The first thousand nine hundred and forty-eight chapters buried the dream of Ceuta
John struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally decided not to stay in Ceuta, a place that seemed prosperous but was not friendly to him at all. He was going to the new territory of Egypt to find his new life. He inquired about the place in Egypt.
The land on the edge is surprisingly cheap.
Much cheaper than land in Ceuta!
The Tang Dynasty belongs to the state of Ceuta. It is not only the first port city, but it is actually quite large in scope.
The Port of Ceuta, also known as the urban area of Ceuta, is not large, with only more than ten square kilometers. The eastern protrusion of the Ceuta Peninsula is a military base with forts deployed.
The entire urban area of more than ten square kilometers has a city wall on the side facing the land. However, the city wall is very simple. It is several meters high, but it is not thick. Its military defense function is relatively limited.
The large isolation area outside the city wall also belongs to the state of Ceuta, which is approximately fifty kilometers from north to south and approximately forty kilometers from east to west, forming a triangular area with a total area of approximately more than 150 square kilometers.
There are people living on these lands, a few are immigrants from the Tang Dynasty, and some are temporary residents who have purchased the land for farming.
The land here is actually not very good, but the price is not cheap.
The main reason is that this place is the only two overseas territories of the Tang Dynasty on the Mediterranean coast and even in the whole of Europe. The other one is the Danish Islands.
In fact, the climate in Denmark is not very good. After all, it is close to Northern Europe, and the winter is extremely cold. At the same time, it also faces the threat of the Tatars. Therefore, since the Tang Dynasty exchanged the African claims for these Danish islands, it has actually also
Not many immigrants moved here, only the troops stationed there and a few merchants.
There are no threats here in Ceuta, the climate is good, and it is close to Spain, France, etc. More importantly, Ceuta is a prosperous commercial port.
It can be said to be the forefront of trade between Datang and Europe. Datang's goods were distributed here and distributed throughout North Africa and Europe.
Among them, the European Hotel and some other buildings are famous throughout Europe.
Many Europeans who yearn for the Tang Dynasty give priority to settling in Ceuta after obtaining a temporary residence permit and becoming a temporary resident of the Tang Dynasty.
In fact, many of these temporary residents are wealthy people, and there are really not many from poor families like the Johan brothers.
Because to become a temporary resident, the most common way is to apply. To pass the application, you have to study the Tang Dynasty culture, have a certain cultural level, master certain skills, etc. Those who can do it generally have poor family conditions.
Difference.
After arriving in Ceuta, many of these temporary residents will choose to purchase properties in Ceuta, which will push up the price of local land.
Anyway, Johan couldn't afford to buy a house or land in Ceuta.
Of course, if you switch to Datang immigrants, it will be different. As long as you choose to settle in Ceuta, the ferry ticket will be fully reimbursed, a large area of land will be allocated for free, and even the house will be repaired for you.
If you need to work, assign work as well.
The Ceuta state government office is actually rich, but what is poor is the immigrants from the mainland, so it has always been willing to spend money to attract local immigrants.
Unfortunately, John is a temporary resident. Although he can also buy houses and land in some overseas territories, it will cost money. The land in Ceuta is too expensive and he cannot afford it. He has never thought about it before.
But he found that the price of land in the new territory of Egypt was very cheap, even less than half of that in Ceuta.
He is tempted!
But he has no money!
In the end, his uncle and brother George helped him and lent him money to buy a small piece of land on the outskirts of Alexandria, as well as ship tickets and other tools needed in the early stage of immigration.
Of course, the three parties signed a formal loan contract and used land and land income as collateral, so the money needs to be repaid.
A lonely person went to a strange place to become a new immigrant!
This is not what George Han wanted at the beginning, but it is the best choice under the helpless reality!
Owning a large piece of land of your own and becoming a farmer may be the best choice for you.
However, even after setting foot in Alexandria, George Han still looked west frequently!
There is Ceuta, the most prosperous city in Europe, and a city where heaven and hell coexist.
It is full of hope, but can also make people completely despair.
Ceuta once buried his dream!
Maybe, one day he will go back again and dig up his dream to decorate his life again!
After arriving in Alexandria on a passenger ship, George Han found that this famous port city was not as prosperous as imagined. Not many people would say that except for a few fortress buildings, it was just like a small fishing village in other aspects. Even his hometown was added.
Stuart is far inferior.
Alexandria used to be a very famous and prosperous city, but with the beginning of the Age of Discovery, especially after the opening of the African route, cities in the eastern Mediterranean and cities along the Red Sea, including Alexandria, slowly declined.
Of course, this is also related to the ruling policies of the Ottomans. In order to maintain local rule, the Ottomans have adopted a series of policies in the past few decades.
As a result, Egypt's population of seven to eight million has shrunk to less than five million.
From the gradual decrease in population, we can see what the Ottoman Empire's business strategy was in Egypt. It was not to develop the local area, but to suppress it.
After the Tang Dynasty took over the entire Red Sea region from the Ottomans, the Ottomans moved most of the population away, and the remaining few were resettled by the Tang Dynasty to Africa.
This also led to the fact that there were even fewer people in Alex City. When Qiao Han and the others arrived in Alex City, this port city that had been used as the county seat of Alex County had only a population of more than 300 people!
Except for a few dozen civilian officials, the rest were all garrison troops.
Strictly speaking, Qiao Han and the others were the first immigrants to set foot in Alex City.
After landing on the shore, Johan found the local official and showed a series of certificates such as his temporary residence permit, as well as the land deed for the land he had previously paid for in Ceuta.
After that, he saw his own land in the northern suburbs of Alexandria!
This was the first time he saw the land he purchased in person. After looking carefully, he found that the land was the same as the original written information. There was no difference. It covered an area of about thirty acres, of which more than ten acres were
The land that has been developed is still raw land.
There is also a small farmhouse.
Such a place naturally had an owner in the past. As for where the original farm owner is now, he probably went back to the Ottoman Empire or went to Africa to find a new life.