Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 750, troubled Persians and Middle Easterners

"Do you want to do something? I need some people here~"

Liu Jin originally wanted to continue chatting with them and learn more information, but someone came over here and started yelling.

"Do, do~"

When the headman heard this, he looked at Liu Jin and said, "My lord, do you want to recruit people here?"

"If you don't recruit people, I'll go and discuss with this master."

"Go, go~ It's okay."

Liu Jin smiled and said casually.

"Thank you son~"

The two also breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked over with smiles on their faces.

"Five taels of silver a year?"

"Okay, okay, I am in a hurry to hire people here, come here to sign the contract, go to eat after signing, and start working after eating."

They quickly reached an agreement, and a group of people followed that person and left the slave market.

Nanyang is very short of people. There are not enough people. These Koreans and Japanese are very obedient, hardworking and hardworking. They have always been everyone's favorite hired workers.

After visiting the slave market, Liu Jin continued to stroll casually in Crescent City. As the commercial center of Nanyang region, Crescent City is very prosperous.

Merchants traveling from south to north, groups of immigrants from Daming to Nanyang, plus the Nanyang Province's first autumn exam will be held soon, the whole Crescent City is very lively.

Soon, Liu Jin came to the government office of Nanyang Province after wandering around, thinking of going to Wu Yang to discuss the management of slaves and immigrants in Nanyang Province.

He is the parent official here, so he must have a very good understanding of this aspect. Through him, he can better understand the situation in Nanyang, and formulate better policies for the continued expansion of Ming Dynasty in the future.

Just when he arrived at the entrance of the Fuya, Liu Jin found that the entrance of the Fuya was very lively. A group of Persians and Middle Easterners were gathering at the entrance of the Fuya, seeming very angry and dissatisfied.

"We protest ~ we protest ~"

"You Daming people can't treat us like this~"

"We demand that we can also freely settle and trade in Daming like the Koreans and Japanese~"

"You Ming people must release all Persians and Middle Easterners~"

These Persians and Middle Easterners used the crappy Ming government to keep shouting at the entrance of the government office, and the servants at the entrance of the government office were on guard one by one, with their knives and guns already set up.

These Middle Eastern and Persian businessmen are too courageous to come here to make trouble at the gate of the government office.

"what happened?"

When Liu Jin saw the hundreds of Persians and Middle Easterners at the door, he couldn't help frowning slightly, and even caused trouble to come to the government office. Hearing what they said, it seemed that they expressed their dissatisfaction with the Ming court.

Here in the government office, the gate opened soon, and a team of government servants also came out with neat steps. One was fully armed, some were holding bows and arrows, some were wearing armor with swords, and teams were holding muskets.

Nanyang Province is somewhat different from the local provinces of Ming Dynasty because there are still some short black people making trouble here. The yamen of all state capitals in Nanyang Province are equipped with powerful force.

There are many yamen servants, equipped with armor, swords, muskets, and even cannons. Once there is a rebellion by the natives or slaves, these yamen servants will immediately go out to quell it after receiving the news.

Crescent City, where the capital of Nanyang Province is located, has even stronger guards. There is also a [-] Ming army guard, and there are hundreds of yamen servants on the yamen side.

Seeing a large number of yamen servants coming out, fully armed, these Middle Easterners and Persians immediately quieted down, and many of them had expressions of fear on their faces.

Soon, Wu Yang in a crimson robe came out, looking at the Middle Easterner and Persian with a stern expression. The Persian and Middle Easterner were so well behaved that they gathered hundreds of people to make a fuss at his government office.

"What do you want to do?"

"This is the Nanyang Province of Ming Dynasty."

Wu Yang looked at these Persians and Middle Easterners, and shouted sharply.

"My lord~"

The Persian Tasma and the people around him looked at each other, bravely took over, and said very respectfully.

"Hmm~"

Wu Yang looked at Tasma and nodded slightly.

"I am Tasma, a businessman from Persia, and the people behind me are all businessmen from Persia and the Middle East, just like me. We came to Daming with goodwill and wealth."

Tasma spoke in fairly fluent Daming official dialect.

"Then why do you come to make trouble at the gate of the yamen? Do you know that in our Daming, making trouble at the gate of the government is to be beheaded."

Wu Yang nodded slightly, then said sharply.

"My lord, we're not here to make trouble, we're just here to make demands on you, hoping to obtain legal rights."

Tasma's face changed slightly, and he thought for a while and said.

"Legal rights?"

"What legal rights?"

Wu Yang asked.

"My lord, why doesn't Ming allow us to settle here? Why doesn't we allow us to do business freely in Daming?"

"As far as we know, both Koreans and Wa people are free to settle and do business in Daming."

"We have money, and we also want to settle and do business in Daming. We don't have any malicious intentions. We hope to obtain the same rights as the Koreans and Japanese."

Tasma said quickly.

These Middle Eastern and Persian businessmen came to Daming to do business, and only recently discovered that they could not go back to Persia and the Middle East.

Ceylon Island was occupied by Daming's Western United Commercial Bank. Of course, this is not the key point. The key point is that they received news that the Portuguese occupied Guri. They blocked the Persian Gulf and sank merchant ships from Persia and the Middle East.

If they take the risk to go back, there may be many crises, so they think about settling down here in Daming. Anyway, the business atmosphere in Daming is very good, and Daming has a vast territory, doing business in various places, and the wealth is also snowballing. .

But when they want to buy land and houses in Daming, they are restricted, because they are not from Daming, so they have no way to buy land and houses in Daming.

This makes them very dissatisfied. This is the first time they have encountered such a situation when they are doing business in various places. In the past, as long as they have money, they can buy land and houses to settle down.

In addition, a large number of slaves were traded here from the island of Ceylon, many of whom were from their tribe, and many of them were inextricably related to the Persians and Middle Easterners on the island of Ceylon.

This made them feel extremely angry. The Ming people actually occupied Ceylon Island and sold their relatives, friends, etc. as slaves.

In addition, when they came to Nanyang, they also discovered that the Ming court vigorously promoted Confucian education and ideology in various places, and strictly prohibited the spread of various foreign religions. It's gone.

The temples in Crescent City were also completely destroyed by the Ming people, and they had no place to worship, which made them even more angry, so after discussing, everyone came to the government office to express their dissatisfaction.

"North Korea and Wa are the vassal states of our Ming Dynasty. They signed the Daming vassal state agreement, so they can trade and settle freely in our Ming Dynasty."

"You Persians and Middle Easterners are not our vassal states of Ming Dynasty, so naturally you have no way to enjoy the same rights and interests as them."

Wu Yang said coldly, if you are so capable of causing trouble, you will never be allowed to come over.

"But we are rich, we are businessmen, we pay taxes here, and we don't have any hostility. Why do you Ming treat us differently?"

"In addition, why did you Ming people attack Ceylon Island and treat us Middle Easterners and Persians as slaves? We ask you to release all our people immediately."

Naturally, Tasma didn't care about this, and of course he had already inquired clearly beforehand, he said very confidently.

"Haha~"

"Who do you think you are?"

"I'm not ashamed to speak up in front of my official~"

When Wu Yang heard this, he couldn't help laughing immediately.

These Middle Easterners and Persians are really confident, asking for release just by opening their mouths?
I'm afraid you don't know how powerful they are, they are mere merchants, they are considered the most statusless in Daming, but in overseas countries, these merchants are very arrogant.

"To allow you to come to Crescent Moon City to do business is already a kindness from our Daming to you. Don't be ignorant of what's good and what's wrong, make an inch of it."

Hearing Wu Yang's tough words, Tasma immediately translated with the people around him, and immediately the group became angry, and everyone seemed very angry.

They feel that their request is not too much, they just want to settle here, they abide by the law, they pay taxes and pay taxes, they want to do business and settle in Daming freely, this request is not too much.

They are noble Middle Easterners and Persians, not lowly people of low caste from Tianzhu. How can they be slaves? The Ming people are really unreasonable to treat them like this.

"My lord~"

"We think our request is very reasonable and legal. We have paid taxes, and we are willing to abide by Daming's laws. Why did Daming reject us?"

Tasma said very dissatisfied.

"Because this is the law of our Ming Dynasty!"

"If you want to settle and do business freely in our Ming Dynasty, your country must first become a vassal state of our Ming Dynasty."

Wu Yang became a little impatient, these people are simply messing around.

Do you want to get the same status as Koreans and Japanese if you pay some money?

You are dreaming!

"You leave here immediately, thinking that you are newcomers and don't understand my laws of Ming Dynasty, this time it's fine, if there is another time, if you dare to gather a crowd to make trouble, I will punish you severely!"

After Wu Yang left a word, he walked away directly.

PS: I recommend Qingfengqianli's new book "Bringing Warehouses to the End of Ming Dynasty", I recommend everyone to read the work~
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