When Ohara, the king of the Ottoman Empire, came to the other side of the Mediterranean, he brought his escort to the outside of Suez and sent someone to inform him of his arrival.
When Zhu Zhanzhen received the news, he was a little worried, fearing that the other party would see the current situation of his team, because their supplies had not arrived yet, and the food in the city was expected to be enough for the soldiers for three days, so he had to start reducing the food now.
Either exploit the people in Suez City, and as a last resort, Zhu Zhanyi will order the people in Suez City to distribute their food to the Ming Dynasty's army.
Now that the Ottoman Empire's envoys have come, Zhu Zhanzhen cannot let anyone see this situation, and he must show the momentum of the Ming Dynasty army.
Because it sent envoys here, either to declare war or to seek peace. No matter which one it is, it is necessary to show its strength.
After getting ready, Zhu Zhanzhen went out of the city to greet him personally.
O'Hara is an old man with a white beard who looks wiser. When he saw Zhu Zhanchen, he wanted to speak, but he was not sure whether Zhu Zhanchen could understand him. It was a bit embarrassing because he didn't have anyone around him who could speak clearly.
Zhu Zhanzhen said in their language: "Just say it directly, I can understand it."
O'Hara was surprised that the other party actually knew their language and thought he was a translator. However, the translator was so well-dressed and surrounded by a group of guards, so he probably couldn't.
"This is the Ottoman Empire, Hand of the King, O'Hara, Your Excellency."
Zhu Zhanyang pulled the reins of the horse and said energetically: "The fifth prince of the Ming Dynasty, the King of the Sea of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhanyang."
As the Hand of the King, what O'Hara saw and heard was unparalleled. He learned some things about the Ming Dynasty from the Timurid Empire.
Beyond the Timurid Empire is the huge Eastern Empire. It is said that there was an empire called Tang hundreds of years ago, and then there was the Han Dynasty. Their silks and ceramics are now used by nobles, and now the legendary Ming Dynasty
The empire is stronger than the previous mysterious Eastern Empire.
O'Hara is very curious about the Eastern Empire and has done some research, but the distance is too far, so it is recorded in some ancient books. He also knows that the Mongols, who were called the whip of God, were a nation of the Eastern Empire, and
Now the fierce Mongolia was driven back to the grasslands by the Ming Empire.
The young man in front of me is the prince of the Ming Empire.
"I didn't know that your Excellency is actually the prince of the Ming Dynasty. I am disrespectful and disrespectful."
"You know our country?"
"I've heard a little bit about it, but I didn't know that His Excellency Neptune is so proficient in our Chinese language. I'm really surprised?"
Zhu Zhanzhen smiled lightly: "I just learned it these days."
O'Hara was a little shocked but felt that Zhu Zhanzhen was talking nonsense. How could anyone learn so fast?
"I wonder what you are talking about?" Zhu Zhanzhen asked knowingly.
O'Hara came back to his senses, looked at the city of Suez and said: "Your Majesty the Sea King has come all the way. Our king of the Ottoman Empire sent me to meet you and entertain you well. There was some small matter between you and me.
There may be some misunderstandings between us, so we should take this opportunity to clear up the misunderstandings.”
O'Hara's speech was very good, so Zhu Zhanzhen made a gesture of invitation: "In that case, please come to the city to have a chat. It's not like my Ming Dynasty's way of hospitality."
The guard's eyes signaled O'Hara to be more careful. If he followed Zhu Zhanyang into the city, they would completely lose any initiative. It would be up to Zhu Zhanyang to kill or behead him.
The Fang of the Bay was lost to the Eastern Empire, and they knew very little about the Eastern Empire. They had no way of knowing what kind of people these people were, so they allowed the King's Hand to follow them into the city rashly, and they were used as bodyguards.
It's considered dereliction of duty.
But O'Hara firmly followed Zhu Zhanzhen into the city of Suez.
"Your Excellency is so courageous."
O'Hara said fearlessly: "Your Excellency has such great deeds and abilities at such a young age, which is truly courageous."
After a period of business exchanges, Zhu Zhanzhen took O'Hara to Suez.
Both sides of the main street in the city were lined with soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and all the artillery had been pulled out.
As soon as he saw O'Hara entering the city, several cannons were fired from the city wall toward the open space outside the city. O'Hara was startled, and the horses were frightened and almost lost control.
"Sir O'Hara, this is our Ming Dynasty's welcome ceremony. We only fire cannons when we welcome our friends." Zhu Zhanzhen, still smiling, explained to O'Hara.
Ohama was not a child, and he could see that Zhu Zhanzhen was giving him a blow.
The Ming Dynasty soldiers and firearms on this street were indeed scary enough. He lamented in his heart that with so many firearms, Sehalem III was not unjustly defeated.
Artillery, firearms, armor, and throwing firearms on the waists of unknown warriors. He had already roughly learned about the Ming Dynasty's various firearms from the messenger who reported the news. Now he saw that the messenger's words were not exaggerated at all, so
Not to mention defeating Sehalem III, it was not impossible for his army to reach his own capital.
Looking at the appearance of the Ming army, he couldn't help but think of an old proverb from the Mesopotamia region: A widow with a big bird in front of her door is a pure bully.
Now the opponent's momentum is suppressed, because it seems that the opponent's attitude is for peace talks, so he must be made aware of his own strength, and he must not be allowed to know the shortcomings of his current lack of supplies.
O'Hara said: "Your Majesty Sea King, can I meet our general Sehalem III first?" He wanted to make sure Sehalem III was still alive first. Why? Because Sehalem III was the king's illegitimate son.
There were many illegitimate children in ancient times. In fact, everyone is prone to making mistakes in modern times and ancient times, but in ancient times, there was no protection from Xiao Du, Xiaojie and Xiaogang.
Rubber products are urgently needed.
Zhu Zhanyi took O'Hara outside a courtyard and said before entering: "Sir, I have to say that your General Sehalem III is really a tough guy. He hasn't eaten at all since he surrendered.
, I have been in a state of despair and only drank some water.”
He was vaccinated first, and after walking into the house, he saw Sehalem III who was now extremely thin and weak. This was completely different from the strong Sehalem III who was riding a horse and galloping a few days ago.
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When O'Hara saw Sehalem III, he at least ensured that he was still alive, and said, "His Majesty the Sea King, can you give him some food, rice cereal or something like that?"
"Sir O'Hara, he is still on a hunger strike and refuses to eat."
"Don't worry, sir, I will persuade him to eat." O'Hara was still smiling.
But who can't see that Sehalem III was on a hunger strike? That meant not giving him anything to eat, but Zhu Zhanzhen was even treating the prisoners of war kindly. At least he was not tortured, and his arms and legs were not broken.
O'Hara came here this time to meet Sehalem III. He was no longer in human form. After all, the two sides had fought a war before. If it was Sehalem III, their peace talks would not be able to proceed smoothly. Now Sehalem III
At least Halim III is fine. If he is weak, he will be fine if he takes some time to recover.
With his eyes, Zhu Zhanzhen signaled his subordinates to bring some food in and give it to Sehalem III.
In order to prevent Sehalem III from eating too much at one time when he was extremely hungry, O'Hara only gave him liquid food. Older people have seen more things and always handle things more thoughtfully.
"Your Excellency Neptune, General Sehalem III is fine now. Let my guards take care of him. He is just hungry and nothing serious. On behalf of our Ottoman Empire, I have something to communicate with you." Oha.
Seeing that Sehalem III was basically fine, Ma got down to business.
"OK."
The two came to Zhu Zhanyi's place. Zhu Zhanyi asked him to sit down and made him tea.
"This is our Ming Dynasty tea. I wonder if you have ever tasted it." Zhu Zhanzhen handed the teacup to O'Hara.
The Ottoman King raised his glass and drank without any doubt, expressing his trust in Zhu Zhanzhen and his fearlessness in his heart.
Sure enough, O'Hara squirted out.
"Your Excellency, it's a little hot." Zhu Zhanzhen was shocked.
O'Hara wanted to show off his courage, but he suffered a loss and his mouth was numb.
O'Hara pretended to be calm and said: "Let's get down to business. Your Ming Empire and our Ottoman Empire have never had any enmity. It can be said that they have no intersection. I heard that the Ming Empire was a country of etiquette. Why did you come to our country?"
They seized our city and fought with our army."
A seasoned diplomat will always place himself on the side of justice from the beginning.
Zhu Zhanzhen shook his head and said: "When we arrived in Suez City, we never thought about confronting the Ottoman Empire. Unfortunately, General Sehalem III did not seem to want to have any communication with us. When we arrived in Suez City,
They launched an attack on us immediately. We can't sit still and wait for death. In order to protect our own lives, we had no choice but to fight back. It's just that our soldiers may be too strong, so we defeated Sehalim.
General III's cavalry suffered some serious losses, and it was really out of necessity."
O'Hara looked a little ugly. He really wanted Zhu Zhanchen to sit over from another angle and listen to what nonsense he was talking about. You were almost wiped out by our elite force, the Bay Teeth. Now you are telling me that you are.
A legitimate counterattack is forced upon oneself.
Trying to keep his expression as unchanged as possible, O'Hara is still relatively calm and sophisticated.
"Your Excellency Neptune, since this is a misunderstanding, in order not to affect the friendship between our two countries, can you please take your troops to withdraw from the city of Suez and return our city and the captured Gulf Teeth team?"
Since you said you have no intention of occupying our city, then you should return it to me. O'Hara said these words in a pretentious manner, but he knew that it was impossible for Zhu Zhanyi to return it, and Zhu Zhanyi was not stupid.
"We also lost a lot in the helpless battle. We came with a friendly attitude, but you, the Ottoman Empire, started fighting without saying a word. Even though I can understand Mr. O'Hara's thoughts, but my hand
The soldiers below can't, they also lost their comrades, friends, and even brothers in the battle." Zhu Zhanzhen shook his head.
O'Hara was neither anxious nor annoyed: "Your Excellency Neptune, this incident was beyond our expectations. May I take the liberty of asking you what exactly is going on here?"
Zhu Zhanzhen took a sip of tea: "There is a great adventurer in our country. He started from the Ming Dynasty and went west, bypassing the vast African continent, that is, the entire continent on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and arrived at Ingeland and Buddha.
Lanxi, please tell me what you should know about these two."
O'Hara nodded, and Zhu Zhanchen continued: "But there he was captured by these two shameless countries through cunning tactics. After finally escaping, he sailed west again and returned to the Ming Dynasty.
It proves that the world is round.”
Hearing this, O'Hara looked at Zhu Zhanzhen in disbelief: "Your Excellency Neptune, how can this world be round?"
"Facts speak louder than words. I will not discuss this matter with you. Our adventurers set out to the west, but came back from the east where the sun rises. This is an indisputable fact and has been recognized in our country.
It's over, I'm going to avenge our adventurers now, and I'm going to Ingeland and France."
"It's just too far to go around the vast African continent, so I want to enter the Mediterranean through the Ottoman Empire and reach these two places faster."
No other country except Poland would believe in using the road to attack other countries.
"So, Your Majesty the Sea King does not need a city. I can sign an agreement with you on behalf of the Ottoman Empire. Your Majesty's army can cross our country from the shores of the Red Sea and enter the Mediterranean Sea."
O'Hara dared to say such words, but Zhu Zhanzhen felt that his authority was not small. As the second-in-command of the Ottoman Empire, he was not sloppy in doing things.
Zhu Zhanzhen still shook his head: "Your Excellency, you don't understand what I mean. I don't want our team to pass through on foot, but to drive our warship over."
O'Hara instantly understood what Zhu Zhanzhen meant, he wanted to dig a canal.
"Do you want to build a canal?"
Zhu Zhanzhen nodded: "I heard that there is an ancient canal here that can go directly from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, so we are looking for this canal and will dig it directly if necessary."
The Ottoman Empire wanted this canal and it was not a matter of a day or two. In this case, it would be more convenient for Zhu Zhanzhen to dig it.
Just allowing foreigners on their own land would be detrimental to the Ottoman Empire, and the king would not agree.
O'Hara understood that it was difficult for both parties to reach consensus on this matter, so he said: "Your Excellency, Sea King, can you first return the soldiers of the Bay Fang and General Sehalem III to me? I will take them and your Excellency."
Let’s return to the capital together in good faith and explain the situation to the king.”
Zhu Zhancheng refused again: "I can first return you a hundred warriors of the Gulf Fang to express my goodwill. As for General Sehalem III, I think he prefers to stay in Suez. Our relationship
It's very good now. I feel sympathy for my dear friend, and at the same time I have a message for your king, our Ming Empire will decide on this canal."
"Your Excellency Neptune, do you want to take over my land by force?" O'Hara looked angry.
"I don't want to have any conflict with the Ottoman Empire, but don't underestimate my determination to avenge my subjects. The adventurer who traveled around the world is named Zheng He. He is my mentor and helpful friend. I was in his
I swore to avenge him before lying on my bed. If anyone blocks my way to revenge, I will fight if I want. My soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are never afraid of war."