Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

Strozzi snorted coldly and didn't answer.

He has been actively courting Valentina.Who knew that this woman was always unmoved, repeatedly rejecting her love proposals.Strozzi thought that Valentina, like him, was the heir to the inheritance of the gods, so she was proud, and he didn't mind taking it slow.Who knew that this woman would post it on the Marquis of La Manche at some point!

"In front of my face, kissing in public... Maybe the two of them even slept in bed! Hmph, you really are a bitch who will do whatever she can to achieve her goal!"

Strozzi felt jealous.

It's just that Valentina and the unbelievers behind her are indispensable support for the Salt Spray Pirates, so Strozzi can only swallow this humiliation, pretending to be generous and said: "I think Do you know what kind of charm that Marquis has that can attract a beauty like you? Maybe I can also learn from it."

Valentina stroked her lips and smiled, "I'm sorry, this is a secret."

She went back to a single room that Strozzi specially prepared for her, locked the door, set up a protective spell to ensure that no one could disturb her, and then carefully took out a severed palm like white jade from the void.

The tentacles of this severed palm are soft and soft, the skin is smooth and elastic, and it even pulsates occasionally, as if it has life.

Holding her severed palm, Valentina whispered devoutly: "Unexpectedly, I tasted you from Ma Youfu and that Provence girl. Aphrodite, the goddess who gathers all the beauties in the world. I A little closer to the end of your tour of the lost power."

bang bang bang...

There was a sudden knock on the door behind him.Valentina quickly put away Aphrodite's severed palm, then stood up and opened the door.

Strozzi bowed slightly outside the door, and said, "I'm sorry to interrupt your rest, Valentina. I want to ask, do you have any people in Alexandria, the unbelievers?"

"You want to go to the Mamluk Sultanate?"

"We are pirates, we need to eat. My brothers have been starving in the swamp for so long, and they are so thin that even ogres would hate their teeth. After taking over the old department, I will make a big deal first, adding Strength, and then go to compare with that Sirisian and undead pirates to see who is the real overlord of the sea!"

Although Strozzi was trapped by Ma Youfu for a long time, and the entire pirate group was in a panic, his contact with the outside world was not interrupted.Not only did he complete a series of diplomatic operations and form a fragile alliance with Ma Youfu, but he also gained the trust of Earl Noctis, and he was going to go there as a second-five boy.

Just yesterday, Strozzi also inquired that the Republic of Genoa will have a major operation in the near future.

Among the many republics in Italy, such as Milan and Florence, the handicraft industry is well developed and the agriculture is not bad.Commercial republics such as Venice and Genoa relied more on foreign trade.

Because of the threat of undead pirates, Genoa engaged in a strategy to avoid war and protect the ship.But now, after losing a large amount of trade income, the existing fleet huddled in the port is almost unsustainable.

If this continues, Genoa's economy will face collapse, and the big word "to end" is already hanging over the governor's head.

Therefore, Genoa must resume sea trade activities.

It just so happened that recently, because many crusaders gathered in Provence, food prices soared, and the governor of Genoa, Tommaso di Campofregoso, took a fancy to this business opportunity.

He decided to organize a fleet and go to Egypt, the granary of the Mediterranean Sea, to buy a large amount of grain and transport it back.

The buyer for this business has already been found in advance.The generous Marquis of Lamanche offered a good price, and it was worth the Genoese's risk.

In addition, Ma Youfu also provided a suggestion for the Genoese: In order to avoid unnecessary losses when encountering the undead navy at sea—especially the terrible Black Fort, it is best to organize all merchant ships and go to Egypt together.

The Governor of Genoa originally planned to divide all merchant ships into dozens of small fleets and set off in batches, hoping that the smaller fleet size would reduce the probability of being discovered by the enemy.However, Ma Youfu immediately rejected the plan and gave completely opposite suggestions.

Ma Youfu's suggestion was based on the lessons learned from the past - the experience of the confrontation between the Allied escort fleet and the German submarine during World War II.

After briefly talking about what expectations are in the letter to the Governor of Genoa, the other party finally adopted Ma Youfu's suggestion.

But what the Genoese didn't know was that even if they managed to evade the blocking of Count Noctis, another group of pirates were watching...

"The Mamluk Sultan is more tolerant in religion than those of the Seven Saints. Of course, we unbelievers have manpower available in Alexandria, and there are quite a few of them." Valentina said.

"Very good!" Strozzi's eyes glowed with excitement, like a wolf smelling blood.

Relying on the power he inherited from Poseidon, the god of the sea, Strozzi can fly like a shuttle on the sea even if he is only driving a small broken ship.

He quickly contacted the subordinates of the pirate group who had surrendered to Earl Noctos due to the situation, and recovered his three warships, including the flagship Sea God Trident.

Later, Strozzi relied on the pirate ship in his hand to recruit a group of Mulholland pirates who also betrayed Earl Noctis.

After greatly expanding the size of the Sons of Salt Mist Pirates to fifteen ships, Strozzi thought he had a bargaining chip, so under the introduction of Valentina, he went to Castle Black and pretended to be with Noctis Allied with Earls.

The vampire lord felt that he had finally found the right party to lead the way, and that his plan to conquer the Mediterranean was one step closer. He was in a great mood and gave Strozzi some magic props that could summon the undead to fight.

Afterwards, Strozzi left Castle Black, parted ways with Valentina, and commanded the pirate group all the way east, arriving in Alexandria.

At this point, it was already mid-February.

Under the guise of a Sicilian grain merchant, the Pirates of the Salt Mist found the local unbelievers based on the information provided by Valentina, and began to gather information to inquire about the Genoa fleet.

Although because of the issue of the holy mountain in the Maghreb, the two major religious groups of the Seven Holy Churches and the Mulhollan Church are now confronting each other in the surrounding areas of the Mediterranean Sea, and the situation is quite tense, but this does not mean that the two sides have cut off all exchanges.

Merchants from the Italian city-states still went to and from the market in Alexandria, buying food, cotton, and sugar from Egypt, as well as spices, porcelain, and silk from the farther east.

The business of Mulholland merchants and pagans is still booming, and the business taxes of the sultan and the governor are also booming.

Thanks to this religiously tolerant business environment, Alexandria's status as a trade hub between the East and the West will not change from ancient Greece to the present, and for a long time to come.

There is an argument in later generations that one of the driving forces for Europeans to open up new sea routes was the rise of the Ottoman Empire, which cut off the trade between East and West.

Actually it's total bullshit.

When Columbus discovered the New World, the Mamluk Sultanate was alive and well. How could the Ottoman Empire have the ability to dominate the Eastern Mediterranean?Even after the Ottoman Empire conquered the Mamluk Sultanate, the Egyptian governor established by the empire did not prohibit European businessmen from doing business.

The reason for this kind of argument is that the Europeans just smeared their own colonial history: look, the pagans forced us, and we did not open up new routes because of greed for money.

Strozzi lurked in Alexandria for a week and stopped by to visit the famous Alexandria Lighthouse and Library.

Then, at last, he waited for the Genoese merchant ships flying the St. George's Cross.

Because the Genoa fleet that arrived in Alexandria this time was huge, in order to avoid misunderstandings, the Commander of the Genoa Fleet made a compromise with the Governor of Alexandria, and only sent four ships into the port to load at a time.Other ships, especially those with strong combat capabilities, could only berth on the coast west of Alexandria.

After finding out the size of the Genoese fleet and the return plan, Strozzi began to purchase supplies and prepare for the attack.

At noon that day, Strozzi was instructing his subordinates to hoist the newly purchased batch of gunpowder onto the Sea God Trident.

This kind of combat material is extremely important and extremely dangerous. Strozzi must pay close attention to it, lest his subordinates pour too much fermented grape juice and make mistakes.

After the loading was completed, he suddenly heard the sound of people in the shipyard directly under the Sudan in the distance, and there seemed to be great movement.

With a sudden jump, Strozzi jumped directly into the watchtower on the mainmast and looked over.

I saw four sand pack beasts pulling a huge cart and slowly arriving at a dry dock.

Sand pack beasts are alien creatures that came to Earth because of the confluence of the sky and the sphere. They mainly live in the Middle East. After being domesticated by the Arabs, they became desert animals that are more useful than camels. The horse is twice as big.

Groups of workers are busy like ants, unloading the goods on the trolley.

Strozzi, who knew the sea and ships very well, recognized at a glance that the goods were parts of some kind of ship.

But judging from the shape of these parts, he didn't recognize what kind of ship it was.What made him feel even more strange was that the decorative patterns carved on those wooden boards, railings, and masts were neither in the Mulholland style of the Near East, nor were they made by Europeans. Similar ones have been seen on those porcelains from the Eastern Celestial Dynasty.

Among the unloading workers, there are Arabs, Turks, and another group of people, with black hair and black eyes, a slightly yellower complexion than Europeans, and wearing headgear that Strozzi has never seen before. .

Chapter 390 The talent of sailing on dry land

Strozzi looked more and more confused.The identities of these mysterious people were not clarified until all the ship parts on the three large carts were unloaded.

"Wait... Could these people be..." Strozzi suddenly remembered that the appearance of those mysterious people was very similar to the Marquis of Lamanche who made him jealous.

"How could there be so many Sires in Egypt?" He was full of doubts.

Unlike the Mulhollans who are messy and lazy working under the scolding and whipping of the supervisor, and the heathen slaves in the Sudan, the Siris people are well organized, have a clear division of labor, and are strictly disciplined, almost like an army .Several of them, dressed in bear or leopard-patterned costumes and looking like military officers, were constantly patrolling back and forth to supervise the work.

Every now and then, they would run to the nearby date palm grove and report to a woman in green with the utmost respect.

Due to the distance, Strozzi couldn't see the woman's face clearly.But he was sure that this woman who exudes the aura of the royal family must be extremely beautiful, perhaps comparable to Valentina who inherited the legacy of the Goddess of Beauty.

At this moment, the woman in Tsing Yi seemed to feel that someone was peeping at her, and followed Strozzi's gaze.

The son of the famous pirate, Salt Mist, was startled by this sight and his heart beat faster.He quickly looked away and jumped off the observation deck.

"That woman is not simple... From such a distance, I can feel the coercion from her, as if I was staring at a powerful creature of the same level as a dragon just now..." Strozzi became more and more curious, why such a powerful and powerful creature A mysterious oriental woman will appear in Alexandria with a group of Serisians.

What is their purpose?

……

"Your Highness, let's drink some water. This old servant added mint to it, it's very refreshing and quenches your thirst." The chubby old man with white face and beardless put a cup in front of the woman in Tsing Yi with both hands.

"Thank you, my lord." The woman in Tsing Yi took the water glass and took a sip. Her almond eyes were shining brightly, watching the busy scene of the dry dock in the distance.

The prince at the side had a frowning face. He first looked at the date palm trees with swaying branches and leaves above his head, and then at the coast lined with yellow sand in the distance. .And when the sand-laden wind blows, it's like a knife cut. It's okay for a servant like me, Your Highness, you have suffered so much..."

"Eunuch Wang, I am willing to go overseas with the Sanbao eunuch, and I have long been prepared to endure hardships. They all serve Daming, so what is the difference between high and low?" The woman in Tsing Yi said, "It's just that I didn't expect that driving When entering the Red Sea, our fleet unexpectedly encountered a magical turbulence, and the remaining three of the ten treasure ships arrived in Chittagong. And according to Sitian Taoist's speculation, the magical turbulence blocked the passage of the Red Sea, and it may take a year or so. None of them will disappear. More than 2000 of us are trapped in a foreign country like this. What a trick of luck..."

The woman in Tsing Yi is the most beloved youngest daughter of Ming Renzong Zhu Gaochi, her maiden name is Yu Dian, and she was named Princess Yongfu at birth.

As a woman, she can follow the five-element intergenerational naming method set by Ming Taizu like other princes, and she was named Zhu Yucheng by Ming Renzong. Naturally, there is a reason.

Her Royal Highness has amazing talents. She awakened the Phoenix bloodline when she was six years old. She had mastered the Sage Sword at the age of ten, and she was promoted to the elite level at the age of fourteen. Mastering the three schools of swordsmanship of Mofeng, Steel Soul, and Sunset, he is very likely to become the youngest master of the Nine Swords in the Ming Dynasty.

Although the status of women in the past Chinese dynasties was not high, but if it is a woman who has mastered extraordinary power, it is another matter.

The empress Li Tang was able to change the dynasty, ascended the throne as empress, and established Wu Zhou. One of the most important reasons was that she was a legendary "sworn torturer (a special advanced profession for wanderers)" with enough Hard power to overwhelm everyone.

Princess Yongfu does not have the ambition of a rooster sitting in the morning, but she also holds a lot of real power in the court. When Renzong was alive, she was in charge of Jinyiwei for her father, responsible for intelligence collection, and managing those rebellious Chaofan in the Ming Dynasty. By.

In addition, since her grandfather Jing Nan succeeded, Jin Yiwei has undertaken a mission - to go overseas to find Emperor Jianwen, which is also an important task for Princess Yongfu.

When she was 17 years old, she sailed to the West with the fleet of Zheng He, the eunuch of Sanbao, but she did not expect that this voyage would take so long. It has been almost three years and she is still drifting overseas.Moreover, she did not expect that this was the first and last time she and the Sanbao eunuch would go together.

After the fleet arrived in Mogadishu, Zheng He fell seriously ill.The fleet had to change its original plan. The eunuch Wang Jinghong led most of the fleet back to Daming, while Zhu Yusian led ten lucky boats to continue the mission of searching for Emperor Jianwen.

Then, they encountered magical turbulence in the Red Sea and were finally trapped in Chittagong.

At this time, the Hejaz Sharif Kingdom, which ruled Chittagong, was a vassal of the Mamluk Sultanate.The Mamluk Sultan soon got the news that a powerful and beautiful princess from the East arrived at Chittagong with three castle-like giant ships.

Mamluk Sultan Barsbey immediately sent a mission to welcome Princess Yongfu.

After Princess Yongfu made some transactions with the silk and porcelain on the treasure ship, the Mamluk Sultan increasingly regarded these Seres as distinguished guests and invited them to come to Egypt as guests.

After learning that Princess Yongfu's fleet was trapped by the magical turbulence at sea and unable to return to Daming, Barsbey made a suggestion: as long as Her Royal Highness the Princess does a favor, then he will help the distinguished guests of Siris in another port of Aden. Build new ships.At that time, Princess Yongfu and her party will be able to bypass the Red Sea, set sail from the Arabian Peninsula, and return to the East.

With the prestige of the Mamluk Sultanate in the Mulholland world and its influence on the Arabian Peninsula, Barsbey is not bragging.

It's just that it's a bit tricky for him to ask Princess Yongfu for help.

Sultan hopes that the three powerful Siris warships can join the Mamluk navy to help them fight against the barbaric heretics from the west and guard the brotherly countries of the same clan.

After discussing with her subordinates, Princess Yongfu agreed to the Sudan's proposal.

Subsequently, Barsbey mobilized shipbuilders to dismantle the three treasure ships one by one, and then transported them to Alexandria for assembly.

There is no technical problem with this huge project, but the difficulty lies in management and execution.

However, the Mulhollans may have a special talent for sailing on dry land. Mamluk craftsmen and slaves finally managed to transport the three dismantled treasure ships to Alexandria, and now they are about to assemble them.

While the dry dock was in full swing, a turbaned sultan's attendant came to the shipyard on horseback.

Ten meters away from Princess Yongfu, the attendant dismounted respectfully, trotted over, and said in unproficient Chinese: "His Royal Highness, Princess of the Silk Country, may your beauty last forever. The honorable Sultan of Syria will hold a banquet in the Governor’s Palace tonight to welcome several important guests from afar, and he hopes that you can also attend.”

Princess Yongfu nodded and said, "I understand. Tell His Highness the Sultan, I will arrive on time."