Zhu Zhanji did not attend the talks the next day, because the language barrier was one aspect, and the more important thing was that he was unwilling to stay with a bunch of stinky people all day.

However, he asked Zheng He to bring an invitation to Osman III, inviting him to come to his palace in the evening.

Marin cannot be said to be poor, although it is still a slave society, but there is land and cattle and sheep, and their people will not go hungry.

But they had very few resources in their hands, except for grain, cattle, sheep and salt, and they had no other goods in their hands that could be exchanged with others.

Europeans have no shortage of meat, their cattle and sheep cannot be sold, and desert quality wool is not as good as the wool of European countries, so they can only sell it at a low price.

It can also be said that they are poor.

They all want the things in Da Ming's hands, any kind of commodity can make them love it, but they can't afford it at all.

The already small amount of gold and silver seemed to be gone without exchanging anything, which made them even more red after hearing that the Ming fleet still had more than a hundred ships of cargo.

Many nobles offered to exchange black slaves for goods, much to the surprise of Zheng and them.

For the Ming Dynasty, although there is also human trafficking, most of them are defeated or poor families can't support them, so they will sell their children.

But like them, it is really unreliable to directly exchange the population that does not belong to them for goods.

Zhu Zhanji, who had been paying close attention to the negotiation site, immediately made a decision and asked Zheng He to agree. Da Ming can ask for those black people in the prime of life, and give a high price of ten taels of silver, but there must be a premise, that is, to castrate those black people.

In fact, when he heard the proposal of the Marin people, Zhu Zhanji was the happiest.

He has always been worried that whether it is Europeans or Arabs, the trade with the Ming Dynasty is more out and less in, so in the long run, there will be an imbalance in trade.

Daming sucked up the gold, silver, and materials in their hands, and they couldn't continue to trade with Daming.

Exchanging population now is a good way to do it. Zhu Zhanji deliberately offered them a "high price", that is, to make them profitable in the process of hunting slaves.

Although it is nominally ten taels of silver per person, of course they will not ask for silver, but for the goods of the Ming Dynasty.

And the goods of the Ming Dynasty are transported here, the price has increased several times, dozens of times, the so-called ten taels of silver, in fact, the cost of one or two silver is not necessarily there.

And with these castrated blacks, Daming built naval bases, supply points around the world. An army of 5,000 men would be able to accept at least 5,000 black men as servants.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are the masters, and the auxiliary work of farming and building roads is done.

In addition, the population has doubled, and whoever wants to attack these bases will need to send a lot more troops, making it more difficult.

In the case of Gibraltar, in the 19th century, it became the most important naval base in the world.

At that time, the British built a three-dimensional defense system in Gibraltar, which consisted of multiple levels of walls, internal connected fortresses, batteries, ammunition depots, underground tunnels and numerous warehouses, and its defenses were mainly concentrated on the narrow isthmus bordering Spain on the north side of the peninsula, the cities and ports on the west side of the peninsula, and the coast at the southern end of the peninsula, and the towering boulders on the east side of the peninsula were the natural barrier of the fortress.

The 426-metre-high limestone hill of Gibraltar is the heart of the Gibraltar Fortress and offers defenders a 360-degree panoramic view of both the Spanish military and the ships in the strait.

Inside the boulder is a grand labyrinth composed of continuous tunnels, warehouses, and cantonment caves. According to information learned by Zhu Zhanji, during World War II, the length of the underground tunnel in the mountains of Gibraltar had reached 55 kilometers.

On this lonely mountain stretching out into the sea, there is a reservoir, and the cave can store enough food for tens of thousands of soldiers to eat for several years, and it cannot be attacked from the land.

Such a large engineering facility cannot be completed by a few people, and it requires countless labor. Moreover, at that time there was already electrification equipment, and now it is completely relied on stone picks to chisel, and explosives cannot be used, which is not a level of engineering at all.

The same goes for Ceuta, Gibraltar is a lonely mountain, and Ceuta is a plain area sandwiched between two isolated peaks.

In order for these two bases to play their due role, it will take at least tens of thousands of people and decades of engineering.

Therefore, slaves are very important.

If the other party can send a steady stream of castrated slaves, the cost of Daming is pitiful, but it can play a huge role, why not do it!

The negotiations went smoothly, and in just five days, the two sides were fully cooperative, and a framework agreement was formed.

After Zheng He finished negotiating with the other party, he did not directly participate in the trade, but accompanied by the Marin people, he went to Tangier, the northernmost city of Marin, non-stop.

He was accompanied by an expedition of 200 Yulin Guardian soldiers, who would arrive in Tangier by land.

Although nominally, they were promoting the arrival of the Ming trade group and surveying the specific terrain of Ceuta by the way, but in reality they were trying to draw a more detailed map.

At this time, some nobles who got the news came from all over the country to trade with gold.

The inner guards were busy making deals with each other, while the Ming army began to make plans to attack Ceuta.

Of course, this plan is just a plan for the time being. Even if you want to fight, you have to make money first. If you want to implement this plan, you have to wait until the Ming Dynasty trades with European countries.

At the same time, the Ming fleet also carried out the first self-cleaning and prevention, put an end to these later big food troubles, and bribed the soldiers to get the charts.

It is impossible to hide that Da Ming is from the East, but how to go to the East must be kept strictly secret.

Later, almost everyone in the world knew the world map, and even if they could not draw precise maps, they had a general understanding of the layout of the seven continents.

But the people of this era live in a very narrow circle, and the whole world for them is at most a few surrounding countries.

Even Portugal, a pioneer of navigation, took 30 years to touch the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa and was blown to South Africa by a storm.

It took 80 years to reach East Africa, and finally met the Arabs in Somalia and arrived in India.

And Columbus, until his death, believed that the American continent he arrived on was the East, but he had not yet found the country rich in silk, porcelain, and tea.

This is already the best talent in this world, and the reason why they seem so stupid is not because of their low IQ, but simply because the world they know has limitations.

Although the Ming Dynasty has long had a globe, why has it been controlled and not promoted, and the official position is smaller, and he is not qualified to see it at all, the main reason is the control of the people.

When the fleet sailed, except for those who were proficient in observing celestial phenomena and using sextants, most of the soldiers only knew how to follow the fleet, and they did not have a clear idea of their position.

It's like an ordinary person who is lost in the mountains or in the desert, when he loses contact with the outside world. Or they can know the direction through the sun and stars, but they can't have a clear idea of their location.

The key reason why Zhu Zhanji let the big cannibal who had you go back and re-recruited merchants who can speak European languages as a general when he was in Kurumus was to prevent the leakage of shipping routes.

These new agents are confined to a single ship, and the number of people they can contact is limited, and the chances of leaking secrets are relatively small.

But they used to travel overland to Europe, or by land and then by ship from Alexandria to Venice. This time, following the Ming fleet to bypass Africa, this route has actually been leaked.

For the people of this era, a new route that could bypass the Byzantine Empire, bypass the Mamluks, bypass the Ottoman Empire, meant great wealth.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no translator, Zhu Zhanji would have wanted to execute all of them after trading in Europe.

But there's a catch, and that's that they're probably leaking the secret right now, so waiting for the deal to kill them won't necessarily have an effect.

Then, there is only one way to control the route and suppress their seafaring power.

After some self-censorship, the only people who could communicate with these big food generals were the general officials of the Honglu Temple and the General Administration Department in the fleet, and there was not a single private businessman.

They played a huge role in the transaction between the two parties.

Although most of the Ming generals can eat languages, the effect of letting them learn new languages is still very slow.

This also seems to be their defense, but it doesn't matter, when they get to Venice, the Ming officials will directly learn the language with Westerners.

In half a year here, there should be no problem with the basic dialogue, and the next time the Ming fleet comes over, there is no need to find those big food merchants to be the generals.

The internal supervisor divided the trading objects of Marin Kingdom into several different levels according to the distance from the seaside. The closer you live to the sea, the more you can pay for your credit.

Da Ming is not afraid that they will not pay their debts, if they do not pay back, the Da Ming fleet will let them know that the consequences are definitely something they cannot afford.

Zhu Zhanji was very comfortable during this period of time, taking his brothers and concubines to play in nearby places with outstanding scenery every day.

His status was too high, and his faction was too big, that even Osman III did not dare to disturb him, let alone the tribal leaders below.

It is also very ridiculous to say that on the second day after Zhu Zhanji came here, he invited Osman III and a group of officials to dinner.

In the main hall built in one day, he gave a banquet to two hundred nobles and officials at one time.

When dishes were served on delicate plates that were priceless to them, and when the glasses for drinking were fine porcelain that they had never seen before, they were all crazy.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, porcelain from the East has begun to be sold to the West, but most of the porcelain that can be exported is not porcelain from Jingdezhen, but mainly celadon from Fujian.

Even so, such porcelain is still the supreme fine for the West. Because until now, Westerners' utensils are still mainly pottery.

The porcelain that Zhu Zhanji used to entertain guests was used by the imperial palace, which was very different from the porcelain used by the people in mass production.

So much so that many people eat the dishes on their plates, lick the plates clean, and take the plates away.

Zhu Zhanji will not pay attention to international etiquette with them, he originally wanted to pretend to be compared, and the purpose was to establish an international image of the Ming Dynasty.

So when it was time to eat, he directly ordered that no one should steal the dishes.

After all, the guests are aristocrats and officials, and they still have to make a face. They were embarrassed to steal the dishes, but because Zhu Zhanji did not emphasize the wine glass, when each of them left, the wine glass was carried into his arms, even Osman III.

This made Zhu Zhanji feel crying and laughing, but he also really understood how much the West in this era has a great demand for various materials.

In the case of Marin, there was only one iron pot in their entire country, and even Osman III saw the iron pot when he went to the holy city to worship, so he spent a lot of money to buy one.

This iron pot is regarded as a treasure by him, and no one can use it except himself.

And Marin, because it is located in North Africa, is only separated from Europe by a strait, and they, like the West, are not without an "iron pot". It's just that their pot is not so much a pot as an iron tripod, which can only cook soup, not stir-fry.

Such an iron pot is not something that ordinary people can consume. There is little iron in the West, and refining is even more difficult, and iron is expensive. Only the great nobles can spend a lot of money and are willing to use hundreds of catties of iron to build an iron pot.

When the children of nobles inherit the inheritance, they can knock out their brains for a bite of this bulky iron tripod.

How can their people cook without iron pots? In addition to using clay pots, it is also using stones. That's right, it's with stones.

In addition to grilling directly, they also bake dough on top of stones. So the whole West, it's not that they don't eat rice, they simply don't have the conditions to eat rice.

According to the generals, in today's European countries, they are almost a town, so they are willing to build an oven with iron, and then use this iron box to bake bread for the whole town.

In the East, a thousand years ago, noodles were made and steamed buns, but because there were no pots in the West, they would not boil hot water, steam steamed buns, and would only bake bread.

This bread is not at all the same thing as the fluffy bread that was fermented and added with white sugar and cream, but a kind of unleavened bread similar to a compressed biscuit, which is dry, hard and cracked.

Fine brown bread is generally baked with wheat flour mixed with a large amount of bran, while ordinary black bread will add wood chips, because adding wood chips is more resistant to hunger.

Black bread is famous for its ability to be used as a weapon. The chronicles of the Middle Ages have repeatedly recorded the misfortune of a stupid thief who sneaked into the house of a poor peasant to steal, but unfortunately died under the black bread of a housewife.

And in the Middle Ages, when family conflicts were born, there were countless men who died of black bread attacks by fierce women, which happened in European history books not one or two, but a social phenomenon!

So the taste of this thing is simply unimaginable.

Except when it is just baked, it can be eaten directly, and at other times, if you want to eat this kind of bread, you have to put it in a crockpot and boil it in water before you can swallow it.

But there is only one oven in a small town, so most people can only eat dry bread.

The same is true for bathing, almost every household in Daming has a pot that can be boiled hot water to take a bath.

However, because they did not have an iron pot, it was very difficult to boil water, so they simply did not take a bath.

This is the current situation of Europe, the birthplace of modern civilization, the Renaissance has just begun, and their people are still living in a primitive society!

Zhu Zhanji thought proudly: Since you are still so backward, come and bathe in the glory of my Ming civilization!

Osman III had not until the ninth day after meeting the Ming fleet, the third day after the end of the negotiations, that his mind calmed down.

Da Ming gave him too many surprises, too many surprises, so that he couldn't calmly face everything in front of him for many days.

There are too many good things in Da Ming, and they don't have the materials to exchange those good things with each other. Not to mention anything else, the thin iron pot that he regarded as a treasure, Daming loaded half a boat.

The pleasures of a soldier seem to be more luxurious than that of a king.

At least, the tea he drank was all high mountain bitter tea grown by the Persians, even if it was inferior tea, it was a luxury for him, and he only dared to drink one cup a day.

And a Ming soldier can enjoy the fragrant and good tea, which is unimaginable to him before.

The silk he was reluctant to wear, many soldiers also wore it, and this silk garment could be exchanged for a beautiful virgin in Marin.

The more he came into contact, the more he could feel the heritage of the Ming Dynasty, which was a very strong, wealthy, and civilized country.

Compared with them, no matter which country it is, it seems that it is lagging behind.

Although he didn't know what the opponent's combat strength was, the opponent was able to build a large ship that could accommodate more than a thousand people, and he definitely didn't dare to test the opponent's force value.

To his surprise, the other party offered to help them drive away the Portuguese.

This was indeed a surprise, because the Portuguese had not only captured Ceuta, but also had their eye on Tangier, and he was very suspicious that when the Portuguese had established themselves in Ceuta, they would take action against Tangier.

But having fought a few battles with Portugal, he knew very well that he was no match for the Portuguese.

Now the Ming promised not only to help them drive out the Portuguese, but also to help them protect their homeland. Even if they wanted Ceuta as a base, Osman III agreed immediately.

And Ceuta is not in vain, and they are willing to take ten bags of expensive spices, ten horses of soft silk, one hundred catties of fragrant green tea, and one hundred catties of tea bricks in exchange for this barren land.

Everything is according to what they say, after signing the official credentials, although Ceuta has not yet been beaten, but the other party has already sent these things to him.

All these actions are really the momentum of a civilized and powerful country.

In the eyes of Osman III, this is a truly civilized country, and no other country can compare with it. Compared to the Ming Dynasty, all countries are barbarians.

Now, he waited for the Ming fleet to finish trading with the tribal elders and set off.

He was ready, and as soon as the Ming fleet left, he also immediately went to Tangier, and then saw how the Ming attacked Ceuta.

From their battles, we can see their combat effectiveness. If their combat effectiveness is not strong, don't blame him for tearing up the contract in the future, after all, the cargo carried by the fleet is so tempting!

But if Da Ming's combat effectiveness is very strong, he will definitely implement the agreement seriously and not let the other party catch any of their handles.

The fleet stayed in Anfa for fifteen days, and the entire trade was still not over, but Zhu Zhanji decided not to wait any longer.

A group of internal officials in charge of trade were left here to negotiate, and they would take note of everyone's needs, negotiate the terms of exchange with each other, and when the fleet returned, they would just trade according to the list.

In addition to them, there are also two chamberlains in charge of castration, they are both masters of castration, and they are responsible for teaching the people here to castrate those black people.

Castration is actually relatively simple, the key is the disinfection and treatment after castration, if the wound infection problem cannot be dealt with, the mortality rate is very high.

Due to the limitations of medical development, Daming's castration is only cut off**. When the Qing Dynasty arrived, especially in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, if you could cut that thing directly at that time, people would not die.

In order to have a little more people, Zhu Zhanji thought about it and specially asked hundreds of accompanying doctors to dispense 50,000 wound medicines.

After the wound medicine is prepared according to the proportion, all of them are crushed, wrapped in paper, and one serving per person. As for whether they can survive or not, it depends on whether their own lives are good or not.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji does not want everyone, and the ratio of men to women is strictly 10 to 1, and young adults who are older than 12 years old and younger than 30 years old are the best.

As for the women, there are several thousand at most, and there are always soldiers with a heavy appetite who will not dislike them for being black and ugly, and can satisfy their needs.

And these women will not be brought back to Daming, and will be arranged in bases everywhere to wash, clean, and warm the beds for the soldiers. They are all strong and strong, and when they want to fight, they can also help them.

As for whether they give birth to offspring, Zhu Zhanji has not yet considered this issue.

Those who can find their fathers are naturally managed, and they don't know who their fathers are, and the problem of raising them in the future is more complicated!

However, these problems were not a big problem during the period of rapid expansion relative to the country as a whole. As long as they are open-minded, try to give them an equal development environment in the future.

Marin was poor, and there was not much gold and silver, so the scale of trade was not large. They traded with the Ming Dynasty, relying more on livestock and slaves in exchange.

Because the Ming wanted to encircle them and become a logistics base to suppress Europe in the future, they accepted such a troublesome way of trade.

During this time, although Zhu Zhanji was arrogant, the contact between the soldiers and the locals was relatively gentle.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty lacked meat to eat, but the mutton, beef head meat, and camel meat here were eaten casually.

The locals had never eaten rice or stir-fried vegetables, and the barracks had a lot of exchanges with the people nearby, and both sides were very satisfied with the change in their food.

By the fifteenth of August, preparations for the war of Ceuta had been fully prepared, and the fleet had taken with it hundreds of Marin's nobles, which had previously set off in great force.

Target, Cape Ceuta on the south side of Gibraltar!

The Ming Dynasty wants to officially announce its arrival through a war that does not touch the sensitive nerves of Europe!

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