It is clear that Ismaili I did not want to be slaughtered by the Beihai family. When the Portuguese offered to bargain for 50 gold each, he decisively bought 40 cannons from the Portuguese. Moreover, it was dismantled from a Portuguese warship in the port of Hormuz.

Ismaili I planned to make the North Sea Kingdom worse and the Portuguese to compete with each other, and then bring the price down so that he could save a large amount of money on the purchase of artillery.

But George Bernard Shaw, the representative of the North Sea Kingdom, did not appreciate it and insisted on not reducing the price. Moreover, he also told Ismaili I - the artillery of the Portuguese was inferior to ours.

Ismaili I did not believe it, but it was not until the arrival of the Franc cannon of the Portuguese in the port of Hormuz that the Persians had to believe it after testing.

In appearance, the Franc cannon of the North Sea Kingdom is no different from that of the Portuguese. However, in terms of the quality of the sub-gun and the gap between the mother and the sub-gun, the quality of the Franc cannon in the Beihai Kingdom is much higher.

So, when firing, when aiming and firing, the Franc cannon of the North Sea Kingdom was significantly better. With contrast, Ismaili I had to compromise. After all, as a hegemon in the Middle East, it is impossible for him to be greedy and cheap to buy inferior goods. Therefore, the next 220 orders were won by Beihai State.

George Bernard Shaw then also sold swords and armor made in the North Sea to Ismaili I. However, the Persian cavalry preferred only to use the Saffi scimitar, which had a large curved arc. Because, this is conducive to the light cavalry to split the enemy.

As for plate armor, the Persians did not like it either. After all, the Persian horse, which is about the same as the Arabian horse, is a medium-sized horse. If the rider puts on the plate armor, the stable will not be able to run.

Therefore, in the end, the Persians were only willing to buy light chain mail from the North Sea Kingdom. As for the sword, they only want to import steel ingots and build them themselves.

George Bernard Shaw was a little helpless, the chain mail was okay, and the profit was okay. However, selling steel ingots is much less profitable than selling finished swords. However, the Persians were stubborn like this, and he could not help it.

The most pitiful thing is that according to the agreement reached by the North Sea State to deteriorate the Portuguese, the North Sea State can only sell weapons and armor to Persia, and it is not allowed to involve civilian use. And the Persians did this, and the profits from the sale of weapons and armor in the future could hardly support the cost of buying horses and cattle from Persia. At that time, the Beihai Kingdom will have to pay cash to buy Persian cattle and sheep, which is too much of a loss......

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After some deliberation, Ismaili I basically agreed to purchase Franc cannons, arquebuses, chain mail, and ingots from the North Sea Kingdom. As for the purchase of artillery, although he agreed to the price of 650 gold coins per piece, he asked for a commodity instead. Among them, the horses of Persia ......

In fact, George Bernard Shaw was willing to replace it with livestock. Hearing that Ismaili I took the initiative to mention it, he pretended to be reluctant to agree. Then, he began to drive down the price hard......

A group of war horses, in Europe, at least dozens of gold coins or even hundreds of gold coins. But Bernard Shaw used the reason that "the Persian horse could not carry a knight wearing full-body plate armor", and frantically lowered the price. In Turkey, a horse that could still be sold for 20 gold coins a horse offered Bernard Shaw 10 gold to Persia. As for the ordinary Persian horse (not too bad), it is only priced at 3 gold coins.

The price of Persian horses was cheap, and although he knew that the price was lowered, there was nothing Ismaili I could do. After all, Persian Maduo can lack a market.

Although the Mamluks of Egypt allied themselves with Persia and were willing to buy Persian horses in large quantities, Ismaili I was not very happy.

Because, the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt was also a potential enemy in the eyes of Ismaili I. So, although he agreed to sell the horses to the Egyptians, he did not want to sell too much, lest Egypt become too powerful and threaten the security of Persia.

However, the North Sea Kingdom had no conflict of interest with Persia, and Ismaili I could sell horses with confidence. Anyway, Persia doesn't have to worry about the cavalry of the North Sea Kingdom coming to Persia. Because, between the two sides, Turkey, and many other countries.

As for the invasion at sea? At least Ismaili I knew that it was difficult for ships to transport horses. If you want to transport cavalry on a large scale, the probability is very low. It is very scary to be able to transport thousands of cavalry at a time.

There are also many cattle and sheep in Persia, for example, Persian sheep are very famous. After all, it is the source of raw materials for Persian carpets. But Marin was not very interested in Persian cattle and sheep, and only symbolically asked for some cattle. Then, I asked for a batch of Persian black-headed sheep. Because, this sheep is the mother of the future famous Duber sheep. Marin was not willing to give up the future famous meat sheep Dubo sheep, so he naturally introduced this sheep.

Ismaili I was a little puzzled by this. Because the Persian carpet is made of Kolk wool, not from the Persian black-headed sheep. Strictly speaking, the Persian black-headed sheep is a fast-growing meat sheep, not a wool sheep. Therefore, Ismaili I was a little surprised by the choice of the North Sea Kingdom.

In his opinion, the best choice was to introduce Persian wool sheep and then learn to weave Persian carpets. And the Beihai Kingdom wanted meat sheep instead of wool sheep, which made Ismaili I a little surprised.

How did he know that the Beihai country has long had the best wool sheep, merino sheep, and there are also Beihai sheep with slightly poor wool quality but better adaptation to the environment. Therefore, Persian wool sheep are really not very attractive to Marin.

And the Persian cow, Marin originally did not want. After all, this Persian cattle is not a good breed.

However, the trouble with sourcing zebu from India forced Marin to compromise......

It turned out that Marin's purchase of zebu cattle from India was nothing at first. After all, in the beginning, the purchase volume was not large, and the Indian market could accept it.

However, with the expansion of Marin's procurement, it became more and more difficult to buy zebu!

Why? Because India is also an agricultural country, cattle are a strategic resource. In ancient China, it was illegal to kill cattle. Although India is not so strict, it will not sell cattle casually. After all, the cattle were sold to you, so what did they take to plow the land themselves?

Later, Dekara, who was in charge of India's trade, came up with a way to bring dozens of African cattle from the west coast of Africa, brought them to India, and was willing to give more money, so that he could finally get the same number of zebu cattle from local farmers.

It is too difficult to buy cattle from Africa, mainly because Africans have a low level of civilization at this time, and it is difficult to buy enough cattle.

Buying cattle from Persia is different, although the proportion of Persian cattle is not large, but the total number is also quite large. Moreover, Persia is close to India. It is more convenient to buy cattle from Persia and then ship them to India, and exchange them for zebu cattle with Indians.

The climate in southern Persia is also hot, and the local cattle are also heat-tolerant. Shipping to India is also adaptable. Even if you don't fit in, it's acceptable to die a batch. Even if it's two for one, Marin is willing. After all, zebu is the survival overlord of the rainforest. Use cheap Persian cattle to exchange for the most suitable Indian zebu cattle in the tropics, this wave is not a loss!