Nowadays, with the design and manufacture of New York ships, in addition to professional cattle and horse transport ships, it is no longer a problem to transport cattle on a large scale at sea. After all, New York shipyards have now begun to build a large number of large animal transport ships. That kind of professional ship can transport dozens of cattle and horses at a time, and can transport thousands of cattle at a time.

Therefore, the sea transportation of plowing oxen is no longer a big problem. The only problem is how to transport oxen from the inland of Sanghai Empire to the seaside.

Marin first considered walking through the Niger River. It seems that this river in later generations not only flowed through Mali, but also through Niger and Nigeria.

However, after mobilizing intelligence files from the Sanghai Empire sent back from the Ayuen colony, Marin gave up the route. Why? Because that route is unsafe, he is fighting...

The uppermost part of the Niger River is under the control of the declining Mali Empire. Then, the middle and upper and middle levels are controlled by the Sanghai Empire. However, the downstream areas are controlled by the West African powers such as Hausa, Oyo and the Benin Kingdom. Moreover, it seems that the Sanghai Empire is fighting with Hausa and is still at a disadvantage. The main reason is that the reliance of the Sanghai Empire - the cavalry, cannot be used in the tropical rainforest, is not as good as the jungle warriors of the Hausa people...

Because of the war with Hausa, it is obviously unrealistic to go up the Niger River. If you transport a small amount of cargo, you might be able to use a sailboat to transport it. However, it is still not possible to transport animals on a large scale...

Since this road is blocked, we have to find a way to take another route. One of them is to set out from the Sanghai Empire, drive the cattle, pass through the Mali Empire, and then go to the beach to load the ship...

However, the Mali Empire and the Sanghai Empire are mortal enemies. How could they allow Sanghai's cattle to pass through Mali successfully? Don't make trouble when you get the time, all the cattle you bought were detained by the Mali Empire...

Marin had no choice but to start studying the current situation map in West Africa. All of these information were sent here.

"Well? The territory of the remnants of the Mali Empire is mainly south of the Senegal River?" Marin's eyes lit up...

Marin remembers that it seems that the Senegal River in later generations is the boundary between Senegal and Mauritania. Among them, the areas south of the Senegal River are mostly tropical savanna zones, with dry seasons and rainy seasons. The areas north of the Senegal River gradually turn from semi-deserts to tropical deserts. Therefore, because the land north of the Senegal River is too dry, even the Mali Empire is too lazy to conquer them. Therefore, there are mainly grasslands in the semi-arid areas, and some indigenous tribes with very few people. These small tribes are small and poor. They mainly grow sheep and camels in semi-arid deserts. Therefore, the Sanghai Empire and the Mali Empire were too lazy to conquer them because there was no oil and water...

"You don't like it, I like it..." Thinking of this, Marin's eyes lit up.

With his memory, he drew a map of the situation in West Africa in later generations, including the border line, as well as the direction of the two major rivers, the Senegal and the Niger Rivers.

After drawing, Marin gestured with his fingers and was surprised to find that the upper reaches of the Senegal River were only about a hundred kilometers away from the upper reaches of the Niger River, which was very close.

Perhaps, there are many mountains and rivers between hundreds of kilometers between the two rivers, but you can definitely find a road to pass...

However, the closest distance between the two rivers seems to be under the control of the Mali Empire. If you want to pass safely, you need to fight the Mali Empire.

It’s not that Marin could not defeat the Mali Empire. After all, this is a Sunset Empire that even the Sanhai Empire could not defeat. However, the problem is that if he defeated the Mali Empire, he would be cheaper in the end.

Why? Because Marin now needs to rely on the Mali Empire to hinder the Portuguese from capturing Timbuktu. At present, the Portuguese are taking the most difficult route - they are following the route of Guinea in later generations...

The Republic of Guinea in later generations had dense tropical rainforests and mountains in the territory, which was very difficult to walk on. The Portuguese were also unlucky, but they chose this path, which was simply asking for trouble.

If they take the Senegal route to the north, the terrain is relatively flat and mostly tropical savannas, which is much better than going to tropical rainforests and rugged mountains.

Moreover, after spanning the grasslands in Senegal, there are some mountains at the east side of Senegal and the later Mali Republic, but not many, which are easier to pass.

But the Portuguese don't know...

They didn't know the situation in the inland West Africa, so they could only start from the most familiar places and head inland. Just so happened that the Portuguese established trade strongholds along the coast of Guinea, so they simply set out from here as the starting point and head inland. Then, they embarked on the most difficult road.

At the beginning, Marin almost laughed to death when he learned that the Portuguese were going to take the Guinea route. Because he had known about the rugged terrain of Guinea long ago and had been waiting to see jokes.

Sure enough, until now, the Portuguese colonial army is still fighting against the terrain, tropical rainforest, and black warriors in the jungle on the Futajalon Plateau in Guinea. Of course, there are poisonous insects and diseases in tropical rainforests that are more terrifying than these three...

In recent years, Portugal has lost more than a thousand colonial soldiers, but it has not crossed the Futajalon Plateau. After all, the Futajalon Plateau is 70,000 to 80,000 square kilometers, and there are tropical rainforests everywhere. The plateau and mountains and tropical rainforests make the Portuguese abused...

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Marin, who is familiar with the geography of later generations, obviously knows that it is easier to get to Timbuktu when traveling to Senegal. But the problem is that he is unwilling to make wedding dresses for the Portuguese...

You know, if he openly sent troops to conquer Senegal and defeated the declining Mali Empire, the Portuguese would probably have come out to pick peaches with the "Roman Treaty" signed.

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However, Marin was unwilling to give up the opportunity to open this land route. After all, as long as he opened this relatively flat road, he could drive tens of thousands of cows on land, arrive at the seaside, ship to the Caribbean, or the Philippines, just like he bought Eastern European grassland cattle from the Crimean Khanate.

However, because they wanted to keep the Mali Empire and let them preserve their strength to fight the Portuguese. Therefore, Marin did not plan to take the route in the southern part of the Senegal River.

In this way, he had to choose to take the route north of the Senegal River...

North of the Senegal River is the territory of Mauritania in later generations. In later generations, Mauritania was a drought country dominated by deserts. Moreover, slavery remains in the territory.

However, Marin remembers that it seems that there were many towns in the southern part of Mauritania in later generations, including the southeast inland areas.

Then, this proves that, besides the Senegal River, there are many places with water sources in southern Mauritania. Even if there are no rivers, there are springs and wells.

Just find the right route and let the cattle pass through and get fresh water from time to time, and you can reach the Atlantic coast safely and safely. Then, ship and transport it.

But the problem is that because the route along the way is very long, and so many cattle can easily arouse the covetousness of the locals. After all, in the black world, cattle are a symbol of property. In later generations, African chiefs used cattle as betrothal gifts to marry their wives. As long as there is cattle, there is everything...

Therefore, in order to ensure that the cattle herds are not snatched by the blacks along the way, Marin needs to send someone to control the transportation route.

After thinking about it, Marin decided to send troops to occupy the area north of the Senegal River, the southern border area of ​​Mauritania in later generations, and to the western part of Mali in later generations. Then, it goes straight to Timbuktu...

As long as this route is opened, there will be continuous sources of energy for African buffaloes and... black slaves from Timbuktu...

Yes, Timbuktu not only has many cattle to trade, but also many black slaves to trade. As long as you bring enough salt, African buffaloes and black slaves will be taken away at will. The premise is that you have to have a way to transport them away...

Previously, the routes in the Sahara Desert opened in the Ayuen colony were not suitable for transporting cattle, and black slaves were only suitable for bringing a group of the strongest and weak ones, and it was difficult for them to get out of the Sahara Desert. Moreover, the number of transportation was very small.

But if the roads in the southern border of Mauritania were opened north of the Senegal River, it would be very different. Because the terrain here is flat and there is water source along the way. Not only can it drive away thousands of African buffaloes at the same time, but it can also drive away thousands of black slaves at the same time...

By then, the colonies of the tropical regions of Beihai Kingdom will not only solve the problem of plowing oxen, but also bring enough black slaves as labor force.

The only problem is to hide it from the Portuguese. Otherwise, the Portuguese would definitely come to snatch this legally owned colony...

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"Then let's build a puppet regime and control southern Mauritania..." Marin thought for a long time and finally made a decision.

He planned to go to Egypt to buy hundreds or thousands of combat slaves trained by Mamluk cavalry. Then, he sent the commander of the North Sea Kingdom to command them to control the area on the north bank of the Senegal River, and to the east, entering the territory of later Mali, and bordering the Sanghai Empire. Then, he used the opened passage to transport African buffaloes and black slaves traded from Timbuktu...

In order to avoid the eyes and ears of the Portuguese, Marin decided to choose an obedient among the slaves and support him as the superficial king. As for the name of the country, Marin helped to think about it - the Sultanate of Mauritania...

At that time, this nominally independent country will protect the land trade route between Marin and the Sanghai Empire. At that time, when Marin buys cows, he will pretend to buy it from them under the name of the Mauritanian Sultanate, rather than from Timbuktu. In this way, the Portuguese will not covet this place.

If the Portuguese really covet this area, the Egyptian Mamluk cavalry commanded by the officers of the North Sea Kingdom would teach the Portuguese to be human. After all, the Portuguese army is a scumbag. Faced with the elite Mamluk cavalry, even the Mamluk cavalry composed of Egyptian slaves would be taught to be human...
Chapter completed!