Chapter 408

On January 7, 1785, the sea off Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate.

There is a map horizontally in the war room of varkiri. It is a newly drawn map. The details are not clear, but the outline is clear and the annotation is detailed.

Lorraine's big hand is on the map.

"Final battle conference," he said to everyone in the cabin.

"Before the meeting begins, let's sincerely thank the impulsive and naive Prince diraman. It is up to him to choose 233 confidants among the soldiers who are willing to betray the Sudan and die with emotion. Only then can we choose the traitors who are willing to cooperate from the abandoned warriors."

"They have made up for our weakness. Muscat, who was originally covered with fog, has taken off his veil from us. She is here."

Lorraine straightened up, picked up the teaching stick and drew a big circle on the map.

"This is Muscat's urban defense map. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides and close to the sea on one side, including nobles and free people. The population of the whole city is less than 10000."

"Matola port is the only port in Muscat, with 12 plank roads and 23 berths."

"The military port of the northern region occupies 14 berths, and there are permanent Sudanese bagala guards, equipped with 13 medium-sized bagala ships and 1 large Tianci Sudan."

"But this Navy, known as the most powerful Arab Navy, has been destroyed."

"The day before yesterday, Prince diraman personally sent us four. Yesterday, Admiral manzeli, the Secretary of the Navy, sent us nine. Now there is only the 68 door Tianci Sudan in the port, but the Sudan can't sail. Her original captain, marshal manzeli, is taking the sunflower to prepare for the construction of zuwo port."

"Matola port is also equipped with 12 shore defense forts, a total of 24 heavy guns, 18 near defense guns and 6 flame throwers. The heavy guns have a range of 2700 and a firing rate of 3 to 5 minutes, and the near defense guns have a range of 1200 and a firing rate of 1 minute."

"The good news is that all the guns in Muscat do not have the ability to launch flowering bombs. The bad news is that with our current strength, even without the threat of flowering bombs, we are unlikely to capture the wharf."

Lorraine's words caused an uproar. Karen, acharin, pierce and freemani all had the intention to speak, but Lorraine didn't give any response, just said it himself.

"Then there is the army." his teaching stick gently pointed on the map. "The Sultanate is a traditional sea power in the Arab region. Since it attaches importance to sea power, they naturally won't have a strong army tradition."

"There are two garrisons in Muscat. The national guard is of Portuguese descent, and the Grenadier is equipped with two regiments. The garrisons are Mirani castle and Jalali castle built in the north and south of the bay."

"These two castles were built during the Portuguese rule in 1588. They are located on the coastal cliffs, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and form horns with the port forts. Forts are also built on the cliffs. The castles are equipped with land guns, with a total of 24 for each fort, 14 for shore defense and 10 for land warfare."

"The Sudanese guard is of Turkish origin. It is a regiment of heavily loaded grenadiers. It governs two battalions, 16 companies and an independent artillery company. It has a total establishment of 2000 people and is stationed in the royal palace. It is said to be loyal and only obey the orders of the Sudan."

Carmen's eyes lit up first: "the Sudanese guard is loyal, that is to say..."

"That's our breakthrough."

Lorraine's teaching stick moved horizontally and finally fixed at the location of Milani castle.

"One of our collaborators, the abandoned Colonel hassadi and the head of the first regiment of the National Guard, general hassadi, are close brothers, brothers and sisters, respectful and respectful."

"The colonel was extremely disappointed with the royal family and was willing to persuade the general to defecte. However, he asked us to ensure the safety of the hassadi family's life and property in Muscat after the war, protect them and move to niwaz city in Inner Oman area and accept the asylum of Imam in Oman."

"But I refused."

Lorraine's expression was very happy and seemed to have made a brilliant decision.

"I checked the geographical map of Sudan and consulted our partners. I found that the distance and road conditions from Muscat to niwaz in the southwest or Suhar port in the northwest are not too bad. Suhar can also be transported by sea, which can effectively reduce the loss of hassadi family moving."

"I think the just partner should not be shamed when making the right decision, should not be labeled as a traitor, and should be respected and rewarded. Therefore, I suggest him to rule Suhar port and ask his family to rule the resource rich batinai region and become the master of those gold, silver and iron mines."

"Although the miners there are still very poor, they are still using quite primitive means and risking their lives to meet the greed of the rulers."

"But Drake chamber of commerce is willing to help them. We are willing to become the protector of the hassadi family, and even invest a lot of money to help them build a modern wharf, customs, mining company and supporting logistics system at any cost."

"Every time a company is established, the hassadi family will automatically receive a 35% dividend. This contract will take effect from Colonel hassadi's legitimate becoming the ruler of batinai until the end of hassadi's rule and the end of the contract."

……

Lorraine dug a new golden mountain

Similar ideas floated in the minds of the participants.

And unlike the "golden waterway" in North America, this Jinshan is a real Jinshan, a stone mountain that hides gold.

The rich mineral resources of Sudan have a great reputation in Europe, especially the famous gold, silver and chromium mines all over the mountains near Suhar and the seemingly inexhaustible iron, manganese, marble and gypsum mines all over the northern mountain area of batinai.

Will these things change their name to Drake soon?

It doesn't seem to be

There are big loopholes in Lorraine's words, such as [every company established]

Does this mean that even if Drake helps the hassadi family rule the batineh region, these mines will still be hassadi's as long as they do not set up a company?

What if the mine or the establishment of a company is artificially not smooth?

Card looked at Lorraine inquisitively, and suddenly saw a touch of clarity in Lorraine's eyes.

Yes!

If there is no big enough loophole hidden in the contract, hassadi can't agree to such conditions at all!

The contract is the first opportunity!

It just helps Drake open a gap to Jinshan. How to dig the gap deeply depends on the future mediation and operation, which is what the chamber of commerce is good at!

Carmen figured it out.

After a while, faramin figured it out.

Eddie is the third, Sharon is the fourth, Pierce is the fifth and acharin is the sixth.

Lorraine didn't wait any longer, because the rest of the people couldn't understand as well as Karen, or they didn't bother to think, like Hannah and LEV.

Lorraine cleared his throat.

"So ladies and gentlemen, please recognize a small change in the working environment."

"This journey began with Hashim's private hatred and Pierce's commitment, which expanded beyond the Portuguese stupidity."

"Before this contract, all our actions were to stop losses, and we had this contract. Congratulations, we can finally seriously think about profitability."

"Don't forget that we are businessmen!" the baton broke with a heavy blow. "Family members, ethnic groups, promises and revenge. When all this is rewarded, profit is all our soul!"

"Muscat strategy, code [Jinshan], start!"