Every monarch who occupied Egypt dreamed of a 'Suez Canal', and the native pharaohs, Trajan of the Great Qin Empire, Umar I of the Great Food Empire, the unyet dominant Ottoman Empire, and the unborn Napoleon all wanted to do so, and the current Aravin is just as ambitious.

In ancient Egypt, there was only one lake between the Red Sea and the tributaries of the Nile into the Mediterranean, and two canals were dug into the east and west of the lake, and the Damascus Sea and the Red Sea could be directly navigated. As the estuary of one of the largest rivers on the African continent, the fan-shaped delta north of the Nile River has been deposited, the coastline of the Red Sea has been receding southward, the old canals have long been silted into sand, and many small tributaries have been broken or relocated. At the southern end of the ancient canal, north of Suez City, a Great Bitter Lake gradually formed, no longer directly connected to the Red Sea. Later, after several blockages and dredging, the bitter lake and the Red Sea were opened again. To the one who defeated Gao Xianzhi? In Abbas's time, the canal was once again silted up and abandoned, and his son, in order to control the apostate in the Celestial Peninsula and prevent the rebels from using the canal to transport supplies, ordered the city of Suez to be filled with sand, and the canal, which had been improved, destroyed and rebuilt for thousands of years, was finally completely blocked. The Red Sea and Damascus shipping lanes were interrupted, and until the Cape of Good Hope was discovered by the Pochugos, the shortest route for East-West trade could only be from Alexandria into the western tributary of the Nile, to Cairo, where camel caravans could trek through the desert to Suez for shipment to Tianzhu and the South Seas.

The whole delta is dominated by sediments from the sea, alluvial soils from rivers, coarse gravel and wind-blown sand. To the east is the inhospitable and arid Sinai Peninsula, which is so populated that you can only see the rich city-states as far north as the Levant. Both sides of the Red Sea are also resource-scarce, and the Hejaz region, where the two holy sites are located, is more prosperous. Manpower is cheap, but if you rely solely on manpower to pick up sand and dig soil, it will take more than ten years to complete.

Guo Siruo's final canal plan is to start from Suez, the northernmost point of the Red Sea, and directly open the new port into the Damascus Sea in the north, during which several natural lakes and swamps will be used to connect several lakes along the way.

In addition, Alavin agreed to purchase large equipment and sufficient coal from Dayu to speed up the construction progress, ensure the safety of the construction site, and avoid the involvement of oriental guests in sectarian disputes that had not stopped for thousands of years, and the project was successfully started in 2755 A.D.

Under the operation of merchants, the gold and silver of European royalty converged in Egypt, and the Suez Canal was excavated under the patronage of the rising Mamulu dynasty. The money was used to purchase the lowest steam equipment as the core power, dredging and transporting the sand and gravel.

The project is divided into several sections by four main shallow lakes, the southernmost of which was originally formed by the silting up of Suez City, and is now dredged again to connect the Bitter Lake, which is the first section of the project. At the eastern end of the ancient canal is Lake Timsach, and the dredging of Lake Ku and Lake Tim Sah is the second section of the project. But the entire old canal was abandoned, and the third section of the project would open a new canal from Lake Tim Sakh, through a salt marsh to the north, straight north, and build a new port on the shallow northernmost lake of the sea. Once completed, the new port will greatly affect the status of Alexandria, Egypt's largest port, so many objections have been heard, and the construction site has been attacked, and from time to time Aravin has to suppress a handful of civil unrest, sending more prisoners and hard labor to the construction site. Of course, the main source of labor is Zanjinu, who became a slave of the Great Food Empire a hundred years ago.

In the beginning, the source of Zanjinu was the captives captured by the Great Cannibal army who went south deep into the upper reaches of the Nile, so after several large-scale arrests, the army was sent at a great cost, and instead provided inferior bows and arrows or cheap supplies, and bribed the local chieftain and king, so that they could sacrifice less of the tribesmen of the rival tribes, and trade them, and the number of slaves suddenly surged. These prisoners of war were usually shackled and strapped to their backs with heavy cargo, loaded onto ships along the Nile River to Cairo, where they were transported and sold as slaves. When the dynasties of the Great Eclipse were not strong, maritime powers such as Bochuge and Iberia rose, and the entire west coast of Africa and the large islands off the coast of South Africa were basically occupied by the two countries, and countries such as Gaul, Britain and Hongmaoyi also drew some strongholds into the bowl. Limited by the climate and the number of people, no one thought of developing deep into the hinterland, and they all continued the way of 'razing and razing' in the big food.

In Mecca, the Levant, the Anatolian Peninsula, and other places, even though there were frequent skirmishes between Western countries and the Celestial Cults, a large number of Zanginu were able to enter the construction site through the ships of merchants or pirates.

The Iberians occupied Northwest Africa and the Tariq Strait, and their ships brought cheap goods such as wine, meat, bows, and cloth to the west coast of Lower East Continent, where they exchanged gold and silver ore with the Inca natives, and then came to the coast of Africa, where they exchanged a large number of slaves from the chiefs for 'specialties' such as a set of snow-white porcelain or beautiful glass beads, and entered the Sea of Damascus to sell them to the Mamulu in the markets of Cairo. Pushed out of the Damascus Sea, but with vast arable land in the Lower East Continent, Pochu Ge did the opposite, exchanging cheap goods for large quantities of Zanginu in South Africa, some of them heading north from the east coast into the Red Sea to trade directly with Dayu merchants on the canal construction site, and the other part being sent to the sparsely populated Lower East Continent to be sold to farmers, and then the produce was shipped back to Lisbon to be sold. Either way, the profits during this period can often be as high as five or six times, or even ten times, which is also the confidence that after the resumption of trade between the East and the West, Bo Qiuge and Iberia can almost monopolize ninety percent of the commercial rights of the Dayu Zhonghua Trading Company.

Seeing the rapid expansion of this human trafficking trade, if nothing else, there will be a narrative in the history books that "the triangular trade between Europe, the United States, and Africa promoted the development of the slave trade" and "opened the history of the suffering of black slaves". With two success stories in front of us, Britain, Hindui, Gaul, Germania, and other countries that did not occupy the majority of Lower East Continent sent more troops, missionaries, and merchants to go deep into Africa. Strictly speaking, these white skins that escaped the Black Death and were able to adapt to the African rainforest climate can be attributed to the high-priced Artemisia annua potion sold by Dayu, allowing them to overcome malaria and penetrate deep into the heart of the rainforest.

On the other hand, the canal received more and more Zanginu, and as the administrator, the Mamulu only needed to ensure the number, and did not care whether they lived or died. Long voyages, hot weather, and poor sanitary conditions often caused various infectious diseases on the slave carriers, and the seriously ill Zanjinu were often thrown off the ship.

The fate of Zanjinu was divided into two by Ma Mulu's supervisors, one was inspected by the doctors of Da Yu, went to the construction site, and was treated like other war criminals and slaves sent by Da Shi and Ma Mulu, without worrying about food, heatstroke prevention and cooling, warm clothes, clean houses, medical treatment and medicine, except for no personal freedom and wages, maybe they lived better than before, of course, they were required to change their clothes every day, take a bath before going to bed, and wash their hands before meals and after using the toilet. The other would be taken to the rich Levant, Whila, or Venice for auction, for the Black Death and the conquests had far fewer able-bodied men who could farm, and needed to be replenished. This part is completely equivalent to the 'talking' chickens and ducks, and even the pregnant female zanginu has to do the heaviest work, resting only five or six hours a day, and can be disposed of at the discretion of the foreman, or even put to death, at any time, and the mortality rate is high due to overwork and poor diet.

Therefore, every time a batch of new slaves is transported, it is the busiest time for the Dayu doctors, all kinds of health examinations, triage treatments, and prescription surgeries. In order to ensure the health and safety of his own people, Gu Qin wrote an official report on the above situation, sent it back to China as soon as possible, and requested that additional medical personnel be dispatched. Since then, GLI medical students have had an extra year of internship than other disciplines, and apprentices at the Chung Hwa Medical Center have also had an extra year of internship to become doctors, all of which are designated at the canal construction site. These people all fell under the names of Li Dongbi and Pang Xian, and later became the most sought-after doctors in Dayu, and the efficacy and pathological tests of many new drugs were allowed to be carried out on Zanjinu and entered into the "Chinese Medical Spectrum".

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Zanjinu's century-old black history kicked off with the start of the canal, which made the pot-bellied Empress Yu a little congested, even if she stepped up her efforts to support the medical care and accommodation guarantee of the canal construction site, it could not alleviate the guilt a little. And I was a little surprised, how do I feel that the Europeans can catch more than 100 Zanginu by putting hundreds of people on the shore of Africa? Isn't their force value still in the late Middle Ages when low-end firearms and bows, guns, spears and knives were mixed, otherwise how could they not kill the Mugul, why can they reach a million in Africa?

When the emperor brought his four sons to accompany her for lunch, the family talked about this problem, and the twins immediately beat the snake and followed the roots, and strongly demanded that after the birth of their sister, they would personally go to Europe and Dongzhou to investigate, and even the always well-behaved Ah Wei looked at her with expectant eyes.

"What do you think I'm doing? I can't do this......"

"My father said that he would not send envoys recently."

"But Mr. Qing can send someone to check the accounts."

"Mother, I've already taken the audit certificate......

The three children said a sentence one by one, and they couldn't resist it, and turned their eyes to the other father and son who didn't speak.

Yuan Yi's face was as usual, but he didn't pay attention to their words, and kept stroking his daughter-in-law's big belly. Although she is an older mother, she is not much harder than her big-bellied daughter in the Qingyi Courtyard when she is properly maintained. It's just that this time it's still twins, and it's almost nine months old, and there are no signs of coming out, which makes the anxious child's father anxious to gray a lot of hair. This is not a metaphor, Yiqing really plucked a few white hairs from the emperor's dragon head......

Gu Ci pulled the distracted husband and repeated the children's request, he shook his head with a smile, "It's not a state affair, it's not my responsibility." ”

Ah Sheng couldn't refuse his mother, "...... If my mother gives birth to two younger sisters this time, I will let you go. ”

The three little ones were stunned, and their faces fell, this condition is too harsh!

Gu Ci laughed happily at this time, and suddenly his stomach twitched, what a familiar feeling! She hurriedly held her husband's hand, resolutely not letting him lose face in front of her sons, and calmly announced, "It seems that she is going to give birth." ”

This time, it was the prince who almost rolled out of Kunning Palace when he was young, and the other three royal highnesses were quickly thrown to Chongwen Hall and Qingyi Yuan, and invited the eldest princess, Taifu and Taiwei.

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On the second watch, outside the dormitory of Kunning Palace, a group of big men finally heard the first baby cry, followed by a weak cry. The two white and chubby little princesses did not let the elderly Xiao Lu and Gu Yaosheng stay up for a night, and obediently came to the world, and the emperor's father rolled his eyes like the wind blowing beside the nurse, and fell into the arms of the two old people in the east wing, and greeted the four brothers, three uncles and aunts sweetly. When the crown princess, who was far away and inconvenient to approach, heard the news, she immediately ordered the palace maid to go to the Qingyi Courtyard to report the good news to Yuyi and the eldest princess, so that they could rest assured.

Although Gu Ci was extremely tired this time, he didn't faint, touched the two little babies, and whispered a few words to his touched husband before he fell asleep peacefully. Yuan Yi waited for her to fall asleep, and got up with great interest to go next door to see the two pink and tender little daughters. He looks really good, a little red and wrinkled, his skin is white, his hair is dense and soft, he is carved with snow, and his black eyes are slick. The exact same flesh whirring little face, it makes people want to take a bite, the only difference is that the second daughter named Yaya has a small dimple on her right cheek, while the third daughter Jiajia does not.

Gu Yao was still a little excited, "It's really like Ah Luan!" ”

"The eyebrows and eyes are especially similar." Xiao Lu echoed, seeing that his great-granddaughter's father was coming, he handed over the swaddling clothes in his hand, let Yuan Yi have a good hug, and went to the side to find Yiqing to ask about the situation of the little granddaughter.

Gu Yao was reluctant to let go, Gu Ao, Gu Yi and Gu Yi around him were eyeing each other, and Ah Sheng and the four of them could only look at the little sister in his father's arms first. After a while, the two little dolls began to babble and cry, and everyone had to send them into the nursery in the inner room and hand them over to the nurse. Xiao Lu and Gu Yao and others went to the Chongwen Pavilion to rest, and Emperor Shenzong, who was not tired at all, pondered the major event of naming the name for a night in the Yangxin Palace, and the sky was just dawning, holding his daughter-in-law who woke up hungry and begging for praise.

"Didn't we say at the time that it was better to give a stepchild to my father-in-law? Do you think Yaya's name is Xie Dan? ”

"Thank you, brother!" Gu Ci was full of food and drink, full of blood and blue resurrection, without any objections, and held a sleeping baby with him.

“…… I kind of want to pass Jiajia to Haocang, what do you think? ”

"Really?!" Gu Ci is very happy, the brothers want a daughter but never get their wish, and they don't want to have a concubine, so it should be the best of both worlds!

"I originally planned to let Jiajia call Yuan Yue, let's let my father-in-law name it."

Gu Ci was extremely moved, and looked at him a little apologetically and tangled - he gave birth to three daughters, but he, the emperor who is rich in the world, did not have any of them, but he had already given birth to a basketball team with substitutes, is he still alive? It's really a sow! Let other women give birth? More unlikely!

Yuan Yi was amused, "It's okay, the children have the same surname Yuan on the spectrum, but it's just a note." When Jiajia is three years old, he will return to the palace every half a month to live with us. Although we are not in danger of getting along, the royal girls have always had an easy time, and I am reluctant to let them be tortured by those old mothers. ”

Even if Princess Yan, who is as favored as Yuyi, has not made any mistakes in the rules since she was a child, and there is a possibility of impeachment at every turn. But even if Gu Ci is in the name of the 'Nine Princesses', no matter how high-profile he oversteps the system, because he is not surnamed Yuan, it will only make people envious, jealous and hateful.

"Give the babies a little word!" Gu Ci rubbed his shoulder flatteringly.

"Well, Yaya's small character 'Mingji', take a 'Dan Mingji'. Jiajia is 'Mingjiao', and the title belongs to you. ”

"Just Pingyi and Ningyi, I just want the children to be safe and Ningtai." Gu Ci buried his head in his shoulder socket and said sweetly, "Ye Ye and the third brother must be so happy!" ”

"The happiest are Ah Shuang's three boys." Yuan Yi hugged her daughter-in-law, who was dazed, obviously her IQ had not yet recovered, and kissed lightly, "Now they can get their wish, they can go to see the canal." ”

"Yikes! Really! "Gu Ci is a little lost, my sons love to run out when they are older, it's better to be a daughter!

The next day, Shenzong asked the old man to talk for a while in the study of the Yangxin Palace, and the names announced by the two little princesses on the same day were Xie Dan and Gu Yuan. With the princess as a granddaughter, it is no longer possible for the descendants of the Gu family to be the master or enter the harem, and many people think that this is the emperor's move to prevent his relatives from sitting big, but Gu Yao and his sons are smiling, and they have set up a flowing water banquet for three days, which is more lively than giving birth to a son. The happiest was Gu Chong, who was leading the army outside, looking at the portrait of the youngest daughter sent by his sister, and Ren Saiyuan couldn't close his mouth with joy.