The Rise of the European Emperor

The Turks retreated in a hurry, but Persia couldn't be happier. After all, the Persians also suffered heavy losses because of the strong walls and clear fields.

In order not to make it easier for the Turks, the Persians took away any edible food and livestock in the direction of the Turkish army, and destroyed or killed those that could not be taken away.

It was easy to destroy it at the time, but after the fact, it would be a big loss! Moreover, the Turks did a great job when they left. They demolished the palace of Tabriz...

The royal palace of Tabriz was built by many skilled craftsmen called by Ismail I, and the construction cost was very high. The Turks directly and violently demolished the palace, causing Persia to suffer heavy losses. Because rebuilding the palace is costly.

Therefore, although the Turks did not get much benefit from this war, the Persians also suffered a lot. In order not to leave good things for the Turks, the Persians themselves demolished more than a dozen cities!

Fortunately, the scale of cities in this era is small, and the infrastructure is also very simple. Otherwise, the loss of each city alone would be tens of billions.

Even so, the Persians also lost property worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins this time, and many people starved to death. These people all died of starvation because they did not have enough food after the walls were cleared.

Of course, in this era, not many people would care about the lives of a few civilians. Therefore, these unlucky civilians starved to death when they starved to death, and no one avenged them. Moreover, how to avenge? The order to confiscate food was personally issued by the Persian monarch Ismail I...

And the defeat this time also reminded Ismail I, who was extremely confident in the past, that there is a sky beyond the sky, and he is not the best...

Therefore, under the pressure of the powerful Turkey, Ismail I first thought of joining forces with others to fight against a more powerful Turkey.

Unlike the original history, Ismail I did not lose a group of loyal ministers who invaded his uncle and brother in this war. Moreover, the two wives were not captured by Selim I. Therefore, Ismail I in this time and space did not fail, but planned to compete with the Turks.

Then Ismail I thought of trading with the Europeans. In particular, artillery and muskets used by the Turks were imported from Europe!

This time, even though they only fought one battle head-on, Ismail I also saw the great power of the guns. Therefore, he desperately hopes that he can also have such a powerful weapon to fight against the Turks.

Therefore, Ismail I sent someone to notify the Portuguese occupying the Strait of Hormuz and agreed to conduct large-scale trade with the Portuguese.

At the same time, Ismail I also called the North Sea country spy Bud, expressing his willingness to trade with the North Sea country, hoping to import guns from the North Sea country.

Bud naturally agreed, and sent the news back to the mainland of Beihai with carrier pigeons.

After Marin received the news, he decided to immediately form a fleet and prepare to open the Persian route. In addition to wanting to support Persian artillery and muskets, Marin is also very interested in some Persian commodities.

According to the information sent back by Bard, the Persian Safavid Empire is rich in products, and the more famous ones are Persian carpets, silk and textiles!

Yes, Persia also has silk. After all, Persia has had a close trade relationship with China since ancient times. Before the Green Cult occupied Persia, the Persian Empire had a very close trade relationship with the Tang Empire.

However, in the Song Dynasty, the Green Sect occupied the Western Regions and destroyed the local Buddhist temples, and the overland Silk Road between Persia and China was also broken.

The Western Regions under the control of the Green Sect were not as gentle as the Western Regions during the Buddhist period. Moreover, it is not as close to the Central Plains as the Western Regions under Buddhist culture. Therefore, after the Green Sect occupied the Western Regions, the overland Silk Road was officially abandoned. The Western Regions, which were once extremely prosperous because of the Silk Road, became a land of poverty and barbarism. An ancient civilized country like Loulan was also abandoned because of this.

After that, the trade between Persia and the Central Plains could only go through Arab merchants at sea. However, during the previous trade, some Persian merchants brought back heavy and mulberry saplings, and the silk industry was also developed in Persia. Although it is not as professional as the Huaxia region, its technology is barely comparable to that of European silk. When Chinese silk was out of stock, Persian silk was also very popular.

In addition, Persia also exported horses, wool, pearls, and almonds, which the Indians liked as a condiment. Persians preferred to import coins (Persia lacked metals and precious metals), textiles, spices, metals, coffee and sugar.

Marin once read it in history books, saying that after the Dutch colonized Taiwan, they planted sugar cane and squeezed sugar there. In addition to selling the obtained sucrose to Japan, Persia is also an important sucrose market.

Of course, the Netherlands has not risen yet. Moreover, Marin deliberately turned his talent into a furniture production center. At present, the Portuguese occupy the Strait of Hormuz.

The Portuguese have no talent for farming, they are pure commercial colonists, and they have no talent for farming...

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Marin is actually not interested in the carpets, silk, wool and pearls produced in Persia. What he was really interested in were Persian war horses. After all, Persia once belonged to the Arab Empire, and the local horses were mixed with Arabian blood, which belonged to excellent war horses. Moreover, even if the Arabian horse blood is not mixed, the Persian horse itself is very good.

Moreover, as a country dominated by nomads, the local horses do not need to be fed too much food. This is much better than the food horse breeds in Europe. At least, it is very cost-effective!

Therefore, Marin planned to use artillery to exchange horses in Persia. Even if it's not a war horse, a draft horse will do. In short, as long as the quality is acceptable and the horses mainly eat grass, Marin wants it.

In addition, Marin also especially needs another hidden commodity oil in Persia!

What Marin wants is not the oil in the Persian Gulf area. These days, the oil in the Persian Gulf has not yet emerged. Only Baku in Azerbaijan really started to produce oil in this era.

Today, the Azerbaijan region is still under the rule of the Persian Safavid Empire. If Marin wants to obtain Baku's oil, he has to trade with the Persian Safavid Empire.

It is said that the local oil production in Baku is currently capable of loading hundreds of ships a year. Marin intends to use the opportunity of trade with Persia to import oil from Persia. Then, refine gasoline to make powerful incendiary bombs, which are specially used to deal with enemy cities and warships.

Therefore, whether it is for war horses or for oil, Marin has reasons to open up the Persian route. It's just that Ismail I used to be aloof and looked down on Europe. Now that we have suffered a loss, we will open the market to Europeans only when we know that we have to join forces with Europe. In the past, even if Marin wanted to open up the Persian route, the proud Ismail I might not have allowed it...