Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1145, Great Ming Bodyguard

Zufarer on the Arabian Peninsula, after several days of sailing, Tong Yuan arrived in Zufarer very smoothly, and was going to go to Egypt through here.

"Finally arrived at Zufar. After arriving at Zufar, we can sail to Egypt in about half a month."

Looking at Zufaergang in front of him, Tong Yuan couldn't help sighing.

This journey was indeed too tiring and too long, and the turbulence at sea was really uncomfortable.

It was the first half of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi when we set off, and it was already the second half of the seventeenth year of Hongzhi before we arrived in Egypt. The wind on the sea was a little bit cool.

Looking at Zufar Port in front of me again, I began to appreciate this exotic style with great interest.

Along the way, that is, from now on, we can see some foreign scenery. Every place we pass along the way is the territory of Daming, and almost everything is similar to that of Daming, with only a few Exotic architecture and style.

But it's different now, Zufa'er is not a colony of Ming Dynasty, nor was it occupied by the vassal king, so it has always maintained everything it had before.

The buildings I saw were almost all white, with domes on their heads, and the people in the port were all wearing robes. If they were women, they would all be covered in robes, with only a pair of eyes exposed.

This made Tong Yuan look at it with gusto.

"Haha, the newspaper really didn't lie. When I saw it in the newspaper, I didn't believe it. Now I see it with my own eyes, and it's true."

Tong Yuan remembered the reports about Arabs he had seen in the newspapers before, and after a closer look, it was similar to the reports in the newspapers, and there was no big difference.

"My lord, if you come here, you will be in the Middle East, so be careful."

Beside Tong Yuan, Nan Li reminded him aloud.

Nanli is the core of the Shimadzu family. She has superb swordsmanship and is mainly responsible for the bodyguard business of the Shimadzu family. This time the Shimadzu family took the initiative to escort Tong Yuan to Egypt. Nanli personally led a team of thirty people to escort him.

Of course, escorting Tong Yuan is an important task, but at the same time, Nanli also shoulders the heavy responsibility of developing the business of the Shimadzu family escorts. He has to figure out the situation here along the way, and after arriving in Egypt, he has to open a Shimadzu trading company in Egypt. Branches, open various businesses.

Beforehand, he had already had a detailed understanding of the situation in the Middle East, East Africa, Egypt, and even the Mediterranean Sea. He knew that this area was very chaotic, but chaos also meant the market. Many escort agencies of the Ming Dynasty had branches here. You can earn a lot of silver every year.

This made the Shimadzu family very jealous and wanted to enter this area.

"Oh?"

Hearing Nan Li's words, Tong Yuan was slightly disbelieving.

"My lord, there are many tribes in the Middle East, East Africa, Egypt and other places. There are many thieves, horse bandits, pirates, etc. The disputes between the tribes are very frequent, and there are too many, too many desperadoes."

"My lord, be careful, you can never go wrong."

Nan Li quickly explained.

"Well, thank you for your trouble."

Tong Yuan also nodded slightly after listening. He had read some reports about the Middle East in newspapers before.

This ancient land once gave birth to extremely brilliant civilizations and some powerful empires, but over the long years, the tribes here were full of conflicts. When there was no powerful empire ruled, they were basically torn apart. The continuous conquests between them have caused the situation here to be very turbulent.

"This is what I should do~"

Upon hearing this, Nan Li quickly bowed and said.

The ships moored slowly in Zufar's port. This port was small and simple, but there were quite a few ships moored in the port. Looking at the flags hanging above the ships, many of them were ships of Ming Dynasty.

When the boat docked, Tong Yuan was going to replenish fresh water and food here, and at the same time rest here for a day before moving on.

Tong Yuan's boat had just moored, and immediately many people gathered around it.

"Sir, why don't you hire us Wang Family Escort?"

"Our Wang Family Escort has branches in the ports in this area. We are very familiar with various places, and we have friends in both black and white in the local area. We can definitely guarantee your safety."

A middle-aged man with leggings and wristbands, a cut-cut, clean-shaven beard, a scar on his face, and a short jacket with the word 'King' embroidered on it, and a red belt around his waist. He said with a smile on his face.

Beside him, there were several people who were dressed like him, but upon closer inspection, some of them were not from Daming, but white slaves with blond hair and blue eyes.

"Sir, hire us Dongxing Escort Bureau!"

"Our Dongxing Escort not only has many branches in the Middle East and East Africa, we also have branches in the Mediterranean, and even in Spain and Hong Kong. We can escort you anywhere."

At this time, a few more people came up, their clothes were similar to those of Wang's Escort, except that the color of the clothes was different, and the logo of Dongxing Escort was embroidered on the clothes, plus the word "Dongxing".

"Sir, hire us Sanhe Escort. Our Sanhe Escort has branches in all major ports and has [-] bodyguards. Even if you go to Europe, we can take care of you."

"Sir, we are from Zhenbei Escort Bureau, hire us from Zhenbei Escort Bureau..."

Tong Yuan was a little dumbfounded by the scene in front of him.

Along the way, there are many ports of call, but very few bodyguard bureaus took the initiative to find him. When he arrived at Zufa'er, there were so many bodyguard bureaus who came to him at once.

"This is Mr. Tong Yuantong, a fifth-rank official of the Ming Dynasty. He was ordered by the emperor to go to Egypt. Our Shimadzu Trading Company is currently responsible for escorting him."

Seeing that he was robbing his own business, Nan Li took the initiative to stand up and said.

"Master Tong?"

Many bodyguards couldn't help but look at Tong Yuan carefully, and then they noticed that the official uniforms and robes worn by Tong Yuan were somewhat different from the official uniforms and hats of many vassal states.

This took care of the official uniforms of many feudal officials, and when they saw the official uniforms of Daming, they didn't recognize them all at once.

"So it's Master Tong~"

"I'm Wang Dongsheng, a member of Nanyang Wang's Escort Bureau."

Wang Dongsheng hurriedly saluted Tong Yuan respectfully.

Those of them who are in the business of the Escort Bureau account for [-]% of their fame and [-]% of their skills. Once you have made friends with someone, you must not offend them easily.

"Mr. Wang~"

Tong Yuan smiled and saluted each other.

"Master Tong, you are welcome~"

Wang Dongsheng quickly returned the gift with a smile.

Then several other people also took the initiative to stand up and get acquainted with Tong Yuan.

Chen Qing from the Dongxing Escort, and Dong Yidao from the Sanhe Escort are the heads of the sub-bureaus of the various Escorts in Zufa'er. Almost every time a ship arrives, they will solicit business here.

"Is the Middle East and East Africa so chaotic?"

Looking at the people in the escort agency in front of him, Tong Yuan thought for a while and asked.

"Master Tong doesn't know something~"

"In our Daming, everything is still very safe, especially after the last crackdown on gangsters and evil, the number of hooligans, bandits, bullies, road bandits, horse thieves, etc. in Daming have decreased a lot, a lot. , the universe is clear."

"But it's different after Ming Dynasty. There are bandits, bullies, horse bandits, and pirates everywhere. In some small places, kingdom or tribal leaders sometimes have money for their own sake."

"So the commercial firms and merchants who come here to do business will hire us bodyguards to escort them."

Wang Dongsheng, Chen Qing, and Dong Yidao looked at each other, smiled and explained.

In fact, the main business of these escort agencies is now from overseas, and the business in Daming is not easy to do, because the environment in Daming is better, and there are fewer and fewer escorts from their escort agencies.

On the contrary, it is overseas, where the safety is not safe. Their business is getting bigger and bigger, and they even start to recruit local people to join them. Like the Wang Family Escort, they bought a lot of white slaves and trained these slaves to become bodyguards.

Because these slaves came from far away Eastern Europe, they were helpless here. After being bought by them, they trained them and gave them some promises. They became the most loyal subordinates, and these escort agencies also developed rapidly.

"That's it~"

After Tong Yuan listened carefully, he couldn't help frowning.

This Egyptian canal is very important. If there are too many bandits here in the Middle East and East Africa, it will be extremely unsafe for the ships of the Ming Dynasty.

After the opening of the canal, this line will become a golden line, and I am afraid that more people will be eyeing this place by then.

"This matter is very important, you must write it down, and write a letter to your mentor later to explain everything to your mentor."

Tong Yuan silently wrote down that Liu Jin arranged for him to come to Egypt, not just negotiating with Kansu II, he also needed to consider and be responsible for many things about the canal.

The bad environment here also made him worry.

"Master Tong, please be blunt."

"Although Mr. Tong hired Japanese bodyguards to escort, this place is different from Daming. The Japanese bodyguards are not familiar with this area. To be on the safe side, it is best to hire our Royal bodyguards to escort them together. Double insurance."

Wang Dongsheng looked at the Japanese warriors next to Tong Yuan, and after thinking about it, he began to sell again.

Hearing Wang Dongsheng's words, Nan Li and other Japanese warriors were obviously very angry. This is because they look down on them and don't believe in the reputation of our Shimadzu family.

"Even if all the bodyguards of our Shimadzu family are dead, they will definitely not inflict the slightest damage to Mr. Tong, and will definitely escort Mr. Tong to Egypt smoothly."

Nan Li said very unhappy.

"Haha, I also trust Shimadzu Corporation."

Tong Yuan smiled to express his trust in Nan Li and others.

(End of this chapter)