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Chapter 1290 Declare War on Pirates

The poor Netherlandish merchant Reuter was asked to be one of the envoys in the negotiations with the Pasha of Algiers.In addition to Luyter, Sir Greenville and a Chinese navy ensign, the three of them waded ashore in a small boat and were escorted by a sea of ​​pirates to meet the supreme ruler of Algiers.

Murat lived in a palace, with his guards on the left and right, and many pirate leaders who were loyal to Murat and the Ottoman emperor.

They wanted to know why the British and the Chinese in the east led their fleets to blockade the waters of Algiers, blocking more than 20000 pirates and slave traders in Algiers.

Luit carefully looked at these murderous pirate leaders. Every year, thousands of people were captured or killed by these people.

One of the pirates had a long and narrow knife mark on his face, crawling ferociously like a centipede, from the corner of his eyes to the corner of his mouth, it was creepy.

The man gave Luiter such a savage look that he nearly fell over.

"Haha, they sent a coward over here!" Seeing Luyter's timid look, the pirate leaders couldn't help sneering.

Sir Greenville and the second lieutenant looked at the timid Luiter from the corner of their eyes, and they both thought this guy was a weirdo.

It was Luyter who contacted the Barbary pirates who infiltrated into Algiers and got the news that Li Jinde was in Algiers. Logically, such a person would not feel scared just because he saw the pirate leader.

"Why do you Britons and Chinese people send fleets to blockade us in Algiers? We people in Algiers have no grievances or enmities with you. Are you provoking us in Algiers?!"

As the highest pirate leader here, Murat is very powerful.He can't show a little cowardice in front of his subordinates, otherwise he will lose his prestige here.

Lord Greenville said: "In the past 20 years, when our British Royal Navy was in decline, Barbary pirates repeatedly invaded our most prosperous south-eastern counties and colonies in Ireland, robbing many of our population. You paid protection fees, but your actions obviously violated the spirit of the contract. Why do you say that the Barbary pirates have no grievances or enmities with our British Kingdom?"

Murat knew that some of his subordinates had also plundered people along the Atlantic coast, but he didn't feel wronged: "We in Algiers collected protection fees for your merchant ships sailing in the Mediterranean Sea, and didn't say what happened in the Atlantic Ocean. Besides, who can prove that the pirate ships that robbed people in England and Ireland came from our Algiers? Maybe it was the pirates from Morocco and Tunisia.”

"Yes, it must have been done by the pirates in Morocco and Tunisia, and it has nothing to do with us in Algiers!" Murat's men blamed their counterparts one after another.

Sir Greenville wanted to say something more, but was stopped by the ensign, who shook his head slightly.

There is no reason to talk to pirates, whoever has the biggest fist is the reason!
"We have a businessman who disappeared when Halep was staying at the store. According to the reliable information we got, he was kidnapped by your people, Lord Pasha, and taken to Algiers. He is now working as a coolie fortification in the Penon Fortress. We hope that You can immediately release our man, apologize to us, and compensate him for all the losses caused by this incident!" Said the second lieutenant.

The proposal of the second lieutenant made Sir Greenville and the Dutch businessman Luit stare wide-eyed.

According to what the Fourth Fleet said before, they will conduct peace talks with each other, and if necessary, submit a ransom to the pirates in exchange for Li Jinde, and try to make peace the most important.

But the wording and request of the second lieutenant of the navy is not to ask the other party to release Li Jinde in a pleading tone, but a very strong request-release and compensation!
This is more like provoking each other!
Sure enough, Murat's face was full of anger, and the other fiery pirate leaders glared even more.

No one dared to take the initiative to provoke the Barbary pirates running across the Mediterranean Sea, let alone begging for money at the door!

Murat thought that a long time ago, he passed through Halep on his way to the imperial capital Constantinople, and indeed made his subordinates catch a Chinese businessman to vent their anger.

However, after he ordered his subordinates to escort the Chinese businessman back to Algiers as a slave, he never asked him again.

Only then did the ghost think that the other party would mobilize people to come here for a businessman!

"Our people did buy a few slaves in Halep, including an Oriental, but we didn't capture them, and I have no obligation to hand over the slaves bought with real money. You make such a request , is a provocation to me!" Murat categorically denied that he ordered his men to capture Li Jinde.

"Why don't Master Pasha invite the Eastern slave you bought to come out, and he may tell us the truth of the matter. Did your people catch him with your own hands, or did you buy it from other slave traders? At that time, everything will be settled." Get to the bottom of it!" The second lieutenant pointed at the tall Murat with an aggressive tone!

All the pirates present were astonished. No one except the Emperor of the Ottoman Empire dared to speak to the Pasha of Algiers in this way.If the distance between the two was closer, the ensign's saliva would have sprayed on Murat's face.

"This is Algiers. Everything is up to me. If you ask me to hand over the slave, I will hand over the slave? Compensation?" Murat was so angry that he almost declared war!
"Second Lieutenant Chen, that's not how the script was written. Shouldn't we use the ransom to replace Li Jinde..." Sir Greenville, as Li Jinde's father-in-law, was afraid that the United Fleet would provoke Murat, and Li Jinde would encounter misfortune, so Remind the ensign in a low voice.

"Sir Greenville, you can't be soft when dealing with these pirates. They will only be sensible if they are subdued. Do you think our combined fleet is here just to submit a ransom to the pirates?"

After telling Sir Greenville the real plan of the joint fleet, the second lieutenant turned to Pasha Murat of Algiers and declared war: "Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away! Our fleet ordered you to kill the kidnapped within three days. Our businessman handed it over, and we need to compensate our businessman 10 taels of silver. If we don't see the person and the compensation after three days, our coalition forces will launch an attack on Algiers! If you dare to attack Algiers during our attack Kill our merchants, and on the day we break the city, we will not accept any prisoners, and swear to kill all the pirates in the city to be buried with him!"

Now the pirates present were completely blown up, and someone even took the initiative to declare war on the Barbary pirates in Algiers!

(End of this chapter)