By the time the port of Tripoli was trading, the city of Tunis had become a living hell.

The enemy, led by a prince of the Sultanate of Tunis, entered the city of Tunis.

Of course, even if the prince of the leading party was not in place like Amin, the fate of Tunis City would not be much different.

Tens of thousands of Barbary pirates and thousands of Janissary soldiers were able to deal with the enemies of the Sultanate of Tunisia even without internal response.

The two factions in Tunisia have gathered their own loyal troops, and all their energy is used to defend against each other, and there is no energy at all for other things.

In the face of the enemy killed from the sea, whether it is the regent uncle or the queen mother, they instinctively think that it is the other party's foreign aid.

By the time they had figured out the situation, it was irreparable.

The key points in and around the city have been controlled by Barbary pirates.

The Queen Mother, who had escaped from the palace, was captured and brought to Khareddin's deputy, Turgut.

The old pirate, who was over fifty years old, comforted the Queen Mother and the palace people, assured them of their personal safety, and promised them a large ship, so that their journey to Istanbul would not be difficult, and that they would not have to worry about it when they arrived in Istanbul, and that the beautiful ladies would surely be favored by the Sultan.

Of course, most of those women are not very appreciative, and it cannot be said that they are not satisfied, after all, the pirates killed their sons and brothers mercilessly in front of them.

It is not only the Hasf royal family that is unlucky, but the incompetence of the Hasf family has also brought disaster to its own people.

When it was discovered that the pirates had taken control of the city, the citizens panicked to the extreme, although the Barbary pirates were integrated in Hayreddin, at least the part of the integrated ones rarely sold the Star and Moon Cultists into slavery, but this was their nature after all.

But what reassures them a little is that. The pirates are mixed with some military temperament, and they are controlling the pirates to prevent them from doing anything wrong.

A number of local criminals who took advantage of the chaos were also caught.

The Barbary pirates were not trying to sack the city of Tunis, but to rule the region of Tunisia.

So not only did they not allow pirates to rob, but they also strengthened order.

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Order is a necessity for any ambitious power, but in different forms, and the order of the Venetian seafaring trade unions. It is the collection and reimbursement of marine insurance.

The Nautical Guilds of the Republic of Venice regularly demand insurance premiums for each route, which is a barometer of the entire sea freight, and if the premiums are raised, it will be a disaster for the market at the destination port.

A significant increase in insurance premiums will cause a large number of hesitant shipowners to cancel their shipping plans immediately.

And those merchant ships who venture to come will also demand profits that match the risk, which means that Wu Xin is actually a big buyer of the port of Tripoli, which means that he has to pay a great price.

And that's not all the bad news for Sherlock.

"As for His Highness Sazastan's knowledge of the Lich. There is a very serious situation, that is, although the food and other supplies were recaptured by luck, and even most of the spell casting materials and nutrients that I hid in the flour bag were preserved, the small laboratory I brought to you really could not hide in the flour, so that it was taken away by Hayreddin, and the original payment plan may have to be modified............."

"There is no laboratory! There is no knowledge! Sazastan certainly reacted to this, and he was extremely disappointed with his hopes for the laboratory. He never put it on Wu Xin or Father Erlan.

Knowledge of lichs and demigod lichs, although both the Church of the Lord of Fire and Austria have helped. But Sazastan, of course, has partial ownership.

Therefore, his opinion must be taken into account in procurement, and the laboratory is a result that can be accepted by both Wu Xin and Sazastan.

This is a good thing for the Tripoli group, although if Wu Xin decides, the laboratory worth tens of thousands of thalers is better exchanged for food and spell casting materials.

However, Wu Xin knows that Sazastan is one of the cornerstones of his career.

Sazastan has always been faithful, though. But Wu Xin knows that he can't be slow because the other party is loyal, and valuable qualities and connections are slowly accumulated and cultivated.

The laboratory also has a lot of roles, and everyone can accept it

Wu Xin was also disappointed that he couldn't get a laboratory.

Wu Xin was disappointed, and Sazastan was crazy.

"Do you know why His Royal Highness the Regent didn't give you the contract for transporting the migrants?"

"You know why you've been a core-level Dreaded Necromancer for so many years. Can't you figure out the reason for the Lich's progression? ”

"Do you know why your family has led the Jews for so many years, but they have never been able to do anything, and now they have lost even the position of the mountain?"

"The reason for all this is because you lack aura and ambition, and you only think about small prosperity and peace, and your family can only lead the Jews to build some settlements, and kneel and beg those monarchs to give you a little bit of land to stand on, and to rebuild the kingdom of Israel and King Solomon's temple, which is wishful thinking."

Sherlock knew that this was fundamentally a failure to fulfill his agreement, so he remained silent, even though Sazastan's words had largely hurt his family's honor.

"That's it, Your Highness Sazastan." Of course, Wu Xin needed to control the rhythm, and he even had to reprimand the demigod lich a few words in a fake way. "We might as well hear first what our good friend Sherlock has brought to us, and I am sure he must have a sincere way to compensate you for your great loss."

He then invited Sherlock: "Oh, let's have a drink first, we can't afford that good wine from the Natural Beauty series, but there are still spirits to dispel the cold, so let's roast the shoes first?" ”

In fact, Wu Xin didn't even have these inferior wines.

He imposed heavy taxes on liquor, both imported and home-brewed, which consumed food.

The spirits were confiscated from the brewer.

This work will not be too smooth, even if the leader becomes a paddling slave, Wu Xin is quite sure that the act of making wine without permission is not so easy to eliminate, but with the current situation in the port of Tripoli, there is no possibility that he will not crack down on this behavior.

Sherlock took the inferior wine that Wu Xin handed him. He then thanked him sincerely, but Sherlock politely declined Wu Xin's invitation to take off his wet shoes.

"Don't be polite to this damn Jew, he's also an elite-level combat force, what's the damp level." Of course, Sazastan is responsible for playing a grumpy and eager bad guy, of course, this is really not difficult, just a performance in his true colors. "Tell me about it. Without the lab, how do you pay?! ”

"The value of the knowledge you provide is uncertain, but it should be in your interest." Sherlock snapped off one of his own teeth, no, actually took off a third of his gums and a dozen teeth on it. Then he pulled out something that was embedded under the gums.

"It's fate." The gemstone called "Fate" presents a bizarre intersection of white and red, which is beautiful and captivating.

"Oh?! I know that you shrewd followers of the Lord of the End of All Things always have a backup payment plan. Sazastan was polite at once. Ignoring Sherlock's saliva, it lunged at it, then covered itself and began to identify it. "It's also a gem blessed by the true gods, but I'm not in a hurry to need it right now............... And this is too small to be my life box, at most it is worth three thousand thalers a piece, and five pieces add up to fifteen thousand thalers. ”

Although it was not a small gap from expectations, Sazastan still became very polite.

"This is a gem given to me by our Lord. I'm not going to sell it to you either, it's a high-priced credit coupon that we just launched. Sherlock's words made Wu Xin stunned. Each of them can be in our Jewish Chamber of Commerce. The price is five thousand thalers. ”

Three thousand thalers of gems for five thousand thalers seemed to be a problematic trade, but both Wu Xin and Sazastan immediately understood the intentions of the Jewish Chamber of Commerce.

"Hmph, you are openly serving the Jewish Chamber of Commerce in this way, you are giving up the position of a hermit monk to your heir." For this issue. Sherlock, of course, laughed and didn't answer, and Sazastan didn't dwell on it anymore, "And it's not new, Madam King's Church has always had this kind of service, and the Lord of the End of All Things sees Madam Kim's Madam King's Venice Republic in chaos." Want to get your hands on His forbidden land? But even if the situation in the Republic of Venice is not good, but after all, Ms. King's church has thousands of years of credit, what do you have? ”

The Jews are actually competing for high-end seigniorage, and the thaler of this world is just a measure word, in fact, the silver thaler is not a common currency in the Mediterranean trade, and in daily life, it is generally used in the smaller half thaler silver coins, the quarter thaler silver coins, and smaller silver coins and copper.

The barrier to entry to this market is low, and even the most powerful marquis and earls will be involved, and the slightly more affluent monasteries will also participate.

This naturally causes all kinds of miscellaneous currencies to run rampant, and no currency has an absolute advantage.

In trade were easy-to-carry gold coins, and more than 50 percent of them were of high quality Venetian gold coins, followed by Florentine gold coins that accounted for 20% of the market, and gold coins of the Ottoman, Austrian, Spanish, Ligurian, and Roman churches divided the majority of the remaining 30% of the market.

Both Venice and the Ottomans were able to receive seigniorage, and the value of each gold coin was about 95 percent of the gold coins minted, and 5 percent was the profit.

And because this world has transactions involving strange objects, spell casting materials, and high-grade nutrients, it also needs a payment method that is larger than gold coins.

This class was almost exclusively owned by the "Woking's Kiss" from the Republic of Venice, a standard gemstone worth 5,000 thalers that was the most common medium for this trade.

The original price of this gemstone did not exceed three thousand thalers, of which there was a premium of forty percent.

"Credit credit, whose credit is worse than that of our Shan Shan Monastery." There was some anger in Sherlock's words, but he didn't continue, but said to Sazastan. "These gems are worth three thousand thalers each. Unlike Lady King's gem, which had to go to Venice to exchange for gold and silver nuggets and nutrients, you can use this gem to extract up to 10,000 thalers a month in any Jewish chamber of commerce, whether it is Alexandria or Tunisia, or Florence or Rome. No appointment is required. ”

In this world, nutrients and spellcasting materials are of course on the same level as gold and silver quick, but the quality of the finished products produced by different mages, druids, and priests varies greatly, so they cannot be hard currency.

The "Woking's Kiss" is a strong and high-value currency, and most people do not need to go to Venice to exchange gold and silver bullion or gold and silver coins.

Emerging currencies, on the other hand, often need to arbitrage precious metals as margin. However, in this way, Sazastan is completely risk-free.

Wu Xin immediately understood, isn't this just a trial promotion, Sazastan has no risk, he got a gem worth three thousand thalers, and then he can be used as five thousand thaler flowers, as long as he goes to the selected place.

Sherlock, and the Jewish Chamber of Commerce behind him, made a reasonable offer that could not only promote the currency. It can also hold a crucial customer.

Sazastan's status makes him worthy of such wooing.

"Oops, oops, dear Lord Sherlock, you are a respectable person, you Jews are a respectable people!" Sazastan immediately understood what the other party meant, he would not lose anything, he could choose any place to use this gem. No responsibility at all.

Inevitably, Sazastan's further flattery will be seen by himself, which will lead him to retaliate in the future for Wu Xin for seeing his ugliness. Wu Xin had to start changing roles.

Compared to the laboratory, this gem is more ineffective in helping Wu Xin's strategy, but he is obviously less capable of stopping the lich's joy, who wouldn't love another life?

"Before the trade begins, I have a question, Lord Sherlock. Are you still a subject of Austria? Wu Xin's question is actually to confirm whether Sherlock will share the information with the Ottomans or the French.

"I am a privileged prince of the Holy Roman Empire, a baronet to be of the Grand Duchy of Austria, and certainly a subject of Austria, and my heir and I will always be loyal to the Regency of Ladislaus and his rightful heir." Sherlock stated his position in all seriousness. But then the conversation changed, "But as for the purchase of knowledge about the Lich, I am a believer in the Lord of the End of All Things, on behalf of the borderless and unbiased Mt. Shan Monastery, and I cannot guarantee that the knowledge you provide will not be known to countries other than Austria, nor can I guarantee that this knowledge will not be used against His Highness in the future." ”

Sherlock's frankness made him seem extremely credible.

It's not that the Jews don't deceive, on the contrary, they are quite good at using all kinds of deceptive means of dealing, and since the time of the ancient Roman Empire, they have been hated by various peoples, and they have not been understood anywhere, which cannot be completely prejudiced.

But the most ambitious part of the Jews is trying to build trust for the bigger picture.

"Have you ever seen the mountains of the present day? Or have you been authorized by the three hermits to use your organization's wealth? ”

"Please stop snooping on our organizational structure." If it were someone else, Sherlock would have turned his face a long time ago, the identity of the hermit monk was extremely secretive, although he had indeed turned into semi-public activities, but except for Sazastan, who seemed to be pretending to be crazy and stupid, no one would be easily tempted.

"Oh, well, it's true that a mere baron can't buy you completely, can he?"

Seeing Shylock's grim face, Sazastan, who thought he was pretending to be crazy and stupid, was satisfied, and he was very dissatisfied with Shylock's position when he was in Austria.

Shylock is both an Austrian aristocrat and a high-ranking member of a mysterious organization, so which side will you side with when conflict arises?

"Half-hearted executor, and empty money bags, I know this result without you saying it, I have also served His Royal Highness Ladislaus for more than ten years, and it is impossible for him to buy this kind of knowledge." Although Sazastan is complaining, it doesn't really matter, his mood is much better, "But I'm not saying that his strategy is half-hearted, after all, shrinking the coastline and concentrating resources on both sides of the Danube is indeed advanced, if it weren't for his strategy, we wouldn't have been able to hold Buda ten years ago, let alone hold Transylvania to this day." ”

"Selling it to the Mt. Shan Monastery will naturally cost a little higher, and I promise that the plan of the current Mt. Shan to give these resources to the Ottoman Empire for free will be stopped, and if she dares to do so, she will lose the next election." Sherlock said quite openly and honestly, since he did not accept the terms of secrecy, then it was natural to make amends, and he said as he pulled out a black, gold-rimmed pamphlet, "I swear by my faith that I will make a reasonable bid." ”

"Your mountain retreat has spent so many years building up your credit, and there's no reason to give it up for the sake of tens of thousands of thalers." This is not the first time Sazastan has said this, of course he also adds. "I also believe in my own strength."

Credit, this is the precious wealth that the believers at the highest level of Yacob have accumulated over the past thousand years, and it is also where they dare to try to enter high-end payment transactions.

Transactions involving intelligence and knowledge cannot be valued by a third party, and the success rate of a transaction depends entirely on the trust and history of both parties.

Jewish merchants were known for their cunning and shrewdness on the one hand, and their core organization on the other hand for their fidelity to contracts and promises.

The Insurgency has an excellent reputation among the High Mages and the powerful Church, and they are believed to have kept every promise they have made over the past five hundred years.

This contradiction has contributed to their success, but it has also attracted them endless jealousy and hatred.

But Sazastan doesn't matter, he is a confident and strong person, and he will not completely pin his hopes on the other party's credit.

The same goes for Sherlock, who is equally responsible, and although the strange objects in his hands greatly enhance his ability to distinguish lies, Sazastan is not so easy to deal with, and he needs to be careful to distinguish information.

Use the property of the monastic properly, and do not be deceived by false information.

"Okay, where do we start, ah, how about starting with the soul capture that you envy and hate when you see it?"

"Thank you very much for satisfying my curiosity, but I would like to state that I have nothing but envy for your power, at most a little jealousy, and no hatred."

"Ahaha, listen up, I can indeed extract souls from the human body and compress them into spellcasting materials."

"One-twentieth of the value of a fateful gem."

"However, this thing is not as strong as you seem, in fact, this skill has nothing to do with my intelligence, but pleases the same trait as a warlock, which is what you call charm, of course, if I want to say, this is completely disgusting so-called charm, what is the charm without knowledge?"

"And I've used it once against a strong person, and if it fails, it will take a long time to use it next time, so I can't actually deal with an enemy who is too strong."

Sherlock nodded slightly, is this reasonable: "This one is worth three-quarters of a fatal gem." ”

It's Sazastan's weakness, revealing that he's not as invincible as he seems, so it's worth thousands of thalers.

"Fate?! That's what you came up with? ”

"Please don't be so picky, then that's one percent of the value of a gemstone. So what's going on with the Lich, isn't it much easier than being a demigod Lich. ”

"Of course, of course, you're most concerned about the lich, but if you ask a question, you'll have to pay twice as much."

"Of course, double."

"It is extremely difficult to become a demigod lich, and it is not so difficult to become a lich, however, all the mages of the town and the fear necromancer who are close to the legend can theoretically be transformed into lichs, but we have not obtained the legendary thousands of years of life, and your transformation magic is also problematic, lacking a catalyst, if you add a certain potion, it may greatly reduce the danger, but the development of this potion is ..............."

Sazastan's words indicate that his lich path is much more difficult than that of a mage, but Sherlock feels that there should be no lies in this part, and he expects this situation.

The fearful necromancer with a difficult future struggles to make sure that every word of Sazastan is recorded.

Wu Xin listened quietly as they exchanged ideas with each other, while contemplating his own deal with Sherlock. (To be continued......)