Chapter 135: Drinking Table Culture (Two Chapters in One for Geng Donghe

Chapter 135: Drinking Table Culture (Two chapters in one, extra chapter for Geng Dong and book friends)

Selim finally came back to his senses at this time. Anna had already removed the other coverings on her face. The girl's angry expression made Selim laugh.

It must be said that Selim's choice was indeed correct.

As a Frenchman, Mahand's wife was indeed proficient in makeup. The popular makeup in France during this period was actually not complicated.

First of all, fair skin color: French society at that time believed that fair skin color was a symbol of the upper class. In order to pursue a fair skin color, women used a lot of white makeup powder (Face powder) to increase the brightness of the skin color and cover up any flaws. This foundation is usually made of alum and paste.

However, Anna herself was already quite white, so Mrs. Mahand only used a little white makeup powder in this regard.

Then there are rosy cheeks: in order to increase the impression of youth and health, women used a lot of rouge. This rouge is usually made from peach, cherry or red pigments and is used to add a pink hue to the cheeks, lips and nose.

Anna's blush is made from this.

As for eyebrows: thick eyebrows were one of the popular trends at the end of the 18th century. Women used charcoal or liquid dye to deepen the color and shape of eyebrows to highlight the eye contour.

In this regard, Mrs. Mahand is also an expert. She slightly modified Anna's eyebrows to make the coldness become a little charming.

Next is the eyes: eye makeup was also an important part of the time. Eye shadow usually uses bright colors such as gold, silver or light blue to emphasize the brightness of the eyes. Eyeliner uses products made from minerals and ichthyol, applied to the upper and lower eyeliners to increase the eye contour.

Considering that Anna has blonde hair and blue eyes, Mrs. Mahand only used a little silver eye shadow.

The highlight is the lips: to create soft and plump lips, women in this period used lipstick or lip gloss made from natural ingredients. These products usually contain pigments from fruits such as cherries, roses or grapes to create soft and bright lip colors.

Mrs. Mahand chose cherry color here to match the overall beauty

It must be said that Anna's facial features are quite delicate, and with light makeup, she can be said to be extremely beautiful.

Selim sat down next to Anna all of a sudden, and with a cry of "Your Majesty", Selim directly hugged the girl into his arms.

Perhaps the robe may cover some things on the surface, but the essence cannot be changed.

Anna is also 20 years old this year, and it can be said that she has developed very well, which makes Selim, who has always adhered to the heart of Taoism, a little uncontrollable.

Anna, who noticed Selim's increasingly heavy breathing, giggled at this time. She turned around and hugged Selim's head, put her red lips to Selim's ear, and said with hot breath.

"Your Majesty, you are so anxious, what do you want the princess to do?"

After saying that, he raised his head and laughed, and he turned the tables and gave the Emperor a good beating. The two of them had another fight in the carriage.

This made Paul, who was guarding outside the carriage, ashamed, and hurriedly asked the guards beside him to blow the trumpet louder.

As the convoy moved forward, they finally arrived at the Belem Palace.

Selim and Anna got off the carriage together, and there was nothing wrong with the Sultan's face.

But if you take off Anna's veil, you will find that Anna's face is flushed at this time, her eyes are full of lust, and there is a faint smell of heather on her body, but it is covered by rose perfume.

Walking into the hall of Belem Palace, it was already afternoon, and it was not time for dinner yet, so Selim arranged for Anna to go to the palace behind to rest and tidy up. As for himself, he promoted the wine table. Bah, it is grape juice culture.

The entire Belem Palace Hall is now divided into two parts, namely the female part and the male guest part.

It's just that the women here are basically Balkan Orthodox Christians, and there are almost no female Muslims.

But it doesn't matter. After Anna finishes sorting, let her pull people out directly. The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire personally invited who dares not to come.

As for the Grand Mufti who stared at the women in the corner with a pair of dead fish eyes, he will send someone to find a reason to pull this old guy away. Who is he disgusting here? He has already agreed, but he still comes out to play this trick.

The men have arrived, but the heavyweights are not here.

The leaders of the major factions in the New Order, the patriarchs of many existing noble families, Yusuf Pasha, and Patriarch Nicholas have already sat in other compartments, waiting for Selim's arrival.

The Sultan walked to the table and sat in the first seat, and then ordered the waiter to pour fermented grape juice and many snacks and desserts for many big guys.

Dear Pashas and patriarchs, I am very happy to invite you to my wedding today.

As soon as the Sultan finished speaking, a group of bigwigs said that your Majesty is the master of the empire, the most honorable Sultan, and it is our honor to attend your Majesty's wedding.

In a word, it was just one of you taking the stage, and I took the stage, which made Emperor Sai very happy.

After the greetings, Emperor Sai began to ask about the results of the imperial reforms during this period.

As the ruler of Egypt, Haji Pasha was naturally the first to answer.

"Your Majesty, thanks to you, Egypt has undergone earth-shaking changes.

I remember that you went to Cairo once, but it was no longer what you saw in the past.

Standing on the high tower, the outline of the city comes into view. The Nile River winds through the city, and boats shuttle back and forth on the riverside.

Merchant ships and rafts are docked on the shore, and merchants and workers are busy shuttling between the cabins, carrying rich goods.

In the center of the city, narrow streets are winding and connecting various blocks, like an endless maze.

Crowds of people are interspersed in it, each busy. There are vendors displaying a wide variety of goods, and pedestrians are busy buying the items they need.

This is no longer the dilapidated Cairo under the rule of the Mamluks. She has changed her appearance.

There is also the issue of the training of the new army. By the end of August this year, we have sent 30,000 new troops to Constantiniere. More than half of these troops have been arranged by you in the Balkans, and the rest are used to defend the capital.

By the end of this year, this batch of new troops can basically be trained and can continue in the next period, but we still lack officers here, and you need to increase your investment. ”

Haji Pasha bowed and sat down.

Selim began to signal Ishak Pasha to solve Haji Pasha's doubts.

"Regarding the issue of officers, we have been recruiting French exiled nobles on a large scale, but the results are not very good. More of them went to Britain than to us.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the French Revolution was still in its second year, and these exiled nobles still had more money on hand.

As for our own officer training, the military academy is already recruiting students, but this takes time. ”

After listening to Ishak Pasha's answer, to be honest, Selim was not very satisfied.

Officers are the guarantee of a unit's combat effectiveness. Without suitable officers, it is difficult to exert sufficient combat effectiveness, but the current situation is like this. A good cook cannot cook without rice.

Selim then said.

"I carried out literacy work for the first batch of new army members in the empire.

Kuchuk Pasha, you are the Minister of the Empire's Army. Remember to count these new army members who participated in the last Russo-Turkish War and the war to suppress the rebellion.

Let them go to the military academy for half a year of military training, and then go to Cairo to participate in the formation of the new army.

In addition, many former new army officers and some officers of the Guards left by my uncle and father were also recalled to form the new army.

I hope that by the end of this year, the empire will be able to put out an army of 50,000 people. We have to go to the Zagros Mountains to see the Persians. I heard that after the fall of the Safavid Dynasty, they have been divided into three dynasties. Now we can go and see the situation. "

Kuchuk Pasha nodded.

Ishak Pasha asked in surprise at this time.

"Your Majesty, is it too much to conquer Persia at this time."

Selim smiled.

"Ishak, I know what you mean. But you don't need to worry about it. I just said to go and see, but I don't have the idea of ​​attacking Persia.

After all, judging from the current situation on the European continent, although Austria has been pinned down by the French, the Russians have not.

According to the tone of Catherine, the despicable usurper, she seems to have been unable to hold back and want to restart the war.

Although I have deployed the Polish Legion in Moldavia, this may not be able to stop the Russians, so the Empire's army must not be deeply involved in the war with Persia. "

"What do you mean?"

Ishak Pasha has roughly understood the Sultan's thoughts, but with his temperament, he naturally won't answer.

"My thoughts are very simple. You should also know about the current monarch of the Qajar dynasty, Agha Muhammad Qajar, so I won't say much. "

Selim thought about this and began to organize his words.

To be honest, he still admired the founding monarch of the Qajar dynasty because he was a eunuch.

This man was born in a tribe called Qajar. He was the son of the chief of the tribe. When he was born, the Safavid dynasty, which had ruled Persia for more than 200 years, and the old rivals of the Ottoman Empire were in a period of division. The Zand dynasty and the Afsharid dynasty had begun to resist his rule.

In the early stage of the collapse of the Safavid dynasty, the Qajar tribe helped the Safavid dynasty suppress the local separatist dynasties. However, the Safavids were eventually destroyed by the Afsharid dynasty. Muhammad, who was only 6 years old, was castrated and sent to the palace of the Afsharid dynasty to be a eunuch.

Later, the Afsharid dynasty gradually declined after the death of Nadir Shah. The Zand dynasty first established a puppet descendant of the Safavid dynasty, and then replaced it in 1760.

During this period, Muhammad once returned to By the side of the tribesmen, unfortunately their tribe failed to fight for hegemony again, so Muhammad entered the palace for the second time and became a eunuch of the Zand Dynasty.

Although Muhammad became a eunuch without dignity and status, this inspired his ambition.

After Muhammad's humiliation and hard work, he became the chief eunuch from the lowest eunuch, and secretly cultivated his power enough to become an emperor.

In 1779 AD, the 37-year-old Muhammad took advantage of the Zand Dynasty, Afsharid Dynasty and other separatist dynasties fighting each other, and he officially ascended the throne and became emperor.

Because his surname was Qajar, the dynasty he established was called the Qajar Dynasty, and because he was born in the Qajar tribe, it was called the Qajar Dynasty. The capital was set in Tehran. This was the first time that Tehran became the capital of a dynasty.

Therefore, Muhammad became the first and only eunuch founding emperor in world history.

Muhammad's achievements were not only the eunuch emperor, he also successfully unified Iran.

After Muhammad established the Qajar dynasty, Iranian history entered a period of three pillars: the Zand dynasty, the Afshar dynasty, and the Qajar dynasty. He was determined to unify Iran, so he worked hard to govern and launched the annihilation of the Zand dynasty and the Afshar dynasty. war.

Finally, in 1796 AD, Muhammad destroyed the Zand dynasty and the Afshar dynasty, successfully unified Iran, and established the Qajar dynasty, the last unified dynasty in Iranian history. Because the official country name is still Persia, this is also history. The last Persian Empire.

After reviewing it, Selim motioned to the surrounding guards to get the map, then pointed at the map and said.

"Judging from the current situation, the Qajar dynasty undoubtedly has the upper hand. From population to wealth, it is stronger than the Zande dynasty and the Afshar dynasty. What's more, with the ability of Agha Muhammad Qajar In other words, it is only a matter of time for him to unify Persia, which is undoubtedly something we do not want to see.

Therefore, I plan to arrange for the army to go around the Zagros Mountains to force Agha Muhammad Qajar to turn some of his attention to us and slow down his unification of Persia.

Of course, I have already found the reason. The Safavid dynasty is also an old friend of ours. I think that back then, the great ancestor Selim the Cruel had a meeting with Isma, the founding monarch of the Safavid dynasty, in Isfahan. Yi Yi had a friendly exchange.

How can we watch the descendants of Safavid become civilians? Taking this opportunity, we can send a letter to the Qajar dynasty and threaten us to achieve our goal.

Of course, the expenditure from Constantiniya to the Mesopotamian plains is also huge. It is undoubtedly foolish to plan this operation just to contain the Qajar dynasty.

The Arabian Peninsula was originally something that was handed down to us by the prophet, but we lost it.

This time, we have to take over the Arabian Peninsula in one fell swoop. It's time to settle accounts with the Bedouin who committed crimes during the Jellali rebellion.

Selim sneered and said, if you just have the opportunity, how can you not meet the prophetic advantage of the traveler of Emperor Sai the Great if you don't fight Arabia?