393, a boat of spices for a cannon
"O? Want to buy my weapon?" Tim frowned, his face froze, and his whole body looked very unnatural.
Looking at Tim's expression, Mansoursha said carefully: "If this request makes His Majesty Tim embarrassed, then forget it. Oh, I really don't know how to fight the next battle. I am very worried that everything I have worked hard will be destroyed by others, and I am even more afraid that Singapore Island will not be able to escape the bad luck at that time."
After hearing Mansoursha's words, Tim raised his eyes: "Is this the prince reminding me of something?"
Mansoursha shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Haha, the prince doesn't need to remind me anything. I have also studied the culture of the Ming Dynasty, so I don't understand the principle of losing my lips and cold teeth. I naturally know that my interests are closely bound to the prince's interests." Speaking of this, Tim made a dilemma: "It's just that although my weapon is powerful, it is very troublesome to manufacture, so I don't have many weapons in my hand! I'm afraid it's difficult to provide the prince with sufficient weapons."
When he heard that Tim did not completely refuse, it seemed that there was a way to do this, Mansoursha's mood suddenly became high: "Don't worry, Your Majesty Tim, I won't want much, you just need to provide some to me as much as possible."
After thinking for a long time, Tim pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Okay, for the sake of our ally, I can provide some, but this is expensive, so the prince must consider it clearly."
After talking about this whole lot and going around such a big dumpling, Tim's purpose is very simple. He wanted to create an atmosphere of rare things for Mansoursha, and then hype the price of weapons, and finally slaughtered Mansoursha for a lot of money.
So does Mansulsha not know Tim’s real purpose? Of course he knows it, but there is no way. Who made him eager to ask for this batch of weapons at this moment?
Even though he was dissatisfied, Mansoursha still made a happy expression on his face: "His Majesty Tim is very happy that he is willing to provide weapons, so the price is not a problem. His Majesty Tim just offers the price."
Tim was not polite, and said directly to the lion: "Since that's the case, I'm not polite. A transport ship's spice can be exchanged for a cannon or seven muskets."
As he said that, Tim took out the drawings of his transport ship and handed them to Mansoursha: "We use the capacity of this ship as a unit, please ask the prince to prepare spices as soon as possible. When will the prince fill the ship or prepare sufficient spices, then we will provide weapons immediately. Oh, by the way, the ship is parked at the port of Malacca."
When he heard Tim's offer, Mansour Shaw was relieved. He answered extremely readily: "No problem, the deal is completed."
I originally thought that Tim's offer was gold and silver, which made Mansour Sha feel very stressed. Now I saw that Tim's offer was referring to local crops. Mansour Sha was immediately under pressure. There was no way. The area was short of money and people, but it was not short of this kind of spice crop. Anyway, this kind of thing can be grown all year round, so there was no need to worry about the lack of supply.
For the next three days, Tim kept wandering around the royal city of Malacca. He would not let go of any famous calligraphy and paintings, exquisite porcelain, or beautiful rouge silk. Of course, he did not pay any penny for these things.
Because whenever Tim's eyes were attracted by a product, the officials of the Malacca dynasty who accompanied him would immediately ask the merchant to bring it to Tim, and then directly use the imperial court's needs as an excuse to rob, regardless of whether the merchant was willing or whether he was happy.
After three days, Tim almost transferred all the shops of all sizes and big cities in the Royal City of Malacca, so that when these merchants saw Tim coming, they hurriedly closed the door to prevent Tim from taking it in vain again.
"Okay, everyone will go back. Thank you for your hard work." At dusk, looking at the large group of royal children and officials following him, Tim waved his hand and asked them to leave.
"Yes, Your Majesty, then we will continue shopping with you tomorrow." The nobles' children hurriedly bowed to Tim.
Tim shook his head and said, "No, today is the third day. I think your Majesty has helped me deal with Singapore Island. Therefore, I may have to go to Singapore tomorrow. As for this Malacca, I may never come again in a short time. Of course, I will not forget the time you have been with me these few days. I will say a few good words to you in front of yourselves."
Everyone was happy after hearing this, and then they left reluctantly after thanking Tim for a long time.
Looking at the backs of the noble children leaving, Tim shook his head helplessly, saying that this country was probably over.
Because during these three days, Tim carefully observed the noble children and told them a lot about the situation in Europe and the situation of navigation. However, after hearing this, they laughed and didn't feel any touched at all. They still looked careless, so in the end Tim was too lazy to continue instilling enlightenment ideas in them.
"Your Majesty, good news. Since yesterday, Prince Mansulsha has started to load spices on the boats beside our port. Now there are ten ships, and judging from the trend, it seems that there is far more than that." As soon as Tim entered the room, Cruyff Lu ran over excitedly.
Tim nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Now you can send someone to see His Majesty Mansoursha and ask what's going on in Singapore? When can we set out to Singapore?"
Cruyff quickly replied: "Oh, one hour ago His Majesty Mansoursha had sent someone to see us, saying that everything on Singapore has been done. Except for the Aries teenagers we sent to before, everyone else is gone."
"Okay, I will take people to Singapore Island tomorrow, so you will stay here to hand over weapons with them. After the weapons are handed over, you will send the spices to the Maldives first, so that when we return to the Iberian Peninsula, we will go directly to the Maldives to pick up the goods. After sending the spices, you will go back to Heiseb to guard and quickly ask Bruno to come to Singapore Island to find me." Tim lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "From now on you, you should always pay attention to the situation in the area, and you should also harass the Ottoman Turks' sea fleet from time to time, rob their goods and spices directly, so that their commercial trade cannot proceed normally. Remember to fight guerrilla warfare and don't fight head-on."
Chapter completed!