April 24, 1842 may be a date that will go down in history for the Omanis.

On this day, on the shores of Zanzibar, the super-first battleship "Venezia" went aboard Oman, the overlord of East Africa, for the first time in nearly 100 years, to admit defeat.

Their proud navy paid a terrible price in this battle with 19 battleships, 15 frigates, 38 sailboats, and a large number of arsonists and self-detonators.

Not only that, but more than 18,000 people on the Omani side, including Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Mayad Pasha, were killed or missing.

More than 2,000 houses were destroyed throughout the port of Zanzibar, and civilian ships were lost incalculably. Two of Sultan Said the Great's eight sons were killed in the battle.

Although there is a national enemy who hates him, this monarch does not seem to have the intention of taking revenge on the other party; On the contrary, he was optimistic about the trade between Aus, and Said's son Majid strongly marketed their cloves to Franz and Friedrich.

The clove tree can be refined to produce fine spices and sesame oils. Clove oil is a yellow oil with a strong fragrance, which can be used to make a variety of high-end fragrances and perfumes and cigarettes, and is even used as a medicine in parts of Asia and Africa.

However, the origin of this spice is not Zanzibar and Benbar. They used to be the fist product of the Indians, but now the production of cloves in Samben and Samben has exceeded 60% of the world's production, almost monopolizing the global trade of similar goods, and has become a veritable country of cloves.

This is where Arab merchants are great. They are bent and stretched, and have an unusually flexible moral floor, allowing even mortal enemies to do business without scruples.

In fact, the war reparations of 500,000 pounds and the loss of land south of Bagamoyo did not hurt the Sayyid dynasty, what really made them unacceptable was the loss of the powerful fleet on which they depended and the self-confidence they had accumulated over hundreds of years.

Once upon a time, the majestic Omani Empire punched Portugal, kicked the Netherlands, invited the Arabs, passed through East Africa, and crisscrossed the Indian Ocean. They dare to fight the Zavasan pirates that the British dare not fight, and Mombasa, which the British dare not take, has long been their colony.

Oman has been the dominant power in the western Indian Ocean since the Age of Discovery, but Saeed knows that past glory doesn't tell the whole story.

He was not an incompetent monarch, but on the contrary he was very business-minded and strategic, so the East African overlord immediately thought of forming an alliance with the Austrians.

In order to maintain its influence in the Persian Gulf and the western Indian Ocean, it was an inevitable choice, just as it was with the British in the past.

The Sultan also sought to actively expand commercial relations with Austria and strengthen the ties between the two countries.

At the same time, he needs to rebuild a stronger fleet and a more detailed and reliable intelligence network to ensure that this disgrace does not happen again.

On the Austrian side, on the other hand, it was not until the end of the war that Franz and Friedrich understood why the Omani Navy had been able to respond so quickly.

The reason for this is that the capital of the other side has been moved from Muscat in the Persian Gulf to Zanzibar, and their naval headquarters has naturally come to this small island in East Africa.

However, since it has only happened in recent years, there is no mark on the chart on your own warship. This sent chills down Franz's spine, as he had only known that a certain lack of morality often led people into dead ends, leek fields, and the like.

But compared to its own overseas intelligence services, it is simply weak! The charts, which had not been updated for several years, sent the long-distance fleet directly into the enemy's lair.

Bagamoyo is just across the sea from Zanzibar and is less than a day's voyage. The actions of the Imperial Navy in Bagamoyo (unloading and transporting troops) were undoubtedly a serious provocation against the Sayyid dynasty.

Of course, the proud Omanis also overestimated their own strength, and they thought that they could destroy the invading enemy fleet without declaring war.

After all, the victors are not condemned, and as long as they can annihilate the living forces of the great powers, then naturally no one will dare to come out and make irresponsible remarks about them.

It's a pity that dreams are beautiful, but reality is cruel.

The difference between the two sides by nearly a hundred years was not easily erased, and coupled with the fact that their stupid strategy angered their opponents, the Imperial Austrian Navy perfectly carried out the policy of "beating the water dogs", leaving the Arab casualty figure to an unbelievably high level.

And the culprit of all this is still at large with Bagamoyo, how could Franz and Friedrich let them go.

The next day, the ocean-going fleet visited the old port again.

Although the welcoming crowd was noticeably smaller this time, their enthusiasm grew stronger, as the Austrians defeated their long-standing enemies—the once invincible Arabs, the demons who collected blood taxes from them, and the vile villains who forbade them to participate in the slave trade.

Now the damned heretics have finally received retribution, and their time is coming...

But the first thing Franz did when he came to Bagamoyo was to ban the slave trade, much to the surprise of many. After all, the slave trade was one of Bagamoyo's most lucrative businesses at this time.

"Listen, I'm here for three things, slave forbidden! Forbidden slaves! It's a fucking forbidden slave! ”

His brief, even rude, impromptu speech got the gathered audience talking.

"Your Royal Highness, you are wrong to blame us, and we are not the culprits who are teasing you and your country. It's all the fault of that damn Benny Erbin! Just punish him alone! ”

The very nimble businessmen in the audience chose to abandon the car at this moment, and began to accuse Erbin and his party, after all, sacrificing others to fulfill themselves is a compulsory course for every ocean-going merchant in this era.

They had already figured out a way out, and that was to arrest Benny Earbin and his comrades to bear the wrath of Austria. In this way, they will not only be able to keep their property, but may even become the new owners of the city.

Of course, it is obviously impossible to hide this trick from Franz, so he is not prepared to let this group of villains succeed.

Benny Earbyn, though a shameful liar, is at least a man of ability and guts. Perhaps there is another possibility, he did not want to deceive the Austrian guests, but there was some misunderstanding between the two sides, and the very unscrupulous chart may have been a momentary oversight.

"Send him here."

As soon as Franz gave the order, two Austrian Marines stepped forward and grabbed Benny Erbyn's arm.

The merchants cheered and threw eggs and tomatoes to express their "indignation" at the deception and their "loyalty" to the new master.

In fact, he had sent someone to conduct an investigation before, and proved that Erbin was indeed a mixed race, but not an illegitimate child as he said, but a legitimate prince.

His father even banished all his brothers and uncles from the kingdom of Vejin in order for him to succeed to the throne.

Benny Earbin was put in front of the young archduke opposite. At this moment, the former's mentality is like turning over the river and the sea, and he does not dare to look at the other party, especially after knowing his identity and witnessing this miraculous battle.

An emotion that had never existed before hung over Erbyn's heart, both awe and awe, and a little admiration and guilt.

"Do you want to be the Governor of Tanzania?" There are no false polite words, no roundabouts and circles, but straight to the point.

(End of chapter)