Located on the western outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, near the Imperial Concession of Alexandria, the land here was originally a barren area.

If it weren't for the Empire's desire to establish a concession here, then this place would simply be a barren land, and it would not have become as prosperous as it is today.

It can be said that because of the concession established by the empire, the relative city of Cairo also received a lot of benefits, and as a result, it also increased taxes.

Therefore, if the concession is to be expanded, both the Egyptian royal family and the Ottomans are very welcome.

As the concession expanded, so did the volume of trade, and the city's tax revenue would inevitably increase as well.

This is something that the Egyptian royal family and the Ottomans cannot refuse.

Of course, the happiest is of course the Egyptian royal family.

Having lost the glory of their ancestors, and without courage, only cowardly royals remain, and their lives are not very easy now.

The Ottomans took over power in Egypt, large and small, and kept the royal family there as a mascot and ornament to stabilize the populace.

In addition, the economic situation of the Ottomans in recent years was not very good, so the wealth they looted here in Egypt was used to fill the deficit in the Ottoman country and was divided up by some powerful people.

In such a situation, how could the Ottomans squander too much money on the Egyptian royal family?

Therefore, the life of the Egyptian royal family is far from being as good as they seem, but it is actually living a tight life.

Of course, those who don't know the situation think that the Egyptian royal family is doing well, but those who really know will know that in fact it is not like that at all.

The Egyptian royal family is just a swollen face and a fat man, and they don't know what is going on.

Although they wanted to open source, the Ottomans controlled Yiqiē, and they didn't have any way at all.

Fortunately, the Song Empire wanted to set up a concession in Egypt and use Cairo as a trading point to form a radiation to the surrounding areas. This is the solution to the difficulties of the Egyptian royal family. Let their lives gradually change for the better.

And the governor sent by the Ottomans to Cairo also benefited a lot. After all, Cairo's tax revenue has been increased because of the preservation of the concession, which can be regarded as a political achievement during his reign, which will greatly help his future status.

Well, now that Ma Bond wants to expand the scope of the concession, how can they be stopped if they are too late to be happy.

Of course, Ma Bond did not expand the concession for the sake of expanding trade. Rather, it was to settle the Bedouin tribes who had migrated from Cuman to the concession after taking refuge in the empire.

But what does it matter? In short, after the expansion of the concession, coupled with the arrival of the Bedouin tribes, the tax revenue of the Cairo concession will definitely increase.

After all, the people of the Bedouin tribes always need to spend money.

As long as they can spend locally, then Cairo City can have an increase in tax revenue.

Unless they don't spend money, but how is that possible.

Besides, when Ma Bond placed the Ottoman governor of Cairo, and the Egyptian royal family. Privately, he hinted to them that as long as the concession could be expanded, then he would give some benefits to both parties.

The Ottoman governor of Cairo, as well as the Egyptian royal family, of course, knew what this hint meant.

Therefore, they are even more welcoming.

Therefore. This mention of Ma Bond, in a very short time, got the tong guò.

In this period, the power of money is really strong.

One acre of land was purchased by Ma Bondemin for five French currency units. That's five silver livres. This price is 20% higher than the market price, so the Ottoman governor of Cairo can also have an explanation for the mainland. And you won't be caught by anyone.

At the same time, privately, Marbond would expand an acre of land, and he would give the governor a silver livre as a benefit.

Because of the need to settle thirteen Bedouin tribes and as many as 70,000 or 80,000 people, the expansion of the concession required a lot of land.

Ma Bond's own initial estimate was that at least a million acres of wasteland would need to be purchased.

In other words, from this alone, the Ottoman governor stationed in Cairo could get a benefit fee of one million silver coins.

What can millions of silver coins do in this day and age?

Think about it, the price of a beautiful Persian dancer is only a dozen silver coins. Buy an African sturdy black slave, and the human market here in Cairo is seven or eight silver coins.

With this money, even if this guy is no longer a governor, he can buy a large number of slaves, and then find a beautiful place to buy a large piece of land, and go to be a landlord and master comfortably.

This money, he can enjoy for a lifetime.

Therefore, for Ma Bond, the Ottoman governor of Cairo, it can be said that he spared no effort to give support.

In the same way, Ma Bond privately gave the Egyptian royal family a lot of benefits, after all, without their approval, even with the consent of the governor of Cairo, the matter would have become troublesome.

For an acre of land, Ma Bond will also give the royal family a benefit fee of Livre silver coins, so the royal family is also very happy about it.

You know, when you get this money, their life will be better. Even, they can splurge and buy some luxury goods that they didn't dare to buy before.

Since the establishment of the concession of the Song Empire in Cairo, the first to feel the material changes, benefits and convenience were the locals.

The royal family also lives in Cairo and is therefore considered local.

So, for this feeling, they are more intuitive.

It's just that because they don't have a lot of money on hand, they don't dare to spend too much at all.

Otherwise, once it is seen through that the royal family is now having a hard time, it will be a very humiliating thing.

Now, all they have to do is nod their heads and agree to the expansion of the concession, and settle the small villages that live on the land that was purchased by Ma Bond, and let the matter go smoothly.

They can get a lot of benefits.

So, how could they not do their best.

With the expansion of the concession, Ma Bond purchased a large area of land that was actually wasteland, but there were also a few small villages with small populations.

If these small villages are not handled well, they will also cause a lot of trouble.

Considering this situation, of course, Ma Bond will let the Egyptian royal family take care of it.

After all. Benefits can't be taken for nothing, can they?

In this way, the concession expanded its territory, and the migrated Bedouin tribes also had a place to stay, solving a problem that worried them the most.

In the warehouses in the concession, the supplies stored earlier were very sufficient, so there was no need to worry about what would happen due to the arrival of the Bedouin tribes.

Especially for grain, there are even more concessions.

Genetically modified rice from the Americas filled the granaries of the concessions, even if the population of the Bedouin tribes was ten times larger. The concession here can also supply them with half a year's time.

Although the goods of the empire were very popular, in fact they were the best to sell, and the most profitable was food.

In this day and age, no commodity can compete with food.

The reason for this is very simple, because the food in this era is not enough for people to consume.

Problems like this have not been solved until modern times.

Some people may not believe this, but it is.

Other words. In the course of human history, from ancient times to modern times, we have actually spent time in the food crisis.

But it is precisely for this reason that the grain trade of the Song Empire in the Americas can be said to have developed very rapidly and prosperously.

Some might say. How much money can be made from grain?

This kind of trade is not very profitable at all, is it?

People who say such things really don't have any knowledge at all.

In fact, for the Song Empire, the most profitable trade today was the trade of grain.

Cheap genetically modified rice. After buying it from the virtual world, it can be sold to merchants from Europe as soon as it changes hands.

They could pay in gold and silver coins, or in exchange for slaves. Even a variety of gemstones do. In short, the empire accepts everything here.

And after the gold and silver coins and various gems are sold to the virtual world, the difference in price is huge.

The profit of this difference can even be as high as tens of thousands of times.

And the purchase price of genetically modified rice is only how much.

And for the nations of this era, you don't need weapons and armor for the time being. But food is not available.

Therefore, the grain trade of the Song Empire was very prosperous.

As a trading point set up by the empire in Europe and North Africa, the three major concessions of Lisbon, Marseille, and Cairo will of course also carry out grain trade.

The mere trafficking of grain through the guò merchants was not enough for the empire to be more profitable.

Therefore, the three major concessions here, of course, also bear such an important responsibility. That is, to bear part of the burden of the grain trade.

Compared with the distant mainland of the Americas, the three major concessions are of course the most convenient to buy grain. However, the price of buying grain in the three major concessions is much higher than that of going to the Americas.

If you want to make the most profits, of course, it is the most cost-effective to go to the American mainland.

This is also what the Empire deliberately made up this way.

The topic is a bit off, now let's get down to business.

Chief Omar had already cooperated with the personnel of the Concession Empire and settled the people.

Their tribe was placed in a place three kilometers from the concession, near the sea.

For the environment, Chief Omar doesn't have any big requirements, after all, can he be worse than Cuman?

The thirteen tribes were not settled together, they were all settled in the expanded area, and they appeared to be very scattered.

Chief Omar didn't say much about it.

At this time, he stood outside his tent and watched the transport team coming from afar from the concession area unloading bags of grain from the wagon.

Chief Omar was grateful that the Empire was able to provide food at this time.

Therefore, he felt that he had taken the right step to take refuge in the empire...... (To be continued......)