In the Ottoman Empire and the palace in Istanbul, the old Empress Sutan Nourbanu was very worried.

Qi Jimei, the general of the Atlantic Military Office of the Ming Dynasty, has lived in Istanbul City in recent years. Queen Mother Sutan can feel that the patience of the Ming people is getting lower and lower.

For nothing else, it's the same thing - a Ming army was required to travel through the Ottoman territory and go to the northeast to meet the Ming army from there.

It is difficult for Ottoman to agree to this matter. It is not that they do not trust the Ming people enough, and it is really not something that can be solved by trust.

The Ottomans were not like the Ming Dynasty. All provinces and counties were directly under the emperor. The Ottoman borders were all sultanate countries with independent military, administrative and personnel powers, not to mention a bunch of governors Pasha with military powers. These were all real power officials that feudal monarchs were bound to be afraid of.

To allow the Ming army to transport food and grass to the northeast, we had to allow the Ming army to enter the port of Sinop and enter the Caucasus through the Black Sea.

This matter is simple, but first they have to fight a war with the Tsarist Russians in the Caucasus region and take down the landing ground; after taking down the landing ground, they also have to help defend the city to ensure that the Ming army is supported by food and grass.

After all this, who can guarantee that the Ming army will not take a boat to siege Istanbul?

What's more, what if this matter itself is fake? The Ming army just used this word to mobilize the Ottoman troops to go north, and even to the emptiness of the south, allowing the Western Army to take advantage of the opportunity to enter?

The military forces of the Western Military Palace have become the most feared military force in the Arabian waters, and they almost completely control the maritime power.

They have the largest merchant ships in this area, the largest warships, and even control the largest pirates.

A merchant ship does not have the flags of the Western Military Palace and their ships, and it is a dream to go out to sea to do business.

The most important thing is that no one believes the remarks of Western Minister Yin Zhengmao.

The work of Queen Mother Nurbanu Sutan in trying to send people to spy on the intelligence of the Western Military Office has been maintained for nearly three years, and I still don’t know enough about how many troops they have.

The preliminary information brought back by the spies was almost useless, but when the Istanbul court summarized the information from various places, the data finally produced by rumors and other news was scary.

They conservatively estimated that the Western Military Palace had 2,000 merchant ships, 2,000 transport ships, 1,300 armed merchant ships, 800 warships, 200 warships, 54 warships, and an extremely exaggerated giant warship.

To be honest, this is probably not conservative, and it is even a little exaggerated. However, even Yin Zhengmao did not blush after reading it. He simply felt that the spies on Lumi might have understood some of the supplies ships delivered to the Western Military Mansion by the Nanyang Military Mansion as ships of the Western Military Mansion.

The only thing is that Yin Zhengmao didn’t know that there was a giant warship in the military palace. In the mind of Mr. Yin, that thing should be called Feng Zhou, and it should be summarized in the giant armed transport ship.

Although it used new technology and ninety-four heavy artillery pieces were installed on the three-layer artillery deck, Yin Zhengmao would never use it to fight.

The significance of sealing a boat is to discover a country. After friendly negotiations, he paid tribute. When the emperor's edict came, he used this boat to carry angels to the shore and could calm the hearts of the people of a country.

The war is too expensive. Why do you need to use five thousand materials to seal the boats to fight? Is it uncomfortable to use the two thousand materials to honestly use the warship cluster?

Two years ago, Emperor Wanli of the court wrote a letter asking Yin Zhengmao to compile a textbook for geography for primary schools in China. Wanli handed this work to the ministers of the Sanyang Military Office at the same time, just to let them all do it, and the final result was sent to the Forbidden City, and Wanli picked people to compile it into a textbook for primary school students to learn the whole world.

However, it is mainly because many of the things written by Yin Zhengmao overlap with Chen Mu's textbooks, and they are not as detailed as Chen Mu's chapters and clearly divided. Therefore, most of the Chinese people use Chen Mu's chapters, and Yin Zhengmao's sentences are mixed in between.

For example, Chen Mu introduced the Asia, Europe and Africa continent, which is a whole, and divided it into places where the Mongols had visited and where the Mongols had not visited, and the introduction was very detailed.

Yin Zhengmao is not meticulous. It is difficult for the old man to look at the overall situation. He mainly introduces each individual geographical unit, but there is a saying in it that is deeply loved by Wanli, which is about teaching children how to understand the mainland.

He said: This is a piece of land surrounded by Ming warships.

Wanli initially felt that this was a bit too big, but later he clicked a map in the military room and counted the military ports and warships. Well... the old man was right.

At this time, the Ottoman also had this feeling. A strong sense of crisis enveloped Queen Mother Nurbanu Sutan. Although she had never shown hostility to the Ming Dynasty and the Western Military Palace had never shown hostility to her and the Ottoman, the threat was there, and it was not really hostility to it.

For the first time, she felt that the Ottoman territory was not large.

In fact, in terms of territory, the Ottoman territory has never been big, but it has never been so small that it can be surrounded by people.

But the bad thing is that it is not big or small. If it is a little bigger, it will not be surrounded; if it is a little smaller, it will be no pressure to be surrounded.

It was now that I suddenly received news from the Ming people from all directions that made Queen Mother Nurbanu feel very bad and was about to suffocate.

Moreover, in the eyes of Queen Mother Nurbanu, this requirement is not a simple requirement, but means future choices and even affects national policies.

Should we insist on independence, or should we agree to the Ming Dynasty's request, allow their troops to enter the country, and work together in the subsequent military operations of the Ming Empire.

Maybe this is the league, but as the one surrounded in the league, I am afraid there are only a few interests in the league, and it is very likely to affect Sutan's prestige.

But it was difficult for her to reject Qi Jimei.

Because Qi Jimei saved her, last year, someone in the palace poisoned her and the court doctor was helpless. Qi Jimei was entrusted by Murad Sutan and saved Queen Mother Nurbanu with her own military doctor.

Moreover, during the entire process, the Western Military Palace did not show any hostility to Ottoman when it was in danger.

As for whom the poison was poisoned, it was a confusing account. There were too many people and forces who could assassinate her, and even if the evidence was conclusive, I couldn't be sure.

Even if he was treated, this disaster still damaged the vitality of Queen Mother Nurbanu, so that Murad Sutan had to take charge of the rule, and the entire country reached an inevitable turning point - things could no longer be delayed. Should we agree to the request of the Atlantic Military Office of the Ming Dynasty or refuse?

At the end of May of the 12th year of Wanli, Murad Sutan summoned Qi Jimei, the general of the Indian-nan army in the Atlantic Military Office of the Ming Dynasty at the Istanbul Palace, and awarded him the title of the first foreign military officer in the Ottoman. At the same time, in order to facilitate his actions, he also added a series of positions such as the entourage Sutan, entering the cannon gate, purchasing food and grass.

Interestingly, since the Ottoman Empire was actually a name given to them by later generations, they usually called themselves "Shangguo" in foreign affairs, and others called them mostly "Ottoman family", which resulted in Qi Jimei's official title being very novel.
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