One day, two days, and the third day, at last there was movement, and a slurry boat was slowly rowing towards the anchorage of the waves with a pre-negotiated flag, and the lookout reported that there were only a dozen oarsmen, four or five men in large robes, and a horse on board!

"Particular, and I know that bringing samples here, your brother is really good." When approaching the range of one kilometer, Hong Tao also saw clearly in the telescope, this slurry ship is not big, not even a deck, and there is no place to hide people, and there are no suspicious ships around at this time, it seems that Martini's younger brother is not playing tricks, they are brothers This matter Hong Tao feels a little credible.

The horse is a good horse, only five years old, although the height is less than five feet, but it is also around four feet seven inches, as for whether it is an Arabian horse or other breeds, Hong Tao does not recognize, he is not a horse, he has ridden and rented in his previous life, but he is not enthusiastic about it, and he has not studied it. The horses were accompanied by three representatives of the leaders of the Metini tribe, who had come to negotiate with Hong Tao. The samples of the horses were brought, and the samples of the white sugar were also satisfied, but if you want to trade, you have to look at other white sugars. Since it was the first time for the two parties to trade, they would not bring all the horses, and as a result, you said that the sugar was all sunburned, and the transportation of the horses also cost money, who would pay for this money?

Look at the goods, just look at the goods, anyway, Hong Tao didn't plan to be blind, but after looking around, Hong Tao felt a little stupid. Compared with sugar, the three tribal representatives preferred soap as a thing that cleansed the body, which was very important to their religious beliefs, so after a simple bargain, they sampled horses like this, four cans of white sugar and ten pieces of soap, ten cans of white sugar and twenty pieces of soap for the best horses, and two cans of white sugar and five pieces of soap for the second. Candles and whale oil were not very needed by the other party, they had other things to use for lighting.

Come to think of it, Arabia is rich in oil and is still a nomadic people. What kind of light bulbs do you want, except for the lighting in the mosque and the palace, ordinary people light a fire at the door of the tent, and they are really blind, and they come over with whale oil and candles to change things, and their efforts are in vain.

Thirty ordinary horses. Ten good horses, this is the carrying limit of the fleet, the horse can't be put lying down, it takes up a lot of space, and Hong Tao has to ensure that the fleet has enough combat capacity, after all, this is a battleship not a cargo ship.

However, in addition to the supplies for the horses, there were more than 3,000 catties of sugar, more than 3,000 catties of whale oil, more than 300 pieces of soap, and more than 100 candles left on the ship. Soap and candles are easy to do, they don't take up space, and Hong Tao doesn't want to bring back sugar and whale oil. What to do? What else do you want to go? What else can I change here? Gold, silver, jewelry, Hong Tao is not interested, that thing is useless. No matter how many horses there are, you can't fit them, don't think about food or anything, you can't bring them back. Medini and the representatives of his tribe didn't want the rest of the sugar to fall into the hands of others, and kept recommending their goods to Hong Tao, but Hong Tao always shook his head.

"Can a slave be made or not? Persian slaves! Seeing that Hong Tao was not satisfied with anything, Martini suddenly said another kind of goods.

"It's useless for me to want slaves, if needed. Will catch it yourself! Hong Tao still shook his head, isn't it enough to spend money to buy slaves. Southeast Asia has a large population, and there is no need to worry about labor at all.

"It's a slave girl, a Persian slave girl and a Byzantine slave girl, dancing ......," Medini added, twisting her body like a ball of flesh and performing a few belly dances for Hong Tao.

“…… How to sell? Hong Tao licked his lips. He is a good-hearted man who can't listen to the oppression of women.

"One of the five cans of candy for the best training, and one for the ordinary cans of sugar!" Medini asked the three tribal representatives and made an offer.

"Damn, it's almost the same price as the war horse!" Hong Tao originally wanted to exchange some female slaves for the Tan family in Jinhewan. Let's solve the problem of the imbalance between men and women, but when I hear this price, I am a little hesitant.

"Very good! It's one in a hundred! You can look at the sample first! As soon as Martini heard Hong Tao's tone, there was a door! It's just too expensive, and he didn't say he wouldn't buy it, so he began to fool Hong Tao in turn.

"Then let's have twenty first, and also, help me find a few slaves who can raise horses, I can say ugly things before, if all you bring are crooked melons and cracked dates, don't blame me for not receiving and not paying!" Hong Tao looked at the complexion on Martini's face, and felt that it shouldn't be too bad to make this dead fat man salivate, anyway, he didn't marry his own daughter-in-law, so he almost got it.

Five days later, Arab boats brought dozens of fat and sturdy horses from the port of Miska, along with six horse slaves, all of whom were said to be good at raising war horses. In order to reassure Hong Tao, he also tried to feed a few horses on the spot to prove that there was no poison in it.

The last ship was not loaded with war horses, but a group of women dressed very coolly, with only a gauze skirt, a bandeau and a gauze scarf all over their bodies, all covered their heads with gauze scarves, and climbed barefoot along the rope ladder on the side of the ship to the boat.

Hong Tao's small eyes are a must for women, as long as you glance at it, you can know that the figure is about good or bad. Except for a few of the more plump ones in this boatload of female slaves who didn't quite meet his appetite, the rest were actually pretty good. As for the appearance, I can't see it yet, but he thinks that there shouldn't be much difference between Maitini and his own aesthetics, and since he said that they are all high-quality goods, it shouldn't be too bad.

"Look, go over and help, it's all your daughter-in-law from now on!" He could be at ease, but the fish, the shrimp and the sailors were a little at a loss. No matter how open the women of the Great Song Dynasty are, they will not be able to open to this extent, which is basically equivalent to not wearing them. And they are all at the bottom of society, and they usually can't get in touch with the singers in the green building, and they all want to see it but don't dare to see it, and they don't dare to see it and want to see it.

"Hey...... Come! Help! "Hong Tao is such an uncle on the fish stall, he is unlucky, two days ago he was still laughing at his brother Bo Jiao for marrying a foreign woman, and now it is his turn, but he does not reject it at all, shouts at the deck, and trots to the side of the boat to lead by example.

"You come back to me! Are you all going? Don't be afraid that people will give us a pot! Tell the lookouts of each boat, keep their eyes bright, and don't just look at women! Hong Tao grabbed the shrimp who was about to run down, and snorted at the sea. Po Shrimp swallowed, climbed up the rigging himself, and went to the lookout, looking down as he climbed, he couldn't be very jealous that his cousin could pull the woman himself.

One hand of money, one hand of goods, the first transaction was very smooth, Hong Tao was simply generous, and gave them another 20 cans of whales, in case they use it well, maybe they will be willing to buy it in the future. So the two sides agreed that the next transaction would be carried out in the port of Cabaran, and that there would be not only sugar and soap, but also porcelain, silk, and tea, and the amount was very large, at least ten times that of this time, so that the people of the Medini family could prepare the supply, and the transaction time would be at the beginning of next year, and the specific time could not be determined, and there was no accurate timetable for the voyage, at least not for now.

Originally, Hong Tao also wanted to take the fleet from the Arabian Sea to explore along the east coast of Africa, but there were so many people and horses on the ship, which was not suitable for drifting on the sea for a long time, so let's wait for the next time. Return! When the three galleons were back at full sail, the speed was not the same as when they came, and they crossed the northern Arabian Sea and reached the port of Kabalan in just eight days, following the southwest monsoon blowing along the starboard side, at an average speed of nine knots per hour.

After seeing Hong Tao's fleet, he immediately raised a flag to report safety, and the two sides converged together, and sent a small boat to send a few jars of whale oil and a relatively plump Persian dancing girl to the prince of Ceylon, and then the black slaves who were working on the port were picked up, and they were simply supplied with fruit and fresh water, and only stayed for one night, and set sail again, lined up in a column like a race, and ran eastward with their lives.

It has been two and a half months since I left Jinhe Bay, 80% of the time I was on the sea, and many times I was still on the verge of life and death, and I basically didn't go ashore, and the crew members reached the limit of patience. As soon as I heard that I was going home, I had endless energy all over my body, and the result of working together was one word, fast! After fifteen days of rest from Kabalan Port to Malacca Port, I ran from Malacca again, this time it was really a good wind, and before I caught up with any bad weather, I saw the two small peaks outside the mouth of the Golden River in eight days.

Ninety-nine days, more than 16,000 kilometers back and forth, explored a maritime Silk Road, occupied a permanent supply point, contacted a fixed customer, basically perfected the Asian chart, this voyage can be regarded as a very rewarding, but also Hong Tao through more than four years, the first time that he felt that he could live a carefree life, with this route, with these tempered sailors, no matter how powerful the Mongols, they are in an invincible position. The next thing to do is to figure out how to help the Southern Song Dynasty defeat the Mongols, whether they can be defeated, Hong Tao has no score in his heart, but looking at the brightly lit Jinhewan residential area, the smoke billowing oil refining area, the smelting area with sparks splashing, the agricultural area shrouded in the night, and those slaves who are unloading from the big ship, and the residents who are standing on the dock waiting for their children who are sailors to come home, Hong Tao feels that it is very possible, as long as he can have a few more Jinhe Bay, he will run the history thing to his life, just a Mongol Empire, It's just a member of the car of history, and you can even change its foundation, not to mention the skin? (To be continued.) )