The port of Sassenita in the Ottoman Empire was bustling with people from the western provinces of the Ottoman Empire.

Many of them are landless farmers who cannot afford to eat, and many are bankrupt small business owners and poor people in the city.

The European War has entered its third year, but the war in the Ottoman Empire has been going on for ten years.

and Romanians, Kurds in the Eastern Province.

There were also Arabs in the south, who even resisted the attacks of the vanished Israeli Empire.

In order to retaliate, the Ottoman Empire, with the support of the Ming Dynasty, attacked Crimea.

The best young men in the Ottoman Empire died in Sevastopol.

Fortunately, the European War was coming to an end, but the Ottoman Empire's national power was so overstretched that it could hardly sustain it.

A large number of people died in the war, and a large number of fields were laid waste. A large number of people were displaced, and a large number of people had no work, money, or food.

At this time, a huge pie fell on the head of the Ottoman Empire Sultan, and the Ming Dynasty needed laborers.

For the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, the key is to find a way to get rid of these idle people in the country who are brewing a civil uprising.

As a result, various officials began to arrest people.

Just a guy walking on the street with nothing to do, or a guy in ragged clothes who looks like a beggar.

They were all captured and sent to Sassenita in a group.

More than 10,000 people have been sent away in Constantinople, and now Sassenita has accumulated a total of 50,000 such people, waiting for the Ming Dynasty's ships to send them to distant North Africa.

As for how many of these people can come back alive, that is beyond the scope of the Ottoman Empire's Sultan's consideration.

It would be troublesome to keep it anyway, so it would be better to die outside.

The Ming Dynasty's cargo ship arrived, and the workers were forced to take off their clothes. They walked through the checkpoint naked one by one, and everyone was sprinkled with a layer of white powder. People choked and coughed.

Calhanoglu endured the pungent smell, stood in a row with a group of people, and was washed by a crew member holding a water gun.

He lost his father to war, his mother to hunger, his sisters to bandits, and his brothers to plague.

In less than ten years, Calhanoglu lost all his relatives. Now, he has nothing to lose.

It was his initiative to go to North Africa to work as a laborer, and the guards greatly appreciated this young man who came on his own initiative.

After giving him a full meal, he was beaten to get here.

He was very full from that meal, but his stomach felt full but his mouth did not feel full.

The plate he licked was even cleaner than anything a dog had ever licked.

However, he heard that when he arrived in North Africa, the people of Ming Dynasty were in charge of the food and he could have enough to eat at every meal. This made him full of daydreams about North Africa!

Having a full meal is the only dream of this unkempt young man.

There are many people who think like him, so their tolerance for these insulting behaviors will be very high.

Everyone was trembling after being washed by the torrent of water pipes. After drying themselves with a dirty towel, they boarded the big paddle boat naked.

This was the first time for Calhanoglu to see such a big boat. Compared with this boat, the boats he had seen before were just like small shrimps.

Walking onto the ship along the long gangway, the people on the ground were as small as ants. Turning his head to look at the sea, he had never seen so far away.

On the deck, people lined up to come to the Ming Dynasty.

This Ming man is very strong, wearing big shiny leather boots on his feet. He has a belt around his waist, and a pistol hanging on the belt.

Calhanoglu took over a gray suit with numbers on it...

After putting on the clothes, my body felt much better. Not only were the clothes soft, but they were also much warmer.

"Take all these people into the cabin!" Gao Jiu said impatiently.

When the war was at its most intense, he fought hard in Damascus, and when things got better, he went to Baghdad.

Then, he went to Antioch and Mosul, and his military rank changed from second lieutenant to major. His official position also changed from platoon leader to battalion commander!

But he was always dissatisfied because they kept retreating.

Except for the bloody battle, Damascus was defended, but Baghdad was lost. Antioch fell into the hands of the Kurds!

Mosul also fell into the hands of the Kurds. Fortunately, Egypt is not so bad. There are no tough Kurds there!

Look at other armies, they are all winning battles.

The Battle of Tsaritsyn, the Battle of Smolensk, the Battle of Kursk, and the three battles of Kharkov.

Fighters are soaring in the sky, and tanks are raging on the ground. Thinking about this kind of scene is exciting, but on our side, we still have to rely on machine guns, rifles, pistols and mortars to fight the battle.

Not only were there huge casualties, but they were also extremely dangerous.

Among the brothers who graduated from the military academy with him, all of them died except for one who was disabled.

He was the only one who managed to become the battalion commander. His subordinates were all Indian Gurkha soldiers, and only the guard squad was his own.

Now, I can't even fight in the war. I can only do these escort jobs!

Seeing these people in the Ottoman Empire, all of them were as well-behaved as sheep, Gao Jiu couldn't help but feel sad and angry.

The last time we had a drink, a person who was closely related to the above said:

The war will be over soon, and after this war, Europeans will become lapdogs.

Seeing the Ming Dynasty is all about wagging the tail. At least within fifty years, there will be no more wars in the Ming Dynasty.

If it works well, there will be no large-scale wars in the Ming Dynasty within a hundred years.

If you want to be promoted based on military merit, it is very difficult to reach the sky.

This was my last chance, and I just damn missed it.

When Gao Jiu thought of this, his heart broke out and he hated this escort mission very much.

Compared with Gao Jiu's depressed mood, Calhanoglu was very happy.

Inside the huge cabin are rows of loft beds, divided into three levels, all welded to the cabin boards.

Calhanoglu was very smart and found a corner on the ground floor. An uncle who had been to the sea told him that the sea was very rough.

If you sleep on the top bunk, it will definitely be rolled down.

"Haha, you little clever guy. Don't worry, the Ming Dynasty's ship is big enough, and the wind and waves on the sea can't do anything to such a big ship." A bearded man next to him laughed.

"Then why do you sleep on the lower bunk?" Calhanoglu asked with disdain.

"Why? Maybe because they respect me!" The bearded man glanced at the people around him.

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look at him.

The bearded man patted Calhanoglu on the shoulder, fell on the bed and began to sleep.

It took a whole day for the two huge Ming Dynasty freighters to be filled.

These two ships took away a total of 13,000 Ottoman workers.

The sailing of a big ship is really like what Big Beard said, there is basically no bumps when sailing on the sea.

The captain is damn good!

There are more than 500 people in each cabin, so a leader will be selected in each cabin.

People in the Ming Dynasty have a lot of rules. They are not allowed to spit in the cabin, and they are not allowed to urinate or defecate anywhere in the cabin.

I have to shower every day and make sure the cabin is clean.

If someone dares to commit a foul in the cabin, the leader of the cabin will personally tie the person up and whip him or her.

The whipping was very cruel, using a kind of cane.

The prisoner's pants were taken off and he was pushed on a chair, exposing his white buttocks.

The whip was swung in the air, making a heart-stopping "woo" and "woo" sound.

After the sound, the whip will hit the prisoner's butt hard.

The skin immediately swelled up, then opened to both sides, and blood began to flow along the broken wound.

The first and second blows are fine, but the third and fourth blows are the most deadly.

It only takes five or six lashes to turn a person's butt into a mess.

From then on, this person could no longer sleep lying down. He could only sleep on his stomach, and every time he pooped, it became an ordeal.

I don’t dare to squat and pull, so I can only pull with my butt sticking out.

Every time I wiped the wound with a cloth dipped in salty salt water, it would cause frightening screams.

The screams were like alarm bells, reminding everyone.

No fouls allowed! No fouls allowed!

The consequences of a foul may very well be death.

Because the guy in his cabin has a wound on his butt that has suppurated. He has a high fever and looks like he is going to die.

The bearded man called Calhanoglu, and several others carried the guy to the deck.
To be continued...