Chapter 295: The first batch of black slaves

In Lisbon, Portugal, Enke was drinking wine while looking for a goal in a Portuguese tavern.

It was Marin who asked Kohler to arrange to come to Portugal to find a black slave supplier. Panama needed a lot of labor to build the road to the Pacific Ocean. For the time being, Marin does not want to provoke the fierce Panamanians in the local jungle, so buying black slaves has become the first choice. After all, black people are used to living in tropical rainforests, at least much better than white people's ability to adapt to Panama's climate.

Moreover, the Negroes are so powerful that they can cut trees to make way. At present, only Portugal has the deepest connection with Africa. Not to mention that Spain is also in Africa, but only in North Africa, only dealing with Arabs and Berbers. Only one of the European countries dealing with Africa's old black is Portugal. Therefore, if you want to buy a slave, you can only find the Portuguese.

However, the Portuguese have not yet involved the slave trade. why? Because the emergence of Marin changed the history, so that Portugal did not discover and develop Brazil in 1500 as it was originally. The development of Brazil is the original driving force for the sale of slaves in Portugal. Therefore, the Portuguese have not started selling slaves on a large scale.

However, the Portuguese did not start selling slaves, which does not mean that they did not have a channel to sell slaves. You should know that the slave trade is not initiated by the Europeans, but by the black local chiefs who actively promoted to the Portuguese merchants.

Just like the piglet laborers in the 19th century, if there is no **** cooperation in Huaxia, can foreigners come to tie people? In the final analysis, if there are no evildoers in the country, outsiders cannot intervene.

This point, never mentioned in those "politically correct" history books, just blamed the colonists.

Imagine that if there were no traitors like Wu Sangui and Hong Chengchu, then there would be opportunities to enter the customs if they were full and clear. Historically, people have different attitudes towards the Yuan and Qing dynasties.

why? Because the Yuan Dynasty had the ability to crush the whole world, the Southern Song Dynasty was weak and was not destroyed. In Manqing, there was no such power at that time. If it were not a traitor to lead the party, there would be no braided dynasty. Therefore, there are many Mingfans in the later generations, and regret the demise of the Ming Dynasty. However, not many people regret the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty. Because, the Southern Song Dynasty could not support it at all. If you do not hang up, there is no chance of being spared. Even the Northern Song Dynasty is not enough to fight against the Mongolian Tieqi in the pinnacle era.

Similarly, if it were not for those African chiefs to actively promote, the Portuguese would not think of selling slaves. Therefore, the fortress is often broken from within. If a country is not united, then it is not far from destruction.

Of course, the Portuguese are not good. After tasting the sweetness of selling slaves, these guys, coupled with Brazil ’s development that required a lot of labor, could start selling slaves, encouraging non-emirates to poke each other with spears, and then obtain slaves in exchange for these Portuguese Poor goods, such as glass beads, useless things ...

However, at this stage, because there is no development in Brazil, there is no demand for slave trade in Portugal. In addition, the Holy See prohibits the sale of slaves, so it is still very difficult to find a businessman who sells black slaves.

Therefore, these days, Enke has been mixing with the big taverns in Lisbon, looking for local brokers and inquiring about the slaves.

Although, the Portuguese have not begun to actively sell slaves. However, Marin can be sure that during the trade between the Portuguese and the non-chiefs, there must be forced non-chiefs to recommend black slaves to Portuguese businessmen.

Therefore, Enk ’s task is to find out which Portuguese Chamber of Commerce has a channel to buy slaves. Therefore, he needs to find brokers, ship owners who often trade on the West African coast, and ask them about the source of the slaves.

However, after meeting several shipowners in a row, Enke did not get good news. The shipowners all exchanged gold sands and ivory with non-chiefs. Probably the situation on the customer's side was stable. I have not heard of any slaves.

However, Enk did not give up. Because there are at least a few hundred commercial ships that are mixed on the west coast of Africa. If there is no news about a few ships, then I will inquire again ...

With the help of brokers, Enke saw a captain named Ocaro. This man was a servant of Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, Portugal, and was responsible for the trade in El Mina, a colony along the coast of Ghana.

The origin of this Duke of Coimbra is very big, Jorge de Rencastre is the illegitimate son of the last Portuguese King Joao II. After the genuine king prince Alfonso accidentally fell to his horse and died, Joao II once wanted to ask the pope to set up his illegitimate son Jorge de Rencastre as the legal heir. However, the big nobles who were hostile to Joao II also smuggled money and bribed over the Holy See, which cost more than Joao II. Eventually, Pope Alexander VI at that time ruled that Jorge de Rencastre had no right of legal inheritance. In desperation, Joao II can only pass the throne to Manuel I. However, Manuel I was required to register Jorge de Rencastre as the Duke of Coimbra and to obtain management rights in the Madeira Islands. In this way, Jorge de Rencastre, who owns the Principality of Coimbra and Madeira Islands, became the most powerful nobleman under the rule of Manuel I.

Of course, Jorge de Rencastre ’s influence not only covers the Principality of Coimbra and the Madeira Islands, the Portuguese colonial stronghold in Ghana (Gold Coast), Emirna, Jorge de Lenka Stry also had ships going there to exchange sand and ivory with non-chiefs for ordinary goods. And Ocaro is the captain of one of the few merchant ships that often go to the Gold Coast to trade under Jorge de Rencastre.

Okaro recalled that during the Emirna trade, there were indeed a few forced non-chiefs who wanted to use black slaves to trade gold and ivory to trade with him, but he refused. After being rejected by Ocaro, the poor ghosts and non-chiefs were still very angry. In public, Ocaro took a pike. However, under the supervision of the Portuguese colonial army in Emirna, the non-chiefs still gave up their plans to give Ocaro a spear ...

"So, do you want to buy slaves? But, I remember, the Holy See doesn't allow slaves to be sold ..." Ocaro asked suspiciously.

"That's in Europe. We want slaves to develop a wild continent." Enke said indifferently. But he knows that the pope adults now favor their princes and sell a few slaves to be a bird ...

"That's right, it's not difficult for me to bring you black slaves. However, I can't be the master of this matter. I have to ask Lord Duke!"

"Then wait for the good news, Captain Ocaro!" After that, a small bag of gold coins fell into Captain Ocaro's sleeve without knowing it. Captain O'Carlo also skillfully hid the gold coins.

The next day, the instructions of the Duke of Coimbra came down-the slave trade was ok, but the buyer needed to send a boat to the Madeira Islands to pick it up. After all, black slaves cannot appear in Europe, lest they be caught by the Holy See. Therefore, Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, meant a secret transaction in his territory, the Madeira Islands.

In this regard, Enke naturally has no opinion. As it happens, the ship to America also has to pass through Madeira Islands.

However, in terms of price, the Coimbra lion has a big opening, starting at 100 gold coins, which is equivalent to 25 pounds. In this era when the price revolution has not yet erupted, such prices are considered high. Only Kaizi is willing to pay such a high price to buy a black slave ...

Because Europeans had no demand for black slaves at this time, the price of black slaves could not rise. Only need to spend a few gold coins worth of goods, you can change to a black slave. Even in the early 19th century, when the price of slaves was the most expensive, and after the price revolution, in Mozambique in Africa, Portuguese merchants spent a maximum of ten or twenty pounds worth of goods, they can "see the world" (here said The fact that they have seen the world means that non-chiefs will no longer be deceived by the colonists with a few glass beads to rob the gold and ivory. Because they have traded with European colonizers more often, and they know how to trade. In the hands of the non-chiefs, got strong slaves.

A few commodities costing gold coins, the black slaves in exchange, want to sell 100 gold coins, obviously no one wants to be such a knight. So Enke demanded a counter-offer. After several bargains, the price of the black slave was set at 40 gold coins. In fact, this has given the Duke of Coimbra seven or eight times the profit.

In addition, Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, set the source of the black slaves on Sao Tome Island. There, Jorge de Rencastre also has his own power.

Moreover, there are already sugar cane plantations on Sao Tome Island. The labor force is the black slaves bought from Congo and Gabon at low prices. As early as 1499, the Portuguese opened several sugar cane plantations on Sao Tome Island. Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, also has his own sugar cane garden on Sao Tome Island.

This is not known to Marin, who describes himself as the "historical emperor". Marin always thought that the Portuguese slave trade would only start after Portugal opened up Brazil. In fact, on the island of Sao Tome on the coast of Gabon, the Portuguese started using black slaves to open sugarcane plantations in 1499.

On Sao Tome Island, the "purchase price" of a black slave is nothing but a common commodity worth two or three gold coins, which is very cheap.

In fact, if not Marin's intervention in history. In 1501, the Spanish colonies of Hispaniola should have imported the first black slaves from Portugal. However, the Spanish kings were seduced by Marin and went to India and Portugal to compete for the benefits of the spice trade. As a result, the development of Hispaniola Island was suspended. In addition to the syphilis incident that occurred later, Hispaniola is now almost abandoned by the Spaniards.

Enk was content, but he did not know that Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, all smiled. Jorge de Rencastre thinks how good it is for Kai like Enke.

If you don't consider the death in the process of transporting slaves, the slave trade of 40 gold coins can almost bring ten times the profit for the Duke of Coimbra. Even if half of them die during transportation, there will be five or six times more profits ...

But ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ This time Enke can buy black slaves in Portugal, it's lucky. Because he happened to meet the person of Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra. If someone meets Manuel I, no one will sell him even if he is willing to pay.

Why? Because of Marin's reasons, Columbus helped Spain explore the real India, causing Spain to grab business with Portugal. Can the Portuguese hate Marin? Enke, as a representative of Marin, the ordinary Portuguese nobility would simply ignore it.

However, the Duke of Coimbra is an exception. Because, he and Manuel I are actually political enemies. After all, the two had competed for the Portuguese throne. Moreover, the huge profits of the Indian spice trade are in the hands of the man of Manuel I. It has nothing to do with Jorge, Duke of Coimbra.

Even Marin broke the good deeds of Manuel I, and also aroused the favor of the Duke of Coimbra. Therefore, the Duke of Coimbra was willing to trade with Marin when he heard that Marin had to buy slaves and the price was high enough. Otherwise, for a nobleman of the Manuel I faction, it is estimated that he can send people to beat Enke out, and will not give him the opportunity to speak at all ...

In this way, Enk reached a trade agreement on behalf of Marin and the Duke of Coimbra. The first batch of 200 people was ordered at a price of 40 gold coins for a robust and honest slave, with a total contract price of 8,000 gold coins.

After signing the contract, Jorge de Rencastre, Duke of Coimbra, sent the ship south to Sao Tome Island in preparation for the slaves. Enke went back home, reported the results to Marin, and was ready to accept the first batch of black slave ships, and prepared to pay the related costs ...

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