Neither of them felt anything about the five hundred thousand slaves. After all, it was just a joke for the Ming Dynasty to recruit half a million civilians. At the beginning, Han Du was able to recruit more than 50,000 people to build a road of thirty miles. Half a million slaves were just enough to dig the canal.
The reason why Han Du didn't ask for more was because even if he asked for more, it wouldn't take too many slaves to dig the canal. And when there are more slaves, other expenses will also increase.
But one million pounds of gold really shocked both Zhu Biao and Tang Ding.
Zhu Biao even asked unceremoniously: "With so much gold, do you want too much? Even if we take over the Mamluk dynasty quickly, will they have so much gold?"
Han Du explained: "Your Highness does not know that this place is already rich in gold. Their ancestors have been mining gold for no shorter time than us. After thousands of years of accumulation, the wealth of gold stored in each kingdom is far beyond reach." It’s beyond people’s imagination. Otherwise, how could Hurumos, just a big businessman, be able to easily come up with 10,000 pounds of gold?”
Han Du explained to Zhu Biao and Tang Ding, and saw that they no longer had any doubts. Then he looked back at Shi Si and asked with a smile: "How are you doing? Are you confident?"
Shi Si made a grimace and did not answer. It was not because he wanted to lose etiquette in front of Han Du, but because Han Du wanted too much, and he had no confidence at all.
"Will the woman agree to the Marquis's conditions?"
Han Du snorted twice and said: "She is now poor and has nothing. Even she was sold into slavery. If she doesn't have our help, she will only be a lowly person in her whole life." A slave has been humiliated by others. But with our help, she will one day ascend the throne and become the sultan of the Mamluk dynasty. On one side is the lowest slave, and on the other is the sultan of the dynasty. I think she should know what to do. How to choose.”
Han Du glanced at Shi Si calmly and repeated the old words, "You can go ahead and talk. If you surpass me, I will definitely ask His Highness to give you a reward. I will do what I say."
Zhu Biao laughed twice and said directly to Shi Si: "If you are still not at ease, Nagu can make a promise to you now. As long as the conditions you negotiate exceed those proposed by Han Du, whether it is land, slaves, or gold , Gudu will give you a 10% reward."
"Thank you, Your Highness." After Shi Si thanked Zhu Biao, his expression did not improve and he said bitterly, "I dare not ask for any reward. As long as I can fulfill my mission, I will be satisfied."
"Go." Zhu Biao waved towards Shi Si.
Shi Si resigned and went to the boat to find the woman.
Han Du immediately summoned Baiyunhu and ordered him to remove a thousand cannons from the warship. Take these few days and prepare yourself here.
Since the slave girl was really the princess of the Mamluk dynasty and the first heir, the current Sultan exiled her before ascending the throne. So as long as the news that she is still alive spreads back, the Sultan will inevitably be tempted to kill her at all costs.
So Han Du doesn't need to go anywhere. As long as he stays here and waits, the Mamluk dynasty's army will definitely come here.
...
The negotiation between Shi Si and the slave girl did not go smoothly. Han Du's request was just the bottom line. If Shi Si directly revealed this bottom line to the slave girl, then there would be no need to proceed with the negotiation. So he directly increased Han Du's request by several times. One hundred miles of land became five hundred miles in his mouth, and the gold became five million pounds. He didn't add many slaves. It only costs 600,000.
Because Shi Si heard Han Du's words and knew that too many slaves would not have much effect.
The female slave became extremely angry at Shi Si's big talk. She bluntly said that even the entire Mamluk dynasty did not have so much land, and there was a lot of land on both sides of the sea that did not belong to the Mamluk dynasty at all. As for gold, the female slave expressed an anger greater than that of the land, saying that Shi Si's greed was like the abyss, and that the entire world's gold could not satisfy his desire.
When it comes to slaves, the female slave shows an extremely generous attitude, uncharacteristically. Not only did he directly agree to give 600,000 slaves, he even asked Shi Si in turn, if he could use the slaves to exchange for some land and gold?
But what does Shi Si do with so many slaves? Hearing that the female slave directly agreed to provide 600,000 slaves, Shi Sidu regretted that he should not have asked for 100,000 more. If there are an extra 100,000 slaves, how much food will be needed? Of course, Shi Si categorically rejected the idea of female slaves using slaves as compensation for land and gold.
He doesn't know what to do with the extra 100,000 slaves? How could he agree to the slave girl's request?
No matter how angry the slave girl was, she really didn't dare to quarrel with the Ming people. Just as Shi Si said to her, if Ming Dynasty did not help her restore the country, then she would be just the lowest slave in her life. In order to become the new sultan of the Mamluk dynasty, she had to give up too many things.
Shi Si talked with the slave girl day by day, and the price dropped again and again.
The female slave also went from being mindless and angry at the beginning to gradually calming down and giving orders. She began to weigh the pros and cons, and began to interact with Shi Si constantly. The two of them were constantly arguing about their respective conditions.
While the two were negotiating, Han Du did not rest and sent Jiang Cong out again to grab some tongues.
After a series of inquiries and interrogations, Handu also had a general understanding of the Mamluk dynasty. Originally, Handu thought that the location of the Mamluk Dynasty was the former Tianfang, but through the information obtained, Handu realized that in fact, the Mamluk Dynasty and Tianfang were not the same thing.
In the past, Tianfang was mainly on the peninsula, and it completely occupied the entire peninsula. However, most of the Mamluk dynasty was within the scope of Egypt, and only occupied the part of the peninsula close to Egypt. And this part is just a little bit along the coast of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It can be said that their territory on the peninsula is not even one-tenth of the peninsula.
The Mamluk dynasty was a completely military country. The Mamluks were composed of mercenaries hired from various places, especially the Kipchaks, and occasionally Greeks, Slavs, Kurds, and even some Latins from Western Europe. Most of them were completely Don't understand western language. The Mamluk dynasty was based on a dual government. The military was in charge of mercenaries. They did not allow locals to serve as mercenaries. The civil and military affairs were both in charge of mercenaries, with local clerical staff in charge.
The way of passing the throne has always been hereditary, that is to say, something happened to the female slave. Originally, after his father died, she, the first heir, should ascend to the throne and become the new sultan. However, she was ousted from the throne by her brother Berge, the most powerful emir of the Mamluk dynasty. The old Sultan's intention in keeping Belgouge, the most powerful emir, was to use him to protect his daughter who would inherit the throne. Unexpectedly, Belgouge actually rebelled directly, ousted the daughter of the old Sultan who had high hopes from the throne, and directly exiled her.
Yes, according to the news obtained by Handu, the old sultan's daughter Faraij was only exiled and was not sold into slavery. But when Handu asked where Faraij was exiled, no one could answer.
Obviously, Bellgo deliberately confused the situation. Pretending to exile Farahi, in fact he directly drove her out of the Mamluk dynasty.
As for why Belgouge just exiled Faraij instead of killing her directly. This was not because Bell was kind or indecisive. How could a person who dared directly launch a mutiny and successfully seize power be kind and indecisive? But because in the Mamluk dynasty, killing blood relatives was an unforgivable felony. Even though Belgog was just the illegitimate son of the old Sultan, he and Faraij were also related by blood.
After learning this information, Han Du had automatically prepared several plans in his mind.
On Shi Si's side, he talked with Faraij for ten days before the two of them reached a preliminary agreement on their respective conditions. Whether Daming agreed to this condition or not, Shi Si didn't know.
"Master Marquis, please see me." A soldier came in and reported to Han Du.
"Let him come in." When Han Du heard that Shi Si finally had news, he put down the brush in his hand in a good mood.
As soon as Shi Si entered the door, he bowed directly to Han Du, "Shi Si pays homage to the Marquis."
Han Du immediately got up from the chair, walked a few steps quickly to Shi Si, and helped him up with both hands, "Get up quickly, have you brought good news to me?"
Shi Si smiled bitterly, sighed and said, "Returning to Mr. Hou, Shi Si doesn't know if it's good news or not."
"Oh? What's the matter? Have we not reached an agreement?" Han Du was not nervous at all, but was still in the mood to laugh. Even if there is no agreement, it doesn't matter. Anyway, Ming Dynasty is just fighting in vain. Han Du led the navy to fight countless such battles, and it didn't matter if he fought once.
But for Faraij, who is sitting on a high throne and being the sultan giving orders to her, he still continues to be her slave and spends his life in the lowest status.
And Handu will not forget that he bought the slave Faraij for ten pounds of gold. If she didn't agree to his conditions, Han Du would definitely sell her to the prostitutes in the capital, and he couldn't let his gold be lost no matter what. With an exotic beauty like Faraiji, the hope of earning gold back is still high.
Shi Si sighed helplessly and said, "I don't know whether we have reached an agreement or not. I'd better let the Marquis make the decision."
"Well, tell me." Han Du motioned for Shi Si to sit down and talk.
"Thank you, Lord Marquis." After Shi Siyi sat down, he told Han Du the important details of his negotiations with Faraji these days.
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