Valley Emperor

John struggled in his heart for a long time, and finally decided not to stay in Ceuta, a place that seemed prosperous, but not friendly to him at all. He was going to a new territory, Egypt, to find his new life. The land on the side is surprisingly cheap.

Much cheaper than land in Ceuta!

Tang belongs to the state of Ceuta, not only the first port city, but actually has a relatively large scope.

The port of Ceuta, also known as the city of Ceuta, is not large, only more than ten square kilometers. The eastern part of the Ceuta Peninsula is a military base, where artillery batteries are deployed.

The entire urban area of ​​more than ten square kilometers has a city wall on the side facing the land, but the city wall is very simple, several meters high, but not thick, and its military defense function is relatively limited.

The large isolation area outside the city wall also belongs to the Ceuta Prefecture, about 50 kilometers from north to south and about 40 kilometers from east to west, forming a triangular area with a total area of ​​about 150 square kilometers.

There are also people living on these lands. A few are immigrants from the Tang Dynasty, and some are temporary residents who purchased land for cultivation.

The land here is actually not very good, but the price is not cheap.

Mainly because this place is the only two overseas territories of the Tang Dynasty on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and even in the whole of Europe, and the other is the Danish Archipelago.

The climate in Denmark is actually not good. After all, it is close to northern Europe, and it is freezing cold in winter. At the same time, there is also a threat from the Tatars. Therefore, since the Datang people exchanged African receipts for these Danish islands, they have also Not many immigrants have moved here, as long as they are stationed in the local army and a small number of merchants.

There is no threat here in Ceuta, the weather is good, and it is close to Spain, France, etc. More importantly, Ceuta itself is a prosperous trading port.

It can be said that it is the forefront of the trade between Datang and Europe. Datang's goods are distributed here as a distribution center and then distributed to the entire North Africa and Europe.

Among them, the European Hotel and other buildings are very famous throughout Europe.

After many Europeans who yearn for Datang have obtained temporary residence permits and become temporary residents of Datang, they prefer to settle in Ceuta.

In fact, many of these temporary residents are rich, and not many come from poor families like the John brothers.

Because to become a temporary resident, the most common way is to apply, and to pass the application, you have to learn Datang culture, have a certain level of education, master certain skills, etc. Those who can do it generally have no family conditions. Difference.

After these temporary residents arrive in Ceuta, many of them will choose to purchase properties in Ceuta, which also pushes up the price of local land.

Anyway, John couldn't buy a house or land in Ceuta.

Of course, if it was a Datang immigrant, it would be different. As long as you choose to settle in Ceuta, the boat ticket will be reimbursed in full, a large area of ​​land will be distributed free of charge, and even the house will be repaired for you.

If you want to work, also assign work.

The Ceuta yamen is actually quite rich, and the worst is the immigrants from the local area, so it has always been willing to spend money in attracting local immigrants.

Unfortunately, John is a temporary resident. Although he can buy houses and land in some overseas territories, he has to spend money. Ceuta's land is too expensive, and he can't afford it, and he never thought about it before.

But he found that the land price in the new territory Egypt is very cheap, even less than half of that in Ceuta.

He was moved!

But he has no money!

In the end, it was his uncle and brother George who helped him and lent him money to buy a small piece of land on the outskirts of Alexandria, as well as boat tickets and other tools needed in the early stages of immigration.

Of course, the three parties signed a formal loan contract and used the land and land income as collateral. This money needs to be repaid.

Running alone to a strange place as a new immigrant!

This is not what Johnny wanted at the beginning, but it is the best choice under the helpless reality!

Owning a large piece of land and being a farmer may be the best choice for me.

However, even if he set foot in Alexandria, John still looked west frequently!

There is Ceuta, the most prosperous city in Europe, and a city where heaven and **** coexist.

It is full of hope, but it can also make people completely despair.

Ceuta, once buried his dream!

Maybe, one day he will go back and dig up his dreams to decorate his life!

After arriving in Alexandria by passenger ship, John found that this famous port city was not as prosperous as he imagined. Not many people would say that, except for a few fortress buildings, it was like a small fishing village in other aspects, including his hometown. Stuart is far better.

In the past, Alexandria was a very famous and prosperous city, but with the opening of the era of great navigation, especially after the opening of the African route, the eastern Mediterranean cities including Alexandria and the cities along the Red Sea slowly declined.

Of course, this is also related to the Ottomans' ruling policy. In order to maintain local rule, the Ottomans have adopted a series of policies in the past few decades.

As a result, the population of seven or eight million in Egypt has shrunk to less than five million~www.wuxiaspot.com~ From the gradual reduction of the population, we can see what the Ottoman Empire's business strategy in Egypt is, not local development, But to suppress the local.

After Datang accepted the entire Red Sea area from the Ottomans, the Ottomans relocated most of the population, and the remaining few were resettled by Datang to Africa.

This also led to the fact that there were fewer people in the city of Alex. When John and the others arrived in the city of Alex, this port city, which had been used as the county seat of Alex County, only had a population of over 300!

Except for a few dozen or so civilian officials, the rest were all garrisoned troops.

Strictly speaking, John and the others were the first immigrants to set foot in Alex.

After landing ashore, Qiaohan found local officials, and then showed a series of identity certificates such as his temporary residence permit, and showed the land deed for the land he had paid for in Ceuta.

After that, he saw his own land in the northern suburbs of Alex City!

This was the first time he had seen the land he had purchased on the spot. After looking carefully, he found that the land was the same as what was described in the original text. There was no discrepancy. The mature land has been developed, and the rest is raw land.

There is also a small farmhouse.

Such a place naturally had its owner before. As for where the original farm owner is now, it is estimated that he either went back to the Ottoman Empire or went to Africa to find a new life.

In short, this farm now belongs to him!

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