Li Junwei said: "Mr. Xu, you and I are old friends. I can give you a suggestion as a friend, that is, making money requires methods and methods. Never obstruct the interests of the empire in Europe. Simply put, the greatest interest of the empire in Europe is balance. Use Catholicism to balance the Tianfang religion, and use the Ottomans to balance Austria, Poland and other countries.

And the current situation is that the Ottomans are clearly at a disadvantage. Because of this, your interests in the Ottoman will be protected by the empire, but it is not necessarily the case with the sacred alliance against the Ottoman."

Xu Bangyan naturally understood this truth. Although it is extremely painful for merchants to say that having money cannot make money, merchants with status like Xu Bangyan are no longer seeking huge profits from one stone. On the contrary, long-term flow is the foundation. If the Ottoman was killed with one stick, then the transactions in the European continent will not be so easy to do in the future.

"What the prince taught is that Caomin remembers it in his heart. Caomin has been thinking about it day and night during this period, wanting to be thorough in business interests and the overall situation of the empire." Xu Bangyan said carefully.

Li Junwei nodded: "Then have you come up with any way?"

Xu Bangyan said: "If you have something to gain, Caomin thinks that he should pay attention to methods and methods as you said. So Caomin thinks whether he can invest in Jews and Genoese and other European nations with strong business atmosphere, banks or commercial institutions with strong business atmosphere, and work with them on these things.

Some things that hinder the empire's strategy or hinder the empire's face can be asked to do, but they don't know how the prince feels."

Li Junwei thought a little and felt that it made sense. The current European countries have not yet fully formed a true nation-state. The bloodlines of kings and nobles divide territories. The more important bond lies in religious beliefs, so it gives many nations a living space, among which Jews are the best. The expansion of the empire's interests in Europe needs to lead the way? The Jews or the merchant class are the most suitable.

"Yes? You can do this." Li Junwei said.

Xu Bangyan was happy, but then he thought about what Li Junwei had just told him? He was still a little nervous? He carefully recalled the business he had been in contact with in Europe during this period, but he couldn't think of which one would harm the interests of the empire? So he changed his mind, but he couldn't think of which one annoyed Prince Yu? Or did he not understand what Prince Yu had new requirements? After thinking about it, he still couldn't make up his mind.

Fortunately, when we met Prince Yu, Xu Bangyan knew that the prince was broad-minded about his friends, so he asked directly: "Prince? Is there anything we can't do? Is it annoying to you?"

"What?" Li Junwei asked this.

"Justice taught the people of the grass, but they were really a little frightened. You also know that the people of the grass have always been ignorant and cannot understand your profound meaning. If there are any mistakes? Please tell me clearly, the people of the grass will definitely correct it? Don't let the prince make things difficult." Xu Bangyan said sincerely.

Li Junwei smiled and said, "Don't guess it's nothing. Didn't I just say it? This is a reminder between friends, not that you did something wrong? But you want to remind you to do better."

"Do you do better?" Xu Bangyan was surprised? Isn't the businessman doing better to make the profit bigger? But what King Yu obviously said was not what he meant.

Li Junwei said: "Because there is a great fortune in the near future? Only businessmen who are loyal to the empire can participate. Mr. Xu, you should know that the selection of senior officials in the empire has a nomination review system, and for some strategic commercial activities, the same is true for participants. Whether you, Jinshang Bank can participate depends on whether your butt is clean or not.

That great fortune is not facing the competitor of the Nanyang merchants, but the entire empire, whether it is a merchant or any other class. Therefore, if you want to participate, you must not only be clean, but also be cleaner than others."

When Xu Bangyan heard Li Junwei say so seriously, he was stunned and asked, "Is that a fortune given by the prince?"

Li Junwei smiled and said, "I can't give it to you. This is something that God has to give to you. The emperor's brother needs personal gain."

Xu Bangyan focused his attention and said quickly: "I understand, understand, the Caomin will check the accounts when he goes back and handle everything properly."

In October of the 23rd year of the Empire, an infantry regiment and an artillery company of the Empire's Xijin Brigade entered the Golden Horn Bay area of ​​Istanbul under the command of Vizier Hussein. This was a place where aliens gathered, especially Jews. The Imperial Army had independent camps and did not contact the citizens, so it did not cause much abnormal movement.

Hussein explained to the Sultan who was still in Belgrade that the Imperial Army was introduced into Istanbul to convey an illusion to the Holy Alliance that the Eastern Empire stood on the Ottoman side in this war. At the same time, some of the resources would be dismantled. The Orientals trained a new legion, a professional and powerful legion, which was used not only to protect the land and people under the protection of the Sultan, but also to balance the increasingly arrogant Guard forces.

Therefore, the entry of the Imperial Army not only did not arouse suspicion from the Sultan, but was highly praised. The Sultan in Belgrade thought that his younger brother, who was originally imprisoned and fed fish with gold coins, was in Mustafa's hands at this time, so his attention was always there.

Undercurrents within the Ottomans, but the Holy Alliance made rapid progress. Although Poland withdrew from the Hungarian battlefield, the Austrian army could not attack alone, giving the Ottoman Empire a chance to breathe, due to the pope's matchmaking, the Holy Alliance ushered in a major ally - the Republic of Venice.

This is the Ottoman Empire's biggest competitor in the Mediterranean and the ocean. The war with Venice at the beginning made the Ottoman Empire gradually realize that the empires left by the Sultans were declining and needed change.

Fortunately, the Ottoman Empire had a group of pirates for them to send in the Mediterranean direction. These Tunisian pirates don’t have money or fleets, they only have one name. When did the pirates work under the Ottoman system, but as the most democratic organization in the world, the pirates couldn’t stand the governor sent by the Sultan to be arrogant and arrogant, so they killed the governor. However, they found that they were not doing well without the Ottoman system.

Therefore, the pirates kept asking the Sultan to send a governor to show that they belonged to the Ottoman Empire, but the Great Vizier at that time did not allow it. Now, the Ottoman needs pirates, so he can just send a governor to him. After the governor arrived, he only needed the Ottoman flag and hid in the castle to enjoy life.

"You are finally back, do you know, the envoys of Tsarist Russia and the Polish king are about to break the threshold of my official office." Pei Yuanqi saw Li Junwei appear and began to complain: "They all want to know what it means to send troops to the Ottomans. Do you know, the Ottoman Sultan and the Great Vizier are all promoting this in Europe. Even the Austrians have come. They originally planned to come again after the construction of the consulate, but now they can't hold it in. On the way, I am now two big, no, three big soon."

The empire's diplomacy towards Europe was always held by the Chief Executive of Xijin, and naturally the burden was on Pei Yuanqi. Therefore, any problems arise. The countries that have established diplomatic relations were the first to find Pei Yuanqi.

Li Junwei smiled, patted his friend's shoulder, and comforted him, "Essentials, how can we work hard, and we are all right in the caliber? It's just a training group. The one who went to assist in the training of the army was the Ottomans who purchased the Imperial weapons and was open to all European partners. That's all."

"This is not what I am most worried about. I saw the army's Tiaochen. Why did you let them teach everything, from guns and cannons to tactics and tactics, and even the infantry exercise script. What are you going to do? Cats still have the ability to climb trees. Are you not afraid of using these on us in the future?" Pei Yuanqi is now in a irritable state and has no much scruples when speaking.

Li Junwei smiled: "Don't worry, when they learn, everything will be outdated. Moreover, I don't think the Ottomans will complete the military reform."

"Oh, is there something wrong with them?" Pei Yuanqi knew that the Ottomans are now treacherous. The Three Kingdoms coalition, which has the Holy Alliance outside, is threatened by both sea and land. Inside, the Sultan, the Great Vizier and the Kopruli family are fighting for power. The current Ottomans will not surprise no matter what problems they have.

Li Junwei shook his head slightly: "Everything is still following Hussein's plan. He used materials and military expenditure to stabilize the front line. The Ottoman army has gained a foothold, but the victory of the war has been controlled by Hussein. I think the future situation will be the continuous failures of the Ottoman army. These failures will ruin the prestige of the Sultan, the Great Vizier and the Guards within the Ottomans, destroy their strength, but will not be damaged. In the end, Hussein will follow the public opinion and the general trend to complete the handover of power.

But so what? The Holy Alliance will not let the Ottoman Empire go so easily. They will pursue and fight until they can't continue. Because of this, the Kopruli family dare not really ban the Guards. If that happens, the Ottomans will face the danger of destroying the country.

You have been in Xijin for many years, and you should know the influence of the Guards in the Ottoman Empire, from the army to the economy, from barracks to cities, from the capital to the local government, their tentacles penetrate into every corner of the Ottoman, and they are truly living with the country."

Li Junwei did not go to Istanbul, but this did not affect his understanding of the local situation. From the merchants and army representatives, Li Junwei got accurate information that the number of new troops trained by the Imperial Army and the resources invested by the Ottoman were far beyond what others knew.

Li Junwei knew as well as Hussein knew how much money the Ottoman Empire was. With Venice participating in the war, the maritime battlefield was opened up, and another extra place for money was added. As a result, the scale of the new army trained by the empire still reached 25,000. Although it was used in large quantities to order from Nanyang because the Battle of Vienna broke out too fast and too early, and there was no standard equipment used, the investment was still large, and the result was only one. The Koplulu family used their own money or used their own resources to cultivate the army. Obviously, this was the private army.

This is good news for the empire, and it largely proves the willpower of the Koplulu family to seize power. After all, the empire has now put all its treasures on the Koplulu family.

In addition, Xijin Import and Export Company also reported a new news that Hussein intended to authorize imperial merchants to establish workshops for the army in some important ports within the Ottoman Empire to produce and repair some military machinery, but the premise was to be jointly operated with designated people or institutions. Similar handicraft guilds were a sphere of influence of the Guards, which also reflected that the Kopruil family had reached a willingness to cooperate with the Guards to some extent and had begun to distribute domestic cakes.

All of this is beneficial to the empire. No matter how the new Kopruri army trained, the Guards were still an indispensable part of the Ottoman Empire. These feudal forces would affect this change. It can even be said that the Guards have always been the most conservative force within the Ottomans. They had the most power and social resources, and any change would affect their interests.

"Okay, it's up to you to decide what's going on inside the Ottoman. How do you respond to European countries now?" Pei Yuanqi asked directly. He is not bad at diplomacy, but he doesn't have that much energy now. Li Junwei has solved the problem of the Suez channel, the canal has been built, and the immigration channel passing through Suez has been completely opened.

After the outbreak of the war, the Ottomans needed the support of the empire, and the Fazos was even more so, so it gave many conveniences. The large-scale procurement of Ottoman troops and hostile forces within the empire directly promoted the rapid development of the Xijin area. In the second half of this year alone, at least 10,000 people came from Nanyang and Africa here, and the number of immigrants from the border areas was even greater.

The cannon fired ten thousand taels of gold, and the intervention of the empire made the war more intense. Not to mention the arms, the prices of grain produced in the Xijin area were rising. The land that no one originally wanted was now contracted and reclaimed, just to prepare to produce grain to earn money from the Ottomans or their opponents.

And all these made Pei Yuanqi very busy. For him, nothing was more important than making Xijin develop.

Li Junwei thought for a while and said, "Okay, leave all these external affairs to me. You can build your factory and open a farm, and we will do our own job."
Chapter completed!