Egypt is the oldest ancient civilization in the world, more than 3,000 years BC, there has been a unified state, but unfortunately, Egypt, an ancient country after more than 2,000 years of existence, was first destroyed by Persia, and then conquered by Greece and Rome respectively, and with the rise of Christianity, Egypt became the most important Christian country at that time.

It is also the successive rule of Persia, Greece and Rome, together for about a thousand years, and in this millennium, the three countries have migrated to Egypt from time to time, which has also changed the racial structure of Egypt, the original ancient Egyptians were originally yellow, but after a thousand years, the Egyptians and the migrated Caucasian people married each other, so that the domestic race gradually changed to the Europa race Mediterranean type, and the appearance did not look much different from the Romans.

In 640 A.D., Egypt, which originally belonged to Rome, was once again occupied by the Great Cannibals, and Islam in this era still maintained a relatively moderate way in terms of proselytizing, and did not force the people under its rule to change their faith, but these non-Islamic people needed to pay an extra tax, if they did not pay, they must convert to Islam, otherwise it would be regarded as a rebellion.

Although the above method seems to be mild, it is actually very domineering, especially the extra tax, which overwhelmed many ordinary people, and finally had to change their original beliefs. After all, although faith is important, it can't be eaten, people are very realistic, and it is impossible for everyone to take their lives because of an ethereal faith.

However, ordinary people can change their faith, and some people who have benefited from religion are not willing to lose their original status and wealth, so they try their best to resist the religious invasion of the great cannibals. Many people have even staged uprisings, and the situation is most severe in Egypt.

After nearly a thousand years of Greek and Roman rule. Christianity had already permeated all aspects of Egypt, and the Eastern Roman Empire was unable to defeat the battlefield in general. But at least there is still the power of self-preservation, unlike Persia who was almost wiped out. Therefore, the Eastern Roman Empire began to concentrate forces outside the battlefield to attack the rule of the Great Food from all sides.

It was also in this situation that some religious aristocrats in Egypt united and provoked large-scale uprisings in Egypt several times in the name of religion, but unfortunately even the regular army of the Eastern Roman Empire was no match for the Great Food Army, let alone these improvised organizations and only fanatical believers.

But for these defeated insurgents. Da Shi did not kill arbitrarily, because they found out very early on that the Tang Dynasty and all parts of Taiwan were in great need of slaves, and even did not hesitate to go to Africa to capture black slaves, which made the big food merchants who have always been known for their shrewdness see a way to make money, plus Islam is very preferential to merchants, so that many businessmen have considerable influence on the big food government, so the prisoners of war captured by the army during the war will be sold to these merchants. These merchants then sold to the slave catchers of the Tang Dynasty at a price plus a layer.

It was also this practice of the big food merchants that not only saved a lot of effort for many slave hunters, but also naturally had the most white slaves in Egypt and other places among the prisoners of war they provided.

"Pap~Pap~" on a port on the Red Sea coast. A group of naked Egyptian slaves were being driven to the docks, flanked by a few menacing overseers with leather whips in their hands. From time to time, the overseers whipped the slower-walking slaves, but the slaves did not dare to make a noise of their tasks. Otherwise, even more ferocious torture will be ushered in.

Next to the slaves and overseers, a big food merchant and a Han merchant were talking fiercely. It seemed that he was talking about the price, and the big food merchant also pulled a slave from time to time and smashed his fist into the other party's chest to prove how strong his slave was, but unfortunately the Han merchant was also very shrewd, shaking his head from time to time to deny the other party's price.

The two have been arguing for a long time, and finally finally negotiated the price, and then the Han merchants carried down the silver coins and copper coins from their ships, all of which were minted by the Qi Palace, but even in the Red Sea region thousands of miles away, it was still a hard currency in the shopping mall, and merchants from any country were very welcome to trade with this kind of coin.

Looking at the transactions on the dock, and the slaves who staggered to the ship under the drive of the overseer, Li Ke, who was standing at the bow of the ship, had a calm face. This had happened many times since they had entered the Red Sea, and there was even a time when slaves rioted and killed several overseers, but soon the Great Eater army stationed on the docks arrived and slaughtered the rebellious slave messengers, all in a bloody and brutal process.

"Listen to what Rokuro said, this Egypt was also a powerful ancient country before, and its long history is still on the Central Plains, but unfortunately thousands of years later, not only is the country gone, but even the people are subject to foreign rule and oppression, is there really no country in the world that has long prospered and declined?" Li Ke finally sighed and said.

"Your Royal Highness has been thinking a lot, now the Tang Dynasty is the root of my Han people, and its momentum is already extremely strong, and the King of Qi and King Jiang and King Yue are the stems and leaves of my Han people, and the industry has begun to sweep the world, and now with Your Royal Highness, presumably the whole world will be the world ruled by my Han people in the future, and who can shake it?" Hearing Li Ke's sigh, Cen Changqian next to him retorted, his face full of hesitation.

Li Ke thought about it seriously after hearing this, and finally smiled and said: "It's still Changqian, you can see the general trend clearly, the whole world is so big, my Tang Dynasty is entrenched in the center, Liulang is now annexing Nanyang and Australia, and the two major Americas are also under his tiger's mouth, the seventh and eighth brothers also rose in Tianzhu, threatening West Asia and Africa, there is not much left in the whole world, as long as I work harder, what else can threaten the foundation of my Han people in the future?" ”

However, after hearing this, Cen Changqian showed a wry smile and said: "Your Highness, King Qi, King Jiang, and King Yue are expanding too fast, and now there are only the Americas and Africa left for His Highness to choose, and the Americas are the first to be discovered by His Royal Highness the King of Qi, you can't bear to take the love of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and Africa is too close to King Jiang and King Yue, and it is inevitable that you will have a dirty relationship with Tianzhu in the future, which makes it really difficult for Your Highness to choose." ”

Cui Changqian's words also made Li Ke smile bitterly. He definitely won't want Australia, because Li Su has invested too much effort in Australia, and he doesn't want to take advantage of Li Su. In addition, although the Americas are big, Li Ke listened to Li Su's frequent chatters as early as a few years ago, and knew that it was the place Li Su wanted the most, so if he chose the Americas, he would definitely have a feeling of robbing his brother's beloved things.

It is precisely because of this that Li Ke put the last quite in Africa, but after arriving in Tianzhu, he suddenly found that Africa is too close to Tianzhu, if he has a foothold in Africa, although he can get the help of Li Zhen and Li Yun in the early stage, but the area of Tianzhu is not large, when Li Zhen and Li Yun annex Tianzhu, it is likely to turn the spearhead to Africa, and then their brothers are likely to have friction because of this, which Li Ke does not want to see anyway.

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, Rokuro said that the Americas are extremely vast, and with his current strength, he will not be able to completely occupy it in a few hundred years, if this is the case, I will simply occupy a small area in the Americas and develop slowly." Li Ke finally sighed again.

Seeing Li Ke's distressed appearance, Cen Changqian also shook his head helplessly, and then changed the topic and said: "I don't know what happened to Brother Wang's fleet, will those big cannibals let those warships go?" ”

Li Ke and the others went to the Mediterranean this time, but they divided the fleet into two parts, among which Lu Wan's fleet plus some ordinary ships in Li Ke's hands were in front, each ship was full of various goods, which looked no different from ordinary Han merchant ships, while Li Ke disguised himself as an ordinary merchant and mixed in the fleet.

In addition, Li Ke also borrowed four warships from Li Ke without authorization, as well as some supply ships, etc., and it was obviously not easy for these warships to pass through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. However, Cen Changqian came up with a solution, that is, to let people pretend to be Li Su's envoy to visit Eastern Rome, and then it was logical to be escorted by four warships. As for the candidate to pretend to be an envoy, Wang Fangyi was the last to act as the envoy, and now this envoy fleet was a hundred miles behind Li Ke and them.

"Don't worry about this, Da Shi is now being pressed by Da Tang and Liulang, and he doesn't dare to embarrass the envoy sent by Liulang at all, besides, Fang Yi is also a calm person, and there will definitely be no problem with him pretending to be a messenger." Li Ke was not worried.

Cen Changqian naturally knew that Da Shi didn't dare to embarrass the envoy of the Qi Palace, he just wanted to divert Li Ke's attention, and now that the goal has been achieved, he just chatted a few words along the way, so that Li Ke no longer thinks about those troubles.

"Your Highness, this is the last section of the Red Sea, and today we will rest in a harbor for the night, and tomorrow we will enter the Suez Canal." While Li Ke and Cen Changqian were chatting, Lu Wan in the captain's room came out and said with a smile.

"Oh, great, I've heard for a long time that this Suez Canal has an important location, and it was opened thousands of years ago, and the amount of work is comparable to that of the Grand Canal in the Central Plains, so you must take a good look at it this time!" Li Ke also said very happily after hearing this.

"In fact, the length of the Suez Canal is only a fraction of the length of the Grand Canal, but because this canal connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, it needs to be passed by huge sea ships, so this canal is much wider and deeper than the Grand Canal in the Central Plains. Lu Wan opened his mouth and smiled.

In fact, Lu Wan originally wanted to say that the Grand Canal in the Central Plains led to the destruction of the former Sui, and the Egyptians built this canal much more peacefully, but thinking that Li Ke was the grandson of Emperor Yang, he didn't say it, but praised the Grand Canal.

In the evening, Li Ke and his fleet finally arrived at a seaport in the Sinai Peninsula, but when their fleet, which was obviously Han Chinese, had just stopped at the port, and then Li Ke and Lu Wan and they went ashore to find a place to rest, they were suddenly surrounded by a group of big cannibals. (To be continued......)