"You mean their ships are made of steel?" Suleiman II was also so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

"That's nonsense. I'll give you a piece of iron. If you can't make it float on the water, I'll twist your head off." Kuopulu pointed at Dorgon and yelled. How dare you treat the Ottoman Empire's monarchs and ministers like monkeys.

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Dorgon lamented, feeling helpless. Because of the influence of doctrine, the Ottoman Empire could be called a technological desert. Imams here would stand up and call all advanced things heretical.

In the East, firearms wars have become a reality. When the Indians went to war with the Ming Dynasty, both sides used rifles, machine guns, and even airship cannons. But in the Ottoman Empire, rifles were considered advanced weapons. Cannons were not breech-loaded, which was even more depressing.

The only thing is that there are simply no corresponding scientific and technological talents here.

Although Dorgon brought many blueprints to India, there are no lathes here, let alone craftsmen to make these things. In other words, even if Dorgon has the blueprints in his hands, he cannot make a suitable weapon.

Everything can only start from the basics, first train craftsmen and then slowly build things like machine tools.

This era was a closed era. The sultans of the Ottoman Empire did not know that war had changed dramatically in the far east. Technology was changing the world, and of course it was also changing the form of war.

It will take a lot of time for the Ottoman Empire to be armed like India. It is obvious that Li Xiao does not intend to give them time.

"Hey ...! His Majesty Sudan, can you invite you and the ministers to move the pool outside?" Dole said helplessly to Suleiman II.

"Yes, if you can't give us a good answer, you will be severely punished." Suleiman II nodded and took the lead and walked out. Behind him, the ministers filed out and gathered around the edge of the pool.

, look at how this man makes steel float on the water.

Dole is brought to a copper basin and a copper ingot. In the face of everyone, the weight of the copper ingot and copper basin is called.

"Your Majesty the Sultan! Everyone, you have seen that the copper basin and the copper ingot are of equal weight." After saying that, Dorgon put the two things together into the pool in front of Topkapi Palace.

When the copper ingot was put into the water, of course it fell straight to the bottom of the pond immediately. But the copper basin, in front of everyone's surprised eyes, floated on the water.

"Your Majesty the Sultan! You saw that 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 also float on the water. You understand the ship made of steel as a huge one?

The basin is fine. Of course, this kind of ship is very complicated, and the ability of our Ottoman Empire? Can't make it. "

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

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

"Yes! India also had such capabilities before, but... it was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty's greed for land is boundless? Now that Li Xiao's soldiers have appeared in Adana? They will definitely be interested in the eastern territories of the empire.

.Perhaps they have already made the Persians surrender."

"Okay, I believe you. Our warships are no match for them, so what do you think we should do now?" Suleiman II made up his mind? To keep his eastern territory.

"No matter what happens to us in the future? Keeping Adana is the key. Without Adana, the Eastern Province will be lost." Dorgon did not speak rashly. He knew that the interests of a large empire like the Ottoman Empire were definitely complicated, and he was a foreigner.

Haven't got a firm footing yet? If you speak rashly, you will die in an ugly way.

Keeping Adana was already the consensus of the Ottoman emperors and ministers, and Dorgon's words only solidified this view.

"Hmm!" Ku Pulu "um"? Give Dole's eyes that counts you.

"In this case, we should mobilize the army? It is better to defend Adana." Ahmed, who does not agree with the war, has no choice but to think about Adana, because Adana is indeed very important.

"Okay! Kuopulu? You order the army to prepare? Lead the army to reinforce Adana in three days. No matter what, Adana cannot be captured by the Ming Dynasty, understand?" Suleiman II turned to Kuopu behind him.

Lu Lu said.

"Understood, but Your Majesty the Sultan, this time I want to bring your Guards Musketeers. According to Dorgon, the Ming Army has fully realized the use of firearms. If we don't have Guards Musketeers, we won't be able to do it at all.

The opponent of the Ming army."

"Uh...!" Suleiman II hesitated.

The Guards Musketeers are the essence of the Ottoman Empire's army. They are composed of 20,000 officers and soldiers selected from the huge army of the Ottoman Empire.

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

The Guards Musketeers were the trump card in the hands of Suleiman II, and he would not let the generals control them easily. The leader of the Guards Musketeers now is Suleiman II's eldest son Conte.

He hesitated for a while, maybe because he felt that Adana was too important, or because he felt that it was really impossible to fight without musket soldiers. Suleiman II looked at Kuopulu: "Okay, Conte will lead fifteen thousand

Human Guardian Slide Gun Soldier follows you to Ada. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Sultan!" Kuopulu almost died of joy. With the help of the Guards Musketeers, this battle will be much more certain. I don't believe that the Ming people are really as powerful as Dorgon said.

"Your Majesty the Sultan! As a result, there are only 20,000 troops left to defend Constantinople. Should we mobilize some troops from Sofia to defend Constantinople?" Prime Minister Ahmed was very worried about your Majesty.

Security of Constantinople.

"Sofia's horses, to deal with Slap. If Sofia lost, Slavs will take the opportunity to attack Constantinople.

As long as we keep the enemy out of the country, there will be no problems in Constantinople." Kuopulu hurriedly spoke. He would not give Ahmed a chance to get involved in the army.

"Well! Kuopulu is right. As long as we can keep the enemy out of the country, Constantinople will be safe. People from the Ming Dynasty will not fly over from the sky." Suleiman II supported Kuopulu.

Lulu.

As the Sultan, he had to maintain the balance among his subordinates. Ahmed had already controlled the civil affairs of the Ottoman Empire, so he should not be allowed to get involved in the military affairs. A minister who had too much power was intolerable to the Sultan.

Dorgon wanted to speak, but when he saw Kuopulu's wolf-like eyes, he immediately swallowed his words. If he got involved in a dispute between the prime minister and the general, he would die in an ugly way.

Kopululu was worthy of being a general. He immediately reorganized the army after receiving the order from the Sultan. Three days later, the Ottoman army, which was powerful in the Middle East, set off and advanced into Adana in a mighty manner.

Among them, the 15,000 -person guardian skaters led by the prince Conte seemed particularly eye -catching.

On the day when Kuopulu set off for the expedition, Li Xiao received a battle report from the front.

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

"Send the order to transfer the supplies to Crete. We will use it as an advance base and tell the second brother that he has half a month."

"No!" Sun Xing ran out immediately after receiving the order.

"Brother, Newton has been caught." Li Hu walked in and reported the good news to Li Xiao.

"Oh! This is a good news. I thought he was hiding from the Lord Yan." Li Yan's eyes were bright. This kind of idol -type character had to be seen.

"Newton and more than 30 Oxford and Cambridge professors hid in a bunker. Such a long time passed. They had finished eating and drinking. There was no way. When they came out to look for food, they were killed by the local people.

The Indians caught them and gave them to us."

"I really want to meet these people. This is the biggest gain." There are more than 30 people, and they are all professors from Oxford and Cambridge. Li Xiao feels that this is the biggest gain from conquering India.

"Yuan Chonghuan sent it to you."

"Sent it? Where is it?"

"Just got off the ship, you see." Li Hu pointed at a freighter stopped on the port.

"This Yuan Chonghuan, okay, see you see it." Li Yan was helpless. Such people did not hurry back to the country and strictly take care of them. They also arrived at the front line.

This Yuan Chonghuan is really becoming more and more unreliable.

After a while, a golden hair -pale guy was taken in.

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

"Who are you?" Newton was surprised that the Ming people in front of him would speak English.

"My name is Li Yan, and I am glad to meet you." Li Yan walked over and stretched out his hand.

Newton shook hands with Li Xiao in a daze. He didn't realize who Li Xiao was.

After gesturing to Shunzi, Shunzi immediately brought two cups of tea. It was Indian black tea that the British like to drink!

Newton stirred the mixture in the cup with a small spoon a few times, then took a sniff, looking very intoxicated.

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

"Yeah! You'll know it by smelling it." Newton sniffed greedily.

"Dr. Newton, I would like to ask you and your colleagues to serve our Ming Dynasty. Are you willing?" Li Xiao knew that it was useless to talk to these people in roundabout ways. He was not arrogant enough to think that his IQ would crush Newton.

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"Mr. Li Yan, you know that I am England. I can't betray our king! Unfortunately." Newton watched Li Yan shook his head helplessly.

"It's very simple. I'll go to London and ask your king. If he doesn't agree, I will destroy London, then Nottingham, and York City. Maybe I will find a Scotsman to be the king of England.

Anyway, the grievances between you are constantly chaotic. "Li Yan said with a smile, as if hitting London is a small thing that is no longer small.

"Mr. Li Xiao, I have to admit that the Ming Dynasty is very powerful. But I don't believe you can reach London. You know...!"

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

Newton shook his head in confusion. When he first came to India, there was no Suez Canal. He went to India by detouring through Africa.

"This is Egypt, and this port is called Alexandria. I believe you also know that this city is named after Alexander the Great. Now, it lies at my feet.

Two days ago, we just occupied Crete Island. Then, Sicily, and Cosca. Gibralta came out. How far are we from London.

What's more, I have a friend named Napoleon. Your Queen is organizing one anti-French alliance after another. I think Mr. Napoleon really wants me to help. Don't say I didn't remind you that by that time London will

It will definitely be reduced to ruins. And Nottingham and York City, I guarantee it!"

Li Xiao smiled, destroying London was like going on a weekend safari.

"This is impossible, how you arrived in Egypt. It is impossible to cross Africa for such a short time!" Newton was shocked to see the outside.

"I built a canal from Port Said to Fort Suez. I named this canal the Suez Canal. From now on, it will only take a month at most to travel from London to Mumbai, India."

"Oh! God, you actually dug a canal." Newton was very surprised. He had never thought about the problem of canals.
To be continued...