There was a cunning breaker in Tibet, while the Yarkand Khanate was already in a complete civil strife. Even if the matter in Western Xinjiang was resolved, the rest was the end. The emperor who had left Shenjing for more than a year chose to return to Shenjing. What made the Empress Dowager satisfied was that the emperor and the girl he liked had achieved the right result. Although there were some minor twists and turns, the difference in identity was easy to solve when the relationship was reached. However, the end of the union between the two parties still needed to be handled by the empress dowager, which was natural for the performance.

On the distant Europa and Southern Russian prairie, Polish King Sobesky and Yu King Li Junwei were having a hunting competition, located on the east bank of the Dnieper River. In the last war, the new territory obtained by the Poli Federation was arranged by Yu himself. As Li Junwei's friend, Sobesky happily went to the appointment.

After a morning hunting ended, the two of them came to a manor to enjoy lunch. Sobesky's face looked a little gloomy. Li Junwei understood it very well. This was because of his dissatisfaction with reality. Sobesky took a boat across the Dnieper River and naturally saw the former land of Crimea occupied by the Russians. He also entered the Xijin Chief District of the empire for a trip. Compared with the Crimean Khanate after the Three Kingdoms divided, the situation was completely different.

The empire had cleaned up the Tatars and built port cities and roads on the occupied land. It was a prosperous scene. Merchants from all over the country traveled around and brought prosperity. The Russians built forts and ruled on the new land, and received a large number of Cossack allegiance.

Only Poland's territory is still full of conflict. Poland accepted some of the Cossack nobles, but Xinde land was still distributed to the great nobles in the country. The local Cossacks were once again reduced to serfs. They were fleeing in large quantities, working as workers in the Chinese ports, or joining the Russian army. Poland received a piece of troubled land.

This is the Poli Federation, a noble republic country. King Sobesky, the king, had no right to change this situation.

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"King, have you heard that the Ottoman was going to start a war?" Li Junwei asked Sobesky with a glass of wine.

Sobesky nodded slightly: "Of course, this cannot be hidden from us."

"How did you know?" Li Junwei asked. Sobesky said: "Because of Prussia, our relationship with France was very tense, so we signed another offensive and defensive alliance treaty with the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. But recently, I found that the nobles close to France in China were accepting bribes from France. They wanted to stop me from supporting the Holy Roman Empire, our strongest ally. His Highness Yu? I can't believe it? How did you know?"

Li Junwei smiled: "I am involved in it myself. Originally, I would not come to this land again, but one day, one of our merchants told me that the Ottoman Sultan would borrow 10 million taels of silver? After discussion, my brother thought it was profitable. So I came? And I had already lent the money to the Sudan. Not only the money, but also the guns and ammunition that armed 50,000 people. The first batch of weapons had been shipped from Egypt to the capital of the Ottoman capital. I think the Ottomans will attack at this time next year. Maybe they will attack this year? After all, most of the arms and materials produced by our country have arrived at the Port of Suez."

"You supported the Ottoman's invasion of the Catholic world?" Sobesky immediately couldn't sit still.

"Don't say that, king? You two have been fighting for a thousand years. At that time, I was not yet in my life. I was just seeking appropriate benefits for the empire." Li Junwei responded plainly to Sobesky.

Sobesky: "I don't think you respect me, my country."

"I respect you very much, king. If I don't treat you as a friend, I should abandon the common defense treaty with you as the Ottoman Sultan. Do you know that in fact, you Poland is a more suitable target than the Holy Roman Empire. If the Holy Roman Empire is besieged, there will be support and assistance. If you are besieged, who will support Poland? Russia robbed by fire, or us?" Li Junwei asked with a smile.

After thinking about it, Sobesky did not want to admit it, but it was also a fact. Everyone knew that the Ottoman started a war because of internal struggle. In such a war, a weaker opponent should be chosen. Poland is the most suitable one. Sobesky asked: "Then why do you tell me this secret?"

"Because I don't want the Ottoman victory, which is not good for our national interests. I borrowed the Sultan. The Ottoman victory can only bring us money, but if the Ottoman fails, it will depend more on us, and the more we get, isn't that true, the king?"

Sobesky had to seriously consider this issue. In fact, there were two reasons for him to accept the invitation from Li Junwei to hunt. One was to use his good relationship with the empire to suppress the country's resurgence of opposition parties, and the other was to get the support of the empire so that Poland could participate in the war with the Ottomans that was about to break out. Only the empire's support could make Poland pass his back with confidence, but unexpectedly, the party he wanted to get the help of the most had already helped his enemy.

"Okay, what you said makes sense, but emotionally, I can't trust you anymore." Sobesky said to Li Junwei seriously.

Li Junwei smiled and said, "We are discussing politics, strategy, and a large-scale war involving tens of millions of people. King, I don't need your emotional trust. Sensitive things should not appear at the political level. What we need is reason. I hope you maintain the style that an outstanding politician should have. I have said that supporting the Ottoman is because of the interests of the empire, and hoping that the Ottoman will fail is also for the interests of the empire. You may not like the former, but you must like the latter."

"But how do you make me believe it?" Sobesky asked back.

Li Junwei shook his head helplessly and said, "Just now, the merchant ships from Suez brought 12,000 fine musket barrels. They will go north along the Dnieper River with locally purchased grains, then land in Kiev, and then head to Vienna. This caravan is a caravan dominated by Jews and Genoese, but that is just a cover. They will transport the goods to Vienna as soon as possible. When the war really breaks out, these weapons can be requisitioned by the Austrian army as seized smuggled materials. Of course, if you use them, please ask the emperor or you, or you, or you, to pay the Pope in this operation, but I have no choice but to not pay. After all, this is balance. I am afraid that I will give too much to the Ottomans and will make you fail."

"Are you saying true?" Sobesky was incredible.

"You can go and check it yourself, the first batch should have arrived in Kiev," said Li Junwei.

Sobesky immediately stood up, and Li Junwei whispered: "King, if the war really breaks out, don't forget to take me to watch the fun."

In fact, what Li Junwei influenced the outcome of the war was not the 12,000 musket barrels he might have given to the Austrian side for free, but the news he told Sobesky that Sobesky would definitely contact his ally, the Holy Roman Emperor Leobed I, and the 12,000 barrels could convince the emperor who would only pray in church or hunt and relax outside the city when something happened.

On another aspect, Li Junwei contacted Mustafa, the Great Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, and through him, he accelerated the war, he only told Mustafa one thing, that is, the loan agreement between Xijin Bank and the Sudan had already come into effect, and sufficient military funds were stored in Xijin of the empire, and all had been exchanged for Dukat gold coins, the Ottomans' favorite.

This is a bolt from the blue. Mustafa, who is almost broken with Sudan, can still survive and hold power because he has obtained the support of the Imperial Guards, but this support is not stable at all. In Mustafa's view, Sudan can use the military expenses to buy the Imperial Guards and then deal with it.

Therefore, at the State Council, Mustafa took the lead in attacking and demanded an immediate attack on Austria. He had two reasons: the news has been leaked, and the Pope, the Austrian emperor and the Polish king have begun to mobilize. If they wait for them to recruit the army and prepare to attack again, it would be too late.

The counterattack of Koprulu clearly stated that the military supplies purchased from the empire were not fully in place. But this is Mustafa's second reason. The Ottomans could defeat the enemy without these supplies, at least the guards believed so completely.

When Mustafa hinted that a coup might be launched, the Sultan finally chose to compromise and mobilized the whole country's army to set off immediately, but after arriving in Belgrade, repaired, partially replaced, replaced military equipment purchased from the empire, and then attacked Vienna. This must be a stupid idea, and this is to completely use the flintlock as a clamp. As for whether it can work, it is not something that the Sultan can change.

"The war has broken out. Your Highness, our subordinates saw many soldiers heading towards Europe in the port, transporting ship by ship. It is said that there are 300,000 soldiers. What's ridiculous is that before our supplies are in place, they can't help but take action themselves." At the residence of King Yu of Xijin, the merchants were raised and said happily, especially Zhu Wenhe, who was the most excited.

Xu Bangyan said: "When the Sudan's pre-deposit money was taken from our Xijin Bank, everything was settled."

In this cooperation with Ottoman, Shanxi merchants and Nanyang merchants reached an agreement. In terms of specific division of labor, Xu Bangyan was proficient in banking business and managed Xijin Bank. Because most of the materials came from Nanyang, Zhu Wenhe was in charge of the trading company. Seeing that King Yu was very calm, Zhu Wenhe said: "King Yu, that Hussein Weizier sent a message to cancel some of the reservation materials. What do you think will?"

"What materials does he want to cancel?" Li Junwei asked back.

Zhu Wenhe said: "All supplies are covered, maybe he doesn't think so many supplies are needed."

Li Junwei said: "It's easy to understand. This time the Ottoman Empire launched a nationwide attack. He left his original plan behind. Do you know that Hussein originally wanted to change his clothes this year and then let us send instructors for a year of training and attack next year, but Mustafa screwed up everything.

But what I want to tell you is that if they want to cancel, they will cancel. You will still transport the materials, but the cancelled materials should not be stored in Suez, and shipped to Xijin for storage. If the Ottomans really win, we will sell this batch of materials to their opponents and fail to join, they will still need these materials."

"Then what preparations do we need for Xijin Bank?" Xu Bangyan asked carefully.

"Money, continue to prepare money. Mustafa will not save money for Sudan. The two million Dukat gold coins he deposited are not enough for him to consume. He will definitely ask Sudan to continue to borrow money, and Sudan will definitely do so. If Mustafa wins, Sudan must have money to satisfy the appetite of the Imperial Guards to avoid being bombarded. If he loses, he will also need more money to reorganize the army.

Imperial Bank has already opened a mint in Xijin. The coin is exclusive to the country. Don’t do anything wrong because you exchange gold coins with European merchants. I have already told them to mint some Dukat gold coins. You can just exchange them with Imperial Bank." Li Junwei was prepared for a long time.

Xu Bangyan, Zhu Wen and both nodded, and repeatedly promised that they would not mint coins privately. After they left, they still remained unsatisfied. They had never conducted such a commercial activity, and they could make money no matter who wins or loses.

"Brother Xu, who do you think can win this time?" Zhu Wenhe asked, thinking for a while and then said: "From the meaning of King Yu, I seem to hope that Ottoman will lose, but I don't think so. From the perspective of businessmen, our partner will win and get the loan better. It's like a businessman will repay the loan only after making money, and he can't afford to pay it back if he loses money."

"You and I are just businessmen, there is no problem with this understanding, but King Yu is not. But I can answer your first question, and I think the Ottomans will lose," said Xu Bangyan.

"Oh, why?"

Xu Bangyan said: "Do you know where the carriages ordered in Nanyang at the beginning of the year?"

Zhu Wenhe shook his head, and Xu Bangyan lowered his voice: "Those carriages are said to be used for Xijin District official business. In fact, they are all in King Yu's camp. People who drive the car speak Polish. It seems that King Yu may have to go to the battlefield, but not follow the Ottoman army, but stand opposite them. Brother Zhu, King Yu, how much he cherishes his life, so he will not put himself in danger. If he joins the anti-Ottoman side, who would you say win?"

"But why? Isn't it safer for him to wait for news in Xijin?"
Chapter completed!