Chapter 2 Chapter two

, who was once a prominent Turkish governor in recent history.This is about the unhappy relationship between the founder of modern Egypt and the "His Excellency" on the brig. At that time, Ali had not yet conquered Palestine and Syria with the help of his son Iprajin's army.It is still under the jurisdiction of King Mahmud of Turkey.Muhammad Ali was very close to King Mahmud of Turkey. Ali gave substantial assistance to the King of Turkey in order to control and dispel the independent ambition of this small kingdom of Greece. For several years, Ali and his son have kept themselves safe in the territories under their jurisdiction.But as a vassal state, at best, they are only subjects of the Turkish court, how can they suppress their ambitions.They are looking for an opportunity to sever centuries of close ties with Turkey.

At that time, there was a rich man in Egypt who had been passed down from generation to generation. His family was rich and famous.He lived in Cairo, and his name was Kamilk, and he was the "His Excellency" as the captain of the brigantine schooner respectfully called him. This gentleman is quite learned, has a profound attainment in mathematics and practical science, and is full of fantasy.He is especially enamored of oriental civilization. Although he is a native Egyptian, his heart is towards Turkey.He knew that Mahmud's determination to resist the Western European invaders was much greater than that of Ali, so he devoted himself to fighting with all his heart.Born in a military family in 1780, he joined the Thizard army at the age of 20. Due to his bravery in combat, he was soon promoted to an officer and became the local governor. In 1799, he bravely attacked Napoleon's army at the risk of ruining his family, losing his liberty and even bloodshed.Graeber, Henier and Lano.Miha and other generals participated in the French expeditionary force.

He was taken prisoner with the Turks after the battle of El Aris.But as long as he promises not to take up arms against the French army, he can be released.However, he always thinks that one day the fortune will turn around, relying on his unbelievable treasure to fight to the end.He is tough, tenacious, and uncompromising.He finally escaped, coming out stronger in the next two race clashes. When Jaffa fell on March 6, he became a prisoner again, and the condition of surrender was to guarantee their safety.Of the 4,000 captives, most were Albanians and Ahnots.Napoleon felt very troubled by this group, but he, innocent and husbandless, ordered them all to be shot.

This is not like the last time the prisoners of the El Aris battle were treated. As long as they promise not to serve, they can be released and go home. This time they will all be executed.The prisoners of war fell in pools of blood on the beach.Those who missed thought they were forgiven, so they ran to the coast, but they still met death. Only Kamilk survived.It was thanks to the good-natured French, who hated the sensational massacre so much, that they saved several of their captives alive during the night.A sailor on a merchant ship rescued Governor Kamilk.He was shot and badly wounded, and the sailors took him to safety, took care of him, and treated him.

How could Kamilk forget this life-saving grace?Never... How did he repay the savior later, and under what circumstances did he repay it?This is the thread of a story that is both true and bizarre. Three months later, Kamilke recovered. At this time, the governor of Saint-Jean had defeated Napoleon's expeditionary force.Turkish forces under the command of the governor of Damascus Al-Dallah also passed through Jordan on April 4; on the other hand: the British ships of Sitney Smith also sailed into Syrian waters.Therefore, although Napoleon's cadre Grébero led the Juno division to destroy the Turks in the battle of the Grand Zol Mountain, it was too late when he threatened Saint-Jean in Acre again.A rescue force of more than 10,000 people had arrived, coupled with the prevalence of the plague, on May 20, Napoleon decided to withdraw his troops.

Kamilke thought he could risk going back to Syria, but returning to Egypt, the country already in disarray, was the biggest risk.He had to wait patiently, for which he waited 5 years. In Egypt, with his property, he could live well.During this period, a son from an ordinary family appeared on the political stage in Turkey and emerged. In the Battle of Alkire in 1799, he was brave and good at fighting. He instigated the Mabenlich people to rebel against Koshoff's heir, Gilles Ceder, and finally obtained the consent of the Subrimu court in 1806. king. Two years ago, Tizar died, Kamilk lost his protector, and seeing himself alone, he didn't want to go back to Cairo to take risks.

That year, he was 27 years old, and his new inheritance made him the richest man in Egypt.He has a withdrawn personality, is not good at socializing, likes to live in seclusion, and does not marry.Biggest hobby is fiddling with weapons.Therefore, when he thought it was not time to develop his intellect, he spent his exuberant energy by traveling. If he doesn't get married, he will naturally have no successors.Whose hands will the untold wealth fall into?Does he have uncles and brothers? He did have a cousin named Mhad, who was born in 1780 and was 6 years younger than him.Because of their different political views, although they lived in Cairo together, they never communicated.One of them is loyal to Turkey, and the other is against Turkish power.And both sides put it into action.His cousin also served as Ali's adviser in attacking Turkey.

However, Mahad, the only relative of the governor of Kamilk, has no family property.One is rich and the other is poor. If there is no reconciliation, Mhad will never get his cousin's property.The situation that has been formed cannot be reconciled. On the contrary, resentment, hatred, and even violence have made the gap between brothers of the same clan deeper and deeper. From 1806 to 1824, 18 years have passed. Although Muhammad Ali's rule has not been shaken, he has to deal with the Mamlek family.He came to the throne by virtue of this family, his accomplice.The massacre of 1811, which took place all over Egypt, freed him from this obstacle.After that, within a few years, the country ruled by the deputy king can be called a peaceful and prosperous age, and the relationship between the Egyptian and Turkish courts still seems to be very good.Because the Turkish king could not find any reason not to trust the deputy king.

Mhade was deeply favored by the deputy king, but he had ulterior motives and kept encouraging the king to deal with his cousin—Governor Kamilk became his arrow rake.What he said, Kamilk was an associate of Mahmud, a friend of Turkey, and a dangerous man.He should be watched, perhaps his cousin is a spy, ... that huge sum of money is in the hands of one person, which is a disaster in itself .... Governor Kamilk didn't want to ignore this.In Cairo, he was isolated from the world, and no one could trap him.When he left Egypt, he just wandered.He was on his own boat, the captain was five years younger than him, his surname was Zou, and he was extremely loyal to him.He often travels in the oceans of Asia, Africa and Europe.It shows his indifference and arrogance to life.

Will he forget the sailor who rescued him from the hail of bullets?impossible.How can such kindness be forgotten?Perhaps one day when he roams French waters, will Camilleke remember that kindness?No one can tell now. 1812 is approaching, and the richest man in Egypt is finally banned.Kamilk almost lost his freedom because of his cousin's chatter and gut-wrenching advice for the deputy king. In 1823, the 37-year-old cousin married an Egyptian rural girl who was almost a slave girl.This marriage did nothing to improve his status.Therefore, he continued to play tricks, using the influence of his superiors, father and son, to slander Governor Camilco even more.

In Egypt at that time, swords and swords were like a taut string on a bow, ready to strike at any moment. In 1824, an uprising broke out in Greece against King Mahmud.The king called on his entourage to help him put down the rebellion.Iprakin led a fleet of more than a hundred ships to Mori and landed. At this moment, Governor Kamilk realized that the time had come, he cheered up and rejoined the dangerous battle.He passionately defended the power of the Turkish court that had been decimated by the rebels. He asked to join Iplakin's army, but was not approved; he wanted to be a Turkish officer, but was rejected again.Wasn't that the consequence of what his cousin, who hated him, had done? In this struggle, the heroic nation of Greece has won.During the war, the Greeks were subjected to inhuman abuse by Iprakin's troops. Three years later, France, Britain, and Russia jointly acted and completely defeated the Turkish navy in the Battle of Wahan in 1827, forcing the deputy king and his fleet to withdraw to Egypt.Iprakin returned to Cairo, followed by Mhad, who had fought in the Peloponnese. Since then, the situation of Governor Kamilke has become even worse. At the beginning of 1829, a girl from the Egyptian countryside of Muhad gave birth to him a son.The family population increased, but the property did not increase at all, so he hated his cousin even more, and he was determined to get his property.For this illegal and presumptuous desire to seize, the deputy king not only did not stop or persuade, but readily agreed.This kind of practice was done in ancient Egypt, and it is still common in some countries that lack civilization. Mhad's son, named Sawuk. Faced with the above-mentioned situation, Governor Kamilk clearly knew that he had only one way out: to gather those diamonds, gold, silver, jewelry and other properties and take them abroad.While living in Alexandria, he had several infallible foreign friends.Everything was done with tact, discretion, and top secret.As for which country they are from and what they do, only the governor himself knows. Use 3 oak barrels that look like Spanish wine jars, use two layers of foreskin, and use iron hoops to nail the outside. The three wooden barrels were delivered to the ship in absolute secret, and the governor, accompanied by Captain Zou, finally embarked on a difficult and dangerous journey.From Cairo all the way to Alexandria, there has been a ship following, and then there seems to be stalking and surveillance. Five days later, the ship arrived at the port of Lataki.There, Kamilke chose Aleppo to live.Now, he lives in Syria, and under the protection of the former general Abdalla who has become the governor of Saint-Jean, what does Camilleke care about his cousin?No matter how daring the deputy king is, would he dare to deal with Camilk in the jurisdiction of the Hybrimer court? But in 1930, Muhammad Ali's relationship with the Turkish court was increasingly fractured: he denied his subordination to Mahmud, placed Syria under Egyptian rule, and ascended the throne of the Turkish Empire.This kind of fantasy is not too much for the ambitious deputy king. As for the excuse, it is a matter of course. Under the protection of Abdallah, the Egyptian peasants abused by Ali's agents fled to Syria one after another.Deputy King Ali asked for their extradition to return to the country, but the governor of St. Jean disagreed, and Ali asked the Turkish court to authorize the use of force to attack Abdalla.King Mahmud began to answer: the peasants returned to Turkey, and did not agree to return them to the deputy king.But after a while, the Turkish court agreed to his request.The purpose of this move is to appease the deputy king, and it is also out of his own interests. Iprakin led 32,000 people and 22 warships, preparing to go to Syria, but the epidemic of cholera delayed his trip.This gave Kamilk enough time to think about various countermeasures for the dangers of the Egyptians after they landed in Syria. He is approaching his twilight years. After 51 years of vicissitudes, he has long lost the reverie of the past. Sometimes, he is disheartened and exhausted. He just wants to spend his old age in Aleppo, a quiet city. more than. Is it appropriate to be in Aleppo when Iprakin is about to invade Syria?It is true that this military operation was aimed at the Governor of Saint-Jean, but when Abuquera took over, could the ambitious deputy king stop there?After St. Jean, Damascus, Sidon, Aleppo, can these cities not be feared to be invaded by Iplakin's troops?This time, Kamilke took decisive measures. It was not him, but his property that others hated.His cousin had been eyeing him for a long time, and tried every means to grab his property. Even if he shared the loot with the deputy king, he would do it if he got a small part of it. He had to bury the treasure.Put it in a place where no one can find it, and soon, what he was worried about really happened.Governor Kamilk decided to leave the eastern country he was so attached to, and when he was absolutely safe with Syria, he would take back his wealth and settle here. Captain Zou, do your best to support Governor Kamilk's plan.And assist him to implement it safely, the operation is top secret, and will never be discovered.For this purpose, a two-masted sailboat was bought, equipped with several unrelated crew members of different nationalities.No one doubted that the barrels were on board. On April 13, Kamilk sailed into the sea from the port of Lataki with the two-masted sailing ship. We know that his object is to search for an island known only to him and the captain.The key is to make all the people on board lose their way, not sure where the ship is and where it is heading? For 15 months, this is how the captain operated: the ship sailed west and east, into and out of the Mediterranean.Suddenly turning the rudder to the north, suddenly turning back to the south, it swims on all the oceans of the ancient continent.When the island was found, it was no longer in Europe. It can be said with absolute certainty that the No Name ship has experienced completely different regions and climates. There are enough supplies for several years, and they only dock at the freshwater field, fill up with freshwater and leave immediately. As mentioned earlier, Governor Kamilk has been sailing for a long time to find the qualified unnamed island. He was eager to find the island. Just when he was about to sink the 3 barrels of treasure, the island finally appeared. These historical events in Egypt and Syria are mentioned here to show that the stories are based on solid historical foundations.Otherwise, the development of the storyline is so bizarre that the overly serious opening remarks will make the reader unbelievable. ...