With the sound of a whining whistle, the battleship Tang Wang, which seemed to those who had never seen a big scene, was incomparably huge and powerful, and had anchored at the "Black Pier" in Muscat.

The "black master" Hei Zhongxian, who even the Sultan of Sultan wanted to give him three or four points, got up from the chair with the support of a "little black eunuch" beside him, and Sultan Sultan, as well as a minister of the Ming Dynasty in the Omani Kingdom, named Zhuge Weien's mixed-race Zhuge (yellow and white mixed blood), was surrounded by a group of Omani nobles and elderly black eunuchs, and stood by the gangway that was lowered from the Tang Wang.

Zhuge Weidao, who walked down from the Tang Wang, saw this scene, and completely understood why there were all black eunuchs in the Ming court...... One is that they can buy it! The Sultanate of Oman, as well as Ethiopia, historically made their fortunes by trafficking black slaves to Arabs and Ottomans.

Of course, the Sultanate of Oman had other ways to make a fortune, such as gold, ivory, spices, and so on from the island of Sambaqier, which was close to the east coast of Africa.

But the slave trade was still one of the most important financial routes for the Sultanate of Oman! The Arabs and Turks were more ruthless to male black slaves, and liked to castrate first and then use, which just met the needs of the Ming court......

The second reason for the use of black eunuchs in the Ming court should be to use some elderly black eunuchs who have returned to their hometowns to infiltrate the Sultanate of Oman. These old black eunuchs have lived in the Ming court all their lives, and they have also received corresponding education and training, and of course their thoughts have been "washed". And the big eunuch who can stand out in a large group of black eunuchs is somewhat skilled. When they returned to Oman with a lot of wealth and the support of the Ming Dynasty, it was naturally easy to establish their own families and forces.

Although the eunuchs did not have sons, it was not difficult for them to spend money to buy several sons. When the "eunuch family" was established one by one, the shadows of the Ming Dynasty in the Sultanate of Oman fell one by one.

And Oman, on the other hand, may also know that these elderly black eunuchs who have returned to their hometowns in fine clothes are not quite right, but for the reward of the Ming court and the wealth brought back by the black eunuchs, they can only endure it.

After decades of operation, on the side of Muscat, the power of the black eunuchs can already wrestle with the Sultan.

With the help of these black eunuchs, it would be much easier for Da Ming to enter the Persian Gulf!

So this black eunuch of the Ming court ...... Most of them are also the handiwork of the Zhuge family, who are best at putting long lines and catching big fish.

I have to say that although these military advisors who can pinch and calculate don't dare to do a big job, they really play smart with small actions, and this patience is really good......

Zhuge Weidao had already gotten off the boat, and stood in front of the old black eunuch, the sultan who had "a piece of cloth on his head", and Zhuge Weien, who was wearing a Daming official uniform, and then saluted the three of them.

The minister named Zhuge Weien was a brother of Zhuge Weidao in terms of seniority, and he was sixty-six, but he was a concubine and failed to pass the initial test of the military teacher test, and his status in the Zhuge family was much worse than that of Zhuge Weidao. Otherwise, he would not have been sent to a small place like Muscat as a minister. Now seeing Zhuge saluting himself for the Tao, he hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "The Eighteenth Army Division has been bumpy all the way, and it is really hard!" ”

Zhuge smiled softly for the road: "It's not hard, it's not hard, it's not hard, do things for the country, what's the hard work to talk about?" ”

Hei Zhongxian, the old black eunuch on the side, also clasped his fists and saluted: "Brother Daozi, it has been seven or eight years since I said goodbye to the Jingshi, but I didn't expect to see it again in Muscat...... Daozi, we can be regarded as old acquaintances, you give my brother a thorough understanding. What are you here with such a large fleet this time? Is there a place for the old brother? ”

Listening to the words of this old black eunuch, Zhuge Weidao knew that he was really familiar with his old man back then...... But then again, I seemed to be very good at pulling relationships back then, and I had a lot of friends of all kinds!

Thinking of this, he smiled and said to Hei Zhongxian: "Brother Zhongxian......"

Hei Zhongxian, I don't know who gave this name? Zhuge paused for Dao, and then continued: "Dissatisfied with the elder brother, the younger brother was ordered to lead the fleet to the Persian Gulf, just to fight the desert pirates on this pirate beach...... These pirates entrenched in the Gulf, often plundering passing ships and disrupting maritime trade in the Persian Gulf, have become recognized as a great scourge in the Gulf. That's why the imperial court ordered the navy to send troops to suppress bandits in order to maintain peace and tranquility in the Persian Gulf and its surrounding waters! ”

As soon as his words came out, Hei Zhongxian and the Sultan of Sultan were dumbfounded.

Did those Persian Gulf pirates rob some little emperor of the Ming Dynasty who came to Baghdad for a tour? How else did you attract such a large fleet? Well, 8 battleships, 5 armored cruisers, 8 protective cruisers, 8 old sail ironclads...... This strength, said to help the tsar destroy the Ottoman Turkish Empire, some people believe it!

Hei Zhongxian's reaction was relatively fast, and he hurriedly turned around and said to the Sultan Sultan who was a little blindfolded in Arabic: "Sultan, what did those seaside chieftains do?" ”

"I, I don't know!" The Sultan of Sultan was stunned, and suddenly as if he remembered something, he turned his head and shouted loudly to a group of nobles with a piece of cloth on their heads behind him: "Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fuchayinla, Hayinma, Sharjah, Omguwen...... You're all coming out for me! ”

Then he saw seven chiefs of the seven small tribes, all dressed in coarse robes that were half-worn and new, with dirty cloth on their heads, and watched as the chiefs of the seven small tribes, all black and thin, squeezed out of the crowd and ran to the Sultan of Sultan, all kneeling down on one knee, and then looked up at the Sultan with angry faces.

The Sultan of Oman may not have been a great figure in the eyes of Zhuge Weidao, and his sultanate was not large off the map, occupying some of the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula and some of the eastern coast of Africa. But in the eyes of the chiefs of the seven desert pirate tribes in the southern coastal area of the Persian Gulf north of Ras Hayinma, it was the great power monarch!

And this Sultan is also very brave, except for Britain (including India), Ottoman, Ali Pasha, and Persia can't beat, none of the surrounding countries and tribes are his opponents!

Sultan looked at a few people and asked, "Tell me, what mistakes have you made?" Why did you offend the Great Tomorrow Dynasty? ”

What went wrong?

A few desert chiefs who looked at it and said bitterly, "What mistake can we make?" That is, to grab something at sea. That's no way, it's too poor, if you don't grab a little, you won't have anything to eat! Moreover, in the past two years, Baghdad has become more and more depressed, and there are fewer and fewer Indians who go to the holy city for pilgrimage, and they are almost not enough to grab it......"

Zhuge Weidao was also a little strange to see this scene, but he couldn't understand Arabic and didn't know what they were talking about.

So he asked Hei Zhongxian: "Brother, what's wrong?" ”

Hei Zhongxian replied with a smile: "Brother Daozi, the person who scolded is the Sultan of Oman...... The seven men kneeling were one of the pirate chieftains in the Cape Hayinma. The Sultan is blaming them for their misdeeds and annoying the Great Tomorrow Dynasty!

Dao disciple, is your task of catching seven of them complete? ”

What? Is my mission complete? It's too easy, right?

Zhuge Weidao looked at these seven descendants who were all rich and noble, but he didn't seem to have any wealth, so he just smiled bitterly and said, "Seven chiefs, don't be nervous. If you are mistaken, the Great Tomorrow Dynasty can still open the net and give you a way out. ”

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