Many junks were fitted out with carronades and other weapons for naval or piratical uses. He also engaged in piratical raids on Attica. Teuta started to address the neighbouring states malevolently, supporting the piratical raids of her subjects. Eventually she armed ships and started a piratical war against French ships. Some modern historians, for example Sir Cornelius Neale Dalton, deem his piratical reputation unjust. Its people consistently made piratical attacks against Chinese imperial shipping. The Venetians urged Ferdinand to prevent further piratical actions. The Ming court disapproved of the illegal trade and piratical activities centred at Shuangyu. The Illyrians piratical career reached its zenith under Queen Teuta. Lela is mounted on the "apilan" (gunshield) of Malay war and piratical prahu. Piratical checks and balances proved quite successful. In an official complaint, an AA official claimed the Alleghenys' signing of Bierbauer was "piratical".