Bab 185: Chapter 165 Mala Will Die

Jefferson was quite efficient at his work.

Early the next day, the proposal to join forces with France to eradicate the Barbary pirates had already been submitted by him to the United States Federal Congress.

There was also mention of purchasing two escort ships tacked on at the end, but it was mentioned briefly, as if he did not intend for Congress to pass that part of the proposal.

Two days later, at the French Embassy in the United States.

The ambassador to the United States, Victor Dupont—the eldest son of the president of the French Chamber of Commerce—hurried into an office on the second floor of the embassy and, with a tip of his hat, greeted the special envoy reading by the window:

"Archbishop Talleyrand, I've just heard from the United States Congress...