As mentioned earlier, after the Visigoths recaptured the capital of Córdoba, many deserters fled back to North Africa.

Desperate due to poverty, they had to become pirates in the age of sailing, and over the course of generations, they had become a force to be reckoned with at sea.

Their home is on the Barbary Coast, where dozens or hundreds of bands of pirates have gathered to form deformed and prosperous towns or towns.

These pirates do not recognize their relatives at sea, whether they are Christians or Muslim merchant ships, as long as they can rob them...... not only robbed commercial goods, but also robbed people and ships together, and then let the other party's family pay for redemption!

Those who cannot be redeemed or the ships of the sea, are either sold or enslaved for life, regardless of black, white, yellow, skin, or religion.

In the off-season of maritime trade, they will attack in groups and go to the coasts of the Mediterranean countries to rob people and property!

For hundreds of years, there has not been a coastal country that has not bothered these people, and there are almost 200,000 white slaves sold by them.

In the real history, they still have to hurt for about 500 years...... Eventually, 1.5 million white slaves will be trafficked.

The Barbary pirates of North Africa thus became terrible characters who frightened European children at night...... Actually, it's just a general term, meaning a pirate from that place.

The Barbary coast of North Africa was nominally returned to imperial administration, but during the Mamluk era, relations with the center became increasingly estranged.

No matter how awesome the Mamluk era was, they were helpless against the pirates on the Barbary coast, and the taxes levied on that place were not enough to pay for the round-trip!

sent a large army to suppress it, and the gang of people ran away from the whole thing, spending a huge amount of military expenses in vain; Send a small army to level the suppression, and those people will fight against you, and if you don't get it, they will all become slaves of other people, and you have to spend money to redeem them!

The Barbary Coast of North Africa is separated from the center of the Hui Empire by a huge Sahara Desert!

The Mamluk dynasty, which returned to the empire, simply ignored them and let them live and die......

No matter how vicious the pirates were, they needed a certain place to rest and a certain order when they went ashore, so the Barbary coast slowly developed into towns and cities run by local warlords, where normal trade was possible.

For example, buying and selling stolen goods and black and white slaves, paying ransoms, and so on...... There are also some necessary business contacts for daily necessities.

If the pirates get to the Barbary coast, they will never be captured again, otherwise they will be killed by other pirates...... Still robbing here, you fucking don't let anyone else buy slaves? Who are you selling your stolen goods to?!

There is a way to steal...... That's what interests need!

Pirates may be more rule-conscious.

Said was a small leader of the Hui pirates, but unfortunately he only had 30 Berbers, 20 blacks, and 13 Hui.

They had only one two-masted galleys, but they were just over two hundred tons.

Syed, like the other pirate leaders, has a nickname, "Smiley Face".

A person's name can be called wrong, but a nickname must not be wrong...... He did have a businessman-like smile.

This gave him a slight advantage...... For example, some large groups of pirates can sell some stolen goods that are not easy to sell to him at a very low price, and he will go to some large commercial ports to sell them as a merchant, so as to make a profit from the difference, and he can also buy some necessities and sell them back to others.

Of course, if there is an opportunity to rob, of course, he will also engage in the business of piracy.

It's a pity that the security in the Mediterranean Sea is getting worse and worse, there are fewer and fewer merchant ships passing by, and the competition for the pirate profession is becoming more and more fierce.

His team has not been able to develop, and has been suppressed by large gangs...... Of course, he won't take people to seek refuge with others, so his status will be gone.

Originally, he was a pirate, but he had to sell stolen goods for others, to be honest, this is not very respected in the circle of pirates...... But there is no way, he has to feed his subordinates.

The cost of consumption on the Barbary Coast is not low, and inflation is occurring.

I don't know when it began, but it is said that there were big buyers in the far east who kept buying slaves...... And white-skinned young women can be sold for a very high price!

This made him excited, his men are small, and it is a bit troublesome to grab a large number of people...... However, it is not difficult to find a chance to rob a woman, they can sneak ashore to abduct and sell without hard food, there is still a chance.

But unexpectedly, several pirate gangs suddenly publicly announced that the coast from Greece to the Iberian Peninsula was subcontracted by several major gangs, and it was strictly forbidden for other forces to get involved, otherwise the ship would sink and sink people!

Your sister, you have a monopoly on even the business of robbing women??

A bunch of damned pirates!

The smiling Saeed smiled and said to his subordinates: "Let's go to the West Coast to grab the black woman, the price is not low...... Robbing the co-taught woman, we can't do it. ”

His subordinates are not stupid, white-skinned women are monopolized by others; Hui women generally live in the interior...... If a pirate goes deep inland, there is a high chance that he will be killed.

The dark-skinned woman on the West Coast is only the best option...... The price of a woman is higher than that of three men, and it is extremely cost-effective.

If you can easily rob one or two merchant ships on your way to the West Coast, it will be a good thing.

You can come whatever you want, and the observation post on the mast suddenly shouted, saying that there are merchant ships in the southeast!

Said jumped out of the cabin and looked out towards the awning to the southeast...... Nothing was seen.

However, he believed the report of the observation post and hurriedly gave the order to sail the ship behind a reef group.

The sea conditions of the entire western Mediterranean, they are all too familiar.

After hiding, wait for the merchant ship to approach, and then suddenly paddle harder, lean harder, and jump casually, haha, the wealth, goods, people, and merchant ships are all their own.

No merchant ship in the Mediterranean can escape the sprint of a galleys.

Li Ao, an arms merchant, was now half-lying comfortably on the deck lounger, the parasol on his head shielding him from the sun at two o'clock in the afternoon, but the sea breeze could still blow his whole body.

Life was so good, he didn't even feel the slightest bit tired of running around selling arms...... He felt like he was traveling around the world.

The last batch of arms deals was a great success!

With the pistols he sold, the Genoese regained the two Sicilies with only a few mercenaries and won two granaries...... News from the Mediterranean circulated quickly, and the news was quickly noticed by some who were interested.

They contacted Li Ao one after another......

This time, Li Ao was going to the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, and he heard from the people who came to him there that the governor there would settle the settlement in gold.

Li Aocai doesn't matter if the Visigoths or the Moors want to buy it, whoever sells the gold will sell it to whomever he wants.

Li Ao's custom-made sea boat in the Grand Port of Alexandria glides like a proud white swan on the Mediterranean...... Suddenly, he heard the sailors shouting: "There are pirates at ten o'clock!" Two hundred meters away!! ”

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