In the middle of the night, I was indeed alone from the mountain.

She was wearing a white robe, a white turban, and a black headband.

About forty years, the bearded man is almost at his abdomen.

"My name is Said, and I am Pasha's younger brother"

Zahatai was woken up in his sleep. Suddenly he heard that Gazi's people arrived. At first he couldn't help but laugh at him.

"Don't you be able to hide your face during the day and have to wait until the evening to contact us?"

"What's the matter?"

"Your Highness, my Pasha is not here. He has been greatly favored by the Sultan and has already sacrificed his combat effectiveness today"

"Ah?"

Zahatai was shocked, but thought again: "According to the spy, this man likes to charge and rush into battle. I guess what he said is true, but why did our army not confess when it was packing the bodies in the daytime?"

Then he asked, "Is he carrying a white-robed cavalry inside?"

"No, he is taking the jihadist cavalry outside"

"It's indeed a madman," Zahatai sighed, "The jihadists outside did not catch a prisoner, they all died in battle. Even if they were injured, they had to struggle to pounce on our army. Naturally, they were all eliminated by our army. Unexpectedly, Gazi was also among them."

"Okay, then what do you want to say?"

"Your Highness, I know what you are doing in Egypt. It seems that you don't want to occupy this place. Since that's the case, why don't we sit down and have a good talk"

"What to talk about?"

"How can you naturally make Your Highness retreat"

“Haha, what can you provide?”

"We are willing to provide a sum of money. As for the rest, it depends on what Your Highness wants"

"How many property are there?"

"Your Highness, you know that we have been on the front line of fighting against the Europeans for a long time. The European fleet has never stopped attacking us, which has caused our finances to be insufficient. There are still about one million silver coins on the mountain. If your Highness wants to, he can provide your army"

"One million?" Zahatai sneered, "I have heard that Algiers has always been in the hands of the Ottoman Empire. There was no change of dynasty like Tunisia and Tripoli. It was all people trusted by the Sultan to serve as Pasha"

"Your Highness, I know that there is some bad reputation here. I don't know the situation at the moment, but the legendary pirate wealth does not exist. You know, the jihadists on the sea have been going on for dozens of generations, and the scale has increased. With the expenses of Pasha in previous dynasties, the wealth has long been left."

"The million silver coins were accumulated by Pasha. If His Highness doesn't believe it, he can send someone up the mountain to count them. I can ask all the soldiers above to put down their weapons and wait for your army to test."

Zahatai naturally didn't believe him, so he detained him here.

The next morning, he asked Asar to take a brigade of Truchen to follow Said to the mountain city.

Soon, news kept coming.

"Your Highness, as soon as the gate of the castle on the mountain was opened, there was a large open space. It was said to be the large garden of Pasha. The three thousand Jenicer troops placed the mesh guns on the ground. Our army did not resist after going up"

"General Assal asked him to take away his muskets and search out all the hidden weapons on them, and then asked two thousand people to guard them, and personally took a thousand people into the castle to search"

"The castle is where Pasha, aristocrats above the centurion lived. They were all honest and walked out of the room obediently and let our army search. The castle was quite large, and it seemed that it would take a whole day to search."

"General Asar personally led a battalion to search Pasha's palace. After searching for an hour, there was nothing more than a discovery of one million and two million silver coins, some gold and silver gems, some new muskets, grain filled with granaries, Jenicheri's military uniforms, etc. "

"General Asar did not give up and continued to grop in the palace. Finally, they found a basement, but it was just a deep well, and there were several buckets hanging there. From there, the general brought several buckets of iced fruits and wines, and nothing else"

"Your Highness, you have been searching for a day, and only some silver coins were found in other noble families. The total is similar to the one in the Pasha Palace, and there are also one million. In addition, some treasures were found."

"I searched all the underground rooms carefully and found no more"

Zahatai couldn't help but feel a little discouraged when he heard this.

"Is it true that the so-called pirate wealth has been spent by them as Said said?"

Suddenly, he nodded and said to Asar's guards: "Since that's the case, let them transport all the two million silver coins. In addition, in order to prevent them from making trouble, Asar will continue to stay on the mountain with the brigade and monitor those Jenicheris"

"Tell Said, I will stay here for a few days. If they want to rule here safely, they must cooperate with the French. When the French arrive, we will withdraw."

Another night.

Due to some disappointment, he had eaten food and was about to go to bed. At this moment, the spy came.

"Your Highness, something is strange"

"Oh?"

"Saed transported the body of a black knight up the mountain. I was not there at that time. Later, when the soldiers guarding the body said it, I felt something was wrong"

"Why?"

"They picked this person out and immediately put it in a coffin and carried it away. The soldier just glanced at him. I asked him what the person who was carried away looked like"

"He said that almost all the jihadists are similar in appearance, mostly very thin, they all look like Arabs or Turks, all with big beards, and I felt it was inappropriate when I heard it."

"Oh?"

"I have seen Gazi, and I have also participated in prayer at the large temple in the Castle of Kifan. I have seen Gazi. Gazi only has one eye. I heard that he lost one eye during the Russian-Turkish war, and later the other eye was wearing an eye mask"

"Gazi also has a nickname here, called One-Eyed Hassan. Although these jihadists look similar, this soldier did not see such obvious characteristics?"

"What do you mean is that Jiaqi used a trick to hide the world?"

"It should be true. Now they will definitely bury 'Gazi' unless we..., but this is a taboo for the Islamists. If they really do that, they will definitely anger the entire city."

"But during the day Asar did not see a one-eyed person on it. Could it be that he hid it? Or did he see that the outer city was out of protection and retreated to the outside city first? I see that the Algiers city is surrounded by hills, and then there are endless mountains behind it. If Gazi really escaped first, it would be a real trouble."

"If you don't say anything else, at least more than a thousand Berber cavalry and tens of thousands of saints cavalry have escaped. In addition to the remaining Berber cavalry in the territory, he still has heavy troops"

"Your Highness, the most important strongholds of the Barbary Kingdom in history were Tunisia and Algiers. After they completely defected to the Ottoman Empire, most of the descendants of the pirate leader moved to Algiers. After all, this place is the farthest from the Ottoman land, and it is also in the name of fighting against the Europeans, so the Sultan is not easy to say anything."

"So, if there is really such a wealth of pirates, it must be in Algiers, not elsewhere"

"Also, according to the rules of the Ottoman Empire, Pasha's term of office is three to five years, and five years is the longest, but Gazi has served for ten years. He used to hold positions in Baghdad, Egypt, and Damascus, and he automatically went to Istanbul to report after three years."

"But when I arrived in Algiers, I repeatedly shirked it with various reasons. Of course, the Spanish and French were very concerned about the place, not as good as other places, but it was not possible to have Gazi without you, but Gazi was pushing him to Istanbul and even sending Berber cavalry from land to rescue Egypt."

"Jenicherry, who has the strongest combat power in his hands, was not sent alone"

"This shows that he attaches great importance to this place. Although he did not leave the Ottoman Empire openly, it was actually like this. It was just that it was not officially announced like Tunisia and Tripoli. In order not to want him to follow in Tunisia and Tripoli, the Sultan also tolerated him."

"Very good, so, there must be something that attracts him here. If you want to be independent and establish a dynasty like Pasha in Tunisia and Pasha in Tripoli, this reason is reasonable, but our country is so strong, can he escape even if he wants to serve as Pasha here for a long time?"

"And his actions before serving as Algier Pasha show that he is truly willing to die for the Sultan..."

"Your Highness means that there is really such a wealth of pirates"

"It should be that the place far away from the Ottoman Empire could establish an independent dynasty, but due to our country's existence, he had no reason unless there was anything more important than loyalty to the Sultan"

"By the way, what did you say about the Rostum dynasty yesterday? What was going on?"

"Your Highness, in fact, is a dynasty called the Aibad Sect that was established here. It was later destroyed by the Fatima Dynasty, but the people here still retained the faith of the Aibad Sect"

"I understand that this place is not like other Ottomans, which has a unique religious belief and is easier to be independent than other places?"

"Yes, if the legendary wealth is added, it will be even more powerful, but before Gazi, Pasha, had left after his tenure, did Gazi discover something?"

"I understand..."

"Your Highness?"

"The problem must be on the fortresses on the shore. When I arrived here, I felt a little strange. There are big temples on the mountain and several outside the city, but it is a little strange that there are also small forts outside the city."

"Because most of the people here live in the city, and outside the city are slaves and poor people. Even if they are pious, they don't need so much."

"What do you mean by those small forts?"

"Yes, come!"

....

The Truqin army was busy again overnight, and first checked the Gifan Fort that Gazi often went to, but there was still nothing there, but a clue was found in a small fort next to Gifan Fort that had been destroyed by ship guns!

This small fort is only one mile from the Kifan Fort, and there are underground passages between the two sides!

The passage below this small fort is the well leading to the Gifan Fort!

After arriving here, Zahatai smiled and said to Bayar, "Uncle, tell me, if there is really treasure, where will it be hidden?"

Bayar also smiled and said, "Since Gazi has to pray to Castle Kivan every day, it must be not in Castle Kivan, but in this small castle."
Chapter completed!