Section 3 Black Mogadishu
Although Girohad promised that the entire fleet would take Lao Luo's opinion first, this did not mean that Lao Luo could use this power at will. In fact, the biggest ship that Lao Luo rode on was the lead ship, and the captain on the ship, McNee, was the dispatcher of the entire fleet. From the moment the fleet set sail, McNee was worried that a layman would blindly make random demands on the ship, which would ruin the order of the entire fleet, and at sea, order is life.
Fortunately, Lao Luo never raised any objections to issues such as the route, and the biggest request was just to train his entourage to call a few small boats. And Lao Luo himself is a good diver, which shows that this temporary guest is not a forgetful person. So in the next few days, there was no estrangement, but there was a tacit understanding between Lao Luo and McNee on many things.
This state of affairs continued until the arrival in Mogadishu, which was largely under the direct control of the Kingdom of Fatima, and the fiefdoms of several high-ranking ministers were located in the vicinity of this seaport. The seaport of Mogadishu is the fiefdom of the Mustan family, who have a small population but many foreign tribes.
In fact, this was a big problem buried in the development of the Arab world at the beginning of later, the more land the Arabs occupied, the less adequate the original population became, so expropriation and forced conversion was an important means of population expansion. The result of this was the accumulation of a large number of people by the upper families who kept a large number of foreign slaves, as was the case with the Mustansir.
The Mustansir family had a fief in Mogadishu, and most of their slaves there were Ger people. The local Gerri were numerous, and many of them converted to Islam under Arab conquest, but after all, there were still people who preferred to rule the land with their own people, who were originally predominantly reliant on primitive religion.
Lao Luo's fleet arrived at the port of Mogadishu in such an environment. Of course, we are talking about the background, and Lao Luo who is deeply involved in it does not understand, the moment the fleet arrived at the dock, Lao Luo saw that the dock was full of black people, there were few Arabs wearing robes, not only a few black robes or white robes, but also a few Arabs in green robes, you must know that this is the territory of the Kingdom of Fatima!
"McNee, you've been to Mogadishu many times, right?" Lao Luo asked the captain beside him with a little doubt.
"That's right, this is the southernmost port of my Fatimid Kingdom." McNee's tone was full of pride in the Fatimid kingdom, "Almost all the people here are Muslims, even if their skin is black, they are black Muslims." ”
"Well, it seems that Islam is indeed the religion that spreads the fastest......" Of course, Lao Luo's voice was a little low, and McNee, who was busy arranging for the docking at this time, had no time to care about anything else, of course, even if he heard Lao Luo's words, he might be proud of his sect.
All the ships docked, and the merchants on it first went to the dock to arrange the shipment and distribution, and among these people was Cui Zhouguang, who had not dealt much with him on the road. Although Cui Shibai and Cui Zhouguang are the same family, Cui Zhoushi is the biological grandfather of Shibalang, so their relationship is not close.
Lao Luo took four entourages and also went to the dock to go around the city near the port. When the five of them first got on the dock, they happened to meet Fan Zhengsheng, an acquaintance of the Fan family who was with the ship this time, and the old Fan was always busy greeting the newly trained sailors on the way, and at this time he happened to think that he had not been to the port in the north for a long time, and was ready to go to the port to go around.
"Hello Uncle Sheng, are you going to go to the shore to have a look?" The elders came first, and Lao Luo said hello first. The eighteen behind him also saluted with Lao Luo.
"San Lang, what are you?" Fan Zhengsheng took a few sailors and looked at a few behind Lao Luo, especially Cui Eighteen, "Eighteen didn't cause you any trouble, right?" ”
"Why, eighteen is still well-behaved. Hehe, no, I'm going to take a few of them to the shore for a walk. ”
"That's good, let's go all the way," Lao Fan held Lao Luo's saluting hand, "It just so happens that I also brought these unsuccessful clan disciples to meet the market." ”
For Lao Luo, this urban area is not very beautiful, and the most chaotic Indian city in later generations is also larger than this scale, but because it is an Islamic city, the sanitation of the urban area is much better than that of later India. The entourage behind Lao Luo is different from the kind of young man behind Lao Fan, most of them are on Mombasa Island all year round, and everything is fresh.
Lao Luo and Fan Zhengsheng looked left and right while discussing the scale of this urban area. As far as the eye can see, it is the scope of this urban area, and Lao Luo can't help but sigh a little, compared to Mombasa Island, it is a small village, and this is a prefecture-level city.
The road he is taking at the moment is basically full of various businesses on both sides, although not every industry logo here is known, Lao Luo can still distinguish that many of them are of some scale. As for the pedestrians on the road, you can see all kinds of clothes, basically there are unthinkable ethnic groups, not to mention that Lao Luo was a little surprised, even Fan Zhengsheng was also a little surprised, as for the surrounding entourage, basically their eyes were straight.
"I haven't been here for a few years, and it's really changed." Fan Zhengsheng said, and then pointed to a tall two-story oriental-style building in the distance, "Look over there, it's a shop cooperated by our Fan family and the Cui family, the scale is good, right?" ”
Lao Luo glanced at it from a distance, "It's really good, there are so many merchants, business should be very prosperous, right?" “
"Well, I don't care about it here, but I've heard that the annual balance is good."
"I said uncle, can you trust me?" Deliberately lowering his voice, Lao Luo lowered his head and said to Fan Zhengsheng.
Lao Luo's sudden words made Fan Zhengsheng a little stunned, and then he also said in a low voice, "What do you say?" San Lang, I still know you a little, and I admire the things I do and say. ”
"Uncle Sheng, listen to me, notify Uncle Guang as soon as you turn around, and then inform the people here together to withdraw from this city." Lao Luo's low voice made Fan Zhengsheng a little creepy.
"Why?"
Lao Luo pointed down to the end of the road, where there was a predominantly black city patrol. Then with a swipe of the hand, left and right, it was all black ghettos or residences. "I think of a sentence that seems to be in "Zuo Biography", its rise is also vigorous, and its death is also sudden."
"I don't understand, but I'll pass on your words to Cui Lao Wu." Fan Zhengsheng is actually a rough man, where does he understand Lao Luo's vague hints?
"Uncle Sheng, listen to me, the time is best within three days, if the time is too late, people are the most important." Lao Luo said in a low voice, "I can't explain this, I will see it afterwards." ”
"Understood, let's go back?"
"No, there's still time, let's go to the neighborhood over there and have a look," Lao Luo casually pointed to the official or big family's residence here, although he couldn't stop, but it was no problem to pass by. "You four follow me, don't make your own decisions."
"Yes, boss (third uncle)."
"Huh? Camille, what's wrong with you? ”
"Teacher, there's an entertainment hall over there, how about I invite a few teachers to see the singers and dancers?" Camille was clearly completely off the hook.
"Bastard, you said that I was in charge on the way, and you forgot what you said?" Lao Luo was a little annoyed, how could this kid be so serious.
Eighteen Lang next to him hurriedly grabbed Camille and motioned him to shut up. Lao Luo saw that someone greeted Camille, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it.
The Arab settlements are mainly small estates of big nobles, and there are also some officials' residences, and there is a mosque next to it, and the number of people is quite large, but in Lao Luo's observation, there are still the majority of black people. Walking further on, a passing black soldier on patrol caught his attention, and the guy had the wrong look in his eyes. "Alright, it's getting late, let's all go back to the docks."
His subordinates and Lao Fan's juniors couldn't disagree, and they were powerless to deal with it. It's hard to get a big city, and it's not allowed to go around, and there is nowhere to talk about the reason.
Fan Zhengsheng was different, knowing that Lao Luo must be justified in doing this, so he followed a few steps, "San Lang, what do you say?" ”
"Uncle Sheng, go and send someone to inform Uncle Guang that the shipment should be made as soon as possible today, and we will leave tomorrow morning, and we will not stay."
"Okay, I'll send someone to inform you."
Back at the docks, Lao Luo called a few people to have dinner, and then went to McNee alone.
McNee was still busy at the docks. Lao Luo came to him at actually a very bad time, but there was no way, if there was a choice, Lao Luo would rather leave directly with his own people than talk nonsense with anyone.
"McNee, how's the ship unloading?"
"It's okay, it should be about the same time for dinner." McNee also had a parchment at hand to record the various work arrangements.
"Sorry, excuse me," said Ronaldo, who didn't look apologetic at all, "for one thing, tomorrow morning, no later than noon, we must leave Mogadishu." ”
"Okay, okay...... What the? "McNee's hood is going to be knocked off by him.
"There's no why, can't explain, please trust a warrior's instincts." Lao Luo still had a calm face, "Do you remember what Girohard said at the beginning?" I said that I would only need three unconditional cooperation at most. ”
"O Allah is above! Bartol, do you know how many people are going to be re-informed? Do you know how much of the original plan had to be changed? You know ......."
"No, Captain McNee, that's something you're responsible for, I shouldn't have asked."
The "......" green robe made McNee's flushed face even redder, and his beard had a tendency to explode.
"That's it, I'll go see if dinner is ready." Lao Luo knew that it was not appropriate to say anything at this time, so he turned around and left.
McNee, who was left guarding the table, "Damn it, damn Orientals...... I knew I knew it was going to make some mess, I knew it wasn't going to be a damn voyage, I knew it was ......"