After letting the people from the Development Bureau finish recounting the journey and encounters of his fleet, Deng Xianxian, the commander of the escort ship, saluted Qin Mo and reported. This commercial exploration escort ship was assisting the Development Bureau and was in a subordinate position, so he knew his place.
"Yesterday, I wanted to send a ship out to sea to search and explore the terrain to the west, but it was blocked by the local Arab warships. If it weren't for the restraint of my captain, a conflict might have broken out."
“Yes, Your Highness, there is a sea to the west of Aden. We wanted to see if there were any people living to the west and if there was any business to do, but we received a stern warning from the local sultan. They forbade us to go any further west. Are we only going to do business with one city-state?”
Qin Mo waved his hand, and the servants and junior officers in the room withdrew, leaving only Deng Xian, the commander of the escort fleet, and Jia Shang, the head of the Pioneer Administration Bureau.
Qin Mo asked Shia to bring him paper and pen, and then began to draw maps of the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea while explaining them to them.
"This is Muscat, and this is Aden. Both of these cities have a sea to the west. Once you reach the end of the sea, you won't be far from the Western Continent."
"These Arabs sell pepper from India to the Western Regions, making at least several dozen times the profit. They use this sea route. Why would they let you explore further west?"
The frigate's commander, Deng Xian, and the businessman head of the Pioneer Bureau, Jia Shang, exchanged a glance, their breathing becoming heavy.
The land Silk Road between Daxia and Xizhou was open, so the people of Daxia could know some basic commercial information about Xizhou. They knew the price of pepper in Xizhou. Although it was not as expensive as gold, it was definitely a very profitable product!
"Your Highness... let's... bring our troops over!" The first person to think of using force was not the soldier Deng Xian, but the merchant Jia Shang.
"If violence could solve the problem, why the hell would I have brought you merchants here? Do you even know how many people there are in the Abbasid Caliphate?"
"Your Highness, please forgive us. We are merely ignorant and lack knowledge. We hope Your Highness can enlighten us."
Qin Mo glanced at this slick and lewd guy and felt helpless. Was he a wise or foolish ruler? How did he end up raising such a bunch of bastards?
"Although the Arabs are divided into several small countries, they have a unified religion, making it very difficult to sow discord among them. Moreover, their land warfare capabilities are very strong. This place is too far from our Dayuan. We have only just gained a foothold in Southeast Asia and are still far from here!"
"What you need to do now is to penetrate the market commercially and get the Arabs to help us sell our goods to the Western Continent first. Once I go to the Western Continent to find a few big buyers, we can then discuss things further."
Deng Xian and Jia Shang were filled with emotion, recalling Qin Mo's unique business philosophy: "Harm others to enrich yourself."
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