On the streets of Mogadishu, Du Mingen, who has been here for two days, wanders around very casually, which is a consistent habit.

Every time I go to a place, I first have a good relationship with the local government, and basically I can get it by sending a set of glass products, and I don't need to bother too much, and there are few people who are greedy enough to eat Du Mingen's entire fleet.

Of course, when he was in Tianzhu, he still encountered such a greedy snake, and bluntly said that he wanted half of Du Mingen's ship and goods, and as a result, Du Mingen would naturally tell him why the flowers were so popular.

The Miyun cannon on the ship was not made of clay, and after a wild bombardment, the other party surrendered honestly, and by the way, he also compensated Du Mingen with a sum of gold.

After establishing a good relationship with the local government, they will generally try to understand the surrounding information from the local government, what specialties are available, what minerals are there, what powerful countries are around, what things are abundant here, and so on.

This information is important, and it is a matter of future trade routes.

Du Mingen came out to open up the route not to do good deeds, but to prepare for subsequent overseas trade, in the final analysis, it was all for money, because only money can allow merchants to travel thousands of miles on the sea, and in addition, maybe there are only those gods who are talking about here.

After learning some information from the government, Du Mingen will personally go around to take a look, take a stroll, and learn about it himself, but this understanding is often limited to local products.

"It is a place rich in frankincense and myrrh, the quality of frankincense and myrrh here is top-notch, but the price is extremely cheap!"

Du Mingen walked around casually, and the two things he saw the most were frankincense and myrrh, which were the specialties here.

These two things are also a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which was first introduced to the land of China by the Tianzhu people in the Three Kingdoms, and is an extremely valuable traditional Chinese medicine.

Frankincense is the resin secreted by the olive plant frankincense tree, which has many effects, has the effect of activating blood and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and has a good effect on women's menstrual irregularities, amenorrhea, etc., and can also be used to treat rheumatic pain, which can be said to have a lot of effects.

In the Ming Dynasty, it is an extremely valuable kind of Chinese medicinal material, because only a small amount is introduced from the Western Regions, Nanyang and other places, so the price is extremely expensive, and the price is more expensive than gold.

Myrrh is also the resin secreted by the olive plant, which is mainly used to promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, in addition to relieving pain, reducing swelling and building muscles.

Similar to frankincense, myrrh is also an extremely valuable Chinese herbal medicine in Daming, and the price is very expensive.

"yes, we'll send it back with a boatload of this frankincense and myrrh!"

Du Mingen was surrounded by an entourage and nodded and said.

The advantage of going overseas is that here, you can increase your knowledge, and many things that are common overseas are expensive in Daming, and the price is higher than gold.

When they were in Myanmar, they saw a lot of jadeite and jade, and there were a lot of jadeite and jade in Myanmar, and even some bad jade and jadeite were used to pave the way, and the price was very cheap.

In Ceylon, gemstones are produced here, all kinds of gemstones, very many, very good quality, and very cheap, a few glass beads can be exchanged for a bunch of gemstones.

Now when I come to Mogadishu, where the wood and bones are bundled, there is a lot of frankincense and myrrh here, and the value is very cheap.

"I heard that after returning to Daming this time, you plan to go to sea to do business by yourself?"

Du Mingen looked at Pang Rulong and asked with a smile.

"Hmm~"

"I realized that it was so simple to make money in this sea, which was nothing more than selling our Ming silk, porcelain, glass products and sugar overseas, and then selling overseas spices, jade, gemstones, jade, coral, jewelry, agarwood, etc. back to our Ming Dynasty."

"A trip back and forth, there is a ship that can easily earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and you don't have to worry about money for the rest of your life."

"The funny thing is that in the past, we always shaved in the ground, and we couldn't even eat enough to eat at the end of the year, and if it weren't for Liu Gongzi, maybe we would have starved to death."

Pang Rulong's whole person couldn't help but sigh.

Like Tian Erniu, Zhao Monkey and others, he was born in poverty, because he went to the capital to recruit the Xishan Coal Industry to make honeycomb coal in the winter, and later because he was willing to study hard and entered the Maritime College, so his life trajectory has changed so dramatically.

"It's good to have ideas, when the time comes, if you need money or need help or something, even if you open your mouth, they are all brothers who are on the sea, and they have money to earn together!"

Du Mingen smiled and nodded, patted him on the shoulder and said.

Influenced by Liu Jin, he is very supportive of his brothers who want to fly solo.

The same is true for Liu Jin, and the First Bank of Daming has even launched a special loan project to lend these crew members to buy ships and go overseas.

"Thank you, Master Hou~"

When Pang Rulong heard this, he immediately hurriedly thanked him, it is not easy to go to sea, the investment is very large, and with Du Mingen's support, it is much simpler and easier.

"A guest from the East~"

"Can you come and see my goods, keep it to your satisfaction~"

Du Mingen walked around very casually, and all the people around him looked at Du Mingen and his party, full of curiosity about the Ming people from the far east.

Some bold businessmen even take the initiative to come forward to talk and sell their goods.

No, a merchant in a white robe with slightly dark skin stepped forward to talk with a smile on his face, his name was Faisal, his mother was a local Kunlun slave, and his father was an Arab from Middle-earth.

"Yes~"

Du Mingen smiled and said, anyway, it was okay to follow him to an open place, where people were buzzing, lively, and very noisy.

"My distinguished guest, I, Faisal, am also a very powerful businessman in Mogadishu, and I can find you anything you can say."

Faisal also boasted about his great strength as he walked.

Du Mingen smiled at this, from Tianzhu to the west, the people in this area are very good at bragging, if you really believe them in everything, the crotch will be cheated.

However, this Faisal did have some strength, and soon took Du Mingen and others to a place, and after arriving here, he said to Du Mingen very proudly: "My distinguished guest, these are my goods." ”

"Look, this is ivory from the savannah~"

Faisal picked up an elephant ivory and said proudly.

"It's a big tusk~"

When Du Mingen saw it, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, he had seen too much ivory, and there were many of them in Nanyang, but compared with the ivory here, it seemed to be much smaller.

"This is the lion I bought from the Maasai people~"

Faisal smiled, then pointed to a cage next to him and said very proudly: "The lion is the king of the steppe, and it will definitely be very valuable for the guests to bring it back to the far east." ”

Then he pointed to an iron cage next to him, in which a male lion was sleeping, and then he struck the iron cage vigorously to wake up the male lion inside.

"Whew~"

The male lion seemed to be very unhappy, and with an angry roar, the sound was like thunder, so that Du Mingen, Pang Rulong and others couldn't help but change color slightly.

"This is the lion?"

"King of Beasts?"

Du Mingen's eyes flashed, and he came to the cage and looked carefully.

The land of China does not produce lions, but in the Tang Dynasty, there were big food merchants who paid tribute to lions, so in China, stories about lions are also spreading, and stone lions can be seen in many places.

After all, the stone lion is not as powerful as the living lion you see, the male lion is huge, the mane on the neck is very thick, and the bloody mouth is wide open, enough to easily bite off a person's head.

"Tsk, this is a lion, it's better to see than to hear~"

After reading it, Du Mingen couldn't help laughing.

"I want your ivory, but this lion, we are too far away to go back, and we will definitely die if we bring it back."

Du Mingen looked at Faisal and said.

"Honored guest, look at these things again, this is diamond, the hardest thing in the world!"

Faisal smiled even more happily when he saw that Du Minen was willing to buy his ivory, and then took out a cloth bag from his bosom and grabbed a few shiny diamonds from it.

Diamond is also commonly known as diamond in later generations, and there are many of these things in Africa.

"Diamonds?"

Du Mingen picked one up and looked at it carefully.

"This diamond is small, huh?"

"Not as big as the jewels of Ceylon."

"What's the use of that?"

Du Mingen looked at the diamond that was only the size of a soybean, and couldn't help but shake his head and said.

This thing looks shiny, but its size is limited, and it doesn't seem to be of much use.

"No, no, it's very useful, it's very hard, it's the hardest thing in the world, it can be used to cut things."

When Faisal heard this, he immediately explained one after another.

"Okay then, take some back~"

After listening to his explanation, Du Mingen pondered, and decided to buy some back, anyway, it doesn't take up space, maybe it will really be useful.

"Distinguished guests, look at these slaves again, these slaves are all strong and strong slaves, and it is very good to buy some and go back to help with farming and work."

Faisal successfully sold ivory and diamonds, and quickly pointed to the black Kunlun slaves behind him and said, these Kunlun slaves were all tied by ropes, and basically had no clothes on them, and the red fruit was laid out like this.

"Kunlun Nu?"

Du Mingen had actually noticed these Kunlun slaves for a long time, and now when he heard Faisal's words, he couldn't help but be shocked when he looked at it, the slave trade here was so red that he didn't even have a fig leaf.