Fox of France

Istanbul is a little farther away, and they don’t have telegrams, so His Majesty Sultan Selim III received the news that the invincible Turkish army had recovered Tripoli a little later than France and other European countries. But because when the expeditionary force was sent out, it had already been determined, once Tripoli was captured, who would be handed over to rule it. So the actions of the Turks are actually faster than the French and the Holy See.

However, the Turks did not take advantage of this time difference to engage in any immoral activities. Before dispatching the troops, everyone had already discussed the issue of land distribution and the location of the church. They had to wait until the French consul and people from the Holy See arrived before they could make a final decision.

Of course, there are still many advantages to being one step ahead. For example, when it comes to the distribution of wealth, you can still take advantage of a lot.

So when Victor arrived in Tripoli, those Turks had basically registered the situation of the manor here. There are two main things left. The first is to identify believers. The second is the distribution of land.

The matter of identifying believers should have been simple, because every Christian slave should theoretically have a list. But the fire in Tripoli burned a lot of things, including the list and so on. So in many cases, whether a person is a Christian or not really becomes a Schrödinger problem.

So, when Victor saw the "list of Christian slaves" the Turks gave him, he immediately saw a problem. That is, the number of Christians in the list seems to be a little too small.

"Dear Pasha, do you have the original list?" Victor asked.

"Yes, but it's written in Turkish." The new Tripoli Pasha named Ben Harden replied, "Do you need to see the original list?"

Victor nodded and said: "Yes, Pasha. This is the sacred mission entrusted to me by the first ruler of France and the emperor of the Roman Empire. I must be serious."

So Ben Harden Pasha asked someone to bring the original documents.

Victor asked: "Dear Pasha, can I take these things back and study them?"

"No problem. There is no problem at all. You can study it as long as you want. We are close allies." Ben Harden Pasha replied.

So Victor took the original list back, compared it with the current list, and found that almost as long as the names in the list he got at the beginning can be found from the original list. However, there are many names on the original list that cannot be found in the "Christian slave list" today.

Early the next morning, Victor didn't even have breakfast, so he went straight to the door and asked to see Ben Harden Pasha. Seeing that it was the French consul, the servant did not dare not report, so he invited Victor to drink coffee in the vestibule first, and then hurried in to report.

Ben Harden Pasha is having breakfast at this time. Speaking of which, this Pasha has a temper. No matter who he meets, as long as the officer is one level younger than him, he can control it, no matter you are a general or aristocrat. , when he met, if he disagreed with each other, he would show his face to others, regardless of whether his face was good or not. If the generals and nobles were like this, those who served under him naturally drank and scolded, ranging from kicking to scolding, and even more unnecessary to ask.

The servant who went in to make an announcement went inside, but saw Ben Harden Pasha eating, and remembered the rules he set for everyone when he took office. One of them was that when he was eating, no matter what, You can't bother him to eat. As the saying goes, the true god is the greatest, and eating is important.

So the servant didn't dare to go forward, but dared to stand far away and wait.

However, Ben Harden Pasha turned his eyes, but happened to see the servant, and asked, "What's the matter?"

The servant heard this, and hurried forward to report: "Report to Pasha, there is a guest who wants to see you..."

Before the words fell, there was only a clap sound, and five finger prints appeared on the servant's face. Then I heard Ben Harden Pasha scold: "Bastard bastard! What did I tell you! When I am eating, no matter who comes, you are not allowed to go back and forth. You have no ears, didn't you hear me!" said Then, he raised his leg and kicked the slave to the ground.

Ben Harden Pasha was still angry, so he went to get his whip from the shelf next to the table. Seeing that the situation was not good, the servant hurriedly said: "Honorable Pasha, this guest is different. It is very important."

Ben Harden Pasha became more and more angry, and shouted: "He is important, so am I not? No matter who he is, is there anyone here who is more important than me?"

The servant hurriedly said, "It's Mr. Treville, the consul of France."

Hearing this, Ben Harden Pasha, for some reason, lost a lot of his arrogance, and stood there in a daze for a long time. After thinking about it for a while, he got up suddenly, and with a bang, five more finger prints appeared on the other side of the servant's face; then Ben Harden Pasha jumped up and cursed: "Bastard bastard!" Who did I think it was? It turned out to be a Frenchman! The Frenchman is here, why didn’t he come back earlier and tell him to wait outside for a long time?”

The servant said: "I was in a hurry to go back and forth, but I saw you, Pasha, eating, so I waited in the corridor for a while."

Hearing this, Ben Harden Pasha raised his leg and kicked again, and said: "No other guests are allowed to come back, the Frenchman is here on official business concerning the friendship between the two countries, why should he be kept waiting outside? Confused bastard! Please come in soon!"

The servant hurried out and invited Victor into the living room.

After the two of them sat down in the living room, Ben Harden Pasha asked, "I don't know why Mr. Consul is here?"

Victor said: "Yesterday I looked at the original list, and there were some traces of fire on this list. I think some of the lists were burned during the fire in Tripoli. According to general reasoning, there must be many Christians in the fire." Slaves were burned. So I can understand why you gave me a list of Christian slaves with fewer names than this one. But I think there will always be people on the new list whose original names were in the burnt part In other words, some names in the new list should not be in these original lists. So I think there may be some mistakes or omissions in the counting of Christian slaves. I strongly urge that among all the slaves, Conduct another comprehensive investigation without leaving any dead ends, so that no one who deserves to be free will continue to suffer the unfortunate fate."

After hearing this, Ben Harden Pasha said: "Ah, there is such a thing? This must be the damn servants below who are lazy and playing tricks. If Mr. Consul loves the people like his son, is as careful as a silk, and a big man like me Boss, I was really deceived by them. Fortunately, those slaves are still there, I will let the guys below check it out, what do you think?"