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424, go, to meet the Portuguese

If Tim appeared here at this moment, he would be amazed at Tang De's ability to imitate. Not only did he recite Tim's original words without missing a word, but he also learned Tim's tone of speaking in a very close way, and he looked like a turtle.

After listening to Tang De's words, the sword in Mohammed II's hand slowly fell to the ground, and he sat in a chair and remained silent.

Tang De was right. Over the years, with the expansion of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, many slaves have been produced in the country. Some are the original residents of the conquered countries, some are peasants who have lost their land and turned into slaves, and some are slaves captured through war. No matter how they got it, in the hearts of these slaves, they hated the rulers of the Ottoman Turkish Empire very much.

Muhammad II was not unaware of these things. He had also planned to liberate more slaves to break the existing situation in the country. However, to break this situation, it would inevitably mean challenging the entire aristocratic class and the landlord class. These two classes were the foundation for maintaining the rule of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and could not be easily touched.

But if these two classes are not touched, the liberation of slaves will become empty talk, and the root of the entire Ottoman Turkish Empire will continue to stagger, and a slave uprising may break out at any time.

Between this kind of change and no change, Mohammed II struggled for a long time but still did not come up with a good countermeasure.

Mohammed II's think tank was always worried about this matter. They also learned about the political reforms of many countries and finally learned about the slave reform policies of the Kingdom of Portugal.

When these think tanks excitedly reported the decision to Mohammed II, Mohammed II immediately shook his head and refused. In his words, the political reforms of the Portuguese Kingdom were not suitable for the Ottoman Turkish Empire at all.

The fundamental reason for the reform of the Kingdom of Portugal was to use state financial subsidies to exchange for the aristocrats' letting go of the land and serfs.

The first condition for this policy is that the country's financial strength must be strong. The Portuguese Kingdom benefited from the navigation trade and spice trading of Portuguese merchants, so the country's finances were very rich and could use extra money to support these nobles, but the Ottoman Turkish Empire was different.

The Ottoman Turkish Empire had vast land, numerous ethnic groups, and serious domestic disputes. All the huge national finances were used to maintain foreign wars, maintain national rule and support the army. How could they use money to exchange with the nobles?

Although Mohamed II envied the reforms of the Portuguese Kingdom very much, he also knew that the national conditions of his country were different from those of the Portuguese Kingdom, and the two could not be confused.

While Mohammed II was immersed in his own thoughts, Tang De's voice woke him up: "If your Majesty is willing to consider our Majesty's advice, then invite the eastern part of the Marmara Sea to meet, and I will take it back first."

After saying that, Donde led a group of Portuguese and left.

As soon as he walked out of the Ottoman Turkish camp, Tang De fell to the ground and gasped in his mouth: "I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death. I'll never do such a thing again."

"Yes, before we set off, although Your Majesty repeatedly told us that there would be no problem, I was still very scared in my heart. Let's go back quickly."

"Yes, leave quickly."

A group of Portuguese messengers quickly climbed onto the boat and quickly fled from the Ottoman Turks.

"Your Majesty?" The nobles of the Ottoman Turkish Empire looked at Mohammed II with concern.

"Come, go prepare the ship, I will meet the King of Portugal." After bowing his head and pondering for a long time, Muhammad II finally made the decision.

"Your Majesty, our country is much stronger than the Kingdom of Portugal. Why should we be afraid of the Kingdom of Portugal?"

"Yes, let's go to war with the Kingdom of Portugal now to see whose artillery is more powerful."

"We must fight to Lisbon if the Kingdom of Portugal dares to threaten us."

"Shut up!" Mohammed II snorted coldly: "If our country does not have a large number of slaves, then I can attack the Kingdom of Portugal at will, but what is the reality? Our country has a large number of slaves, and everyone here has countless slaves. If this hidden danger exists, we will not allow a large-scale conflict between the same big country. Don't forget how the Kingdom of Portugal changed from a small country to a big country."

"I heard that until now, Lisbon still has a killer weapon. It is with the help of this killer weapon that countless casualties in the entire Iberian Peninsula were killed or injured, and Portugal easily obtained the entire Iberian Peninsula." If the Portuguese used the killer weapon against us, then do you think we can resist it?"

After being scolded by Muhammad II, the nobles immediately bowed their heads and said nothing.

"After this war, we must consider solving the problem of slavery. You must come up with a countermeasure for me, otherwise I will definitely be punished severely." After a cold glance at the nobles, Muhammad II took his confidant guards and headed straight to the Portuguese place.

"Your Majesty, let's follow you. It's too dangerous for you alone!"

As he said that, the nobles hurriedly set out with Muhammad II.

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"Why are there many ships suddenly appearing in front of you?" Sitting on the deck, Tim's eyes inadvertently saw the distance. At this moment, many ships suddenly appeared in the northwest of the Sea of ​​Marmara.

"Your Majesty, look at the structure of the ship, it should be the Ottoman Turks' fleet. I think the Turkish monarch Muhammad II should have agreed to your suggestion." Earl Warren sat opposite Tim and replied respectfully.

"If this is the case, that's great. I really don't want all the strength I have accumulated over the years to spend on the Turks. It's not worth it. It's still the real thing that comes from peaceful negotiations." Tim sighed while peeling the orange in his hand.

While the two were talking, a warship in the Turkish fleet rowed out quickly and ran straight to Tim's ship and collided.

"Your Majesty, this..." Earl of Warren was shocked: "What exactly are the Ottoman Turks trying to do?"
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