Chapter 501: The new governor

Shortly after the merchant Allen left the port of Ceuta, the port of Ceuta was greeted by a Berber riot.

Hundreds of Berbers, armed with muskets and bows and arrows, suddenly ransacked the Ceuta region.

The Portuguese soldiers stationed at the highest point of Ceuta, Hadra Mountain, with a number of several hundred men and several cannons, have been strictly guarded, which did not lead to Ceuta breaking away from the control of the Portuguese.

But the Berbers also attacked and only surrounded them, leaving hundreds of Portuguese to sit and eat.

As a result, within two days, several hundred Portuguese raised their hands and surrendered, and the port of Ceuta also reached the hands of the Berbers.

It's not that Portugal didn't want to retake it, but the Berbers are haunted, and as soon as they recaptured the port, they came to harass them, so how to do business.

Isn't the Port of Ceuta abandoned? This is much less valuable to the Portuguese who are bent on money, especially in Tangier, where there is another one with higher military and economic value, and the abandonment of Ceuta is on the agenda.

And when the Portuguese regent Archbishop Enrique learned the news, the whole person was a little bad.

He didn't want to lose a port of great military value, but the Portuguese aristocracy was so powerful that they didn't want to run such a plummeting area anymore, and they had to invest a lot of money.

The pressure of the nobles forced the regent Archbishop Enrique to consider three points.

How helpless it is to lose a stronghold for no reason, and such grievances appear in Portugal!

In Morocco, Portugal only has Tangier and Ceuta, and Ceuta is unlucky to fall into the hands of the Berbers.

"My lord, the ambassador of England begs to see you!" At the moment when Lord Regent had a headache, suddenly an attendant whispered.

"Let him in!" The archbishop thought for a moment before speaking softly.

"Honorable Lord Regent, please forgive me for my presumptuous visit!" The ambassador had two swarthy beards and a gentlemanly look, which looked somewhat pleasing to the eye.

However, His Excellency the Archbishop, after the robbery of the English some time ago, felt particularly awkward about the English, especially the beautiful gentlemanly manners, how to look at it, how to feel disgusted.

"How so? I am delighted to see Your Excellency the Ambassador! When the archbishop saw the ambassador, he suddenly laughed and spoke in a gentle and friendly tone.

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"Is there anything going on, Your Excellency?" After talking about some other topics, the archbishop restrained his smile and asked softly.

"That's right, after the port of Ceuta in your country was illegally occupied by the Baibai, and the infidels of that group of infidels illegally occupied, not only your country, but also our merchants also suffered heavy losses, for this, our Majesty Edward is very saddened, and has decided to send troops to help your country get rid of those Baibai!"

His Excellency looked at the archbishop's serious face with a kind smile on his face, as if England were a country eager to help others.

The words are infectious.

"For the enthusiasm of your country, we Portugal have appreciated it, but this point of Berber people is not worth mentioning for us Portugal!"

The archbishop's face changed to kindness, and he immediately objected affirmatively and resolutely.

The harmless expression of the English could no longer be used by him, and he would never agree to England's good intentions.

Because he knows that under every piece of fat meat, there is a trap that you will regret.

Looking at the Portuguese regent's anti-thief expression, His Excellency the Ambassador sighed.

"Since that's the case, then I'll retire first, I hope Your Excellency doesn't regret it!"

"Of course, I will never regret it!"

Soon, the news reached London.

"Since the Portuguese don't eat and drink when they toast, then don't blame me for taking advantage!"

His Majesty Edward looked at the letter, smiled sinisterly, and muttered to himself.

Originally, he was prepared to help the Portuguese seize the port of Ceuta on the condition that he only wanted to share Ceuta with it, not to monopolize it.

And who knows, the Portuguese did not appreciate it, then, don't blame England for shamelessness.

Three days later, three armed English merchant ships docked at the half-abandoned port of Ceuta, and then five hundred well-armed English soldiers walked down.

Unlike the decadent and loose Portuguese soldiers, the English were well-paced and disciplined.

They did not have the fear of death of the Portuguese, but swept through the whole Ceuta region with no relent, killing many of the troublesome Berbers, and returning the whole Ceuta region to peace.

And, under the leadership of the English, the Ceuta area expanded a lot, from the original small peninsula to directly occupy a large area of Morocco, conservatively estimated, Ceuta area expanded more than three times.

What everyone doesn't pay attention to is that the Amorangwa tribe, after uniting some tribes to occupy Ceuta, took over some tribes that were disabled by the English, and in a blink of an eye, it became the largest tribe in the Ceuta area, with a number of 10,000 people.

At this time, the English, who planted the United Kingdom flag on Mount Hadro, did not feel the pressure.

On the contrary, the Amuran tribe, whose tribe numbers have risen dramatically, has come under tremendous pressure.

Morocco's fledgling Saad dynasty officially set its sights on it and began to look at the rising Berber tribe.

In 1553, the Saad dynasty overthrew the Marin dynasty, and Muhammad Araj was officially proclaimed sultan and established the Saad dynasty as its capital in Marrakech.

Although this dynasty defeated the Portuguese, recovered the coastal strongholds of Agadir, Safi, and Azemul, and captured Fez in 1548.

But the Spaniards still held Melilla, which shows that the Portuguese were too weak.

The European colonizers forgot about it, and suddenly a new large tribe appeared on the mainland, and like the previous Marin dynasty, they were all Berbers, which made Abdullah Gharib Sultan very angry, and the consequences were serious.

An army of 10,000 people has already set out from the capital Marrakech and is on its way to the Ceuta region.

And the young and fearless leader of the Amorangwa tribe, unable to control his fears any longer, came to Port Ceuta to ask for help from the English.

The Amorangwa tribe was a Berber people, while the Saad dynasty was a Muslin, and there was no room for relaxation between the two, and it was a battle of life and death.

"My lord, if you can help our Amolongwa tribe through this difficult time, we are willing to give ten camels of gold!"

Amolongwa looked at the commander of the English army in front of him with a solemn face, and said in fluent Portuguese.

"Yes, but I need not only gold, but also land!" The new Governor of Ceuta said with a serious face.

"This little land is not enough for us to live, we need more land to trade!"

And the translator next to him is meticulously translating.