The Koprolu family naturally did not predict in advance whether the French or the Daxia people were preparing for the legendary gold.

Baocheng Kasba took action, and Mustafa and Kaplan came to take charge of the overall situation in advance.

Instead, it is to observe the movements of the people in Daxia up close.

Since the old Koprolu took over the power, the Ottoman Empire, which was originally domineering near the Black Sea, has declined. It is not that Koprolu is incompetent, but that he is too capable, so he knows that the empire is really terminally ill.

In the 16th century, the annual income of the Ottoman Empire was as high as five million Dukats, which was close to five million taels. This was achieved when officials from various borders hid a large amount of income. If they were paid honestly in accordance with the provisions of the Imperial Tax Law, it would not be a dream to exceed twenty million taels per year.

But last year, the entire empire's fiscal revenue was only two million taels!

In order to maintain a deterrence against Europe, the empire maintained a large-scale military force in the Balkans, Asia Minor, and West Asia, with 200,000 near Istanbul alone! This is not counting the military force in the jurisdiction of each governor.

To maintain such a large force, the annual expenditure is definitely not small. Not to mention anything else, Sipahi is a little overwhelmed by the two million taels alone, just maintaining the 200,000 elite Yenicheri, let alone a huge bureaucratic group?

Of course, it was very important for Europeans to go around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa after the Age of Discovery. In the past, as a transit station on the Silk Road, Turks could produce gold by sitting on the ground, but now they can't do it.

Asia Minor and the Balkans are a bit reluctant to support local officials and troops, and they must not be exploiting too much. At present, it seems that the governor of Damascus, the governor of Egypt, and the three kingdoms of Barbary can work harder.

However, the governor of Damascus is basically the nobles closest to the empire, the royal family, and the prime minister, and cannot be moved easily. Moreover, the governor of Damascus is close to the empire's land. If excessive exploitation is too much, civil strife will easily affect the land. The riots of the imperial soldiers and nobles just ended a few years ago. At the end, the entire Anatolian Plateau almost became white, and the empire's land could no longer withstand the tossing.

The Egyptian Governor's jurisdiction was extremely poor. In addition to feeding the local Egyptian people, the Nile Valley could provide too little support to the empire.

So, in fact, in the past few years, the old Coprolu had set his sights on the three kingdoms of Barbary. He asked his son-in-law to serve as the governor of Tripoli and Tunisia in order to squeeze out more oil and water. After Kaplan took office, he found that the warehouse directly under the Governor's Office was empty, and money and food were completely controlled by the homes of the former descendants of pirates. If you want to use the strong, these pirates might turn against it.

Kaplan had no choice but to increase the capture of the blacks in the desert, and then sold them to the Europeans and the Istanbul nobles. In addition, he also formed a fleet and followed the Barbarians and started the familiar act.

Unfortunately, European ships today have different strengths. Although they have gained something occasionally, there are more occasions for failure. In this way, European ships will not pass through the southern coast of the Mediterranean, but will all travel near the northern coast of Europe.

Finally, as the output of grain and olive oil in Italy gradually increased, Europe, which used to require a large amount of similar products in Asia Minor, seemed to have less cases of coming to the east of the Italian Peninsula, which made Kaplan's "business" even more difficult.

In addition, the Great Xia Kingdom easily defeated the Crimean Khanate and the Kazakh Khanate in Crimea, suppressing the two Khanate so much that they could not move at all. This made the 80-year-old Koproluo, who had been in his 80s, extremely alert. The action that had planned to attack Europe slowed down.

When he learned that the Daxia people easily defeated Poland, Russia and Sweden not long ago, they immediately stopped their arrangements in the Balkans and transferred their troops back to Istanbul. Once these troops came back, they would have to spend a lot of money and food.

It's stretched.

This is the current situation of the Ottoman Empire.

If the existence of the Great Xia Kingdom did not exist, although it gradually began to decline, the Crimean Khanate still suppressed Russia's southern border and the entire Ukraine. It was common for mobilizing a large number of cavalry to plunder from time to time, and a large number of white European prisoners were one of the main sources of wealth for the empire.

According to normal development, the empire will launch a large-scale attack on Europe in a few years. At that time, the money and food obtained through robbery may be able to solve the urgent problem, but now it has enemies from all directions, so it has to plan carefully.

The Golden Castle is the fastest place where old Kooplolu makes money.

But the Barbarossa family was a great hero of the empire after all. Without them, the empire would not have been able to balance the power with the Europeans at sea. If it were suddenly attacked and brought the power of the governor to the central government of the empire, or even if it was taken back like Tunisia and Tripoli, it would be the same as not being taken back. It would be better not to take back.

However, although Barbarossa VI was far inferior to his ancestors, he was still very generous to his military generals. In the jurisdiction of the Governor General of Algiers, whether it was plundered or the taxes collected through normal Tianfang Buddhism, in addition to paying part of them to Istanbul, most of them were equally divided with important generals and nobles. Although his Governor General was the most, he was only about 20%.

If you are one person, no matter who you are, you will probably not be on the Barbarossa family on the stage, and this is also the cleverness of the family.

Even so, the Barbarossa family is still rich.

Legend has it that Barbarossa's wealth is hidden in a secret place. After the treasures gather, they are all escorted by black slaves by young and strong men from the Barbarossa family. When the treasures are hidden, these black slaves naturally disappear, and the Barbarossa family will naturally not easily reveal the whereabouts of the treasures.

There are many like the Barbarossa family, but more than a hundred years have passed since the 16th century. During this period, the Barbarossa family has always stood firm. At the beginning, the direct generals have changed one after another. Although these people have not declined, they are not as rich as the governor because their wealth cannot be maintained for a long time.

If you have a huge treasure, you will naturally be careful.

Barbarossa VI knew the covetousness of all parties, but since his ancestors came to power, they were still accustomed to both foreign and domestic. For foreign countries, Barbarossa brothers have become a symbol of the Tianfang Sect's world against Europe, which can somewhat arouse the pride of the people. For domestic and pirates, they are not as rigidly governed by the Tianfang Sect's methods as other governors in the empire. In comparison, the governors of Algiers is the most relaxed.

Due to the relaxation, a larger population is gathered. With a larger population, more wealth can be created and more wealth can be preserved.

Therefore, even if the Central Committee of the Empire wanted to attack the Barbarossa family, he could not find a chance to attack.

The arrival of the people of Daxia can be considered as giving them a chance.

Because old Coprolu knew that they would not form such a large fleet for the sake of mere Ceuta, who were rushing forward on the continent.

Now among the continental countries, except for the French, other major countries have suffered defeats from the Daxia people. As the saying goes, it is good, but you don’t have any experience. What’s more, the French Army won many battles under the command of Grand Marshal Durenny, and it seems that there is no opponent in the continental country.

What's more, colonizing North Africa is also a potential choice when its own citizens are unwilling to immigrate overseas. Although it has not been put into action in this century, the seeds have long been planted.

As a result, the battle for Algiers became the dream in the hearts of many people.

Koprolu and Nikan were for money, and the French were for hegemony, but Cesar, who was pushed to the front by French Prime Minister Mazaran, was confused. He was just like Koprolu and Nikan and others, for money.

In the past few days, Kaplan has visited Algiers and brought an elite force. Of course, this army did not enter Algiers, but lies in the Atlas Mountain behind Algiers. The ostensibly reason was to support Barbarossa VI to deal with the possible invasion of the Daxia people, but in the case of Daxia not being able to treat Algiers, you will lead troops here in advance. In any case, it is always disrespectful to the Barbarossa family.

But Barbarossa VI had no reason to reject Kaplan. Now he was able to monopolize Algeria because of the title of governor. If he had no title, he would be a baby holding a giant treasure, and the reason was very sufficient.

Therefore, after a long bath, plus the iced wine that can be drunk at any time in the bathroom, the whole person is in a drowsy state. After massaged by the female slave's soft hands, it makes people drowsy.

Barbarossa VI's voice "Kaplan" made Kaplan suddenly wake up.

Although Barbarossa VI and Kaplan are both governors, the Kooplolu family is a family that controls the power of the entire empire. With this, you should be more polite to others. You should add a Pasha to the back of "Kaplan". If he calls this, there must be something big to say to him, and it is probably the truth.

Kaplan suddenly sat up, revealing his strong and strong upper body, and the two female slaves tactfully retreated at first sight.

"It's time now, now you and me are the only ones. Tell me, how will the empire treat Algiers?"

"Treat? What's wrong with you today? Are you a descendant of the imperial ministers, or are you the governor of the Algiers in the town of the late emperor personally promising him? Where did you think?"

"That Tunisia and Tripoli..."

"That's different. General Barbarossa's direct descendants are only in Algiers. The other two places were originally descendants of his generals, but now there are no immediate relatives, so the empire naturally takes back its authority."

"If the direct descendants of the Barbarossa family are gone, the empire will also take back its authority."

"I don't know much about this... but your family is different, maybe there are rules of exception."

"Okay, I believe you for the time being. I heard that the empire has been in financial difficulties recently. Although my Barbarossa family is small and weak, they are willing to contribute their strength to the empire."

Kaplan was even more energetic. In the original plan of the Koprolu family, if there was no suitable opportunity, it would be okay to force Barbarossa VI to take out a lot of money. He had been waiting for this opportunity and was originally going to raise it when the enemy invaded, but he did not expect that this person would actually speak out in advance.

"Oh? That's great. I'll thank you for your Majesty, Queen Mother, and Prime Minister. By the way, how much support can you provide?"

“How many gaps are there in the empire?”

Kaplan was stunned. As the son-in-law of the Kooplolu family, he was not only a general, but also an official in charge of the party. Otherwise, he would not have allowed him to take over as prime minister of his brother-in-law. What he did not expect was that this person actually said this.

"The empire is surrounded by enemies, and there is too much military strength that needs to be raised. Not to mention anything else, the empire used to require five million Dukats to barely be able to use military and civilians within the country, but now it only has two million..."

"That's right, there's still a shortage of three million. In this way, I'll pay one million..."

Kaplan expected this, but he thought: "This place is indeed a Golden Treasure City, and one export is one million, but this is nothing. It is not difficult for anyone who has served as the governor of a certain place for more than ten years to accumulate 500,000 Dukat. The empire is a poor country, but the people are still very rich."

"Thank you then"
Chapter completed!