Chapter 426: Two Guests with Different Intentions
There is one last day left until the most joyful, peaceful, and happy celebration in the history of Alexandria. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The situation of the slaves is okay, most of these poor people who have been captured by the Star and Moon Cultists from all over the world have been tortured
Although every effort was made to reassure the population, rumours had spread so much that more and more citizens noticed that the middle and high-ranking bureaucrats and wealthy businessmen had left altogether.
There are even some people who do not know the truth, instigated by some hidden foreign spies, who want to organize and kill out of Alexandria.
The Republic of Venice had numerous commercial relations in Alexandria, so it was only natural that there were many merchants and spies operating here.
The Ottoman Empire was very clear about the dual nature of these people, and it was always open-minded.
This time, most of these two-faced people were also let go, after all, it was acceptable to sacrifice tens of thousands of inhabitants, but the business of Alexandria still had to be continued, which was an important source of revenue for the Ottoman Empire.
In fact, after the sacrifice, trade here resumes quickly, and in some respects even better.
Alexandria is an important trading port, but its own fist products are relatively weak, this time the arrival of the Star and Moon Princess will not only consume a lot of superlative, but also bring a lot of fish from the Shadow Sea.
Grand Prince Mustafa had constructed several isolated shoal pools in advance, and his mother had the ability to sift through the few species that could survive in the main plane, and these creatures could be used as unique nutrients and spellcasting materials.
The Venetian spy who organized the uprising always thought that he was trusted, and it was only at the last moment that he realized that he could not escape, and had to fight to the death.
This kind of desperate action, in the face of the Ottoman army, which was waiting for it, was of course only crushed, and the uprising must be supported by a surprise attack.
After the first evil is eliminated, the people who are coerced and do not know the truth need to be screened, re-isolated, and imprisoned.
Although there was a lot of support from the staff, there was a serious shortage of manpower because of the need to organize sacrifices.
So the eldest prince Mustafa had been busy with all this work for several days, but he still found time to come to the docks, and brought his brother Selim, who had come a few days ago, with him.
A full set of honor guards were ready, and the scale of the momentum was a little larger than when Prince Selim came.
Selim was very upset, he didn't care about the honor guard, it was too painful not to drink today.
"His Royal Highness the Great Prince, His Royal Highness Prince Selim."
"His Highness the Speaker, His Highness the Chancellor."
On the dock, the army was full of formations, and two high-ranking officials of the Ottoman Empire disembarked together.
On the last day of Alexandria were two of the most important figures on the political map of the Ottoman Empire: Muhammad, the chief speaker, and Justice Ruttfey.
Together, the two of them weighed more than the Great Vizier.
Even Prince Selim, when he met them, did not dare to get completely drunk.
"Serim, with His Royal Highness the Great Prince, have you learned anything? Or are you still wasting your already limited talent in a vat? "The chief preacher was able to speak to the Grand Prince like this, and he was the only one who could speak like that, except for Suleiman the Magnificent.
Although they are all imperial executives, in fact, most of the weight is his.
"I've been drinking a lot less lately, almost, almost ............." Serim was a little afraid of the teacher with the same name as the messenger, not much, but it was.
This made the Grand Prince Mustafa next to him very uncomfortable, he knew that the chief preacher actually hated Selim's depravity, but he was still Serim's staunchest supporter, because having a goddess of magic as a mother was more unacceptable to him than drinking.
"Okay, okay, His Highness Serim is still young, and he will become more and more mature and stable in the future." Playing in the round was Justice Rutfee, "Is His Highness Selim very sober today!" ”
"Humph!" The chief preacher said nothing more to the almost sober Selim, but turned to Mustafa and said, "I'm in Istanbul and I've heard many reports that you were protecting the Coptic pagans when you chose your offerings. ”
Prince Mustafa's scalp was numb, and he knew that the other party must be fine when he arrived on this day.
Of course, he was also prepared for such a big event, and immediately responded without hesitation: "Where did this shameless rumor come from?!" It must have been the slander of Austrian or Spanish spies, and these shameless infidels, who could not defeat us in battle, wanted to use such shameless tricks, and I beg you, Your Highness, not to listen to such lies. ”
This pot must not be carried.
"Oh, isn't it true that you picked out thousands of Coptic heretics from among the slaves and quietly let them out?" The chief preacher's tone was stern, "If I go to the slave camp now, will I be able to find a few thousand heretics?" ”
There was a cold sweat on the eldest prince's back, the other party dared to say this, he must be very sure, this is someone informing? Isn't that Muhammad Ali?
No, if you tell the truth, he is also the person who handles it, and he is still nine deaths.
"Your Highness, the caliph asked us to come to the sacrifice together, and not to ask us to investigate the proportion of the number of sacrifices, what are you doing?"
Just as the eldest prince was stunned, the chief judge spoke.
Mustafa was suddenly surprised, the chief justice was a rare neutral in the Ottoman Empire, who did not support either himself or Selim, and was a political tumbler, who had always been based on the study of law.
What's going on today?
"This sacrifice is a major event related to the overall situation of the Mediterranean, and those trivial details cannot affect this grand strategy!" Rutfee was still silent, contrary to his usual submissive appearance in front of the Grand Vizier and the chief precitator, "They are all Ottoman subjects, who participates in the sacrifice, who continues to pay taxes to the caliph, this should be decided by the caliph and the eldest prince!" ”
This Rutfee is losing sincerity!
Grand Prince Mustafa was excited, and it seemed that his long-term accumulated advantages had finally made the chief justice who had always been a wall-to-wall determined to support him.
"What do you mean by that?!" The chief preacher was furious, this is not the same as what he said on the way, "Are you also frightened by that pagan goddess?!" ”
"I don't know any pagan goddesses, I only know the Sultan of Mystra."
The meeting ended in an extremely unfriendly atmosphere. (To be continued.) )