Istanbul.

Sultan Sariman was reviewing his huge army, and since the agreement with Britain and France, the Ottomans not only regained the Greek territory, but also received a large number of advanced firearms from Europe, and the British even sent officers directly and secretly to help the Ottomans train the army.

"Selit, we have one of the strongest armies in Central Asia." Sariman said proudly, and the soldiers passing in front of him carried smoothbore guns on their backs, horses pulling field guns from Europe, and the Ottoman armory was now full of ammunition.

"It is true, great sultan, but our enemy Persia is receiving the support of the Eastern Empire, and before he is strong, we will completely defeat them and seize the hegemony of Central Asia." Celit was fanatical.

The Ottomans, who had been in decline a few years earlier, were losing ground in Africa, Europe and Central Asia, and they felt humiliated for a while.

But the peak turned around, because the emergence of the Eastern Empire made the current Ottoman Empire irreplaceable in the eyes of Europeans.

Because of this, in recent years, they have received a large amount of supplies from Europe, and at the same time, Europe has chosen to make concessions on many issues, which makes the declining Ottoman Empire suddenly like a fish in water and revitalized.

But Saliman understood his current value, and that Europe was treating him in this way in order to confront the Eastern Empire.

So now he has to do something to prove his worth, and this thing is to attack Persia, which is supported by the Eastern Empire, and destroy the oil fields of the Eastern Empire.

"Then what are we waiting for, soldiers, on our march to Persia, we will capture Gambis alive." Saliman shouted.

When the soldiers heard Saliman's words, they immediately shouted "Long live the Sultan".

Selit excitedly saluted Saliman, and then he stepped down from the reviewing stand, where he would lead the arm, armed to the teeth, on behalf of Saliman, to pacify Persia.

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Qingzhou.

The aggravation of the situation in Central Asia arrived here with Persian emissaries.

In order to ask for help from the Empire, this time Gambis sent Arsasi to meet Xiao Ming in person.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, now Persia is in danger, the lackeys of the West, the Ottoman Empire is attacking us with an army equipped with Western firearms, and without the assistance of the Empire, the Persian Empire will be in danger." Arsasi said worriedly.

Before he left for the Eastern Empire, the war between Persia and the Ottoman Empire intensified, and for more than a month he worried about the safety of Persia every day.

Xiao Ming looked at the number two person in the Persian Empire, and before choosing Persia, Xiao Ming had deliberately looked at the resource distribution map.

It can be said that the current Persia includes contemporary Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other regions, which can be said to cover most of the oil reserves.

Because of this, he asked Tang Wenjie to give priority to negotiating with Persia, and the Ottoman Empire was just a spare tire.

After reaching an agreement with the Persian Empire, the position of the Persian Empire became even more important, because controlling Persia was equivalent to controlling the export of oil, which also laid a solid foundation for him to internationalize the golden dragon of the empire.

So even out of the interests of protecting his own oil fields, he could not sit idly by and watch the Ottomans beat Persia to a mess.

But as Pang Yukun said, his help to Persia would only be maintained on parity with the Ottomans.

"Persia is an important friend to the Empire, and the Empire will not allow its friends to be bullied by its enemies, so rest assured, I will provide you with powerful weapons to defeat the Ottoman invasion." Xiao Ming said.

Arsasi was now anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and he naturally couldn't put it off on this issue, after all, after the establishment of the petrochemical industry, the empire was now in great need of free Persian oil.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, if Your Majesty can help Persia defeat the Ottoman Empire, my King promises to continue to let the Empire extract oil for free." Arsasi said cautiously.

Xiao Ming showed a strange smile at this time, in fact, the empire had already obtained some information in advance by bribing the Persian nobles.

After learning that oil was so precious to the empire, Gambis already had an idea in his heart, and Xiao Ming expressed his understanding of this issue.

Anyone who learns that their family's garbage has been dug up and then becomes priceless will be upset.

It's just that since Gambis promised them free mining at the beginning, he can't go back, he doesn't want to be wronged and cultivate a white-eyed wolf.

So he said: "In this case, in order to avoid misunderstandings between the two countries in the future, I feel that it is necessary to sign a separate oil exploration agreement." “

After that, Xiao Ming gestured to Qian Dafu, and Qian Dafu sent an agreement to Arsasi at this time.

Glancing at the Persian text on the agreement, Arsasi was slightly pleased, and this agreement explicitly required Persia to allow the empire to extract oil in Persia for free for sixty years.

Sixty years later, the empire would buy oil from Persia half as cheaper than the market price, and whoever Persia sold the oil to had to be settled in the empire's currency.

"Your Majesty, this ......" Arsasi originally thought that Xiao Ming would claim the empire's permanent oil exploitation rights, but he didn't expect that he only wanted it for sixty years, and after sixty years, he would have to spend money to buy it.

"You read that right, that's what I mean." Xiao Ming laughed cunningly, because he knew very well that the permanent agreement was a very unreliable agreement.

Over time, the world will also change drastically, a hundred years, two hundred years, who knows if the empire will still exist at that time?

And now as soon as the king of Persia, Gambis, died, the Persian Empire was changed, and no one knew what the relationship between the empire and Persia was at that time.

So instead of signing such useless agreements, it is better to let Persia serve the empire wholeheartedly now, after all, the policy is only about the timeliness of the moment.

"Your Majesty, you are such a good man, and it is an honor for Persia to have such a friend as the Empire." Arsasi said.

"No thanks, I just hope you can keep the agreement." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

"Of course, we will definitely abide by the agreement." Arsasi said that they were not happy about the permanent free, and now they at least had a hope.

signed the agreement, and Xiao Ming made a phone call to Cui Shangan to the imperial study.

The weapons and ammunition for the support of Persia were ready, all of which were captured muskets that had been eliminated by the Empire, a whole generation ahead of the Ottoman muskets given to them by Europe.

In addition to the conquest rifles, the empire also supported five hundred Persian field guns, which were all first-generation field guns, but they were also much stronger than those given to the Ottomans by the West.