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"The meaning of the center, several adults know it." Wei Fang, the commander of the Sulu Navy who presided over the Sulu war in place of Ma Ying, who had returned to Beijing, looked at several thoughtful representatives of the inner domain. "If you don't think it's good to use slaves to compensate for military expenses, it doesn't matter, the Abbot Colonization Company is willing to pay for these slaves."

Yue Zhongqi, who attended the meeting on behalf of the hereditary governor of the Yue Kingdom of Long Island, smiled: "Lord Admiral, it is true that the abbot is short of manpower, and it is also true that the new feudal domains are short of manpower, but aren't I waiting for the feudal lords to also lack labor." ”

Yue Zhongqi's words represent the common aspiration of the three feudal domains of Changdao and the seven feudal domains of Beiboni, taking the governor of the Yue Kingdom of Changdao as an example, although it is desperate to recruit people from the country to open up, because the Cam Ranh Province and the southern capital are also competing for domestic immigration, so far it only has more than 2,000 registered people and 150,000 mu of land, and there is still a lot of room for expansion. However, it is a pity that there are more and more internal feudal domains canonized by the Huaxia Dynasty, and each internal feudal clan is robbing the domestic population, and even the disabled veterans who have retired from the Shence Army and the Korean laborers who have struggled out of the domestic mines are also rushing to ask for it. Since the proper people with household registration were cut off, the slave trade naturally flourished, but when the attention was turned to the slave trade everywhere, slaves who could only be purchased in small quantities from Chenla, Siam, Jinzhou (Sumatra) and other places became not so easy to buy. The imperial court used the prisoners of war from the Battle of Sulu to offset the military expenses paid by the feudal domains due to financial problems, although this may not be offset by the discrepancies, but it was a reasonable exchange for the feudal domains that lacked labor, and a fool would sell the slaves that he had managed to get his hands on to others.

"That's it, that's it, we still expect Brunei to sell the slaves under our name to me, how can we refuse the court's kindness." Li Yun, who attended the meeting on behalf of the governor of the capital of Bei Bo Ni, also agreed, not to mention, in order to alleviate the encroachment of the various domains of Bei Bo Ni, it is really possible for Brunei to resell the Sulu slaves who are of little use to them.

"My lord, I don't know if the natives of Cebu Island and Negros Island need to be cleared." Lin Xian's grandson, Lin Guotai, who attended the meeting on behalf of the general administration of the Beibo Mudin National Capital, asked with some unfinished feelings. "In order to serve the imperial court, we can increase the number of troops??????

"Alright." Wei Fang was a little displeased with this kind of rush to ask for it. "How to deal with the natives of each island, the imperial court has its own opinions, you don't have to force it, and arrange to send someone to the Baohe Islands with the ship to inform the front-line commander."

Seeing that Wei Fang seemed to be angry, the representatives of the inner domain had no choice but to retreat, and the staff officers who were waiting outside the door at this time entered the house and reported: "My lord, Lord Lin Zhida, the protector of Luzon, sent someone to deliver a letter. ”

Wei Fang took the letter and looked at it, and couldn't help but sneer: "The Spaniards are ready to hand over General Santos City (in Mindanao), it's really a good calculation, counting on us to fight the Sulu people, okay, inform the [Bi Fang] to prepare to sail??????"

Wei Fang's side was preparing to cover a certain unit of the Long Xiang Army to land on Mindanao, and Niu Mingli was sitting on the [Fulong] watching the Indian coastline gradually drift away in his sight. Don't get me wrong, Niu Mingli did not go to the East African coastline to open up trade routes with the domestic businessmen who smelled fishy, but went to the Persian Gulf to see what opportunities there were. Of course, Niu Mingli, who served in the Privy Council, was not a member of the Governor's Yamen, and could not exercise diplomatic power on behalf of the Chinese court, so he could only borrow the name of Shangjia, but fortunately, the maritime merchants in this era were lawless figures, so any mistakes were caused, and it could not affect the future contact between China and the Persian Kingdom and the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

After ten days of sailing, the "Fulong" arrived at the coast of Oman, then turned north and followed the coastline to the famous port of Muscat, which is the base camp of Muscat merchant groups active in the Middle East and East Africa, and is also a very important trading base in the Middle East for Portugal, the Netherlands, England, France and other countries.

Despite the fact that the Fulong was a newcomer, the characteristics of the Huaxia composite sailing ship were so obvious that the defenders of the harbor recognized it as a Chinese ship at a glance. In view of the great strength of Huaxia in the war with the Dutch United East India Company, the Muscat merchants welcomed Niu Mingli and his party with an unusually warm attitude, and even offered to underwrite all the goods on the Fulong, hoping to establish a long-term trade relationship with Niu Mingli's firm.

"We can pay for the goods with gold sand, ivory, woollen carpets, horses, and slave girls." The Arab businessman in charge of entertaining Niu Mingli said in a show-off tone. "If you need anything else, as long as we can do it, it's not a problem."

"I have brought a total of twenty cannons, five hundred flint guns, and three thousand scimitars." Niu Mingli said slowly. "As for silk, porcelain, pearls, sugar, and tea, there is no problem, yes, there are big businesses in China for silk, porcelain and other goods, and as far as we small merchants are concerned, the price of the goods is not cheap."

"Mr. Niu, you are really an honest man, but it is not a small businessman who can bring cannons and flints." The Arab businessman used a mocking tone to expose Niu Mingli's true colors. "But don't worry, now that Persia is in civil strife, the ordnance you bring can be sold for a good price."

"You're right, I heard that there was civil strife in the Safavid Kingdom, so I deliberately spent a lot of effort to raise this batch of weapons." Niu Mingli avoided talking about his identity, and just followed the other party's words. "But your Excellency, if I sell it all to you, there will be no goods to negotiate with Persia."

"Since you have told me the truth, I may as well tell you that the local Yarub dynasty is preparing to fight against Persia, so it is impossible for us to let you leave this place when we already know that you have a large amount of ordnance." Looking at the discolored Niu Mingli, the merchant hurriedly reassured. "Rest assured, we will not forcibly seize your ships and cargo, on the contrary, we will give you a reasonably high price, and hope that you will come to Muscat in the future with more weapons to trade."

Niu Mingli seemed to be angry and said: "Since you said so, you can only sell if you don't want to sell." ”

The Arab smiled and said, "Please rest assured, as I have just said, I will definitely give you a reasonable high price to ensure your interests, and even in order to make amends, I will give you a few beautiful Persian virgins, and I hope you will have a pleasant life in Muscat." ”

"The virgin doesn't have to do anything, the old man wants to live a few more years." Niu Mingli is also in his early fifties, so he naturally doesn't care about any woman, on the contrary, he is bent on getting the lord and then becoming an internal domain, and he is more concerned about his career, so he took the opportunity to ask. "You will never be able to stop others from selling weapons to Persia forever, so please tell me about the present situation in Persia, lest I know nothing and suffer a loss in the future."

The merchant pondered for a while, perhaps thinking that Niu Mingli had some truth in what he said, or perhaps in order to make a good impression among the Chinese merchants and attract more people to trade in Muscat, he finally explained slowly: "The situation in Persia is very bad, the previous generations of kings have spent extravagantly and drained the treasury, so that now King Hussein is in power, he cannot even guarantee the horses of the Janissaries, and the Praetorian Guards can only ride donkeys to escort the king when he goes on patrol. Since the royal power lacked deterrence, the local government naturally deviated from morality, and the government raised taxes many times in order to raise funds, leading Afghans, Kurds, and Balochs to revolt one after another, and the royal court was already unable to make a decree. What's even more terrifying is that in addition to internal troubles, there are also external troubles, the Cossacks and Uzbeks in the north have invaded one after another, and the fall of the Safavid Dynasty may be just around the corner. ”

"Therefore, your country is also ready to take advantage of the fire to rob and reap the benefits of its destruction when it is destroyed." There was a hint of sarcasm in Niu Mingli's tone, but he was still playing the role he was playing now, so some of the words were just a passing sentence, and even in order to dispel the other party's suspicions, he deliberately asked carefully. "Where is Afghanistan? And what kind of people are the Kurds? After the other party carefully explained the origin and location of the enemies inside and outside the Safavid Dynasty one by one, Niu Mingli asked presumptuously. Is there a strong man among the princes of Persia, I mean, who has the means to buy large quantities of ordnance? ”

The Muscat merchant had already doubted Niu Mingli's identity, and said: "This is not easy to say, these princes have risen and fallen, and the replacement is too fast, and it is impossible to say who is strong and who is financially rich. ”

Niu Mingli knew that he had exposed a flaw, so he stopped asking about the situation in Persia and changed the subject: "If I go to the Ottoman Kingdom to trade, will there be enough security?" ”

"The Ottoman Turkish Empire had a port of trade in Abadan." Muscat had been independent from the Ottomans for more than a hundred years, so the taboo against the country was far less great than that of the Persians who were close across the channel. "Your Excellency only has to follow the coastline to the west, and at the turning point you will see this harbor. However, after the Ottoman Empire defeated Russia and signed the Treaty of Passarovetz a few years ago, it ceased military force, but it was afraid that your ordnance would not be sold at a good price in the country. ”

"Did the Ottomans defeat Russia?" In order to hide his surprise, Niu Mingli had no choice but to bring the topic to Persia again. "A few Cossacks can make Persia unable to support, and the Cossack suzerainty was actually defeated by the Ottomans, so isn't the Ottomans far stronger than Persia?"

"That's nature." During this period, the Berbers of Morocco and the Muscat of Oman were not conquered by the Turkish Empire, so the strength of Muscat is better indicated by the strength of the Ottomans. "The Ottoman kingdom spanned three continents, almost directly attacking Vienna in Austria, it was a powerful empire, but the new Sultan Ahmet III did not like sword soldiers, so he did not take the opportunity to attack Persia."

"God does not take it, but suffers from it." Niu Mingli sighed in Chinese after hearing this, and then changed his smile and continued to speak in the common language of Nantianzhu. "Since I don't need ordnance, I'm not going to try it next time I want to go to Ottoman??????"