Tang Wenjie proudly looked at the city of Xinjiapo, which once belonged to the British, but now it is part of the empire.

And in the South Seas, the Philippines, and Indonesia are now under the control of the empire, and it will not be long before the Southwestern Army will move south, and then East Indochina and Burma will also belong to the empire.

"Minister Tang, it is said that you brought the emperor's instructions at the same time this time?" Lei Ming asked, Yue Yun and Liu Chen, who were with him.

Half a month ago, he managed to intercept the remnants of the Dutch army trying to escape in the city of Boer, and fought a beautiful ambush.

The unprepared Dutch army was dumpled after entering the city, and the Governor of Jakarta and Stephen were killed in battle, and he recovered a large amount of gold from these Dutch soldiers, which was considered to have recovered some losses.

"That's right, I'm going to pass by here anyway, so the emperor personally instructed me to hand over the instructions to you." Tang Wenjie said.

Then he took out a sealed letter from his bosom and handed it to Lei Ming.

"The emperor asked us not to attack India, and imposed a blockade on India for half a year in advance, and at the same time ordered the navy to strengthen control over the route." Lei Ming told Yue Yun the contents of the letter.

Liu Chen said excitedly when he heard this: "The emperor has always been wise, and his judgment on the war this time is also quite accurate, we can strengthen training in the past half a year, and at the same time reserve ammunition and weapons in Xinjiapo, once the battle starts in the future, we don't need to worry about ammunition." ”

Lei Ming breathed a sigh of relief, he had been studying the map all this time, and in the area currently under the actual control of the Empire, Xinjiapo was the most suitable as a military base.

In the entire South Seas, the location of Xinjiapo is almost at the center point, and it is also a choke point, so the geographical location is very important.

Because of this, the empire designated Xinjiapo as an overseas military base, and during this time it has been building fortifications in Xinjiapo.

In addition to the reinforced concrete shore defense artillery system, there are also a number of bunkers on the coast, which were previously connected to each other by underground passages.

At the same time, a large amount of ammunition was stored in the bunker, and if machine guns were put on the bunker, the West would not be able to take it even if it invested three or four hundred thousand people.

With such a strong fortification, both Lei Ming and Yue Yun are very confident in the safety of Xinjiapo, and both the navy and the army can get transit here.

"In addition to the related wars, the emperor also asked the navy to send warships to escort the mission to the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire. Tang Wenjie said.

It was the first time he had traveled to such a distant place, and he had no idea that for the safety of the Mission, they needed to be escorted by soldiers, lest the Mission lose its life before it could see the two imperial capitals.

"This is natural, when Minister Tang will leave, we will arrange it now." Yue Yun was positive, he had already understood the purpose of Tang Wen's outstanding envoy, and he had already heard about the internal combustion engine.

If you can get a lot of cheap and high-quality oil from Persia or the Ottomans, it will be a great joy for the empire, and it will also allow the empire's industry to leap forward again.

"Because this matter is urgent, we will rest here for the night, and tomorrow we will go to our first stop in Persia." Tang Wenjie said with a smile.

Liu Chen muttered when he heard this: "It's really troublesome, in my opinion, there is no need to talk to them at all, just occupy the oil field directly where there is." ”

Liu Chen's words made Tang Wenjie smile helplessly, and he said: "When I came, the emperor just praised you for making progress now, but now these words have revealed your true form. ”

After a deep sigh, he said: "The Persian and Ottoman empires are different from the countries of the South Seas, which have not yet really formed, but exist in a situation of tribal rule, but these two Central Asian powers are different, they have a tight state structure, and the potential for war is huge, and it is unwise to use the method of war only to push them to the west. ”

"It's still Minister Tang's fine grasp of the world's human geography, and I only know a little about it." Yue Yun glared, and Liu Chen replied with a smile.

Tang Wenjie sighed: "No way, in his position, I can't help but study each country carefully, although the Ottoman and Europe have a thousand years of grievances, but the European royal family has also married the princess to the Ottoman many times, speaking of which there are too many entanglements, and the Ottoman may not know much about us, this time is the trouble of this trip." ”

Speaking of this, he stopped abruptly and said with a smile: "Don't mention this, rest well today, and hurry tomorrow morning." ”

With that, he led the members of the mission to the reception office in Xinjiapo.

The next day, Tang Wenjie got up early in the morning, had a simple breakfast, and boarded the battleship bound for Persia.

In order to protect Tang Wenjie and his party, Yue Yun sent six warships to prevent accidents, although they defeated the coalition fleet, but the sea was still active with European armed merchant ships, privateers and pirates.

These forces threatened the safety of the shipping lanes at all times, and seemed to be under unified orders, and now the ships were deeply hostile to the Imperial warships.

Patrolling warships were often harassed by them, and in the course of the raids they tried to seize their ships by any means they could.

According to the captured prisoners of war, Europe now offers a high reward, and if the ironclad ship is captured, the captor will receive a bounty of one million pounds.

Such a high bounty was enough to drive armed merchant ships, privateers, pirates crazy, and a million pounds was enough for them to live a rich life like an aristocracy.

Standing on the deck and looking at the Xinjiapo port that was gradually moving away, Tang Wenjie's pride in his heart spontaneously emerged, and only an empire in the world today could have such might.

He then gathered the members of the mission, and for this visit the members of the mission were all fluent in the languages of the two regions, and were very familiar with both countries.

"I think it's easier to produce results in Persia than in Ottomans." A young member of the regiment said that his name was Fang Heng, and that he was a diplomat major at the School of Government of Qingzhou University.

Tang Wenjie nodded, "The emperor asked us to bet on both sides in order to take advantage of the feud between the Ottomans and Persia, according to the information collected, in order to compete for regional hegemony for two hundred years, these two countries have been in a state of war, even now it has not stopped, so we should make more use of this in future negotiations." ”

"This is not enough, we need to make them understand that the empire can change the balance of the war between them, only then can they know how powerful it is." ”

Tang Wenjie has always attached great importance to the house, and his mind has always been extremely flexible in negotiations, but using the relationship between the two can certainly benefit from it, but it is also extremely dangerous, once it is not handled properly, I am afraid that there will be a fear of life.

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