"Amur, you are my capable general. This year, you have plundered as many as 17 ships, and you are loyal to me. I should have believed all your information. But the information you reported is too unbelievable. You said that when you were plundering a ship from the Knights of the Malta, you encountered a fleet of more than 30 sailboats, many of which were large warships..."

Murat, the Lord Pasha of Algiers, sat on a seat like a throne, and below were his loyal subordinates, who defected to his pirate leaders, including Berbers, Turks, Arabs, Persians, and any pirate who died on the sea and was loyal to the Ottoman Empire could be active in Algiers. Amur was the Arab pirate who was loyal to Pasha.

Since Algiers is 1,500 miles away from Constantinople, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Pasha is the king of the pirate kingdom and has the power to make rules and collect taxes in Algiers.

"The great Lord Pasha, my subordinates saw with their own eyes that their fleet covered the sky, sails covered the sea, and their artillery was numerous, just like the stars in the sky. The direction they sailed was exactly our Algiers. My subordinates did not think that such a powerful fleet would come to us Algiers to talk about peace and business with us." Amur lowered his head and said to the powerful Lord Pasha here.

Murat realized the seriousness of the problem. Those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come!

"Whose ship is that?"

"They hang the British rice flag, and the strange flags that resemble evil dragons."

Dragon Flag? Murat thought carefully and found that there was no force along the Mediterranean coast that would use this kind of flag.

"Mr. Pasha, my servants had gone to the Spice Islands with the Arab fleet. The army of the ancient Chinese civilization used a special dragon flag as a symbol of the army. Could it be that this was the Chinese fleet entering the Mediterranean Sea?" A pirate seemed to have remembered something and reported to Murat.

"Impossible, the Spice Islands are so far away from us, Algiers, and have a voyage of tens of thousands of kilometers. How can they have the financial resources to send such a huge fleet to us?"

"What was their fleet going into the Mediterranean Sea? Why were they mixed up with the British?"

"As far as I know, the British have long colluded with the Chinese. Many Arab merchant ships were in East India and the Spice Islands. They witnessed the frequent appearance of people from both countries together, so even if their warships and Chinese warships act together, I would not be surprised."

The well-known pirate leaders in Algiers and even the entire Barbary region speculated about the origin of the unknown fleet. In addition to raiding merchant ships and coastal areas in the Mediterranean, they also directly or indirectly participated in traditional Indian Ocean trade, and did not lack understanding of the East.

However, they did not know what happened in Britain. At this time, the speed of intelligence transmission was very slow. Unless people were gathering information for a certain matter, they had to use word of mouth to spread it from one place to another.

Hearing his subordinates talking, Murat's eyes flashed: "The Orientals detained my son's ship in the Spice Islands and executed him, and brought back the surviving sailors to humiliate our family. They were cruel and despicable. Now they plan to join forces with the British to come to the door?!"

Murat didn't know that the fuse of the war was because he asked his subordinates to capture Li Jinde because of his hatred of the Eastern people, and transported Li Jinde and other slaves from Halep back to Algiers' lair.

At this time, he had almost completely forgotten about an ordinary Chinese businessman like Li Jinde, and he didn't know that he was still acting as a coolie in the Penion Fortress in Algiers.

Who would have thought that the Chinese fleet would mobilize so much to ask for a merchant!

Many pirate leaders really shook their heads and spread their hands, completely unaware of the purpose of the upcoming unknown fleet.

"The people who come here are not good... order all ships who go out to return to the port, guards gather, and all pirates are on guard. They are likely to be coming to attack our Algiers fleet!" Murat, as Pasha here, governor Algiers for all affairs, did not understand why a huge joint fleet would march towards Algiers, but be careful, there is no fault.

The mountain city, port, and the guards of Pasha were dispatched everywhere. This guard soldier who was loyal to Pashamulat entered the fort and castle, guarding every important street.

The actions of the Pasha Guards made thousands of pirates in the mountain city and the port realize that something big happened.

In the past, when the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish Empire were fighting, Pasha in Algiers would strengthen its defense against Algiers and organize fleets to reinforce the Ottoman Navy.

"Did the emperor declare war on the Ottoman Empire again?"

"Can it be that the Spanish Invincible Armada wants to attack us Algiers?"

The pirates were asking for the gossip in private, but no one knew the strategic trends of the Royal Navy and the Fourth Fleet in Britain.

The pirates in Algiers never thought that there would be a fleet of ships who dared to attack them when they were in full swing.

They plundered the merchant ships and populations of many countries such as Britain, Spain, France, Venice, etc. These kingdoms did not even dare to fart, and they had to pay protection fees to them.

The 2,000 guards of Muratpasha were all dispatched. They were mainly concentrated in the coastal fortifications, city walls, and castles. As long as these coastal fortifications are guarded, the opponent's warships will not be able to get close to the port. The carriages and camels transported the solid ammunition depots and gunpowder into the various fortifications, as if a war is coming.

At this time, the pirate ship that was active in the nearby waters was quickly recalled to the port of Algiers, and the ships that were originally planned to go to sea were also left behind.

"I've been in trouble for eight lifetimes. I actually went to Algiers to get goods at this time. If the Spanish attacked here forcibly and were in chaos, I might die here." The slave trader who could not go out to sea looked sad.

They trade other people's lives as commodities, but when it is their turn to be threatened, they feel unacceptable.

Not only are slave traders who cannot go to sea, but all the pirates who are still stranded in Algiers are thinking about whether a war will break out, and how can they escape from Algiers if it breaks out. No pirates will be willing to fight for Algiers. As long as their ships are still there, they can be active in other ports in North Africa and continue to raid merchant ships.

The situation in Algiers is not good now, and the atmosphere has become extremely depressing.
Chapter completed!