Li Junwei nodded slightly and asked, "Why do you think there is no response?"

"Because the war between the Sultan and the Tsar has come to an end, Ottoman won first and then lost, and the Sultan does not want to hear the news of failure again." Bahdel thought for a while and said seriously.

Li Junwei keenly captured a message, that is, he did not want to hear that the failure was the Sultan rather than the Great Vizier. This difference is very important, because the Ottoman Great Vizier is equivalent to the prime minister in Chinese history, but his authority far exceeds that of the prime minister. The current Sultan Muhammad IV ascended the throne at the age of six. At that time, Great Vizier was Koplulu, and Koplulu thus obtained almost all the authority from the Sultan. Before becoming Great Vizier, Koplulu put forward five conditions.

First, all actions must be approved unconditionally.

Second, enjoy absolute personnel appointment authority.

Third, no official, favored minister, harem or other Vizier is allowed to challenge his authority.

Fourth, all documents given to the Sudan must be read by him.

Fifth, the Sultan must trust him unconditionally, and all slander must be rejected by the Sultan.

And after his death, he passed the position of Great Vizier to his son, and the Ottomans thus opened up the era of Copruri.

When the second Copruil died, the Sultan refused his younger brother to continue as the Great Vizier, but instead let his brother-in-law Mustafa, who was also the Sultan's son-in-law, serve as the Great Vizier. However, this was only the factor that Sultan hated Copruil, not because Muhamud wanted to take power or had any ambitions. The power was still in the hands of the new Great Vizier Mustafa. Everyone knew that the Ottoman power was in the hands of the Great Vizier, and the Sultan's biggest hobby was hunting.

"What is that attitude of Great Vizier?" Li Junwei asked.

"He had no attitude, just asked the villain if he had been to the capital of the empire, and if there was really a silk everywhere in gold." Bahdel said.

Li Junwei said: "But I heard that this Great Vizier is keen on victory."

In fact, every Great Vizier is keen on war, especially victorious wars, and launching wars to resolve domestic crises. This is the policy of all Ottoman Great Vizier. The current Great Vizier, known as Black Mustafa, is no exception. As soon as he took office, he launched a war against two traditional opponents, Poland and Russia. The result was similar, winning first and then losing, but it also helped him firmly take up the position of Great Vizier.

"I think...I think your sincerity is not enough," said Bahder.

"Sincerity? I don't understand." Li Junwei frowned.

"You did not bribe He Mustafa," Bahdel said.

"Haha, no, he, Vizier, still needs bribes? And I am not an Ottoman official or lord. Do he dare to ask for my bribe?" Li Junwei laughed.

Bahdel said with certainty: "Dare, and this is necessary. As far as I know, all foreign envoys who went to Istanbul must give enough bribes to see Great Vizier or His Majesty the Sultan. For example, the last time the villain represented Toukhan went to Istanbul, and in order to meet the Sultan, he paid 14,000 taels of silver gold and 100 best war horses. This time, it was Helar's mother's family who planned for me that they met the Sultan, and they thought they also gave Great Vizier a bribe. Moreover, before leaving Istanbul, the team's war horses were detained and replaced with mules or donkeys."

"This... how dare he... Yes, he dares, he really dares!" Li Junwei didn't understand a great prime minister at first, and dared to accept bribes blatantly, but soon thought of a sentence his father Li Mingxun talked about corruption - absolute power creates absolute corruption. Da Weizier's power is too great, and it is almost inevitable to accept bribes blatantly, unless he is a person like Zhang Juzheng who regards himself as a gentleman, but does Ottoman have the concept of a gentleman?

But Li Junwei was not angry, but was very happy. A great Vizier who likes money is much more useful than a saint, and it is best for people who use money to do business. Li Junwei said: "Okay, Bahdel, next time I go to Istanbul, I will prepare you sufficient funds for activities, and you can also make up for the advance payments from Heral's mother tribe."

"Your Highness, I think the money is not enough. If possible, can you prepare some women for Vizier?" Bahdel tempted.

Li Junwei smiled: "Women, are there some more? Although he is called Black Mustafa because of his dark skin, don't treat him as a slap. Can you bear it too much?"

Bahdel nodded seriously: "I think Vizier will accept it with pleasure. As far as I know, he has 1,500 concubines, and countless female slaves..."

After hearing this, Li Junwei had a complicated expression on his face, hatred and greedy, and cursed to the people around him: "Listen, listen, 1,500 concubines, is this a fucking thing done by people? Is it still the Sultan's son-in-law, so I dare to make such a fool of myself. If it were him... I would definitely not be so shameless!"

The translator smiled and said to Li Junwei: "A man may not need a beautiful woman, but that one..."

Li Junwei clapped his hands and said, "Well, you are right. Go and get some African specialty Cabinda and send it to Mustafa, so that he can change his guns and regain his strength!"

Bahdel didn't know what Li Junwei was talking about, but seeing his appearance, it must be a special medicine, so he didn't dare to speak. Li Junwei asked: "Give you enough money, women have other things, how sure are you to convince Black Mustafa?"

"Actually these are just...the icing on the cake. The most important thing is that you can really help him defeat the Tsar. Mustafa has many channels to get money and women, but there are only a handful of people who can help him defeat the Tsar. On the battlefield of the Dnieper River, many of the Ottoman army have not opened up the situation." Bahdel said.

In fact, the current war between the Ottomans and Russia is called the first Russian-Turkish war by historians. The cause was that after Mustafa became the Great Vizier, he launched a war against Poland and Lithuanian Commonwealth. Although the result of the war was to win first and then lose, the Ottoman took advantage of the contract to end the war and had the power to rule over the Ukrainian region under Poland's control. However, this was intolerable for Tsarist Russia, which was committed to expansion. Therefore, Russia and the Cossacks launched a war against the Ottoman. The Ottoman contacted some Cossacks and fought with Russia in the Chijilin region, which was also to win first and then lose. The key was that the Russians blocked the Ottoman's most powerful ally, the Tatar cavalry of the Crimean Khanate.

The main Ottoman forces could not start the situation, the Tatar allies could not break through the defense line, and the intensity of the war decreased. Without an empire, the war would end in two years. The two sides signed a treaty, with the Dnieper River as the boundary, the Ottoman to the west and Russia to the east, and divide Ukraine.

But Li Junwei now has the ability to change the military balance between the two countries in the Dnieper River region, which can naturally allow Mustafa to win.

Li Junwei said: "There is no problem with this. At the latest next summer and autumn, I will have the power to change the balance. You can tell Mustafa, or let him send an envoy to witness this."

Seeing that Li Junwei was so sure, Bahdel no longer doubted. Li Junwei asked again: "You said just now that the Sultan didn't want to hear the news of failure. He didn't care about the government, do he still care about these things?"

"Yes, Sultan is only willing to listen to good news, because since he ascended the throne, he always heard good news." Bahder said, and then explained to Li Junwei.

It has to be said that the Kopruil era was the Ottoman era of revival. Under the efforts of the two generations of Kopruil, domestic corruption and depravity were alleviated, and foreign wars were even more victorious and fewer defeats. They defeated the Habsburg dynasty in succession, Venice and Poland three powerful enemies, and their territory and spheres of influence were expanded. Muhammad IV experienced the best era, so naturally he could not accept failure.

"Can I understand this way that His Majesty Sultan is very proud of his face, right?" Li Junwei asked.

Bahdel nodded slightly: "Yes, His Majesty Sultan does not allow any failure, insult or provocation."

Li Junwei laughed: "Okay, I understand. I know how to get His Majesty Sultan to agree to form an alliance with me and continue the war against the Tsar. Bahdel, go and rest. After a while, send the woman and money to Mustafa, and ask him to send an envoy to witness my strength.

By the way, I let you bring the Ottoman merchants as much as possible. Have you done this?"

Bahder said: "Yes, I brought hundreds of merchants, most of whom were slaves or cattle and sheep, but there were very few Ottomans. You may not know that the Ottomans rarely did business. In today's empire, the Jews were in a low position, and Armenians and Greeks had the commercial interests, so the three types of interracial merchants were the most."

In fact, the different attitudes of Ottoman towards merchants are closely related to their national strategy and situation. Before the current Sudan, Ottoman preferred Jewish merchants because these Jewish merchants had deep business relations in Europe, which allowed Ottomans to easily obtain steel, guns, guns, powder and other military supplies from Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries. However, with the advent of the Copruritan era, Ottoman won consecutive victories in foreign wars, which once again became a comprehensive threat to Europa. For example, in the war in Poland, France, the "filial son of God" who had always been with the Ottoman, stood on the side of Poland.

But it is also precisely because of this reason that while the empire destroyed the forces of the Tianfang Cult in Southeast Asia and Central Asia, the empire maintained a very stable and good trade relationship with the Ottomans, because the empire could provide the Ottomans with steel and other military supplies, making up for the losses caused by the turn of European allies. The imperial goods were not just that, cotton and silk also entered the Ottoman Empire in large quantities, and tea, coffee and other beverages were also loved by the Ottomans. Of course, the sales of tea were stable, but coffee was not the case. During the rule of different people, the Ottoman rulers' attitude towards this drink was transformed in two levels. Sometimes they thought it was a holy drink, and sometimes they thought it was a devil's drink, and they had to be beheaded after drinking it.

As the relationship with European countries was in conflict with the Jews, the commercial status of the Jews was declining. The Armenians who monopolized the land export of Persian silk and the Greeks who participated in the Mediterranean trade gradually grasped the trade status within the Ottomans. Of course, because the Copruil family came from Albania, the Albanians also had a special status in the Ottomans, and these all needed to be managed and explored by Li Junwei.

North of Kazakh Grassland.

As Shahni walked into the depths of the tent, he heard Grigori's loud voice.

"One thousand tents! It's too much, because we died in this expedition, and we got only one thousand tents after 237 brothers. I absolutely cannot accept it. It must be allocated by His Highness Yu. He is really a petty person. He is not as generous as General Chen Ping. We must get rewards that match our contributions. I will definitely not allow the glory of Cossacks to be humiliated..."

The tent was filled with men who described the toughness. After Shahni came in, everyone saluted him. Shahni asked, "Grigory, what do you want to do?"

Grigori said: "I need fairness. I want King Yu to treat us fairly. Brothers fight to death and need to receive corresponding rewards, instead of hiding all the Kazakh tribes and giving them to those who have migrated from the inner border but have not made any achievements. Brother Shahni, you must think so too."

Shahni shook his head: "No, I don't have it. I think a thousand accounts are enough. If I choose, I don't want a Kazakh woman."

"Why, this is what we exchanged for with blood and sweat!" Grigori shouted.

"Because this is Kazakh, it only takes four days to ride a horse in the Ural River!" Shahni inserted a piece of mutton, ate it, satisfied his stomach sac, and said seriously.

Grigori asked, "What does it mean?"

Shahni said: "Just go west for four days, we will meet our fellow tribes and people with common beliefs and bloodlines. Grigori, you were willing to participate in the mission to Moscow in order to marry a Cossack girl. Why don't you care about these things today? Do you have a girl you like and she gave birth to a son for you, and you will force your brother to marry a Kazakh woman with different beliefs and languages?"

"But this is not commensurate with our efforts!" Grigori insisted.

Shahni said: "That's because His Highness Yu promised to compensate in other aspects, such as cattle, sheep, animals, felt cloth, cotton, iron, and ranch!"

Grigori widened his eyes, and Shahni said, "Grigori, don't you understand? We are now by the same tribe. They are all in the midst of war. With these, the Cossacks only need to ride horses and step on their swords to come to this land and join us!"
Chapter completed!