Wallace feels so lucky that he always meets good people and always gets help.

O God, your mercy is everywhere!

Li Ao is not a little bit of a business, he has his own shop in the Cairo area, which is said to be the most famous arms shop here.

Since Li Ao promised Wallace to take him to London, he was in no hurry to go to Alexandria in search of merchant ships.

After a few days of dating, the two felt very opportunistic------ and the experience of serving in the Liuqiu army made them talk about everything.

Together, they sailed on a small galleon on the Nile to Alexandria, where Li Ao had a three-masted ship of his own.

Li Ao wears a crisp white silk cotton men's suit, a white straw sunhat, sunglasses in the style of a new product from Liuqiu Island, and a hardwood cane with a gilded head.

Wallace knew that the dress was a violet-branded men's suit, one of the most expensive men's clothes on the island, and the small whale leather ------shoes with white and black soles might cost him ten years of salary, and even the beautiful sunglasses were not something that a person like himself could afford.

However, Li Ao's expression was extremely modest, and his tone was also very gentle, and talking to him would never make others nervous.

Perhaps the truly noble are more accessible to others.

Wallace walked with him without the slightest pressure, even though he was wearing a normal men's suit, ordinary leather shoes.

The arms business seems to be big business.

However, Li Ao often said modestly: "As for the big arms business, it is mainly done by Zhang Daozhu's military factory------ I just pick up some odds." ”

Going down the river, they soon reached Alexandria.

This is a world-class port second only to Badaohe Port, which is completely comparable to the Thornton Port of the Great Song Dynasty!

I saw that the port mast was lined up, and I couldn't see the edge at a glance, and the boom on the shore was also swinging back and forth, lifting up, lifting down, and I couldn't be idle at all.

There are probably tens of thousands of dock workers busy there.

Li Ao said: "They haven't learned to use the pot camel machine, and it is far less spectacular than our Badao River Port. ”

Wallace said, "Of course. The development of Western Australia needs pot camel machines more, and it is impossible to sell them first. ”

"In the future, the business of this pot camel machine, Lao Hua, what do you think?"

"------ this business is great, but can you make it? I've seen pot camel machines, and the structure is too complicated. ”

Li Ao said confidently: "Wait for me to go back and slowly study ------ can develop a hairpin pistol, I don't believe how difficult it is to make a pot camel machine!" ”

Li Ao's munitions products were mainly muskets and cannons, which he had mentioned to Wallace earlier, and Wallace immediately understood the so-called haircuts.

Wallace was also surprised that Li Ao's munitions processing factory could get the help of Zhang Islander, and he actually provided him with spring steel!

He understands that without a V-spring, the hair is a joke.

Sure enough, Li Ao continued: "Maybe I will still get the help of Island Master Zhang------ after all, I am also one of the big taxpayers ------ Liuqiu Island!" ”

After saying that, the two of them laughed together.

The two of them walked easily on the trestle in Alexandria, chatting as they went to Li Ao's three-masted ship.

They were followed by two black retinues of Li Ao, helping them carry their bags.

Li Ao said: "My ship is called Feilian, which means the legendary flying god------ but it is only a three-masted ship of 1,500 tons, and now I don't know how the ship is ready." ”

When Wallace followed Li Ao onto the Feilian, he was simply shocked, he had never seen a sea ship with such luxurious decorations and such complete living facilities!

At the bow of the ship was a goddess carved out of camphor wood, her eyes like jewels, and her head held high to the sea.

Li Ao introduced: "That's my sister, I will bless the whole boat------ it took time to find two black jade gems of the same size." ”

Even the side of the ship is carved with beautiful patterns, and the rudder disc is inlaid with beautiful jade.

"Those are all carved by craftsmen who invited the Great Song Dynasty to come here, and at that time, the craftsmen from the Liuqiu shipyard refused to do this work, they thought it was useless------ hehe."

The whole ship was painted with golden paint, but fortunately it was not fancy ------ this ship, like the sea ships of the New Oriental Group, was built by craftsmen from the Liuqiu shipyard and with relevant equipment, and then from the river to the shipyard in Alexandria, where it was built on borrowed land.

It cost a lot of money at the time.

Li Ao said: "I am not like New Oriental Group Company, they use local materials, directly use the cedar here------ my hardwood is shipped from Tianzhu, if I was not in a hurry at that time, I can build a bigger one, bigger than New Oriental Group's!" ”

The Fei Lian raised three snow-white sails------ Li Ao said: "I hate the yellowing of the sails, every time I go to sea, I change them to new ones!" ”

Wallace scratched his head, the arms business must be a profiteering business!

Before leaving, Li Ao also took him for a walk in the cabin.

The whole ship is divided into three floors, the first floor is the owner's rest cabin, the captain's rest cabin, the crew rest cabin, the guest rest cabin, the large dining room, the small restaurant, and a meeting room.

The rest cabins have celluloid windows and silk curtains, and they are by no means the kind of cabins lit by kerosene lamps, which makes people look pleasing to the eye.

Li Ao said lightly: "Each rest cabin has its own bathroom, which is similar to the kind of Liuqiu Hotel, and those who have lived there should understand what real life is." ”

The second-floor cabins have a dedicated galley, storage and gymnasium, as well as a sanitary room.

Kerosene lamps are hung every five meters at the top of the corridor, and you can see that the walls are also carved with beautiful patterns, and they are also gilded, and the carpet under your feet is also gold.

Li Ao said: "The medicine that should be on board is fully equipped, similar to the health center of our army. ”

The bilge is a warehouse------ where there are some munitions and their samples.

Li Ao said: "If we can endure the difficult conditions, we don't need to dock ------ within half a year."

It's also called hard conditions!?

Well, everyone has their own way of speaking, and Wallace is sure that he is not showing off his wealth, but that he likes it.

There were seventeen crew members on board, including the expressionless captain, and they could tell at a glance that they had all served in the military.

Li Ao said: "They are all our comrades-in-arms, like me, they like to live an adventurous life------ of course, we will return to our hometown in the future." ”

When the Flyer sailed out of Alexandria, Wallace was surprised to find that the tax collector in the harbor had not come on board to inspect it, and even that the people on it were shouting at a Mamluk naval warship as it passed by.

Li Ao said proudly: "This is not Liuqiu Island, as long as there is gold here, there will be all freedom!" ”

PS: Thank you for the tips from book friend Nani and Australian Lao Wu.