Warlock Royal Family

Dozens of tables were set up in the "government" compound in the Port of Trieste, and the waiters who had put down their bows and arrows started their business, and the barbecue and vegetables were constantly passing through the hands of the waiters and onto the tables.

It is not an easy task to prepare dinner for hundreds of people in two hours, especially since the city has just experienced a battle, and none of the supplies from heating fuel to common vegetables can be normally supplied.

For this banquet, Governor Gundogan can start making preparations after the fighting eases a bit.

The chefs in Trieste also tried their best to thank their saviors.

However, under the coordination of Governor Gundogan, the part of the Austrian elite who followed Ladislaus was able to share a sumptuous dinner at dusk. [

Although the governor of Gundogan put in a lot of effort to prepare the dinner, he failed to join the banquet, and Ladislaus sent him out to arrange medicine and recuperation for the wounded soldiers under Kessell Witin place to go.

The smell of blood and flames hadn't dissipated, and there were still battles going on in some parts of the city. Ladislaus didn't want his subordinates to mistakenly think that this was a good opportunity to flatter him.

If the governor only prepares some hot food for Ladislaus's personal guards instead of such a feast of wine and meat, and prepares supplies and treatment for the large troops from Vienna as much as possible, it will make Ladislaus Dislaus is genuinely satisfied.

It's a pity that he was too eager to please the leader and went too far.

Of course, his performance as a whole is still good, but today was originally an opportunity for him.His overzealous dinner party prevented him from taking the opportunity.

Of course, Ladislaus will also organize his subordinates to enjoy this banquet. These subordinates who have been traveling with him for the longest time have seen the rich food, and it is obviously too unreasonable not to let them eat.

And there was a special guest at the party.

Banquets are taking place on the rooftop and in the courtyard.The neighborhood where the battle is taking place is relatively visible from the rooftop, so that's where Ladislaus meets his special guest.

"Captain Jack! Long time no see."

Ladislaus saw Captain Jack of the White Agate again.

"It's an honor that you remember the villain." Captain Jack prayed several times that Ladislaus had forgotten his little betrayal.

"Ah, Captain Jack, how could I forget you?" Is there really a betrayal in this world that can be small enough to be forgotten?

Although his joining of the Barbary Corsairs was not voluntary, Ladislaus never forgot any betrayal.

"Come on, don't be nervous, let's have a drink. Do you like a quiet harbor or a rough sea? The latter is a new breed developed this year?" However, Ladislaus did not intend to hang Captain Jack, because he was not captured today. Yes, but an uprising before the battle!

The difference between them is a matter of life and death, especially for someone like Captain Jack who has a dark history with the monarch.

Captain Jack is doing just fine among pirates.

Relying on his proficient professional skills, he quickly got his place among the Barbary pirates. He also had several beauties in Tripoli, but he preferred the exoticism of Asia Minor.

But today.When the heartless man finds a chance to escape the pirate life, he has no lingering thoughts about these beauties.

Relying on a few bottom-deck slaves under his control, he prevented Hayreddin's cronies from chiseling the flagship, and made great contributions to Austria's reception work. [

For the sake of so many silver thalers, it is natural for Ladislaus not to give others the treatment of a "front uprising".

But of course he won't get the slightest bit of trust. Boss Silica's dangerous eyes have been cruising on Captain Jack's back.The cruelty that came from it made Captain Jack nervous.

"Please don't call the villain you. When the villain was captured by Your Highness on the beach of Siena that time, he knew that you were not the one in the pool. It was just that he was so ill-fated that he could serve you today." Captain Jack didn't dare to take the wine, but just lowered his posture lower and lower.

"Haha. Then welcome back to the team. After all, you were also coerced by the Barbary pirates!" Ladislaus reinterpreted the past.

Betrayal is never forgotten.But it can be reinterpreted.

"You are really magnanimous, magnanimous." Hearing what Ladislaus said, Captain Jack's heart was finally able to relax a little.

"Okay, let me talk about my recent experience." Captain Jack's knowledge of Barbary pirates is something that Ladislaus is very concerned about. "Especially what I've experienced since I helped put down the 'turmoil' in the Republic of Venice."

Captain Jack also knew that this was his own value, so he cheered up and told Ladislaus his information.

"Since you helped restore the stability of the Republic of Venice, um, since the stability, the pirates have been rampant." Captain Jack recalled Ladislaus' diplomatic rhetoric in an envious tone, and now Venice and the entire Adriatic The "stable situation" in the sea is the result of Ladislaus' efforts.

"Although the Republic of Venice has regained its stability, because there are still some separatists and careerists on Crete, the Venetian navy is currently fighting against the Barbary pirates." Captain Jack continued. "In the past year, Barbary pirates have seized a large amount of materials and wealth from those Italian city-states. The eastern part of Naples, which belongs to the Kingdom of Spain, and the eastern side of Rome, which is close to the Adriatic Sea, have also been ravaged."

"Oh? Didn't the Spanish navy ignore the attack on the east of Naples?" Ladislaus was a little surprised by this. He thought Spain would protect its eastern territory no matter what.

A block where nearly a hundred pirates gathered was fiercely attacking and defending. Ladislaus seemed to see that Old John was personally directing the battle there. The Austrian infantry, supported by archers composed of several officers, was demolishing a two-story building occupied by pirates. Small building.

"Haleddin now uses the port of the Republic of Ragusa, and the nearest assembly point of the Spanish navy is in the port of Taranto. The pirates are too close."

"You mean that Ragusa is no longer just a base for emergency repairs, but a permanent presence?"

The state of the Republic of Ragusa is peculiar.As the last stronghold of the Cyrek faith in the Balkans, it actually survived solely because of the cunning policies of the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, it serves the interests of the Ottoman Empire, but the Ottoman Empire has also been careful not to allow this small port republic to directly participate in its military operations and maintain its apparent independence.

Ladislaus was as unaware as most, perhaps including the commanders of the Spanish squadrons stationed at Taranto and Syracuse, that the Barbary pirates were now openly operating from Ragusa.

"Yes, but Hayreddin is still in Tripoli or Alexandria most of the time, and he always manages the sale of the loot as much as possible by himself." European specialties can sell for the highest price in the Black Continent.The harem of the semi-nomadic countries on the southern coast of the Mediterranean was often filled with white women, so that within a few generations the sultans of Morocco and Tunisia and their important ministers became Europas with traces of Berbers in appearance.

At the courts in the cities of Marrakech and Tunis, only the guards were Berber.

"The Republic of Liguria is also trading with Hayreddin. Barbary pirates rarely attack Ligurian merchant ships, and they can also get supplies and maintenance services in some Ligurian commercial strongholds on the northern shore of the Black Continent." It is said that Ladislas' uncle spared no effort to fight against the Republic of Venice.

It’s just that doing so is really unpredictable, although the Liguria city itself has two early warning signs of Corsica and Sardinia, it is unlikely to be directly attacked by Barbary pirates.But the trade route it depends on also passes through the open Mediterranean Sea.

The Barbary pirates also threaten its prosperity in the long run, but Liguria is now enjoying the "Naples-Sicily-Malta-Algiers" defense line that the Kingdom of Spain worked so hard to build for free. Marshal Doria's choice is naturally Makes sense. [

"Your Highness, there is one more thing that I must tell you alone." Captain Jack suddenly lowered his voice.

"If you want to say it, say it here." Ladislaus's strength is not afraid of Captain Jack, but he wants to give a subordinate who has just turned his back a chance to meet alone.

Ladislaus leaned out to see what was happening in a fierce neighborhood that was suddenly engaged in fighting.A few magical lights flashed, and there seemed to be a pirate mage there.

However, the Austrian soldiers approached methodically according to the established tactics, and publicized that surrender would not kill them, and that the spellcaster still had preferential treatment conditions, and finally captured the mage.

Casters always have certain preferential treatment.Even if it is a pirate mage, as long as it is not a heinous crime.Generally not executed.

After all, a mage is at least the ransom of thousands of talers, and no one will have trouble with silver coins.

"Don't worry, Captain Jack, if you tell me what you say here, only I can hear it."

Although Ladislaus and his subordinates had dinner together on the rooftop, there was still a cordon around him, and the conversation was kept confidential.

Captain Jack, whose request was rejected, had no choice but to tell his information in the mocking eyes of Boss Silica: "Two months ago, I was given a special mission."

Speaking of which, Captain Jack still couldn't help observing the surrounding situation nervously.

"I took a pirate ship made up almost entirely of Europas, disguised as a merchant ship, entered the port of Marseilles, and picked up a mysterious passenger to go to Istanbul!" Captain Jack was talking nonsense. Provided translation services for a distinguished French guest.

But crossing the Spanish navy's blockade in the western Mediterranean was indeed an adventure, and he did gain a bit of status because of this dangerous job, allowing him to use Hayreddin's wealth to buy back his own life today.

"Your Majesty Habsburg, if I am not mistaken, Paris has conspired with Istanbul. Judging from the strength of the recent pirate operations in the Adriatic Sea, I think they have formed a blasphemous alliance. The atmosphere of war in the Ottoman Empire is getting stronger and stronger, and they are preparing for a large-scale attack." Captain Jack decided to make the situation as serious as possible. "In order to assist King Francois, who was captured by the warlock royal family, the Ottomans may be planning to land in the Adriatic Sea, to attack the Naples area again, and even your prosperous and peaceful Grand Duchy of Austria!"

After Captain Jack finished speaking, he stared nervously at Ladislaus's face. The Ottomans once carried out an amphibious offensive, and last time they directly threatened the city of Rome.

He was disappointed to see the handsome and indifferent face of the other party, without any emotional change, and he didn't seem to be stimulated by the news at all.

The alliance between the Queen Mother Louis and the Ottoman Empire was indeed far beyond the expectations of observers of this era, but for Ladislaus, this geographical rebalancing is very natural. Although the internal conflicts of the Habsburg family are fierce, but The Kingdom of France was indeed incapable of even minimal joint action by the Habsburg alliance.

The shrewd and bold "Louis" Queen Mother will definitely look for new allies. Isn't the distant and powerful Ottoman Empire a natural choice?

This so-called important information has little value in front of Ladislaus.

For the Ottomans to carry out amphibious operations through the Adriatic Sea, Ladislaus has not considered it. After all, after he destroyed the response capability of the Republic of Venice, this option is not impossible for the Ottoman monarchs. .

But after the Ottoman Empire's last amphibious attack on Naples failed, they have been honestly expanding in traditional ways and achieved good results. Ladislaus does not think they will change their always successful strategy.

"The Ottomans are gradually encroaching on the Venetian castle in Dalmatia, but neither the city of Venice nor the civil war in Crete has responded. Once the entire Dalmatian coast is completely under the control of the Ottomans, they will We have a starting point of attack very close to Austria." Captain Jack was still trying to sell his theory, and the energy of this period of time allowed him to see the threat of pirates to land. "Although you have severely damaged the Barbary pirates this time, Hayreddin still controls at least [-] pirates and [-] to [-] ships, and the coastline of the Maghreb is full of young people who want to join the pirates. He'll come back to strength very quickly."

However, organizing hundreds of people to rob a small city is completely different from organizing tens of thousands of people to attack a country.

"The news you provided is very good. I will arrange a good position for you in the Austrian River Fleet. Believe me, that will be a more promising field." The Austrian River Army really needs an experienced captain like Jack.

Although Ladislaus didn't pay much attention to his intelligence, Jack was very satisfied with this result, and he really didn't want to stay in the Adriatic Sea anymore.

While he kept expressing his gratitude, Sirica boss whispered a few words to Ladislaus after getting a note from his subordinates.

Captain Jack resigned after seeing this scene. He is indeed a knowledgeable person.

Ladislaus took another look at the block, and most of the fighting had stopped.

"When you arrive in Vienna, His Majesty Machiavelli will arrange your life. I'm going to cook now." Ladislaus said and left the dinner party, which was still immersed in joy. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)

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