"Lord Gallo, there are people out there who want to see you!"

At this moment a servant walked in outside the door, his voice was neither sad nor joyful, and his eyes were lowered.

"Let him in. The Duke said.

After a while, a man walked in from outside the door, and he slowly walked in front of the Duke of Gallo, saluted, and said, "Lord Duke, there is news from Villanueva. ”

Duke Gallo looked calm and said, "Say!"

This person was Baron Lucius, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned at an unnoticeable angle, and he said in a steady tone: "Lord Duke, I sent a sailing ship to the Black Sea a few days ago, and now I am fortunate to have finally discovered Villanueva's whereabouts. At present, he is leading a fleet in the Black Sea, intercepting all merchant ships carrying spices. ”

"Hmm.." The duke nodded lightly, "Villanueva is not small, it is the territorial waters of the Ottoman Empire, why is this person?"

Baron Lucius deliberately put on a look of wanting to speak and stopped, and the Duke saw it in his eyes, narrowed his dry eyes, and said, "Lucius, what else do you have to say?"

Lucius straightened his clothes a little nervously, took a deep breath, and said, "Lord Duke, there is still bad news. The flag they fly is the lion flag of our Venice. ”

When everyone present heard this, they were shocked. The flying of the lion's flag meant that Villanueva posed as Venetian privateers to engage in piracy on the Black Sea, and the Ottoman army, believing that it was the work of the Venetians, would have sent a heavy force against Venice, just as they had attacked Constantinople.

The Ottoman Empire was located on the land route to the East, and after capturing Constantinople, it choked the choke point between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Geographically, the Ottoman Empire controlled all goods from the East, and all merchant ships had to pass through Constantinople to reach the cities along the Mediterranean coast. This is tantamount to pinching Venice for a long time

to the commercial monopoly pattern of the Mediterranean.

Duke Gallo rubbed his forehead gently, and now, bad news came one after another, thinking of this, the Duke couldn't help but cough violently.

Behind him, Alger and Massimo hurried to the Duke and held him up.

The Duke shook his head and said, "Lucius, keep an eye on Villanueva, and keep an eye on the movements of the Ottoman Empire, we must speed up." ”

Duke Lucius gladly accepted the order and slowly stood aside.

The Duke looked around, and the people in the hall lowered their eyes, not daring to look at themselves, and sighed, Duke Gallo suddenly felt that there was no one available, and he couldn't help but be depressed, and his health was deteriorating, and at this time he even had the intention of giving up everything in his heart.

"Father. Alger couldn't bear to see his father so depressed, and spoke.

The Duke of Gallo slowly raised his eyelids and said, "Say." ”

"Father, I would like to lead the fleet to the Black Sea, to meet their monarch Sultan Salim, to explain everything, and together with the Ottoman Empire, to destroy Villanueva directly in the Black Sea. Alger said loudly.

When the Duke of Gallo heard this, he was silent for a long time and said, "No, you can't go. ”

"Why?"

The Duke of Gallo said impatiently, "I said no, it just can't. "A tough attitude does not allow for questioning.

Hearing this, Baron Lucius stepped forward, saluted respectfully, and said, "Lord Duke, I think that Monsieur Alger's method is not impossible, and now there is no pirate threat in the Adriatic Sea, and France has not yet attacked. Mr. Alger can directly lead the fleet to the Black Sea, and return to the ship after solving Villanueva. And this side can also speed up with other countries

Steps of alliances, so that the crisis in Venice can be alleviated. ”

Duke Gallo looked at Lucius and didn't speak for a long time, he knew in his heart that although it was easy to say, in the territory of the Ottoman Empire, not to mention whether Villanueva could be eliminated, it would not be easy to face the monarch Sultan Salim alone. Perhaps Salim even used this excuse to keep Alger in the Black Sea forever.

Alger is his most proud child, Massimo is addicted to swordsmanship, Anna is a woman who will leave sooner or later, and if Alger is controlled by Salim, then he ......

Just thinking about it, Lucius took another step forward and said, "Lord Duke, please make a decision as soon as possible, now that the situation is urgent, it is the best choice to let Mr. Alger lead the fleet to the Black Sea, what are you hesitating about?"

Duke Gallo's eyes suddenly sharpened, stared at Lucius, and said, "Mr. Lucius, it's not your turn to make a decision here, I'm not dead yet." ”

Lucius seemed to be taken aback, hurriedly took a step back, and said, "Lord Duke has misunderstood, I am just anxious about the safety of Venice, please don't mind." ”

The other nobles listened to Lucius's words and felt that it made sense, and they all stepped forward to the Duke of Gallo and told Alger to lead the fleet to the Black Sea.

Duke Gallo lowered his head helplessly, and after a while, he sighed and said, "Alger." ”

"Father!"

"You prepare, set off in three days, aiming for the Black Sea. ”

"Yes!"

At this time, a strange smile appeared on Lucius's face.

Ragusa, Nangong Yu base.

In the dense woods, Nangong Yu was training those recruited orphans, he held a whip in his hand, and his eyes looked sharply at the orphans whose movements were not yet standard. At this point they are doing strength training. There were ten orphans in this group, and they were slaves of no background who were selected by Massimo from various cities.

With an inaudible sound, an agile figure came to Nangong Yu's side.

Nangong Yu didn't look back, and said softly: "Rosa, you still need more training, I have heard your voice since you walked into this forest." ”

The person who came was Rosa, since Nangong Yu taught her "ghosts", she has been like a tiger, plus her original agile body, now she has become Nangong Yu's most effective intelligence collector.

Rosa smiled, walked a few steps acutely, came to Nangong Yu, saluted, and said, "Mr. Nangong." ”

Nangong Yu said softly "hmm" in his mouth.

Rosa took out a letter from her arms and handed it over with both hands, Nangong Yu's hand made a slight move, and the letter that was originally pinched in Rosa's hand had already arrived in his hand at some point.

Rosa seemed to be accustomed to it and was not surprised at all, and said: "This time I went to the Black Sea and found Villanueva's fleet, who flew the Venetian lion flag and carried out piracy activities in the Black Sea. At the moment, the Ottoman Sultan Salim has not made any moves, but I expect that the Ottomans may use this as an excuse to send troops to Venice in the future. ”

Nangong Yu sighed softly again, and said lightly: "I know, what about the pirates in the Adriatic?"

Rosa said: "At present, all the pirates hiding in the Adriatic Sea have been cleared, including their strongholds, gold coins, and goods, all have been transported here and handed over to Anthony. ”

Nangong Yu said: "Casualties?"

"Only two people were slightly injured," Rosa said. ”

Nangong Yu said: "After they recover from their injuries, increase their training intensity. ”

Rosa said, "Yes, there's one more piece of news. ”

Nangong Yu said: "You say." ”

Rosa said, "All the sailing ships sent out by the Duke of Gallo have gone missing unexpectedly, and the sailing ship that has come back this time to report the news belongs to Baron Lucius. ”

Nangong Yu's eyes froze and said, "Lucius?"

Rosa said, "Yes, we have found his return ship, which must have arrived in Venice by this time, and is in the ducal palace." ”

Nangong Yu smiled slightly, nodded, and said, "It seems that Alger is busy, Rosa, keep an eye on Lucius and all of his people, and report to me if there is any situation." ”。

Rosa said, "Yes." ”

Nangong Yu waved his hand, Rosa bowed, and her body was like a fallen leaf blown by the wind, floating on the branch in a blink of an eye, and disappeared in a flash.