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- Cairo, Egypt, in the Nile Delta, northern Africa.
A huge fleet of ships slowly arrived and finally anchored at the Nile port.
Liu Yangzheng stepped off the boat and stepped onto solid ground. He couldn't help but let out a slight sigh of relief.
He doesn¡¯t like to ride on a boat, he is a bit seasick, and the boat is walking on the sea, which makes him always feel insecure. Only the real feeling of stepping on the ground can make him feel more at ease.
After getting off the boat, he couldn't help but look around.
Although it is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, you can still feel the coldness of winter here. The tropical plants that can be seen everywhere bring people into the hot summer.
Date palm trees can be seen everywhere, as well as mosques and mosques under the trees. They are all kinds of colors, blending the colors of various regions. There is also this port, which is very large. Flags of various countries are flying on ships from all over the world. .
Here at the dock, you can see a large number of slaves loading and unloading goods, and you can also see slaves coming out of a ship.
You can clearly see the origin of these slaves. Many slaves are still wearing thick and tattered sheepskin jackets. At this moment, they are carefully observing this strange world in front of them with a pair of curious eyes.
¡°The changes here are really big~¡±
"When I came here a few years ago, it was just a small port that couldn't accommodate many ships. Now it has become a large port that can accommodate hundreds of large ships."
Beside Liu Yangzheng, Zhou Jingming couldn't help but sigh.
As the Minister of Household Affairs of Ningguo, he is responsible for the business and trading of Ningguo. He has traveled to many places, including Egypt. He even has many friends in Egypt.
"It seems that the Egyptians have made a lot of money by doing transit trade."
Liu Yangzheng immediately smiled and said.
"That's right~"
¡°The route through the Red Sea and Egypt is the closest route to the Mediterranean and is also the safest route.¡±
"If you want to go around Africa, not only do you have to walk a long way, but the storms in the transition zone between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans are extremely terrible, and ships often get into accidents, so no one is willing to take that route."
"So now, when our merchants from the Ming Dynasty go to the Mediterranean and Europe, they always go to Egypt. It is safe and time-saving. Naturally, the Egyptians make a lot of money."
Zhou Jingming nodded and said: "In addition, their transit trade is also very profitable. For this slave, they go to the Mediterranean to buy slaves, and then transport them to the Red Sea and sell them to us Ming people. In this way, a slave will make a profit Almost ten taels of silver."
"We can easily make a lot of money by selling spices, silks, porcelain, etc. from the Ming Dynasty to the Mediterranean. Every time we go back and forth, we can easily make huge profits."
¡°The location here in Egypt is really great, it¡¯s the core of the Three Continents!¡±
While the two were chatting, a man with a big belly, wearing luxurious silk products, an emerald ring on his hand, a thick gold necklace around his neck, and a large gold belt around his waist, with many Sri Lankan inlays on it. The gem merchant came over.
When he saw Zhou Jingming, Liu Yangzheng and others, he immediately laughed happily.
"Prime Minister Liu, Minister Zhou, I didn't expect it to be you. I'm so happy to see you here."
As he walked, Redding opened his arms happily. The scarf on his head was a little unstable, and his neatly combed beard was shaking constantly.
"Reading~"
¡°It¡¯s so nice to see you.¡±
Seeing the person coming, Liu Yangzheng and Zhou Jingming immediately started laughing.
The visitor¡¯s name is Reding, a slave trader from Egypt.
In the past, because I sold some slaves to the Ning Kingdom of Tianzhu, I met King Ning and reached an agreement on the slave trade with King Ning.
By selling slaves from the Mediterranean, King Ning earned huge wealth and became a famous businessman in Egypt.
In the beginning, life was very easy for Redding. He made a lot of money through slave trading and other businesses. However, life has become difficult in the past two years.
Because more and more Arab merchants were involved in the slave trade, and the Ming Dynasty people began to directly enter the Mediterranean and cross the Arabs to do business, this also made their life even more difficult.
Lei Ding, who knew this well, heard that Liu Yangzheng and Zhou Jingming passed by?As for the Mediterranean, it will be enough for us to eat and drink just by sitting and collecting tolls. "
Liu Yangzheng pointed to the location of Egypt on the map, drew a line on it and said.
This trip to the West Sea Island made him realize the importance of Egypt, and he made a lot of money just by relying on transit trade.
To be honest, he really wanted to suggest that King Ning send troops to attack Egypt and turn Egypt into a colony of Ning. As long as he occupied Egypt and relied on its geographical advantages, he could live a good life even if he did nothing.
If you build another canal to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, you can really just sit back and collect money.
¡°Build a canal to connect the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?¡±
When Lei Ding heard this, he couldn't help but slightly widen his eyes. He was deeply shocked by Liu Yangzheng's unconstrained idea. Then he looked at the map and it seemed that it was really a good idea. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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