Chapter 1123: Central Asia Game

Istanbul.
Sultan Saliman is reviewing his own huge army. Since reaching an agreement with Britain and France, Ottoman has not only regained the Greek area, but also received a large number of advanced firearms from Europe. The UK even directly secretly sent officers to help the Ottoman train. army.
"Selit, we have the strongest army in Central Asia." Saliman said proudly. Soldiers passing in front of him carried muskets and horses pulled field guns from Europe. The armory is now full of ammunition.
"It is true, the great Sultan, but our enemy Persia is accepting the support of the Eastern Empire. Before he becomes strong, we must completely defeat them and seize the supremacy of Central Asia." Sailit is very enthusiastic.
The Ottomans, who declined a few years ago, were losing ground, whether in Africa, Europe or Central Asia, which made them feel very humiliated.
But the situation turned around, because the emergence of the Eastern Empire made the current status of the Ottoman Empire in the eyes of Europeans irreplaceable.
It is precisely because of this that they have obtained a large amount of supplies from Europe in the past few years, and at the same time, Europe has chosen to compromise on many issues. This has made the declining Ottoman Empire suddenly a fish in water and rejuvenated.
But Saliman understands his current value, and Europe treats itself this way for the purpose of fighting the Eastern Empire.
So now he must make a few moves to prove his worth, and this matter is to attack Persia supported by the Eastern Empire and destroy the oil fields of the Eastern Empire.
"Then what are we waiting for, soldiers, march to Persia, we want to capture Gambis alive." Saliman shouted.
When the soldiers heard Saliman's words, they immediately shouted "Long live Sudan".
Selit saluted Salliman in excitement, and then he walked off the reviewing stand, and he would lead the army armed to the teeth on Persia on behalf of Salman.
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Qingzhou.
The deterioration of the situation in Central Asia arrived here with Persian envoys.
In order to ask for help from the Empire, this time Gambez sent Althashi to see Xiao Ming in person.
"His Majesty the Emperor, Persia is now in danger. Western lackeys, the Ottoman Empire is using armies equipped with Western firearms to attack us. If we don't get assistance from the Empire, the Persian Empire will be in danger." Said worriedly.
Before he left for the Eastern Empire, the war between Persia and the Ottoman Empire worsened and worsened. For more than a month, he was worried about the safety of Persia every day.
Xiao Ming stared at the number two figure in the Persian Empire. Before choosing Persia, Xiao Ming had specially looked at the resource distribution map.
It can be said that Persia now includes contemporary Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other regions, which can be said to cover most of the oil storage areas.
Because of this, he gave Tang Wenjie the priority to negotiate with Persia. The Ottoman Empire was just a spare tire.
After reaching an agreement with the Persian Empire, the status of the Persian Empire became even more important, because controlling Persia is equivalent to controlling oil output, which also laid a solid foundation for him to internationalize the empire’s Golden Dragon.
So even for the benefit of protecting his own oil fields, he could not sit back and watch Osman beat Persia in a mess.
But as Pang Yukun said, his help to Persia will only remain evenly matched with Ottoman. "Persia is an important friend to the empire. The empire will naturally not allow friends to let the enemy bully. Don't worry, I will provide you with powerful weapons to defeat the Ottoman invasion." Xiao Ming said.
Althace is now anxious like an ant on a hot pot. Naturally, he can't push back and forth on this issue. After all, after the establishment of the petrochemical industry, the empire now needs Persia's free oil.
"Thank your majesty the emperor for your kindness. If your majesty can help Persia defeat the Ottoman Empire, my king promised to continue to let the empire extract oil for free." Arthasi said cautiously.
Xiao Ming showed a weird smile at this time. In fact, the empire had already obtained some information in advance by bribing the Persian nobles.
After learning that oil is so precious to the empire, Gambis already had an idea in his mind, and Xiao Ming expressed his understanding of this issue.
Anyone who becomes invaluable after knowing that the garbage in the house has been dug up by others will feel unhappy.
It's just that since Gambis had promised them to mine for free at the beginning, he couldn't go back, he didn't want to be taken advantage of and cultivate a white-eyed wolf.
So he said: "In this case, in order to avoid future misunderstandings between the two countries, I think it is necessary to sign a separate oil extraction agreement."
Having said that, Xiao Ming motioned for Qian Dafu, and Qian Dafu then sent an agreement to Althace.
Scanning the Persian part of the agreement, Alsace was slightly pleased. The agreement clearly required Persia to allow the empire to exploit oil free of charge in Persia for 60 years.
Sixty years later, the empire purchased oil from Persia at half the market price, and no matter to whom Persia sold oil, it must be settled in the empire’s currency.
"Your Majesty, this..." Althahi originally thought that Xiao Ming would claim the empire's permanent oil exploitation rights.
"You are not mistaken, this is what I meant." Xiao Ming smiled cunningly, because he knew very well that the permanent agreement was a very unreliable agreement.
Over time, the world will also undergo drastic changes, one hundred years, two hundred years, who knows whether the empire will still exist at that time?
And now the Persian King Gambis died ~EbookFREE.me~ The Persian Empire also changed. At that time, no one knew what the relationship between the Empire and Persia was.
So instead of signing such a useless agreement, it is better to let Persia serve the empire wholeheartedly now. After all, the policy only pays attention to the current timeliness.
"Your Majesty, you are such a good person. It is an honour for Persia to have friends like the Empire." Althashi said.
"Don't say thank you, I just hope you can abide by the agreement." Xiao Ming smiled.
"Of course, we will abide by the agreement." Althahi said, they are naturally not happy for permanent free, and now they at least have a hope.
After signing the agreement, Xiao Ming called Cui Shangan to the Imperial Study Room.
Weapons and ammunition to support Persia have been prepared, all of which are muskets eliminated by the empire. Compared with the muskets given to Ottomans by Europe, the muskets are a whole advanced generation.
In addition to conquering rifles, the empire also supported 500 field guns in Persia. These field guns were all first-generation field guns, but they were much stronger than those given to Ottomans by the West.