After finally finishing talking nonsense, his hands loosened. Below were the sons of more than 20 Emirs, and his grandsons took turns to greet him. The oldest ones looked forty years old, and the youngest ones were the two on the boat just now. Although this Emir was not good at her appearance, she had a very good fertility and was able to raise them all. This was also a skill!

Port Aden is a small town, and the people here are not nomadic tribes. The house they live in is very familiar. It looks very similar to the houses in Port Kalamba, but the materials and colors are different. However, the Emir Palace is much more grand than the palace of the Taba family. Although there is no city wall, it is very large, and there is a tall tower in each corner.

"Langya, arrange twenty team members to go up the roof and guns. If there is an accident, at least one person can rush to the dock. Don't just save me. The warship has received the news. Even if I can save it, do you understand?" Hong Tao only brought fifty marines with him, and the others were all at the dock. Although he was worried, he could not bring hundreds of people to visit. Seeing that there were guards standing on Emile's roof, Hong Tao was not polite and sent half of his people. The remaining team members were all carrying pistols, two of them each, following him.

The living room where Arabs entertain guests is quite interesting. There is no wall in the yard, which is very bright. There are only two small cabinets in the room against the wall, and there is no furniture. Even the owner and the guests sit halfway around the wall. On the carpet in front of him, there is a large silver plate of ⊕% long⊕% wind⊕% text⊕% large, filled with fruit. Hong Tao is familiar with this scene, but remember not to grab food with his left hand, so just hold a cigar.

"Your Majesty. Don't keep staring at a tapestry. If that happens, you have to give it to you..." Hong Tao couldn't understand Arabic either. No one could talk about any topics of interest, and he could say polite words without any brains. So his little eyes began to touch around. He happened to see a tapestry on the wall that was exquisitely woven. He stared at it for a few more times, but he was fouled again.

"Okay, then I don't wait for someone to give me a gift, so I'll do it first! Langya, bring my gift!" Hong Tao did not deliberately bring gifts. However, there were two things in his cabin, one was wine and the other was cigars. The Arabs banned alcohol, but did not say banned smoking. Because there was no cigarette when writing the Quran, Hong Tao chose several boxes of cigars he produced as gifts.

"This is an imperial specialty, called cigar tobacco. It can make people focus and make them more conducive to thinking. If I have to stay up late to submit documents, I will be very irritable without it. But you can't smoke more. One or two sticks a day is enough." It's not enough to have a gift, but you have to make a trick for the gift. Hong Tao is good at this thing, but just talking about the benefits and not the harm. Arabs can't understand things like nicotine and tar for hundreds of years. When they figure it out, their family will be the richest man in the world by selling tobacco. Besides, they are gone and they can't see this day at all.

Everyone here was very curious about the fresh thing that Hong Tao was holding. Now, everyone is holding one in their hands and lit it one by one. After placing it one by one, the living room of hundreds of square meters immediately became a sauna, filled with smoke. Fortunately, it is well ventilated and not suffocating.

Hong Tao is a person who can't stay idle. Just sitting here and talking to a group of people who can't understand talking will definitely not be able to do business. There are maritime merchants in business, so there is no need to talk about it himself. He only needs to determine the future cooperative relationship with the ancestor of this uncle Laden. Bin Laden agreed at the time about Hong Tao's request to build an imperial warehouse in the port of Aden, but he expressed different opinions on Hong Tao's intention to continue north along the Red Sea.

According to Bin Ladan Emir, the area he could actually control was less than 100 kilometers north of the entrance to the Red Sea. Although it was nominally his territory, the tribes there were not very obedient. It would be fine if they were just Arabs, so he could send people to follow Hong Tao's fleet to serve as guides, but the tribes on the West Bank were not Arabs. They were all Muslims in North Africa, and even the Ayubic dynasty did not belong to them. If the fleet was discovered by them, they might have to have any trouble.

So Bin Laden Emir suggested that Hong Tao unload the goods at the Port of Aden, and then hire a camel caravan to transport part of Mecca, and then transport part of them to the inland through the Bedouin. However, when Hong Tao said that he had ten large ships filled with goods, the Emir was also stupid. He could not transport so much, and no one could afford so much cargo. It would definitely not be possible without paying for credit. There was no such rule in the first time when he was doing business.

"Tell him that you just need to send a guide to the fleet. We will solve the problem of going north by ourselves. By the way, ask him, if there was a war with the Ayubic dynasty when I went north, would he change the agreement he made with me?" Hong Tao did not take up the concerns about Emir. Without the diamond, he would not take on porcelain work. Whether it was Arabs, Kurds or Persians, Hong Tao was not afraid. But before fighting, he had to ask clearly who had a good relationship with whom and who was the enemy, so that he could attack selectively. You can't fight everyone, otherwise you would become the public enemy of the entire Arab world, so don't plan to do business.

"Emir said that as long as he passes Mecca, it will not be his rule. His Majesty's merchant ships are guests of their Hadalamao tribe, and no one can come to his house to hurt his guests." Said quickly gave Hong Tao a clear reply. It seems that the situation on the Arabian Peninsula he introduced to Hong Tao before is indeed credible. The central control of the Ayub dynasty is really weak, and a governor dares to blatantly shelter the enemy of the country. Saladin is a personal figure at all, but why are his descendants so useless? Only a generation has passed, he has almost defeated the foundation he founded.

Hong Tao only stayed in the Port of Aden for one night, and on the second day he left because the fleet was still far away. Originally, he planned to go to see the life of the Bedouin people and rode a camel to Uncle Laden's hometown, but when he found that there were ticks on the camel, he was killed and did not dare to get close. This gadget is terrible than bed bugs, fleas, and mosquitoes. It is full of bacteria and parasites. It is said that it can also cause diseases such as encephalitis, and the farther he hides, the better.

Before leaving, Uncle Laden's ancestors gave Hong Tao a lot of gifts, including Arabian horses, spices, Persian slaves, and a tapestry, which was the one he had stared at for a long time. This made Hong Tao feel embarrassed. There is an old Chinese saying that a gentleman does not take away what he loves. If you say that someone is good at hanging at home, you will take a few more glances and then snatch them away. It is not appropriate.

But he couldn't return it, so what should I do? So Hong Tao also gave the Emil a big gift. He found a few lighters and a can of gasoline, and gave it back to Bin Ladan Emil, asking him to light a cigar. But it was not for nothing. Hong Tao was always a thief who never left the air. He gave it with the gasoline can, and also a can of crude oil specimen. Hong Tao asked Said to the Emil to tell the Emil that the people of Jinhe liked to eat this black and smelly black liquid the most. If they found out where they were, they would definitely keep it for themselves. This black thing can be exchanged for many imperial goods, including steel farm tools, scimitars and armor.

Since heavy oil can make steel, the demand for crude oil in Jinhe Country has increased day by day. Currently, the crude oil provided by Brunei Port is enough, but Hong Tao likes to prepare for everything with two or more hands. It would be great if crude oil can be found in the Arabian Peninsula. It is not too far from Cape Town, and another petrochemical base can be established in Cape Town.

With gasoline, sulfuric acid, sugar, and light halide, potassium chloride is produced. What is this thing? Motolov cocktail is also! And it is ignited by chemical means. As long as the paper soaked with potassium chloride and sugar water is dried, and when it comes into contact with sulfuric gasoline, it will catch fire immediately. If these things can be effectively separated and put in hollow bombs, it will be a good incendiary bomb. No need to worry about shells being fired out due to collision fuse failure. It is used to attack wooden sailboats at sea, which is much more powerful than solid bombs. It can also be used to siege cities, burn one piece, and has better effect than solid bombs.
Chapter completed!