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The news that the Doge had returned with his troops spread quickly, and people in Venice flocked out of the city to seek the Doge's protection.

But Enrico Dandolo didn't dare let those who rushed out of the city get close to him. Even the army he left in the city was isolated. Although they didn't understand how to prevent and control the Black Death, the plague was common and there would be no problem as long as they didn't get close or have contact.

"Governor, we are running low on food and fodder. We need to go into the city to get some!"

A general looked at Governor Enrico Dandolo and said that they were originally going to the border to replenish food and fodder, but they turned back halfway and the food and fodder had been almost consumed.

"Take a team into the city to get food and fodder! It's in the warehouse!"

Enrico Dandolo looked at a confidant and said that he had a lot of goods in the city, including a large amount of food and grass, enough for them to eat for ten years.

"Yes, Governor!"

The confidant took the order and left.

When the army entered the city, the civilians inside thought they were saved and rushed over to ask for help, but the army ignored them and went straight to the warehouse.

The army broke down the door of the warehouse without any hesitation, and what came into view was a mountain of grain.

"Squeak!"

But what followed was the shrill sound of mice.

"mouse!"

The soldiers who opened the door were stunned. They didn't expect there were so many rats in the warehouse.

The mice were frightened and began to run around in groups, and the army in the forest was so scared that it couldn't help but retreat.

"Where do all these rats come from in Venice?"

The general frowned as he looked at the mice. No one liked mice, and no one liked so many mice.

"Damn it! Kill them!"

The general shouted to the soldiers that if rats were not killed they would quickly multiply into swarms, and the rats before them were already a huge group, which would be eaten up if the warehouse was not controlled.

"kill!"

The soldiers roared and hit the rats on the ground with their swords.

There were too many rats, and one dozen of them would kill them all. The squeaking sounds were endless, and soon the door of the warehouse was covered in blood.

The rats could have easily avoided these attacks, but there were too many of them, and a random swing of the sword could kill several rats.

Soon the rats disappeared without a trace.

The general led the soldiers into the warehouse and began to move the food. Although some of the food had been eaten by rats, they couldn't do anything about it now. The food outside was finished, and they would starve if they didn't eat these.

The same thing soon happened everywhere in the city. A large number of rats appeared in the originally clean city of Venice. These rats had nowhere to go, so they ran into people's houses.

The general who was carrying the grain out of the city didn't care about this at all. After counting the grain, he put it into the army warehouse.

"How's the situation in the city?"

Enrico Dandolo asked, looking at the general.

"The city is in chaos, with dead bodies everywhere..."

The general talked about what he saw and heard in the city.

"So serious? I was fine before I left!"

Enrico Dandolo was a little stunned. The situation was much more serious than he had imagined.

"Governor, it looks like the Black Death has completely broken out!"

Bernard looked at Enrico Dandolo and said that he had seen the horror of the Black Death along the way, and combined with the experience of other plagues, the city of Venice was beyond saving.

"My Venice! Venice!" Enrico Dandolo roared. Venice was the capital of the country and the most important port. It was his cash cow. Without Venice, he would lose most of his sources of money. Relying solely on the inland farms, he could not produce much.

"Why is this happening? Who is it?!"

Enrico Dandolo suddenly roared, his eyes full of murderous intent, as if he wanted to find out the person who hurt him.

"According to my analysis, the Black Death was spread from the East, by the evil Qi State!"

Bernard spoke up.

"The East? Qi?"

Enrico Dandolo and a group of generals were stunned. They had never thought of this possibility.

"Archbishop, you must be joking. Qi is a hundred thousand miles away. The plague can't get here even if it grows wings!"

A general spoke up and said that others also knew where the Qi State in the east was, but they, the Venetians, knew that their merchant ships had already arrived in the distant Qi State and brought back exquisite silk and porcelain.

"If it's not Qi, then who else? Is it you? Me? Or the Genoese? Or the Arabs?"

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Bernard looked at everyone and said coldly.

"This one……"

Everyone was speechless.

"You should know that the Black Death has broken out along the entire Mediterranean coast, and even the Arabs have not been spared, but only the Qi army in the Red Sea is not affected. You should know this better than me!"

Bernard looked at everyone and said.

"We know this, but Qi was prepared early and cut off contact with outsiders, not even allowing our merchant ships to approach!"

Enrico Dandolo spoke up and said that he was unwilling to believe that all this was done by Qi, because they had deep interests tied to Qi and they needed Qi's goods to make money.

"Why did they prepare in advance? Why did they know that the Black Death would break out? Isn't this a problem? They know things that even God doesn't know! There is only one explanation, they did it!"

Bernard looked at Enrico Dandolo and spoke.

"You are just guessing, there is no evidence!"

A general spoke up and said that everything was Bernard's speculation without any evidence.

"Qi has already conquered nearly half of the Arab territory. Now they are building a canal in the Red Sea. What do they want to do? Isn't it just to invade us?"

"But Qi State didn't dare to fight. He knew that the Lord's believers were invincible, so he used this despicable method. They joined forces with Satan and swept the continent with plague, trying to make us despair and betray the Lord and weaken the Lord's authority!"

Bernard said righteously.

All of this was his speculation, but Bernard had confirmed this speculation. Someone had to take the blame, someone had to admit the bad things, and a scapegoat had to be found for all the responsibilities.

And the best scapegoat was Qi. He needed Qi to become an enemy, an object of everyone's hatred, so that all the impacts caused by the Black Death could be diverted.

Now no one knew how to refute, as everyone knew that Qi wanted to conquer the west.

Bernard's analysis also made sense, as if it was really the case, and it was the only explanation that could explain it.

The Black Death appeared without a trace and broke out too quickly and violently, completely different from previous plagues. It could not be explained by common sense at all.

"It's true! When will the Lord save us?"

"Almighty Lord, save your lost lambs!"

“Lord, save me!”

...(End of chapter)