One thousand and thirty-five years after the birth of the first apostle of God, September 13, the autumnal equinox. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Ottoman crown prince, Mustafa, declared martial law in Alexandria.

From that day on, none of the 50,421 inhabitants and slaves of Alexandria were allowed to leave the city.

Ten days later, on the day of the autumnal equinox, a grand ceremony will be held to celebrate the favor of the Lord of the Stars and Moon for the Ottoman Empire.

"What's the situation in the city, and do the citizens get free wheat cakes?"

"Yes, Your Highness, each person will have two and a half pounds of wheat bread every day, and the children and sick will be given an additional supply, honey and cheese."

These things are an important guarantee for the stability of the city, after all, with the departure of many concerned citizens, some disturbing and outright rumors and slanders have spread in the city.

Of course, this is extremely dangerous, if the inhabitants are organizing and resisting, although it is impossible to defeat the army, but if they go to meet the Lord of the Star and Moon in advance, it will also jeopardize the "celebration ceremony".

So in order to avoid confusion and refute rumors, Mustafa not only mobilized 20,000 troops, but also mobilized supplies.

It's not an easy job, and lately Alexandria has been like a beast devouring supplies, and recently fishing boats in the entire eastern Mediterranean have been exempted from taxes, as long as they hand over a part of their catch, and it doesn't matter if it's not kept properly, and the fishermen are happy with it, although they really don't understand why such a good thing happens.

The value of these stinky fish and shrimp is not very high, but the point is that the capacity required is too much, even the national power of the Ottoman Empire is a bit overwhelming, and their shipbuilding technology is far inferior to the two maritime powers on the Iberian Peninsula.

Most of Mustafa's die-hard supporters were in the valley of the two rivers and in Europe, and several governors around the Mediterranean almost all supported his younger brother because of Sultan Xurem's long-term business, but recently Sultan Xurem had died down, so they did not dare to obstruct him.

They did not obstruct it, but the various materials were still insufficient, and the difference was basically collected by Muhammad Ali, and this work was most satisfactory to the eldest prince.

"Several Mamluks who owned estates around the Nile gave full support to the great prince's career." Muhammad Ali put it mildly: "Several of the leading figures of Kopke have also given a lot of support. ”

It's natural for the Copts to give some money, and it's really hard to get those Mamluks to pay, but it's not a little difficult to get these things.

Although Mustafa is the second generation of the largest official, he still knows the hardships of cooking practice all year round.

So he immediately said: "Very well, these loyal subjects will be rewarded, and I have always felt that it is a bad custom for the Mamluks to hold public office in Egypt, and it will have to be corrected in the future." ”

"Thank you, Prince, thank you." Muhammad Ali was grateful.

This condition is enough for the Mamluks to fully support Mustafa, if they can know the news.

Mustafa continued, "This is good, very good, these citizens will soon return to the temple of the Lord of the Stars and Moon, and I hope they will be able to go there with a happy mood." ”

Grand Prince Mustafa waved his hand, stopping his subordinates from trying to praise him for his benevolence, and continued to ask, "Is the health of those slaves guaranteed, and I have heard that the number of slaves is somewhat insufficient. ”

Just a little bit in the early 50,000s is not enough, the eldest prince needs enough margin.

"I've prepared plenty of food for them, these orcs are strong, only with food, they won't have any diseases." Of course, Muhammad Ali is not true, but the orcs in the south-central part of the Black Continent are indeed quite strong, "But I still have three thousand slaves ready, and they will arrive in Alexandria before the sacrifice." ”

Grand Prince Mustafa nodded with satisfaction, knowing that Muhammad Ali was innocent and efficient in collecting supplies, but the slaves he handled were not insignificant.

According to several reports from his cronies, Muhammad Ali secretly got at least more than two thousand orcs.

Prince Mustafa was somewhat disappointed, even if he had a little more margin, he had made too much, and the key was not to give Prince Mustafar's cronies a share of the profits.

However, since the other party still has insurance measures, he does not plan to have a seizure, but is prepared to wait until the end of the sacrifice, and if Muhammad Ali can take out some of the benefits in time, he can still turn a blind eye.

"Also, my father, the Caliph, decided to have my younger brothers come to this sacrifice as well, and arranged for them to be governors of Benghazi and Tripoli respectively." Grand Prince Mustafa was delighted by this, "I hope they will also be well received." ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness." Muhammad Ali actually did not reap any less benefits when handling materials, but he relied on his strong management ability to control other losses.

Unbeknownst to the Grand Prince, Muhammad Ali had organized more than three thousand slave troops and hoarded grain, grass and materials worth more than one hundred thousand thalers.

He finally said to Muhammad Ali: "I have worked hard for you lately, work hard, and in the future you will have more than one governor of Egypt, my teacher was born as a slave, and he was once a pagan, he can be the Grand Vizier, everyone can do it." ”

In her best years, the Ottoman Empire was indeed a country where people of any origin had the opportunity to showcase their talents.

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"After paying such a huge price, the Commission is concerned about the current situation."

"I mobilized and financed all the supplies, and the committee is worried?"

The followers of Jecob certainly had their own talents, but they were always hated.

They always like to remember the accounts clearly in a small notebook, and then make a mess of the debtor's life, although many times, the debtor can be regarded as self-defeating, but more often than not, the way they settle the accounts is very infuriating.

"We spent a loan of 200,000 thalers to the Emperor to convince him to use the fleet for the New World."

For example, Shylock's current outrageous appearance is very infuriating, relying on the business of Austria and Spain, he has great influence among the hermits, and has completely suppressed the current "Sultan of the Mountain" Xurem.

This time, Sultan Xurem almost emptied all her furniture, so that the eldest prince could believe that she really did not intend to fight for the throne again, but was content to save her son's life.

And the Shan Monastery just borrowed some money to Spain, and it looked like they had made a big effort, and the loan of 200,000 thalers had at least 15,000 kickbacks, not to mention that this was the price they had to pay for dealing with the goods of the New World.

"I am very grateful for the committee's help." Sultan Xurem made Sherlock proud for a while, as long as she won the Ottoman Empire, she would naturally be re-elected as president, this is the highest level of business, "Please rest assured that their investment will not be in vain, and I will definitely double their reward." ”

She said and glanced at the fat man sleeping next to her, Selim was always like that, either looking for a drunk or already drunk.

Sherlock did not think that Sultan Xurem could defeat the Great Prince, and recently, Ibrahim Pasha, who was in the center, had repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on Sultan Xurem's party members, fighting tigers and swatting flies, and the situation had become further unbalanced.

So he just smiled and said, "I hope so." (To be continued.) )