In the early morning, Li Shenzhi received a message from the Navy headquarters, actually a telegram, instructing him to prepare for leading the Special Mixed Fleet northward.
As for the mission, it was to escort a convoy to Novorossiysk in the Mo Sea.
Before the end of the Boi War, or more accurately, after withdrawing troops from the Boi region and leaving the mess to the Liangxia Empire, the Ter Republic announced permanent neutrality. Once the Boi War ended, the Liangxia Empire and the Tiaoman Empire signed an international treaty recognizing and guaranteeing the permanent neutrality of the Ter Republic.
This is the famous "Istanbul International Convention."
The core clause of this convention is the unconditional recognition of the Bosporus Strait, the Marmara Sea, and the Dardanelles Strait as open international waterways.
In fact, this is also the fundamental condition for ensuring the neutrality of the Ter Republic.
