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Mozambique Island is located on the east side of the Bay of Mosurire at the northern end of the Mozambique Strait. It has a good geographical location. Since its discovery by the Portuguese navigator Da Gama in 1498 and declared as Portuguese territory, the island has been officially incorporated into the Portuguese colonial system. After more than 100 years of construction, the Portuguese built churches, manors, commercial ports and majestic Sebastian Castle at the northern end of the island.

Today, this island is the center of the ruling of the Portuguese in East Africa, dominating the vast area from Mombasa to Lorenzo Maguis (Marquis de Lorenzo) in the south. At the same time, this island is also the only way for the Portuguese to go to the east. Many ships traveling to India and even China have to dock and supply here, so the island's commerce is also extremely developed.

When the Navy officers and soldiers of the East Coast Republic got off the ship and walked onto the pier, a Portuguese tax officer came up with several entourages.

"Ri'an, a guest from the east coast. I am Sergio, the tax officer of the island. According to regulations, I need to check your goods..." The Portuguese tax officer rambled in Spanish, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Lieutenant Juan.

Second Lieutenant Juan stuffed a hundred yuan coin into Sergio's hand and said impatiently: "This is the entry fee! You don't need to check the goods, do you want to check that?" After that, Second Lieutenant Juan pointed at the black muzzle of the 32-pound long-barrel heavy cannon on the deck of the "Free Trade" battleship.

The Portuguese's face suddenly became ugly, and the followers behind him were even more uneasy. The turrets on Mozambique Island only had more than ten cannons, with a maximum caliber of only 18 pounds, and most of them were 8 pounds and 12 pounds, which were incomparable to war monsters like the "August 10" class battleship.

"Okay, East Coast people." Sergio said unhappily: "Don't wander around the city, don't cause trouble. You can stay for up to three days. If you are overdue, you have to pay the fee. I'm serious this time, 'real' payment."

Sergio's words are not wrong. You should know that since the Portuguese began to vigorously manage the Angola and Mozambique colonies, the so-called "Penal system" (exile colonial system) has been vigorously promoted. Therefore, in these two places, the proportion of scumbags and criminals far exceeds the proportion of normal immigrants. These people were not good things when they were in Europe, and now they have become a colony with lax management, and they are even more lawless. For them, killing someone is not a problem. As for robbery, it will happen every few days.

"We will pay attention." Lieutenant Juan nodded reservedly, "By the way, the commander of the fortress of Sebastian Castle, my magistrate wants to visit him."

"I'm sorry, the Commander has brought people to Senna. It's not very peaceful recently. The black men in Bantu have caused trouble every few days, and have even attacked and killed several Pula's 1st Lords. The Commander has rushed over to handle the affairs. I think maybe he can come back before the end of October, but it's not clear." After that, Sergio left with his several entourages.

These followers seemed to be mixed-race, which is very common in East Africa today. After the arrival of the early Portuguese colonists, most of them were men, so many people married local indigenous women, and their descendants were mixed-race men. Although these people were somewhat discriminated against, their status was much stronger than those indigenous Bantu blacks. Many people served as officers in the local colonial army of Portugal (mainly indigenous soldiers). Of course, some people also sneaked into the colonial government and served as followers of some grassroots officials or white officials.

In fact, the nature of these people is the same as that of the Mameluco people in Brazil (mixed with whites and Indians) and the Gaucho people in La Plata (mixed with whites and Indians) and were caused by the extremely uneven male-female ratio of early European colonists. Of course, the East Coast Republic of China is now quite tangled with the issue of imbalance in the ratio of men and women. Among the more than 20,000 citizens today, there are nearly 4,000 more young and middle-aged men than women (13,000:9,000). Such an imbalance has led to the increase in the amount of marriage betrothal gifts in China now, and even those Chalua and Guarani women are rushing to ask for it.

Many officers and soldiers even spent all their savings for marriage. Now it is difficult to get married to a wife and has become a focus of attention for ordinary people in the East Coast Republic of China. For this reason, the Executive Committee and the State Council were also very worried. On the one hand, they urgently brought letters to the Bordeaux Merchant Station, asking them to focus on collecting local poor women of appropriate age in France to come to the East Coast, and learn from the French church, giving generous dowry (land and cash) to French women who were willing to settle on the East Coast; on the other hand, they even demanded unconformantly that the East Coast merchant ships to trade in the Ottoman Empire, trying to buy a large number of female slaves to return to the East Coast.

The slave market of the Ottoman Empire has always been prosperous, especially those female slave markets that are exclusively used by dignitaries and nobles, which are extremely popular. Except for a few of these slaves, some of them were domestic slaves sold by locals for various reasons, most of them came from conquest wars or tributes from conquering areas. For example, after the Balkans, the Southern Russian Plain, Hungary, Poland, Central Asia and other places were attacked by the Ottomans, many local residents collectively became slaves; for example, the years of wars between the Ottoman Empire and Persia created countless prisoners of war slaves.

Although the price of female slaves in the slave market is not expensive, money is not the first priority for today's Eastern Coast Republic. People are always more important than money. Therefore, the merchant fleet was ordered to contact the Holneysian family, so they simply bartered, exchanged textiles and weapons on the east coast with female slaves on the spot and then brought them back to the east coast.

In addition to the orders they received to collect women, this long-distance exploration fleet in East Africa even received orders to collect women. However, Guo Zili had a great appetite for those black women, and at this stage, the country is basically negative about the introduction of black people, so he has never cared about this issue.

After the handover with the Portuguese at the dock, two second lieutenants, Jivin and Juan, led some people to conduct some material replenishment and commercial investigations. As a backup plan for the mid-section node of the African route, the Portuguese Mozambique Island is the focus of everyone's inspection, mainly investigating the number of berths of the Portuguese pier, whether there is enough food and water on the island, etc.

In addition to their visit, most officers and sailors remained on the boat. After all, they were alone overseas, so it would be better to be more cautious in everything. Besides, the island is currently only a few thousand residents (about one thousand white people), and its economy is mainly based on growing cashews, corn, and tobacco. At most, some seafood is added. Those who have seen the prosperous "metropolis" of Oriental Port are a little unhappy about such small places.

In the evening, just as Guo Zili was lying on the rocking chair in the captain's room and looking at the charts comfortably, Ji Wen, Juan and others who went out to purchase and inspect were finally back. In addition to some local black coolies who transported supplies, there were also several local merchants.

"Commander, these merchants are from Muscat. I think it might be useful to us, so I took them back on my own initiative." Ji Wen walked to Guo Zili and said softly.

"Muscat? Where is this? It seems to be a city in the Middle East?" Guo Zili didn't react for a moment, and then asked in a somewhat unskilled Spanish: "Can you speak Spanish?"

Several Muscat businessmen looked at me and I looked at you, obviously they didn’t understand Guo Zili’s words.

"They know a little Portuguese." Lieutenant Juan stepped forward and reminded softly. The Hispanic officer could speak Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese, and was also considered a talent. He immediately said to several merchants in Portuguese: "My sir don't like to listen to nonsense. Please repeat the words you just said to us to my sir in a complete manner. If he makes a decision that is beneficial to you, believe me, you will gain wealth far beyond your imagination, and there is no doubt."

An elderly Muscat businessman wearing a white long gown and a checkered scarf walked up, saluted Guo Zili, and said in a slightly excited tone: "Great East Coast people, we are merchants from Muscat. I heard that you mean to buy slaves. I think we have a good foundation for cooperation. In Mozambique, Zanzibar, Mombasa and Mogadishu, we have thousands of slaves. Of course, in Muscat, we have more slaves, male slaves are strong and docile, while female slaves are quite enchanting, which will definitely satisfy the noble guests." When talking about female slaves, he paused for a moment, and then made a look that men knew.

After Lieutenant Juan finished the translation, Guo Zili sat upright, then stared at the Muscat merchants and said, "I think you've made a mistake, Muscats. I don't need those stupid Bantu slaves, do you understand? I don't need black people, none of them! If you want to convince me to spend money, I'm afraid you have to prepare some better goods."

Several Muscat merchants whispered to each other, and then the older merchant stood up and said, "Dignified guests, besides these Bantu people, we happen to have a batch of Persian slaves on hand, but the price is...

"Persian?" Guo Zili pondered for a while, then nodded and agreed, "Persians can. We need women and children in large quantities. What is the price? Please be cautious. It takes you more than a month to go from Muscat to Mozambique. Maybe your only cost is to go to the Persian countryside to capture those slaves, so please don't fool me at an excessive price, which will make me doubt your sincerity."

Several Muscat businessmen whispered again, and even some small quarrels broke out during this period. Guo Zili looked at them quietly without urging them.

After a long time, the older businessman faced Guo Zili again and said, "We have already discussed the issue. Female slaves are 1 cruczado, and children are 1 cruczado. You know, the Safi Dynasty in Persia is extremely strong now, and it is a very risky thing to go to them to capture slaves. If you are not careful, we will lose a lot of people. This price is already our lowest price, and it really cannot be lower."

1Prazzo: The Portuguese soldiers, merchants, adventurers and exiles who first entered the Zambezi River basin obtained some land through various means (given by superiors, seized by indigenous people, given by indigenous kings, or traded by indigenous kings). At the same time, they also gained the right to rule over the Africans on the land, and such a territory was called a "Prazzo". Initially, a Prazzo was stipulated that no more than three square liters, and the owners must live on this land, marry the Europeans on the land, and be responsible for the management of the land to make it colonize as soon as possible.

1Prazzo: The Portuguese soldiers, merchants, adventurers and exiles who first entered the Zambezi River basin obtained some land through various means (given by superiors, seized by indigenous people, given by indigenous kings, or traded by indigenous kings). At the same time, they also gained the right to rule over the Africans on the land, and such a territory was called a "Prazzo". Initially, a Prazzo was stipulated that no more than three square liters, and the owners must live on this land, marry the Europeans on the land, and be responsible for the management of the land to make it colonize as soon as possible.

In the later period, many Pula lords began to marry Africans and Indians. In order to ensure the status of the local white people, the Portuguese government issued a provision that the inheritance rights of the territory were limited to the eldest daughter of the territory owner, and she had to marry Portuguese citizens born in Portugal, otherwise there would be no inheritance rights. They could tax the indigenous people on the land and pay taxes to the Portuguese colonial authorities and the church. Later, they were called "Zambesi Housewife".
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