If possible, Hamis really wanted to rush to Zhu Jinsong's side and question him fiercely: Why? Why did he laugh when he announced his secession from French colonial rule! Why did he laugh while listening to his ninety-minute nonsense!
This was very misleading!
The more he thought about it, the more hateful he became, and Hamis began to constantly ponder ways to break the deadlock.
Should he directly seek refuge with the Ming Dynasty, England, or that foolish eagle?
It was obviously unrealistic.
As everyone knows, among all the countries on the entire West Kunlun Continent, only Mukudoshu and a few other countries were safe. The main reason why these inconspicuous small countries could maintain stability in an environment surrounded by wolves was that these people had good ancestors.
They were descendants of Zheng He's fleet more than three hundred years ago, so the Ming Dynasty would not use them as laborers, and the slave traders from Europe naturally would not dare to capture them to be laborers.
Apart from the people of these few small countries, the fate of most of the other Kunlun slaves... was as the last character of the words "Kunlun slaves" implied.
And besides the Ming Dynasty, which used the most laborers and was the most brutal, the remaining four great benefactors were also skilled at using laborers. The farmers in that foolish eagle's country even rewarded laborers with watermelons.
As a country that produced laborers on the West Kunlun Continent, Hamis did not believe that the other great benefactors would accept the surrender of Benghazi.
What if, instead of surrendering to the Five Great Benefactors, they confronted the French coalition head-on?
Hamis was arrogant, but not foolish.
As Ali, the Chief Executive of Benghazi, said: the entire Benghazi could muster fifty thousand troops at most, while France could mobilize more than two hundred thousand troops, plus over a hundred thousand troops from other European countries...
Thinking of this, Hamis's heart suddenly moved, and his gaze towards Ali and the other Benghazi nobles and ministers was full of confidence: "You are right, the French and those European whites can indeed muster over thirty thousand troops, but!"
Hamis smiled: "Tell me, how many troops can they transport to West Kunlun at one time?"
"Please remember, no matter how close they are to us, West Kunlun and Europe are not contiguous. If they want to come to West Kunlun, they can only honestly take ships – fighting by sea is not the same as fighting on land or capturing laborers."
Hearing Hamis casually mention the word "capturing laborers," the Benghazi nobles and ministers felt very awkward – the laborers Hamis mentioned were exactly the same Kunlun slaves as these nobles and ministers.
And Hamis, however, was a white man.
Hamis didn't notice the strangeness on the faces of the nobles and ministers at all, and instead became more and more excited: "Listen, even if those French can mobilize a million or even ten million troops, they cannot send all these troops to West Kunlun. Moreover, they are still fighting the English, which will further weaken the French offensive capabilities."
"And we, Benghazi, as a native country on West Kunlun, are natural allies with all the surrounding countries – if those fools don't want to continue to be captured as laborers, they should unite around Benghazi and resist those damned white traffickers together!"
The Benghazi nobles and ministers were a bit stunned.
In the eyes of Ali and the other Benghazi nobles and ministers, Hamis was indeed a bit abnormal – as a white man, he casually spoke of capturing laborers in front of a crowd of Kunlun slaves and even cursed the Europeans as white traffickers.
But Ali and the others had to admit that Hamis's brain was really useful, at least much smarter than Ali, the so-called Chief Executive.
Yes, no matter how many troops the French could mobilize, they could not directly deploy troops to the West Kunlun Continent. And Benghazi, as a native country of West Kunlun, was much more familiar with the geography of West Kunlun than those European whites.
More importantly, Hamis actually thought of winning over other countries on the West Kunlun Continent – this was something that Ali and the other Benghazi nobles and ministers had not considered.
After smiling and accepting the admiration and reverence of Ali and the others, Hamis continued: "Listen, I need you to act immediately."
Ali asked in a daze: "Your Excellency Hamis, what do you want us to do?"
Hamis smiled and said: "It's very simple. I need you to immediately seal all shops, factories, and houses belonging to European whites, and confiscate all their income – please remember, they have committed all kinds of evil on the West Kunlun Continent, and their assets are filled with blood. Confiscating their income is our God-given right!"
Ali asked in a low voice: "What if they are unwilling to give up their assets..."
Hamis said unceremoniously: "Then send them back to God's embrace, and let them repent their sins in heaven!"
Ali and the Benghazi nobles and ministers exchanged a tacit glance, then lowered their heads again, "Then, the shops and factories of the Ming people, and..."
Before Ali could finish, Hamis interrupted him unceremoniously: "Europe is Europe, and the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty. The merchants of the Ming Dynasty are all law-abiding good people, and their assets must be protected. This is beyond doubt."
"Listen, no matter what you want to do, don't provoke the Ming merchants, and don't provoke the Ming Embassy. Don't forget that the Ming Dynasty has a naval fleet stationed at Benghazi Port. If they don't provoke us, then we shouldn't provoke them either."
Hearing Hamis say this, Ali and the other Benghazi nobles and ministers understood.
They were picking on the soft ones – because the Ming Dynasty had a military base in Benghazi Port, the Ming people became paragons of law-abiding behavior. However, France and other European countries did not have military bases in Benghazi, so the merchants of France and other European countries became exemplars of committing all kinds of evil.
After thinking about it, Ali continued to ask: "What if, I mean if, what if those Ming merchants want to shelter those French or Europeans? What if the Ming army wants to provoke us?"
At Ali's question, Hamis's face immediately turned cold.
This was a very troublesome problem.
As everyone knows, France has always regarded itself as the most loyal ally of the Ming Dynasty, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also seemed to highly approve of the allied relationship between the Ming Dynasty and France.
Therefore, the relationship between the people of the Ming Dynasty and the civilians of France had also become very good. Especially when they were in a third country, merchants from the Ming Dynasty and merchants from France often liked to live close to each other and look out for each other.
If the Kunlun slaves of Benghazi really made a move against the French, then the merchants of the Ming Dynasty would become potential threats.
Hamis had to consider a question: If Benghazi offended the Ming merchants by confiscating the property of the white people, would it also offend the Ming Dynasty? Was it worth doing so?
Hamis's expression changed repeatedly, and finally he made up his mind: "If those Ming merchants collude with the French, it means that they are not pure Ming merchants either. We, Benghazi, will naturally have to teach them a lesson, for example, confiscate their assets and drive them to the Ming Embassy."
Compared to Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty's imperial decree, Hamis's orders to the nobles and ministers of Benghazi were like a joke.
However, these joke-like orders were actually successfully carried out – after Hamis issued the order to confiscate the assets of European merchants, the local government and army of Benghazi began to act.
They rushed excitedly to the shops, factories, and residences of those European merchants, forcing the European merchants to hand over all their gold coins, silver coins, and Great Ming Dragon Yuanbao notes, and resorted to all sorts of vandalism if they slightly refused.
Then, things took a turn for the worse.
As everyone knows, the Kunlun slaves in West Kunlun are not only brainless but also extremely lazy. Work that one person could finish in a day would take several people several days to barely complete.
They were even too lazy to plant crops – on the West Kunlun Continent, there was a tree called a breadfruit tree. The fruit of this tree was fleshy and juicy, sweet and sour, and was a foodstuff. Not only did monkeys love to eat it, but when the Kunlun slaves baked it, it was soft and sweet, with excellent flavor. Moreover, the wood of the breadfruit tree was soft, and the locals could easily hollow it out to store water, store food, or even build "tree houses" for living.
Therefore, there was a saying among the Kunlun slaves: "Guard a tree, and the whole family will not go hungry. Leave a tree for your descendants, and you will have food and drink for a lifetime!"
Precisely because of the existence of this tree, the Kunlun slaves did not worry about starving at all. Their favorite thing to do every day was to sunbathe.
Lying down to sunbathe, standing to sunbathe, sunbathing in the tree, sunbathing under the tree, sunbathing alone, sunbathing with others.
In short, there was nothing they couldn't think of for sunbathing.
However, no matter how much these Kunlun slaves had no worries about starvation, and no matter how enthusiastic they were about sunbathing, these Kunlun slaves did not have much money anyway.
No money meant that their standard of living was far lower than that of merchants from the Ming Dynasty and Europe.
Every day, watching the merchants from the Ming Dynasty and Europe enjoy all sorts of good lives, even the naturally optimistic Kunlun slaves could not help but feel unhappy.
However, the Kunlun slaves who were unwilling to endure hardship and toil were too lazy to work or farm.
If it were in the past, these Kunlun slaves would not be happy if they were unhappy, after all, Benghazi still had a government, and the Kunlun slaves would have some scruples.
But now it was different.
Because the nobles, ministers, and local government of Benghazi took the lead in confiscating the property of European merchants, those lazy and sun-loving Kunlun slaves were also stimulated by the desire for pleasure.
The nobles, ministers, and local government of Benghazi targeted European merchants, while the ordinary Kunlun slaves of Benghazi turned their attention to those European civilians.
The Kunlun slaves plunged into a carnival of zero-cost shopping.
And the subsequent development of the situation responded to Mr. Lu Xun's famous saying: "Human desires are the root of all chaos, because desires are infinite, and to satisfy their desires, humans can even do all sorts of unbelievable things."
After tasting the sweetness of the zero-cost shopping carnival, the desires of the Kunlun slaves began to increase again.
It is said that when one is well-fed and warm, one begins to think of other things. It is normal for the Kunlun slaves, who had purchased a large amount of food and supplies at zero cost, to want a wife, right? Coincidentally, the women in those European households were very good...
Then, the Kunlun slaves also felt that the houses where Europeans lived were also very good.
Then, the Kunlun slaves felt that it was meaningless to just rob those Europeans, so why not try robbing some Ming people?
The Kunlun slaves, who had no brains, acted on their impulses without considering the consequences.
...
Senal's face was as cold as frost in the middle of winter. It was only when the gate in front of him was creakily opened that Senal's expression slightly softened: "My dear King, I need your help."
Prince Xuan looked at Senal and the group behind Senal, and as he led Senal and the others into the courtyard, he asked in a dazed manner: "Senal, what problem have you encountered?"
Senal nodded and sighed: "All my businesses are ruined. Those damned Kunlun slaves have gone mad. They confiscated my factories, confiscated my courtyard, confiscated all my wealth. I have no choice but to bring my wife and lover to seek your help."
Prince Xuan frowned and asked: "What happened? I have been staying indoors reading recently and am not aware of what is happening outside. Of course, I have many courtyards here, and you can stay as long as you want. As long as I have a bite to eat, I won't let you and your sister-in-law starve."
With a forced smile, Senal thanked Prince Xuan again and sighed: "Who knows what those damned Kunlun slaves are going crazy about? Now all the assets of European merchants have been confiscated by the Benghazi government, not only factories and shops but also residences and money."
After thinking about it, Senal added: "King, I must remind you that those Kunlun slaves have gone completely mad, and it's hard to say whether they will target your people. If possible, you should seek help from the Ming Embassy or the Ming garrison?"
Prince Xuan was a little confused: "You mean, the court and government of Benghazi are going to confiscate all the assets of all European merchants?"
Senal said: "Not only the court and government of Benghazi, but also the Kunlun slaves of Benghazi – yes, those ordinary Kunlun slaves have also gone mad. Even a few Kunlun slaves I hired before wanted to snatch my wife and lover."
Hearing Senal say this, Prince Xuan's face also couldn't help but show a hint of殺意: "They are looking for death!"
After thinking about it, Prince Xuan simply called the butler and instructed: "Send someone to the embassy to report, and also, have all the men in the house prepare themselves!"