"I understand your good intentions," Mekka Mohammed adjusted his large white turban and stood straight, "However, His Majesty the Sultan has already decided that our country's trade will now lean entirely towards England."
Talleyrand shook his head, "The girl you're enchanted with might still be smiling sweetly at you, but you may not know that she turns around and meets with your enemy.
"Ah, I mean the one who took the Northern Border Peninsula from your home."
The only peninsula in the northernmost part of the Ottoman Empire is Cremea, so he clearly referred to Russia.
Mekka Mohammed squinted his eyes, "Russian-British trade relations have always been close, but this does not affect the increasing number of British merchant ships coming to Constantinople.
"Moreover, the massive commercial influence of England on Russia can sometimes be used to help us balance Russia."
"Ha ha," Talleyrand laughed heartily, "You actually have expectations for a fickle woman?
