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At the same time, in the port of Ceuta, a group of Moroccan officials and generals looked helplessly at the Datang fleet outside the port.

One of the officials said unwillingly: "Are we going to send Ceuta for nothing?"

As soon as the voice fell, someone retorted: "Could it be that you still want to fight the Great Tang?"

"What's the matter? This is Morocco, not their Tang Dynasty. As long as we are united, what will happen to the Tang people."

The other person didn't answer, but gave him a roll of eyes, as if saying to him: Idiot!

A general next to him said: "If we want to fight, we have no certainty, and the most important thing is that this will bring disaster to the kingdom!"

"Most of you may not know the horror of the Tang people, but I have seen their exercises in Cadiz with my own eyes. When their warships were shelling, I will never forget that scene for the rest of my life!"

"And their fleet and soldiers in Cadiz are only a small part. They have a larger fleet in South Africa. I heard that there are several thousand tons of behemoths. Not only the navy, but also their army is equally powerful. Our Morocco Once we start a war with the Tang Dynasty, there will be no second option other than destroying the country!"

"We must not anger these Tang people, and we must not bring disaster to the kingdom!"

When the others heard these words, they also showed helpless expressions.

There are some optimistic ones though!

"Actually, it's not a bad thing for us to give Ceuta to them. Look at Cadiz in the past few years. Although it was considered prosperous in the past, since the Tang people went there, Cadiz has become more prosperous. Now, Datang people not only transported a large amount of goods, but also purchased countless materials."

"Only the daily necessities of the Tang people are enough to feed tens of thousands of people around Cádiz!"

"Indeed, I have also heard that these Datang people are very extravagant. They have to eat three meals a day, and they must be white bread, and they are very rich. When purchasing these living materials, they never bargain!"

"If the people of the Tang Dynasty came to Ceuta, although we lost Ceuta, we could rebuild the city next to Ceuta and sell them a lot of materials, which would be enough to feed tens of thousands of people or even more. ."

"And after they come to Ceuta, it is very likely that Ceuta will be their base camp in Europe. At that time, countless merchant ships will come to Ceuta, and after the merchant ships of Datang come, merchant ships of other countries will also come to Ceuta. When the time comes, we will definitely be able to obtain greater benefits when we approach the water tower!"

"That's what I said, but I'm still unwilling to give Ceuta to them like this. You must know that three years ago we tried to capture Ceuta, but at least a thousand soldiers were killed or injured!"

"Okay, what's the use of talking about it now, these Tang people are ready to land, everyone is ready to go out to meet them, everyone knows the rules of the Tang people, take a shower before going to the port to meet them!"

"I know, people in the Tang Dynasty love cleanliness, and they must take a shower before meeting them!"

As these Moroccan officials and generals went to prepare, Rear Admiral Ren Zian was also arranging the fleet to prepare to enter the port of Ceuta.

But not all ships. The fleet he brought is very large. There are two cruisers, four frigates, and eight offshore patrol ships of 200 to 300 tons in size. It is impossible to sail far in the Atlantic Ocean, but sailing on the shore and in the Mediterranean Sea is not much of a problem.

In addition, there are more than 20 various transport ships, merchant ships and the like carrying soldiers, ordnance, various supplies and even building materials.

There are even some steel bars and cement that were transported from China.

These things are not uncommon in China, and the price is not expensive, but in overseas territories, especially in places like Europe, they are all extremely expensive things. Generally, only the military will take great pains to transport them from the country. , used to build fortifications.

Because the Moroccans agreed too readily, and Rear Admiral Ren Zian was a little worried about the health of the port of Ceuta, so they would not directly conduct a large-scale landing in a short time.

This reckless landing, it will be difficult to deal with the resistance of the Moroccans.

Even if the Moroccans do not resist, the poor sanitary conditions can easily allow the landing personnel to contract diseases.

The Datang Empire has been expanding overseas for many years, and the biggest enemy is not indigenous people, nor European countries, but the local climate and disease.

Therefore, whenever they go to an aboriginal place, the Tang people are always careful and never land directly.

Otherwise, it is easy to defeat the natives, but the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were knocked down by disease.

So he just sent a warship to moor on the dock first, and then sent people ashore for initial contact.

It didn't take long for the officials and generals in the Moroccan city of Ceuta to meet the captain of a frigate of the Datang Navy who landed first. However, the captain of the frigate, who was afraid of death, was directly separated from each other when the two sides met. More than ten meters.

I'm afraid that the other party has some kind of infectious disease or something.

Then after a brief negotiation, the captain and the soldiers quickly returned to the ship. Before boarding the ship, several soldiers who had been relieved of Moroccans in order to execute anything directly took off their military uniforms and threw the military uniforms directly. The fire was burnt, and then it was directly rinsed and scrubbed with clean water.

The Moroccans on the opposite side were inexplicable.

Today's Europeans basically have no concept of health and epidemic prevention, and North Africans are no exception. When interacting with them, the Tang people are generally very careful.

If it is not necessary, they often do not have contact with the local indigenous people, and they will not go to the indigenous cities.

Generally speaking, diplomats and soldiers stationed in Europe stay in the embassy area surrounded by walls and do not easily contact the local indigenous people.

Even the necessary diplomatic exchanges are mainly through letters. Unless there is an emergency or necessity, the diplomats and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will never leave the embassy area.

They still want to go back to the mainland alive!

Soon, the negotiation information of the vanguard frigate was nothing to say, nothing more than how to hand over Ceuta.

Originally, these Moroccans also wanted to hold a handover ceremony to prove their good relationship with Datang, but they were rejected.

Datang people said that you can just leave by yourself, and you can leave with anything you can take with you.

As for things that cannot be taken away, such as fixed real estate, Datang will give some compensation for humanitarian reasons and also to reward the sensible Moroccans.

After three days, everyone within five kilometers must be completely evacuated!

Because at that time, the people of the Tang Dynasty will come to a fire to burn Ceuta!

The Moroccans were speechless when they heard this. This port city is very good. After our personnel are evacuated, you can accept it directly. Why should you burn the city directly?

The captain of the frigate at that time replied with a blank face: Disinfection!

What is disinfection, these Ceutas don't understand, but it has nothing to do with them.

Anyway, the entire port of Ceuta, including several kilometers nearby, were all given to the Datang people, and the Moroccans don't care what the Datang people want to do.

In addition, the two sides also talked about the fact that Morocco can provide free manpower and material resources to help build the port fort. Datang said that Datang is so powerful that it does not need your Moroccans to help.

However, we Datang will hire a group of young people locally to build city walls and fortresses. As for how to hire them, this is our Datang's business, so don't ask.

However, the Moroccans were not reconciled. They sent Ceuta out. Although they felt ashamed, they still wanted to recover some losses.

How to recover the losses, naturally, I want to use the advantages of Datang people here, and then develop commerce and so on. No matter how bad it is, I can export some materials to Datang people~lightnovelpub.net~ In this regard, Datang is good to talk, just say that as long as You take out the materials, and we buy them all.

And Ren Zian also gave them an extra benefit, saying that he could dispatch a fleet to help them destroy a nearby small port occupied by pirates.

After the talks between the two sides, the Moroccans began to retreat, but they did not go far. In fact, they were retreating to the Segil Fort area, which is more than ten kilometers away, and also on the edge of Ceuta, which is the border demarcated by the two sides. There are people left outside the line, saying that a small town is to be established here, and personnel are stationed to facilitate contact with Datang or something.

Rear Admiral Ren Zian watched them start to retreat, feeling strange.

It was smooth, very smooth, and Ceuta was taken without a shot being fired.

But thinking about it carefully, it seems that these Moroccans have been compensated by the real estate, and it seems that they are still planning to do business with Datang nearby.

He also asked himself to help them destroy a group of pirates nearby, and also promised to hire local Moroccans to help build cities, forts, ports and so on.

Thinking about it this way, Ren Zian felt that he was at a disadvantage. If he bombarded Ceuta directly, what kind of compensation would there be, not to mention the need to hire natives to repair the city.

In the past, the Tang Dynasty often bombarded the city directly, then blasted away all the natives, and then arrested the natives to repair the city for free.

Except for shells and bullets, they didn't spend a penny.

But now, the shells and bullets are not used, but the money is spent.

The dignified imperial navy, when have you done such a disadvantageous thing!

Rear Admiral Ren Zian, who became more and more unhappy, temporarily raised his requirements. Datang did not only want the port city of Ceuta.

Also all land within ten kilometers around the port of Ceuta to serve as a military defense zone.