Nanming: I can build wonders

"I know that your armed merchant ships have to obtain a pass from Daming Customs if they want to pass through Malacca!"

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

French Foreign Minister Jade continued to be stubborn.

"Stop talking!" Kangxi Khan is not used to the envoy of his good friend Louis the Great now, and interrupted in a rude manner before the other party finished speaking, "What nonsense is this? What is the international community? Who is there? ? Now that Europa has long been yours, Louis, what is the world?"

The archbishop of the Holy See saw that Kangxi Khan was a little annoyed, so he had no choice but to smooth things over: "Khan, we Western countries still have some colonies in the southern part of Tianzhu and the east coast of Africa, so the Indian Ocean really cannot belong to the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia."

Kangxi suppressed the anger in his heart after listening to the explanation of the Archbishop of Rome, and said calmly: "Archbishop, you are right... However, Westerners still occupy the coast of the Pacific Ocean in South America, and Morocco of the Ottoman Empire also occupies the Atlantic Ocean. The rules of the coast and the Pacific Ocean were made by the Ming Dynasty, and the rules of the Atlantic Ocean were made by the Westerners, so the Mongolian Ocean should be decided by us Qing Mongols, right?"

"Two envoys, I love Xinjueluo Xuanye, but I am with the Westerners. With me in the Indian Ocean, how can I wrong the Westerners? I will definitely stand by your side! If the matter of the Mongolian Ocean is big The Qing cannot intervene, so who will handle it? It will be ruled by the Qing, Mongolia, Ming, and you Westerners, are you willing?"

Of course I don't want to!
Inviting Daming to participate in the management of the Indian Ocean is "leading the tiger into the house"!

If Ming takes part in the management of the Indian Ocean, then the fleet of the Ming Navy will only increase.

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

Kangxi continued: "I also heard that 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 Navy will be able to sail directly from the Mongolian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea!"

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

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

For Osman, this idea is really crazy, but also too tempting, they naturally want to dig with Daming.

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

At that time, the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed II frowned and asked, "You mean that Ming wants to open a canal to the Mediterranean Sea?"

"That's right, Emperor Ming suggested that Ming cooperate with Ottoman to open a canal here, so that Ottoman ships can enter the Red Sea from the Mediterranean Sea unimpeded!"

With a powerful wave of his hand, he continued: "This new route connecting Europe and Asia will shorten the voyage by nearly 1.6 nautical miles. In any sense, it will be a century-old project that will be remembered in history and benefit the world. all mankind."

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

In the No.12 dynasty of Egypt, Pharaoh Senusert III ordered the excavation of a river named Suez, which ran through the Red Sea and the Nile.

The Mediterranean Sea, the Nile River, and the Red Sea are strung together to form a spectacular shipping route, laying the foundation for the transportation of goods and trade from north to south and from east to west.

But later, for various reasons, the canal was abandoned.

More than 1000 years ago, this canal was continuously rebuilt, improved, then destroyed, and then rebuilt until the Abbasid Caliph Mansour abandoned it.

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

Therefore, the Ottoman Sultan agreed, and the two countries signed the "Suez Canal Cooperation Agreement". The treaty stipulates that the two countries will each pay half of the investment for the excavation of the Grand Canal, and Ming can send engineers to provide technical guidance. %, Ottoman holds 51% of the shares.

Of course, if the Ottomans collapsed, the canal would be 100% Ming's.

For Westerners, the Suez Canal must never be dug through!

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

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

In fact, it was just an illusion created by the military aid of the Ming Dynasty and the French bandits.
The national power of the Ottoman Empire was still declining, and even if Vienna was captured, it could not stop this trend.

And the main reason why the Ottoman Empire was so miserable is of course poverty!
The reason why the Ottoman Empire became poor was that after the opening of a new waterway bypassing Africa, the Ottoman Empire lost the right to charge roads, and it has been worse year by year since then.

Because after the change of the east-west trade route, not only the Ottomans were brought down, but even Italy's "rolling king" the Republic of Venice.
How hard Venice is, many of the rules of modern capitalism were initiated by the Republic of Venice!

To solve this problem, it is to open a direct route from the east to the Mediterranean Sea.

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

If this deal is completed, the Ottoman Empire will be prosperous again!
Daming was able to transfuse Ottoman unscrupulously.

Originally, Daming’s blood transfusion could only transport the goods to the Persian Gulf, and then Osman transported them to Europe by land. I don’t know how much effort it took.

Even Venice wants to laugh away with Osman and join this project together, which is definitely good for Venice!
"Khan, what you said is true?"

French Minister Jade was still a little unconvinced, "Ming really wants to dig the Suez Grand Canal? This is a huge project!"

Historically, this canal was excavated on the land of Egypt by Britain and France together.

Kangxi waved his hand: "It's nothing, it's just a 1000-mile canal. The total length of the Grand Canal in Daming is [-] to [-] miles, and it was dug [-] years ago!"

(End of this chapter)