Victor shook his head at Ben Harden Pasha's proposal.

"Dear Pasha, I think it's better to leave it to us to deal with the matter of screening. After all, we are more consistent with their beliefs."

However, Benharden Pasha was a little hesitant about this proposal. Because slaves are wealth, and more slaves are more wealth. The captured slaves are now wealth belonging to the Turkish Empire. The right to use these wealth is in his hands. Therefore, every additional Christian slave means that his interests will be lost. Therefore, although he himself has a certain kindness to the French, this does not mean that he is willing to suffer losses in interests.

So Victor believes that if this matter is to be handed over to Ben Harden Pasha, he will give a few more Christian slaves at most for the sake of giving face. It is impossible to really create a lot of Christian slaves as Victor hopes.

However, Victor now needs a sufficient number of Christian slaves. Although the land that can be divided into Christian slaves according to the agreement between the two countries will not increase or decrease due to the number of Christian slaves (because if the land that is distributed to Christian slaves will increase due to the increase of Christian slaves, it means that the more Christian slaves, the less benefits it will be allocated to Turkey, which will inevitably lead to the Turks using artificial means to reduce the number of Christian slaves, thus laying landmines for cooperation between the two countries.) But more Christian slaves mean that they can quickly form communities and form strength, and prepare for various actions in the future.

But because of the interests involved, Ben Hardenpasha also knew very well that Victor was very motivated to increase the number of Christian slaves as much as possible, because the more Christian slaves were rescued, the more the justice of the French's actions were shown, and it would make the title of "Roman Emperor" in Bonaparte's ruler more like an honor, more like a European leader, rather than a joke.

Therefore, Benhadenpasha believed that if the French were allowed to identify themselves, Victor would use all means to lure and even force slaves who were not Christians to become Christian slaves. In fact, there was no need to even use special temptation and compulsion. He just needed to tell them: If you are Christians, you can immediately become self-cultivators and own their own land. In addition to the really devout guys who believe in the true God, a large number of people would jump up and shout "Hayaluja".

So Benharden Pasha replied, "Sir, I think you are obviously distrusting us when you do this."

Victor immediately replied, "It's not that we don't trust you, but that the list you gave us last time is really unreliable. Based on the information we have learned before, and even the documents of some pirates we seized, the confessions of the pirates captured alive can prove that there are far more Christian slaves in the plantations near Tripoli. And through our inquiries about the Christian slaves you handed over to us, we also learned that there are many Christian slaves with them, who have not been sent to us. So, respected Pasha, see, how do we trust you in this situation?"

Ben Harden Pasha was stunned for a moment, and then quickly said, "These are all those bastards below who are too lazy..."

"So, we can't give them all those things anymore," Victor said.

"So," Ben Harden Pasha said, "then we should participate in the matter of screening at least... In this way, I think this is a fair and reasonable approach."

So the two of them bargained again, and finally both sides finally reached a temporary plan on this matter, that is, in this identification, both the French and the Turks had to participate, but in the identification process, the French could have a separate time with one of the five identification objects. After the identified slaves claimed to be Christians, they must answer a series of questions about Christianity. If there are too many mistakes, they cannot be considered Christians. In addition, slaves who are identified as Christians must also be recognized by Christian slaves who work in the same farm with him, otherwise they cannot be considered Christians.

Of course, this is just a preliminary oral agreement. As for the specific implementation, Ben Harden Pasha insisted that it must wait until the representatives of the Roman Catholic Church arrived before they could begin.

On the surface, this is respect for the Roman Catholic Church, but in fact, it is to delay time and take measures to avoid the phenomenon of large numbers of slaves claiming to be Christians. Nowadays, people are still in control, as long as they have time, they will threaten and induce... Ah, the one behind is not a coercion and intimidation. What kind of pagans are just lying to you? Pagans are going to trick you into killing and sacrificing things to scare and fool them.

Victor also knew this, but he also knew that the people of the Roman Catholic Church should be able to arrive soon, and there was no need to let the Turks set a wedge between France and the Holy See for these few days. Besides, based on his understanding of the Turks, he did not think that the Turks' brainwashing ability was higher than that in a few days, others could believe in everything he said.

It is said that the people of the Holy See are still very fast. Because steam passenger ships are not popular yet, they do not have steam boats to be practical, and they can only use ordinary sailboats. The only one that can provide higher speeds is the fly-scissors. However, the comfort of the fly-scissors has always been a problem. Even in the Mediterranean, which is calm most of the time, the comfort of the fly-scissors is very bad. Bishop Torres, the representative of the Holy See, is already an old man in his sixties. Considering his health, he should honestly ride a normal passenger ship that can only walk a little more than four miles per hour on average.

But at this time, Bishop Torres showed his courage to do everything for the cause of God. He took his entourage and rented a flying scissor boat and arrived in Tripoli as fast as possible. So on the second day after Victor and Ben Hardenpasha reached an oral agreement, he arrived in Tripoli. And God seemed to have really blessed Bishop Torres. Although when he got off the boat, because of seasickness, two entourages needed to support him one left and one right to walk down from the boat. But surprisingly, after getting off the boat, he only rested in the temporary station for more than an hour, immediately recovered his spirits and took the initiative to find Victor.

"Bishop Torres, why are you here? I thought you would have a good rest." As soon as I saw Bishop Torres, Victor couldn't help saying.

"Ah, I do need a rest, but when I think about the poor lambs, I can't rest." Bishop Torres said, "Consul Treville, I just arrived here and am still very familiar with the situation here. Can you tell me?"

Victor then gave him a detailed introduction to the negotiations he had with Ben Harden Pasha over the past two days and the oral agreement they reached.

Bishop Torres heard this and thought for a while, and then said, "Sir, your consideration is very thoughtful. Let's go to see that Pasha together. Time is very important now. I guess that cunning pagan is now using this time to intimidate our believers. We cannot let his plan succeed. The screening action must start immediately, the faster the better."

"Bike Torres, you really don't need a break?" Victor said.

“The mission of the Lamb of God inspired me, and I cannot stop at this time.”

So Victor went to see Benharden Pasha with Bishop Torres.

It was already night, and Ben Harden Pasha had already taken a shower and planned to go to bed to do some fitness exercises. However, no servant came to report to the French Consul for a visit.

If it were someone else, Ben Harden Pasha would have to drag the guy out and whip hard, but it was the French consul, then... he could only put on his clothes and come out to meet him.

When he arrived at the living room, Ben Harden Pasha saw two people sitting in the guest seat. One was the French Consul Treville, whom he knew, and the other was a priest wearing a bishop's robe with a cross on his chest. He understood that this was the representative of the Catholic Church.

Bishop Torres arrived in Tripoli in the evening. The Turkish guards on the dock naturally knew about this and naturally had to report it. However, at that time, Ben Hardenpasha was having supper, so no one dared to report it. When Ben Hardenpasha finished his meal, he was watching the dance again, so naturally no one dared to disturb him at this time. When Ben Hardenpasha finished his dance, Ben Hardenpasha had to take a shower again; when Ben Hardenpasha finished his bath, he naturally had to go to bed and exercise - so until now, he still didn't know that the representatives of the Holy See had arrived.

But Ben Harden Pasha would not think that this was his own problem. He did not know this in advance and therefore prepared for something. He believed that the bastards under him were too negligent in doing things and should be whipped. But in general, Ben Harden Pasha was still a very kind person. At least, in his punishment measures, he whipped more and less head-cutting.

"Consul Treville, I wonder what's wrong with you coming to me so late? And who is this bishop?" Ben Harden Pasha asked with a smile on his face.
Chapter completed!