The Sun and the Lion

Ismail quickly adapted to life in the military camp. He, his soldiers and Tajiru all moved into the camp and prepared to leave with the army. Abdul had no objection to his behavior of bringing women with him, especially after he accidentally witnessed Tajiru's riding, archery and swordsmanship, and publicly praised him: "He is better than ordinary warriors, incredible."

After the army that went to Afghanistan to counter the rebellion departed, Ibrahim's focus was returned to the Indian Ocean. He asked the foreign affairs vizier to make two preparations, preparing separate missions for Calicut and the Mamluks. .

However, before the mission set off, he received bad news from Francesco - Venice itself rejected the ambassador's proposal, and they decided to use resources to aid the Mamluks.

Only then did Ibrahim understand that Francesco, who came to discuss with him that day, had not brought instructions from the consul, the Council of Ten or the Senate at all, but only his personal plan.

Fortunately, in the end, this "deception" did not cause him any substantial losses, and it can be seen that Francesco has a positive attitude towards cooperation between the two countries, regardless of his motives. Therefore, Ibrahim only lightly exposed the Venetian ambassador's operations and did not care about it.

"Your Majesty, this is my final list of envoys and gifts. Please take a look." Assad respectfully handed the document to Ibrahim. The King of Kings only gave a symbolic confirmation. After all, he would Specific matters such as selecting diplomats and arranging foreign affairs are all packaged up to the vizier. His understanding of most lower-level diplomats basically comes from various reports submitted by the foreign affairs department and the supervisory department.

After a quick scan, Ibrahim signed his permission, and the foreign vizier saluted again: "I promise that the envoy will bring you friendship from Saladin's Castle."

Naturally, nothing will go wrong with the mission to Cairo. With the deliberate promotion of the two countries, the trade route from Tabriz to Aleppo is very safe and smooth. After arriving in Aleppo and traveling along the road, the mission could smoothly move south to Cairo.

Ibrahim was worried about the emissaries who were going to visit Calicut. According to the plan, he was to go with a cache of firearms, a few military advisers and the goodwill of the King of Kings. They first arrived in Basra by land, and then took a boat to Calicut. Although there were warships dispatched by Ahsan to escort the fleet, storms and other force majeure were still enough to ruin the fleet.

"I hope Huda can give me good news." Ibrahim secretly prayed for this mission in his heart, hoping that they would not encounter a storm or the Portuguese fleet.

After arranging the two teams of envoys, Ibrahim thought about diplomacy in other directions to ensure that he would not be disturbed when dealing with affairs in the Indian Ocean or the river.

The first thing he thought of was Ottoman, but there was nothing important to talk about between him and Padishah at the moment. With Bayezid's efforts, both countries were trying their best to maintain peace, and nothing unfriendly happened. The two even began to exchange letters. Padisha, who was old enough to be Ibrahim's father, made friends with him in the letters. The two sides continued to look for common topics. Padisha also used "Su" in the letters. Fei" to call Ibrahim.

This wonderful friendship made Ibrahim feel a little unreal. After all, he had always regarded Osman as his biggest enemy in his heart. It can only be said that this is the product of the two monarchs trying hard to maintain the current peaceful situation.

Looking northward across the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian Sea, the Tatars in the north have little contact with the Safavids. Only merchants from both sides trade in various cities. Astrakhan is the largest trading port along the Caspian Sea, and Persian merchant ships come from the tower. From various ports in Baristan, silk and other fabrics, spices, gems and other goods were shipped to the Tatars, and slaves, furs and other goods were shipped back to Iran.

In accordance with the usual practice, the foreign vizier also set up a consul in Astrakhan, a city where commerce was active, to protect the Safavid commercial interests. Khan saw the influx of many heretical merchants into the city and did not react. After all, the trade taxes they paid were too much.

In the foreseeable future, there will be no conflicts of interest between the Safavids and the northern Tatars.

Further east in the Hezhong area, after capturing Khwarezm, the Uzbek Khan did not continue to march along the river bank to Bukhara and Samarkand. Instead, he led his army eastward to Tashkent, intending to capture Chacha. The territory of Khatai Khan.

Neither Chagatai Khan was a match for Shaibani, and Tashkent was taken away by him. However, Shaibani, out of consideration for Mahmud Khan's kindness in taking him in, spared his life and allowed him to live with his family and family. Xinruan went to Turpan.

Jaghatai Khan's elimination meant that Babur's options were reduced.

Babur, on the other hand, relied on the red-headed reinforcements brought by Gaolaberi to securely hold Samarkand and Fergana, and seemed to be relieved for the time being. But in order to reward these powerful reinforcements, he had to transfer a considerable part of the fiefdoms originally belonging to the rebels to the red heads, allowing these Azerbaijani heretics to settle here.

This kind of development was something Ibrahim did not expect, and it was generally beneficial to him. Babur took the initiative to allocate part of the land and population to the red head, which allowed Gaolaberi to use more resources for Control him.

Finally, Europe has the least impact. Several years have passed since the last time an envoy was sent to Europe, and those Armenians only stayed in Venice and did not go deep into other countries to communicate.

This inspired his fantastic idea. Perhaps he could send the envoy to go north from the Caspian Sea, first to Moscow, then west to Poland and Germany, then cross the Rhine River to visit France, and then go south across the Pyrenees Mountains to Ibis. Leah, eventually returning by boat in Italy.

Although the mission achieved little diplomatic results other than highlighting Safavid presence, Ibrahim was enthusiastic about it and began planning it on paper.

It wasn't until the secretary compiled and sent last year's provincial reports that Ibrahim stopped imagining and began to look at the work results of the bureaucrats. If there were no surprises, the development situation was still stable and improving.