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Author: Linjiangjun

"I know that if your armed merchant ships want to pass through Malacca, they have to get a pass from the Ming Customs!"

"This, this is a unilateral violation of international public law by the Ming Dynasty. Such behavior will definitely be spurned by the international community."

French Foreign Minister Jade continued to be tough.

"Stop talking!" Kangxi Khan was not used to the envoy of his good friend Louis the Great. He interrupted him rudely before the other party finished speaking, "What nonsense is this? What kind of international society? Who is there?

?Now that you, Louis, have been the one to decide on Europa for a long time, what else is there to say about the world?"

The Archbishop of the Holy See saw that the Kangxi Khan was a little angry, so he had to smooth things over: "Khan, we Western countries still have some colonies in southern Tianzhu and the east coast of Africa, so this Indian Ocean cannot belong to the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia."

After listening to the explanation of the Archbishop of Rome, Kangxi suppressed the anger in his heart and said calmly: "Archbishop, you are right... However, Westerners still occupy the Pacific coast of South America, and Morocco of the Ottoman Empire also occupies the Atlantic coast.

The rules for the coast and the Pacific were made by the Ming Dynasty, and the rules for the Atlantic were made by Westerners, so the Mongolian Ocean should be decided by us Mongolians from the Qing Dynasty, right?"

"Two envoys, I, Aisin Gioro Xuan Ye, am with the Westerners. How could I have wronged the Westerners when I am in charge of the Indian Ocean? I will definitely be on your side! If things happen in the Mongolian Ocean,

The Qing Dynasty cannot intervene, so who will handle it? The Qing Dynasty, Mongolia, Ming Dynasty, and you Westerners will rule together. Are you willing?"

Of course I don’t want to!

Letting Ming participate in the management of the Indian Ocean would be "introducing a tiger into the house"!

If the Ming Dynasty participated in the management of the Indian Ocean, the Ming Dynasty's fleet would only grow in size.

The most terrifying thing is that the damn Ottomans gave Ming a naval base, and the damn Dutch East India Company gave Ming a naval base in South Africa, so that the Indian Ocean is now very dangerous to Westerners.

Of course, if the Ottomans fell, this canal would be 100% clear to the Ming Dynasty.

During the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt, Pharaoh Senusert III ordered the excavation of a river named Suez, which connected the Red Sea and the Nile.

Therefore, the Ottoman Sultan agreed, and the two countries signed the "Suez Canal Cooperation Agreement". The treaty stipulated that each country would invest half of the money to dig the Grand Canal. The Ming Dynasty could provide engineers and provide technical guidance. As the initiating country, the Ming Dynasty held 51% of the shares.

%, Osman holds 49% of the shares.

What is certain is that there is a precedent for digging a canal to connect the Nile River so that Mediterranean ships can enter the Red Sea directly without changing ships.

The Mediterranean Sea, the Nile River, and the Red Sea were strung together to form a spectacular route, laying the foundation for transporting goods and conducting trade from north to south and east to west.

Originally, the Ming Dynasty's blood transfusion could only transport the goods to the Persian Gulf, and then the Ottomans themselves transported the goods to Europe by land. I don't know how laborious it was.

For Osman, this idea was really crazy, but it was too tempting. Naturally, they wanted to dig it together with Ming.

Kangxi continued: "I also heard that the Ming Dynasty is discussing with the Ottoman Empire to dig a Suez Canal connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. If this canal is dug, the Ming Dynasty navy can sail directly from the Mongolian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea!"

The main reason why the Ottoman Empire was so miserable was of course poverty!

The reason why the Ottoman Empire became poor was that after the new sea route around Africa was opened, the Ottoman Empire lost the right to collect tolls, and it became worse every year from then on.

At that time, it was Ye Xingde (Nalan Xingde) who personally approached Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II to discuss the matter.

Once the Suez Canal is dug, it will not be the Ming Navy entering the Mediterranean, but the Ottoman Empire directly returning to its peak era!

For Westerners, the Suez Canal must never be dug!

"Yes, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty suggested that Ming Dynasty cooperate with Ottoman to open a canal here so that Ottoman ships can directly enter the Red Sea from the Mediterranean Sea unimpeded!"

Because after the changes in the East-West trade route, it was not only the Ottomans who were brought down, but also Italy's "king of war", the Republic of Venice.

Venice is working so hard. Many of the rules of modern capitalism were pioneered by the Republic of Venice!

At that time, Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II raised his eyebrows and asked, "You mean the Ming Dynasty wants to open a canal directly to the Mediterranean?"

They naturally know how great this idea will be once it is realized. Many countries trapped in the Mediterranean will have the most convenient passage to the East, the cost will be reduced, and the profits will naturally be high.

But later, due to various reasons, the canal was abandoned.

More than a thousand years ago, this canal was continuously rebuilt, improved, then destroyed and rebuilt again until it was abandoned by the Abbasid Caliph Mansur.

Although the Ottoman Empire captured Vienna a few years ago, everyone knows that that does not mean that the Ottoman Empire's national strength is the same.

In fact, there is a precedent for the Suez Canal.

In fact, it was just an illusion created by the military aid of the Ming Dynasty and the French troops.

The Ottoman Empire's national power was still declining, and even after capturing Vienna, it could not stop this trend.

When Kangxi's words were translated into Latin, the faces of the French ministers and the Archbishop of Rome turned pale.

The only way to solve this problem is to open a direct route from the east to the Mediterranean.

He waved his hand powerfully and continued: "This new route connecting Europe and Asia will shorten the voyage by nearly 16,000 nautical miles. In every sense, it will be a century project that will go down in history and bring benefits.

All mankind."

However, the Ottoman Empire itself did not have enough financial resources, nor did it have the technology to carry out large-scale projects in this area, so it could only do nothing about the canal.

If this deal is completed, the Ottoman Empire will become developed again!

The Ming Dynasty was able to transfuse blood to Osman without restraint.

Even Venice wants to put aside their grudges with Osman and join this project together. This will definitely benefit Venice!

"Khan, are you telling the truth?"

French Minister Jade still didn't believe it, "The Ming Dynasty really wants to dig the Suez Grand Canal? This is a very huge project!"

Historically, this canal was dug on Egyptian soil by Britain and France.

Kangxi waved his hand: "It's nothing, just a 400-mile canal. The total length of the Grand Canal in the Ming Dynasty is 3,500 to 4,000 miles, and it was dug a thousand years ago!"
Chapter completed!