The Empire's concession in Egypt was located on a cliff at the southwestern tip of Alexandria.

Here in the concession, you can overlook the whole of Alexandria, and it can be said that the scenery is very pleasant.

As far as the eye can see, the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea stretch as far as the eye can see.

Everyone who looks past here is amazed by this sight.

It was not unreasonable for Zhao Hongyu to choose this place to set up a concession.

First of all, it overlooks the whole of Alexandria, and if a hostile fleet appears, then the concession can find each other in a very favorable time.

At the same time, because it is also close to the capital city of Cairo, the location is also very suitable.

The entire concession covers an area of about one square kilometer, and after more than two years of construction, it has gone from being a barren area to now standing many buildings full of Arabic style.

Because of the concession, some caravans from Africa and Arabia now like to visit here.

After all, the environment and buildings in the Imperial Concession are really much stronger than Cairo City.

The ground of the concession is paved with solid cement roads, and many vegetation and trees suitable for the tropical climate are densely planted on both sides of the streets in the concession.

This was the case even on both sides of the straight concrete road leading from the concession to Cairo.

Only a country like the Song Empire, which doesn't care about money, will be able to make such a big deal.

Looking at today's countries, they don't spend their money on such things.

However, this can be regarded as a demonstration of one of the strength of the empire, that is, it is not bad for money.

Compared with the yellow sand of Cairo City, the square kilometer of the Imperial Concession can almost be said to be full of greenery and the environment is very pleasant.

This is a very desirable environment for those caravans.

In particular, the caravans of the sheikhs from Arabia preferred to stay in the inns of the concession.

The reason is simple. Compared to those caravans from Africa, the homeland of the Arab emirate caravans is full of yellow sand, and it is not easy to see some green vegetation.

So, how could they not like the environment here in the concession.

In particular, the concession also set up a trade bazaar in the direction of Cairo, so that the caravans could concentrate on the goods they brought.

It is not surprising, then, that the Imperial Concession, near Alexandria, on the outskirts of Cairo, became prosperous.

Due to its geography, most of the merchants who came here were Arab or African traders. Originally, Europe did not have a war before. There were also quite a few European merchants.

However, since the beginning of the war in Europe, there have been far fewer European merchants here.

Fortunately, the void left by European traders was quickly filled by Arabs and Africans.

Anyway, the Empire's goods are very popular, so you don't have to worry about not being able to sell them.

It can be said that as long as the empire comes up with goods, they will basically be snapped up.

It has to be said that those seemingly poor Arab businessmen also have African businessmen. Their purchasing power was much stronger than that of European merchants.

Africa is rich in gold and diamonds, and its purchasing power is undeniable.

Arab merchants, on the other hand, were not as wealthy as they would have been in the future, but they sold fine camel hair and handmade fluff products. The price of selling to the virtual world is also very considerable.

Therefore, the Arabs could use their exquisite handmade fluff products to exchange for the goods they needed from the Ministry of Commerce of the Concession, and they did not necessarily have to pay for gold coins.

And this trade method of the Ministry of Commerce of the Concession. He soon gained the favor and friendship of Arab merchants.

You know, for those Arabs, fluff products are very cheap things. As long as the sheikhs behind them have a large number of camels in their hands. Then the fluff will not be missing.

Therefore, in their opinion, such a deal is simply a profit.

It's just that they don't know that the fluff products that are worthless in their eyes can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars after being sold to the virtual world.

And here, a fine handmade fluff product was only given by the Ministry of Commerce of the Concession for a mere twelve gold coins.

The profit in this can be said to be high and scared to death.

Even so, the Arab merchants were very grateful for it.

Because their fluff products have never been sold at such a high price, only the Imperial Ministry of Commerce will give such a high price to buy them, and they have never bullied them.

Noble, fair, friendly, sincere, this is what the Imperial Chinese people feel like here.

Of course, the secrets behind it will not be exposed by the Chinese people in the concession.

Anyway, if you make money and get a good reputation, why not.

Besides, I did give a 'conscience price', didn't I? Except for myself, no one will give such a high price again.

In addition to fluff products, Arab traders also engaged in a large slave trade.

Slaves of all sexes from the Arab region were sent to the concession to be sold.

Those coquettish-looking Persian dancers, strong and swarthy captured warriors, once they are selected, the Imperial Ministry of Commerce will give a very reasonable price.

The people who were bought would be loaded onto ships and sent to the Americas, and the first-class Persian beauties would be sent to the workshop for training, and when Zhao Hongyu's palace was completed, they would be sent to be sent to be maids.

And those men will go through some brainwashing, and then be sent to the major armies of the empire to be cannon fodder.

Therefore, Arab merchants were not at all worried about not being able to afford the goods of the Empire, because they did not have to worry about not having the capital at all.

As long as they have slaves and beautiful handmade fluff products, then they can exchange them for those expensive goods here.

Like the Arabs, merchants from Africa, in addition to buying goods with gold and various precious stones, also exchanged slaves.

Tribal warfare on the continent was brutal, and as a result, the number of people who were enslaved was high.

Therefore, this trade, when the time comes, is cheaper for the empire.

The slaves traded by African merchants were tall and very strong.

Take a look. I know that I have a lot of strength, and I will never have a problem working.

Most importantly, the slaves were still very young.

If trade is so hot in the concession, it will inevitably affect the commercial stability of Cairo City and reduce the tax revenue of Cairo City.

However, there is also a solution here in the concession.

That is, there are different levels of slaves, and only the highest rank of slaves will be allowed to appear here in the concession.

The rest of those who do not meet the standards can only be traded in Cairo City.

Therefore. The male and female slaves in the concession were very strong, healthy and young, and the women were very beautiful.

At the same time, the concession will not allow the appearance of an oversupply of goods.

Every day, the number of goods sold here in the concession is limited.

It is precisely for this reason that the trade of goods in the concession area has become more popular.

At the same time, those merchants. I'm going to buy other goods in Cairo City, right?

In this way, the problem of reducing tax revenue in Cairo City was solved.

It is for this reason that the Egyptians were able to remain friendly to the Imperial Concession.

Of course. The most important thing is that the concession will give some private benefits to the Egyptian nobles in Cairo, so they will be safe.

Money can be channeled, what problems can't be solved?

Unlike the chaos and insecurity of Cairo City. The security here in the concession is very good.

There are no thieves here and there is no need to worry about robbery.

Round-the-clock patrols, the pickpockets who roam the city of Cairo. Don't dare to come here to do evil.

In particular, the magistrate of the concession has adopted a zero-tolerance attitude towards this, and in the case of arresting one and executing another, for the sake of his own life, it is better to have fewer people here in the concession.

You know, those who don't believe in evil are hanged on the trunk of a tree in the middle of the mainland leading from the concession to Cairo City.

Those corpses that have been dried are the best portrayal, aren't they?

Every daytime, the market here in the concession is very lively.

Here, merchants make loud noises and haggle with rich body language and expressions.

The slaves, with wooden expressions, looked at the crowd with indifferent eyes.

Here, the concession provides clean water, as well as the services of various contract documents.

You don't have to worry about commercial fraud happening.

If you encounter such a problem in the concession, the concession will help you out.

Some time ago, the territory of the concession has expanded a lot.

Because the 8,000 volunteers who fought in Europe had already accomplished their combat goals, they came to Egypt and stationed here.

With such a large army coming, the concession will definitely not be able to be arranged.

Therefore, Ma Bangde, the governor of the concession, rented a large piece of wasteland in the south of the concession at the cost of 500,000 gold coins, and built a large barracks for stationing the volunteers.

Although the Egyptians were terrified, they had already obtained the approval of their masters, the Ottomans.

In addition, there are 500,000 gold coins to take, so there is no obstacle to this matter at all.

In this way, 8,000 American volunteers were stationed here in Alexandria.

Since the arrival of this army, their daily training has become a sight. The children in the surrounding small villages always play outside the barracks when they have nothing to do, just to watch the scenes of military training.

And those businessmen will also come to this place from time to time to see and understand.

However, a few days ago, half of the volunteers in the concession had already left. After all, the situation in Europe is not very stable, and for some reason, half of the volunteers stationed here were transferred and stationed in Marseille and Lisbon to protect the security of these two concessions.

At this time, outside the barracks made of loess and stones, a team of people was ushered in.

Headed by is a man in an imperial red uniform with gold epaulettes on his shoulders. This man was none other than Governor Ma Bond, the supreme governor of the concession.

Behind him, in addition to the fifty Imperial Guards, there were about a hundred Ottomans wearing black Arabian spears and strips of cloth around their heads.

I don't know what Ma Bond was going to do when he brought these Ottomans to the barracks?

What is certain, however, is that the Ottomans will not come here for no reason, and the Governor of Mabond will not easily bring the Ottomans here...... (To be continued......)