Black Prince's Mansion, above the lobby.
"You guys are lucky! There is an earl in each family. This is an earl in the Ming Dynasty, so it is valuable! After being granted the title of earl, you can immediately divide houses and farms in the Ming Dynasty. The houses are all good houses in Beijing. The earl's The land grant can be worth hundreds of thousands of silver dollars. If you don't live in it yourself, you can rent it out for a rent of 30,000 to 20,000 yuan a year. Farms are usually near Beijing. The count's village can be worth hundreds of dollars. Mu. Moreover, the relatives servants who are attached to Ming Dynasty with you can also share the land with you. No points or queues are required, and they can be divided immediately. Of course, there is an upper limit on the number of followers, no more than fifty people. Earl There is also an annual salary, three thousand silver dollars a year! In addition, the earl and the earl's adult sons can also be arranged to serve in the Imperial Guard and the Flag Guard, which is another income..."
The one who was speaking was Zhuge Weien. Even though he failed the military advisor exam, he spoke Arabic very fluently. And those who listened to him were of course the chiefs of the seven desert pirate tribes.
The seven desert pirate chiefs all looked surprised and happy... They didn't know what their descendants would become. They only knew that the seaside deserts and wastelands they owned were very barren, and the species Nothing grows, and even drinking water is very precious. Fishing at sea and becoming a pirate are almost the only ways to survive. And even this is the only way to survive, and it is not easy to get through.
First of all, there is no wood for shipbuilding... There are not even a few grass roots in their sandy land, and tall trees are rare species. Even if there are a few trees, they cannot support the shipbuilding industry!
Therefore, desert pirate chiefs like them only have a small number of small boats, and it would be embarrassing to sail them out to rob.
Secondly, there are always some nosy countries that want to protect Indians who go to the holy city to worship... When the Mughal Dynasty was powerful, they built large sailing battleships! Later, the Mughal Dynasty declined, and it was the British Empire that came to trouble the desert pirates. In the past 20 to 30 years, the British East India Company still sent ironclad ships to bully the desert pirates in the Persian Gulf, and still allowed the pirates to live?
Therefore, the ancestral profession of desert pirates becomes less and less secure the longer you work, and the more you work the less promising you are... Several chiefs feel that if they continue this profession from generation to generation, their descendants will starve to death sooner or later. ! Therefore, they have been praying to the True God in recent years. I never expected that the True God, who has not been very effective in the past, is still very reliable at critical moments!
"Can we only take fifty people to Daming? What about the others?"
Some of these chiefs are more loyal and do not just care about themselves and their people.
Zhuge Weien smiled and said: "Of course the others have arrangements too! The Ming Dynasty will provide two million silver dollars to help them move."
"Moving? Where?"
"Then you have to ask His Highness the Sultan." After saying that, Zhuge Weien looked at Sultan Sultan of Oman with a smile.
"Ask me?" Sultan Sultan had actually been waiting for this question for a long time, and immediately frowned, "The land in Oman is also very barren..."
Zhuge Weien smiled and said to Zhuge Weidao: "One hundred and eighth brother, Sultan Sultan wants to know what benefits the Ming Dynasty can give him?"
The black eunuch Hei Zhongxian next to him added: "Brother Daozi, His Highness the Sultan is the hero of Oman! People here in Arabia call him Said the Navigator. After he came to the throne, he dealt with the Ming Dynasty and the Great Britain, and also established an A naval fleet including one sail battleship and five sail cruisers also consolidated the Zambagel colony in Africa founded by his father... If the ironclads had not developed too fast in recent years, the Sultan of Oman The country’s navy is also considered a hegemon in the Arabian Peninsula and the east coast of Africa!”
Zhuge Weidao nodded, smiled and said to the Sultan of Oman: "Your Highness the Sultan, our country wants to know your true thoughts... Do you want to march into Baghdad and rebuild the Arab Empire, or do you want to continue to expand your territory in East Africa? If you want to continue to expand your power in East Africa, our country can provide you with a batch of second-hand armored cruisers and provide professional training for your navy. If you want to march into Baghdad... I brought a Marines and Army infantry, they can help you achieve what you want."
The Sultan of Oman could understand and speak Chinese. He immediately said seriously: "General, I heard that you plan to support Ali Pasha of Egypt as the Sultan of the Arab Empire... My Sultanate of Oman is no matter what. It is not as good as Egypt in any way. We do not have enough population to support a strong army. So our future in Oman can only be on the east coast of Africa!
Don't really consolidate our Omani territory in Africa. A few armored cruisers are not enough. We also need a smaller but well-equipped and trained army. "
The Sultan of Oman still knows how much he weighs. Oman's land is very barren... Of course, there is no shortage of oil and natural gas, and there are also some metal mineral deposits, and there are also conditions for the development of the fishing industry, such as The "Seven Poor People Overseas" next door is much better. However, Oman's agriculture is still not worth mentioning, and there is no way to compare with the rich Egypt and Syria. Therefore, the mainland of the Sultanate of Oman cannot support too many people. It currently has a population of only more than 300,000.
Therefore, the strength of the Sultan of Oman is not in the same order of magnitude as Ali Pasha. If he wants to compete with Ali Pasha for the world of the Arab world, it will be difficult for him to win.
"Okay!" Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Sultan, I promise that our Ming Empire will support your Sultanate to become the overlord of East Africa! And we will also sign a binding diplomatic treaty with you... Oman The Sultanate will become an ally of the Ming Dynasty!"
Becoming an ally of Ming Dynasty is not easy! Now even Japan and Rakshasa don’t have such treatment. But Oman must have it, because Ming Dynasty’s Persian Gulf Fleet is now stationed on their territory!
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The fleet led by Zhuge Weidao entered the Gulf of Oman and received news of the warm hospitality of the Sultanate of Oman, which was quickly reported to London by the British minister in Muscat.
At the cabinet meeting held at No. 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington, looked quite happy when he talked about this matter.
Obviously, this matter is beneficial to Daying!
The Duke of Wellington said: "Gentlemen, the Ming Dynasty naval fleet that failed off the coast of Goa has taken control of Muscat...The next step should be to occupy the Persian Gulf, and may even support the Sultan of Oman to march towards Baghdad. !
And this is undoubtedly a turning point in the ongoing 'Rakshasa-Turkish War'!
It marked that the Ming Empire had substantially intervened in this war!
If the Ottoman Turkish Empire does not want to perish, then they will have to abandon Greece and negotiate peace with us and other European powers such as Rakshasa, Austria, Prussia, France, and the Kingdom of Sardinia! This is a great opportunity for our British Empire! "
The goal of the British Empire was, of course, to use the ongoing Rakshasa-Turkish war to isolate the Rakshasa and bind the Rakshasa to the Ming Dynasty in order to establish an alliance against the Rakshasa and the Ming Empire.
But because George Canning, who had already made Zhuge Weijiu "angry", brought the British Empire into the ditch of supporting Greek independence, the British Empire had to hold its nose and stand with the Rakshasa Kingdom... ..just standing still, and privately providing no less support to Turkey. But in any case, with Britain and Turkey in a state of war, the British Empire could not openly oppose the Tsar's request for Constantinople.
And the Ottoman Empire could not give up Greece before... That was the territory of the Ottoman Empire! How dare Mahmoud II give up so easily?
However, after the Ming Dynasty "defeated the Persian Gulf", the situation in the Middle East changed. The Ottoman Empire was attacked on both sides, and the holy city of Tianfang Sect was in danger. Sultan Mahmoud had already given up on Greece and turned to Britain, France, and An excuse for Austria and Prussia to join forces.
After all, the Turkish Empire has no permanent enemies, only permanent interests!
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