At the canal construction site near Port Said, the northernmost section of the Egyptian Canal, hundreds of thousands of workers involved in the construction of the Egyptian Canal gathered together. Many officials and nobles from the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt also came to attend the official opening ceremony of the Egyptian Canal.
The flags were flying, the lights were decorated, and the human brain was extraordinary.
At the same time, here in Port Said, hundreds of merchant ships preparing to go to the Red Sea through the canal are already waiting. The opening of the Egyptian Canal means that the voyage from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean is greatly reduced and it also becomes safer. As soon as the news
As word spread, a large number of ships chose this safe route.
Kansu II was wearing gorgeous clothes, with a bag on his head, inlaid with precious gems in the middle, and holding a scepter in his hand that symbolized power and status.
Today is a day that will go down in history. The Egyptian Canal is officially dug and opened to navigation. This is undoubtedly a big event for Egypt, and even for the entire human civilization.
Because of the opening of this canal, it greatly facilitated trade between the East and the West. From then on, when Europe traveled to the far East, it no longer needed to detour through the dangerous Atlantic Ocean. Instead, it could go directly to the Indian Ocean and the rich East through the Mediterranean Sea.
Tong Yuan wore a crimson Ming government official uniform and represented the Ming Dynasty in the navigation celebration.
"Dig through~"
Following Kansu II's order, someone quickly started to light the fire. With the fuse burning, it was soon at the last little distance.
"Boom~"
A deafening explosion sounded, and the last remaining bit of sand blocking the seawater was instantly blown away. Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, the Mediterranean seawater began to pour crazily into the canal, like a rushing river.
"Haha, finally dug through, finally dug through~"
Immediately, everyone participating in the celebration cheered, especially the hundreds of thousands of canal workers involved in the excavation. They were extremely happy.
After several years of hard work, the canal was finally dug. Seawater filled the canal in an instant, and a waterway appeared in this barren desert, and continued to spread toward the south.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, this is definitely a moment worthy of being recorded in history!"
Tong Yuan smiled and sent his blessing to Kansu II.
"Same joy, same joy~"
Kansu II is also smiling. The canal has finally been opened. From now on, you can sit and collect money. There are countless ships coming and going every year. You can collect millions of taels of silver in any year.
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Being able to have such a huge income every year will make life much better in the future. At least, I no longer have to worry about money.
With money, you can do many things. If you want to build a strong army, build infrastructure, expand externally, etc., there is no problem. If you have money, you can do things easily. If you are afraid of not having money, everything will be fine.
can not do this.
Tong Yuan and Kansu II were looking at the canal and chatting. On the other side, at the entrance of the canal, in Port Said, ships preparing to pass through the canal also began to pay navigation fees, preparing to pass through the Egyptian canal to the Red Sea.
A ship basically carries the flag of the Ming Empire, and many of them carry the flags of various colonies and vassal states. The most common ones are slave ships, which transport slaves from the Mediterranean to the Ming Dynasty for sale.
"Damn~ why don't you go grab the silver? It's just a trip across the canal, and you want a thousand taels of silver!"
"Yes, yes, one thousand taels of silver, isn't it too expensive?"
"can it be cheaper?"
The captains looked at the posted notice, which was clearly written in Arabic and Chinese. The single navigation fee for large ships was one thousand taels of silver, for medium-sized ships, it was seven thousand taels, and for small ships, it ranged from one hundred to five hundred taels.
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Such expensive navigation fees immediately made all the captains scream.
Especially the captain of the large sailing ship was very distressed. It cost one thousand taels of silver just to cross the canal. This was really too expensive.
"If it's too expensive, don't go through here. In order to dig this canal, we spent more than 20 million taels of silver. Do you think we are here for charity?"
The Egyptian Canal Trading Company is responsible for the operation and management of the canal. The management model of the Egyptian Canal Trading Company is based on the relatively mature trading bank operation model of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty and the Egyptians jointly supervised, managed, and operated the canal. The most important canal revenue was jointly supervised by both parties, and was finally divided equally.
So the people sitting here collecting money are composed of Ming people and Egyptians. They are so arrogant, there is no doubt that they must be people from Ming Dynasty.
"Having said that, it's too expensive."
"One thousand taels of silver, we can't make much money just by taking a boat trip."
"Yes, yes, it's cheaper. It's cheaper. There's no cost or loss to you. Once the canal is dug, you can just sit back and collect the money."
"I couldn't be more in love with it. The price is right here. It's so unlucky to meet you hagglers when it opens!"
The people in the Egyptian Canal Trading Company are naturally very bullish.
The Egyptian Canal Trading Company is now one of the most valuable trading companies in the Ming Dynasty. The company's shares have been sold for more than 200 taels of silver per share, and its market value is as high as more than 4 billion taels of silver.
The people in the Egyptian Canal Trading Company are naturally very arrogant.
"Pass, pass~ Of course I have to pass."
"You guys from the Egyptian Canal Trading Company are really as smart as ghosts. These expenses are quite exorbitant, but we still have to live with them."
There is no other way, the captains of these ships can only dig out their money one after another.
Although the navigation fee is not cheap, a large sailing ship costs one thousand taels of silver, but for sea-going ships like them, the profits are huge when doing business on the sea, and one thousand taels of silver is nothing, it's just casual
If you can't make tens of thousands of taels of silver from one trip, it's considered a loss.
What's more, after the opening of the Egyptian Canal, it can greatly shorten the voyage and save time. For them, the time and distance saved are also money.
And if you take a detour, there are still great risks, especially if you take the Cape of Good Hope, the wind and waves are very strong, and ships have accidents there every year.
They are very willing to take this safe, convenient and fast route, even if they have to pay a hefty toll.
One after another, large ships paid their navigation fees. In just a short time, they received tens of thousands of taels of silver. The white Ming Dynasty silver coins filled a large box full, which made the Egyptian officials who were supervising and managing their eyes tremble.
It's starting to shine.:.
It feels so good to just sit and collect money, and the money comes in so fast.
Think about your pitiful salary and the fields under your command. Even if the farmers paid all the grain to themselves, they would not be able to sell it for much money at all. How can they collect money so quickly now?
, it’s so comfortable.
"Country bumpkin~"
Seeing the eyes of these Egyptians shining, the Ming people on the side couldn't help but despise them.
Isn't it just tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is enough to buy a few hundred shares of Egyptian Canal stock? What's so big about it, not to mention that half of it belongs to us Ming people.
I despise it, but of course it feels good to just sit and collect money.
Looking at the people queuing up outside to apply for travel companions, I feel so happy.
Here on the canal, the celebration is still going on.
On the stage that was set up, there was singing and dancing, and the beautiful Egyptian dancers twisted their graceful bodies, making the Egyptian officials, nobles and Ming Dynasty people present constantly applaud.
"Dang~dang~"
At this time, as a bell rang, the singing and dancing stopped. Everyone looked towards the entrance of the canal, and saw a large sailboat slowly sailing into the spacious canal, accompanied by the still flowing water.
The sea water moves towards the south of the canal.
"Serenity~"
The large sailing ship was hoisted with the flag of the Ming Empire and the Ning State. Looking at the large characters on the ship, everyone immediately knew that this ship was a slave ship belonging to the Ning State.
Everyone can even see that the deck of the slave ship Serenity is full of unkempt slaves. These white slaves come from all over Europe. At this moment, they are looking at the ceremony being held on the bank of the canal with curious eyes.
A grand celebration.
Of course they didn't know what was going on here, but their eyes were full of curiosity and doubt. They were just slaves, and it seemed that there was no need to greet them with such a formation.
"Oh~"
"It's open to navigation, it's open to navigation~"
On both sides of the canal, hundreds of thousands of people watched the "Serenity" slowly moving forward and immediately cheered continuously. The scene was full of celebrations, beating gongs and drums, and it was very lively.
This made the slaves on the ship even more confused. They didn't know why or what happened.
Of course they didn't know what all this meant.
The historians and reporters from the Ming Dynasty newspaper who were recording this period of history on the side did not care about the slaves on the slave ship, and they would not use even one word to record them as slaves.
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