On the east bank of the Nile, less than ten miles from the city of Cannaço, where Murad Beyi was stationed, there were two small hills.

One of them has been almost desertified, and the other still has a bit of soil, sparsely dotted with a few dots of green.

More than a dozen knights, under the cover of the pre-dawn darkness, quietly reached the knoll.

An extremely tall man with an entourage, as a guide, was already standing on the completely sandy knoll.

He could clearly see the full extent of the situation in his vicinity.

It was indeed a great place to meet, and the two knolls were the only two vantage points in the vicinity, and there was no possibility of any ambush at all.

But only if you confirm it with your own eyes, will Berthier be reassured.

After rounding the two hillocks in turn, and being 100% sure that there was no possible ambush, Berthier waved to the knights behind him that they could enter.

Then a dozen Frenchmen rode their camels into the valley between the knolls.

Napoleon arrived a lot earlier than the agreed time, and Berthier came even earlier.

At one point, Berthier thought that Napoleon's request to meet with the "hermit" was wishful thinking, and even though Napoleon's words were extremely harsh, Berthier did not think that the other party would really accept such a request.

Napoleon needed Napoleon more than the Mt. Shan Retreat.

Although there were a lot of materials captured by the French army, but the battlefield and the workshop were different, it was not easy to win, and it was impossible to ensure that all the materials were captured, and there were always some materials that were burned, taken away, and thrown into the sea.

This material was militarily indispensable and needed to be procured from Europa, and the Jewish Chamber of Commerce had the best channels for smuggling.

Some of the trophies of the officers and soldiers and the letters sent to and from home also needed Jewish channels.

Then there is the question of intelligence and the need for Napoleon to sneak back into Europe.

Berthier thought it would be unwise for Napoleon to take tough measures at this time.

Of course, he said it very tactfully. Napoleon, however, insisted that he communicate his demands, and was confident that they would accept them.

That being the case, Berthier, as usual, obeyed Napoleon's orders.

And as always, Napoleon proved that his self-confidence was correct, and they did have the means to hold this "hermit".

Three days after Bertier's request was issued. The "hermit", who had always seen the dragon without seeing the head and the end, replied to his request, and although his tone was extremely dissatisfied, he did accept Napoleon's request for an interview.

Although the other party asked him to determine the time and place, he finally accepted the request.

And the place and time were confirmed at the last minute, but Napoleon determined the place of this meeting a day in advance, based on the map that Mesadir had sold him last time.

So this is not the first time that Berthier has made his tour, nor the second, but the twentieth.

The "hermits" never showed their faces easily, and their wealth and the way in which they acquired it made them too many enemies. Once exposed, it often means that their public identity is finished, and the business under the public identity will also face a crisis.

And for those who meet the "hermit", the risk is also great.

A good businessman is often a businessman with integrity.

But the best businessmen are those who have integrity and know when to break contracts.

Jews are such merchants, and the "hermits" are Jews among Jews.

"General Bonaparte, you're here early."

Although Napoleon, according to the map, expected the choice of the other side. But after all, they still couldn't get past Mesadir.

Mesadiel was wrapped in a patch of earthy yellow robes, from head to toe. Nowhere is it exposed, and no figure can be seen, not to mention, not even the eyes.

Her voice is very bizarre, neither male nor female, neither male nor female, neither yin nor yang.

This is the wind of the "hermit".

To others, she just suddenly appeared out of the sand. also brought four guards, all dressed in yellow robes and covered heads.

A mysterious voice suddenly sounded, and several French soldiers all drew their weapons, and Berthier even raised his hand to see a magic missile.

Contrary to what his tall stature suggests, he is not a warrior. Rather, a mage.

It is also only the mage who can best cope with all kinds of tedious details and repetitive paperwork.

However, Berthier lost his mind as a mage at this time.

His face flushed, and he couldn't understand why he had been checking so many times, but he still couldn't find the other party.

The Hermit often faces this reaction when he appears, so Mesadir's costume is certainly able to counter this classic magic.

When Bertier's first magic missile dissipated, he felt even more humiliated, and in a fit of rage, he was about to cast a second spell.

"Well, my friend, you've already greeted this lady." Napoleon pulled Berthier back for further gaffes, while quietly salvaging the situation a little.

Mesadiel was shocked, how did he know that he was a woman?

But Napoleon, of course, would not explain, they were just differentiating from each other.

"We agreed that there should be no more than twelve guards, General Bonaparte, you have enough men with you." Mesadir regained her advantage in a different way, and she was satirizing Napoleon's cowardice.

In fact, Napoleon only brought twelve people, and in this kind of meeting, he can already be regarded as a master of the arts.

This is also a common technique used by the "hermit", deliberately setting a small number of guards for the guards, and then bringing fewer guards than few to show their self-confidence.

Napoleon was still not arrogant: "I have enough men to wipe out the three thousand heretics in the city of Casona. ”

He is not talking nonsense, fifteen hundred French soldiers, against twice as many Ottoman troops, is indeed more than enough.

But it is not entirely true, attacking a double number of enemies with preset positions, even with a qualitative advantage, will suffer heavy casualties, casualties that Napoleon did not want to accept.

"So, General Bonaparte, why do you summon me?" Mesadir immediately counterattacked, if you are really invincible, why are you looking for me, "Said to stop passing through our transportation channels." even threatened to refuse to pay the balance of the freight of the previous batch of materials, which is not what doing business looks like. ”

However, Napoleon did not speak directly, but drew a cross on his face.

As his fingers slid across his forehead, a small cross immediately appeared, which could be clearly seen even in the darkness of the night.

Mesadir's attitude softened suddenly: "Actually, it's not without benefit to see each other. The most important thing in cooperation is trust and understanding, if you have any objections to the freight rate, can we discuss it well. ”

Napoleon brought a lot of booty back to France through the Monastery and handed it over to his brother Lucien to work in the parliament, expand his power, and build up his party.

These trophies were often small in size, but they were of high value, so they could be brought back by the smuggling boats of the Mt. Shan Monastery.

Of course, there were competitors to the business, although the once noisy Fugger Textile Guild and the Medici Bank had fallen into decline due to misguided political investment.

But of course, the Mt. Shan Monastery still has opponents. Although the Shan Monastery invests heavily in the Swiss mountains, there are also a few commercial establishments that worship the Night Lady Shahr and the Shan Monastery that do not have any equity crossing, and are purely competitive, and they are also famous and powerful.

The tighter the lockdown place, the more profit can be grabbed.

There are also some Roman smuggling ships that carry tribute for the "Chosen Pope", and they also operate a similar business, although Britain has long ceased to believe in the dark sun, but for the smuggling ships under the banner of "The Chosen Pope". There is still some tolerance, as long as the scale is not too large. Even the British Navy was reluctant to seize a ship blessed by the "Chosen Pope".

This threat seemed to both Bertier and Wu Xin to be very weak.

After all, the cooperation between Napoleon and the Monastery had been smooth, and the Swiss side was wary of the revolution in the French Republic, while the Roman Church State had a small capacity and a chaotic management, and various nepotism caused staggering losses in transportation.

Wu Xin is actually very psychologically stressed about participating in such a secret meeting. But he didn't dare not come, what if Mesadir sold him to Napoleon?

Compared to the danger of having a black eye, Wu Xin would rather come here to take risks.

Although Napoleon's judgment was amazing, the secret passage built by Mesadir still had a certain degree of security, and Wu Xin also made Villefort make certain defensive preparations in advance.

Mesadir in order to show his sincerity. There is not a single escort, all the guards are reincarnated.

But Mesadir's insistence on coming out to meet was strange in itself, and even easily made certain concessions.

However, Napoleon was unforgiving and continued to persecute: "What I want is not to lower the freight rate, but to transport the goods safely and intact to the port of Marseille!" In the last month alone, three shipments have been damaged! ”

Napoleon said as he continued to draw crosses on his face, which shone faintly as the sun rose.

This is a very unusual thing, although the French Republic has not banned the church, but its top brass will take the initiative to avoid too religious actions.

"If you can't even get a few pieces of pottery, how dare I believe you have the ability to send me back to France?" Napoleon was carrying absolute cronies, so there was no need to hide anything. "If I can't return to France, those feudal and barbaric monarchs will unite to strangle the great revolution, and then the French nation will suffer, and your fate will be ten times more miserable! Let the rebuilding of the kingdom of Israel and King Solomon's temple be a great dream forever. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, General Bonaparte, please forgive us, we will certainly seize this opportunity." Mesadir further gave up resistance.

Napoleon's words were loud, but Mesadir's attitude still confused Wu Xin, who was standing aside and also wearing a yellow burqa.

Wu Xin watched Napoleon turn Mesadir's scolding in a hurry, while observing his movements, Napoleon no longer drew crosses, but Mesadir was obviously wrong, her tone was slow, and the speed of her speech was different from usual.

Napoleon was indeed as majestic as a mountain, and although he was short in stature, he was imposing and heroic.

But Wu Xin still didn't understand Mesadir's performance, the other party was indeed a hero, but Mesadir could be regarded as having seen all kinds of characters, at least definitely not a straw bag, she was pretending to be like that in front of her, why did she suddenly lose her momentum at all.

How could a dignified "hermit" be overwhelmed by such a mere language?

In fact, in Wu Xin's opinion, this meeting was not necessary at all, and he did not understand why Mesadir had to come to see Napoleon after receiving the short raft.

It will only expose your own plans, and it is the best choice to pass on information through the secret spider from afar.

There is mystery, and he is not afraid of the other party's suspicion, it doesn't matter if he trusts him less, after all, Wu Xin is sincerely trying to betray Muradbeyi to him.

Even Napoleon, after taking Murad Bey, had no reason to suspect Wu Xin and Mesadir, the two great traitors.

And although Napoleon had tens of thousands of troops, he was actually in the place of death, he only had such a one-time absolute, as long as he lost once, he was finished, and all glory and ambition would be wiped out.

Wu Xin knows better than anyone how many ** are in this little man's body, and he will never want to stay by the Nile and help those old men in Paris do dangerous back-to-back work.

"I don't want you to show your determination, I want to see your actions." Napoleon dismounted, and said to Mesadir as if he were a child.

And that's not all, he walked up to Mesadir and lifted the female mage up.

Wu Xin was shocked, what the hell is going on.

Could it be that you have fallen for mind magic?

Wu Xin quickly overturned this idea again, Mesadir eats by playing with other people's minds, there must be relative means of protection, whoever will be hit, she will not be hit.

But that's how she watched Napoleon come and let him take his neck.

Wu Xin and Delia both felt extremely embarrassed at once, although their task was to fight Napoleon, but a showdown in such a situation was obviously very unfavorable to them.

The secret passage is so well designed that it has not yet been discovered, but it is impossible to retreat in front of Napoleon.

Frontal combat is even more death-seeking, Napoleon's own strength must be very strong, Bertier's strength can't be seen, but several of his guards are at least the "backbone" level, the two leading guards are heavy armor but agile, when Napoleon speaks, they are all motionless, and it seems that there is more than "backbone".

The guy in his hands is even more powerful than himself, after all, the Istanbul Supply Center and the caliphate convoy have worked hard for so long.

Fortunately, Mesadir only lost the ability to lie and debate in front of Napoleon, not lost her mind, and she raised her hand in time to signal Wu Xin and them not to use force.

Napoleon put his arm around Mesadir's neck and asked, "Why has the return to Europa been delayed for so long, and why has the price increased repeatedly, is it perfunctory to me, trying to make me retreat, can it be hidden from the eyes and ears of the British?" Is it arranged? ”

"At sea, no one can hide from General Nelson, who is so much faster than a ship and so commanding that it is even more delusional to pin his hopes on his mistakes." Mesadir was indeed willing to help Napoleon and make the cause of the Revolution bigger and the Jews safer, "We need more money and time to convince some of the bigwigs in the British Parliament that you will support the Bourbons." ”

"Oh." Napoleon showed a look of understanding, and he also took the initiative to make up for the recent events, "So you deliberately released the news that a fake Bourbon prince is in Egypt?" What's that? ”

Wu Xin watched Napoleon turn the mess around with Mesadir's scolding, while observing his movements, Napoleon no longer drew crosses, but Mesadir had clearly given up resistance.

"It's not a deliberate release, Sibo is unlikely to really be the Prince of Bourbon, but he is indeed ambitious and plotting to seize power in Egypt, and the same is true of Muhammad Ali, but the two of them should be able to work together before they destroy Murad Bey." Mesadir was completely unmistakably honest and earnestly advised, "If you want to build a long-term business in Egypt, then this is a good opportunity to put the two of them together." (To be continued.) )