"Look, I said that Your Majesty would support me and wait, but you still don't believe it! Your Majesty is the protector of our merchants, and whatever we can think of, Your Majesty will think of, and will think more carefully than we do. Good company! Good company! Originally, the three of us also planned to do the same, but I was afraid that it would be too troublesome for Your Majesty, but now that Your Majesty has agreed, what else is there to say, I will go to the ships of other maritime merchants to inform them of the meeting, which is a great thing! After listening to Hong Tao's suggestion, the troubled faces of the maritime merchants immediately turned cloudy, and they were anxious to announce the news immediately. The sooner the company is founded, the sooner they make money, who would disagree with this suggestion? These businessmen have been strengthened by Hong Tao's appetite and courage, as long as they have Hong Tao's support, there is no place they dare not go.

"Oops...... Slow, slow! Listen to Your Majesty's words...... Your Majesty, you said that you want to establish a base in Muska Harbor, this place is indeed good, but don't the people where they like us very much? I heard that His Majesty also fought with them and taught them a hard lesson. Is it time to teach these people a lesson, what kind of life are they living, they don't even have a decent piece of furniture at home, they have a herd of camels, and they are embarrassed to say that they are big businessmen? Phew! The porters on the docks in Kalamba are also richer than they are, and they are not happy that we have traveled thousands of miles to bring them a sale! "There are those who are anxious, and there are those who have a calm personality, and the other two maritime merchants stretched out their hands and grabbed their companions, and they heard the mystery from Hong Tao's words.

"But then again, after all, it was not the port of Callamba, and they didn't dare to make it when His Majesty was there, but His Majesty's warship was gone. But I can't keep it. We are not sweeping His Majesty's pleasure. Doing business pays attention to harmony and wealth. Who wants to play with them every day? Or maybe it's here, it's a little far from the port of Calamba, but they're not bad and talkative. ”

"It's okay to choose here, but you may not know that at the end of this continent, there is also a sea, and it is to the south of this continent. There are also a lot of small countries. If the company's base is located in Mascarpa Port, you can develop in three directions at the same time: south, west, and north, and your peers will not fight with each other because of trade routes in the future. ”

"If you set it up here, you can go north, but if you go west, you don't have a leg of sea communication, and it's even more difficult to go south. The hinterland here is full of desert, and if you don't bring the locals with you, can they let you through? It's not that I'm scaring you, even if Bo Jiao pulls all the troops of Ceylon. In that great desert, you may not be able to protect you. ”

On the issue of setting up a trade port, Hong Tao could not make do. The port of Masca is the most suitable. It can radiate North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, while the port of Hormuz is much worse, and the south of the Arabian Peninsula cannot be crossed at all, and it is not easy to enter the Mediterranean. This is a question of the general direction, and we must take the right step in the first step, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

"Ah...... There are still countries to the south! And the sea to the west! If this is the case, it is indeed the case that His Majesty is right...... But what about the people in Muskaqua? Relying on the Ain family alone, we don't think it's very useful, right? ”

After listening to Hong Tao's introduction, the maritime merchants immediately understood, and they also agreed that Musca Port was the best choice. However, there is one problem that cannot be changed, and that is that the locals of Muska Harbor are not very welcoming to the arrival of the Great Song maritime merchants, and can even be said to be hostile. We don't know the details of the attack on Hong Tao, but we still know about the situation, the three cargo ships sold their goods for a few days, and they didn't dare to stay any longer, how could they use it as a base?

"You should know how Port Calamba came about, right? Originally, it wasn't a paradise for you and me, and Imperial warships and your merchant ships weren't very welcome. The concept can be changed, if Prince Taba didn't listen to persuasion back then, then he wouldn't be alive now, let alone become a king. In the same way, if the Sultan of Musk Harbor insists on being an enemy of the Empire, then we will help them change to a Sultan. People can dislike us, and we don't have to make everyone like us. As a few of you have just said, we are here to bring happiness to the people here, not to bring wealth to the Sultan here. Whether he welcomes it or not, I am determined to be a good person! As soon as he talked about the problem of Musk Port, Hong Tao began to grin again, and said that he was an angel, as if there was no happiness for the people here without him.

“…… That's right! This person blatantly does disrespectful things to His Majesty, which is simply a great rebellion! Your Majesty should send **** soldiers to ask for it! We are willing to donate money for Your Majesty to build a warship to show our hearts! "Let Hong Tao enlighten like this, and the three maritime merchants immediately understood that this emperor was going to attack Muska Port again!

This is a very good thing, they keep saying that they want to make money in harmony when they do business, but in their hearts they wish that Hong Tao would drive warships to various ports every day to bomb them indiscriminately. It's not too comfortable to do business behind the guns of a battleship, it's a taste they'll never forget. As long as the port of Masca was knocked down by the warships of the waves, they came as victors and conquerors, and were no longer mere merchants. How dare local businessmen compete with them? Grandmother! Isn't the port of Kalamba a prime example? As soon as the imperial navy went, the merchants of the Great Food and the merchants of the countries of the Indian Peninsula had to bend their waists, and the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty were a head taller when they saw people there, and the king did not have to pay a big salute when he came.

"It's okay to donate the battleship, but you really have to break the bank. The empire is all responsible for the war, but after the war, you can't expect the imperial army to stay here forever, right? So, you have to think of a way to get more people who listen to us to come and settle down. The more people we have here, the more powerful we become, and the more effective our words will be. Where does this person come from, I have a suggestion, you listen. There were also poor people in the interior of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Han people in the north were even poorer, and those adventurous little maritime merchants from South Asian countries could also pull them over, and then pay to go to the port of Malacca and the port owner to buy some real slaves, which was enough. ”

The matter of attacking Muska Harbor has long been planned by Hong Tao, and now this sultan must be overthrown, as for who will be on the throne in the end, it depends on the energy of the Al Yin family. When the fleet departed from Muska Harbor, Alin did not follow, he took Hong Tao's intention back to the family to fool around, who knows if it can be successful. Even if the Al Yin family has the courage and ability, and sits in the position of sultan with the help of the imperial army, what will happen in the future? Whether they have such a great ability to manage a country well is still a big question. According to Hong Tao's judgment, they are a little hanging.

But if a third party can come in and mix it, the situation will be very favorable to the new sultan. The port of Masca will soon become a mestizo and will no longer be the territory of the Arabs. Under the double blow of economy and artillery, no country can hold out, and the Arabs are no exception, otherwise future generations would not have been ruled by the Ottomans and the British for hundreds of years. However, if this matter is to be completed by the Golden River Empire alone, it will be a bit difficult, and it will be a huge expenditure in terms of manpower and financial resources, and it is a question of whether the council can approve it.

Now that this problem has been solved, the Great Song Maritime Merchants can do this job very well, and the empire not only does not have to pay a penny, but also can make a lot of profits from the later arms sales and personnel training. It would also find a new market for the Empire's exports, and by the time the factories in Cape Town were built, the Empire's annual production of goods would have to more than double. What's more, the Royal Navy has a stable supply port here, and it doesn't even have to pay for maintenance itself.

As for the war, it doesn't cost a few shells. It was King Taba who sent the army, and all of them had nothing to do with the empire, so it was a big deal to give him some weapons, armor or something, and let him go to the Indian Peninsula to catch slaves, and the training and training would be another regional powerhouse. There is another advantage of this, that is, he can take the opportunity to weaken the strength of King Taba, and don't let him always hold a strong army in his hands, which is not a good thing for the empire and Bojiao.

"Your Majesty's words are extremely true! We admire the five-body throw! Then the little men took their leave, and quickly sold all the goods, and filled the cabin again, and waited for His Majesty to come to the port of Muska, and then I would follow ashore! It's not loaded, all the people, and we're all covered by the real slaves in Malacca! "No matter how cunning the maritime merchants are, they can't turn Hong Tao's brain, it's not that Hong Tao is too smart, but he has seen too much. There are some things that you don't need to think about at all, you just need to take out the things that happened in the future life and compare them, and it is easy to find a similar prescription to catch the medicine.

A large number of immigrants are not a problem for maritime merchants at all, and there is no cost. The sea is not like land, you have to take it one step at a time. If you load people on a boat, you will load a boat, and if you load a hundred people, you will still be a boat, and you will run a trip. People in Southeast Asian countries are not worth much, an Arabian horse can be exchanged for a lot, as long as you have enough to eat, you can find people everywhere who will work for you. Give some pocket money, and their whole family will dare to go with you, give them a knife, and let them cut whoever they want, without asking who it is.

"Don't worry, there's still a month...... Hey, really send me? After solving all the doubts in their hearts, the three maritime merchants didn't even want to look at Hong Tao's ugly face for a minute, and scrambled to climb down the side of the ship. Before Hong Tao could reach the side of the ship, the heads of the two Persian dancers were exposed. Hong Tao lay on the side of the boat and looked down, and the dancing girls on the two dinghys climbed up along the net ropes. If you come here, you will take it, go back and hand it to Bai Xiang, and follow her to rub the cigar. Now his cigar smoke is really rubbed out on the thigh of the girl, these dancing girls are basically not more than sixteen or seventeen years old, and the old maritime merchants dare not give it to themselves.

(To be continued.) )