Chapter 251 Desert Pirates, do you know your crime? (Please subscribe, please vote)

Amidst the long sound of the whistle, the battleship Tang Wang, which seems extremely huge and powerful to those who have never seen the big scene, has anchored at the "Black Pier" in Muscat.

The "Black Master" Hei Zhongxian, who even Sultan Sultan wanted to give him three or four points, had already stood up from his chair with the help of a "little black eunuch" beside him, and Sultan Sultan and another

The Ming Dynasty's envoy to Oman, a mixed-race Zhuge (yellow and white) named Zhuge Weien, was surrounded by a group of Oman nobles and elderly black eunuchs, and stood beside the gangway being lowered from the Tang Wang.

Zhuge Weidao, who was walking down from the Tang Dynasty Palace, saw this scene and completely understood why there were all black eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty palace. First, they could buy them! The Sultanate of Oman, as well as Ethiopia, relied on the trafficking of black eunuchs in history.

Slaves were given to the Arabs and the Ottomans made a fortune.

Of course, the Sultanate of Oman has other ways to make money. For example, they can obtain gold, ivory, spices, etc. from the African continent from Zambagel Island near the east coast of Africa.

However, the black slave trade is still one of the important sources of wealth for the Sultanate of Oman! And the Arabs and Turks are more ruthless towards male black slaves, and like to castrate them first and then use them, which just meets the needs of the Ming Dynasty court.

The second reason why the Ming Dynasty palace used black eunuchs is to use some old black eunuchs who have returned home to infiltrate the Sultanate of Oman. These old black eunuchs have lived in the Ming Dynasty palace all their lives, and have also received corresponding education and

Of course, their training and thoughts have been "washed". And the eunuchs who can stand out among a large group of black eunuchs have some skills. When they return to Oman with a lot of wealth and the support of the Ming Dynasty, it is naturally easy to establish their own

Family and power.

Although the eunuchs have no sons, it is not difficult for them to spend money to buy a few sons. When "eunuch families" are established one after another, Ming Dynasty's hidden sons in the Sultanate of Oman will fall one by one.

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On the Oman side, they may also know that there is something wrong with these old black eunuchs who returned home in fine clothes, but for the rewards from the Ming Dynasty court and the wealth the black eunuchs brought back, they can only endure it.

After decades of operation, the power of the black eunuchs in Muscat has become more powerful than the Sultan.

With the help of these black eunuchs, it would be much easier for Ming Dynasty to enter the Persian Gulf!

Therefore, most of the black eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were also the work of the Zhuge family who were best at taking the long term and fishing for big fish.

It has to be said that although these strategists who are good at pinching and calculating do not dare to do big things, they are really clever at making small moves, and their patience is really good.

Zhuge Weidao had already disembarked from the boat. He smiled and stood in front of the old black eunuch, the Sultan with a piece of cloth on his head, and Zhuge Weien, who was wearing Ming Dynasty civil official uniform, and then saluted the three of them with a military salute.

The envoy named Zhuge Weien was said to be Zhuge Weidao's elder brother and was in the 66th year of his reign. However, since he was born as a commoner and failed to pass the first military examination, his status in the Zhuge family was comparable to that of Zhuge Weidao.

There was a big difference. Otherwise, he would not have been sent to a small place like Muscat to serve as an envoy at such a young age. Now that he saw Zhuge saluting him for Dao, he quickly returned the salute and said: "The eighteenth military division has been in a stormy journey.

It’s bumpy, it’s really hard work!”

Zhuge Weidao laughed gently: "It's not hard, it's not hard. You're working for the country. What's the point of hard work?"

The old black eunuch Hei Zhongxian on the side also clasped his fists and saluted: "Brother Daozi, it has been seven or eight years since we said goodbye to the capital. I didn't expect to see each other again in Muscat. Daozi, we are old acquaintances. You

Let me tell you everything, brother. Why did you bring such a large fleet here this time? Is it of any use to you, brother?"

Listening to the words of this old black eunuch, Zhuge Weidao knew that he was very familiar with him back then. But then again, he seemed to be very good at building relationships back then, and he had a lot of friends of all kinds!

Thinking of this, he smiled and said to Hei Zhongxian: "Brother Zhongxian"

Hei Zhongxian, I don’t know who named him? Zhuge paused for a moment, and then continued: "I am dissatisfied with my old brother, and my younger brother was ordered to lead the fleet to the Persian Gulf in order to attack the desert pirates on the pirate beach here. These

Pirates occupy the bay, often plundering passing ships, and destroying maritime trade in the Persian Gulf. It has become a recognized harm to the bay. Therefore, the imperial court ordered the navy to send troops to suppress the bandits in order to maintain peace and tranquility in the Persian Gulf and its surrounding waters!"

As soon as his words came out, Hei Zhongxian and Sultan Sultan were both dumbfounded.

Did those Persian Gulf pirates rob some Ming emperor who came to Baghdad in disguise? Otherwise, how did they recruit such a large fleet? Well, 8 battleships, 5 armored cruisers, 8 protected cruisers, 8

An old-fashioned machine-sailed ironclad. With such strength, some people believed it when they said it came to help the Czar destroy the Ottoman Turkish Empire!

The reaction of Mr. Hei Zhongxian was relatively quick. He quickly turned around and said in Arabic to the somewhat confused Sultan: "Sultan, what did those seaside chiefs do?"

"I, I don't know!" Sultan Sultan was stunned, and suddenly seemed to remember something. He turned his head and shouted to a group of nobles behind him who were wearing cloths on their heads: "Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai,

Fujairah, Al Khaimah, Sharjah, Om Quwin. Come out!"

Then I saw seven dark and thin chiefs of seven small tribes wearing rough robes that were not new and with dirty cloth on their heads. They squeezed out from the crowd and ran to Sultan Sultan.

In front of them, everyone knelt down on one knee, then looked up at the angry-looking Sultan.

The Sultan of Oman may not be a great figure in Zhuge Weidao's view, and his sultanate is not very large from the map. It only occupies some coastal areas in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula and some coastal areas in eastern Africa. But in Kazakhstan

From the perspective of the chiefs of the seven desert pirate tribes on the southern coast of the Persian Gulf north of Ras al-Ima, they are the monarchs of great powers!

Moreover, this Sultan is also very brave. Except for the British (including India), Ottoman, Ali Pasha, and Persia, he cannot defeat him. No other surrounding countries or tribes are his opponents!

Sultan looked at the people and asked, "You guys, please tell me, what mistake did you make? Why did you offend the great dynasty?"

What mistake was made?

Several desert chiefs who looked at it bitterly said to themselves: "What mistake can we make? That is to grab something at sea. There is no other way. We are too poor. If we don't grab anything, we will have nothing to eat! And in the past two years

Baghdad is getting more and more depressed, and fewer and fewer Indians are going to the holy city for pilgrimage. There is almost not enough to grab..."

Zhuge Weidao was a little surprised when he saw this scene, but he couldn't understand Arabic and didn't know what they were talking about.

So he asked Hei Zhongxian: "Brother, what's going on?"

Hei Zhongxian smiled and replied: "Brother Daozi, the man who cursed is the Sultan of Oman... The seven people kneeling are a pirate chief in Ras Al Khaimah. The Sultan is blaming them for their misbehavior and angering the great dynasty!

Dao disciple, if you catch seven of them, will your mission be completed?"

What? My mission is completed? Isn’t this too easy?

Zhuge Weidao saw that these seven descendants were all wealthy, but he did not seem to have much financial luck. He just smiled bitterly and said: "Seven chiefs, don't be nervous. If you know your mistake, tomorrow the dynasty will still be the same."

I can open up the net and give you guys a way out."
Chapter completed!