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Volume Three Spreading Wings Chapter 227 Obtaining Egypt

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    After lunch, a white man in a suit, led by a government servant, came to the main hall. Wen Shen looked up and down at the man's clothes in surprise, wondering if suits appeared in this era?

    The man in a suit bowed and said: "On behalf of His Majesty Baldwin, Geer pays homage to Lord Song."

    Wen Shen glanced at the government servant on the side and said calmly: "Look at your seat."

    Hearing this, the Yamen servant hurriedly brought a Taishi chair and placed it next to Geer, nodding to indicate that he could sit down.

    Wen Shen looked at the respectful man sitting on the Taishi chair, smiled and said, "Your clothes look good, who designed them?"

    Geer nodded slightly and replied: "This dress was designed by His Majesty the King based on the clothes of adults. He asked the tailor to combine some of the characteristics of us white people. Now this kind of clothes is very popular in the upper class and has become a symbol of the nobility.  apparel"

    Wen Shen smiled unconsciously on his face, and then said: "The design is good, it suits you very well."

    Geer stood up slightly, bent down and said, "Thank you for the compliment, sir."

    Wen Shen put away his smile and said seriously: "Today, I have called you here to discuss the arms deal. First tell me how many firearms you plan to buy?"

    "The more, the better," Geer replied eagerly. Suddenly he felt that he was too eager. He laughed twice and said, "I wonder how much you can sell to us?"

    "I have brought a lot of firearms with me this time. We will sell as many firearms as you want, just because you don't have enough gold and silver to buy them."

    "Really?" Geer suddenly stood up and shouted loudly. Then he felt that he was a little out of control. He sat down quickly and secretly shouted, "That's great."

    Wen Shen's face turned cold and he said, "How could I, the great Grand Master of the Song Dynasty, lie to you?"

    "" Geer said with a smile, "I was too reckless just now. We plan to buy two million yuan in arms."

    "Oh, when did you also use silver dollars?" Wen Shen asked with interest

    "These silver coins are beautifully printed and are the hard currency here." Gerr laughed dryly. "It's important. We organized a group of people to make a little money during the construction of the canal."

    At this time, Zhang Long whispered to Wen Shen: "Baldwin II organized more than 50,000 laborers to work on the canal, and he made millions of dollars in the past two years."

    Wen Shen nodded while listening, and at the same time glanced at Geer opposite him and said: "Two million yuan can't buy many firearms. But now we have developed a single-shot firearm, which is relatively cheap and can be used on a large scale in the army. Then it can be completely  Are you interested in eliminating bows, arrows and spears?"

    "Yes, yes," Geer replied hurriedly.

    In order to develop the power of Dan, Wen Shen took everyone to a barracks and asked the soldiers to demonstrate it.

    "Although this firearm is not as powerful as the previous continuous fire, it is still very powerful if it can be owned on a large scale. I wonder how much such a firearm costs?"

    Wen Shen thought for a while and said: "Two thousand yuan for a bullet and one yuan for a bullet."

    Geer was overjoyed and said: "I will buy a thousand of them, plus 100,000 bullets."

    Wen Shen's lips curled up, "This time I came with ten thousand. I thought you would buy them all, but I didn't expect you would only buy so few. It seems I have to find a buyer to sell some."

    Zhang Long on the side suddenly said: "Commissioner, some time ago, King Sanjar of Seljuk sent someone to buy some firearms. I heard that they planned to offer gold and silver jewelry worth one million taels of gold to buy firearms."

    Wen Shen was overjoyed and said: "Really? That's great. I was worried about the funds for the canal. Now I have it." As he said this, he looked at Geer on the side from time to time.

    At this time, Geer said anxiously: "Sir, it is absolutely impossible to prevent the Seljuks from being bloodthirsty barbarians. If you sell them arms, they will definitely attack everywhere.  I don¡¯t know how many people died. I heard that they attacked your Tang Dynasty."

    Wen Shen had a troubled look on his face, "Artisans who know how to make firearms also need to eat. If we don't sell them, how will we pay them? If you don't want us to sell to them, you can just buy them all."

    "This" Geer struggled for a long time, and finally sighed, "Sir, we really don't have that much gold and silver. Do you think we can use other things to replace it, such as such as land?"

    "Land? But we don't lack land. Besides, if we have so many arms, how much land will it cost?"

    Geer felt that his body was very hot. Beads of sweat on his forehead flowed down the bridge of his nose to the tip of his nose, and then fell to the ground with a thud. At the same time, his brain was running at high speed. After a long time, he suddenly said: "Sir, how can the entire Cairo area be exchanged for these firearms?"  In this way, this area has abundant river water and is a good place for farming, which can produce a large amount of food every year.¡±

    Wen Shen looked at Zhang Long, couldn't help but smile, and then said: "This although we are a bit at a loss, we can still do it."But I think you should ask your Majesty the King."

    Hearing Wen Shen relent, Ge was immediately overjoyed and hurriedly confirmed the vote and said: "I think your Majesty will definitely agree."

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    When Ger came out of the inner city, he led his followers and rushed towards Jerusalem without stopping for a while.

    On the third day, at dusk, Ger finally arrived at the capital city of Jerusalem. He didn¡¯t even bother to rest, and went directly into the imperial city to pay homage to Baldwin II.

    "Your Majesty, something bad has happened," Geer shouted when he came up.

    Baldwin II¡¯s face condensed, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked: ¡°Did something go wrong with the purchase of firearms?¡±

    "Something big has happened," Geer continued to explain, "Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty shipped 10,000 firearms this time, and we can only buy about 1,000 with the little money we have."

    Baldwin II was stunned and asked doubtfully: "We only bought a thousand. Is this a big deal?"

    "Your Majesty does not know that they are going to sell the remaining firearms to the Seljuks"

    "What"

    When Baldwin II heard this, he stood up suddenly and shouted

    Geer glanced at him and nodded: "That's exactly what happened. If they really sell it to the Seljuks, we may be in danger of subjugating the country, so we must buy these firearms."

    "But there is not much gold and silver left in the treasury. What can we buy?" Baldwin II looked sad.

    Geer saluted and said: "Your Majesty, before coming back, the Song people said that they might exchange the entire Cairo area for these firearms." After saying that, he looked at Baldwin II intentionally or unintentionally, and saw the muscles on his face trembling wildly. He looked extremely  Soreness

    "Your Majesty, if we have this batch of arms, the Seljuks and Abbasids will be vulnerable, and they will all become our territory. We will definitely be able to establish a huge Christian kingdom, and those pagans will be defeated.  We are stepping on our feet." Geer smiled slightly, "Our price is just to carve out the Cairo area that does not belong to us unless we come."

    Baldwin II's originally fair face became a little flushed, and a trace of mucus flowed from the corner of his mouth unconsciously for a long time. After a long time, he came back to his senses, wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand, and said with a smile: "You are right, just stick to this.  handle"

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    Six days later, five thousand fully armed soldiers stationed in Cairo and officially took over the Cairo area. At the same time, Cairo was renamed Luozhou and took charge of the entire Nile Delta area.

    In Luozhou City, Wang Dynasty looked around at the scenery of this western city and said with a smile: "Why do I feel that the houses of the Western barbarians are so ugly?"

    Zhang Long smiled and said, "Brother Wang, this is your first time here. You may feel a little weird. After a long time, you will find that there is a certain reason why they build houses this way."

    "Maybe"

    Wang Chao turned to look at Wen Shen and asked, "Is it worth it for us to spend so much financial and material resources to acquire these places?"

    "Of course, the more good places, the better. Those firearms are nothing to us. These lands are real. With this place, we will have a foothold in the Western Region. It won't take long for this place to become a rich land.  place"

    Zhang Long said with a smile: "Brother Wang, what I said is that you don't know something. After the canal is opened, I will take you to the west. There are many people with blue eyes and yellow hair there. When we arrive, domestically produced goods will be able to flow continuously."  If you transport it, you will definitely make a fortune.¡±

    Wang Chao laughed dryly and laughed at himself: "Maybe it's because I stayed in the country for too long and didn't come out much. I'm a bit short-sighted."

    "We must manage the inherent territory here. To this end, I have telegraphed to Kaifeng and asked them to send a group of officials to manage it. At the same time, the officials who came brought a group of rice, cotton, pumpkin, pepper, sweet potato and other seeds, which must be able to  Greatly increase the food production here¡±

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    When the regime changed, there must be some people who were dissatisfied. Zhang Long and Wang Chao each led 2,000 troops and carried out a large-scale raid on Luozhou. In a very short period of time, they consolidated their rule and established their authority. At the same time, they also roughly understood the population situation of this person.  , providing a basis for collecting taxes and fees

    There are about 2 million people here, including more than 50,000 people in Naju City. The rest of the population is distributed in various places in the delta, engaged in livestock, planting and other industries. Due to the construction of the canal, more than 300,000 people left their residences and went to Zhongzhou to build the canal.  Make extra money

    At the same time, Baldwin II, who had obtained a large amount of arms, formed a musketry team of ten thousand people and began to attack the city. His first target was the Seljuk people. In less than a month, he occupied Jordan, Syria, and  Asia Minor opened a land route to Eastern Rome

    The Seljuqs retreated steadily and retreated to what is today Iran. At the same time, they sent envoys to the Abbasid Empire, demanding an urgent fight against the Christians.

      Although Baldwin II¡¯s musketeers were very powerful, they were really small in number and faced the long line. They had to disperse their forces. However, they were still stretched thin. They had enough defense but not enough attack. Therefore, the Christian world and the Islamic world  The border war gradually subsided.

    Even so, the country founded by Baldwin II was already the largest country in Christendom. This news spread to the Western world and immediately caused a huge response. A large number of unemployed vagrants, landless farmers, and landless knights embarked on the journey eastward, hoping to  get your own land from it
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