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After the messenger told all the news he heard, Murad IV couldn't help laughing and was very happy.

For Europe, the Ottoman rulers of all generations were ambitious. But without that strength, I can only keep this ambition in my heart. In the original history, troops were not sent out until September 1683, but in the Battle of Vienna, they were still defeated by the European coalition forces.

As a capable Ottoman monarch, Murad IV was naturally happy that Europe was attacked by the Ming army, especially when he discovered that the Ming army did not distinguish between camps, whether it was Poland in the Catholic camp or Sweden in the Protestant camp. He was even more happy when he was attacked by the Ming army.

Compared with Westerners, Murad IV knew something about the Ming Dynasty, whether it was from the Mongols or from his previous records of dealing with the Ming Dynasty.

After laughing for a while, Murad IV slowly stopped laughing, and suddenly ordered his subordinates: "Immediately send an envoy to contact the leader of the Ming army in Tsarist Russia, the general named Li Dingguo, and tell him that if If the Ming Army can agree to my conditions, I can send troops to help the Ming Army fight those infidels! As long as I, the Ottoman Empire, and the Ming Kingdom join forces, I believe that the entire Europe will lie at our feet!"

When his men heard this, they all started talking, saying that the Ming army had gone too far to gain the friendship of Murad IV. With the support of the Ottoman Empire, the Ming army will definitely be able to win the war in the European battlefield. Anyway, from their point of view, it seems that from this moment on, if the Ming army does not have the help of the Ottoman Empire, it will be difficult to move forward, and maybe the entire army will be annihilated.

After Murad IV stated the conditions, they all added, seeming to say that their king was too kind and was too kind to the Ming army and should add more conditions.

However, Murad IV himself was not so arrogant. He made up his mind and asked people to contact the Ming army in Tsarist Russia immediately.

After dealing with this matter, he was a little unmotivated by the current war with the Safavid Dynasty of Persia. Because, in his eyes, he expected the Ottoman Empire to trample all of Europe under its feet!

After thinking for a long time, Murad IV made up his mind the next morning and ordered his men: "Send a message to that loser Safi. If he admits that the place we said we occupied is owned by the Ottomans, then I can Stop fighting and sign a contract with him. If he doesn’t agree, I will definitely lead my troops to find him!”

He sent troops this time because he knew the situation of the new emperor of Persia and felt that there was something to be gained.

In fact, what he learned was indeed correct. Safi was only eighteen years old when he succeeded to the throne, and he was cruel and restrained. During his reign, he ruthlessly eliminated anyone who could threaten his power, executing almost all Safavid princes, as well as those courtiers and generals with outstanding achievements. On weekdays, he pays little attention to political affairs and has no interest in culture or academics. It is said that he has difficulties in reading and writing. He has long-term bad habits of drinking alcohol and taking opium.

At this time, Murad IV felt that the opportunity was rare. Someone as stupid and incompetent as Safi could come and bully him at any time. It was better to seize the opportunity of the Ming army to fight the Europeans and solve the European side first.

As for the Persian side, Safi, a foolish and incompetent person, will definitely happily agree immediately when he hears the news of peace talks. With this thought in mind, he began to prepare to withdraw his troops and prepare for the war in Europe. After all, European countries are still very powerful, and he is self-aware of this.

But the butterfly wings brought by Emperor Chongzhen continued to flap over Europe and Asia. Many things were different from the original history.

In the palace of the Persian capital, the smell of wine was overwhelming. Several maids were waiting beside them with wine, while Safi was holding a wine glass. She seemed to be excited by drinking, and looked good. She stared at the people below and asked: " Did I hear it correctly, Shah Jahan actually proposed peace talks?”

"Dear Your Majesty, yes, our Great Khan is willing to negotiate peace and we will always be a brotherly state." The man below, obviously an envoy from the Mughal Empire, replied respectfully.

Safi was very happy when he heard this. Although he didn't care about political affairs and drank and smoked opium all day long, he was still unhappy because the east and west sides of the empire were occupied by two neighboring countries. I was a little worried at first, but suddenly I heard that Shah Jahan took the initiative to sue for peace. This was his political achievement. He suddenly forgot that the Mughal Empire was aggressive before and was still thinking about seizing the important town of Kandahar, so he wanted to agree.

After all, in his opinion, the Ottoman Empire was relatively stronger, and Murad IV personally led the troops in the war. If we can avoid fighting in the east, we can deal with the war in the west.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone suddenly came in and reported that the envoy of Murad IV of the Ottoman Empire had arrived.

Safi was stunned when she heard this. What was going on? Why did the two enemies send envoys at the same time?

After calling him in and asking, he didn't expect that he was also here for peace talks. However, the Ottoman Empire went too far and even asked him to recognize the occupied areas. In the past, Safi might have agreed, not wanting to cause trouble and hoping that the Ottoman Empire would not come to fight. But at this time, he felt that the strength under his rule was not bad. Look, Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire even took the initiative to seek peace.

So, he finally rose up and did not agree to Murad IV's request. This made Murad IV's envoy return angrily, saying that Persia was waiting to bear the wrath of the Ottoman Empire!

As for the Mughal Empire, Safi agreed. After all, he had nothing to lose and it was a very honorable matter.

Shah Jahan's envoy said nothing and hurried back to his country.

Originally, in history, in this year, the Mughal Empire finally made an emergency landing in Kandahar. However, due to the butterfly effect of the Ming army, Kandahar was still in the hands of Persia.

When Shah Jahan heard the report of the return of the messenger, he felt strange about the affairs of the Ottoman Empire, but did not think much about it. Anyway, what he wanted had been achieved, so he quickly ordered the army to retreat.

However, he failed to pay attention to the fact that the army has been fighting in the north and Persia for many years, and has been working hard to capture Kandahar. Who would have thought that in the end it was the Mughal Empire that first sued for peace and left the north in despair. This not only inspired the Persian governor of Kandahar, but also eclipsed the Mughal army, and their morale was inevitably hit.

Emperor Chongzhen was still unclear about this. But even if it was clear, he wouldn't care much. For the Ming Dynasty at this time, even if the Mughal Empire attacked with all its strength, it was only expected. You usually brag on the Indian Peninsula, saying that you are invincible, and that's up to you, but now if you want to face the Ming Dynasty at its peak, then come and give it a try.

If it were the Ming Dynasty around the Persian Empire, based on what Safi did, ignoring the government affairs, killing all the males of the royal family, and killing all the prestige and capable ministers and generals, just for this, the Ming Dynasty They can destroy Persia in minutes! How can it be like the Mughal Empire, which fought for so many years and didn't even capture Kandahar!

The Great Khan of the Mughal Empire also had the nerve to call him "Shah Jahan" ("Shah Jahan" means "Ruler of the World" in Persian). It is true that the tiger is not at home and the monkey is the king!

Back to the Ming Dynasty, at this time, the Ming Dynasty had returned its capital to Nanjing. In late autumn, it is actually cold in Nanjing.

However, Nanjing was extremely lively at this time. Countless people came out of their houses. Just like the balloon test back then, there were people on the roofs everywhere. They were cracking melon seeds, eating snacks, chatting, and enjoying the sunshine.

"I wonder what the airship the emperor is talking about is like? Is it the same as the Kongming Lantern?"

"That's definitely not the case. I heard the emperor say with my own ears that the hot air balloon is indeed similar to the Kongming Lantern, but now this airship is completely different."

"What's the difference? Tell me?"

"How do I know? Otherwise, why did I occupy the position so early? I just wanted to see what this airship looks like!"

"..."

As they talked, they often looked at the area under the imperial city that was under martial law. Previously, carriages came one after another from outside the city and stayed there, and many people were busy. But these people couldn't see anything when they looked over, so they could only guess.

While they were discussing, someone suddenly shouted, Yujia is coming, Yujia is coming out. Immediately, all the discussion stopped. The square in front of the Imperial City immediately became quiet. Everyone turned to look at the Imperial City.

I saw the gates of the imperial city opened, and groups of civil and military officials filed out and stood under the imperial city. On the top of the city gate, under the canopy, stood Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou. In addition, even the prince and concubines of the harem also came to the top of the city. In just a moment, the top of the city was full of people. Obviously, Everyone in the palace also came out to watch the fun.

"Dong dong dong" the drum sound suddenly came from the imperial city, slow and powerful, echoing in the sky above the imperial city.

In the square below the imperial city, in the middle surrounded by carriages, you can see people there. After hearing the sound of powerful drums, there began to be movement. When the people watching outside saw it, they all stared there with all their concentration, wishing they could see everything going on there.

After a while, slowly, something became visible. Those who had seen the hot air balloon experiment last time, after slowly seeing what appeared clearly, couldn't help but exclaimed: "This...isn't this still a hot air balloon?"

"No, this is different from a hot air balloon!" Others immediately retorted, "Are you blind? Can't you see such an obvious difference?"

Indeed, the airship they saw was really similar to a hot air balloon, but it was slightly different from a hot air balloon. There is no fire-burning device, and the shape is no longer spherical, but long and flat, and there is something on the tail.

Those with more flexible minds suddenly realized it after watching it for a while, and they all commented: "That's it, that's it! This is an airship!"

"Why didn't I think of that! Really! Since the hot air balloon can take off, we naturally have to consider how to artificially control the flight direction of the hot air balloon, and how it will move when there is no wind. Once these problems are solved, isn’t this the airship?”

"..."

They were all right. It was for this reason that Emperor Chongzhen asked Xu Zhengming to make a hot air balloon first. After gaining experience, based on this hot air balloon, he could naturally think about airships.

Of course, it is said that they are thinking about airships, but with Emperor Chongzhen here, a lot of thinking is naturally eliminated. Expressing the thoughts of future generations will speed up the process of the emergence of airships.

Nowadays, this airship is no longer inflated by burning on site, but directly filled with hydrogen.

Hydrogen has been produced as early as the sixteenth century, but it was obtained by exposing metal to strong acid. But Emperor Chongzhen had already invented electricity. Although the steps of storing electricity and transmitting electricity could not be solved well, it was still possible to use electricity to electrolyze distilled water and collect hydrogen.

Of course, everything is a scratch now, so the requirements are not high. Anyway, it only needs to be used to launch airships.

The airship took off little by little, little by little, very slowly.

As they watched, someone suddenly realized: "I know why I chose this windless day today. It turns out that this airship is afraid of the wind!"

Indeed, if the wind is strong, the world's first airship will not be able to withstand the strong wind.

Finally, after the airship reached a certain height, it stopped.

The operator under the belly of the airship was none other than Emperor Chongzhen's only apprentice, Xu Zhengming. He shouted in the direction of Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I am requesting that the flight test of the airship begin!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked up and said with a smile on his face: "That's right!"

As a result, everyone looked up and stared at Xu Zhengming, curiously watching whether the airship would fly according to human will.

For those who have seen hot air balloon flights, this airship is no longer that shocking to them. But those whom I hadn’t seen last time, such as the new arrivals in Nanjing and most of the civil and military officials, who were originally in the capital and had never seen them before, were already very excited when they saw Xu Zhengming in the air. I was shocked. Now I want to see Xu Zhengming start flying according to his own wishes. No matter how knowledgeable and knowledgeable I am, I have never seen this scene before. I just raised my head and watched motionless.

After waiting for a long time, just when they felt their necks were getting sore, an official suddenly shouted in surprise: "Look, the airship is moving forward, it really has to move, it's moving..."

This was their first time seeing people in the air, and with the help of tools, they could really fly. The excitement is naturally beyond words. But there is one regret that this airship flies very slowly.

Those experienced people, especially those who were cracking melon seeds on the roof and eating snacks and watching, had all finished cracking the melon seeds and eating the snacks, only to see that the airship had moved a certain distance.

But no matter what, this is something that can be controlled by humans without the help of wind. You can fly wherever you want. This kind of thing is quite exciting.

It was almost noon when the experiment was successfully completed. Emperor Chongzhen looked at the "buzzing" discussion above and below the city. He coughed and the drums stopped, and he began to speak: "I have said before that when the heat rises to heaven, people It can fly in the sky. In the past, hot air balloons took off, and now airships can also fly. However, you should all have seen that the flying speed of airships is a bit slow, but what does it matter? "

At this point, he raised his voice a little and said: "With technology at hand, the speed of the airship is slow, so we can improve this shortcoming and make the speed faster. I tell you, one day, this speed will be unstoppable. Again, in the blink of an eye, it flew out of sight. Sirs, do you believe it?"