A Kruzado is worth about 43.6 East Coast Dollar at the latest exchange rate, which is only one-ninth of the price of immigration in the Ming Dynasty, which is considered a reasonable price. Of course, the price you buy must be just ordinary goods. If you expect these Arabs to sell you some beautiful Persian female slaves, then I advise you to stop this extravagant hope as soon as possible. It is impossible.

Even at this price, it is still more than twice as expensive as immigration from Europe (about 15-20 yuan). But who is selling you a slave? Those who come from Europe are tempting people, at most they are contract slaves in the first three years. These people are different. They will be your property for the rest of their lives. However, people from the East Coast bought them and did not use them as slaves. It is estimated that the people of the State Council will still sign a three-year contract slave work contract with them at that time, and they will be given a tempting person status when they expire.

The prices of adult male slaves are generally around 2-3 cruzado. Please note that this price refers to the price of transactions in Mozambique, which means you have to transport people back. The shipping risks and costs are all borne by the buyer. After asking the Muscats had about thousands of slaves locally and locally, Guo Zili wanted to buy them all, but after probably thinking that the money was still not enough, so he simply only had women and children.

The three ships of the Eastern Coast Republic's Exploration Fleet were loaded with about a thousand fur, more than 300 ivory, a small amount of weapons, armor, and cash, which were only less than 2,000 yuan. They were brought by their side for emergency response. The fur and ivory were traded from the Xhosa halfway, and most of these things were not sold at the Arabs. These two things may only be sold for about 10,000 yuan in total. However, there were about 50 sets of armor, 300 sabers and 1,000 flintlock rifles in the cabin. These things were originally intended to explore the transactions between the fleet and the natives along the way, but it was appropriate to sell them to these Arab merchants at this time. Given their desire for advanced weapons, it would be no problem to sell this batch of arms to more than 20,000 yuan.

With this money, it was enough for the East Coast people to buy hundreds of female slaves and children to go back, and the remaining money could be purchased well. After making up their minds, Guo Zili agreed to the Muscat merchants in one go, and then solemnly invited both sides to have dinner together. The Muscat merchants discussed it and agreed.

Near Mozambique Island is a famous fishing ground, which produces lobster, sea cucumber, tuna and other seafood. The chef on the "ZiTele Trade" battleship is a chef who has undergone strict training on the east coast. The seafood he made is full of colors, fragrance and flavor. Even these knowledgeable Muscat merchants were praised for their edible food. The two sides talked and ate, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.

More than a hundred years have passed since the Portuguese colonized Oman and occupied Muscat in the early last century. These Muscat merchants are now merchants under the Portuguese colonial system. They have used their convenient identity as Arab Muslims on the one hand and Portuguese colonial residents on the other hand, and have made great business in the Middle East, Ottomans and coastal areas of East Africa.

Especially on the coast of East Africa, the Omanis have a very famous reputation, due to the complex social forms in the local area. Since BC, the Arabs have mastered the monsoon rules in the Indian Ocean. They drove a boat to the coast of East Africa to trade with local indigenous blacks. Over time, they began to set up shopping malls in the local area and gradually settled down.

Since the 7th century AD, due to local wars and other factors, a large number of Arabs moved from the peninsula to East Africa. In particular, some Oman tribes moved here and formed a large number of Arab settlements in the coastal areas of East Africa. Dozens of city-states were established along the coast of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania to Mozambique, and dozens of city-states were established along the coast of Arabs.

Hundreds of years later, these Arabs gradually became intermarried with local indigenous people, and then the Swahili people today have a deep connection with Arabs, especially Omans, and they are of the same religion, so these Muscat merchants from the Arabian Peninsula are very fed locally.

After eating dinner for more than two hours, the guests and guests were having fun. These Arab merchants from Muscat were preparing to return to their homeland by boat overnight. They decided to collect as much "cargo" as possible through some business partners of the Ottoman Empire and even Persia, and then take advantage of the Indian Ocean monsoon next spring to ship to Mozambique Island to trade with the East Coast people. Of course, before they left, hundreds of Persian female slaves and a small number of children who were currently retained on the island were packaged and sold to the East Coast people. In total, more than 100 female slaves and more than 20 children were sold for only about 4,500 yuan, which was considered a small discount for the East Coast people. Of course, the East Coast people paid not cash, but fur and ivory.

After the Arabs left, the Eastern Coast Republic explorer fleet stayed in the port of Mozambique for another day, then set off on October 2nd, heading northeastward and heading towards the Anziranana area at the northern end of Madagascar.

Before departure, they hired two Portuguese guides on the Mozambique island. They were quite familiar with the waters near the Mozambique Strait and had rich sailing experience. One of them had even sailed to India. Hiring them can greatly speed up the exploration of the routes by people on the East Coast. All you need to pay is a little insignificant money.

The wind and waves on the sea surface were not very big. Five days later, on October 7, 1638, the East Coast Republic of China explored fleet through the sea waterway that was only more than a thousand meters wide and drove into the calm Anziranana Bay. The entire Anziranana Bay was almost full of natural deep water areas, and the fleet sailed slowly along the southern coast. Wherever you can see on the shore were lush forests, there were many ponds and miniature lakes dotted among the woods, and the water birds flew around, making the scenery beautiful.

However, this scene seems to be very worrying in Guo Zili's opinion. There is no other reason. This place has a tropical rainforest climate. Not to mention the humid climate, there are so many ponds and lakes on the shore. Isn't this a natural place for mosquitoes to breed? You should know that if you get bitten by a mosquito in this place, you may be infected with malaria. In the era of lack of special medicines, the mortality rate of this vicious disease is very high, and people are also very painful during the onset of the disease.

For European colonists of this era, the disease of malaria was definitely a terrifying disease that made them scared. For example, in the Angola area where the Portuguese colonized, most of the early Portuguese colonists died of plague. In fact, this plague refers to malaria. At this time, Europeans only knew the effectiveness of malaria, but they did not know that the main transmission vector of this disease was mosquitoes. They even thought that this disease was caused by breathing the air with bacteria, which was somewhat similar to the term "miasma" that the Chinese in ancient times said.

It can be said that this disease has hindered the process of Europeans' colonization to a considerable extent. They often dare not go deep into some inland areas with a more primitive environment, because it is mostly a place where mosquitoes are raging. Never doubt the power of this disease, which still takes millions of lives every year in the 21st century. This shows how painful and dangerous people who suffer from this disease are in the 17th century when there was a shortage of medical treatment and medicine.

In addition to the East Coast people at this time, only some Spanish and Indian natives in Peru knew about how to treat this disease. They grind the bark of the cinchona tree into powder and then took it orally, which was very effective in treating malaria. The locals agreed not to disclose this secret, and violators would be hung to death.

Of course, for time travelers, they have a relatively clear concept of the ins and outs of the disease and how to treat it. At least they know that the transmission vector of the disease is mosquitoes, so they can prevent it in a targeted manner; and this often occurs in tropical and subtropical humid and hot areas, so you need to be extra careful when going to these places; finally, they also know that quinine is effective in treating this disease.

Guo Zili's captain put a few packets of precious cinchona tree bark powder in the room. The bark of the cinchona tree contains quinine, the special antimalarial ingredient, but the travelers currently lack the knowledge of separation and refining quinine, so they can only take them all like those Indians. Unfortunately, it takes at least six years for a cinchona tree to grow. The climate in the local Ping'an Town is relatively warm. The batch of cinchona tree saplings and seeds brought back from the Andes were planted there. Until now, these precious trees have not grown up, and they cannot pick bark regularly to make medicines without growing, and they do not know how to artificially synthesize quinine, which is very regrettable.

The cinchona tree bark powder that Guo Zili held was still the one that the Executive Committee had obtained from the Araucan rebels in Chile at a huge cost. Almost every bag of powder is worth an 8-pound cannon. It can only be said that the value of this drug is comparable to gold.

Looking at this primitive and wild land, Guo Zili said nothing for a long time. Even if we prepare for such a place and have some therapeutic drugs, the mortality rate of people will probably still be astonishingly high if it is really developed. Now the East Coast is the population the most lacking. Everyone is precious and cannot withstand the random consumption. Is it worth it to fill a large number of precious lives in such an enclave far away from the local area?
Chapter completed!