The large ocean-going merchant ship with a red background, a white crescent moon and stars had already docked at the berth.

The sailors on the ship, put the anchor into the water.

The deck was gently lowered and laid on the shore. Five or six sailors, who looked different from the Europeans, with sunken eye sockets and Turkic blood, ran off the ship.

When they came to shore, they hurriedly took the cable thrown down by their fellow sailors and tied it to an iron post on the shore.

Then the sailors of the merchant ship were all busy, unsailing the sails, washing the decks, or inspecting the hull for repairs.

In addition to the busy sailors, a bearded warrior dressed in black robes and surrounded by black warriors on his head stepped down from the deck.

This guy is also very strong, and at the same time very fat.

On his fingers, he carried three huge ruby rings, and at a glance, he knew that he was either rich or expensive.

After Zhang Tie and the black bear saw this guy, they immediately stopped talking and walked over there.

Soon, the two sides began to make contact on the shore.

First of all, Zhang Tie introduced himself.

Then it was the bear's turn to introduce himself.

When they had finished introducing themselves, an old man who had been following them in similar attire as those who had been wearing them translated their words and told them to each other.

"This is His Excellency Zhang Tie, the head of the Imperial Ministry of Commerce, and the Governor of Manhattan City and the Commander of Manhattan's Defense."

As for the black bear, it was just a brief introduction to his Indian identity.

After all, the identities of the two of them can only be handled by Zhang Tie.

Therefore, when introducing the other party, the focus was on introducing Zhang Tie.

For this, the black bear is indifferent.

After listening to the translator's words. The fat man, surrounded by a group of elite samurai, stretched out his right hand with three ruby rings.

"When I heard that there is a magical and rich country here in the Americas, I thought it was boasted by those European merchants, but after coming here in person, I realized that all this is true." , the big fat man's face showed a smirk.

In fact, this fat man thinks that his smile is very real, but he doesn't know that Lu Dao has become an underbeaten look in Zhang Tie's eyes.

His big round face should have been very interesting to laugh at, but with his beard, this kind of fun has changed a different flavor.

But. This guy feels pretty good about himself.

Moreover, Zhang Tie and Black Bear didn't care too much about anything.

The old man who was the translator hurriedly translated the fat man's words and relayed them to Zhang Tie and the black bear in Mandarin with a strange accent.

Although the tone of the translation is a little weird, it is good that they can understand it.

In this way, there can be no barriers to communication.

The fat man continued: "I, Amor Tolan, am the commander of the Ottoman Turkish Mediterranean Fleet and the governor of the province of Lore. I have seen His Excellency Zhang Tie. ”

Yo, I really can't see it, and the identity of this fat man is not simple.

It's just that I don't know about this guy from the Ottoman Turkish Empire. What do you do in the Americas?

Zhang Tie muttered in his heart.

Before the Ottoman Turks came to the Americas, they sent some of them.

Among them was this old man who worked as a translator.

When they came here, they started learning Mandarin.

After they could communicate, they found Zhang Tie. Tell him about the possibility of a visit from the Ottoman Empire.

To be honest, Zhang Tie was not interested in the Ottoman Turkish Empire or anything.

Although Europeans felt that Ottoman Turkey was terrible. And it's powerful.

But in Zhang Tie's eyes, these people are just that.

No matter how good they feel, they have to be honest when they come to America.

It's just that Zhang Tie doesn't understand, what are they going to do when they come to America?

Is it difficult to do trade?

I don't think it's reliable.

Because if it's just for trade, it's good to let the merchants come.

This guy who is the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet shouldn't be allowed to come, right?

For this fat man who called himself Amor Tolan, Zhang Tie kept complaining in his heart.

Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet?

Joke, do you really think Lao Tzu is lonely and unheard?

Although Lao Tzu didn't study very well, he dropped out of school early to work.

But I still know this bit of history.

Throughout the seventeenth century, the navies of Europe were on the seas, and there was nothing to do with your Ottoman Empire.

You're pretty good at putting gold on your face, and you kind of bullshit Mediterranean fleet.

Damn, according to normal history, almost all of the future colonies were owned by Europeans.

The Mediterranean Sea is also the back garden of Europeans, and you Ottoman Turkey can't get involved at all.

Zhang Tie was just thinking about these words in his heart, and he kept a smile on his face.

After following Zhao Hongyu for a long time, Zhang Tie also learned badly.

"Oh, it's Lord Amor Tolan, we've been hearing your visit a long time ago. I just don't know what you are doing when you come to America this time? ”

After a brief contact, everyone began to walk outside the dock under the guidance of Zhang Tie.

The carriage that greeted the crowd was heard on the street outside the port.

Because there are so many people coming and going on this side of the wharf, the government stipulates that horse-drawn carriages cannot enter the wharf.

Of course, in this way, some goods need to be transported by manpower, and in this way, those laborers are cheaper.

This can be regarded as expanding some employment opportunities.

In short, there are some benefits for some people living in Manhattan.

Amortolan was curiously looking at the bustling Manhattan Pier, and they were shocked by the prosperity of the place after landing on the shore.

Originally, after they came to Manhattan, they had been floating offshore for three days because there was no berth at the dock, and during these three days, he also observed the situation at the pier through a telescope.

But that's just a glance after all. Can't really understand.

It was only when he landed in person, in such a big environment, that he realized how much prosperity there was here.

Of course, he also knew a little bit about it when he was at sea.

After all, there are many merchant ships that are parked at sea because there are no berths, and there are many more than him.

The European laborers hurrying to and fro with their goods, the blond and blue-eyed European children soliciting customers everywhere, the many vendors selling small goods and small foods, here he can see people who make money by all means, but he can't see beggars.

It made him feel very different.

Whether in Europe or in the Arab world. Beggars are the most numerous.

As commander of the Ottoman Mediterranean fleet, he had been to ports in Europe and had arrived in Egypt, so he knew all too well.

Therefore, in his thinking, the ports of all countries in the world may be basically like this.

It's just that when he came to the port of Manhattan in the Americas, he found that what he thought was wrong.

Because here. He couldn't see the sloppy and dirty beggars at all, some were just busy people for work.

Even the little ones have their own things to do.

It's not like the children on the docks in Europe or the Arab world, who always surround the disembarkers and beg for food or money.

He immediately recognized the feeling. It's really different here in the Americas from theirs.

At that moment, he heard the question of Zhang Tie, who was leading the way in front, and Amor Tolan responded: "This time I have come to America on behalf of our king, and we have heard those European merchants mention it. It is said that there is enough food here in the Americas. ”

Oh, it was because of the food.

Zhang Tie understood very well in his heart at this time.

Regarding the situation in Europe, Zhang Tie still knows what to do.

European countries are now at war. This, in turn, also affected the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

Everyone is fighting, the common people have become homeless, and a lot of land is idle and cannot be cultivated, so food must have become a big problem.

The common people don't farm anymore, so will food fall from the sky?

Grain from the Ottoman Empire was often purchased from European countries.

Because the land in their country is not very suitable for growing food.

As a result, yields are low.

Therefore, they have to import some food to alleviate the domestic food problem.

Now that European countries are in frequent wars, and even ordinary people don't farm anymore, then of course, it is impossible for European countries to sell grain to the Ottoman Turkish Empire.

It's something obvious.

Although many European merchants came to the Americas to trade grain, they only sold grain to European countries.

As for the Ottoman Empire, even if they were able to buy grain from these merchants, it was very expensive.

For such a thing, the Ottoman Turkish Empire also had no way, who made Europe now also short of food.

In the end, when the Ottoman Empire was forced to have no choice, they thought of putting aside those European merchants and contacting the Americans themselves to see if they could buy affordable grain from the Americans.

Because many merchants say that the food bought on this side of the American continent is actually not expensive, on the contrary, it is very cheap.

As for why the price in Europe is so high, the merchants have raised a large part of the price in the middle.

If they can remove this part of the price of China and Canada, then it won't feel too stressful.

This was the ultimate purpose of Amoretoran's arrival in the Americas.

Through Amoretoran's words, Zhang Tie immediately understood the purpose of his coming to Manhattan.

Hehe, another big wrong, good, good! (To be continued......)

PS: My wife's due date is No. 2, but now there is no sign of my 'child' being born, and it seems that I heard the doctor say that she is going to 'repeat the grade', I am really speechless!

Looks like it's going to be postponed for a while.

After checking the information on the Internet, it seems that there are still strongmen who are born two weeks after the due date