Chapter 1630: Portuguese permission
However, before opening the Persian route, Marin must first do one thing-consult with Portugal to obtain the other party's permission.
Why? Because of the arrangement of the Holy See, Persia belongs to the Portuguese sphere of influence. Moreover, the battleships of Portugal and the Spanish are still wandering in the Arabian Sea.
Of course, Marin is not afraid of the Portuguese. Instead, he did not want to break the rules ...
Why does Marin maintain this "rule"? Because he is the biggest vested interest in this "rule". For example, in the Americas, if it is in accordance with the rules, natural Marlin will occupy all of it. But if you destroy the rules set by the Holy See, not to mention that the Holy See's face is not good-looking, others have reason to covet the Americas-you don't follow the rules yourself, we also learn from you ...
Therefore, in order to prevent others from ruining the idea of hitting America, Marin must actively maintain the nonsense rules set by the Holy See.
In this case, even if Marin looks down on Portugal, he must first greet the Portuguese. Moreover, Marin is not worried that the Portuguese disagree.
Because, Marin Huiming said-I do not buy Persian hot-selling carpets and silk and other commodities, only buy animals, and ... black oil for treating skin diseases in animals ...
Well, this black oil is naturally petroleum. Of course, no one notices the value of oil now. In addition to being burnt as fuel, the biggest role of oil is to smear the skin of animals with skin diseases and treat them with skin diseases.
There are multiple hydrocarbon organic compounds in petroleum, some hydrocarbon organic compounds contain certain toxicity and have bactericidal effect. Therefore, oil can be used to treat skin diseases in animals.
Baku, Azerbaijan, currently produces hundreds of ships of oil each year, most of which are sold to herders to treat skin diseases of cattle. After all, the Middle East is mostly nomadic, but there are not many others, that is, there are many animals and the market is large.
The Portuguese and Persia have been in contact for some time and will naturally know that oil can cure skin problems in animals. Marin used the excuse of "treatment of animal skin diseases" to import a large amount of oil from Baku in Persia, and the Portuguese would not doubt anything.
Speaking of this, the Baku oilfield is probably the world's earliest developed oil production area. The local oil reserves are extremely rich, and oil seedlings have also appeared. In areas where the local oil seedlings are outcrop, just dig a well a few meters deep, and you will be able to pour out oil. But Bard also visited Baku and saw that there were hundreds of small oil wells dug by local herdsmen. The output of each oil well is not high, which can add up to a total of hundreds of ships per year.
Marin intends to establish good relations with the Persian Safavid Empire by providing guns, weapons, and sword armor. Then, the distributors will settle in, and then control the oil wells in Baku, and send people to dig deep wells to expand production.
In this way, there will be no shortage of gasoline in Beihai. When fighting with people, incendiary bombs can be thrown away. Especially the warships used to burn opponents are definitely cool.
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Marin sent Koller as the messenger Kumagai to Lisbon, Portugal, and expressed his intentions. The Portuguese did not know what was happening in Persia at this time, and they were still unhappy. But after Kohler told the Portuguese king that Persia lost to Turkey and was stunned by artillery, Manuel I urgently summoned the minister to discuss countermeasures. Because, if Turkey annexes Persia, then the whole world will undergo major changes.
In order to keep Persia, a potential ally that could contain Turkey, Portuguese officials finally agreed to trade between the North Sea and Persia. However, in the treaty, the Portuguese harshly stipulated that the North Sea State can only sell goods of the Persian weapons category, and no other involved. At the same time, the goods purchased from Persia can only be cattle and black oil ... Moreover, in the waters near Persia, Beihai merchant ships must always accept spot checks by Portuguese warships, so as not to carry "violators" ...
This condition is very harsh, and even a bit slap. But after Kohler asked Marin with his pigeons, Marin agreed without hesitation. Because, he had never thought of buying anything else from Persia. So, this condition looks harsh, but it's nothing.
It's just that it's too much to be faced with Portuguese warship inspection at sea at any time. Therefore, Marin proposed an alternative plan-when the merchant ships of the North Sea passed through the Strait of Hormuz, they had to dock at the colony of Hormuz Island in Portugal for "supply". Then, Portuguese personnel will be invited to "visit" on board ... So, it sounds much better ...
Although they are subject to inspections, one is a compulsory inspection that does not give face, and the other is "invitation to board the ship". Although the actual situation is the same, it can be said that it is too much.
The Portuguese also agreed to this plan after discussion. After all, it is indeed insulting to allow a merchant ship from another country to be inspected by a warship at any time. Anyway, the goal has been achieved, so there is no need to be too faceless.
Just like this, Marin obtained the permission to travel to Persia for a limited variety of goods from the Portuguese by peaceful means ...
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After the agreement was reached, Marin immediately sent the ship to the shipyard in Long Island, New York, and ordered the shipyard to develop a commercial ship specially used for loading animals. Moreover, the requirement is 500 tons.
The people of New York Shipyard developed this kind of ship because New York Shipyard had treasure ship craftsmen dug from Daming Nanjing Longjiang Bao Shipyard. Among the treasure ships, there are horse boats dedicated to loading horses.
Marin hopes to combine the experience of Longjiang Bao Shipyard craftsmen with the manufacture of horse boats and the European keel shipbuilding method to create a European-style 500-ton horse boat for the transportation of Persian war horses.
Moreover, Marin hopes that the horse is best to be double-decker. In this way, you can load more horses, or Persian cattle and sheep. Persian is a big country of animal husbandry, and livestock can not be sold in the Middle East, a country that is all animal husbandry, probably because of the "big head" of Marin. Therefore, the price will definitely not be expensive.
Is also quite sad to say. Persia is located in the middle of Asia. The surrounding countries except India are almost all livestock-based countries. Therefore, even if there are a large number of animals in Persia, they cannot be sold. Even if it is the agricultural country of India, the western states are also important horse-producing regions ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Mawarima is also exported to Egypt.
In addition, because Persia is the only Shiite country in the entire Middle East, and its relations with neighboring Sunni countries are very bad. If you want to trade with people, others may not be willing. Only the Portuguese are catching up and wanting to trade with Persia.
However, the Portuguese's thinking is obviously very European, and it is not much like a Persian medium-sized horse. Because the medium horse is only suitable for riding a light cavalry, not for riding a plate armor. Portugal is a typical European country, and its thinking is also Europeanized. Naturally, it does not look down on the Persian "ponies". Therefore, the Portuguese do not feel that Marin wants to buy horses from Persia, and even feels that Marin is full ...
Where do they know that they are not behind in the European cavalier class, and the medium-sized horses such as the Arabian horses will become the targets of all Europe. Many famous horses of later generations are of mixed Arab horse ancestry. The Persian horse, because of the long-term rule of the Persian Arab Empire, has long been mixed with the blood of the Arabian horse and belongs to the very good light cavalry warhorse.
Of course, there is another important reason-the horses of nomadic people are cheap, and they mainly eat grass, and the breeding cost is low ...
In addition to horses, there are also many Persian cattle and sheep. Especially sheep. The famous Persian rug is made of Persian sheep wool. Moreover, Du Bo sheep, the famous meat sheep breed of later generations, was made by introducing Persian black-headed sheep as the mother and introducing British Dorset sheep to breed.
Although this kind of sheep wool is thick, but it grows fast and the meat quality is good, it belongs to the top lamb. Therefore, Marin does not mind getting the Du Bo sheep, a sheep breed, in advance.
