Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 449 Kafa ([-])

John Petrovich Hornician arrived at Port Kaffa within a few days.He came here by boat. Thankfully, Kafa Port was not surrounded by the damn cold weather. The ice conditions outside the port were not heavy, and ships of all sizes were basically able to dock at the pier smoothly.Also coming with Hornician was a distinguished guest from Istanbul—Nasukh Pasha’s servant, Boris from Russia. He was ordered by Nasukh Pasha to come to meet with the businessman appointed by the people on the east coast. Mr. Mo San, the charge d'affaires, discussed all matters concerning the export of female slave resources in Port Kaffa to the east coast.

The matter of finding someone to act as an agent was still decided by Gaumo, who was far away in Istanbul.Although he is still waiting for the final and definite news from the mainland on whether to build the battleship "Bayezid" for the Ottoman Empire, based on the principle of two-handed preparation, he also privately sought out Nasuh Zad Hussein Pasha, asked him to act as an agent in the business of exporting Kaffa slaves to the people on the east coast.Gao Mo considered that in case the mainland rejected the business of exporting battleships to the Ottoman Empire, there were many vigorous business talks between the two sides, such as the road from Istanbul to Edirne, the expansion and reconstruction of the Port of Suez and the Port of Kaffa, The construction of the 15-kilometer freight track for the Kaffa Iron Mine and the sale of supporting vehicles, the opening of four treaty ports including Thessaloniki, etc. will come to an end without a problem.Naturally, this also includes the Kaffa female slave trade that the people on the east coast are very fancy. trouble.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Gaomo decided to draw Nasukh Pasha, who is now a popular figure in the Sultan's court, into his camp, and through his detours, he decided to finalize this extremely important business first.That is, the agent of Nasukh Pasha bought the female slaves needed by the people on the east coast, and then transferred them to Smyrna or the Port of Suez for sale to the fleet of people on the east coast.In this way, although the price is much more expensive than buying directly from Kaffa Port, it is safe and secure. Many complicated relationships will also be settled by the people of Nasukh Pasha. People on the east coast only need to pay for the goods. .

Naturally, Nasukh Pasha would not refuse this kind of business that was almost lying at home and picking up money for nothing. In addition, he had dealt with people from the east coast for several years, and there was some basis of mutual trust between them.Therefore, he readily agreed to the request of the people on the east coast, and he also brought in his old friend, the Egyptian Pasha, to share the risk together, and also meant to make a fortune together.As the "white gloves" of the Pasha of Aleppo and the Pasha of Egypt, Hornician is responsible for providing a large amount of working capital for their female slave business, so he will negotiate with Mo San in Boris on those issues of principle Further detailed consultations will follow.

The conversation with Boris went well, because both sides talked about general matters and did not get into details that would be controversial.Therefore, it only took one day for Mo San to conclude the talks between the two parties on February 2.After presenting Boris with an exquisitely crafted ivory-handled pistol, a sterling silver hookah, and a large amount of silk, Boris returned to Istanbul by boat with a smile on his face, and hinted that he would help Nasukh Pasha. East Coasters speak nice words.

After Nasuh left, all that was left was to discuss specific cooperation details with the Armenian businessman Hornician.In view of the high degree of sincerity of cooperation between the two parties, this kind of negotiation is actually not hard work. Mo San and Hornician were in a coffee shop in Kaffa City that was once closed due to the New Army rebellion and has now reopened. After sitting in the hall for a few afternoons, everything was almost settled.The female slaves were divided into several grades according to the standards of appearance, age, health and "origin", and then scored comprehensively.Based on 70 points, the price above 100 points is 40 yuan, between 70 points and 75 points is 40 yuan, and the unified price below 50 points is [-] yuan.The two parties agreed to use the official metal currency "Yuan" on the East Coast as the only means of payment. The transaction does not accept the prepayment system, and the two parties to the transaction will pay both money and goods on the spot.

One thing we have to mention here is the issue of the "origin" of female slaves.In the 200-year long history of slave export in Kaffa Port, we can see that female slaves plundered from Russia have the most rebellious spirit. Many of them are thinking about escaping all the time. The escape of Russian female slaves occurred, so female slaves from Russia generally could not be sold at any good price, which was caused by "commodity safety hazards".

Corresponding to Russian female slaves, female slaves from Poland or Transylvania are considered the most docile and the easiest to be assimilated by the master's family. They are generally easy to accept reality, accept their new life, and survive tenaciously go down.Therefore, the price of female slaves from these two places is generally relatively high, and the market has been in short supply for a long time.In addition to female slaves, the people on the east coast will also consider whether they will buy some younger men, women and children depending on the economic situation at hand. They won't rest if every penny is spent.

Regarding the number of female slave transactions, Mo San and Hornician also worked out a preliminary agreement after discussing it.The agreement is for a period of five years. In the fourth year, the two parties will conduct a negotiation to determine whether the agreement needs to be extended, or whether the price or supply quantity needs to be adjusted.In this five-year agreement, the two parties agreed that starting from September of the first year (1645 in the Christian calendar), the caravan of the Hornician family must bring no less than two thousand people between the ages of 9 and 15 The female slaves were transported to the commercial hall set up by the people on the east coast of the port of Smyrna; at the same time, they also needed to find a way to transport 35 similar female slaves to the port of Suez on the shore of the Red Sea. A cargo yard that occupies a large area.

Among them, female slaves from the port of Smyrna will be directly transported to China by ship to balance the sex ratio.As for the [-] female slaves in Suez Port, they were prepared for the colonies of New China, Australia, and South Africa.The imbalance between men and women in these three places is even more serious than that of the local people. In order to solve this difficult problem and at the same time to better develop the colonial economy and serve the local people, it is time to give the colonial residents a little bit of sweetness.The country has developed rapidly for so many years, and the residents of the colonies have worked hard and made great efforts and sacrifices for the development of the country. If they cannot even marry a wife, it would be shameful.It is also time for the residents of the colonies to enjoy the fruits of the country's rapid development, and now this free daughter-in-law is one of the benefits issued by the government.

One can imagine how enthusiastic the local residents would be when this batch of about 1645 female slaves arrived in Xinhua Port.Since the government of the East Coast Republic has strictly prohibited the domestic residents from intermarrying the aborigines without permission a few years ago, the residents of the New China colony did not dare to touch a large number of Malay women in the neighboring areas, which made them Full of complaints and complaints.Therefore, from the year before last, the new executive committee has been discussing whether to allocate precious female "resources" to the colony.After a year-long debate, a conclusion was finally reached last year. The Executive Committee decided to gradually solve the problem of gender imbalance in overseas colonies from [-], and the first step was to give Xinhua Port and Tacheng Port Allocate [-] female slaves to ease the life problems of as many as [-] local bachelors.As for the about [-] single French and Irish male immigrants from the two places, they could not be assigned female slaves, but they were allowed to legally intermarry with the local Malays within two years under a temporary license.

According to this agreement, 2500 female slaves will be transported in the first year, and the number will increase by 20% every year thereafter, and the number will exceed 5000 in the last year.With this huge amount, even if the price is calculated at the median price of 75 yuan, people on the east coast will pay a huge fee close to 40 yuan in the last year.If the 2000 female slaves provided by the Ottoman government are added, the people on the east bank will pay a total of 60 million yuan for these female slaves every year. This poses a severe challenge to the trade volume of the east bank republic exported to Ottoman.Because you can't expect the locals to allocate extra money to subsidize the female slave trade on your side. There are also many places where the locals spend money, and there are huge debts to repay. They also expect to squeeze out some of Ottoman's trade surplus to subsidize the locals.

In addition to the problem of money, the supply capacity of the port of Kaffa is also a problem.According to the average data of the past 200 years, the number of slaves traded in Kaffa Port every year is about 5000, about half of which are young women.It seems that the number is enough, but the problem is that there are also many buyers. If people from the east coast buy thousands of people at once, it is bound to break the fragile balance of supply and demand in the market in an instant.At that time, the price of slaves will soar. Even if Nasukh Pasha and Egyptian Pasha have a wide relationship and energy, they will not be able to withstand the public outrage.Do you think those Jews who control the market are good stubble?Which one of them doesn't have a deep relationship behind them?

So, the solution to the problem is to increase the supply of "goods".This requires the Tatars to continue to work hard. They need to increase the scale and frequency of attacks, and strive to plunder more women to stabilize the price fluctuations caused by the surge in demand.The attacks of the neighboring Poles and Russians on the Tatars have always been a headache. Among them, Poland hired a large number of German mercenaries, and at the same time compiled a roster of 8 Cossacks as a defensive force; They will all mobilize [-] or [-] people to defend against a large-scale Tatar attack, which is an extremely heavy financial burden for them.

Thinking that buying female slaves can indirectly contain two established countries, Mo San smiled unkindly, I didn't mean it.

(End of this chapter)