Ladislaus's worry did not last long, as several fires on the dock were quickly extinguished.

The pirates have eliminated the small number of local guards on the inner wall that separates the dock area from the city.

Without Hayredin's order, the pirate captains who had taken control of the warehouse and berths spontaneously organized firefighting efforts.

This situation shows that pirates have greatly strengthened their organization and are no longer what they used to be.

Over the past year, pirates have been driven out of Algeria and Tunisia and have been forced to operate out of the ports of Tripoli and Benghazi.

This means that they can no longer threaten the Spanish mainland and the south coast of France, and their living space has been greatly reduced.

But this also allowed Hayreddin to make his final decision. The leader of the Barbary pirates had officially surrendered to the Ottoman Empire. He went to Istanbul to meet Suleiman in person a few months ago, offered him the courtesy of a subordinate, and accepted it.

The title of "Pasha".

Although this was all done in secret to avoid diplomatic trouble, in fact the most powerful part of the Barbary pirates had been incorporated into the informal establishment of the Ottoman Empire.

Hayreddin then relied on the financial and administrative manpower provided by the Ottomans to establish a preliminary organizational structure, which gave the Ottoman Empire great influence among pirates.

This influence far exceeds the heyday of the Mamluk dynasty, and cannot be compared with the small sultanates in Tunisia and Libya.

This surrender made the Ottoman Empire more willing to assist these pirates. Suleiman instructed the Egyptian governor to provide a lot of supplies to Hayreddin.

Through this trip, Hayreddin observed that the situation of the Ottoman Empire had been running surprisingly well in the past period. Politically, the authority of the central government had greatly increased, and the economy had been greatly revitalized due to the reduction of logistics costs. The military could

Free movement through the Eastern Mediterranean reduced military spending.

All this is because the cancerous tumor called the Knights Hospitaller on Rhodes Island was removed. The blood clot growing in the chest can no longer interfere with the body of this giant Osman.

Its breathing and blood flow are unprecedented.

Now the Knights Hospitaller are building fortresses and ports on the island of Malta, and for the time being there is no threat to the countries of the stars and moon system on the southern coast of the Mediterranean.

Although many local sultans on the southern coast of the Mediterranean have been urging Hayreddin to remove this stronghold, Hayreddin, let alone a large-scale attack, has not even minimally interfered with the reorganization of this group of pagan pirates.

The official reason is of course that after being hit hard repeatedly, he lost the many years of storage in his base camp of Algiers. He was temporarily unable to fight against the powerful Spanish Navy.

In addition to the official reason, the supplementary reason is that Hayreddin does not want the Sultan of Tunisia and Libya to have a good life.

In fact, surrendering to Suleiman was only a last resort. He liked freedom and independence more than any pirate.

Another point is that although they are both believers of the Star and Moon Demons, Dagon and Demogorgon have the most friendly relationship among the Star and Moon Demons, but they actually still compete with each other, although the intensity of this competition is not the same as that of Persia.

The big devil is much gentler in comparison.

Hayreddin always envied the independent status of the Knights Hospitaller, and took the camera to regain this freedom.

But he did like pirates who knew how to put out fires under the strict orders of the Ottoman elite.

When Hayreddin's ship docked, the pirates had already broken through the separation wall and headed toward the city. As soon as he stepped ashore, several of his subordinates who had arrived earlier reported to him.

"Your Highness, the fires caused by the fighting in several large warehouses have been brought under control, and the food and cloth in them have begun to be loaded onto ships." With the help of Ottoman bureaucrats, many supplies that could only be burned to ashes in the past are now being shipped in an orderly manner.

Pack the ship.

"This time no one entered the residence privately to rob or rape." Although they were unable to enter the Western Mediterranean. However, in recent months, Hairedin's gang has carried out countless successful robberies on the west coast of the Adriatic Sea. During this period, they have carried out countless killings.

And flogging, no one does that stupid thing anymore.

The person who would do such a thing has already gone to see the Great Demon Xingyue.

"The expensive ship of Viennese wine reported by His Highness Jarlaxle has also been obtained. Destroying the source of these evils will surely satisfy Allah."

Although the goods have been loaded on the ship, according to the usual practice, the handover procedures are not completed so quickly. The goods will not officially belong to the Banre family until the day of departure.

So what was lost in this robbery was Austrian property.

Of course, most pirates do not need to know that the owners of these goods are allies of the Ottoman Empire. Otherwise, those pirates will inevitably have unnecessary doubts about their beliefs.

Worse still, they might be reminded of the secret source of expensive but always-available booze at their camp.

There was no way, Hayreddin also needed to recycle as much as possible of the harvest from these pirates' robberies. For this reason, he had to endure the pressure of several of the most devout Star and Moon Demon Priests to run a small wine business.

Of course, Hayreddin himself is a teetotaler, and he is also an authentic spellcaster and a devout believer.

"Send all the wine to the ship and return to Ragusa for a formal sacrifice." But just supply the pirates with the worst goods. Anyway, they have no other channel but to spend a lot of money to buy junk goods. These good goods are still good.

Sacrifice it to Dagon. This great demon who has too many memories due to his long life has been troubled by headaches and needs wine to numb himself.

"Is the target still 500 people this time? Each captain will retreat after getting fifty slaves?" An assistant asked Hayreddin to determine the battle target.

When they were operating in the towns on the east coast of the Apennine Peninsula, they carried out operations according to this model. They were quick and effective and did not give the enemy a chance to counterattack.

The targets worthy of Hayreddin's ten pirate ships to attack once are basically towns with a population of several thousand. Although in this era they are all large cities with the size of provincial capitals, and the headquarters of many nobles of the Roman Church are only of this size.

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The damage caused by arresting five hundred people at once is the limit of what a town like this can recover in a short period of time.

The Barbary pirates tried not to dry up the water, and they did not want to completely destroy the town.

"No, today's target is 2,000 people. Capture 500 and kill 1,500. We will also set fire to it during the retreat. The towns in Austria must be completely destroyed." Hayredin's words made another assistant from the Ottomans satisfied.

Nodding, he received instructions that the latest task was to weaken the national power of Austria and Hungary as much as possible.

After this level of damage, Trieste would not be able to recover for more than ten years.

"Austria is one of the main obstacles for His Majesty Suleiman to spread the only correct faith to all directions. Austria is not our fishing ground. We want to turn it into a desert, a desert that cannot produce enemies." Hayreddin put his words
Chapter completed!