After the messenger told all the news he heard, Murad IV couldn't help but burst into laughter and was very happy.

For Europe, all Ottoman rulers had ambitions. However, without that strength, they could only keep this ambition in their hearts. In the original history, they did not send troops until September 1683, but in the Battle of Vienna, they were still defeated by the European Union.

As a capable Ottoman monarch, Murad IV naturally enjoyed being attacked by the Ming army in Europe. Especially when he discovered that the Ming army was not divided into camps, whether in Poland, or in Sweden, the Protestant camp, he was even more happy.

Compared with Westerners, Murad IV, whether from the Mongolians or from the records of his previous dealings with the Ming Kingdom, he had some understanding of the Ming Kingdom.

After laughing for a while, Murad IV slowly stopped laughing and suddenly ordered his subordinates: "Send an envoy immediately to contact the leader of the Ming army in Tsarist Russia, the general named Li Dingguo, tell him that if the Ming army can agree to my conditions, I can send troops to help the Ming army fight those pagans together! As long as I, the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Kingdom join forces, I believe that the whole of Europe will lie at our feet!"

When his subordinates heard this, they talked all over, saying that the Ming army could actually get the friendship of Murad IV, which was really too far away. With the support of the Ottoman Empire, the Ming army would definitely win battles on the European battlefield. In their opinion, it was just one thing, and it seemed that from this moment on, if the Ming army did not have the help of the Ottoman Empire, it would be difficult to move forward, and perhaps the entire army would be wiped out.

After Murad IV mentioned the conditions, they all added, as if they said that their king was too kind and was too kind to the Ming army, so they should add more conditions.

But Murad IV himself was not that inflated. After making an idea, he immediately contacted the Ming army of Tsarist Russia.

After dealing with this matter, he was a little unimpressed about the current war with the Persian Safi Dynasty. Because, in his eyes, he hoped that the Ottoman Empire would trample the entire Europe!

After thinking for a long time, Murad IV made up his mind the next morning and ordered his subordinates: "Send a letter to the trash of Safi. If he admits that we said the occupied place belongs to Ottoman, then I can stop fighting and signing a contract with him. If he doesn't agree, I will definitely lead troops to find him!"

This time he sent troops because he knew the situation of the new emperor of Persia and felt that there was a bargain to pick up.

In fact, what he learned was indeed correct. Safi was only eighteen years old when he ascended the throne, and was cruel and restrained. During his reign, he ruthlessly eliminated anyone who could threaten his power, and almost all the princes of the Safi royal family, as well as those courtiers and generals with outstanding achievements. On weekdays, he rarely paid attention to political affairs, had no cultural or academic interest, and was said to have difficulties in reading and writing. He had long-term alcoholism and opium smoking.

At this time, Murad IV felt that the opportunity was rare. He was as stupid as Safi, and could come to bully him at any time. It would be better to seize the opportunity of the Ming army fighting with the Europeans first and solve the problem of Europe first.

As for Persia, Safi's incompetent person would agree happily when he heard the news of the peace talks. Thinking of this, he began to prepare to withdraw his troops and prepare for war against Europe. After all, European countries are still very powerful, and he knew it himself.

But the butterfly wings brought by Emperor Chongzhen continued to swell over Eurasia, and many things were different from the original history.

In the Persian capital palace, the wine was so good that several maids were holding wine, waiting beside each other, while Safi held the wine glass, as if he was excited to drink, and his face was good. He stared at the people below and asked, "I heard right, did Shah Jahan actually propose a peace talk?"

"Dear Your Majesty, yes, our Khan is willing to negotiate and be a brotherly country forever." The man below, obviously the messenger of the Mughal Empire, replied respectfully.

Safi was very happy when he heard this. Although he didn't care about politics and knew how to drink and smoke opium all day long, he was somewhat unhappy when both sides of the empire were occupied by two neighboring countries. He was still a little worried. He suddenly heard Shah Jahan coming to make peace. This was his political achievement. He forgot that the Mughal Empire was aggressive and wanted to seize the important town of Kandahar, so he wanted to agree.

After all, in his opinion, the Ottoman Empire was relatively stronger, and Murad IV personally led the army to fight. If the east could not fight, he could deal with the war in the west.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, someone suddenly came in and reported that the envoy of Murad IV of the Ottoman Empire had arrived.

This made Safi stunned when he heard this. What's going on? Why did the two enemies send envoys to the same place?

After summoning him in and asking, he didn't expect that he would come to negotiate. However, the Ottoman Empire was too much and asked him to admit the occupied place. If it were the past, Safi might have agreed and didn't want to trouble and wanted the Ottoman Empire not to fight. But at this time, he felt that his strength was not bad under his rule. Look, Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire took the initiative to seek peace.

So he finally got up once and did not agree to Murad IV's request, which made Murad IV's messenger angry and said bluntly that Persia was waiting to bear the anger of the Ottoman Empire!

On the Mughal Empire, Safi agreed. After all, he did not lose anything, and he had a good reputation.

Shah Jahan's messenger said nothing and hurried back to his country.

Originally, in history, in this year, the Mughal Empire finally forced the land on Kandahar, but under the butterfly effect of the Ming army, Kandahar was eventually in the hands of Persia.

When Shah Jahan heard the messenger's report back, he was surprised by the Ottoman Empire and did not think much about it. Anyway, what he wanted had been achieved, so he quickly ordered the army to retreat.

However, he did not pay attention to it. The army fought in the north and Persia for years and worked hard to defeat Kandahar. Who would have thought that in the end, the Mughal Empire first sought peace and left the north in shame. This not only excited the Governor of Posky Kandahar, but also made the Mughal army lose its spirit, and its morale was inevitably hit.

Emperor Chongzhen was not clear about these things. But even if he knew them, he would not care much. For the Ming Dynasty at this time, even if your Mughal Empire was attacked with all its strength, it was expected. Usually you brag on the Indian Peninsula and say that you are invincible in the world, and you will do whatever you want, but now if you want to face the Ming Dynasty at its peak, then let's try it.

If it were the Ming Dynasty around the Persian Empire, it would be based on what Safi did, ignore the government affairs, kill all the men of the royal family, kill all the prestigious and capable ministers and generals, and only attack this, the Ming Dynasty could destroy Persia in minutes! How could it be like the Mughal Empire, after so many years, and even Kandahar was not defeated!

The Khan of the Mughal Empire also had the nerve to call him "Shajahan" ("Shajahan" means "the ruler of the world" in Persian). It was really because the tiger was not at home and the monkey was dominating!

Let’s talk about the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was already in Nanjing. In late autumn, Nanjing was actually cold.

However, Nanjing was particularly lively at this time, and countless people were out of the house. Just like the balloon tests back then, the roofs were full of people. They were kneading melon seeds, eating snacks, chatting, and by the way they were basking in the sun.

"I don't know what the airship the emperor mentioned is like? Could it be like Kongming lantern?"

"That's definitely not. I heard the emperor say with my own ear that it is called a hot air balloon, which is indeed similar to the Kongming lantern, but now this airship is completely different."

"What's the difference, tell me?"

"How do I know? Otherwise, why did I occupy the position so early? I just wanted to see what this airship looks like!"

“…”

While they were talking, they watched the martial law under the imperial city from time to time. Before, carriages came from outside the city and stayed there, and many people were busy. However, they could not see anything after looking at it, so they could only guess.

While discussing, someone suddenly shouted, "The Imperial Vehicle has come, and the Imperial Vehicle has come out." Suddenly, all the discussions disappeared, and the square in front of the Imperial City immediately became quiet, and everyone turned to look at the Imperial City.

The gate of the imperial city opened, and teams of civil and military officials came out one after another and stood under the imperial city. On the city gate tower and under the canopy, there were Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou, and even the crown prince and concubines in the harem all went up to the top of the city. In just a while, the city was full of people. Obviously, the people in the palace also came out to watch the fun.

The sound of drums on the ground suddenly came from the imperial city, slowly and powerfully, echoing above the imperial city.

In the square below the imperial city, in the middle of the carriage, people could be seen there. After hearing the powerful drum sound, there began to be movement. When the people watching outside saw it, they were staring at it with all their concentration, wishing to take all the situations there.

After a while, something could be seen slowly. After the last time, those who saw the overheated air balloon test slowly saw what appeared, they couldn't help but exclaim: "This... isn't this still a hot air balloon?"

"No, this is different from a hot air balloon!" Someone else immediately retorted, "Are you blind? So the obvious difference can't be seen?"

Indeed, the airships they saw were really similar to hot air balloons, but they were a little different from hot air balloons. Without a fire device, the shape was no longer spherical, but long and flat, and there was something on the tail.

My brain was a little more flexible. After watching for a while, I suddenly realized it and commented: "So that's it, so that's it! This is the airship!"

"Why didn't I expect this? Really! Since the hot air balloon can be launched, we naturally have to consider how to artificially control the flying direction of the hot air balloon, and how it will move when there is no wind. Once these problems are solved, isn't it the airship?"

“…”

They were right. It was because of this reason that Emperor Chongzhen asked Xu Zhengming to make hot air balloons first. After gaining experience, based on this hot air balloon, he could naturally think about the airship naturally.

Of course, if you are thinking about airships, but with Emperor Chongzhen here, you will naturally have fewer thoughts. Telling out the ideas of later generations will speed up the emergence of airships.

Nowadays, this airship is no longer burning on site to inflate, but is directly charged with hydrogen.

The production of hydrogen was already in the 16th century, but it was obtained by placing metals in strong acids. However, Emperor Chongzhen had invented electricity. Although the links of storing electricity and transmitting electricity cannot be solved well. It is still possible to use electricity to electrolyze distilled water and collect hydrogen.

Of course, now everything is invented, so the requirements are not high. Anyway, it can be used to take off the airship.

The airship took off little by little, and the speed was very slow.

As he looked at it, someone suddenly realized: "I know, why did you choose today's windless day? It turns out that this airship is afraid of the wind!"

Indeed, if the wind is strong, the first airship in the world will not have the ability to fight against the strong wind.

Finally, after the airship reached a certain height, it stopped.

The operator under the belly of the airship was Xu Zhengming, the only apprentice of Emperor Chongzhen. He shouted loudly to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I request that the flight test of the airship begin!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked up at his head, and said with a smile on his face: "It's accurate!"

So everyone stared at Xu Zhengming with curiosity to see whether the airship would fly according to human will next.

For those who have seen hot air balloons flying, the airship is no longer so shocking to them. But the last time I haven’t seen them, such as the newcomers to Nanjing, and most civil and military officials. They were originally in the capital and had never seen them. At this time, I was already shocked to see Xu Zhengming in the air. Now I want to see Xu Zhengming start flying according to his own wishes. No matter how knowledgeable or knowledgeable you are, I have never seen this scene. I always looked up and looked motionlessly.

After waiting for a long time, just when they felt their necks were sore, an official suddenly shouted in surprise: "Look, the airship is moving forward, it's really moving, it's moving..."

This is the first time they have seen people in the air, and with the help of tools, they can really fly. The excitement is naturally beyond words. But there is also a regret that the airship flies very slowly.

Those experienced people, especially those who knead melon seeds on the roof and watched dim sum, all kneaded melon seeds. After eating the dim sum, they saw the airship moving a distance.

But no matter what, this is not controlled by the wind, and people can control it. If you want to fly there, you can fly there. This is still quite exciting.

It was almost noon and the experiment was successfully over. Emperor Chongzhen looked at the "buzzing" discussions on the city and under the city, coughed and the drums stopped, and he began to speak: "I said before that heat can ascend to heaven, and people can fly in the sky. Before, hot air balloons took off, and now airships can fly. But everyone should have seen that the airships fly a little slow, but what does it matter?"
Chapter completed!