On the deck of the battleship Yiyang, Li Ningyu, pirate captain Sinbad and loli pirate Sarah talked for a long time, but every time the bearded pirate Sinbad talked about Sarah's father.
Sarah, who was quietly caressing two revolvers at the side, would show sad expressions from time to time, which made Li Ningyu feel sad because Li Ningyu was also a child whose parents were not around.
Although in the late Qing Dynasty, Li Ningyu could be regarded as having his own parents, but what was fake was still fake after all, and could not be true.
As time passed step by step, everyone had dinner in the cabin, and Li Ningyu ordered someone to arrange a place for the two of them. After an exhausting day, Li Ningyu was also a little tired, so he returned to the room to rest early. That night, Li Ning
Li Ningyu didn't know what was wrong, he kept tossing and turning, and Sarah's face appeared in his mind for a long time, which made Li Ningyu very confused.
However, two consecutive days of fatigue still caused Li Ningyu to gradually fall asleep due to exhaustion. However, Li Ningyu did not sleep very well this night.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, all countries in the world relied on their own advantages in trade to expand their country's influence in the region and the world. The most representative condition was to have a wide and deep natural and excellent seaport, because that was a great deal.
The main source of invisible power and wealth.
It would be even better if the inland areas also have rivers for shipping and are directly connected to the sea, because it can make a country's domestic trade reach its peak and concentrate seaports for export. However, all of this
There is another condition, which is maritime military power. Not all the oil in the Middle East has been discovered yet, otherwise countries around the world would have started to snatch it. However, relying on the advantages of three coastal areas, the Middle East is still the object of competition for the world's powerful countries.
Yemen is located at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering Saudi Arabia to the north, the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the south, and Oman to the east. It also faces Somalia and Ethiopia on the African continent. Yemen, a country with less than 530,000 square kilometers, has
With a coastline of about 2,000 kilometers, maritime transportation is very convenient, and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is one of the internationally important navigable straits.
It is also a maritime transportation artery leading to the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean, Europe, Asia and Africa. Its strategic location is also extremely important. The Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea is one of the famous ports. Moreover, Yemen also has a large number of mineral resources, which are exported to copper, iron, and aluminum.
, chromium, nickel, cobalt, gold, silver, coal, salt, marble, sulfur, etc., so this is also an important place that the world's powers attach great importance to.
Therefore, in the Middle East, the old colonial empires Ottoman Empire, the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets, and the French Empire kept pace with each other. They each established their own sphere of influence in the entire Middle East and stationed colonial armies. However, in France and the Far East,
After the war in Asia ended, the original territory in the Middle East was directly replaced by Britain, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire.
After many days of long-distance cruising at sea, the Far East fleet finally arrived at the next stop in Sri Lanka, the Gulf of Aden port. Coincidentally, today is January 10, 1902, which is one of the most important holidays in Islam.
Ashura is a day that Muslims in many countries attach great importance to and is called Ashura.
Night has not yet completely fallen, but the lights in the Gulf of Aden have begun to flicker. In such a carnival festival, everything has officially begun. Muslims from all over the world continue to integrate into their own joyful festival ocean.
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"Boom! Boom! Boom!" A seemingly innocuous drum sound sounded, and a group of people in plain clothes also joined in. However, this group of tourists was composed of many big men, and one of them was a man in a white dress.
, is obviously the central figure, because among the huge crowd of people, this man in a white dress is always protected by a group of big men, and ordinary people cannot get close to him at all.
However, among the cheering crowd, this group of people did not stay too long, but wanted to walk to other streets. However, along the way, parade floats and costumed performers could be seen everywhere, all using their talents to perform as much as possible.
They showed off their different styles, and some people who were probably not Muslims also danced with the carnival team. At first glance, this group of men and women could be identified as foreign men and women, wearing extremely revealing clothes and dancing hot and passionate dances.
However, no matter whether they are reserved or unrestrained, people at this time are in the noisy team, forgetting their worries, forgetting themselves, forgetting everything, and releasing all their energy to the fullest. They will not be worried about the departure of the man in the white dress.
, and cause any uproar.
After passing through several avenues in the Gulf of Aden, the sound of drums! Boom! Boom! Boom! was still heard throughout the streets. However, under the deafening drums, a group headed by a man in a white dress always had a look of relief on their faces.
Smiling, suddenly, judging from the face of the team, a little girl who was only more than ten years old was extremely excited because she saw a fruit stand.
Probably because of the festival, almost all the stalls on the street closed early today, so this fruit stall stood out, but the next scene made a group of people stunned, because the young man who was only in his teens
When the girl walked to the fruit stall, she first picked up a brick-sized mango and asked, "How much does this cost?"
When he saw the business coming, the old man at the fruit stall was naturally very happy. He looked at the things in the little girl's hands and said with a smile: "Fifteen copper coins!".
But then, the old man at the fruit stand couldn't laugh anymore, because the little girl had already said: "It's too expensive, five copper coins!".
Upon hearing this, the old man at the fruit stand immediately wanted to refute or curse, but the next second he chose to remain silent, because this little girl, who looked to be only in her teens, had already taken out a revolver in her right hand and pointed it at her.
He grabbed him and stuffed the brick-sized mango directly into his pocket with his left hand.
But everything was not over yet. Maybe the little girl was a fruit lover, so she picked up a big peach and asked, "How much does this cost?"
The old man who was still stunned was already panicking, but he still said habitually: "Fifteen copper coins!".
"It's too expensive, five coppers!" As she said that, the little girl stuffed the peach directly into her pocket, and then continued to choose fruits at the fruit stall.
Soon after, a ripe cantaloupe appeared in the little girl's hands. Without thinking, the little girl then asked the price: "How much does this cost?"
The old man at the fruit stall, probably after experiencing two special bargaining methods, said wisely: "Five copper coins!".
But after the next sentence, he was completely crushed, because the little girl continued: "It's too expensive, two copper coins!".
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