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In the palace of Tabriz, the capital of the Persian Empire, six distinguished men sat together to discuss a major event that would decide the life and death of all of Central Asia and India.

The first to speak was Koplulu from Turkey, the prime minister of Ottoman Turkey, who was the only one in the crowd who was skeptical.

"If we defeat Li Zhi, Turkey will have very limited benefits. You say we can get land in southern India that is not bordered by Turkey, but there are many problems with the management of these lands. The inhabitants there are indigenous to Hinduism, and the climate there is hot, which is probably not so easy to control. ”

The translators in the temple immediately began to translate, translating the Turkish language into Dutch and Persian.

Hearing Koplulu's words, Abbas II, the emperor of the Persian Empire, sneered.

Koplulu said that the benefits were limited, which was obviously a clear attitude to more benefits. The Turks were always so shrewd that they felt less like officials of an empire and more like merchants at the crossroads of Eurasia.

Bardeep, the prince of the Indian state of Jharkhand, frowned worriedly when he heard Koplulu's words.

In this meeting of the four powers, the princes of the Indian states were the lowest ranks. As the chief representative of the Maharajas, Bardeep was able to sit on the carpet of Abbas II. The other two Indian princes behind him could only kneel on the floor tiles.

However, no matter how cold the Persian emperor treated them, they could only sit on their knees and wait for the other three forces to make a decision to influence India.

Because they have no way back. The emperor of the Mughal Empire of India has been killed in battle, and the main force of 200,000 of the great nobles of northern India has been wiped out. And Li Zhi's soldiers and horses were expanding wildly in the east, and they were about to invade India.

India is like a beautiful woman who has lost all her defenses, facing the fierce aggressor of Li Zhi. The only thing the Indian princes could do was to come to Persia for help.

The Persian Emperor Abbas II gave them hope, and Abbas II succeeded in convening the first of Turkey and the Dutch governors for this crucial four-party meeting. Now it's up to the maharajas of India to grasp this fleeting hope.

Baldip humbly bowed to Koplulu and asked, "Wise Ottoman Prime Minister, what do Ottomans want?" ”

Hearing this, Koplulu sneered and said, "What Osman needs is profit!" Your Highness, we need lower risks and more considerable benefits. ”

Bardip's face turned white when he heard this, and he glanced at the two "colleagues" behind him. They were all a little frightened, not knowing how much the Indian nobles would have to pay before they could move Koplulu to join the war to defend India.

Abbas II laughed as he looked at the terrified Indian princes.

"If Turkey has no interest in the territory of India, we in Persia are willing to administer this vast land and become the master of the whole of India. If the Persian warriors could become the nobles of the Indian realm, I think they would be very satisfied. ”

Abbas II seized all of India with a single word, and Koplulu squinted at Abbas II, waiting for Abbas II's next words.

Abbas II continued: "And Turkey can get all the wealth of all the princes of India! ”

Hearing this, Bardeep's face turned white.

Abbas II took the place of the Indian nobles and gave all their gold, silver and wealth to Turkey.

Koplulu squinted, but still didn't speak.

Abbas II laughed and said, "This number is 30 million solaps. ”

Hearing this number, Koplulu's eyes widened, and his hands unconsciously folded.

Solap was a silver coin of the Safavid dynasty of Persia and was very heavy. If you follow the weights and measures of the Ming Kingdom, a solap is about two taels or three cents in weight. Fifteen million solaps are equivalent to sixty-five million taels of silver.

This is an astronomical amount, the savings of all the princes of India, equivalent to the total tax of the Ottoman Empire for more than a decade. Even for the Ottoman Empire, which straddled three continents in Asia, Europe and Africa, it was an irresistible decoy.

At the critical moment, Bardeep bowed sharply and said, "All the nobles of India are willing to put together this money as a reward for hiring two hundred thousand Ottoman troops. ”

Bardeep had no choice, and Lee Zhi's army was already sharpening its knives in Burma. If the Ottomans and Persians could not join forces to defeat Li Zhi, all the nobles of India would be ruined. Now they can accept Persian rule, they can hand over all their wealth, and everything is negotiable as long as they can keep their state.

Apparently impressed by the generosity of the Indians, Koplulu sighed and said, "However, as far as I know, Li Zhi's equipment is too advanced to make up for it with numbers. “

The Ottoman prime minister was still hesitant.

Kuhn, the governor of the Dutch East India Company, suddenly stood up.

Everyone looked at the European emissary.

Kuhn said: "If Li Zhi occupies India, the losses of the Netherlands will be heavy. The Netherlands will lose the monopoly trade in spices and cinnamon, knowing that our East India Company has lost Batavia, lost the Japanese trade, lost Formosa, lost the whole of the Java Islands. If we lose any more spices from India and cinnamon from Sri Lanka, our East India Company will be dissolved. “

"But I have to say, ladies and gentlemen, the loss of the Netherlands is bearable. And you, if you sit back and watch Li Zhi annex India, your losses will be unbearable. “

"Li Zhi's power is sweeping everything. If you lose India, you will soon lose all of Central Asia. It took only three years for Li Zhi's army to cross India and attack Central Asia. If you can't stop Li Zhi's expansion in India, then your country will be destroyed within a few years. “

Abbas II did not speak.

Of course, he knew everything Kuhn said, and if India perished, Persia would be next. And then the Ottoman Turks to the west of Persia will not be able to withstand it either. Li Zhi was as unstoppable as the Mongol Empire hundreds of years ago, and if India could not stop Li Zhi, then all of Central Asia would be ruled by the yellow race.

The only question now is whether Osman was aware of the gravity of the crisis.

Ottoman Prime Minister Koplulu was still hesitating: "However, we are not Li Zhi's opponents!" “

Kuhn exclaimed: "The Netherlands will come to your aid!" “

"The Dutch, the British and the Portuguese have cederated the war, and we now have a large number of idle weapons. Including formosa rifles with scopes, including curved guns, and even rifled guns. On behalf of the Netherlands and Great Britain, I am willing to sell you these weapons, which are not inferior to Li Zhi. The Indians pay, you get weapons, go to war and fight for your country and interests! “

"Fight or perish, it's not a difficult choice."

Koplulu rubbed his index finger and thumb.

After a long time, he said, "It seems that the Ottomans have no choice but to unite with you. “

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