At present, Malin has a total of 4 modified galleys, traveling in the Mediterranean, responsible for trade with the Mamluk Dynasty. Malin used to import chemical raw materials such as natural alkali and Glauber's salt from Egypt, and sometimes bought some Arab horses through Egypt.

Of course, Egypt itself does not have many Arab horses. Therefore, buying Arab horses is more about borrowing Egypt's trading platform. Because the Arab horses purchased by Marin mainly come from the Neizhi and Hanzhi areas in the east and southeast of Egypt, as well as Oman and other places. After all, the horses in Egypt are not very enough, and most of the Mamluk cavalry have only one horse.

In addition, it should be pointed out that although the Hanzhi region (that is, the region that includes the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina) belongs to the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty in name, in fact, the Hanzhi region is autonomous and ruled by the Hashem family of Muhammad. The Mamluk dynasty cannot directly rule this area. After all, the Hashem family is an authentic saintly family, and the Mamluk dynasty must respect them. The Mamluk dynasty's rule over the Hanzhi was somewhat similar to the Qing dynasty's rule over the Western Tibet. The Qing dynasty authorized the Dayi Lai and Panchen Lama to rule over Tibet, and only occupied the great righteousness. The Mamluk dynasty also authorized the Hashem family to rule the Hanzhi region, only accounted for the great righteousness. In exchange, the Hashem family of the Hanzhi must also recognize the puppet caliph in Cairo, which is the spiritual leader of the entire Allah world.

In fact, the Caliph, who was born in the Abbasid family, was also a branch of the Hashem family. At the beginning, Muhammad married his daughter Fatima to his cousin Ali, and their descendants were the later Hashem family leader. The Abbasid family was actually descended from Uncle Muhammad Abbas. So, in general, the two families were originally a family.

But what is interesting is that the Shiites respect the Hashem family, descendant of Ali, as the heirs of the authentic caliph, while the Sunnis believe that it does not necessarily need to be descendants of Muhammad to become the caliph. For example, the Abbasid Dynasty was established by the descendants of Muhammad's uncle Abbas, not the descendants of Muhammad. Logically speaking, the Hashem family should support the Shiites that support their own. However, in fact, the Hashem family, which controls the two holy cities, belongs to the Sunni... Of course, this is also helpless. Because the Sunnis occupy the dominance of the Arab world. If they fail to support it, they fail.

The Shiites are probably expelled from the Holy City. It is obvious that occupying the Holy City is of great benefit. For example, receiving pilgrims from all over the world is a huge income every year. The Hashem family ruled Mecca and could make a big profit in pilgrimage. For example, monopolize the hotel industry, provide high-priced accommodation, and provide high-priced food. Then, sell some so-called "blessed" religious souvenirs at high prices... It is said that in later generations, Saudi Arabia's income reached dozens of billions of dollars every year... Therefore, in the face of interests, the Hashem family bowed their heads and admitted that Sunnis were normal...

However, after acknowledging the mainstream Sunnis, others dare not touch them. After all, they are descendants of authentic Prophets. For example, the Mamluk Dynasty was drooling at the huge income of the seller's hajj, but they didn't dare to rob them casually. Otherwise, they would become public enemies of the world. Even if the Ottoman Turkey later occupied this place, it still entrusted the Hashim family to manage the holy city. Of course, in exchange, the Hashim family later recognized the Turkish Sultan as the orthodox caliph... But what kind of Turkish Sultan is his meow? Does he have Hashim family blood? No... But the Hashim family admitted that there was no way, if not, the Turks would turn against each other and kill people. But if they admitted, they could still control the rich Mecca...

In short, the Hashem family is a bit like the Confucius family in China. All dynasties have respected them as mascots. However, no one from the Kong family went to Qufu to make a pilgrimage, so there was no profit, only the title of Yan Shenggong. The Hashem family had a pilgrimage to Mecca, which made a great profit.

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Because he was worried that Türkiye would annex the Mamluk dynasty to become bigger, Marin sent a fleet to Egypt before to see if he could buy more Egyptian goods and give the Mamluk dynasty some economic support.

So, Marin instructed the fleet to go to Egypt to buy more animals, such as cattle...

Marin thought that the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt was also a country with a developed animal husbandry industry, so there should be enough cattle to sell? Just so, Marin needed a lot of plowing ox to develop a new continent. Therefore, Marin directed the fleet to buy more cattle, which not only supported Egypt economically, but also facilitated himself.

Unexpectedly, after the fleet returned, Hansel, the head of the fleet, came back to report that there were few Egyptian cattle...

"What? There are very few Egyptian cattle?" Marin was confused after hearing this. Then, he thought for a while and asked:

"How did the Egyptians plow the fields?" You know, the Nile Basin in Egypt is a famous agricultural area. Without cattle, do they use horses to plow? But it's not right. Arabian horses are medium-sized horses, not the heavy horses that are suitable for plowing land in Europe...

Hansel replied:

"Although there is a lot of arable land in the Nile River Basin in Egypt, only some of them use cattle to cultivate land. Most of them use camels to cultivate land..."

"What? Camels can also cultivate land?" Malin was a little stunned when he heard this.

"Yes, camels cultivate land! I have seen the locals cultivate land in the countryside of Egypt. Their method of cultivate land is to hold a man with a plow in the back. In the front, women or young men with weak strength lead the camels forward and control the direction. That is to say, the Egyptians use camels to cultivate land. However, those who lead camels do not need to work hard in their prime. Moreover, according to locals, most of the cultivated land on the Arabian Peninsula uses camels to carry goods. Because camels are more suitable for the local drought and hot climate. In addition, they do not usually cultivate land, but can also carry goods."

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"That is to say, there are many camels in Egypt?"

Hansel thought for a while and said:

"Yes, a lot! You can see camels everywhere when walking in the city and countryside of Egypt. Generally speaking, those camels either carry people or carry goods. It is said that a camel can carry 400 pounds of goods to travel far, and can travel 40 miles a day, which is 64 kilometers. Moreover, camels are very resistant to rough feeding. They can eat some weeds and do not drink water for a few days, which is very easy to raise. Therefore, it is very popular to raise camels in Egypt and Arabia. Camels are also the main means of transportation there..."

"Walk 64 kilometers with 400 pounds of goods every day... Be good, this is an excellent means of transportation..." Marin said astonished. You should know that ordinary infantry marching up to about 40 kilometers a day. This is an elite army like the Beihai Army that often trains armed off-road. If it were other infantry, it would walk up to 30 kilometers a day. Camels can run 64 kilometers a day with 400 pounds of weight, which is much faster than marching from a large army.

"In this way, raising camels is more cost-effective than raising cattle..." Marin thought, touching his chin.

Cows can only be cultivated, and although they can also pull ox carts, they are too slow. Europe does not lack horse-drawn carts, so naturally no one uses ox carts.

"How fast does the camel cultivate the land?" asked Marin.

"It is said that you can cultivate more than 5 acres of land every day, which is better than cows!" Hanser replied.

"So amazing? So, what's the price of a local camel?" Marin said in surprise.

"A 10 gold coins are needed, as much as you want! In Egypt, camels are everywhere!"

"That's great. I order you to go to Egypt again and buy camels as much as possible!"

Hansel thought for a while and said:

"It's okay to buy camels, but, Grand Duke, if you ship camels, the ship may have to be modified. After all, camels are taller..."

"This is fine. I will send shipyard craftsmen to modify the ship!" Marin said with great enthusiasm. Since I can't buy enough oxen, I will buy camels instead. There are many Egyptian camels. If you buy camels, it will not only make it convenient for me, but also make the Egyptians profitable, which is a win-win situation...
Chapter completed!