Just as Shao Shude entered Jinan City with a proud embarrassment, two east coast expedition ships were also anchoring in the dock of Abbas Port, an emerging port city along the Persian Gulf.&{}...{} This port city that flourished in 1623 is now gradually thriving with the continued expansion of trade.

Although the Dutch East India Company ended its trade in raw silk, cotton and spices in the Port of Abbas a few years ago, this did not affect the prosperity of the city. The British East India Company quickly took over the role of the Dutch and then started a short-distance trade between Surat and Abbas, making a lot of profits.

To be fair, Persia is still of great value in the eyes of the Western world, especially the Habsburgs, Venice, Poland and Moscow. Since Timur, the Western world, which has been under pressure from the Ottomans, has been looking for a ruler who has risen behind enemy lines. At first they were interested in the Aries Dynasty, and after the rise of the Persian Safavi dynasty, they sent people here to form an alliance with Persia, which was repeatedly bullied by the Ottomans, to fight against the Turks.

In 1569, the Russian delegation arrived in Persia to discuss the joint fight against the Turks. This delegation brought Persia the first time that powerful weapons from the West were brought to Persia, which was the secret of the Turks' repeated victory over the Persians: 30 artillery and 4,000 medlet guns.

After that, the Persians also actively contacted the Western world several times, mainly Venetians and Russians, hoping to launch an offensive against the Ottoman Empire with these countries to improve the passive strategic situation of Persia, but they were always unsuccessful due to inconvenience in communication or other reasons. The most famous one was that the Persian envoy arrived in Moscow in 1586. He proposed to the Tsar to give Darbanda and Baku to reward him in exchange for the Russians attacking the Turks from the north. However, rebellions were breaking out in Russia at that time, so the matter was abandoned.

In general, Western countries have been interacting with the Persian Safavi dynasty intermittently for the past 100 years, and have signed many agreements with offensive and defensive alliances, but they have always been limited by various difficulties and have failed to achieve the strategic purpose of substantive attack on the Turks.

On the contrary, the Turks relied on the army they had honed in the years of war with the West, as well as advanced weapons, equipment and tactical concepts, and repeatedly won victory on the western Persian border. They captured the Mesopotamia of Iraq today (the area where Persians lived at that time), and forced Persia to move the capital again and again, and were in a very embarrassment.

Of course, the above are all old almanacs. With the advent of the Age of Discovery, the Portuguese, Dutch and British came to the Persian Gulf one after another. Among them, the Portuguese even occupied the Hormuz emirates that originally surrendered to the Persian Kingdom for a hundred years. They then controlled other areas around, including Bahrain and Muscat, expelled Persian and Arab merchants, monopolized Arab trade, and were arrogant and arrogant.

The arrival of Western ships opened a brand new window for the Persians. The Persians were particularly interested in the muskets and cannons they brought, because this could provide a bonus to the combat effectiveness of their army. The Persians had never escaped the shadow of the Ottomans. The Turkmen and Uzbeks in the northeast had never given up harassing the territory of the Safavi Dynasty. In addition, they had a dispute with the Mughals' ownership of Kandahar. Therefore, the Persians had always been very concerned about strengthening the combat effectiveness of the army and linked the number of weapons brought by foreigners to the most important Persian commodity they could take away - raw silk.

Under the reminder of the British who were traveling with them, the East Coast people naturally prepared a batch of excellent weapons and equipment early: two thousand muskets, five hundred sabers, one hundred full-body armor, 30 various types of artillery, and a little matching gunpowder and shells. These weapons were provided to the elite Persian army "Gehulan". This army was similar to the Turkish Ghanishari Legion. It was mainly equipped with Georgian and Armenian slave soldiers, equipped with muskets and cannons, and had strong combat power. It replaced the former Turkmen military nobles (with about 80,000 cavalry) and became the most important armed force of the Safavi Dynasty.

As a special envoy on the East Coast, Captain Jiwen lived straight to the British East Coast Merchant Smith, led by the intermediary, the British East Coast Merchant Merchant, in the Port of Abbas. They did not wait for a long time in the Merchant Merchant. Soon, the servants in the Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchant Merchan

"The price is so fair." Mr. Smith was surprised and even his beard on the corner of his mouth was raised. "The Dutch have been operating here for so many years. The price of each load of raw silk will cost 1,920 ruts, otherwise they would not even think of taking any raw silk from here. God, five thousand Tumans, 70 ruts of raw silk, the price is really fair. To be honest, our East India Company cannot get the goods at such a low price. It seems that the quality of the weapons you provide is really not a casual boast. The Ghulans in the red turban must be very satisfied. This is really enviable. You obviously have a good start."

"Thank you, the efforts we have traveled across the ocean have not been in vain." Captain Jiwen murmured, then turned to Mr. Smith and said, "Of course, thank you Mr. Smith. It was you and your sailors who were selflessly assisting that we have arrived at the magical place of Port Abbas. Now it seems that we are one step closer to our dream. Don't worry, Mr. Smith, no matter whether this thing happens or not, you will become a distinguished guest of the East Coast people in the future, and the benefits we promise to you will be fulfilled one by one."

"I have never doubted your character." Mr. Smith smiled and said, "So, will we set out now?"

"Of course, I can't wait."

The Port of Abbas was originally named Gumbolon, and was originally a colony of the Portuguese. In 1613, Governor Fars of the Safavi Dynasty led his army to destroy the Portuguese fortress, occupied the port city, and built a larger fortress on this basis. In 1623, because of the help of the British fleet, Abbas I seized the Island of Hormuz, he ordered the expansion of its fortress and upgraded it to a city, renamed the Port of Abbas.

Therefore, the Port of Abbas is not only a commercial city, but also has a strong military color. A considerable number of troops were stationed inside and outside the city, including the "old army" of Turkmen military aristocrats (mainly tribal soldiers, mainly cavalry) and the "Ghulan" troops of the Central Army of the Safavid Dynasty (mainly infantry and artillery). However, these have nothing to do with the people on the east coast. They have no territorial ambitions for Persia, only commercial plans. To be precise, they intend to export goods from the east coast to Persia, and then bring the raw ribbons from Persia back to the east coast to support the production of Luoqia Textile Factory.

Persia has a vast territory and a large population. It is also a typical feudal dynasty and is a good trade object for the East Coast Republic. A large amount of surplus textiles, arms and metal utensils on the East Coast can be dumped in large quantities. Although it is very difficult, because no normal country will allow its own silver to flow out in large quantities, how can we know if we don’t try it? At the same time, Persia can also provide the East Coast with crucial textile raw materials: raw silk.

Raw silk is very important on the east coast today. In the mid-17th century when mercantilist ideas were prevalent, with the end of the Thirty Years' War, trade frictions between countries began to gradually intensify. In fact, this was not specifically targeting a certain country. The main reason was that the habits of monarchs and slaves in Europe were attacked. Coupled with the impulse of national capitals in various countries to expel foreign goods after the recovery of industry and commerce, all of this would make the business of the East Coast Republic not as easy as before.

Especially at a time when all countries are engaged in their own textile industry, East Coast textiles, as dazzling as fireflies in the night, will surely become the target of public criticism, and will be the first to be double rejected by governments and national capitalists in various countries. The pace of the trade war is actually not far from the people of the East Coast.

In order to cope with this possible situation, the Government Council of the East Coast Republic and the State Administration of Textile Industry have prepared for a variety of positive policies in the past two years. Among them, the launch of silk fabrics (including pure silk fabrics, as well as various blended series of silk cotton, silk linen, etc.) is a killer move for East Coast textiles to expand the market and consolidate their advantages.

This kind of product has no similar competitive products in the market. Like the British launched new products such as Kerser, it is the darling of the market. Especially its silk gimmicks and relatively low prices, it can provide high profits for the East Coast people, and will also be an important weapon for the textile industry of the East Coast Republic to withstand the long and suffocate trade competition. This is actually the reason why the East Coast people's ships travel thousands of miles to the Persian Kingdom.
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