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    Located in the imperial concession on the western outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, close to Alexandria, the land here was originally a deserted area.

    If the empire had not established a concession here, this place would have been a barren land and would not have become as prosperous as it is today.

    It can be said that because of the concession established by the empire, the city of Cairo has also received considerable benefits, and it has also increased tax revenue.

    Therefore, both the Egyptian royal family and the Ottomans welcome the expansion of the concession.

    After the concession is expanded, the trade volume will also increase, and the tax revenue of Cairo City will also increase accordingly.

    For the Egyptian royal family and the Ottomans, this was something they could not refuse.

    Of course, the happiest people are of course the Egyptian royal family.

    Having lost the glory of their ancestors and losing their courage, only the cowardly royal family members are left. Their life is not easy now.

    The Ottomans took over the power of Egypt, large and small, and placed the royal family there just as mascots and decorations to stabilize the people.

    In addition, the economic situation of the Ottomans has not been very good in recent years, so the wealth they collected in Egypt was used to fill the deficit in the Ottoman country and was divided up by some powerful people.

    Under such a situation, how could the Ottomans squander too much money to the Egyptian royal family.

    So, the life of the Egyptian royal family is not as easy as they appear, but it is actually very tight.

    People who don¡¯t know the situation certainly think that the Egyptian royal family is living a good life, but those who really know it will know that in fact that is not the case at all.

    The Egyptian royal family is just pretending to be fat. They don¡¯t know what they are doing.

    Although they are willing to open source, the Ottomans control everything and they have no way at all.

    Fortunately, the Song Empire wanted to set up a concession in Egypt and use Cairo City as a trading point to form a radiation to the surrounding areas.  This can be regarded as solving the difficulties of the Egyptian royal family.  Let their lives gradually get better.

    And the governor sent by the Ottomans to Cairo also benefited a lot from this.  After all, due to the existence of the concession, Cairo's tax revenue has increased. This can be regarded as his political achievement during his administration, and will be of great help to the improvement of his status in the future.

    So, now Mabond wants to expand the scope of the concession, so how can they stop it if they are too late to do so.

    Of course, Mabond¡¯s expansion of the concession was not to expand trade.  It was just to resettle the Bedouin tribes who had defected to the empire and moved to the concession from Cuman.

    But what does it matter?  In short, after the expansion of the concession and the arrival of the Bedouin tribe, the tax revenue of the Cairo concession will definitely increase.

    After all, those Bedouin tribesmen always need to spend money.

    As long as they can consume locally, Cairo City can see an increase in tax revenue.

    Unless they don¡¯t spend money, but how is that possible?

    ¡°Besides, when Mabond placed the Ottoman Governor of Cairo and the Egyptian royal family.  In private, he hinted to them that as long as the concession could be expanded, he would give some benefits to both parties.

    The Ottoman governor of Cairo and the Egyptian royal family certainly knew what this hint meant.

    Therefore, they are even more welcoming.

    therefore.  Mabond's proposal was passed within a short period of time.

    Come on, the power of money is really very strong during this period.

    An acre of land in Mabond was purchased for five French currency units.  That is five silver livres.  This price is 20% higher than the market price, so the Ottoman governor of Cairo can also have an explanation for the local area.  And no one will get caught.

    At the same time, privately, Mabond would give the governor a lifre silver coin as a benefit for expanding his land by one acre.

    Since there are 13 Bedouin tribes to be resettled, and there are as many as 70,000 to 80,000 tribesmen, the expansion of this concession requires a lot of land.

    MaBangde¡¯s own initial calculation was that at least one million acres of wasteland would need to be purchased.

    In other words, from this alone, the Ottoman governor stationed in Cairo can get a benefit of one million silver coins.

    What can millions of silver coins do in this era?

    Think about it, the price of a beautiful Persian dancer is only a dozen silver coins.  To buy a strong black slave from Africa, there are only seven or eight people in Cairo.silver.

    With this money, even if this guy doesn't become the governor, he can still buy a large number of slaves, find a place with a beautiful environment, buy a large piece of land, and become a comfortable landlord.

    With this money, he can enjoy it for the rest of his life.

    Therefore, for Mabande, the Ottoman governor of Cairo, it can be said that he spared no effort to support him.

    Similarly, Mabande also gave many benefits to the Egyptian royal family in private. After all, without their approval, even with the approval of the Governor of Cairo, this matter would have become troublesome.

    For every acre of land, Mabond will also give the royal family a livre silver coin as a benefit fee, so the royal family is also very happy about this.

    You know, once they get this money, their lives will become better.  They can even spend a lot of money and buy some luxury goods that they didn't dare to buy before.

    Since the Song Empire¡¯s concession was established in Cairo, the first people to feel the material changes, benefits and conveniences brought about were the locals.

    The royal family also lives in Cairo and is therefore considered a local.

    Therefore, they are more intuitive with this feeling.

    However, because they don¡¯t have much money on hand, they don¡¯t dare to spend much money at all.

    ¡°Otherwise, it would be very embarrassing once someone sees out that the royal family is having a hard time.

    Now, all they need to do is agree to the expansion of the concession, and settle some small villages living on the land purchased by Mabond, so that this matter can proceed smoothly.

    They can get a lot of benefits.

    So, how could they not try their best?

    With the expansion of the concession, although a large area of ??the land purchased by Mabond was actually wasteland, there were also several small villages with a small population.

    If these small villages are not handled well, they will cause a lot of trouble.

    Considering this situation, Mabond will certainly let the Egyptian royal family come forward to deal with it.

    after all.  You can't take advantage for nothing, right?

    In this way, the concession successfully expanded its territory, and the migrating Bedouin tribes also had a place to stay, solving a problem that worried them most.

    In the warehouse in the concession, the supplies previously stored were very sufficient, so there was no need to worry about any problems that would arise due to the arrival of the Bedouin tribe.

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Especially food, and the concessions are plentiful.

    Genetically modified rice shipped from the Americas filled the granaries in the concession, even if the population of the Bedouin tribe was ten times larger.  The concession can also feed them for half a year.

    Although the empire¡¯s products are very popular, in fact the best-selling and most profitable thing is food.

    In this era, no matter what kind of commodity it is, it cannot compete with food.

    The reason for this is very simple, because the food in this era is not enough for people to consume.

    Problems like this have not been solved until modern times.

    Some people may not believe this, but in fact it is true.

    ?That is to say.  In the development process of human history, from ancient times to modern times, we have actually lived in food crisis.

    But it is precisely for this reason that the grain trade of the American Song Empire developed very rapidly and prosperously.

    ?Some people may say.  How much money can you make from food?

    The profit from this kind of trade is not big at all, right?

    People who say such things really have no knowledge at all.

    In fact, for the Song Empire, the most profitable business now is the trade of grain.

    Cheap genetically modified rice.  After buying it from the virtual world, it can be sold to businessmen from Europe as soon as it is resold.

    They could pay in gold and silver coins, or use slaves in exchange.  Even various gemstones will work.  In short, everything is accepted here in the empire.

    And after gold, silver coins and various gems are sold to the virtual world, you can earn a huge price difference.

    The profit from this price difference can even reach tens of thousands of times.

    And how much does the purchase price of genetically modified rice cost?

    But for the countries in this era, you don¡¯t need weapons and armor for the time being.  But food is not available.

    Therefore, the grain trade in the Song Empire was very prosperous.

    As the trading points established by the empire in Europe and North Africa, the three major concessions of Lisbon, Marseille and Cairo were established.Of course, grain trade will also be carried out on the other side.

    Merely transporting food through ocean-going merchants is far from enough for the empire to obtain greater profits.

    So, of course, the three major concessions have also shouldered such an important responsibility.  That is, shouldering part of the burden of grain trade.

    Compared with the distant mainland America, it is certainly the most convenient to purchase food in the three major concessions.  However, the price of buying food in the three major concessions is much higher than in the Americas.

    If you want to make the maximum profit, of course it is most cost-effective to go to the American mainland.

    This is also done deliberately by the empire.

    The topic got a little sidetracked, so let¡¯s get back to the topic now.

    Chief Omar has cooperated with the personnel of the Concession Empire to settle down all the people.

    Their tribe was placed three kilometers away from the concession, near the seaside.

    Regarding the environment, Chief Omar does not have any big requirements. After all, no matter how bad it is, can it still be worse than Cuman?

    The thirteen tribes were not settled together. They were all settled in the expanded areas, which seemed very scattered.

    In this regard, Chief Omar didn¡¯t say much.

    At this time, he was standing outside his tent, watching the transportation team coming from the concession, unloading bags of grain from the carriage.

    Chief Oma is very grateful that the empire can provide food at this time.

    Therefore, he felt that this was the right step to take refuge in the empire (To be continued)
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