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- In the ancient and luxurious palace in Cairo, Redding, dressed in luxurious clothes, came respectfully to the Sultan Kansu II of the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt.
Kansu II was a young sultan who had just come to power. He was young and ambitious. The war between the Mamluk Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire had never stopped.
The two countries have been competing for land in North Africa and the Middle East and leadership of the Arab world. However, the Mamluk Kingdom has always been in a disadvantageous position until the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire went to war, which severely damaged the Ottoman Empire and greatly damaged the strength of the Ottoman Empire.
The Mamluk Kingdom finally recovered some of its decline, gained some advantages in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and recovered a lot of land previously occupied by the Ottoman Empire.
Young Kansu II looked at the businessman Reding in front of him. He knew that this Reding was just an ordinary businessman among many businessmen before.
Later, by doing slave trading business with the Ming Dynasty, he quickly became rich. He was famous in Egypt and even the entire Middle East for his sudden wealth.
"The great Sultan~"
Redding saluted Kansu II very respectfully.
"Redding, why did you come to see me?"
Kansu II nodded with satisfaction, thought for a while and asked.
"Great Sultan, in the past two days, Prime Minister Zuo of Ning State passed by Egypt on his way back to Tianzhu from the Mediterranean. He and I are old friends, so I warmly entertained my friends who came from afar."
"During the chat with him, he proposed a grand plan to me. This is a great plan that is extremely important to Egypt, the great Sudan, and both Egypt and Ming Dynasty."
Redding actively used words to describe the grandeur and greatness of this plan.
His words also made Kansu II look curious, and he immediately smiled and asked: "What great plan?"
¡°I am very curious as to what kind of plan it is that can be said to be grand.¡±
¡°The great Sultan!¡±
"Prime Minister Liu proposed to build a canal connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea in Egypt."
Redding pondered for a while and said slowly.
"A canal?"
"Connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?"
When Kansu II heard this, his eyes widened slightly.
"Yes, the great Sultan~"
"From the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean, if you take the sea route, you need to go around the entire Africa. The distance is tens of thousands of miles longer. Moreover, the wind and waves along the way are extremely prone to accidents. Shipwrecks occur every year."
"For the Ming people, this seriously hindered their trade routes to Europe. If a canal could be built through the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, it would not only shorten the distance and time, but also reduce the risk of traveling to and from Europe."
"This is very helpful to the people of Ming Dynasty."
¡°Of course, this is also of great significance to our great Sudan and Egypt.¡±
"After the canal is built, our great Sudan and Egypt can just sit back and collect money. I have calculated that even if a ship charges one hundred taels of silver for one pass, it can pass tens of thousands of times in a year. You don¡¯t have to do anything for a year and you can receive millions of taels of silver just by collecting tolls.¡±
"This is definitely a profitable business. As long as there is such a huge income every year, our great Sudan and our great Egypt can become richer. By then we can arm more powerful armies and the entire Arab world They will all be unified by you, the great Sultan."
Redding used seductive words to persuade Cansu II.
"This is indeed a very grand plan!"
Kansu II listened carefully, and after pondering for a while, he couldn't help but nod.
If such a canal can really be built, it will indeed be beneficial to the Ming people, but it will also be very beneficial to the Egyptians.
¡°The tolls on this canal are quite generous.
" Several million taels of silver a year, this is also a great temptation for Kansu II.
The political situation of the Mamluk Kingdom has never been very stable. There have been many short-lived sultans, and the changes have been too frequent. The military nobles within the dynasty have been extremely corrupt and degenerate. They were once slaves of the caliph, and then gradually became a military group, and then became a Egypt's rulers have become extremely corrupt over time.
These military nobles only care about their own safety??.
Liu Yangzheng and Zhou Jingming also explained their plans in detail to Kansu II and the important ministers and nobles of the Mamluk Kingdom.
Some agreements were roughly reached, mainly that everyone would work together to dig the canal. After the canal was dug, the profits would be shared by both parties, half on the Egyptian side and half on the Ming Dynasty side.
The funds needed to dig the canal will be raised by the Ming people. The Ming people need to find a way to get 100,000 people. The Egyptian side will also provide 100,000 people, for a total of 200,000 people. The plan The canal was dug within five years.
The Ming Dynasty will be responsible for the required technology. For other materials that can be solved by the Egyptian side, the Ming Dynasty will be responsible for solving the problems that cannot be solved by the Ming Dynasty.
It can be said that the negotiations between the two parties were very good. Because of the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the Mamluk Kingdom, the Mamluk Kingdom even sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty. (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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