The closer you are to the port of Aden, the more Arab schooners will be on the sea. Compared with the Southern Song Dynasty, the Arabs were not weak in navigation, and if we look at it purely from a commercial point of view, the Arabs are more comprehensive and active. Their exploration has extended south to the north of the island of Madagascar, East Asia to Japan, and Arab merchant ships in Europe, North Africa, and West Africa, plus caravans on land, forming a trade network that covers almost half of the world.

But compared to Hong Tao's fleet, these Arab merchant ships are insignificant, and they are too far apart in terms of size and displacement. A single Salmon-class armed merchant ship can carry the load of three or four of the largest Arab schooners. Compared to the King of the Seas, those schooners are small sampans.

Seeing such a large fleet entering the Gulf of Aden, many Arab schooners would approach to take a closer look, while others would hide in the distance. Their general camp can be seen from these actions, and those who come to see the freshness are Arab merchants who don't know much about the rat flag, which means that they don't go to the port of Kalamba very much. Those boats that hid far away should be people who are more familiar with the rat flag, and it is likely that they have also suffered losses. They must all be from the Red Sea, because it was from that side of the Arab fleet that went to the port of Kalamba to cause trouble.

Hong Tao has never been to the port of Aden in his previous life, and its reputation here is too stinky, and it is simply synonymous with piracy in modern history, not to mention that Hong Tao himself did not dare to dock with a sailboat, and even Levin, the head of the secret service, came from the Suez Canal with a fleet, and did not dare to stay here longer, and had to send armed inspectors on the ship at night. But in the Middle Ages. The sea isn't that scary. Although there are also pirates. But for large fleets, there is basically no need to worry. They are all single households rowing small wooden boats, and it is good to have a steel knife in their hands, even if they touch the boat, it is for nothing.

"Send a warship into the harbor with the Sea King, and except for the two cargo ships that are to be unloaded here, the rest of the warships and cargo ships are anchored outside the port. I'll take the marines away, and every day I'll send someone to inform the standard-bearer of the king of the sea to signal you, as long as you don't contact you for a day. Don't leave this port behind, it's all blown up. In addition, don't be idle, I guess I won't be able to come back in a day or two, you send a boat here to explore the hydrological data first, try not to conflict with the local boats, but don't forget the mistakes made by Bojiao and Kong Pei before. ”

Before entering the port, Hong Tao called Mercy to his cabin, took out his precious little box and entrusted it to Mercy, and then thought about everything after the death, and then lowered half a sail with the King of the Sea. Led by three local pilot ships, it slowly and leisurely drilled into the port of Aden.

The port is natural. To the east and to the west there is a hill jutting out of the coastline, which is later known as Little Aden and Ayton. After burrowing into the waterway between them and turning right, there is a small bay, which is no worse than the natural conditions of Mayi Harbour, and there is no problem in mooring a hundred and ten large ships.

It's just that the Arabs are too far behind the Jinhe country in terms of construction capacity, especially after the construction material of cement, it took less than two years for the port of Mayi to take shape, and the port of Aden is estimated to have been built for hundreds of years, but it is still a simple small port. There is no problem with the schooners docking the Arabs, the Seawolf class can also make do, the Salmon class and the Sea King can only be moored in deep water, and people and goods have to be dumped ashore little by little in small boats.

"Boss Wu! Don't just sell goods, get along with the locals is the right thing, and don't plan to come to understand the language and customs of other people to have a long-term relationship. I can tell you, people here are very particular, such as don't give wine, let alone stare at women, and don't give gifts to other women. I know so much about saluting, handing things, and eating, and you can find out the rest by yourself. Safety first, send a signal to the battleship immediately if you are in trouble, don't take your life seriously! Before the official landing, Hong Tao summoned the owners of the two merchant ships to the deck of the Sea King, and together with several officers of the Royal Marines, they went for a short time, mainly to clean them up. In fact, Hong Tao himself has just heard Said speak, and he is learning and selling now, and it is better to talk about it than not to talk about it.

"Your Majesty is wise...... Don't worry, with my samurai's ship here, this business won't be able to run! Even if I load a boatload of stones, I have to sell them, and I can't fool people, and I have to let them talk about me next time I'm late! I know you don't like the rags on my ship, but if you go ashore, you'll inevitably have to bring some trinkets to reward the locals, or will you pick some silk and good tea from my ship and bring it with you? ”

Boss Wu is an old man in the strait company, he was the first batch to follow Hong Tao to sail to Kabalan Port, and half of the children of the whole family have entered the nationality of Jinhe, and he can already be regarded as tying himself to Hong Tao's thief ship and never getting off. In addition to being reliable, he is also a good hand at trading, and he has a good mouth to fight with Hong Tao, and his chubby, white appearance is even more confusing.

"Yes, I received your wishes, we are the emperor, and we still need to prepare gifts when we get here? Wait and see, when I leave, I can't raise the sails without filling the boat, can we trade at a loss? That's what Boss Wu said, and Hong Tao also heard this, you don't have to take it to heart to brag and play cymbals, Hong Tao blows more evilly, and you can be as shameless as you can.

"Hey, hey, hey...... That's, that's ...... Your Majesty, you're busy, I'll go and work first! You see, I've hired all the interpreters on the ship, and if I don't get all their belts back, I'll take your last name! When Boss Wu saw those curious people on the dock, his pupils were about to turn square. The more unfamiliar the city, the easier it is to sell the goods and the higher the price, this simple truth has long been understood. Fear? What are businessmen afraid of besides losing money?

"Old slippery head! None of them wear belts, and they will kill you! "Alin is also a merchant, but he doesn't have his own big merchant ship, and seeing others making money every day, he is in a hurry, and the statement that his peers are enemies is not wrong at all.

"Hey, don't curse your own people like this! Don't worry, as long as the routes and ports here are fixed, I will let Bojiao give you a promotion and collect taxes in the port of Kalamba. Managing these guys every day, taking money out of their pockets, and watching their father-like expressions when they pay the money, isn't it enjoyable? Hong Tao understood what Alin was thinking, and this younger brother of Martini was a cautious eye, and he couldn't see the good of others, so it was most suitable for him to take the position of tax collector.

"All praise be to Allah...... And Your Majesty, hehehehe......" Alin listened to Hong Tao's promise, and a smile finally appeared on his gloomy face. Hong Tao said that he was in his heart, since he became the governor of Cape Town, he knew that he did not have the life to be a governor in his life, let alone go back to be a merchant, and in all these official positions, he liked to collect the merchants' taxes the most.

"Lao Sai, let's take a boat, while you have time, you can tell me about the etiquette here, can I bring my own bowl and eat without holding it with my hands?" Hong Tao didn't plan to leave Said really on the ship as a hostage, so it would not be a matter of cowardice, and it was very inconsistent with the temperament of an emperor. With the protection of the three hundred marines under Lang Ya, it should not be difficult to run from the white palace in the distance to the docks.

The colors of the clothes here are very monotonous, and those who wear white and green clothes don't need to look closely, they must all be men. The women all wore black robes, and they had to cover their heads with a black scarf, and anyway, no skin was allowed to be exposed on the whole body, and no hands were allowed to be made. Covering half of your face with a small scarf as in the movie was not allowed in this era, and it was only in later generations that some Arab countries were more open.

Not even a hole in the turban can be made, the more pious the Mus-Lin woman, the thicker the turban. If you see a woman in a black robe and a black headscarf being walked down the street by the hand of a child, don't think that she is blind, she is not blind, but she really can't see the road, because she is too pious, and her turban is too thick, so she can only find a child to lead her to walk. Moreover, the women of Muzzi Lin must go home before dark, and they cannot go out at night to wander around, nor do they wear headscarves.

Don't look at it as a small governor of Aden, the pomp of the emir of bin Laden is not small, the camel soldiers are lined up on the left, the cavalry is lined up on the right, fortunately there are no archers, otherwise Hong Tao really wouldn't dare to go ashore.

"Who is the emir?" Hong Tao almost took out the binoculars, but he still didn't find a special one among the group of white-robed people. He kind of likes this kind of costume, it's not good for assassination, it's almost the same from a distance, and he can't tell who's who. In fact, Hong Tao's own design of the navy uniform is the same, if you don't look carefully at the buttons, the sailor and the captain are basically the same.

"The short man in the middle ......," Said whispered to Hong Tao for the answer.

“…… It's not like Uncle Laden at all, maybe it's not on one branch, uncle and brother, ......" Hong Tao finally found the emir according to Said's instructions, and then he was disappointed, this guy didn't look like the one in the future wherever he looked.

The meeting gift with the emir has been changed again, and the two of them, like old friends who have not seen each other for many years, hugged each other and rubbed the left side of the left cheek and the right cheek, and after rubbing three times, they had to hold hands and talk nonsense to each other. You say Allah bless, I say good weather, and then wait for Said to translate it, smile enthusiastically, and then say the next nonsense. (To be continued.) )