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    The concession established by the empire in Egypt is located on a cliff at the southwest end of Alexandria.

    From here in the concession, you can overlook the entire Alexandria Port. It can be said that the scenery is very pleasant.

    Looking around, the blue sea of ??the Mediterranean Sea stretches as far as the eye can see.

    Everyone who looks at it from here is amazed by this scene.

    It was not unreasonable for Zhao Hongyu to choose this place to set up the concession.

    First of all, it overlooks the entire Alexandria. If a hostile fleet appears, the concession can discover the opponent within a very favorable time.

    At the same time, because it is also very close to the capital Cairo, the geographical location is also very suitable.

    The entire concession covers an area of ??about one square kilometer. After more than two years of construction, it has gone from being deserted to now with many Arab-style buildings.

    Because of the concession, some caravans from Africa and Arabia now like to visit here.

    After all, the environment and buildings in the Imperial Concession are much better than those in Cairo.

    The ground in the concession is paved with solid cement roads. On both sides of the streets in the concession, many vegetation and trees suitable for the tropical climate are densely planted.

    This is also the case on both sides of the straight cement road from the concession to Cairo.

    Only a country like the Song Empire that didn't care about money could afford such a large sum of money.

    ??Looking at today¡¯s countries, they will not spend money on such things.

    "However, this can also be regarded as demonstrating one of the empire's strengths, that is, it is not short of money.

    "Compared to the yellow sand of Cairo, the square kilometers of the Imperial Concession can be said to be full of greenery and a very pleasant environment.

    For those caravans, this kind of environment is very satisfying to them.

    Especially those caravans of sheikhs from Arabia like to stay in hotels in the concession.

    the reason is simple.  Compared with those caravans from Africa, the homeland of the Arabian sheikhs' caravans is full of yellow sand. It is not easy to see some green vegetation.

    So, how could they not like the environment here in the concession?

    Especially in the direction of the concession close to Cairo, a trade bazaar was set up to facilitate the caravans to centrally process the goods they brought.

    Therefore, it is not surprising that the Imperial Concession near Alexandria on the outskirts of Cairo has become prosperous.

    Due to geography, most of the businessmen who come here are Arab or African businessmen.  Originally, there was no war in Europe before.  There are also many European businessmen coming and going.

    However, since the war started in Europe, there have been fewer European businessmen here.

    Fortunately, the gaps left by European traders were quickly filled by Arabs and Africans.

    Anyway, the empire¡¯s products are very popular, so there is no need to worry about not being able to sell them.

    It can be said that as long as the empire comes up with products, they will basically be sold out.

    What I have to say is that there are those seemingly poor Arab businessmen and African businessmen.  Their purchasing power is much stronger than that of European businessmen.

    Africa is rich in gold and diamonds, and its purchasing power is undoubtedly strong.

    Although Arab merchants in this era are not as rich as they will be in the future, they sell high-quality camel hair and handmade velvet products.  The price of selling it into the virtual world is also very considerable.

    Therefore, the Arabs can use their exquisite handmade velvet products to exchange for the goods they need from the Ministry of Commerce of the Concession, and they do not necessarily have to come up with gold coins.

    And this trade method of the Ministry of Commerce in the Concession.  He quickly gained the favor and friendship of Arab businessmen.

    You know, for those Arabs, down products are very cheap.  As long as the chief behind them has a large number of camels.  Then there will be no shortage of fluff.

    Therefore, in their view, such a transaction is simply a huge profit.

    It¡¯s just that they don¡¯t know that the value of fluffy products that they think is worthless can be as high as hundreds of thousands of dollars after being sold in the virtual world.

    ¡°But here, for a piece of exquisite handmade velvet product, the Ministry of Commerce of the Concession only gave a mere twelve gold coins.

    The profit in this can be said to be frighteningly high.

    Even so, the Arab businessmen were very grateful for this.

      Because their downy products have never been sold at such a high price, only the Imperial Ministry of Commerce would offer such a high price to purchase them, and they would never bully them.

    Noble, fair, friendly, and sincere, this is the feeling that the Chinese descendants of the Empire give people here.

    Of course, the secret behind it will not be exposed to the Chinese people in the concession.

    ¡°Anyway, you can make money and get a good reputation, so why not?

    ¡°Besides, I did pay a ¡®conscientious price¡¯, didn¡¯t I?  Except for people like myself, no one will give such a high price again.

    In addition to down products, Arab merchants also conducted a large number of slave trades.

    Various male and female slaves from the Arab region will be sent to the concession for sale.

    Those charming-looking Persian dancers and strong, dark-bodied captured warriors will be given a very reasonable price by the Imperial Ministry of Commerce once they are selected.

    "The people who are bought will be shipped to America, and the first-class Persian beauties will be sent to workshops for training. After Zhao Hongyu's palace is built, they will be sent to it to be maids.

    "Those men will be brainwashed and then sent to serve as cannon fodder in the various armies of the empire.

    Therefore, Arab merchants did not worry at all about not being able to afford the empire's goods, because they did not have to worry about having no capital at all.

    As long as they have slaves and exquisite handmade plush products, they can exchange them for expensive goods here.

    Like the Arabs, merchants from Africa, in addition to buying goods with gold and various gemstones, also used slaves in exchange.

    The tribal wars on the African continent were very cruel, so a large number of people became slaves.

    Therefore, this kind of trade will benefit the empire.

    The slaves sold by African merchants were all tall and very strong.

    one look.  I just know that I am very strong and there will be absolutely no problem in working.

    What¡¯s especially important is that the slaves are still very young.

    If the trade here in the concession is so prosperous, it will inevitably affect the original commercial stability of Cairo City and reduce the tax revenue of Cairo City.

    However, there are ways to solve it here in the concession.

    That is, slaves are divided into grades, and only the highest-grade slaves are allowed to appear in the concession.

    "The rest that are not qualified and do not meet the standards can still only be traded in Cairo City.

    therefore.  Among the male and female slaves collected in the concession, the men are very strong, healthy and young, while the women are very beautiful.

    At the same time, the concession will not allow the supply of goods to exceed demand.

    Every day, the number of goods sold in the concession is limited.

    It is precisely for this reason that the trade of goods in the concession has become more popular.

    At the same time, those businessmen.  You will also buy other products in Cairo City, right?

    In this way, the problem of reduced tax revenue in Cairo City will be solved.

    It is precisely for this reason that the Egyptians can still remain friendly to the imperial concession.

    Of course.  The most important thing is that the concession will give the Egyptian nobles in Cairo some private benefits, so they can live in peace.

    Money can help you, so what problems can¡¯t be solved?

    It is different from the chaos and poor security in Cairo.  The security here in the concession is very good.

    There are no thieves here, and there is no need to worry about robbery.

    ? Round-the-clock patrols, those gangster pickpockets who are wandering around Cairo City.  Don't dare come here to do evil.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? adopted a zero-tolerance attitude towards this. If they catch everyone and execute each one, for the sake of their own lives, it¡¯s better to come less here in the concession.

    You should know that those who did not believe in evil were hanged on tree trunks in the middle of the mainland from the concession to Cairo.

    Those dried corpses are the best portrayal, aren't they?

    Every day during the day, the market in the concession is very lively.

    Here, merchants make loud noises and use rich body language and expressions to bargain.

    Those slaves with dull expressions looked at the people coming and going with indifferent eyes.

    Here, the concession provides clean water and various contract document services.

    You don¡¯t have to worry about commercial fraud.

    If you encounter such a problem in the concession, the concession will help you come forward.

    Some time ago, the land in the concession wasIt's a lot bigger.

    Because the eight thousand volunteers fighting in Europe have completed their combat goals, they came to station in Egypt.

    With such a big army coming, the concession will definitely not be able to accommodate.

    Therefore, Ma Bangde, the governor of the concession, rented a large piece of wasteland in the south of the concession for a price of 500,000 gold coins and built a large barracks to station the volunteers.

    Although the Egyptians were very panicked about this, this matter had been approved by their masters, the Ottomans.

    In addition, there are still 500,000 gold coins to get, so there is no obstacle to this matter at all.

    In this way, 8,000 American volunteers were stationed in Alexandria.

    Since the arrival of this army, their daily training has become a spectacle.  Children from the surrounding small villages would always play outside the military camp whether they had anything to do or not, just to watch the military training.

    And those businessmen will come to this place from time to time to see what they have to offer.

    However, a few days ago, half of the volunteers in the concession had left.  After all, the situation in Europe is not very stable. For some reasons, half of the volunteer troops stationed here were transferred and stationed in Marseille and Lisbon to protect the security of these two concessions.

    At this time, outside this military camp made of loess and stones, a group of people was greeted.

    The leader was a man wearing an imperial red uniform with golden epaulettes on his shoulders.  This man is none other than Governor Mabond, the highest official of the concession.

    Behind him, in addition to fifty imperial guards, there were about a hundred Ottomans wearing black Arabian spears and with cloth strips wrapped around their heads.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know what Mabond wanted to do when he brought these Ottomans to the military camp?

    But what is certain is that the Ottomans will not come here for no reason, and Governor Mabande will not bring the Ottomans here easily (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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