Chapter 1978: Surprise from Grandpa Mao

"Oh, your majesty, since you decided to rent, what did you say about the plan to send someone to establish the Sultanate of Mauritania north of the Senegal River?" Kohler asked.

Marin thought for a while and said:

"Together! We only need the Senegal River Basin for about 10 years, but I also hope to plant a seed in the local area, an independent seed, in the future to awaken the local people's sense of independence and give the Portuguese Dig a hole. "

Marin means that after the completion of the tropical cattle trade on my side, the desert cavalry who had originally surrounded the trade route served as the core force against the Portuguese rule. Then, build a country and confront the Portuguese, so that the Portuguese will not easily take advantage.

Obviously, after the end of the lease, the Portuguese may come to take over this best land trade route to Timbuktu. Marin did not want to cheapen them, so he planned to train military leaders, especially cavalry leaders, among the indigenous people. Then, after he withdrew, he encouraged the river to support the indigenous leaders with cavalry as their capital and openly turned their face to the Portuguese to prevent the Portuguese from using this trade route.

In other words, even after 10 years, Marin returned the Senegal River Basin to the Portuguese, because of the emergence of this indigenous force, the indigenous cavalry will also make the Portuguese disgraced. Because the Portuguese Army was already scum. In addition, this group of indigenous cavalry must have received training from officers of the Beihai Kingdom and will become extremely difficult.

"Choose a suitable person, be the leader of this emerging force. Remember, be obedient and don't lose control." Marin waved his hand and asked Kohler to send a spy to choose the right person. This candidate will be born among local blacks or Egyptian slaves bought by Egypt.

When Kohler went to the bottom to investigate and select the right person, Sauer took the mission and hurried to Lisbon. As for the first envoy sent to Lisbon, Marin's men turned their heads away with pigeons. The pigeons were faster than others. After the first envoys received orders, they went straight back and asked Sauer to travel to Lisbon as the new envoy.

"What? Your Majesty Marlin wants to rent the Senegal River Basin with me? Why? He doesn't have a vast wilderness continent ... Abu, is it America? Why should I rent the Senegal River Basin?" Manuel After I heard Sauer's advice, I was unbelievable.

Sauer pretended to be very helpless, saying:

"Your Majesty has no idea. Our North Sea country can import tens of thousands of cattle from Eastern Europe (Crimea) every year. But those are all hardy cows on the prairie of Eastern Europe, but they are not heat resistant. Those who can tolerate the cold Eastern European cattle, in the hot and humid tropical jungle, are difficult to adapt to the local climate and are prone to heat death. "

"Before, we also asked Portuguese businessmen to help us purchase a batch of African cattle that are not afraid of heat. However, the quantity is too small and the price is still very expensive. Our majesty feels that it is not cost-effective. Instead of this, it is better to rent the grasslands of the Senegal River basin. , Directly graze the heat-resistant African cattle! "

"Cow breeding in the Senegal River? Is it suitable for cattle breeding there?" Manuel I asked curiously.

Sauer nodded and said:

"Of course it is suitable, especially the African cows that adapt to the tropical climate. The grassland is the main part because it is relatively dry. The grassland is not as scary as the tropical jungle. There are so many terrible poisonous insects and mosquitoes. It is safer. So, the trees are very The few grasslands in the Senegal River Basin are very suitable for grazing heat-resistant African cattle! These cows can be transported to the rainforests of the Americas as farm cattle after they are raised ... "

Manuel I asked with interest:

"Can't you raise your own in the native American jungle? Must you go to Africa?"

Saul pretended to be helpless and replied:

"There are mostly hot and humid tropical rainforests in the Americas. The most important thing is that there are many poisonous insects and mosquitoes in the forest. If you do n’t cut down the trees, you can easily die and die if you live inside. Cattle raising in the local area is not a problem. The key is It ’s dangerous for people. While the Senegal River basin on the west coast of Africa, our boat was docked to check and found that the local area has a savannah climate and is close to the Sahara desert. There are few local trees and most of them are dry grasslands. Cows are not only convenient, but also safer than in tropical rain forests. After all, mosquitoes mainly live in wet and dark jungle ... "

"It turns out that ..." Manuel I thought about it thoughtfully. However, Portugal appears to have no plans to develop local land in Africa. Therefore, the knowledge introduced by Sauer should be heard as a joke.

"However, this price ..." The Portuguese lion opened his mouth ...

After some intense bargaining, Sauer negotiated a 10-year agreement to lease the Senegal River Basin at a high price of 10,000 gold coins per year, with a total rent of up to 100,000 gold coins. For the unexplored "barren land" of the Senegal River basin, it is simply sky-high.

However, when Sauer signed the contract, he wrote on the contract-"Lease the Senegal River Basin, and the large grasslands and deserts nearby ..." This second sentence is considered a foreshadowing, sending troops to the east for the future of Marin. The Songhai Empire Commercial Road has left a legal basis. After all, from the map, the Songhai Empire is indeed a "nearby" area ...

Moreover, Sauer stated in the contract that the North Sea Chamber of Commerce that leased the land during the lease period would have the right to trade with the Senegal River basin and nearby Africans ... The Portuguese did not know that the upper Senegal River was far from San The sea empire is not far away, otherwise, it will definitely not agree to add this clause ... No way, they do n’t know the inland situation of Africa ...

Then, the two sides formally signed the agreement, and invited the diplomatic envoys of other countries to be notarized in order to be reasonable and legal.

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During the negotiations between Sauer and the Portuguese, Kohler was too busy, and sent someone to contact the African side of the Ayoun colony with pigeons to see if there were suitable talents available.

There are currently 500 Egyptian slave cavalry in the Ayoun colony. Kohler asked Ayoun to pick out some obedient people and transfer them to the grasslands along the Senegal River to take charge of the new Egyptian slave cavalry. Because, Marin placed an order for 500 Egyptian slave cavalry to the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty.

However, during the investigation, there was suddenly good news from Dakar, Senegal-it seems that the 60 Mao Gong fathers who were good at riding and sent to Senegal that year had already created a lot of ground in the local area, and also formed a The huge local power ...

Before going to Daming, Marin sent 60 castrated Maozi, who are good at riding, to the Dakar Peninsula of Senegal to guide local black horses to archery. Then, fortunately, a strong black nomadic regime was nurtured locally to fight against the Portuguese colonists who would intervene in the future.

Over the past few years, those 60 ills who are good at riding and shooting have killed more than a dozen who ca n’t adapt to the local savannah climate, but the remaining 46 people are all mixed up ...

And among the surviving Maogonggong, the Maogonggong leader named Putinski became a powerful cavalry leader in the local area ...

Putinski and his 45 friends have collected thousands of black teenagers as disciples in the Senegal region and taught them to ride archery. Over the years, thousands of black teenagers in their churches have grown up. Moreover, they all obey the orders of Putinski and others. That is to say, there are thousands of black bow cavalrymen under the leadership of Mao Zedong and other grandfathers ...

These thousands of young black bow cavalry ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ are not only good at horseback archery, but also use the saber for close combat, which is already a good tatar light cavalry.

Perhaps, thousands of black archers are not very powerful in Europe or Asia. However, in Africa, especially West Africa. Apart from several powerful countries such as the Songhai Empire and the Mali Empire, the scattered black tribes are by no means their opponents.

It is said that Putinski and his Mao Gonggong partners have taken the thousands of black disciples to take the initiative to attack, using Mongolian cavalry warfare, easily conquered more than 30 indigenous tribes and populations Up to more than 12,000 people. Moreover, they are planning to march inland and expand their territory.

To this end, the leader, Putinsky, has applied for more weapons and equipment from the head of the Senegal region in the North Sea, Eschwein. After all, bows and arrows are quite expensive in war. The locals do not have the ability to produce weapons and armor, and can only rely on Eschwein.

After hearing the “surprise” brought by Kohl ’s Mao ’s father, Marin was overjoyed:

"Very good, the leader I am looking for is him ..."