On the first day of the New Year, Shi Kefa received a letter from the Ming Dynasty. Shi Kefa did not expect that Zhu Cixuan would finally arrange for him to be the ambassador to declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

There is no system for declaring war on the Ming Dynasty. According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to fight, you will fight directly. Sneak attacks are a trick of soldiers. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it will not be popular here before a war.

But considering that Europa has to declare war before the war is fought, this is more formal.

The main reason is that sneak attacks may leave a bad impression on the people of Ming Dynasty and are not conducive to the recovery of people's hearts after the war, so this link was arranged.

In order to express his formality, Zhu Cilang specially arranged for Shi Kefa to be the ambassador of the Ming Dynasty to the Ottoman Empire in advance, in order to facilitate the declaration of war.

The time for the declaration of war was not yet determined, so Shi Kefa was waiting for news in Constantinople. On the first day of the New Year, it was finally confirmed that the war began on the 16th day of the first lunar month. Shi Kefa needed to submit the declaration of war to the Ottoman Empire on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

Shi Kefa enjoyed this work that might have lost his life. After all, the reason for declaring war in the Ming Dynasty was very sufficient and tenable.

It is the duty of the Ming Dynasty to demand that the Ottoman Empire return power to the emperor and punish those who are disrespectful to the imperial power. His Majesty said it is unbearable!

The Ming Dynasty must firmly oppose this kind of thing. This is the right thing to take the team and there is no need to be careless.

On the first day of the first lunar month, there were fourteen days left. Shi Kefa didn't know what fate would be for his soldiers who were waiting for him as the war unfolded.

Shi Kefa, the staff of the entire embassy, ​​slowly spoke: "This year, foreign affairs funds are tight, and documents are issued above, requiring the embassies to streamline the personnel.

The Ottoman Empire will only retain a team of twenty people, and the remaining personnel will return to China by boat the day after tomorrow.

Now those who are willing to stay can sign up for me, and those who are willing to go back can go packing their things.

In addition, I sent a full return letter to all the Ming citizens you know. Recently, because Tsarist Russia did not agree to the terms of peace talks for the Ottoman Empire, the war between the two sides may further intensify, and chaos in the Ottoman Empire occurred frequently, and it is no longer safe and unsuitable for business.

All citizens are required to leave the Ottoman Empire within ten days.

Because the embassy lay off employees, all Ming citizens who did not leave on time may not be protected for safety."

Shi Kefa's words made the people below panic suddenly, and the chief officer of the embassy frowned: "Mr. Shi, is the situation so serious?

This is the third time that the Ming Dynasty has sent a letter to ask citizens to leave the Ottoman Empire.

According to the current situation, the main people who are still staying in the Ottoman Empire are the technicians from the railway engineering company.

If these people have not received the order from the Ming Dynasty, they will not leave easily. Did Lord Shi apply to the above to implement a special protection plan for this group of people?"

Shi Kefa took out a document: "We have communicated with the military headquarters in this situation in the Ming Dynasty. Considering the dozens of unstable points passed by during the railway construction, the Ottoman Empire also agreed to our request to dispatch security personnel to ensure the safety of their workers.

However, because it involves the face of the country, the Ottoman Empire did not allow active-duty soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to appear on the territory of the Ottoman Empire, so the Ming Dynasty specially established a Xuanwu Security Company composed of retired soldiers. At present, the safety of the workers in the railway project is left to them.

All you need to do is just post a message to the citizens who are still in the Ottoman Empire."

Another staff member raised his hand: "What about non-citizens?"

Shi Kefa knocked on the table: "Because many non-citizens go out to do business with citizens, citizens as entourage will naturally notify them.

Moreover, after citizens leave, people need to guard the citizens' property and continue their business. Most citizens will arrange their non-citizen staff, so we don't have to worry about this.

At that time, I will go to the Ottoman Palace and ask the other party to ensure the safety of all the citizens and non-citizens of the Ming Dynasty. You can do your own thing now.

Remember that the time is only three days at the latest, and you will all leave the Ottoman Empire at the fourth day of the first lunar month."

The sergeant's eyes flashed: "Mr. Shi, does our embassy need to build some fortifications to prevent the war and conflict from spreading?"

Shi Kefa shook his head: "No, as representatives of the Ming Dynasty, we were so scared that we hid in fortifications before the war came.

We don’t have to worry, behind us is the powerful Ming Empire, and neither the Ottoman nor the Tsarist Russia dares to easily attack the Ming embassy.

Attacking the embassy is equivalent to declaring war.”

In fact, the chief of the sergeant wanted to ask if the Ming Dynasty was going to declare war on the Ottoman Empire, and if the embassy was declared war, it would be unsafe.

In Shi Kefa's view, relying on such a few people in the embassy, ​​even defense is meaningless. It is better to be more open-minded. As long as the Ottomans do not have the hope of severing negotiations and have no determination to break the dead, then they will be safe.

In the future, if the Ottoman Empire wants to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty, it must rely on the embassy to convey information.

As the decent face of the Ming Dynasty, Shi Kefa felt that the face of the Ming Dynasty was more important than their lives.

For this reason, he even rejected the airship evacuation plan proposed by the military headquarters. Of course, if someone is willing to evacuate after the declaration of war, Shi Kefa will not ask the other party to stay.

The clouds of war began to spread across the territory of the Ottoman Empire, but in Istanbul of the Ottoman Empire, everything seemed so calm, although the negotiations between the Ottoman Empire and Tsarist Russia did not achieve the desired results.

However, the negotiations slowed down the offensive offensive and gave the soldiers on the front a chance to breathe. As winter was about to pass, the Ottoman Empire felt that as long as spring came, the offensive and defensive momentum would reverse again.

Even though he knew that he could not win, Tsarist Russia would eventually return to the negotiating table.

As for the Ming Dynasty in the East, according to the tradition, the Ming Dynasty entered the New Year period. In the next month, the people of the Ming Dynasty would do nothing and spend a month celebrating their arrival of the New Year.

In the eyes of the Ottoman Empire, this is incredible. It only takes twelve months in a year. The Ming Dynasty will spend one month celebrating the New Year? Isn’t this funny? It is also a huge waste.

This means that the Ottoman Empire did not have to worry about threats from the east and south this month.

On the side of Tsarist Russia, the materials promised by the Ming Dynasty finally arrived in Tsarist Russia as scheduled. With this batch of materials, the Tsar recruited a large number of gray animals, intending to take advantage of this opportunity to win, which will win the entire Balkans.

In order to reorganize and adjust the defense, Tsarist Russia even slowed down the siege of the Ottoman army, making the Ottoman army mistakenly believe that Tsarist Russia was already weak.
Chapter completed!