Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1427, Kansu II's ambition
"That's good. If you need any help, please feel free to ask. Although our Egypt is not as good as your Ming Empire, as long as we can, we will do our best. After all, after the opening of the canal, we in Egypt can also lie down and collect money." Money."

Kansu II was very polite to Tong Yuan in front of him.

In the past few years, he has been in contact with Tong Yuan a lot, and even after learning the language and characters of Ming Dynasty, he often comes to talk with Tong Yuan about scriptures and Taoism, discussing the history of China, Tang poetry and Song Ci.

Tong Yuan was born as a Jinshi, so his knowledge is naturally not bad, and he is also a student of Liu Jin, under the influence of his ears and eyes, his views on many things are far superior to most people in this era.

Every time he talks with Tong Yuan, Kansu II can benefit a lot, and he even consults Tong Yuan often in dealing with many matters of Egypt's internal government affairs.

Therefore, he respects Tong Yuan very much. This kind of respect comes from Tong Yuan's own knowledge and ability. Of course, as an official of the Ming Empire, with the support of the powerful Ming Empire behind him, Kansu II also needs to respect him.

"If necessary, I will definitely speak to His Majesty the King."

Tong Yuan smiled and replied.

In the matter of building the canal, Egypt has indeed provided a lot of help. Of course, this is also very much needed for them. They need the large project of the Egyptian Canal to alleviate their internal conflicts.

After the canal is built, it is also necessary to take charge of this crucial canal channel to obtain a lot of benefits.

Once the Egyptian Canal is completed, it will not only be as simple as collecting navigation fees, Egypt will become the most important trade hub and transportation center in Europe, Asia and Africa, and the benefits it can bring are beyond imagination.

"I heard that on your Daming side, the shares of Canal have risen to more than two hundred taels of silver a share?"

Kansu II smiled, and then asked again.

"Yes, the importance of the Egyptian Canal is self-evident. There are many people who are optimistic about this canal, and there are also many people who are willing to invest. The stock has been rising since its issuance, and now it has risen to more than [-] taels a share. gone."

Tong Yuan nodded and replied.

"More than two hundred taels of silver per share. Half of the canal rights on your Daming side are now worth two billion taels of silver. It's unbelievable. What a huge fortune this is. Is it really worth that much money?"

"I want to sell half of our Egypt!"

Kansu II sighed while shaking his head.

"Haha, the stock market is all fictitious wealth. It goes up and down. If you really sell it, you won't be able to sell that much money. Of course, you can't deny the value of this canal. After it's opened, it will be worth a lot of money." It is good for generations to sit and collect money, invest in some stocks, and keep them for future generations.”

Tong Yuan smiled. To be honest, he was also shocked when he saw this report.

The stock market value of this Egyptian canal has reached two billion taels of silver. Whether the entire Ming Dynasty can find two billion taels of silver is a question mark. This small canal is worth two billion taels, which is unbelievable.

"Master Tong, I came here this time to ask if you, Daming, can buy me a batch of ammunition and weapons?"

After some chatting, Kansu II finally expressed his intentions.

Inspection of the canal is just a routine, the real purpose is for arms and weapons,
The Mamluk dynasty of Egypt had already reached the point of decline. Historically, it was wiped out by Selom I of the Ottoman Empire a few years later.

This is due to the strength of the Ottoman Empire, but it is more due to the internal contradictions of the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt.

The feudal military aristocrats wantonly merged and expanded land, and a large number of farmers lost the arable land they depended on for their livelihood, causing fierce turmoil in the entire dynasty, just like the end of the Ming Dynasty in history, with internal and external troubles.

It was because of the digging of the Egyptian canal that the Mamluk Kingdom breathed a sigh of relief and temporarily stabilized the situation in front of it. However, the canal will be repaired in more than a year.

At that time, the hundreds of thousands of farmers without land in front of them will have no land and no jobs. How will you let them live?
The situation will return to the way it was before, and the entire dynasty will also face extinction.

Kansu II knew this clearly, and he also knew that he had only two ways to go, either restricting land mergers, or expanding abroad to acquire new land.

Restricting land annexation is obviously not that easy. The feudal military aristocracy is very powerful. If you want to restrict them, they might overthrow you now.

Therefore, what Kansu II can do is to limit internal land annexation and attack those hostile feudal military nobles, and on the other hand is to prepare for external expansion.

Although Egypt's geographical location is very good, it is located in the key point of Europe, Asia and Africa, but if it is the environment, it is really not good.

The oases and arable land of the entire country depend on the impact of the Nile River, and most of the land is dry desert, which is not suitable for human survival.

To the north is the vast Mediterranean Sea. The Egyptians are not yet strong enough to cross the Mediterranean Sea to expand in Europe. To the west there is still an endless desert. Only a few oases are located in the area close to the Mediterranean Sea. However, Spain, Portugal, and France in Europe are eyeing these places now. , Some places have fallen into the hands of the Spanish and Portuguese.

Compared with these European powers, Egypt seems to have no competitive advantage.

To the east is the Arabian Peninsula, which is also a desert, with only a few oases, but the Mesopotamia is a fertile field. If you can include this place in your territory, that would be great.

But here is a powder keg. It has always been the territory of the Ottoman Empire, and now it is being targeted by the ambitious and rapidly powerful Persian Empire.

Compared with these two powerful countries, Egypt seems to be another little brother, with no advantages. After all, they were all invaded by the Ottoman Empire in the past.

The only way to go south is to expand along the Nile River upstream and enter the vast hinterland of Africa.

Where there is no powerful country, the Sudan in the upper reaches of the Nile is very average, and the Mamluk Kingdom of Egypt often invaded them before.

At the same time, if all goes well, you can also enter the fertile hinterland of Africa, where the land is fertile and the rainfall is abundant, which is very suitable for the development of agriculture and animal husbandry.

These Kunlun slaves in Africa are very backward, so there is nothing to worry about.

If you look at the expansion of the Ming Empire in East Africa, you will know that in just a few years, most of the coastal areas of East Africa have been carved up by the vassal states and colonies of the Ming Dynasty, and now they have begun to move to the East Africa. Africa expanded inland.

The year before last, the Chu State also destroyed the Kingdom of Ethiopia, and began to penetrate into the interior and plateau of the African continent.

These vassal states and colonies of the Ming Dynasty actually had a small population. The large ones had hundreds of thousands of people, and the small ones had only [-] to [-] people, and even fewer troops.

However, with such a small force, they are rampant on the African continent. How can these local Kunlun slaves be the opponents of these Ming people? kill.

Therefore, Kansu II also wanted to go south, attack Sudan, and expand to the hinterland of the African continent to divert internal conflicts.

Through the newspapers published by Daming, he also learned that the times are undergoing great changes.

Traditional cold weapons seem to be no longer the mainstream of the battlefield. The emergence of muskets and artillery has changed the mode of warfare. Whether it is the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire, or the Europeans, or the powerful Ming Empire, they have all begun to fight on a large scale. column of muskets and artillery.

Kansu II wanted to expand abroad and build a powerful army. Naturally, he had to follow the trend of the times and use a lot of guns and artillery.

But the quality of the muskets and cannons made by Egypt is extremely poor, so the best choice is to buy them out. Of course, the best way to buy them is to buy muskets and cannons from the Ming Empire.

"Arsenal and weapons?"

When Tong Yuan heard this, he was slightly surprised. He looked at Kansu II, and then contacted the situation in Lower Egypt, and he immediately understood.

After thinking for a while, he said, "At this point, I can't make the decision, but I can write a letter back to Daming, and you can also express to our Daming side through diplomatic channels that you want to buy enough arms and weapons."

"As far as the relationship between our two countries is concerned, I think the higher-ups should agree to sell you some arms and weapons."

The sale of arms and weapons is a big deal, and it is often a big deal of several million taels of silver, with extremely high profits.

In these years, Daming has never heard of foreign arms sales, and they can get huge profits from them every year. They also support a large number of arms companies and workers, and let the arms and weapons eliminated by the Ming army be sold.

If Egypt wants to buy weapons, it has no reason not to sell them. Even the Ottoman Empire sold them, and Egypt is no different.

This Kansu II is very young and ambitious now. With weapons and a powerful army, he must have a lot of trouble.

At that time, whether it is to compete with the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire for the Mesopotamia and the Arabian Peninsula, or to compete with the Europeans for North Africa, or to expand to the southern Sudan, it is all possible, and things will come out.

As long as something happens, Da Ming can sell arms on both sides, making money continuously.

"Haha, that's great."

"I'm worried that your country is unwilling to sell it to me. I know that your teacher is very influential in Daming, so I want to ask you for help."

When Kansu II heard this, he immediately laughed happily. Looking at the lively construction site in front of him, and then looking at these migrant workers, he seemed to see a strong army of hundreds of thousands.

(End of this chapter)