Don't look at the current Lao Bai so superior, but in the early days of the Age of Discovery, they were the worst, even worse than the current.

In the Ming Dynasty entered a period of weakness, that is, after the change of Tumubao, Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, with the year name Jingtai.

And at this time, a famous battle broke out in the West, which was the Battle of Constantinople.

After the First Battle of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire was completely established, and the Timurid Empire was also completely civil strife with the death of Shahru, and the Ottoman Empire was extremely powerful.

It was at this time that xenophobia began in Europe, and they targeted the Moors on a large scale, that is, the Arabs and the Yupep, and eventually the Moors were driven to North Africa and began to live as slaves in Egypt.

By this time, two pirates had changed the fate of part of the Moors.

Two pirates, with a group of unwilling Moors, set out to stir up trouble on the Barbary coast, mainly robbing the ships of the West and Portuguese, which became known as the Barbary pirates.

Generally speaking, most countries have the same attitude towards piracy, because every country has merchants, not to mention the beginning of the Age of Discovery.

However, the Ottoman Empire took a different path.

At that time, the Ottoman Empire was in the midst of a period of recuperation after the conquest, and the plague caused a large decline in population and a shortage of labor.

So, they began to work with the Barbary pirates.

The Ottoman Empire secretly gave aid to the Barbary pirates, and in return, the Barbary pirates sold Lao Bai (for fear of being sealed) to the Ottoman Empire at a very low price.

In this way, the Barbary pirates received aid and the Ottomans received labor, the best of both worlds.

Later, countries such as Spain and Portugal were forced to redeem those who were in the Ottoman Empire, and the average price of each white was usually around 30 to 40 pounds, and the special status could even be sold for more than 1,000 pounds.

For example, a shopkeeper at the time earned only £40 a year.

An old white is the lowest annual income of a family, and it is not the lowest family.

With momentum, things get stuck in an endless loop.

The Barbary pirates robbed merchant ships and plundered people, and the Ottoman Empire financed the Barbary pirates to buy Lao Bai at a low price, and the West and Portuguese spent a lot of money to redeem them.

This white slave trade, which was almost buried by history and rarely seen in later generations, was formed and grew step by step.

So, don't look at the old white of later generations so proud, but in fact, if you poke his lung tube with this, it is a quasi-poke!

A race that claims to be the highest, but is the first to be treated as a slave on this planet, isn't this laughing dead?

However, Zhu Zhan's idea was not quite the same as that of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire was mainly for money, but Zhu Zhanyan was not, he was mainly for people.

In fact, he didn't think of this line of Timurid Empire at first, but now that Ulugh Beg has come up, he took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey, and took the opportunity to start the white slave trade.

The Timurid Empire is a descendant of the Mengyuan people, and Lao Bai can not be in the same pot, so it is relatively simple to let them do this.

That is, it is impossible to catch the line of the Ottoman Empire now, otherwise Zhu Zhanyan still hopes to let the Ottoman Empire do this.

First, because the main population of the Ottoman Empire was the Arabs and Yupe, who were close relatives of the Moors, it was far easier for them to attack the Spanish and Portuguese than for the Timurid Empire.

The second is because the Timurid Empire is destined to weaken with the death of Shahru, and the Ottoman Empire will take the opportunity to rise, let them have internal friction first, and then it will be easier to solve it.

Third, Lao Bai's "white gold" can bring him a lot of things.

For example, the food, minerals, and various manufacturing industries brought about by the productive forces, and so on.

"But then again." Just when Zhu Zhanyan was thinking about the white slave trade, his father's voice pulled him back to reality.

"Do you like the Western Regions Dancing Girl?"

……

Three black lines hung down from Zhu Zhanyan's head.

"Say you like it, Kansai Qiwei sent several Western Regions dancing girls to Ling, but you don't touch them at home, but you like to watch them dance."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't notice the change in his son's expression, and was still talking.

"Say you don't like it, but you always struggle to find it, and now you take this opportunity to connect with Timur's people, and you really have to go thousands of miles to find it."

So, do you like it or don't like it? Tell your dad in advance. ”

"I'll say okay first, it's okay if you don't like Hu Shanshu, it's a big deal to find a chance to send her back later, but you can't find a Western Regions Dancing Girl or the slave you said to give birth to you, it's not okay!"

"You're still drinking a bar!" Zhu Zhanyan picked up the wine glass angrily and stuffed it into his father's hand.

He just wants to live a little longer, what's wrong with him?

But then again, after this year, he will be seventeen years old, and it seems that the time has come.

Previously, he didn't want to start a family and have children for two reasons, the first was that he was too young, and if he played around, it would hurt his foundation, which was really short-lived in this era.

These two are also considered additional, let Ying Tian put some heart here.

Just like what he said to Zhu Gaochi when he was in Yunnan before: the later he gets married and the later he has children, the more relieved some people in Yingtian will be.

"His Royal Highness."

As soon as Ulubo left here, Zhu Zhanyan didn't say a word to his father before someone came up.

At first glance, I still don't know it.

"I just heard that His Royal Highness the Prince is not satisfied with the dancing girl we sent, I don't know if there is any problem?"

……

Zhu Zhanyan didn't expect that he would just mention it casually, and there would be a follow-up.

But this also has the advantage that he knows who is coming in front of him.

"No ......" Zhu Zhanyan just wanted to habitually deny this statement, but soon his eyes rolled and he thought of something.

"It's not interesting......

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Zhanyan looked boring.

"Didn't you just talk to that Ulugh Beg, I heard that in the west of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, that is, at the western end of the Silk Road, there is a kind of person who looks quite close to the dancing queen of the Western Regions, so I want to see it."

After speaking, Zhu Zhanyan himself felt a little panicked, mainly because he tried to take the initiative to set up a character for himself for the first time, and it was still this kind of persona.

"That ......" the man seemed to be a little embarrassed.

"We also selected some dancing girls this year, and I was going to let you bring them back, you see......"

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(End of chapter)