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The magic capital of Cairo!

A 5,000-year-old city, where the Egyptian pharaohs once reigned, a generation of heroes Saladin inspected his Mamluk cavalry.

The head of the city changes the banner of the king, countless heroes and heroes have come to this city, and today, it has ushered in distinguished guests from the east.

The Chinese army was heavily armed, and the people of Cairo were not panicked. They are accustomed to the world, and they don't know how many unruly armies and tribal cavalry they have seen come to Cairo.

Ali Pasha, the Ottoman governor in Egypt, sent his guard of honor to welcome the Hongxi officials into the city!

Comparing the armies on both sides, the southeastern army was neat and well-trained, while the Turkish cavalry was fierce and brave.

In front of the majestic Governor's Palace, Ali Pasha was dressed in a white robe, opened his arms, and hugged Hong Xiguan cordially: "Welcome, my friend! ”

"My friend, it's a pleasure to see you again!"

The two entered the Governor's Mansion hand in hand, there is a cave inside, the place is vast, the greenery is abundant, the environment is quiet, and the living water from the Nile River is brought into the palace, and there is a water pavilion.

It is important to know that the word "water" is the most important in this area, and only with water can there be vitality, and the governor has a single water source, which is worthy of the name of Cairo.

The two sat down in the living room of the Governor's Palace, and Ali Pasha brought tea, which turned out to be Biluochun from the south of the Yangtze River in the East, and the tea set was made in Jingdezhen with the best goods, all of which were sent by Hong Xiguan.

As soon as he described the situation after parting, Hong Xiguan did not hide it from him, and told him about his journey, especially thanking Ali Pasha for his accommodating permission and the generosity of time.

It turned out that Ali Pasha said that he had sent an envoy to Istanbul, that he was a local governor, and that he had not yet spoken about the exchanges between countries, and that he had to report to Istanbul.

Fast horses on land, it takes time to come and go, in case Istanbul sends ministers to negotiate, it will take longer, so he intends to let Hong Xiguan and his party go slowly, and his accommodation makes Hong Xiguan have plenty of time to observe the canal, Port Said, the Nile, and Cairo City, and even explore the road, see enough, see enough.

Speaking of it, it is also Hong Xiguan's good luck, Ali Pasha has been separated from Istanbul City, and he has bad intentions, and intends to let Hong Xiguan get his wish, and everything will be convenient!

Ali Pasha then held a large banquet to entertain distinguished guests from the East, inviting the military generals from the civil servants under his command and the wealthy merchants and social elites in the city to accompany him.

Hong Xiguan told him about his experience, and others were nothing, but the rich businessmen were overjoyed and anxious to communicate with them.

Over the years, there have been Hongmaofan vigorously developing business, and then there are merchants from the southeast province who have come to the top, and the commodity resources of the Eastern Ming Dynasty and the southeast province have continued to flow into the Ottoman Empire, and Cairo, as an important hub connecting Africa, Europa and Asia, has also had a lot of goods flowing in.

The quality of the Chinese things is good, but the price is expensive, the black-hearted red hair fan has increased the price in large quantities, and the later merchants in the southeast province have insufficient goods, so that the price remains high.

Today, there is an envoy from the southeast government, ready to set up a merchant hall, form a trade channel, and then have a stable supply of goods.

After that, Hong Xiguan and his party stayed in the building, and there was an endless stream of people who came to visit him, all talking about the trade between the two sides, and Hong Xiguan did not refuse to come, and agreed one by one, anyway, the gifts were still received, and empty checks flew all over the sky.

In his spare time, he and his subordinates walked around Cairo City, and felt that it was worth the trip.

The city of Cairo straddles the Nile River, with a majestic spirit and a magnificent style.

The whole city of Cairo is a veritable historical museum, full of architectural symbols and art masterpieces of the past dynasties displayed on the city's roadsides, including the famous Khan Al Khaliri Market, which is located in the old city of Cairo in the heart of the city, and consists of thousands of individual shops scattered in dozens of small streets and alleys, many of which date back to the 14th century AD, which is quite ancient!

The roads in the market are narrow, and the streets are crowded with small shops, mainly selling gold and silver jewelry, copper plates, stone carvings, leather goods and other traditional Egyptian handicrafts.

The market was full of people, the vendors chattered, the hippie smiling faces, and the sales were tenacious, these enthusiastic vendors and noisy bargaining, the smell of spices and the dazzling array of goods all around made the Chinese also buy a lot of spices, papyrus paintings, Turkish caftans, carpets, copper products, hanging lamps, gold and silver ornaments, hookahs, inlay boxes, musical instruments, leather goods, pyramids, stuffed camels, sand painting bottles, pharaoh statues, pottery, etc., after a few days, they all took off their military uniforms and put on robes, Become an authentic Arab!

Life in Cairo is quite pleasant, they enjoy the scenery of the Nile, the fresh air and the slight breeze in a leisurely mood, and walk through the streets and alleys of the ancient city, and enjoy the sights of the ancient city.

Cairo people's life is quite leisurely, they like to smoke hookah, there is a special hookah shop, the customer comes to light the hookah, the store will not hurry to prepare tobacco, charcoal fire and finally bring the hookah to the guest, the smoking filter is opened on one side, the guest inhales, the smoke through the bottom glass bottle in the water gurgling, a sweet smell spreads.

Originally originated in India in the thirteenth century, the Arabic shisha became popular in the Middle East from the sixteenth century. The original hookah consists of a cigarette bottle, a pipe pipe, an air valve, a body of a pot, a tray and a bay, which is composed of a coconut shell and an empty bamboo tube, and is mainly used to smoke old black tobacco. In the Middle East, especially in Turkey and Iran during the ancient Ottoman Empire, shisha was once regarded as a "dancing princess and snake", and then gradually spread to Arab countries and became a common way of smoking tobacco among the people.

Ali Pasha gave them great convenience, sent people to protect them, showed them the way and convenience, for example, they also visited the Great Mosque of Al-Azhar, which was built in 970 AD, it has retained its original majestic style, the courtyard is wide, the hall is surrounded, there are 13 high platforms, 9 gates, 5 high minarets, there are strong North African and ancient Arabic style.

Originally, outsiders were not allowed to enter, but they were allowed to visit the sacred place because Ali Pasha said that the Chinese people were humble and that such an attitude would allow them to look at the sacred place.

The city is lined with mosque buildings, and the minarets have evolved into a variety of different styles, which make noises to call worshippers to worship at any time.

At that time, the streets were almost empty, and the city was filled with the sound of grandiose, devotional worship!

This is a city with strong religious beliefs, and Hong Xiguan thought that with the performance of these Cairo people, hehe, it is not a problem to defeat them, but any army that enters the city must solve the religious problem well.

Happy days always fly by, and people come to the governor's palace and invite them to see the governor, saying that news has come from Istanbul.

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