August 25, 1646, Istanbul.

For Nasukh Zad Hussein Pasha, the East Coast people were destined to be entangled with him. When he was in Aleppo in his early years, he started a business with the East Coast people at the invitation of his friend Navy Pasha and Egypt Pasha. At the beginning, their business was mainly limited to the scope of arms, and later gradually expanded to various textiles, dyed leather goods, hardware products, metal utensils, etc. The scale of the business was getting bigger and bigger, and everyone also took the opportunity to make a fortune.

Last year, the scale of business between the two sides reached a new level. Those tactful East Coast people would buy female slaves from the Crimean Khanate to a business group with many powerful officials of the Ottoman Empire standing behind them, and Nasukhpasha was one of them. The business was so big that he could also share more than 20,000 East Coast dollars every year, which provided a lot of funds for his family's investment in the newly occupied areas of the Empire's Caucasus.

Nasukh Pasha made an appointment with Mr. Mo San, a plenipotentiary diplomatic envoy of the East Coast Republic of China, to meet in his private cafe. Just now, the male servant had informed him that Mr. Mo San had arrived downstairs and was about to go upstairs to meet the noble Pasha. While he was imagining, the wooden stairs whistled, and the turbulent Mo San had already walked into the quiet room of the cafe.

"It's coffee again?" Mo San smiled and shook his head, took off his hat and handed it to the male servant, then sat casually across from Nasukhpasha, flipped through his cowhide briefcase, and found a paper document from it.

Nasukhpasha sat quietly opposite Mo San, staring at his brown eyes as the man was joking about something. He and Mo San were already very familiar with him, and one of his sons was even learning Chinese with Mo San. Mo San often gave him some precious gifts from the East. The relationship between the two parties was very harmonious.

"Dear friend. Do you already know my purpose?" Mo San said after looking at the documents. "If nothing unexpected happens, the battleship 'Bayerjid' will be officially completed before the end of October 1646 of the Yeli calendar. Well, there are still two months before completion. Your country's envoy to our country has sent back the confirmation information, and your sailors are already on the way. Now we should talk about other issues."

The two graceful maids gave the fragrant coffee. Nasukhpasha first closed his eyes and took a sip. Then he said, "Of course, this is a sign of the further deepening of relations between China. The various commercial terms originally promised by our country will inevitably be fulfilled one by one, and there is no doubt about it."

"It's great that your country chooses you as a negotiator." Mo San smiled and handed the document at hand to Nasukhpasha, explaining: "This is a memorandum of terms and conditions written by me about your cooperation between us. See if there is any problem. If there is no problem, we can now conduct an informal and principled consultation on these terms. As for the specific details, let's leave it until the formal talks between our two sides."

Nasukhpasha nodded, and said nothing, then looked at the document written in Spanish. He read it very quickly. In a short while, he finished reading both pages.

"Why have the trade ports become five?" Nasukhpasha said with a frown. "Smyrna, Thessalonika, Burgas, and Suez are the ports we have planned to trade for merchants in your country. You can enjoy preferential tax rates when trading within this port. But why does your country propose to include the port of Kafa as well as trade ports? I need an explanation."

"The explanation is that our country also wants to do business with the Crimean Khanate, and there is a great future there." Mo San said bluntly, as if the person sitting in front of him was not a foreign negotiation envoy, but his neighbors and friends.

"But that is the sphere of influence of the Jews, and they will not allow others to deprive them of their interests." Nasukhpasha also said without any obscureness: "Those Jews are not simple. Behind them is the Queen Mother Kosem Sultan. This way, robbing other people's business naked will cause others to rebound."

"We just sold arms to those Crimea, flintlock rifles, flintlock pistols, bombs, sabers, armor, spears, artillery, etc., so that they can better plunder slaves for everyone. As far as I know, the business scope of arms and those Jewish merchants does not overlap, or the degree of overlap is not high, and will not cause too much rebound."

"Okay, since I don't care if you think so, then have you decided to leave it to whom to manage this business?"

"Of course, the business is still taking care of old friends. The Azov Chamber of Commerce (i.e. the Chamber of Commerce that Nasukh Pasha has acquired shares) has accumulated a lot of experience and connections when operating the female slave business. If you don't bother the second master, you will leave it to them to handle it."

"I'll be relieved if you think so." Nasukhpasha, who looked at Mosan, suddenly smiled, "I'm afraid that you can't think about it and want to do this business alone. I don't care, but the guards Aga and the eunuchs who are participating in the Azov Chamber of Commerce will not be so generous. Now that they are brought together, they are not afraid of the Jewish merchants making trouble again. Moreover, isn't it just adding a port of Kafa as a trading port? Although it is nominally the territory of the Crimean Khanate, it's not a big problem, and we can make the decision."

"The second question, His Majesty Ibrahim has made a preliminary decision that the highway from Istanbul to Adria Fort (Edirne) must start before June next year. Is there any problem?"

"No problem. We have already stockpiled a large number of building supplies in Xinhua Port, and the brick kiln and cement plants there are also starting construction day and night, so they will not delay these things." Mo San immediately replied skillfully.

The main building materials exported to the Ottoman Empire were cement, which was used to build high-grade highway and road drainage facilities. This mainly depends on the production of major local cement kilns. As for the cement factory in Xinhua Port, the current output is still very limited. Moreover, the air humidity there is too high, and the cement produced is prone to moisture. Therefore, the export of cement and other building materials to the Ottoman Empire is mainly based on local, supplemented by Xinhuaxia.

"You must also prepare for the expansion of Smyrna Port and Suez Port. In addition, there are horse-drawn tracks of the Kafa Iron Mine. All of the above will start construction within the year. I don't expect that the construction period will be delayed due to the lack of construction materials at that time, so that your Majesty will be very unhappy. The engineering and technical personnel who guide the construction of the above facilities, supporting construction tools, dock machines and fifty heavy carriages will also arrive at the site before the end of next year."

In addition to building a high-level combat readiness highway, the East Coast people also obtained a contract to provide construction materials, construction tools and technical services for the soon-to-expand port of Smyrna and Suez ports, and the soon-to-be-construction Kafa Iron Mine Railway (from mining areas to terminals). These projects require a large amount of cement, bricks, hardwood, iron components, asphalt, tar and other materials, which has a huge driving effect on the industrial development of the East Coast Republic of China, and can prompt multiple industries to expand production capacity and enter a period of rapid development. In addition, the East Coast people will also send a large number of experienced engineering and technical personnel to various construction sites in the Ottoman Empire to guide local construction teams to build various facilities. Of course, this is a fee.

The total value of the above contracts is close to 1.3 million yuan (including technical service costs), and will be completed one after another within five years. It is conservatively estimated that it will bring more than 100,000 yuan in profits to the country every year, and will greatly promote the great development of relevant domestic industries. The Ottomans will also pay the fees according to the construction period nodes agreed by both parties. All expenses will be paid in succession within two years after completion. If there are any maintenance, expansion, and addition of machines in the future, they will be given priority to purchase separately from the East Coast Republic of China.

This package of projects is extremely amazing in terms of total profit and profit margin. The profit margin is conservatively estimated to exceed 50%. The reason why it is so high is mainly because the cost of large-scale industrial production by the East Coast people is low. In addition, iron ore, limestone, logs, etc. used as raw materials are not calculated in the cost. The so-called cost of the East Coast people actually only includes wages, production and maintenance costs, and transportation costs, which highlights the high profit margin.

After Nashuhpasha said this, seeing that Mo San had no doubts, he nodded and said easily: "Then there is no problem. For the specific construction details of each project, the payment method and time, let us discuss in detail. We don't have to worry too much about this. Well, the battleships must be delivered as soon as possible. Your information is also very well-informed. You should know that our navy has suffered many losses in the small-scale conflict with the Venetian fleet recently. Many warships have been sunk by the Venetians. The warships purchased from you have also been sunk two, burned one, and the only remaining one is currently docked in the port of Burgas for a surprise attack on a Cossack. We urgently need a powerful warship like the "Bayerzid" to fight against the Venetians. Otherwise, I suspect that the Venetians will soon block the Dardanelles again, which is very unfavorable to us."

Mo San nodded silently when he heard this. However, he immediately thought about what would the Christ World think about when the battleship "Bayerzid" ship sailed back to the Aegean Sea? Will they take action to stop it? If so, when the battleship "Bayerzid" passes through the Strait of Gibraltar, will the Kingdom of Spain prohibit it from passing? Will the East Coast fleet escorting the battleship "Bayerzid" be treated unfairly?
Chapter completed!