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Baldwin IV and others rode quickly towards the port.

Not long after they left the city, several cavalrymen fell to the ground weakly.

"what happened?"

William immediately stopped the team.

"Black spots! Black spots!"

Suddenly a cavalryman pointed at the fallen cavalryman and shouted in horror.

The black spots represent plague, and everyone quickly moves away as if they have seen a monstrous beast.

"Your Majesty, they are sick!"

William looked at Baldwin IV and said.

"Disease?"

Baldwin IV looked very unhappy. The thing he was most worried about had happened.

"Let's go!"

Baldwin IV looked at the several cavalrymen on the ground, sighed, and rode away.

It's not that he is heartless, but he has no other choice. This is a plague, and he has long thought that people around him may be infected. He has no way to prevent it, and no way to treat it, but if he doesn't give up, more people will be infected.

"This……"

William looked at Baldwin IV leaving, then looked at the cavalry on the ground. Finally, he sighed helplessly and followed with his men.

The cavalrymen's faces were filled with fear. They didn't want to stay here for long, so they followed immediately. They just wanted to stay away from people with black spots on their bodies.

Baldwin IV became more and more frightened as he walked, as he saw people falling ill one after another on the roadside.

"Your Majesty, this... has spread!"

William looked at Baldwin IV worriedly and said that the black plague was far more terrible than he had imagined, and it was now out of control.

"We've arrived at the port!"

Baldwin IV pointed into the distance.

The port was in chaos at this time, and the shouting could be heard from far away.

"Hurry up and load the goods onto the ship!"

"I want to get on board!"

"Go away!"

"Do you want to die?"

……

"Go to the port and find a ship!"

Baldwin IV led his men on horseback and rushed towards the port.

In the chaotic port, all kinds of people were together. Baldwin IV showed no mercy and rushed in on horseback. His warhorse was covered with armor and easily pushed through the crowd.

William immediately followed with his men, and the group of people violently pushed their way through.

All kinds of shouting and cursing were heard, and the crowd at this time did not care about the identity represented by Baldwin IV's gorgeous clothes. The most important thing now was to stay alive.

Baldwin IV charged for a while, but the momentum of his charge weakened and he was unable to move forward. He immediately swung his whip and whipped the people who were blocking his way.

Baldwin IV actually has a good character, but now he is upset. The plague is going to destroy everything, and he must find a solution quickly.

“The King of Jerusalem!”

On a large ship, merchants dressed in gorgeous clothes recognized Baldwin IV. Most of the Mediterranean trade passed through Jerusalem, and these merchants were no strangers to Baldwin IV.

"Let me get on the boat, I want to go to the Red Sea!"

Baldwin IV shouted to the merchant.

"Your Majesty, please get on board!"

The merchant immediately asked the sailors to lower the planks so that Baldwin IV could ride on board.

Baldwin IV immediately took his men on board.

"Your Majesty, why are you here? What happened to Rome? Why is there a rumor of the Black Death breaking out everywhere?

The merchants looked at Baldwin IV and asked, they were originally preparing to unload the goods at the port to make a fortune, Rome was holding a grand mass, and there were millions of pilgrims, all of whom were customers. But suddenly there was news of the outbreak of the Black Death, the pilgrims fled in all directions, and even the nearby civilians fled everywhere, making the port chaotic, and the merchants had to leave temporarily to protect their goods.

"Let's go, to the Red Sea!"

Baldwin IV did not explain, just urged.

"Quick, leave the port and go out to sea!"

The merchant shouted to the captain.

"sail!"

the captain called to the first mate and the boatswain.

The ship slowly left the port and headed south.

"Your Majesty, even if we go to the Red Sea, we cannot enter the city of Qi."

The merchant looked at Baldwin IV and said.

"Why? Haven't you been trading with Qi?"

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Baldwin IV frowned and asked, although they were in a hostile state with Qi, trade had never stopped, and the exquisite goods of Qi were really something they couldn't let go.

"Your Majesty, you may not know that two months ago, the Qi army near the Red Sea sent out an order that General Yue there had been transferred and General Han was now in charge. General Han set up a quarantine zone at the Port of Alexandria on the north bank. We had to stay in a fixed area and could not have contact with people from Qi! Goods could only be exchanged in fixed places."

The merchant spoke.

"Isolated area? Two months ago?"

Baldwin IV was stunned when he heard the news. He didn't expect that Qi had made preparations two months ago and had no contact with them. Without contact, it was naturally impossible to be infected by the plague.

"Yes, but the goods are still the same as before. We put the gold and silver in one place, Qi takes it, and then we can go to another place to pick up the goods after a while. There is never a shortage!"

The merchants said that they didn't care about these things. After all, the two sides were still in a state of hostility, so there was nothing wrong with doing this.

But Baldwin IV did confirm that Qi had known about the plague for a long time and had made preparations very early.

"Go to Alexandria first!"

Baldwin IV spoke.

After entering the Mediterranean, all the uneasiness seemed to have gone away and the plague seemed to be far away.

"Oh no! The Black Death!"

A sailor ran out of the warehouse in fear and shouted.

After hearing about the Black Death, everyone was scared and stayed away from the warehouse.

"what happened?"

The merchant was also shocked. He didn't expect that the Black Death would appear on his ship.

"A coolie, his body was burning hot and black spots appeared on his body."

The sailor shouted in horror.

"Quick, throw him into the sea!"

The merchant yelled that he couldn't let the Black Death patients stay on the ship, not only for the safety of others, but also for his own safety.

"What's going on? Why is there the Black Death everywhere? We left the port as soon as possible!"

The merchant said in annoyance that these coolies were slaves he bought and were the main force in transporting goods.

The sailors just looked at each other and no one was willing to enter the cabin. Everyone knew that they might get the Black Death if they came into contact with those patients.

"One gold coin per person!"

The merchants saw that the sailors were unwilling to go in and knew that they were afraid, so they immediately promised them high interest rates. One gold coin was half a year's wages for these sailors.

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. Several sailors quickly entered the cabin and carried out a half-dead coolie.

Without any hesitation, the sailors threw the coolie into the sea.

The sailors immediately came to the merchants and asked for money.

The merchant covered his mouth with a handkerchief, fearing that he would breathe in the dirty air, and took out a few gold coins and threw them away.

"Where are the other coolies?"

Baldwin IV looked at all this and suddenly discovered a problem: there was more than one coolie on the ship. (End of this chapter)