the Ottoman Empire, Gregory found that they were both arrogant and greedy, possessing the bad character of "I just collect money and don't do anything, what can you do with me"!

People are angry and hateful, come to give them money to settle the relationship, no matter whether it is successful or not, they will accept it correctly.

Don't send it? Can't even enter the door!

The Ottoman Empire is so powerful that it weighs heavily on everyone's hearts like a mountain. Even if it is humiliated, it must do it on its own and beg the officials with patience and humiliation.

Da Vizier's old Coplulu's reputation is much better. He is not greedy for money and is reasonable. Unfortunately, there are too few Turkish officials like this!

Today the Grand Vizier summoned, and Gregory came over happily to see what happened.

He doesn't believe in three-pointers what others say, but Da Vizier's teeth are the golden ambassador, which is quite hopeful.

The old Coplulu first said that he was busy with official duties and wanted to communicate more with the gentlemen of Europe, but unfortunately it was not convenient.

Then I asked Gregory kindly how good is his stay in Istanbul?

Gregory said solemnly to thank Grand Vizier for his concern. Yes, he lived very well in Istanbul, where the scenery is good, the food is everywhere, the people are harmonious, and the goods from all countries are dazzling... When this said the host and the guests They were all laughing, they were drinking Chinese tea together.

The most powerful countries or forces in the world are among the top ones including China, Hong Maofan, the Ottoman Empire, Persia, the Mughal Empire, etc. The Ottoman Empire has left-handed liver-red hair Fan, right-handed Persian, and kicked the Chinese. !

Since it is in a state of war with those countries, trade blockade is necessary. However, the Ottoman Empire market is full of products from those countries, especially Chinese products, and they have never stopped supplying them. Ottoman businessmen are really "active" in their work!

Chinese goods are synonymous with good quality and low price. Europeans started the era of great voyages, and now the profitable ones have become Chinese. Their goods are coming and sold ship by ship, and all countries cannot do without Chinese products. Like Chinese tea, in the Ottoman Empire, you can't drink alcohol, you can only drink tea. If you break the supply, nothing will happen without tea!

Gregory’s irony is clever. Old Coplulu laughed, and after arguing with him, he said sternly: “Before, we received a letter from the Cretan army forwarded by the Chinese people. , Come, read and listen!" He took out a letter and gave it to a clerk to read it.

"Oh!" Gregory listened to what he said.

From the tone of the letter, it was written by an officer named Emeni, who described the terrible battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice on Crete.

"...The enemy in the fortress fought bravely. We used fierce artillery fire to besiege for seven consecutive days. The wall was finally broken. We rushed in, but just before the victory, disaster struck! The enemy ignited and was buried underground in the fortress. The huge landmines destroyed everything, and the entire fortress and the soldiers of the two armies were all blown up into ashes!

In this explosion alone, our army lost 3,000 men!

During this winter, our army ran out of food brought by the sea, and the cold clothes sent were not enough to prevent us from launching an attack. Soldiers who went out on patrol dressed thicker, and when they returned to the tent, they took off their clothes. Come down and hand it over to foreign comrades...

Food is scarce, and there is no way to replenish it. The Venetians blocked our sea transportation, and no boat can get through! There was heavy snowfall, and some soldiers died at night without any physical injuries. They did not know whether they died from freezing or starvation.

It snowed all night, and hundreds of soldiers were frozen to death in the beach camp at a time!

The enemy's condition is much better than ours. After all, they are fighting in the town.

The wounded were even more difficult and could not be transported back to the country. Without medicine, nine out of ten died!

When spring arrived, domestic supplies looked like nowhere. The starving officers and soldiers would eat whatever they found. Some soldiers shot wild boars on the island to eat, and the officer thought they hadn’t seen it... (Turks don’t eat pork. ).

When the domestic transport ship finally arrived, three days after receiving supplies, the barracks fell into panic because of the outbreak of a large-scale plague!

The dead were transported away in carts. I heard from the healer that the disease was caused by the transport ship, even if we took quarantine measures, it was useless.

Non-combat attrition is very common, and the replacement soldiers sent in cannot fill the vacancies of the fallen soldiers..."

In the letter of Emmeni, he urged his family to purchase Chinese medicines, including Jinchuang Yao, Baoji Pills, Typhoid Pill, and Cooling Oil, etc., and how much they could receive. These medicines are really good medicines, and the others are not good at all.

Emmeni’s family tried their best to meet his requirements, bought a large package of Chinese medicine, and entrusted it to the sea-going ship to send it to him who was fighting on the island of Crete.

The family remembered him, but when the medicine arrived, they found that he was no longer needed.

Emmanuel died in battle this summer!

The clerk finished reading, and there was silence under the dome. Old Coplulu and Gregory were both thinking.

This is a hard and cruel duel, and it seems that there will be no ending if the two sides fail one.

There is no quick fight but a protracted battle, and a long war of attrition that neither side had expected---the consumption, bloodletting, and cost of the **** war are all on an unprecedented scale in history.

For the Venetians, when their wealth is exhausted, it is better to make more money than spend. How can there be such a business!

As for the Ottoman Empire, the biggest problem was that it contained too much energy on the empire, so that the Chinese touched the door, seized Egypt and Syria, and forced the empire from three continents into two continents.

This is an unnecessary war. If it were a land war, and the consumption was so large, a large amount of territory would have been laid long ago!

Stall a madman sultan, the Ottoman Empire’s national fortune is too bad.

Ibrahim I Sultan!

This is the person who started the war in Crete. Hehe, the old Coplulu knew that he was a lunatic, and started the Mediterranean war that dragged the empire to the abyss without even thinking about it.

Due to the sudden death of his elder brother Murad IV, Ibrahim I came to the throne by accident. He was pushed to power without being mentally or physically prepared to be an emperor. This throne is not easy to sit on, and the tremendous pressure made Ibrahim. I quickly derailed neurological short-circuit behavior.

He plays games with a dozen concubines a day~lightnovelpub.net~ Use gems and gold coins to make swimming pools and roll in it, or shoot bows and arrows at passers-by from the balcony of the palace, or even use cloth bags for the concubines who have just met. Bundled up and thrown into the sea...Well, he packed all the concubines in the palace, including those who gave birth to him, into sack bags and sank into the Bosphorus Strait. Only one person floated because the sack was not tightened. When she got up, she was rescued by a passing French cargo ship, and the French crew recorded the story!

Coplulu, the elder, is 80 years old, a veteran of the Four Dynasties, who knows this unimaginable history of the empire.

The problem is that the Crete War was fought because of Ibrahim I. After the fight, no one could end it if he wanted to. With so much investment in life and wealth, without good results, who would agree to stop?

If it weren't for the opportunity of a large-scale Chinese invasion, even the old Coplulu would not dare to order the end of the war.

Now he politely said: "The letter has been read by His Majesty Sultan and Queen Mother, and I am deeply sympathetic to this. He believes that the war has shed too much blood and too many people have died. It is time to end this war, so, I am ordered to talk with you, negotiate terms, and end this war!"

Gregory almost didn't laugh when he heard him!