The poor Dutch merchant Reit was asked to be one of the envoys to negotiate with Algiers Pasha. In addition to Reit, there was Sir Greenville, a Chinese naval lieutenant. The three of them waded ashore in a small boat and were escorted by pirates to meet the supreme ruler of Algiers.

Murat lives in a palace, with his guard soldiers on both sides and left and right, and many pirate leaders who are loyal to Murat and the Ottoman emperors are here.

They wanted to know why the British and the Chinese in the East led a fleet to blockade the waters of Algiers and blocked more than 20,000 pirates and slave traders in Algiers.

Reit carefully looked at these pirate leaders who were killing without blinking. Thousands of people were captured or killed by them every year.

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

The man glared at Reitt fiercely, and Reitt almost fell.

"Haha, they sent a coward!" The pirate leaders couldn't help but sneer when they saw Reit's timid appearance.

Sir Greenville and the Navy Lieutenant looked at the timid Reit with his light, and both thought this guy was a weirdo.

It was Reit who contacted the Barbary pirates and infiltrated Algiers and got news that Li Jinde was in Algiers. According to reason, such people would not be afraid of seeing the pirate leader.

"Why do you Britons and Chinese send fleets to block us Algiers? Our Algiers have no grudges and grudges against you. Could your actions be a provocation to us Algiers?!"

As the highest pirate leader here, Murat is invincible. He cannot show any timidity in front of his subordinates, otherwise he will lose his prestige here.

Sir Greenville said: "For the past twenty years, when our Royal British Navy declined, the Barbary Pirates repeatedly invaded our most prosperous southeastern counties and colonies in Ireland, and plundered many of our populations. We pay you protection fees every year, but your actions clearly violate the spirit of the contract. Why do we say that the Barbary Pirates have no grievances and no grudges against our Kingdom of Britain?"

Murat knew that his men also went to the Atlantic coast to plunder the population, but he did not make any mistakes: "What we Algiers collect is the protection fee for your merchant ships to sail on the Mediterranean Sea, and we don't say how it is on the Atlantic. Besides, who can prove that the pirates that plunder the population in England and Ireland come from us Algiers? Maybe it was done by pirates in Morocco and Tunisia."

"Yes, it must be what the pirates in Morocco and Tunisia did, and they had nothing to do with our Algiers!" Murat's men all turned the blame on their peers.

Sir Greenville had to say something, but was stopped by the Navy lieutenant, and he shook his head gently.

There is no reason to talk about pirates, whoever has the biggest fist is the truth!

"We have a merchant who disappeared while staying in a hotel in Halep. According to the reliable information we have obtained, he was kidnapped by Lord Pasha and was now working as a coolie to build fortifications in the Fortress of Pernion. We hope that you can release our people immediately and apologize to us to compensate him for all the losses caused by this!" said the Navy Lieutenant.

The Navy's lieutenant's proposal made Sir Greenville, the Dutch merchant Reutert widen his eyes.

According to the previous Fourth Fleet, they would negotiate with each other, and submit ransom to the pirates when necessary to exchange for Li Jinde, and try to make peace the most valuable.

But now the Navy lieutenant's words and requests are not to let the other party release Li Jinde in the tone of request, but to make a very tough request - release the person and compensate him!

This is more like provoking the other party!

Sure enough, Murat's face was full of anger, while other pirate leaders with hot tempers were even more glaring.

No one dares to provoke the Barbary Pirates who scattered across the Mediterranean, let alone this is arriving at the door and asking for money!

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

However, after he ordered his subordinates to take the Chinese merchant back to Algiers as slaves, he did not ask about this person again.

The genius thought that the other party would mobilize a lot for a businessman!

"Our people did buy a few slaves in Halep, one of them was an Oriental, but it was not ours, and I have no obligation to hand over the slaves bought with real money. If you make such a request, it is a provocation to me!" Murat denied that he instructed his subordinates to capture Li Jinde.

"It's better for Lord Pasha to ask the Eastern slave you bought out. He may tell us the truth. Is it your man who caught him with his own hands or you bought it from another slave trader? Everything will be revealed at that time!" The Navy Lieutenant pointed at the high-ranking Murat, his tone of aggressiveness!

All the pirates present were shocked. No one except the Ottoman emperor dared to speak to Pasha in Algiers like this. If the two were closer, the navy lieutenant would spit on Murat's face.

"This is Algiers, I have the final say in everything. If you ask me to hand over the slave, I will hand over the slave? Compensation?" Murat was so angry that the other party's tone was almost declared war!

"Emperor Chen, this is not the script. Shouldn't we exchange Li Jinde with ransom..." Sir Greenville, as Li Jinde's father-in-law, was afraid that the Joint Fleet would offend Murat, and Li Jinde would encounter an unexpected accident, so he whispered to remind the Navy Lieutenant.

"Sir Greenville, you can't be soft when dealing with these pirates. You have to beat them to obey them and they will be sensible. Do you think our joint fleet mobilized a large number of troops just to submit ransom to the pirates?"

After the Navy lieutenant told Sir Greenville that the real plan of the joint fleet, he turned to declare war on Pashamurat in Algiers: "Those who offend me China will be punished even if they are far away! Our fleet ordered you to hand over our kidnapped merchants within three days, and in addition, we need to compensate our merchants with 100,000 taels of silver. If we cannot see people and compensation in three days, our coalition forces will launch an attack on Algiers! If you dare to kill our merchants during our attack, we will not accept any captives on the day of our breaking of the city and swear to kill pirates in the city to bury him!"

The pirates present were completely exploded, and someone took the initiative to declare war on the Barbary pirates in Algiers!
Chapter completed!