Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1587, the Jew calling for help

In the vast waters of the southern Mediterranean, a large sailing ship is sailing towards Port Said, Egypt. The "Jennie" is flying the Spanish flag but is actually a French ship. It walks in this sea area very carefully. .

With the smoke of gunpowder and swords in the European area, all kinds of pirates wantonly plundered merchant ships and ports, which also made going to sea more dangerous.

But becoming more dangerous also means full of benefits.

The raging pirates have caused the price of goods from the East to rise rapidly. In the past, a catty of snow sugar was only 0.5 Ming silver dollars, but in just one month, the price of snow sugar has doubled several times.

European aristocrats who are used to enjoying this kind of luxury goods from Ming Dynasty, snow sugar is absolutely indispensable in their daily life, and the cane sugar from the Nanyang region of Ming Dynasty will do.

Cane sugar from the Tianzhu feudal kingdom and the colony is not acceptable, and the snow sugar from the Ryukyu Sugar Industry is the best snow sugar. Whether you add some when drinking tea, or eating desserts, bread, etc. is a necessity.

In addition, tea, spices, silk, porcelain, glass products, etc. from the East were inseparable from the lives of European upper-class aristocrats.

The war caused a sharp decrease in the number of merchant ships, so that the prices of these commodities from the far east were skyrocketing, and the profits were astonishing.

William, the captain of the "Jenny", knows this well, so even though going to sea has great risks, he still takes great risks to go to sea to do business, heading to Port Said, Egypt, where there are a lot of goods from the far east. Cheaper and relatively safer.

He didn't dare to go to the Ming colonial islands on the Aegean Sea, even though the commercial trade there was more mature, there were more types of goods, and they were relatively cheaper.

The Ottoman pirates here in the Aegean Sea are the most greedy demons, and they will chew up your bones and swallow them clean.

"Finally arriving in Port Said~"

William looked forward with the binoculars, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Port Said.

Although it does not take a few days to travel from the Mediterranean coast of France to Port Said in Egypt, the situation is very tense now.

He flew out of French ports under the French flag, and after a certain distance he changed to the Spanish flag.

Naturally, this is done to avoid looting by pirates from both sides. Now everyone knows that the so-called pirates are just faked by these countries.

If you have been flying the flag of a certain country, if you are unlucky, you will encounter pirates from a hostile country, and they will keep you clean.

In particular, he is still French, and now he is facing the Spaniards. Spain is extremely powerful at sea, with Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea as the center, and there are Spanish fleets patrolling everywhere, targeting French ships.

"Isn't Port Said ahead?"

Beside William, Simon looked at the sea ahead and could vaguely see a busy port. He also heaved a sigh of relief.

Simon is a French Jew and a successful Jewish businessman with considerable assets.

However, as the wars between France and Spain have failed in recent years, France has ceded land and paid compensation, and suffered heavy losses. Coupled with the war between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, France also sent troops to participate in the war under the call of the Pope.

This series of wars has greatly affected France. The common people not only have to bear more taxes, but also have to wait to be drafted into the battlefield.

Since ancient times, European countries, mainly when the domestic situation is tense and everyone is having a bad time, will naturally sharpen their knives and stalk the pigs and sheep. The pigs and sheep are undoubtedly Jews.

There was a strong rejection of Jews in Spain and Portugal a few years ago, so that a large number of Jews had to migrate to France and the Ottoman Empire, and later some Jews migrated to Ningguo, a vassal state of the Ming Empire go.

Although the Jews in France have not been strongly rejected, life is still very difficult. Kings and nobles always try to get money out of the pockets of the Jews, and ordinary people are also full of hostility towards the Jews.

Especially as the situation in Europe is once again in turmoil and a major war is imminent, the situation of the Jews in Europe is even more difficult.

Recently, King Louis XII of France ordered that the Jews must donate more than [-] million Ming silver coins. He wanted to use the money to buy muskets and Ming from the Ming people in order to cope with the possible outbreak of war in the future and compete with Spain for land and sea. hegemony.

Two million Daming silver coins, this is an extremely huge number, even though the Jews have always been good at doing business, and specialize in usury business, they have considerable wealth.

However, it is only the beginning to take out such a huge amount of wealth at one time, and there may be more demands in the future. This also makes the French Jews feel a huge crisis.

So many Jews decided to find a way out after some discussions, and sent many people to investigate around the world to see where the Jews could settle and live for a long time.

Some sent people to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Sultan was very welcoming and friendly to the Jews. A large number of Jews became important ministers of the Ottoman Empire. There were even Jews who were responsible for financial management for the Ottoman Sultan. This is a good idea. A large number of Jews from Portugal and Spain migrated to the Ottoman Empire.

Simon is also one of the many members who went to various places for investigation, and his destination was the Ningguo of Ming Dynasty.

King Ning of the Ming Dynasty reached an agreement with the Jewish Minister of the Ottoman Empire. He could accept some Jews to settle in Ningguo, on the condition that he could give priority to the slaves obtained by the Ottoman Empire.

At the beginning, tens of thousands of Jews migrated to the distant country of Ning, and settled down here.

In the past few years, I have been communicating with the Jews in Europe, and I have explained to you many times in the heart of the book that the Jews who migrated to Ningguo have lived a peaceful, peaceful, and equal life.

The people of Ningguo did not target the Jews. They allowed the Jews to own their own land, manors, etc., and also allowed the Jews to engage in agriculture, business, etc., without any restrictions.

In terms of taxation, the Jews, like others, did not deliberately target the Jews. At the same time, in Ningguo, they Jews still enjoy freedom of belief. The enlightened His Royal Highness King Ning did not ask the Jews to give up their beliefs, and everyone everywhere He does not believe in Christ, so he does not hate the Jews.

All this sounds so good, there are a large number of Jews who want to immigrate to Ningguo.

The Ottoman Empire is certainly a good choice, but there is a huge conflict between the religion believed by the Ottoman Empire and the religion believed by the Jews. Many wars between Europeans and Middle Easterners are due to issues of belief.

The Jews don't think they will be stronger than the Europeans and can be the opponents of the Ottomans. In contrast, Ningguo, which has freedom of belief, is obviously the most ideal place.

"Mr. Simon, I can only take you to Port Said. If you want to continue to the east, I suggest you take the ship of the Ming people."

"The Ming people have a lot of ships, and the prices are cheap. The key is that the ships of the Ming people are very safe at sea. No one dares to provoke the Ming people, unless the other party doesn't want to live."

William looked at Simon beside him, and for the sake of money, he seemed to remind him.

"Thank you, Captain William, God is with you!"

Simon sincerely thanks William.

Soon, the ship anchored here in Port Said. Simon took a few entourages off the 'Jenny' and looked at Port Said in front of him in some confusion.

Port Said is a small port, but with the opening of the Egyptian Canal, its status has been quickly highlighted. A large number of ships need to pass through here, and a large number of businessmen also gather here, so Port Said has also developed rapidly. Everywhere is a busy scene.

At the same time, different from the buildings in Europe, Port Said can already clearly feel the breath from the far east. I can only see buildings with oriental colors under rapid construction, and at the same time you can see signs one by one. Write with this magical square word.

Simon didn't know Minghua or Arabic, but fortunately he was prepared in advance, some of the followers he brought could speak Arabic, while others could speak Spanish.

Therefore, Simon quickly found someone to find out how to get to Ningguo. He also knew that there was a difference between Ningguo in West Africa and Ningguo in Tianzhu. All the Jews who migrated to Ningguo settled in Ningguo in West Africa.

Soon, Simon took another slave ship to Ningguo in West Africa to Chixia City in West Africa. Chixia City is the core city of Ningguo in West Africa, and it is also the settlement where Jews gather.

When you arrive in Chixia City, you can find the settled Jews, and then carefully examine the local conditions to find out whether the place is really suitable for Jewish immigrants to settle.

(End of this chapter)