Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1585, out of breath

Paris, France, with the morning light splashing on the earth, Paris began to become noisy, the river brought Paris the stinky sea fish, when walking on the streets of the city in the morning, you must hold an umbrella and wear high heels, because you said There may be unknown liquids and solids falling from the sky, or those dirty things may be stepped on everywhere.

In Paris, which is famous for its romance in later generations, at this moment, like all cities in Europe, it is extremely dirty and smells everywhere, even the palace of King Louis XII of France will not be much better.

A large reception was just held last night, and the palace was filled with the stench of high society. In the past year or so, Louis XII has shared an extremely huge wealth by pretending to be a pirate.

A large number of treasure ships and colonial strongholds were looted by pirates. In the end, the wealth entered the pockets of King Henry VII of England, King Louis XII of France, and King Manuel I of Portugal.

The continuous influx of wealth also made them hold various receptions from time to time to celebrate this wise choice at the beginning.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty~"

When Louis XII was sleeping with several ladies in his arms, a minister hurriedly broke into Louis XII's bedroom, saw the messy scene, and continued to shout.

"what's up?"

Louis XII woke up in a daze, with a headache. The fine wine from the Ming Empire was indeed better than the European wine. He drank too much last night, and his head hurt a bit.

"Your Majesty, the news just came that Marseille was ransacked by pirates, and the entire port of Marseille was ransacked. Except for the house, almost everything in the city was ransacked, not even a mouse was spared. .”

The minister said urgently and urgently.

"pirate?"

"Aren't the pirates one of our own?"

"How could they loot the port of Marseille?"

"what?"

"The port of Marseilles?"

Louis XII, who was originally dazed, suddenly came to his senses completely, and got up from the bed regardless of his naked appearance.

"You mean the port of Marseilles has been sacked?"

Louis XII asked again.

"Yes, it's the Port of Marseilles. It's been ransacked, and there's not even a mouse in the city."

The minister solemnly replied again.

"Where did the pirates come from, dare to loot the port of Marseilles? There are hundreds of thousands of people in Marseilles, and there are thousands of defenders. How could they be looted?"

Louis XII was dumbfounded. Marseille is a big city. A city with hundreds of thousands of people is definitely a big city in Europe. However, a big city with thousands of defenders and hundreds of thousands of people actually said that it was ransacked. Clean and clean, who would believe this?

"Your Majesty, that's the truth~"

The minister replied helplessly.

"Check it out for me, thoroughly investigate this matter. It is absolutely impossible that there are no clues and rumors about the looting of more than [-] people in Marseille. We must investigate clearly."

"What kind of pirate can have such an ability, this is definitely not a pirate."

"Is it the Ottoman Empire?"

The first thing Louis XII thought of was the Ottoman Empire, and only the Ottoman Empire has always regarded pirates as a navy, with an extremely powerful pirate group and the habit of looting the coastal areas of the Mediterranean.

"Yes~"

The minister took the order and hurriedly began to investigate the matter.

A few days later, things finally took shape.

"Your Majesty, according to the results of our various investigations, it is not the Ottoman Empire that looted Marseille Port, but the Spanish and Japanese."

"Some of our merchants saw a large number of slave-trading merchant ships passing by in Port Said, Egypt. The slaves on these ships just parked in Port Said, Egypt, and then quickly transported to the east through the Egyptian canal."

"In addition, there are some people who hid in Marseille Port. After they came out, they also said that the people who ransacked Marseille Port this time had oriental faces, but they were a little different from the people of Ming Dynasty. They were generally shorter in stature and used weapons. Among them are Japanese samurai swords."

"We also learned from Spain that a large number of ships have been transferred from West Africa to North Africa recently. After Marseille was sacked, some cargo ships full of slaves were welcomed in Spanish colonies in North Africa, and they all quickly Transferred secretly."

The minister in charge of investigating the Port of Marseille approached Louis XII and reported the investigation.

"Spanish and Japanese?"

When Louis XII heard this, he fell silent immediately.

In fact, he has already guessed this matter. The most likely thing is the Ottoman Empire, but the pirates of the Ottoman Empire are now mainly active in the eastern Mediterranean region. The targets of looting are Italy, Venice, and the Balkan Peninsula. Now they rarely enter the Western Mediterranean. Because the Spanish navy is constantly patrolling the Aegean Sea and Sicily, and the Mediterranean Fleet of the Ming Empire also patrols various places from time to time, and they will not let them go when they encounter pirates.

The rest are naturally the Spaniards. Louis XII would not believe that there are any pirates capable of attacking the Port of Marseilles. The pirates that are rampant now, he knows very well in his heart, they are regular armies from several countries. It is absolutely impossible to pretend to rob your own Marseille port.

It's just that he didn't expect the people of the Wa country to participate. The Wa country is in the far east and has never had a sense of existence. That is, there are colonies in West Africa recently. Everyone has looted the colonies of the Wa country before paying attention to the Wa country.

"Spain, Japan ~"

Louis XII's eyes were bloodshot, and his fists were clenched.

The Spaniards and the Japanese were too ruthless, and they directly attacked the port of Marseille. They were able to loot such a huge city.

The point is that now this is tantamount to repaying others in the same way. On your own side, you use pirates to loot their colonies and treasure ships, and they directly attack your local ports and cities.

The port of Marseille can be looted clean, so other ports can also be looted clean. One port of Marseille today, one of Nice tomorrow, and another Montpellier later. It will not take long for the coastal areas of France to be destroyed. No one dares to live there anymore.

Maybe when they arrive, they will go deep into the inland areas to hunt grass valleys like the prairie people, and the whole of France will be treated like leeks, and wave after wave will be trafficked as slaves to the east.

"Call the army immediately to the Spanish border and wait for orders at any time."

"Call the Spanish ambassador to come and ask questions~"

Louis XII walked around angrily, thinking about countermeasures.

Soon, the Spanish ambassador to France, Harvey, came to the palace.

"Your Majesty the King, do you know why you summoned me?"

Harvey also already knew about Marseilles, and also knew that it was done by the Spaniards and the Japanese, but he still asked about Louis XII with a smile.

"whats the matter?"

"Don't you Spaniards know in your heart?"

Louis XII looked at Harvey in front of him, wishing he could chop him into a pulp, staring straight at him with scarlet eyes.

"I don't understand what His Majesty is talking about~"

Harvey naturally acted like he didn't know anything.

"The port of Marseilles was looted clean, didn't you Spaniards do this?"

"Your Majesty, we in Spain have never done pirates. Pirates are very rampant now. Our Spanish colonial strongholds and treasure ships are often looted. These pirates are powerful. It is also possible to loot Marseille port. This is absolutely impossible. What we Spaniards do must be pirates."

Harvey naturally vetoed it and pushed it to the pirates.

Didn't you make an excuse to say you were a pirate?
Now Marseille is also being ransacked by pirates. Although both parties know it well, they will piss you off even if you are angry.

"you~"

Louis XII was so angry that he couldn't even speak, and pointed at Harvey.

"Haha, Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."

Seeing the appearance of Louis XII, Harvey immediately laughed happily.

Let you pretend to be pirates, and now we also pretend to be pirates, to see if you can still hold your breath.

Seeing Harvey leaving with a big smile, Louis XII's expression was extremely ugly.

This is the dumb who can't tell if he suffers from eating Coptis chinensis.

The Spaniards pushed the matter to the pirates, and they did nothing.

Even though he knew it was made by Spain, he had nothing to do with the Spaniards, just as the Spaniards knew that those pirates were actually made by several countries.

As long as everyone doesn't admit it, the Spaniards have nothing to do with you and can't find an excuse to deal with you. Pirates have always existed, and sometimes they are very rampant.

From Viking pirates to Vikings, to English pirates, Ottoman pirates, North African pirates, etc., the Iberian Peninsula has always been looted by pirates, as have France and Italy.

As long as everyone doesn't admit it, no one can do anything against you. You know what you did, but you can only scold your mother. Other than that, you are chasing pirates like crazy at sea and venting your anger.

(End of this chapter)