Zhu Jingyuan asked clearly about the situation at the scene, and after thinking about it for a while, he ordered:
"Instruct the patrol fleet to find a place to keep the other party's ship and everything on it alone.
"Single escort the other party's envoy responsible for liaison to see me with the so-called Tripoli Pasha's letter."
Zhu Jingyuan was slightly interested in the Tripolitans.
Because this group of people has a very close relationship with Zhu Jingyuan, the world's number one navy in his previous life.
If the United States were the protagonists of online novels, they would be the first villains to show off in front of the protagonist and get slapped in the face after the protagonist explodes.
The rulers of Tripoli, Tunisia, and Algeria are not separatist forces in the conventional sense.
They were actually a pirate gang that submitted to the Ottomans and were collectively known as the Barbary pirates. Parts of Morocco were once occupied by them.
Before the industrial age, these pirates had long been entrenched in the Great Qin Sea and the northern coastal areas of the Mozhou Continent.
They collected protection fees from passing ships, attacked ships that did not pay protection fees, arrested and sold slaves of all ethnic groups in Thailand and Spain, and extorted ransoms.
Their life has lasted for at least two hundred years, and they have become accustomed to their existence.
By the eighteenth century, the scale and organizational capabilities of the British and French navies continued to develop, and they were no longer able to compete with the Barbary pirates.
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the Barbary pirates decided not to attack British and French merchant ships, and the two sides continued to live in peace for a long time.
But the United States became independent in 1783.
After American independence, merchant ships could no longer fly the British flag.
As a result, in 1785, just two years after American independence, two American merchant ships were captured by Tripoli pirates.
The Tripoli Pasha demanded a ransom of $660,000 from the United States.
Affected by isolationism and decentralization, the U.S. federal navy had only one gunboat of less than 100 tons at that time, which was maintained at Washington's own expense.
Therefore, the United States had no way to use force to recapture the prisoners. It could only choose to be patient and give in and try to solve the problem through diplomatic means.
As a result, the pirates continued to rob more American merchant ships, capture more crew members, and increase the ransom.
After ten years of hard work, the Americans finally paid a ransom of $1 million in exchange for the release of the American crew by the Barbary pirates.
This figure was almost one-sixth of the U.S. budget at the time.
At the same time, the United States will have to pay more than 20,000 US dollars in annual protection fees in the future in exchange for the Barbary pirates' guarantee not to rob American merchant ships.
This humiliation made the Americans learn from the pain. While enduring the humiliation, they formally established the Department of the Navy and made great efforts to build the federal naval fleet.
The famous USS Constitution, the self-built first-generation USS Enterprise, and the first-generation USS Constellation were all approved for construction.
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This treaty became "the most advantageous peace treaty signed by the civilized countries of Europe and the Barbary Countries in the past century."
In original history, before the Industrial Revolution, the navy had gradually gained an advantage over the Barbary pirates.
However, there is still no absolute advantage on land, and it is unable to directly land and occupy the homeland of the Baba pirates.
At the same time, the traditional nobles who held the power of the court were not very motivated to destroy these pirates.
On the contrary, the United States, where the real bourgeoisie is in power, has extremely low tolerance for pirates who rob its own merchant ships and demand ransom and protection fees.
After the Napoleonic Wars, the bourgeoisie gradually came to the fore.
In the twenty years from 1830 to 1850, the French gradually occupied the entire Algeria.
In the frenzy to carve up Mexico after the Industrial Revolution, the French further occupied neighboring Morocco and Tunisia.
The Barbary pirates' lairs on land were destroyed one after another, completely losing their ability to cause harm.
Although Tripoli continued to exist into the twentieth century, it could only survive in the face of complete industrialization.
Finally, in 1912, Tripoli became an Italian colony.
In this world, the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty has been completed, but the previous world war gave the Barbary pirates some breathing room.
Now that the world war is over, the Ming Dynasty has conquered Egypt and is adjacent to Tripoli on land.
As long as there are no hidden obstacles, it is only a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty destroys these pirates' lair.
This is probably the real reason why the other party came to Zhu Jingyuan to give him gifts.
Zhu Jingyuan considered the current situation and the relationship between the three visitors, and arranged for them to arrive at similar times.
On the same day, November 4, the 34th year of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jingyuan met with people from three aspects in turn.
The first was Grand Vizier Zayadin, who brought a group of young girls in directly.
After a simple greeting, Zayadin said very directly:
"His Royal Highness Prince Dashi, on behalf of His Majesty the Ottoman Sultan, I would like to express my highest and sincerest gratitude to Your Highness for your support at the League of Nations meeting."
Zhu Jingyuan smiled and nodded in response:
"Don't be so polite."
Zayadin bowed again and continued to explain his purpose:
"His Majesty the Sultan wishes to give His Highness, His Highness the most beautiful Princess Irene, to be your maid.
"And take Rhode Island, located in the Great Qin Sea, and sixteen carefully selected female slaves from all ethnic groups as dowry gifts.…
"Your Highness, I hope you will accept it."
Slavery was already popular in the Ottomans.
Barbary pirates in Tripoli and other places, as well as Tatar vassal states on the Black Sea coast, have been capturing slaves for a long time.
The main way of dealing with these slaves was to sell them to the nobles of the Ottoman Empire.
However, after industrialization, the ability to capture Barbary pirates was greatly reduced, and Lucia annexed the Tatars on the Black Sea coast.
The Ottomans had lost their main source of white slaves.
However, the Ottomans accumulated a large number of slaves of various ethnic groups, and these slaves reproduced a large number of descendants in the country.
In many parts of the Ottoman Empire, the nominal population of Taishi slaves exceeded one-tenth or even one-third.
Therefore, there may be fewer newly captured slaves, but there are still many second- or even third-generation domestic slaves.
It’s not a big deal to select a group of outstanding ones to give as gifts.
As for sending the princesses to Zhu Jingyuan's maid, there was no pressure on the Ottoman Sultan.
There was a huge disparity between the status of men and women in the Ottomans. The Ottoman sultan himself had many wives and concubines, as well as a large number of slaves to give birth to offspring.
The status of Ottoman princesses cannot be compared with that of other countries.
The Ottoman princess herself might feel lucky to be sent to the court of the Ming Dynasty and work as a maid to Prince Zhu Jingyuan.
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The real gift of the Ottoman Sultan was actually the land ownership of that island.
Rhodes Island covers an area of 1,398 square kilometers, at the foot of the Asia Minor Peninsula and on the edge of the Aegean Sea.
It is now 1805, and all the islands in the Aegean Sea belong to the Ottomans.
Of course, what Osman gave to Zhu Jingyuan were private land ownership.
It is the same as the land around Baku that Zhu Jingyuan obtained in Persia.
Zhu Jingyuan can be used to farm, build houses, and open factories, but the jurisdiction still belongs to the Ottomans.
Zhu Jingyuan imagined the location of Rhode Island and seemed a little unhappy and said:
"I have felt the Sultan's wishes, and I am indeed interested in obtaining a private island in the Great Qin Sea.
"But compared to Rhodes Island, I actually prefer Crete. I wonder if the Sultan can part ways with me?"
Crete is the fifth largest island in the entire Daqin Sea.
The total land area is 8,236 square kilometers, which is more than five times that of Rhode Island.
The key is that the location of Crete is much better than Rhodes.
It is located in the middle of the western part of the Great Qinhai.
It is more than 100 kilometers away from the Peloponnese Peninsula, more than 200 kilometers away from the Asia Minor Peninsula, and 300 kilometers away from the northern part of Mexico.
It's not too far from the three places, but it has a certain degree of independence.
Rhodes Island is only twenty kilometers away from the Ottoman mainland.
If Osman gave Zhu Jingyuan Rhode Island, it would be impossible for Zhu Jingyuan to go there for vacation.
You have to arrange special people to manage and operate it. The key is that you don't care about the profit. If it develops, Osman will also benefit, so it is relatively useless.
If the gift given to Zhu Jingyuan is Crete, then he can go there and have a look when the situation is stable.
But that's it, it's just an island in the Qinhai Sea. Zhu Jingyuan cannot pay much attention to it.
Zhu Jingyuan made such a direct request because he didn't want to waste time on this matter. There were two groups of people he wanted to meet later.
Urging the Ottomans to directly enter the bargaining process, they quickly expressed their thoughts other than thanking them.
Zayadin was also obviously stunned, and then he felt Zhu Jingyuan's intention keenly.
Therefore, Zayadin basically did not hesitate and directly agreed to Zhu Jingyuan's request, and at the same time put forward Osman's request:
"Since Prince Dashi likes Crete, His Majesty the Sultan should not be stingy with these lands. I will work hard to convince His Majesty the Sultan.
"It's just that His Majesty the Sultan has a few requests, and I hope Prince Dashi and Daming can agree to them.
"First of all, I hope that Ming Dynasty can continue to help the Ottomans build a naval fleet, and guide and help the Ottomans build ports and naval bases in Morocco and Congo.
"Secondly, after the Ming Dynasty wiped out the separatist forces in Yemen, Tripoli, Tunisia, Algeria and other places, it transferred the local population to the Ottomans.
"Then, after the Ming Dynasty wiped out the rebels in the above areas, it could set aside some land for the Ottomans to build ports in the coastal areas of Tunisia or Algeria.
"Finally, the Ottomans were allowed to send out their own troops to destroy and conquer some of the rebels in these areas and regain some of the land..."
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