In fact, if you look at the process of making frosted sugar in the Song Dynasty, you can know whether they have white sugar or not, and none of these processes are decolorized. The real historically recorded decolorization process did not appear until the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it was not a high-end gadget such as bone charcoal, but a yellow clay soup. If you want to know this knowledge, go to the "History of Sugar", which is written by both Europeans and Ji Xianlin, a master of Chinese culture, which details the history of the production and development of sugar.

"No...... The frosting of the Great Song Dynasty is the best, it is also light yellow, I have trafficked it, but it is afraid of water, and after it comes back, it becomes a piece of hard things, and it cannot be sold at a high price. Martini said as he took advantage of Hong Tao's inattention to pinch some sugar from the jar and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Well, what do you think I would do if I exchanged sugar for a war horse? With such a big jar of sugar, how many war horses can it be exchanged? Hong Tao gestured with his hand to the size of a jar of whale oil.

“…… 10 cans for a horse! Superior horses, the best! Four cans of ordinary war horses! As soon as Martini started talking about business, he stopped sweating or shivering, his little eyes were dripping, and his fat fingers stretched out and retracted, and he soon gave an accurate answer.

"Lao Pu, you see, in fact, I am still good to you. If your companions hadn't taken the initiative to attack me, I wouldn't have poisoned them, and I wouldn't have killed your brother. I killed those people mainly in self-defense, but it's a good thing for you, you say? When Hong Tao heard Martini's offer, his face suddenly bloomed with a kind smile like a spring breeze, and he left his seat, personally helped Martini up from the carpet, and let him go to the sofa, even if the leather strip under the sofa was crushed by the fat man, he was not displeased.

"Yes, yes, yes. It's them who deserve to die, they shouldn't be evil to adults, I persuaded them, but they didn't listen to me, I swear, I really did! Martini's face began to sweat again. When Hong Tao ordered the execution of those Arabs on the dock, he also smiled, and he smiled brighter than now.

"I believe it! Your heart is towards the Great Song Dynasty, so I helped you kill so many competitors, and if you return to the Great Song Dynasty in the future, will it be better to make money? Hong Tao patted the fat man on the shoulder and continued to guide him to follow his train of thought.

"I ...... I...... Can you go back? No, no, no! I will only be a faithful servant of adults in this life, and I will not go anywhere! The light in Martini's eyes flickered. It was quickly extinguished, and he felt that Hong Tao was lying to him. A fool will let go of his eyewitnesses who killed people and destroyed the ship, and if he goes to the Great Song Dynasty official mansion to complain, the kind Great Song officials will definitely help him speak. So, this is a trap, he is testing his loyalty, and he must hold on!

"You see, in the future, I will allow your family to sell this white sugar in the Arab Empire. As for the source of sugar, it is necessary to exchange it for horses. I'll give you the price of seven cans of candy for an ordinary horse, and fifteen cans for a good horse! In addition, I have a lot of good things, you know sesame oil, right? And soap, candles, I can give it to you, and it's cheaper than giving it to someone else, understand? Hong Tao didn't care what Medini was thinking. Still talking about his plans to himself.

“…… I'm still willing to follow the adults......" Martini licked her lips and suppressed her ** with all her might, not daring to show the slightest intention of leaving.

"Of course, you have to stay with me, and so does your brother! I'm going to make you both big, big, rich. But you can't just have two brothers in your family, right? When you get to Miska, tell your brother to get off the boat and contact them, make me clear, and bring them to the ship. In the future, they will represent you and do business between Da Song and Miska, and you and your brother will follow me back to Da Song. If you and your brother are faithful enough, in a few years I will let you go back and send you back with a whole fleet, and then you will be the master of the miska, and whoever does not listen to you, the fleet will fight whom, let's say fifty such ships, is it enough? "Hong Tao began to draw a big pie again, it is necessary to find an agent in the Arab world, he has not yet conquered the Arab world with such a big force, and it is difficult to say whether he will have it in the future. And he did not want to completely conquer the Arabs, this people is very tough, and has gone through several times of rule by Persians, Turks, Europeans, but it has never fallen down, and it is very troublesome.

"Me! Gamel. Abdul. Deward. Abdul. Matini, swear to Allah that you will be your servant for the rest of your life. "The pie is tempting, and there is no other way for Metini to be, and when the fleet leaves Arabia, it will be the end for him and his brother. As a businessman, he calculated very clearly, this transaction was not a loss, and he exchanged the freedom of himself and his younger brother for the glory and wealth of his family and descendants, which should be said to be earned. As for whether Hong Tao can fulfill this promise, Medini thinks that it is very possible, to do business, you can give it a try if you are five points sure, and you should go all out if you have a seven point possibility.

"Okay, let's still do it in the way of Da Song, come, shoot it!" Hong Tao stretched out his right hand, what oath is not an oath, or that sentence, whether it is Martini, Luo Youde, or the Tan family, they are all their own partners, their loyalty is limited, there is no one in the world who is desperate for no reason, just see if you can continue to provide them with the benefits of exchange, and you just can.

"Snap ......" A big hand and a chubby hand slapped together, this palm was very small, but its effect was beyond Hong Tao's imagination, and this meat-like Martini was probably the biggest business he had ever done in his life, and he made a lot of money.

Becoming a future partner, Hong Tao's attitude towards Martini is much better than before, at least he no longer treats him as a slave, but the guards are still very strict. He and his brother will not be able to see each other for the time being, because the business has not yet begun. Medini still follows Hong Tao every day, constantly explaining the details of the Arab world, whether it is history, present, culture, religion, Hong Tao is interested in listening.

The word eclipse comes from the ancient Persian word Tay, which was used to refer to Arab tribes when the Persians ruled the Arab world. Later, through the ancient Silk Road, the word also spread to China, so the Chinese collectively called people from this region the big cannibals. In fact, there are also white food, black food and green food in the big cannibals.

The Umayyad dynasty, whose capital was founded in Damascus, was a great food in white. They used to be very large, bordering the Tang Dynasty on the Pamirs in the east, the Iberian Peninsula, southern France and North Africa in the west, Constantinople, the capital of Byzantium in the north, and Tanzania in the south. Then there was a problem within their dynasty, and African Islam wanted to become independent, and as a result, it fell apart. Some of them built their capital in Baghdad and established the Abbasid dynasty, while the other part went to the Iberian Peninsula and formed the post-Umayyad dynasty, one east and one west. The post-Umayyad dynasty in the west admired white and inherited the mantle of white food, while the Abbasid dynasty in the east admired black and was called black food.

Later, the Abbasid dynasty was occupied by the Turks, and the caliph became a puppet, and several were appointed casually, and the result was a warlord scuffle. Some of the Shiite Muslims fled to Tunisia and established the Fadima-Gagoning dynasty, which occupied Algeria, Syria, Italian Sardinia, Egypt and other places, and established Cairo as its capital. Because they worship the color green, they are called the Green Food.

To be precise, Maitini was a black-clothed eater, that is, a descendant of the Abbasid dynasty. Do you know why Iran is so isolated in the Muslim world? That's right, they are not Arabs, but Persians who have converted to Shia Islam, they have ruled each other, and there is a feud at the root, so it is normal to fight, and it is wrong not to fight.

After 20 days of sailing in the warm Arabian Sea, the fleet reached the entrance to the Gulf of Oman, where from time to time one or two small sailing boats appeared on the water, but they did not try to attack the fleet, because Hong Tao listened to the advice of Martini and made a flag with a black background and painted a small man on a camel, which was hung on the top of the mast. Medini said that this was the flag of his tribe, and whoever dared to rob was at war with this tribe. In terms of effect, it does work, at least near the Gulf of Oman.

"Is he your own brother? A mother's? Seeing that Martini's brother, who was as thin as a hemp pole, was sent to the port of Miska by boat with a jar of sugar, Hong Tao was still a little uneasy. Arabs, especially rich people, can marry many wives and have a lot of sons, and it is not a big deal to lose a few.

"Don't worry, master, he is my own brother, even if he is not, that jar of sugar is enough to make him be, in terms of business, I am not as good as him." Medini and Hong Tao have been together for so many days, and now they no longer live in infinite fear every day. In his eyes, Hong Tao was a prophetic figure, and he knew everything very well about Arab, European, and even North Africa. Why did he know, he didn't dare to ask, but he was sure that Hong Tao was not a murderous psychopath, and he would not kill people for no reason, and those dead Arabs were completely coincidental.

"Let's see the effect, I hope he doesn't kill your brother." Hong Tao did not say anything about Maitini's assurance, and all three sailing ships did not enter the port, but were parked two nautical miles away, and as long as the wind and grass were blowing, they raised their sails and ran. There are ships that dare to approach, and they directly throw iron balls to blow up Ya Ting, anyway, how to come safely. If you don't have a horse, you can go back to the Great Song Dynasty, so you told Luo Youde that if you didn't buy it, he could still eat himself? At most, next time I come back with ten warships to find a field, it will not be as simple as buying a horse at that time. (To be continued.) )