"The attitude of the Dey is that the land to the west of Tremseh Fortress can be exchanged and given to the great Sultan," the envoy Lum Zaganoth from Tiuus said with as firm a tone as possible, "but Valsainess must absolutely not be accepted."
What he referred to as Tremseh Fortress was already the border between Morocco and Algiers, which was hundreds of kilometers less than what the British had proposed at Valsainess.
The Sultan of Morocco simply smiled faintly, gesturing for his guests to drink tea, without making any statement on the matter.
He knew that the British needed him, so he could let them do all these "heavy liftings."
Indeed, after listening to the translation, the Marquess of Wellesley immediately shook his head, "Mr. Envoy, I must remind you that just a few months ago, your country fought a not insignificant war with the French and you were utterly defeated.