I want to be emperor

Chapter 954 Ottoman Market
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The Ottomans actually came into contact with the Chu people very early. Even before the Chu people built large-scale colonies in India, the Chu people's ocean-going fleet, that is, the Western Company's fleet, had already arrived in West Asia. And began maritime trade with the Ottomans.

For more than 20 years, the Chu Empire has maintained close trade relations with the Ottomans. For better trade between the two parties, of course, some personal interests of the Ottoman local governors were also indispensable. The Chu Empire successively took over from the Ottoman Empire. Several ports were leased for trade, living and residence.

Among them is Kuwait, an important port on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf.

In fact, what the Chu Empire wanted more was Basra next door. However, contemporary Basra is an important maritime support point for the Ottomans in the Persian Gulf and even the western Indian Ocean. It is also the only naval base of the Ottoman navy in the Indian Ocean. In the early years, At that time, the Ottomans relied on the port of Basra to form a navy, and then competed with the Portuguese for the Persian Gulf.

Therefore, it was naturally impossible for Basra to be leased to the Chu Empire, and it was only given to Kuwait, a desert area next to it.

In addition, there is another important concession area, which is the Port of Arquet on the northern coast of the Red Sea in Egypt.

Basra and Al-Aqet, these two ports are also two important ports for maritime trade between the Chu Empire and the Ottomans.

Arquette faces the Egyptian region and the Mediterranean region, while Basra faces West Asia and other regions.

Relying on these two ports, the scale of maritime trade between the Chu Empire and the Ottomans was still very large. The Ottomans also continued to obtain Chu people's goods through re-export trade and then transferred them to Europe for sale at a profit.

Therefore, the trade between the two countries in the early years was a cooperation in which each got what it needed and cooperation benefited both.

Well, that's still the case even now.

It's just that the people of Chu want to gain more benefits.If you can keep this money for yourself, why should you share it with others?
What's more, what the Great Chu Empire values ​​​​more is the huge local market of the Ottoman Empire... If the market of the Ottoman Empire can be fully opened, then the goods exported by the Great Chu Empire to the Ottoman region can be increased several times, and from the Ottoman Empire Get more industrial raw materials, agricultural and livestock products, etc.

After all, this is an indigenous country with a population of more than 2000 million, and the market potential is not small. Its population is probably nearly three times that of the Safavid dynasty of Persia today... The contemporary Persian kingdom has a small population, only a few million. Not even 1000 million.

When the population increased to a certain level, the population became an important resource and was favored by the people of Chu.

Why did the Chu Empire come all the way to Europe to colonize? Isn't it because the combined population of the European countries is hundreds of millions. Only with a sufficient population can there be a consumer market and enough labor force to herd sheep and farm for Chu. Provide economic value to Chinese people.

As for those large Chu empires that did not have many people but fertile lands, they generally preferred to directly occupy, rule and develop them.

Well, this is only talking about now... If it was ten years ago, no matter how many people you have, as long as the place is favored by the Chu people, the Chu people will play the trick of large-scale liquidation and expulsion.

Just the land, not the people!

At that time, the whole country wanted land like crazy... Even Southeast Asian islands and shabby places like Siberia were struggling to grab it.

But when the Chu people really went to the world, saw the endless flat and fertile land in North America, and acquired a lot of land all over the world, especially after taking over the entire North and South America, the Chu people became more and more Yue is no longer interested in simply occupying land.

(End of this chapter)