It's June, and the weather is getting hotter day by day. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Fortunately, the Astra Mountains next to it block the hot monsoon of the desert, and the Atlantic Ocean has a slightly fishy sea breeze, and the weather here is quite pleasant.

During this time, several things in Agadir were rushed together, and everyone was busy.

Spring sowing is going to be done in June, and the 'agricultural cooperatives' are the time when there are the most trivial things;

The first batch of cannons, which was negotiated with Portugal, should also be delivered;

At this time, Tesfil said that he wanted to inspect the nearby mountains and planned to set up an animal sanctuary......

It is rare for Jin Thigh to open his mouth, of course Liu Jingtian has to brush a wave of favorability and serve the Tesfield children's shoes well.

The Great Demon King of Liu Jingtian gave an important instruction to the kobolds: team battles can be lost, and Jin Thighs must be coaxed!

So he sent Superman brothers and sisters to accompany him, and followed Zhilong and Timo to lead the team, and brought a large group of dogs such as cooks, servants, laundrymen, etc., to form a super luxury lineup, waiting for the whole process; counting the supporting guards, the total number of dogheads is as high as more than 2,000 dog heads, and the wheels are rolling along the way, which is really spectacular!

It is said that kobolds are very talented in the skill of serving their masters, and they don't know where they inherited it......

Such a mighty team rushed headlong to the big countryside of Okaz, for a very simple reason: there are many mountains over there!

After sending off the expedition, Liu Jingtian looked at the 'herpes cannon' in a warehouse and began to have a headache.

The Kingdom of Portugal, which was in a bad situation, was very concerned about this deal, and Francisco 'Viceroy' had already urged it twice.

Liu Jingtian felt that ostrich tactics could not solve the problem, and now he wanted to rely on the file to deal with the cannon, and he didn't have so much time, so he just delivered it directly!

"Will the Portuguese be crazy? Forget it, let's just say that it is the national tradition on our side, you have to understand the policy of two less and one lenient!"

So I left it alone.

In connection with this artillery trade, a lease agreement has been drawn up: 'Doug White North India Joint Stock Company' to lease Agadir for a period of ninety-nine years.

The monthly rent is converted into silver, and the exact amount has not yet been negotiated, but this does not matter, because when it is paid, it is replaced by artillery.

The monthly rent was converted into ten six-pounder guns, or in a suitable proportion, replaced with other types of cannons.

This is actually quite high, already a tenth of the domestic production in Portugal. The war has come, and even one more cannon is good.

However, Agadir has no minerals, and the kobold claims that the yield of his own cannon is only one-fifth, and there is a large shortage of raw materials.

In return, Portugal brought in iron ore and coal on a regular basis, and it had to be free, otherwise the kobolds had the right to refuse the deal.

In the eyes of the Portuguese, this is not difficult. A large number of merchant ships passed through Agadir, and the ore was worthless - half of Europe was rich in coal and iron. Therefore, the passing merchant ships directly replaced the ballast with ore, and when they arrived in Agadir for a change, the transaction was completed.

The kobold also feels that it is very profitable: how can there be so many waste products in the casting gun, our current heat treatment technology is getting higher and higher, and the scrap rate is less than one-tenth. So, it's a very cost-effective deal to exchange one product for five raw materials!

The artillery trade is getting on the right track, and Liu Jingtian is worried about another problem.

Lisbon recently made a request to 'sell' a town to kobolds, and said it could buy the 'surplus' at a suitable price.

And the kobolds are also thinking about expansion, with Portugal as the leading party, it is acceptable to sacrifice some interests, so the two sides are in a mess.

As is customary, the business representatives, led by Perez, ran on both sides to inform both sides.

However, after the discussion began, an agreement was not reached: there was a lot of controversy about the destination.

Portugal's first proposal was to be a major city in the western Mediterranean: Ceuta!

Someone does not know that the city is currently still in Spanish hands.

Liu Jingtian: "This joke is not funny at all, just look at the map, it is the throat of the Mediterranean Sea leading to the Atlantic Ocean! Buy a small wooden boat in Ceuta, row north, and swim to the Gibraltar Peninsula in a few minutes! Another question, don't you take into account the distance? It's a thousand kilometers away from me!"

Naturally, the 'business representatives' conveyed the exact words.

Although it was rejected, the representative of Portugal, Mr. Francisco, was not annoyed. Anyway, just casually, Liu Jingtian doesn't take the bait, and everyone has other alternatives:

Next to Ceuta, Tangier!

Liu Jingtian: "I refuse!

Francisco: "Okay, it's a little farther, a thousand kilometers is a lot of trouble, but you're demons, don't you have mythical wings, portals and other things?"

Liu Jingtian: "The family is poor, and they are all sold to angels for money." ”

Commercial Representative: "......"

Liu Jingtian began to speak: "The rich and handsome are called angels, and the poor and short are called demons, we can occasionally save a little money, and then buy a temporary angel license and engage in some small business!"

Business Representative: This ...... How do you translate it? Try to explain it?

Francisco: "Hehe, I don't know what you're talking about, let's get down to business." ”

Then it's time for the next location: Rabat!

Looking at the simple map at hand, Liu Jingtian thought hard about the name of the place: "It seems that this is the capital of Morocco in the future? What are you kidding, even in this era, it will not be less than 100,000 people, how can I fight? Let's be like this, let's pick a seaside city that is closer to the sea, and occupy it all the way north from Agadir, so that everyone will be happy!"

Francisco: "Your Excellency is too picky, this land is mostly sand and mountains, and there are a few cities that can be called natural populations. And Agadir, whether north or south, is almost the territory of the Kingdom of Portugal, and we have castles and colonies, large and small, otherwise we wouldn't have provided you with such a far target......"

In the end, the two sides bargained, and finally negotiated a mutually acceptable place: Dar Beida.

Dar Beida was a seaport south of Rabat, a core city of the Saadid dynasty founded by the indigenous people to the north, and a series of Portuguese colonies to the south.

Hundreds of years ago, it was an ancient city, but it was destroyed in war. Now there are many aborigines scattered here, although the population is quite large, there is no city to build, to put it mildly, it is a big rural area......

Liu Jingtian thought about it and felt that Darbell was probably the only choice.

There is little room for development around Agadir, with a series of small Portuguese trading posts to the north and deserts to the south.

There is no other way to expand than to continue to develop the small river valley to the east.

"Well, although to build a city here is equivalent to separating the aborigines from the Portuguese colonizers and becoming the front line of ethnic conflicts, there are also more opportunities!"

Author: There is only one chapter for something today, and three more tomorrow