In East Africa, the Chu State entered the East African prairie all the way south.
The east coast of Africa is similar to Tianzhu. There are many trading houses from the Ming Dynasty. The vassal kings divided this area into dozens of vassals, large and small, and hundreds of trading colonies.
The Tang State, the Zheng State, the Lu State, etc., were all vassal states established by vassal kings. The territories of the East African Trading Company, the territories of the Indian Ocean Rim Trading Company, the territories of the Western United Trading Company, etc. belonged to trading houses or a certain big family.
colonies established.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away here, which is very far away from the Ming Dynasty. In addition, it was established with the encouragement and support of the Ming Dynasty court.
Therefore, these vassal states and colonies are actually independent kingdoms, each implementing its own system.
King Ning was the first vassal king to come overseas to establish a vassal state. At first, the first place he looked at was East Africa, but later he established the Ning Kingdom first in what is now Western Tianzhu.
But he never gave up expanding his vassal kingdom in East Africa.
Therefore, here in East Africa, there is a large piece of land belonging to the Ning Kingdom, probably located in an area near the Indian Ocean in Kenya in later generations.
This is an extremely fertile land, and Ningguo also attaches great importance to it.
Chixia City was established along the coast. With Chixia City as the center, large-scale migration of people arrived here, while encouraging land reclamation and the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, and at the same time, they continued to expand into the inland areas of Africa.
Ning Kingdom is divided into two parts, one part is in Tianzhu, with Anning City as the center, and the other part is in East Africa, with Chixia City as the center.
Most of the Han people who followed King Ning to the sea stayed in Anning City. The total number was about 100,000. In addition, there were about 50,000 Han people who came to Chixia City under King Ning's encouragement policy and established a city with Chixia City as the center.
Ningguo in East Africa.
In addition to vigorously encouraging Han people to immigrate and reward Han people for having children, King Ning also moved a large number of slaves to Chixia City in order to consolidate and develop his land in East Africa.
The sources of these slaves are extremely complex. They include natives from Tianzhu, Slavs from Eastern Europe, Ottomans who were captured and plundered by the Ming army, Arabs who moved to Ningguo through the slave trade, and Italians from southern Europe.
, French, but also Siamese, Burmese, etc. from Southeast Asia.
There were more than one million slaves in the Ning Kingdom, of which more than 300,000 slaves were moved by King Ning to Chixia City, where they established extremely large plantations to grow spices, rice, corn, sweet potatoes, sugar cane, etc.
In addition to a large number of slaves, King Ning also tried every means to attract people from the Ming vassal states and various tribes in the Ming Dynasty to settle and live here.
There are many Koreans and Japanese people who were deceived by Ningguo in various ways. Their number is almost tens of thousands. In addition, in Central Asia, there are many nomadic tribesmen who have been trafficked, abducted or
Even though they were deceived, there were tens of thousands of people here.
In short, King Ning would do anything to develop his own Ning Kingdom.
He clearly realized the importance of people and used various means to move hundreds of thousands to Chixia City. Chixia City also developed rapidly and prospered, becoming one of the largest cities in East Africa.
Fifty miles west of Chixia City, there is a small town called Saifati Town. Just hearing this name, you can tell that this town is not Minghua at all.
This town is very simple. It is a newly built town. The roads in the town are still yellow mud roads, which are not hardened with cement like other places. At the same time, the houses in the town are also wooden houses, which are not popular in the Ming Dynasty.
Reinforced concrete houses.
The town is small in size, but has a large population, tens of thousands of people.
These people are all Jews from Spain and Portugal.
In order to obtain a large number of slaves from the Ottoman Empire, King Ning reached an agreement with the Jews who were responsible for selling slaves from the Ottoman Empire.
King Ning was willing to take in the Jews who were excluded in Spain, Portugal, France and other places, while the Jewish Minister of the Ottoman Empire who was responsible for selling slaves sold a certain proportion of slaves to Ning at a preferential price.
This business was naturally a very profitable one for Prince Ning.
The profit from the slave trade is very high. No matter how many slaves there are, it is not enough to sell them. What's more, Ning Country is vast and sparsely populated, and slaves are also an important labor force for the development of Ning Country.
Secondly, you can get some Jews for free, so why not?
So tens of thousands of Jews crossed the ocean and came to Chixia City and settled here. They called the place they settled in Sephardi, which means New Hope.
In the small town of Sephardi, Brown, who is over sixty years old, is patrolling the town. He is the oldest Jew here and is full of knowledge, so he is deeply respected by everyone. He is elected by everyone as the speaker and responsible person.
Communicate with Ningguo officials.
"A peaceful and peaceful life, I hope this life can continue."
Brown also smiled when he saw the children playing and playing carefree.
In Europe, Jews lived a life of constant fear, often being ostracized and expelled, displaced, and without a stable life or location.
At this time in Western Europe, the war between Spain and England, France, and Portugal was in full swing, and the situation of the Jews was even more dangerous. No matter the victory or defeat, the rulers of these countries would not let go of the opportunity to plunder the wealth of the Jews, so there was
Extremely serious rejection of Jews.
A large number of Jews moved to the Ottoman Empire to seek protection from the Ottoman Empire.
The Jews naturally knew about the Ming Empire. In the minds of Europeans, the Ming Empire was synonymous with power and wealth.
Brown did not expect that one day he would be able to immigrate to the Ming Empire, even though Ningguo was only one of the many vassal states under the Ming Empire.
But this is also the Ming Empire. Legend has it that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty loves his people as his own children. Even if they are not from the Ming Dynasty, they will treat them equally. Hong Kong on the British Isles is enough to illustrate this point.
After going through untold hardships, they finally came to Ningguo, to East Africa, and settled down here.
Although it was far from the Ming Dynasty that was full of gold as imagined, King Ning was still very kind to them and gave them a large area of land. They only had to abide by the law and pay a small amount of taxes.
Having a piece of land of their own is absolutely great news for the Jews who have been wandering for thousands of years.
Brown patrolled the town of Saifati and the surrounding land every day, treating it as a treasure. In a short period of time, he became familiar with every inch of land, every mountain, and every river here.
"Da da da~"
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and several horses were seen rushing to the small town of Sephardi, which immediately attracted the attention of the Jews in the town.
They are really too sensitive. This sensitivity has been cultivated for thousands of years. Any disturbance will make them feel alert and scared.
Fortunately, they were relieved when they saw that the person coming was a Ming man with black eyes and black hair.
"Dear Sir~"
Brown came to several people, took off his hat, and saluted respectfully.
"Hmm~"
Li Feng looked at Brown in front of him, then at the town, and nodded slightly.
He is a county magistrate under Chixia City in Ningguo. He is mainly responsible for the jurisdiction of several immigrant towns. This time he came to Saifati Town to convey King Ning's will to the residents of the town.
"Master Li, I didn't know that your visit would be a long way off."
Brown said to Li Feng with a smile on his face. His Ming dialect was quite good.
"Brown, how long have you been in Ningguo?"
Li Feng looked at the Jews around him. From their faces, he could see the vicissitudes of life and fatigue. It was not an easy task to move from Europe to East Africa.
If Ning Guo hadn't been operating from it, there would have been no way they could have gotten here with their abilities.
"Sir, it has been almost half a year since I came here."
Brown calculated and replied.
"In half a year, you have become quite good at speaking Ming dialect. Can you write Ming characters?"
Li Feng nodded and asked again.
"I'm not very good at it yet. I can only write some simple Chinese characters."
When it comes to Ming characters, Brown also has a headache. The characters of the Ming people are completely different from the characters in Europe. It is very difficult to learn. In half a year, he didn't learn much.
"Then you have to work hard and study hard."
"This time, I came to your town of Saifati to convey to you the latest decree of His Highness Prince Ning."
Li Feng frowned and said.
"Please give me your orders!"
Hearing Li Feng's words, Brown immediately cheered up and became nervous.
Prince Ning is the ruler of the Ning Kingdom, a great nobleman of the Ming Empire, and the master of this world. His words are directly related to the life and death of the more than 10,000 Jews in front of him.
Generally speaking, in Europe, if a ruler comes to them, they will basically do nothing good. They will either extort their money or drive them away.
So Brown was really nervous, fearing that King Ning would blackmail them for money or drive them away again. When they got here, if they were blackmailed for money, it would be okay. The worst they could do was hand over all their money.
But if they are driven away, they really have nowhere to go.
This is Africa, not Europe. To the east are the vassal states and colonies under the Ming Dynasty, and to the west is the territory of the Kunlun slaves. There are many kinds of diseases. Even if they are not attacked by the Kunlun slaves, they will still be infected.
It is difficult to survive.
"Merciful Lord, please don't punish us anymore."
Brown prayed silently in his heart, and the Jews around him were also extremely nervous after hearing the translation.
