In the palace of King Ning of Anning City, the slave merchant Redding from the Mamluk Kingdom and the slave merchant Shah from Persia came here with a trace of uneasiness.
In the reception hall, while they were drinking fragrant tea from the Ming Dynasty, they were constantly guessing in their minds why they were invited to the palace by the king of Ningguo.
They also knew something about Ningguo. This was a powerful country established by a great nobleman from the Ming Empire. The king of Ningguo led a powerful fleet to defeat the hateful and greedy Portuguese, allowing them, the Arabs and Persians, to
Come back to Tianzhu to do business.
They were well aware of the power of the Portuguese. When Portugal occupied the Guli Kingdom, they directly blocked the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, monopolized the spice trade with Tianzhu, sank their ships, and blocked their trade routes.
However, the king of Ning State easily defeated the Portuguese, which is enough to illustrate the strength of Ning State, and of course, it also illustrates the strength of Ming Dynasty.
You must know that the king of Ning State is just a great nobleman of the Ming Dynasty. Now there are colonies and strongholds of the Ming Dynasty everywhere on the coast around the Indian Ocean. These were all established by the nobles and merchants of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Empire itself did not send any soldiers at all.
I've heard people say that the territory of the Ming Empire was very vast. Their easternmost part was the Golden Continent, which was in contact with the Europeans.
The westernmost part of the Ming Empire is the Hezhong area. Last year, the Ming Empire powerfully occupied the Hezhong area and swept through all the countries in Central Asia. The Persian Safavid Empire has already sent huge missions to the Ming Empire to bring the friendship of the Persians to the Ming Empire.
Such a huge Ming Empire was so huge that it was beyond imagination, and it was also so powerful that no one dared to provoke it.
Now that the two of them have been recruited into the palace by the king of Ningguo, they are also very uneasy. They don't know if they have offended the king of Ningguo.
"His Royal Highness has arrived~"
Soon, a eunuch shouted at the top of his voice. Redding and Shah both knew the Ming dialect. Upon hearing this, they immediately stood up and greeted them respectfully.
"Everyone, please sit down. No need to be polite."
Prince Ning walked over at a leisurely pace, looked at Lei Ding and Shah and said with a smile.
"Your Majesty the King~"
Redding and Shah quickly bowed to express their thanks.
"The title "Your Majesty" cannot be used carelessly. Only our Emperor, the Emperor of Heaven, can call you "Your Majesty". Just call me "Your Highness".
When King Ning heard this, he also corrected his mistake.
Although he has gone overseas and established his own Ning Kingdom overseas, this vassal state is a vassal state. No matter it is a title, a title, a title, a dress, etc., Ning Guo does not dare to go beyond it in the slightest. He is Ning Guo.
The king of Ming Dynasty, but also the prince of Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, his subordinates still call him Prince, and they can only call him His Highness, not His Majesty or His Majesty.
"yes!"
Although they couldn't figure out the difference, Redding and Shah still nodded quickly, then stood up and looked over. Redding couldn't help but widen his eyes.
It turned out that the man who spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy his five female slaves turned out to be the king of Ning State, so he immediately said with fear and fear: "If I knew that you were the king of Ning State, I would offer you the best slaves. You can buy them."
I will have the slave’s money delivered immediately.”
He thought it was because of the five slaves he sold that the other party summoned him, so he hurriedly said.
This money is a trivial matter. If you lose it, you can make it again. If you lose your life, then everything will be lost.
"Haha, Mr. Redding doesn't have to be like this~"
"You are also a businessman, and doing business also costs money."
"If I spend money to buy slaves, that's a normal transaction."
Prince Ning immediately laughed. Looking at the other party, he obviously thought he was going to bully him.
"I'm looking for two gentlemen to come over today. I have a big deal to discuss with you."
Then King Ning also stated the purpose of summoning them.
"Your Majesty, please speak."
Redding and Shah looked at each other and said quickly.
"Today, I see that you two have a lot of slaves in your hands. You must also know that in our Ming Dynasty, these white slaves are not only expensive, but also very popular and easy to sell."
"As for black slaves, not only are their prices low, they are also very difficult to sell."
"You two have sources of white slaves, and I can buy a large number of slaves from you, so I thought we could cooperate."
"As long as you two have slaves, no matter how many you have in the future, sell them all to me, and I can give you a preferential price."
Prince Ning thought for a while and said.
Seeing these white slaves today, King Ning also thought of new ways to make money. The price of Tianzhu slaves is getting lower and lower. More people are arrested. There are more Tianzhu slaves, the price is low, and the money earned is less.
So he thought of these white slaves, but his power is currently only on the Tianzhu continent. Although there are white people on the Tianzhu continent, most of them are under the rule of the Lodi Dynasty in the north of Tianzhu. The white people are still on the Tianzhu continent.
It is really difficult for Brahmins and Kshatriyas to get white slaves.
But these Middle Easterners and Persians can. They border the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire has always been popular in the slave trade. They have been at war with Eastern European countries all year round, and have a tradition of selling captives as slaves.
In addition, Arab pirates along the Mediterranean coast often looted and attacked Spain, France, Italy and other places, stealing wealth and plundering people from these places and selling them as slaves.
There is even a very old slave market in Italy. The slave trade is very popular and there is a stable source of slaves, all of whom are white slaves.
As long as you get on the line with them, you can control the source of the white slaves. When the time comes to monopolize the white slave trade, you will naturally have the final say on the price.
After all, his current main business is slave trading.
"Your Majesty, of course there is no problem with this."
When Redding and Shah heard this, they couldn't help but be overjoyed. There was such a good thing.
If they can reach such an agreement with King Ning, it means that in the future they only need to concentrate on transporting slaves. They can buy slaves from the slave market in their own country and then transport them to Ning State and sell them to King Ning.
The price may be much lower than the auction, but if this channel is stable, it means that you can transport as many slaves as possible, and then bring Daming's goods back with you. This time, you can make a lot of money.
too much.
What I like most about doing business is this kind of stable big customers. With stable big customers, business will be very easy to do.
Isn't it just slaves? There are many of them. The slave trade along the Mediterranean coast is very popular.
Not only European countries have a tradition of slave trading, but the Arabs in the Middle East also have a good history of slave trading. The Ottoman Empire is powerful and is actively expanding externally. It has been fighting foreign wars for many years, and all the people it captured are
To be sold as slaves.
It can be said that there are as many slaves as there are in the Mediterranean. There are many channels for government slaves, pirate slaves, and private slaves. The key is that the price of slaves has never been high. In the Ottoman Empire, a horse can be purchased.
Replaced with three slaves.
If they were German slaves, they could even be exchanged for six or eight. Once, the Ottoman Empire defeated the Eastern European Allied Forces and captured more than 100,000 people from Eastern Europe. This caused a sharp drop in the price of slaves in the market.
As for the Shah from Persia, he also had no worries about the source of slaves.
The war between the Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire had been going on for many years. The Ottoman Empire sold Persian captives as slaves, and the Persians also sold Ottoman captives as slaves.
In addition, the Persian Empire has been at war with the Timurid Empire, selling a large number of captives as slaves. At the same time, the Caucasus is also an important source of slaves for the Persians, and there is also a large slave market in Persia.
Redding and Shah heard that the price of slaves in the Ming Dynasty was high, so they tried to ship a ship of slaves over. After arriving here, it was as expected.
A young and strong slave can be sold for twenty or thirty taels of silver. As for a beautiful female slave, the price is even more outrageous, which makes the two of them a huge profit.
"Haha, then it's settled. From now on, you will transport slaves to my country of Ning. I will take as many slaves as I want."
"I can pay you gold and silver, and of course I can exchange it for anything you need according to your requirements, whether it's tea, porcelain, silk, spices, sucrose, etc. The price can also be discounted.
"
"We are friends and we make money together."
When King Ning heard this, he immediately laughed and said.
Well, not only do you want to earn money from slaves, but you can also earn another amount by selling the goods to you.
There is no way, I am short of money. Ningguo wants to recruit troops, expand its territory, and go to Africa to seize colonies, etc. These all require money. Without money, nothing can be done.
So he, a prince, also became a big slave merchant. Talking to these merchants about slave trading would have been absolutely impossible in the Ming Dynasty before, but now, he can do it. This is good.
"Great, we are also worried about purchasing goods. With your help, His Royal Highness, everything will go more smoothly."
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When the two of them heard this, they immediately became even more happy.
As King Ning said, if they can buy everything they want from King Ning at a favorable price, they can save worry, earn more, and grow bigger and bigger quickly.
"Haha, what I, Zhu Chenhao, like most is making friends and doing business with my friends. If we have money, we can make money together!"