Iron Dynasty

istanbul.

Sultan Saliman is reviewing his own huge army. Since reaching an agreement with Britain and France, the Ottomans not only regained the Greek area, but also obtained a large number of advanced firearms from Europe. The United Kingdom even secretly sent officers directly to help the Ottomans train. army.

Salit, we have the strongest army in Central Asia. Saliman said proudly. The soldiers who passed in front of him carried muskets and horses pulled field guns from Europe. The armory was now full of ammunition.

Indeed, the great Sultan, but our enemy Persia is receiving the support of the Eastern Empire. Before he becomes strong, we must completely defeat them and seize the hegemony of Central Asia. Selit was very enthusiastic.

The Ottomans, which had declined a few years ago, were losing ground in Africa, Europe and Central Asia, which made them feel very humiliated for a time.

But the situation turned around, because the emergence of the Eastern Empire made the Ottoman Empire irreplaceable in the eyes of Europeans.

It is precisely because of this that they have received a lot of supplies from Europe in recent years, and at the same time, Europe has chosen to make concessions on many issues, which makes the declining Ottoman Empire suddenly feel like a duck to water and regain its vitality.

But Salliman understands his value now, and Europe treats itself this way in order to fight against the Eastern Empire.

So now he has to do something to prove his worth, and this thing is to attack Persia, which is supported by the Eastern Empire, and destroy the oil fields of the Eastern Empire.

Then what are we waiting for, soldiers, go to Persia, and we're going to capture Cambys alive, Sariman shouted.

When the soldiers heard Saliman's words, they immediately chanted Long live the Sultan.

Selit gave Saliman an excited salute, and then he stepped down from the reviewing stand, where he would lead the army to the teeth to bring down Persia on his behalf.

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Qingzhou.

The deterioration of the situation in Central Asia was accompanied by the arrival of the Persian messengers.

In order to ask for help from the empire, this time Cambies sent Arsasi to see Xiao Ming in person.

Your Majesty the Emperor, now Persia is in danger, the lackeys of the West, the Ottoman Empire is attacking us with armies equipped with Western firearms, and without the help of the Empire, the Persian Empire will be in peril. Arthassi said worriedly.

Before he went to the Eastern Empire, the war between Persia and the Ottoman Empire intensified and worsened, and he worried about the safety of Persia every day for more than a month.

Xiao Ming stared at the No. 2 figure in the Persian Empire. Before choosing Persia, Xiao Ming deliberately looked at the resource distribution map.

It can be said that the present Persia includes contemporary Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other regions, which can be said to cover most of the oil and snow storage areas.

Because of this, he let Tang Wenjie negotiate with Persia first, and the Ottoman Empire was just an optional spare tire.

After reaching an agreement with the Persian Empire, the status of the Persian Empire became even more important, because controlling Persia was equivalent to controlling oil exports, which also laid a solid foundation for him to internationalize the empire's Golden Dragon.

So even out of the interests of protecting his own oil fields, he couldn't sit back and watch Osman make Persia into a mess.

But as Pang Yukun said, his help to Persia will only be maintained on a par with Ottoman.

Persia is an important friend to the empire. The empire will naturally not allow friends to bully the enemy. You can rest assured that we will provide you with powerful weapons to defeat the Ottoman invasion. Xiao Ming said.

Alsaxi is as anxious as an ant on a hot pot now. Naturally, he can't push and drag on this issue. After all, after the establishment of the petrochemical industry, the empire now needs Persian free oil.

Thank you for the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor. If His Majesty can help Persia defeat the Ottoman Empire, my king promises to continue to allow the Empire to exploit oil for free. Arthassi said cautiously.

Xiao Ming showed a strange smile at this time. In fact, the empire had already obtained some information in advance by bribing the Persian nobles.

After learning that oil was so precious to the empire, Cambies already had an idea in his mind, and Xiao Ming understood this issue very well.

Anyone who learns that the garbage at home has become worthless after being dug up by others will be upset.

It's just that since Cambies promised them free mining from the beginning, he can't go back on it. He doesn't want to take advantage of it and cultivate a white-eyed wolf.

So he said: In this case, in order to avoid misunderstandings between the two countries in the future, I feel it is necessary to sign a separate oil exploration agreement.

After all, Xiao Ming motioned to Qian Dafu, who then sent an agreement to Arsasi.

Glancing at the Persian text on the agreement, Arsasi was slightly overjoyed. This agreement clearly required Persia to allow the Empire to exploit oil for free in Persia for sixty years.

Sixty years later the Empire bought oil from Persia at half the market price, and whoever Persia sold it to had to settle in the Empire's currency.

Your Majesty, this... Alsaxi originally thought that Xiao Ming would ask for the permanent oil exploitation rights of the empire, but he didn't expect that he only asked for it for 60 years, and he would spend money to buy it after 60 years.

You read that right, that's what I mean. Xiao Ming smiled cunningly, because he knew very well that the permanent agreement was a very unreliable agreement.

With the passage of time, the world will also undergo drastic changes. One hundred years, two hundred years, who knows whether the empire will still exist at that time?

And now, when the Persian king Cambys died, the Persian empire changed. At that time, no one knew what the relationship between the empire and Persia was.

So instead of signing such a useless agreement, it is better to let Persia serve the empire wholeheartedly now, after all, the policy only pays attention to the timeliness of the moment.

Your Majesty, you are such a good person. It is an honor for Persia to have such a friend as the Empire. Arsasi said.

No need to say thanks, I just hope you can abide by the agreement. Xiao Ming smiled.

Of course, we will abide by the agreement. Arsasi said, they are naturally not happy with the permanent free, and now they at least have hope.

After signing the agreement, Xiao Ming sent Cui Shangan to the imperial study with a phone call.

The weapons and ammunition to support Persia have been prepared, all of which are the conscripted muskets eliminated by the empire. Compared with the muskets given to the Ottomans in Europe, the conscripted muskets are a whole generation advanced.

In addition to the expedition rifle, the empire also supported five hundred field guns in Persia. These field guns were the first generation of field guns, but they were also much stronger than those given to the Ottomans by the West.