In the vast waters of the Southern Mediterranean, a large sailing ship is sailing towards Port Said in Egypt. This 'Jenny' flies the Spanish flag but is actually a French ship. It walks very carefully in this sea area.
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As gunfire fills the air and tensions rise in Europe, various pirates are robbing merchant ships and ports unscrupulously, making going to sea more dangerous.
But becoming more dangerous also means it is full of benefits.
The raging pirates caused the price of goods from the East to rise rapidly. Originally, a pound of snow sugar only cost 0.5 Ming silver dollars. However, in just one month, the price of snow sugar increased several times.
European aristocrats who have been accustomed to enjoying this kind of luxury goods from the Ming Dynasty must have snow sugar in their daily life. It must be sucrose from the Nanyang region of the Ming Dynasty.
The sucrose from Tianzhu Domain and the colonies is not good, and the snow sugar from the Ryukyu Sugar Industry is the best snow sugar. Whether you add some to tea, or eat desserts, bread, etc.
It's a necessity.
In addition, tea, spices, silk, porcelain, glass products, etc. from the East are inseparable from the lives of European upper class nobles.
The war led to a sharp decrease in the number of merchant ships, so that the prices of these commodities from the distant east skyrocketed, and the profits were astonishingly high.
William, the captain of the Jenny, knew this very well, so even though it was extremely risky to go to sea, he still took the huge risk to go to sea for business and went to Port Said, Egypt, where there are a large number of goods from the far east.
Cheap and relatively safer.:.
He did not dare to go to the Ming colonial islands in the Aegean Sea, even though the commercial trade there was more mature, there were more types of goods, and it was relatively cheaper.
The Ottoman Empire pirates here in the Aegean Sea are the most greedy demons and will chew up all your bones and swallow them clean.
"Finally arriving in Port Said~"
William looked forward with a telescope, and when he saw Port Said, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it is very close from the Mediterranean coast of France to Port Said in Egypt and does not take a few days, the situation is now very tense.
When he came out of the French port, he was flying the French flag. After reaching a certain distance, he changed it to the Spanish flag.
This is naturally done to avoid being robbed by pirates from both sides. Now everyone knows that the so-called pirates are just disguised by these countries.
If you have been flying the flag of a certain country, if you are unlucky and encounter pirates from a hostile country, your safekeeping will be completely robbed.
Especially since he is a Frenchman and is now facing off against the Spanish. Spain is extremely powerful at sea, with Sicily as the center in the Mediterranean Sea. There are Spanish fleets patrolling everywhere, specifically targeting French ships.
"Isn't Port Said just ahead?"
Beside William, Simon looked at the sea ahead and could vaguely see a busy port. He also breathed a sigh of relief.
Simon is a French Jew and a successful Jewish businessman with considerable assets.
However, as the wars between France and Spain have ended in failure over the years, France has ceded territory and paid indemnities, suffering heavy losses. Coupled with the war between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, France also sent troops to participate in the war at the call of the Pope.
This series of wars had a huge impact on France. Not only did the people have to bear more taxes, but they also had to wait to be drafted into the battlefield.
Since ancient times, in European countries, mainly due to domestic tensions, when everyone is having a hard time, they will naturally sharpen their knives against pigs and sheep. There is no doubt that these pigs and sheep are Jews.
There was strong rejection of Jews in Spain and Portugal a few years ago, so that a large number of Jews had to migrate to France and the Ottoman Empire. Later, some Jews migrated to Ningguo, a vassal state of the Ming Empire.
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Although the Jews in France were not strongly ostracized, their lives were still very difficult. The king and nobles were always trying to find ways to take money out of the Jews' pockets, and ordinary people were also full of hostility towards the Jews.
Especially as the situation in Europe becomes turbulent again and a war is imminent, the situation of the Jews in Europe becomes even more difficult.
Recently, King Louis XII of France issued an order requiring the Jews to donate more than two million Ming silver coins. He would use this money to buy muskets and Ming dynasties from the Ming Dynasty people to deal with the possible outbreak of war in the future, and compete with Spain for land and sea.
of hegemony.
Two million Ming silver coins, this is an extremely huge number. Even though the Jews have always been good at business and specialized in loan sharking, they have considerable wealth.
However, having to come up with such a huge amount of wealth at once is just the beginning. There may be more demands later, which also makes the French Jews feel a huge crisis.
So after some discussions, many Jews decided to find a way out, and sent many people to various parts of the world to investigate and see where it was suitable for Jews to settle and live in the long term.
Some sent people to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire's Sultan was very welcoming to the Jews and relatively friendly. A large number of Jews became important ministers of the Ottoman Empire. There were even Jews who were responsible for managing the finances of the Ottoman Empire's Sultan. This was a good news.
A large number of Jews in Portugal and Spain migrated to the Ottoman Empire.
Simon was also one of the many people who went to various places for inspection, and his destination was the Great Ming Ning Kingdom.
King Ning of the Ming Dynasty reached an agreement with the Jewish ministers of the Ottoman Empire. He could accept some Jews to settle in Ning State, on the condition that they could give priority to the slaves acquired by the Ottoman Empire.
At first, tens of thousands of Jews migrated to the distant country of Ning and settled here.
In the past few years, I have been exchanging letters with European Jews. I have explained to everyone many times in the book that the Jews who moved to Ningguo have lived a peaceful, peaceful and equal life.
The Ningguo people had nothing to do with the Jews. They allowed the Jews to own their own land, manors, etc., and also allowed the Jews to engage in agriculture, business, etc., without any restrictions.
In terms of taxation, the Jews, like everyone else, did not deliberately target the Jews. At the same time, in Ningguo, the Jews still enjoyed freedom of belief. The enlightened His Highness Prince Ning did not ask the Jews to give up their beliefs, and people everywhere
Christ, who does not believe, therefore does not hate the Jews.
All this sounds so good that a large number of Jews want to immigrate to Ningguo.
The Ottoman Empire is certainly a good choice, but there is a huge conflict between the religion believed in by the Ottoman Empire and the religion believed by the Jews. Many of the wars between Europeans and Middle Easterners are due to issues of faith.
The Jews did not feel that they were stronger than Europeans and could be rivals of the Ottoman Empire. In contrast, Ningguo, which had freedom of belief, was obviously the most ideal place.
"Mr. Simon, I can only take you to Port Said. If you want to continue to the east, I suggest you take a Ming ship."
"The Ming people have many ships and the prices are cheap. The key is that the Ming people's ships are very safe to travel on the sea. No one dares to provoke the Ming people unless they don't want to live."
William looked at Simon next to him and seemed to remind him for the sake of money.
"Thank you Captain William, God is with you far away!"
Simon's sincere thanks to William.
Soon, the ship anchored in Port Said. Simon and a few followers got off the "Jenny" and looked at Port Said in front of him with some confusion.
Port Said is a small port, but with the opening of the Egyptian Canal, its status has quickly become prominent. A large number of ships need to pass through here, and a large number of businessmen also gather here, so Port Said has also developed rapidly.
There are busy scenes everywhere.
At the same time, it is different from the buildings in Europe. The atmosphere from the far east can be clearly felt here in Port Said. Buildings with oriental colors are being built rapidly, and at the same time, one can see the signboards.
Write with this magical square character.
Simon doesn't know Ming Dynasty or Arabic. Fortunately, he was prepared in advance. Some of his entourage can speak Arabic and some can speak Spanish.
Therefore, Simon quickly found someone to find out how to get to Ningguo. He also knew that there was a difference between Ningguo in West Africa and Ningguo in Tianzhu. The Jews who migrated to Ningguo all settled in Ningguo in West Africa.
Soon, Simon once again boarded a slave ship bound for the Ning Kingdom in West Africa and headed for Chixia City in West Africa. Chixia City was the core city of the Ning Kingdom in West Africa and was also the settlement place where Jews gathered.
When you arrive at Chixia City, you can find the settled Jews, and then carefully examine the local situation to understand whether the place is really suitable for Jewish immigration and settlement. We provide you with the fastest update of Ming Zhenhai King, Chapter 1588, Jews seeking help are free