Chapter 101: Verbal Arguments

In any case, Nangong Yu has also been in the rivers and lakes for more than 20 years, and he is used to seeing a lot of big rights and wrongs in the officialdom, but now that he has just saved Alger, he has suffered from his suspicion and jealousy, and I have to say that Nangong Yu is a little sad in his heart.

But the rabbit dies and the dog cooks, and the bird hides the bow, he will never allow it to happen to him. Unlike Massimo and Anna, Alger still maintains the lofty mentality of the nobility in his heart, and despite the recent defeat, he still suspects that Nangong Yu will threaten his position at some point in the future.

Alger looked at Nangong Yu deeply, and saw that there was still a trace of red at the corner of his mouth, and he didn't say what he wanted to say after all, but as soon as he said that sentence, Nangong Yu already knew that his existence might have threatened the Gallo family, but there was no conflict of interest for the time being, and once there was a conflict, it seemed that he would definitely become a thorn in the side of the Gallo family.

Nangong Yu sighed slightly, and thought in his heart: Anna, Massimo, it seems that our fate has ended here, you are members of the Gallo family after all, and I don't want to see the day when we meet each other.

Looking at Alger's burning eyes, Nangong Yu said slowly: "It won't be long before Villanueva will inevitably attack the Adriatic Sea, do you have the confidence to resist the pirates' attack?"

Alger was stunned, he didn't know why Nangong Yu didn't have a head to say such a question, he thought about it and said: "I think Villanueva probably won't dare to come to the Adriatic Sea again, although we failed in the crusade this time, but he also lost a lot of men, how dare to come and continue to invade the Adriatic, you know, it is our territorial waters!"

Nangong Yu continued: "Then are you ready to face the French attack, that is a country, not a pirate?"

Alger was startled, then speechless.

Without waiting for Alger to react again, Nangong Yu continued: "I don't know why you rushed to the Black Sea, and my people should have informed you not to go in, why did you rush in without hesitation, do you know that the naval fleet of Venice was almost buried in your hands!!"

Alger pondered for a moment and said, "Hmph, how can I allow pirates to do evil in the Black Sea under the banner of Venice and ruin Venice's reputation. For the sake of honor, I would rather die than enter the Black Sea to crusade against them, and if it weren't for the Ottoman Empire's aid this time, we would have returned triumphantly!"

When Alger said "triumphantly returned", there was a look of yearning on his face.

Nangong Yu smiled and said: "When it comes to sending you to death, you are quite generous, but have you ever thought that with the current situation, Villanueva is staring at Venice, the Ottoman Empire is staring at Venice, and France is also staring at Venice, once the three parties converge on the Adriatic Sea, I'm afraid your insignificant naval ship will not play a role." In a more serious situation, once the war breaks out in Venice, the whole Mediterranean will probably fall into a state of war, and Venice will become the target of public criticism!"

Alger's face turned blue and said: "Mr. Nangong, you don't have to be alarmist, although most of what you said is true, but they will not completely form an alliance, as long as they can't stand on the same front, we won't be in much danger, you know, our naval fleet is one of the most powerful fleets in the Mediterranean!"

Nangong Yu said coldly to Alger: "It seems that you are still in the peace of mind of your nobles, have you ever thought that once Venice becomes the center of the vortex of war, all Venetian merchant ships will still have the opportunity to continue trading in the Mediterranean." Venice has always relied on trade monopoly for most of its economic resources, have you ever wondered what will happen to Venice if its trade is interrupted by war, even if there is no crisis for the time being?"

Nangong Yu sighed and looked at Alger: "Mr. Alger, I have three questions, you have answered me!"

"Please speak!" Alger couldn't help but take a step back slightly, Nangong Yu said a few words in a row, the eldest son of the Gallo family was in a cold sweat!

"First, with Venice's current strength, or with your Gallo family's current strength, can you deal with what I just said?" Nangong Yu asked

"We Venice have been trading in the Mediterranean for many years, and although our army cannot be compared with your soldiers, but in the face of soldiers from other countries, everyone can deal with such a crisis with one enemy and two enemies, although it is not certain that we will be able to win, but I believe that under the leadership of my father, we will be able to survive the crisis...."Alger said, looking at Nangong Yu's face, which became more and more ugly, and he had no confidence in what he said, so he immediately closed his mouth!

First of all, you are blindly confident in your own strength, you only know yourself, but you do not know anyone, you can ignore your opponent, but you must not despise your opponent, although your navy is strong against the strength, but where is Villanueva, Haussmann, and France? As for Venice's trade monopoly, although it has been deeply rooted, if there is no strong state support, how can they deal with the threat from the sea? Privateers from countless countries have long been eyeing Venetian merchant ships, and if it weren't for the fact that your naval fleet was still strong, the Venetian merchant ships would have been looted long ago.

Secondly, the reason why Venice is safe and sound is because the countries of the Mediterranean contain and restrain each other, which allows Venice to survive in the cracks of the Mediterranean!

Third, if Villanueva, the Haussmans, and France were united, such superpowers would become variables that would change the pattern of the Mediterranean, and the world would pay attention. And Venice, because of the trade monopoly, has long become a fat meat in the eyes of many countries, and has long wanted to take it for itself. And at this time, although Venice will not suffer the danger of annihilation for the time being, but become a puppet of a certain country or noble, is that acceptable?"

Alger is also a smart person, listening to Nangong Yu's words, he was shocked and sweated profusely.

"Besides, you said that the Ottoman Sultan Salim, why did they unite with the pirates?" Nangong Yu asked again.

"Although the Ottoman Empire seems to be huge, it has only recently experienced a war, and it is a time when the national power is empty, so they are united with pirates. And that Sultan Salim is even more stupid, he actually chose to unite with the pirates, if he wants to defeat the Ottoman Empire, he only needs the Marquis of Moll to lead his troops directly to Istanbul!" Alger replied proudly, with a hint of disdain for the Ottoman Empire!

"You're wrong again, Sultan Salim is not a soft-footed shrimp, I think you are a soft-footed shrimp!" Nangong Yu laughed, and without waiting for Alger to get angry, he said again: "Since Sultan Salim has the ability to lead his troops to capture the well-defended Constantinople in more than fifty days, how can he not have the ability to deal with it after the war. I think he just didn't want to lose too much of his forces when he joined forces with the pirates, and if Venice still didn't take them seriously, one bad thing would be ruined!"