Port Said on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern section of the Egyptian Canal.
Since the opening of the Egyptian Canal, Port Said has rapidly prospered and developed.
As the entrance to the northern section of the Egyptian Canal, it has a huge natural advantage. Once the canal was opened, it quickly replaced many ports in Egypt and became the only place for business travelers and merchant ships to pass. At the same time, it quickly became the center of the Mediterranean Sea.
One of the most important trading points.
Spain, Portugal, France from the northwest of the Mediterranean, and even ships from Northern Europe; Italy and Venice from the north of the Mediterranean; Ottoman Empire merchant ships from the east of the Mediterranean, Eastern European merchant ships from the Black Sea, and Ming Empire merchant ships;
Everything is gathered here, because there is a steady stream of goods from the East coming from the Red Sea. The Ming Empire has many colonies in Tianzhu and East Africa, and the merchant ships of the vassal countries also gather here, bringing all kinds of goods.
Commodities make Port Said's business extremely prosperous.
In addition, Egypt and Spain are currently at war, competing for Alexandria; the French and Spanish are constantly fighting in the Mediterranean, which has a huge impact on the trade in the Mediterranean.
However, Port Said is closely connected with the Egyptian Canal, and half of it is owned by the Ming people. Therefore, it is protected by the Ming Empire. No one dares to run wild here, which makes Port Said's business more prosperous.
In Port Said, a large number of merchant ships were anchored here. The Venetians and Ottomans brought boatloads of slaves. This is now the most popular commodity. No amount of slaves can satisfy the huge appetite of the Ming Dynasty.
The Italians brought their own cheese and wine; the Spanish brought their own ham and olives; the French brought perfume, cheese and wine.
Selling their goods here only requires a very low tax and a small parking fee. If they pass through the Egyptian canal, they will have to pay a large navigation fee.
This is also an important reason why Port Said can prosper rapidly. After all, if the business can be completed here, there is no need to pay additional navigation fees.
The prosperity of commerce also allowed many merchants, escort agencies, vassals, colonies, etc. in the Ming Dynasty to set up offices here. Even the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty opened a Port Said branch here in Port Said to handle various related matters.
Business.
Tianjin Ocean Trading House, as the largest trading house in the Ming Dynasty and also the most powerful trading house, naturally set up an office in Port Said.
A five-story building is entirely built with reinforced concrete structures. All decorations are in the Ming Dynasty style. Under the sunlight, the glass of the building's windows shines dazzlingly.
The gold signboard of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company makes it easy for people to see who this majestic building belongs to.
Zhang Wenyun is the person in charge of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company in Port Said. At this time, he is meeting with Parker, a businessman from France, in the living room.
"Mr. Zhang, do you have everything we need here?"
Parker took a sip of tea and carefully tasted this magical oriental leaf. Tea drinking had already become popular in the French upper class. As an important minister of King Louis XII of France, Parker had naturally developed the habit of drinking tea.
"Well, this good tea is indeed in the hands of the people of Ming Dynasty. What kind of tea is exported to Europe?"
In his heart, Parker also sighed. Every time he came to Port Said, the tea he drank here was better than the one at home.
"Mr. Parker, I have all the goods you want here."
Zhang Wenyun carefully looked at the list handed over by Parker.
Muskets, cannons, swords, armor, bows, arrows, gunpowder, medicines, etc., the quantity is huge, it is a big order.
Obviously, the French are really going to fight with the Spanish now.
Feeling that he had been humiliated, Louis XII was ready to take out his underwear and press him up. He would never give up until he had a good fight with the Spaniards.
"Very good!"
"I have long heard that your Tianjin Ocean Trading Company is the most powerful and is also the arms dealer for the Ming Dynasty. It is indeed well-deserved."
When Parker heard this, he immediately laughed.
The quantity required this time is very large, 30,000 muskets alone, plus 200 Miyun cannons, and the others are even larger.
He was originally worried that Tianjin Ocean Trading Company would not have enough goods, but now it seems that he has underestimated the strength of the Ming people.
The Tianjin Ocean Trading House in front of me is known as the No. 1 trading house of the Ming Dynasty. It is also the official arms exporter of the Ming Dynasty. It does business on a large scale, and it often conducts direct transactions with various countries.
"For only five million taels of silver, our firm can deliver these goods to any port in France!"
Zhang Wenyun looked at Parker's appearance, smiled and reported a number.
"Five million taels of silver?"
"Isn't this too expensive?"
When Parker heard this, he immediately frowned. He had long known that the arms and weapons of the Ming Dynasty were very expensive. If you buy arms and weapons from the Ming Dynasty, you must be prepared to be slaughtered.
He was already prepared in his heart, but when he heard the price of five million taels of silver, he still felt it was too expensive.
This time Louis XII handed over all his worth, including the gold and silver items in the palace, just to have a good fight with the Spaniards and get his dignity back.
After piecing together here and there, and ruthlessly squeezing the Jews in France, they managed to collect millions of taels of silver, but almost all of them were spent in no time.
"Mr. Parker, the arms and weapons of our Ming Dynasty are relatively expensive, but I think you French people should also know the quality of the arms and weapons made by our Ming Dynasty."
"Not to mention anything else, this gun and artillery alone are definitely the best and worth every penny!"
"Two days ago, the Duke of Almeida from Spain came to my place specially and placed an order for ten million taels of silver, tens of thousands of muskets, and hundreds of artillery pieces."
"They are not too expensive at all. I think they know that our Ming Dynasty's weapons must be the best!"
Zhang Wenyun looked at Parker and did not discuss the price with him, but directly told him about the order from Spain.
"What?"
"Spain bought 10 million taels of arms and weapons from you?"
When Parker heard this, he immediately became anxious.
The Spaniards already have advantages in weapons and equipment, and now they are buying weapons and weapons on a large scale. What do they want to do?
There is no doubt that this batch of arms and weapons must be used to deal with the French. God knows how many brave French knights will die if these arms and weapons get into the hands of the Spanish.
"Nowadays, many people come to us to buy arms and weapons. Not only the Spanish, Ottomans, Egyptians, and Persians, but even the Venetians and Italians are also looking to us to buy arms and weapons."
"We don't have a lot of goods. It's first come, first served. Once they're sold out, it will take at least a few months to ship them from our mainland in Daming."
Zhang Wenyun smiled and nodded. If I don't put any pressure on you, how can you be willing to dig out your pockets?
"Buy it, please help us deliver it to Marseille Port as soon as possible."
When Parker heard this, he didn't hesitate any more and bought it without hesitation.
Half of the army in Louis XII's hands did not have any weapons and equipment. This was the main reason why he came here this time. He could not defeat the Spanish with his fists.
"Haha, please rest assured, our Tianjin Ocean Trading Company will definitely deliver it to your Marseille Port as soon as possible."
When Zhang Wenyun heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
If you find it too expensive, you don’t have to buy it. Someone will force you to buy it anyway.
"I heard that your Ming Dynasty has the latest type of blooming cannon and a new type of breech-boring rifle. I wonder if you can sell a batch to me?"
Parker thought for a while and asked again.
"No, no, those are all rumors. The arms and weapons we are selling to the outside world are the most advanced arms and weapons of our Ming Dynasty, and they are also the arms and weapons that our Ming Dynasty army is installing."
When Zhang Wenyun heard this, he immediately shook his head.
Just kidding, that kind of weapons and equipment cannot be sold at all. I don’t know who leaked the news. Even the French knew about it. I must investigate it carefully later.
"real?"
Parker had a look of disbelief. Although the Ming Empire had not used force in recent years, no one knew whether the Ming Empire's army was as invincible as before.
But the whole world is in full swing, but no one dares to provoke the people of Ming Dynasty to come and see. This people of Ming Dynasty must be hiding a lot of good things.
"Of course it's true~"
Zhang Wenyun turned around with a smile and quickly sent Parker away.
As soon as Parker was sent away, Zhang Wenyun came to the warehouse of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company in Port Said.
I saw dozens of warehouses, large and small, all containing arms and weapons, guns and ammunition, muskets, cannons, swords, armor, crossbows, arrows, military uniforms, military boots, etc., everything you need is available.
And the quantity is very large, there are thousands of cannons alone, and more than 100,000 muskets. They are all of the same color and have just been produced not too long ago. The oil paper wrapped in them is still new.
"Spanish and French goods will be shipped as soon as possible~"
"The goods for the Ottoman Empire will also be sent as soon as possible~"
"After shipping the goods to these three major customers, the remaining goods here are not too big. I will send a telegram to the country and ask them to replenish a batch of goods."
"The war is in full swing now. We will need a lot of arms and weapons later. We must fill up these warehouses. We will take advantage of this opportunity to make a good profit. When they are finished, our arms and weapons will have no sales.
Already."
Zhang Wenyun carefully checked the status of various goods. Sales were very strong, and Port Said has become an arms and weapons center. We provide you with the fastest update of Ming Zhenhai King, Chapter 1634, Arms and Weapons Center for free reading.