"Mo, I've found twenty-one ships, and they've all arrived in Thessaloniki. However, there is still a small problem that you need to solve. Well, they need you to pay a little deposit upfront so that they can get rid of some unnecessary trouble...... "Didier. Flores stood on the docks of the port of Thessaloniki, speaking with a sad face.

It was not a day or two (and certainly not the first time, nor the last) that the Ottoman Empire had owed the French huge sea freight, and the captains of these French transports from Marseille and Toulon were now all worried. The Ottomans owed them transportation fees, shipyard maintenance fees, supplies to Jewish merchants, and crew salaries, and the French captains, who were caught in a vortex of triangular debts, were forced to almost jump into the sea.

They could not imagine that if they could not recover their long-overdue shipping costs, they might be surrounded by angry crews, and the ships would be seized by shipyard owners and Jewish merchants who were in arrears, which would undoubtedly lead to serious consequences.

In fact, things are now very strict. Some Jewish-owned shipyards have openly advertised that if the French failed to pay at least one-third of their arrears within the stipulated period, their ships would be permanently detained and auctioned off at a low price to pay off the debt. This caused a collective panic among the French, who were tasked with transporting the White Sea (the Aegean Sea, but sometimes the Eastern Mediterranean in a broad sense), and they had to gather to discuss a solution.

It was at this time that the people of the East Coast searched the world for ships to transport women to the New World, and the ears of the French reached them. Already in debt crisis, they immediately resemble sharks that smell blood. They quickly gathered around. Hopefully, the East Coasters will be able to hire their ships.

Mo San, who was in charge of the Ottoman administration of the East Coast, almost hit it off with the French, reached a transport agreement in a very short time, and then set about arranging transport. Mo San's attempt to eat so many Polish women in one go, many of whom were even educated aristocratic women, was too remarkable, after all, in the history of the European slave trade, there were few organizations or individuals who ate so many women at one time.

In addition, the government of the Kingdom of Poland is currently putting pressure on the east coast in a frustrated manner, and they demand that Mo San immediately and unconditionally release these Polish women, otherwise it will severely damage the relationship between the two countries. But how could Mo San possibly succumb? Thinking that there are still 20,000 singles in the country today, these 15,000 Polish women who are basically of childbearing age can solve a large part of the difficulties. And in order to solve this difficulty. The government of the Eastern Republic is determined to do whatever it takes, and if you Poles continue to make trouble, then the East Bank will have to support the Russians and Tatars, and then see who will finally give in!

However, Mo San did not dare to let these women stay in the Ottoman Empire for a long time, not only because he was afraid of management difficulties and being coveted by outsiders, but also because he was afraid that the government of the Kingdom of Poland would make trouble for these women, and even hugged his thighs, hoping that countries along the Mediterranean coast such as Venice, Genoa, France and Spain would take the initiative to intervene in this matter and mess up the good things of the people on the east coast. Therefore, Mo San decided to contact a group of captains who were willing to leave the bathtub of the Mediterranean Sea for an ocean voyage. The Polish women were then lined up in order and transported away on the ship in turn.

Let's be honest. Nowadays, there are quite a few merchant ships from various countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, such as Dutch, English, Portuguese, Italian and the largest number of French ships. But with the exception of the French merchant ships, who were in arrears and insanely in arrears, the ships of the rest of the countries were silent about such a lucrative business, for it seemed that they did not want these Polish women to be sent to the New World to be ravaged by the infidels.

But the east coast had already demonstrated its military prowess in previous wars with the Spaniards, so the foreign ships wisely kept their mouths shut after weighing the strength of their own side, but they also chose not to cooperate. Thus, in the eyes of those familiar with the situation, the cooperation between the East Coasters and the French merchant ships could almost be said to be an instant hit, and there was no drag and water negotiation between the two sides, and a transport agreement was reached almost instantly.

After negotiating the transportation of the stall by the French merchant ships, Mo San immediately organized a convoy of men and convoys (consisting of the Azov Chamber of Commerce and the Hornisian family) to begin transporting the weeping Polish women to the port of Thessaloniki, where they waited to be loaded. At the same time, several East Coast ships staying here will also provide escort for this large transport ship.

Flores was now in charge of the liaison between the French ships and the East Coast, so his words were on behalf of the French captains. After hearing Flores's words, Mo San only paused and thought for a few seconds, and then said in a slightly tough tone: "Didier, you should know the virtues of those captains, their words have always been exaggerated, please don't pay too much attention to them. However, since it was the first time that we had worked together, I decided to pay the three thousand ducats in advance, and let them settle the cost of repairing the shipyard, the supply of the docks, and even the prostitutes in the alleys, and then immediately ship the men as fast as possible, and set off for the port of Vostchew under the guidance of the navy. ”

Hearing how many of the three thousand ducats had been brought back, Flores was also relieved. Therefore, he immediately nodded slightly, and then changed the topic to something else: "Mo, the Agas of Ganishari have taken full control of the country, and the Sipahi Legion has been quite squeezed out. The local governors, the Pashas, also had a good relationship with Kara. Murad and others were not convinced, and a war between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out. Now the Ottoman business is very difficult, the Dutch, the British have closed many small city merchants, you don't have any plans? ”

Mo San has been moving around Istanbul, Smyrna, and Kaffa lately, and is certainly well aware of the Ottoman Empire's grip on the brink of civil war. But what does this have to do with it, the goods sales on the east coast in the Ottoman Empire are mainly through three channels, one is through the Azov Chamber of Commerce with Nasukh Pasha as the agent; The second is to pass the former empress dowager Kosam Sultan (now the interests have been transferred to the Khadiq Sultan, the court eunuch Lara. Suleiman Agha's hands) channel sales; Finally, they and the Kara of the Garni Shari Legion. Murad and Aga also had good relations, and some of the goods in demand were sold by them. All in all, the East Coast did not have a huge sales network in the Ottoman Empire, except for a few trading halls in Istanbul, Smyrna, Burgas and other port cities (which served wholesale functions and retailed in small quantities).

Merchants from the Netherlands, England, and France were not all in this way, especially the French, who had deep roots in the Ottoman Empire, who had cooperated with local Jews and Armenians for many years, and had close commercial ties between the two sides, and many terminal retail stores even had shares in both sides, so they were the most sensitive to the changes of the times. You must know that these Jews or Armenians who cooperate with them are all backed by political figures, and if these people are involved in power disputes and even wars within the Ottoman Empire at this time, then I am afraid that the end will be very bad.

The Dutch, British, and French merchants took into account the turbulence of the times, so the closure of trading posts in many small cities (often war-torn areas) was also an act of reducing losses, and it is understandable. But the East Coasters in the Ottoman Empire were looking for powerful people to act as agents, and did not have much of a sales network of their own - after all, they could not compare with other countries that had been operating in the Ottomans for hundreds of years - so as long as the agents did not raise objections and continued to buy as usual, they simply shipped the goods. Anyway, with the close relationship between the East Bank and the Ottoman Empire, the commercial trade between the two sides should not change much.

Therefore, after hearing Flores's words, Mo San laughed and did not hide it from him: "We don't have any plans. Well, well, maybe we want to try to expand the market for cotton. You must know that with the huge population of the Ottoman Empire, this market is still promising. Of course, we will not be involved in the sale of woollen textiles, and there is no conflict of interest with you, the Dutch and the British, so don't worry. ”

Flores was a powerful merchant who was responsible for shipping at sea in the White Sea and also sold goods in the Ottoman Empire. However, he also suffered a great deal from the Ottoman Empire's arrears in shipping bills, and he was relieved to hear that the people on the east coast had not encroached on their traditional commercial spheres of influence.

However, Mo San actually didn't tell him the truth, because in his opinion, the biggest interest of the East Coast in the Ottomans was obviously to transport the fifteen thousand Polish women back first, and the rest could be put aside for the time being. This is a heavy task, and business interests are in front of political interests, and that's a fart! Therefore, even if all the Ottoman merchant houses on the East Coast could not make ends meet, as long as he successfully transported these women back to the East Coast, then he would have no fault.

"Didier, you will send someone with me to collect the money from the merchant house in Thessaloniki, and then you will have to do everything you can to urge them to settle their accounts and prepare for their voyage. By March 10th, I was going to see these women board merchant ships and leave for the New World. Mo San turned his head again at this time and said solemnly towards Flores. (To be continued......)