Never since humans began exploring the seas has there been such a large fleet. The Chinese ocean-going fleet is composed of more than 3,500 seagoing ships, of which 80 have reached the scale of Zheng He's treasure ships. There were 45,000 sailors dispatched by various countries for this purpose, and the supply ships, if fully filled, could supply a town of 100,000 men for three months!

The multinational ocean-going fleet set off from the seaport of Istanbul and sailed west across the Mediterranean, and supplies along the way alone would have dragged the Western countries across. Gods, when has you ever seen such a large fleet in the Western world, where a few thousand people can become a country? Even Rome would be emptied by such a fleet, but fortunately, Bai Dong had a plan, and a few years ago, merchants from China and Persia began to bloom everywhere in the Western world, bringing countless materials at the same time, it also greatly stimulated the Western economy, and now the Western world is like the scene of Rome's heyday, and it is actually supported.

And the Iliad seaport is the last supply point of the fleet, and the huge Chinese fleet will rest here for seven days to make up for the consumption of this way, and then it will sail a full 4,000 nautical miles and land in the Americas!

At this time, only South America had a civilization in the Americas, during the pre-classical period of the Mayan civilization, and in the vast North America, even the Indians had not migrated from Asia, let alone the impure Canadian and American blood.

Bai Dong was not stupid enough to publicize the map of South America to various countries, and in the future, the huge silver mines in Mexico must be slowly 'discovered' by the old Qin people, so now in the eyes of all countries, the New World is the land of North America. There is no civilization here, there is no political power, only primitive savages who don't even know how to slash and burn because they rely on the sky for food, but there are all kinds of novel plants, fat guano, and large and small mineral deposits that are still abundant, which is enough to make them crazy, since the Spring and Autumn Period for four hundred years, the long-term war has made the Chinese people almost exhausted the superficial mineral deposits, and it is this superficial mineral deposit that is the most abundant in the Americas.

Bai Dong, who walked down the string of the boat gently, had a smile on his face, and he saw his old friend Yue Ji and Fan Kui, who had just arrived, on the boat, he smiled and winked at Yue Ji, and praised him: "Your Carthaginian lover is very good." Then he smiled and gave Fan Kui a big hug, the Greeks and Romans loved to hug their closest friends and family, Bai Dong and Fan Kui This is considered to be the same as the locals.

If it comes to seniority, Fan Kui is Bai Dong's clan uncle, and this is also a formal occasion, so Fan Kui also hugged Bai Dong, the dignified Marquis of China, without any scruples, and then took his hand and sat down and said: "The Fan family has purchased a large number of blacks and island people, and there are five thousand of them, which should be enough for the initial application, right?" ”

"The number is far from enough, at least more than 10,000 people, the New World is too big, even if the countries and the trading companies share the profits, there are still countless mineral deposits waiting to be excavated, so even if the initial investment is required, it will often cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of laborers in the future."

Bai Dong nodded and said: "But this can be done slowly, and when we have a firm foothold in the New World, we can use ten or twenty years or even longer to develop the New World, and we don't have to be too anxious." ”

"Baizi, the head of the family, if we do this, aren't we afraid that the historian will arrange and scandalize and leave a dirty pen?"

Yue Ji has a different status now, and she is no longer the little woman who didn't dare to intervene in front of Fan Kui, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but ask: "Bai Zi bullied the slaves when he was in Lao Qin, and when he attacked Sparta, he also let those Shiluo people who were slaves recite each other, a good reputation is not easy to come by?" This time to develop the New World, but to use a large number of black slaves and island slaves, is it really not afraid of leaving infamy? ”

The people in the Iliad harbor are very mixed, there are yellows, whites, reds, blacks, and the little Carthaginian lover makes Yue Ji have an inexplicable feeling for these aliens, and she has more contact with these aliens, and she gradually loses the mentality of a big country, but sympathizes with these alien races who are also flesh and blood. Therefore, when they heard that the Bai family and the Fan family were going to buy a large number of slaves to develop the New World, they were inevitably moved by compassion, and at the same time, they were really worried that the Fan family would be infamous because of this.

"I used to say that all men are equal before the law. But why should everyone be equal before the law? This is because all human beings are not equal, so they must be regulated and maintained by law. ”

Bai Dong smiled: "Black people are born in the central and southern regions of Lizhou, and they are born in a hot place, and the products are readily available, so everyone is lazy and the number is very short, so they don't seek to be motivated, they only have a full stomach today, they won't think about tomorrow's problems, and today they let their wives conceive a child, but they won't think about the future of the child." So they were poor and weak, when Egypt was strong, they were enslaved by the Egyptians, and when Persia was strong, they were sold to Persia, and finally formed a slave economy For this kind of naturally lazy people, if I give them the general treatment of Chinese people, it is actually the biggest unfairness, so we give them the opportunity to work, let them work hard in exchange for food, money and even power, what's the problem? What's more, we are different from the Persians, we will provide them with a good enough life, we will not let them die of hard work, and after the completion of the work period, we will allow them to choose whether to continue to work or stay, this is to provide them with the opportunity to get out of the Black Continent and run to a new life, they should be grateful to us. ”

"Haha, every time I listen to what Zhu Guo says, it's always refreshing."

Fan Kui couldn't help but laugh and said, "But since I have a clear conscience, why does Zhuguo still want me to keep it secret?" When it comes to the use of slaves, none of the princes of the nations are clean, so what do we have to worry about? ”

This time, the Bai family and the Fan family joined forces to buy a large number of black slaves, and Bai Dong mobilized many islanders from Japan to work in the New World, but they were all done in secret, not to mention spending a lot of money for this, and it was also a great waste of time, Fan Wei was a little puzzled.

"Because I have arranged a secret fleet, and when the time comes, Gongzi Shun himself will lead the voyage to carry the people of the Bai family, the Fan family, the Xu family, the Gan family, the Du family, and these slaves to find another landing site, which is at the southern end of the New World, where a large amount of red gold and silver is buried underground, and most of it is located on the shallow surface, which is very easy to mine! The Bai family and the Fan family can not seek the country, but they must master these most important resources, because only by controlling the economic lifeline can I realize what I want. ”

"I see"

Fan Kui's heart stirred: "I have read a chapter on the economy in your "Capital": 'The economic foundation determines the superstructure', then the business cares about the contract, seeks innovation, and can be fresh, so those who build the country with the economy are all based on the law, and the state has the rule of law, then the economy is often expanded, the economy is often expanded, the **** is food, the state is useful, and the law is deep! The world only knows that Baizi is the best at doing business and making money, not only the world's scholars, but also the world's largest businessman, but a few people know that Baizhuguo is not gold and silver, but the hope of China, the country's longevity Zhuguo, Uncle I salute you a glass of wine! (To be continued.) )