"Haha, isn't this coming?"

"The speed is really fast. As soon as our artillery fire stopped, they came to us for peace talks. It seems that what Liu Gong said is very reasonable. The truth is only within the range of the cannon."

"The most effective way to talk to them is with artillery fire."

"Haha, isn't it? Mr. Liu is the most obsessed with artillery attacks."

"Let's go, let's go. Let's negotiate early and give the Ottoman Empire some time to deal with enemies on all sides. Don't kill the Ottoman Empire, otherwise who will get our war reparations?"

"Well, these hundreds of thousands of artillery shells are all money, and they must be reimbursed by the Ottoman Empire."

The two of them chatted and quickly returned to the military camp.

Here, Ali Pasha, Moses and other Ottoman ministers were already waiting.

"Old Prime Minister, we meet again."

Huo Ying and Liao Yuan walked in with smiles on their faces, and when they saw Ali Pasha, they also smiled and said hello.

"Yes, we meet again."

"People in the Ming Dynasty don't tell secrets. We are here for peace talks. I wonder how your country can stop the war?"

Ali Pasha looked at the two of them and saw that there was no nonsense anymore. They had already reached this point and nonsense was meaningless.

"Peace talks~"

"Now we can have peace talks. I think you, the Ottoman Empire, should also remember today's lesson. You should also know how powerful our Ming Empire is. I think you will not do some unwise behavior in the future."

Huo Ying glanced at them and said.

"We in the Ottoman Empire will always remember this day and respect the Ming Empire even more!"

Ali Pasha took a deep breath to calm down the anger in his heart and said.

"That's good. This is our armistice agreement. If there are no problems, let your Sultan sign and seal it personally and implement it."

Huo Ying nodded with satisfaction, and then took over an armistice agreement from the staff beside him. The armistice agreement had several main clauses written in Chinese, Turkic, and Arabic.

Article 1: The Ottoman Empire took the initiative to provoke the Ming Empire and brought the blame and humiliation upon itself. Therefore, all war faults and losses must be borne by the Ottoman Empire.

This is to characterize the war this time. It was not the Ming people who invaded your Ottoman Empire, but you yourself who caused trouble and provoked the Ming Empire. The relevant subsidiary treaties clearly stated what happened this time. The Ottoman Empire violated the contract.

First, Ming merchants were prohibited from doing business freely, deliberately delayed, delayed the payment of war reparations, etc.

Obviously, these all need to be written into history, to understand the reasons for things, and to set a tone for them.

Next is Article 2. The Ottoman Empire ceded the city of Erzinjan and all the areas east of it to the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire had the right to garrison troops in the Instanbul Strait. The Ottoman Empire ceded a 10 square kilometer coastal area of ​​the Greek Peninsula in the Aegean Sea.

The land and surrounding islands were given to the Ming Empire.

This one is about ceding land and garrisoning troops. The city of Erzinjan and the land to the east were ceded to the Ming Empire. This meant that in the future, the capital of the Ottoman Empire would not be fortified in the eyes of the Ming people, because all the gates were ceded to the Ming people.

Coming from the city of Erzinjan is a flat plain with no natural dangers to defend.

Garrisoning troops in the Istanbul Strait is even more deadly. This is equivalent to inserting a thorn in the heart of the Ottoman Empire. If the Ottoman Empire continues to be like before, thinking about provoking the Ming Dynasty, not abiding by the contract, etc., the Ming Dynasty will be killed in a matter of minutes.

You can attack Instanbul to give you a taste of artillery fire again.

As for the land on the Greek peninsula, it was a colony of the Ming Dynasty in the Mediterranean. It was obviously to expand their presence here, so that they could do more things by acquiring more land.

Ali Pasha didn't pay too much attention to this. The land ceded was not too much, it was acceptable, and it was within his expectations.

What he cares more about is war reparations.

There is no doubt that the people of Ming Dynasty will not let themselves down.

The third article mentions war reparations. The Ottoman Empire needs to compensate the Ming Empire for a total of 200 million taels of silver in war reparations, which can be paid in installments.

The war indemnity of 200 million taels of silver is twice the amount of the last war indemnity. The last war indemnity has not been paid off yet, so here comes another 200 million taels, and it has to be paid in installments. How many years will it take?

Seeing this, Ali Pasha couldn't help but feel dizzy. The Ming Dynasty people are really greedy. 200 million taels of silver are not enough to compensate all the Ottoman Empire's silver.

Continuing to look at Article 4, merchants of the Ming Empire and its vassal states, vassal states, and colonies have the right to trade freely and freely in the Ottoman Empire. All goods of the Ming Empire have no taxing rights in the Ottoman Empire.

Each of the four main contents made Ali Pasha gnash his teeth with hatred.

"We shouldn't have cared about the Hezhong area of ​​the Ming Dynasty back then, but we ended up provoking the Ming Dynasty. Humiliation came again and again. We even lost all our watermelons for a little sesame seed."

Ali Pasha was extremely regretful. He didn't know who persuaded him to send troops to the Hezhong area and provoked the Ming Dynasty. This led to what happened today.

"General Huo, it is impossible for us to cede the city of Erzinjan to your country. This is the core of our eastern front. Once we lose it, we will have no defense."

"And stationing troops in the Instanbul Strait is something we cannot accept."

"The amount of war reparations is also too large, far beyond the affordability of our Ottoman Empire. We simply cannot afford such high war reparations."

After thinking about it, Ali Pasha also started to bargain with Huo Ying.

Compensation for ceding territory is definitely indispensable, but the core area cannot be ceded, not the city of Erzinjan, nor the garrison, nor the compensation of 200 million taels of silver. These conditions are too harsh.

"Whether you agree or not is your business. There is no need to negotiate with us. The treaty was made by our emperor, the Ming Empire, and no one has the right to modify it. If you agree, we will cease the war. If you don't agree, we will continue to fight."

Huo Ying looked at the other party and said calmly.

Just kidding, our Ming Empire’s foreign war conditions have always been non-negotiable. Do you think we are giving you that little land?

Or are you asking for those war reparations?

The main purpose is to let you remember today's lesson and prevent you from provoking the majesty of our Ming people.

"Okay, I need to go back and ask our great Sultan for instructions."

When Ali Pasha heard this, he realized that it was still the same as before, with no room for negotiation. He could only sigh in his heart and decided to go back and discuss with Selim I.

A few days later.

At the residence of Liu Jin in the capital of the Ming Empire.

"Haha, the thirty-year mortgage has not been paid off, and now I want to raise the fifty-year mortgage, which adds up to more than sixty years."

Liu Jin laughed when he looked at the latest telegram sent back from the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire signed the contract.
Chapter completed!