Water Margin people

The city of Venice.

port.

In order to show his enthusiasm, the governor arranged for people to start hanging lights and decorations.

"These things are too ordinary. We must show our financial strength so that we are qualified to do business with them!"

The governor pointed to the cloths that were not brightly colored and said that these things looked very ordinary and gave people a cheap feeling, which made them look shabby. How could a shabby country monopolize the business of the entire continent?

"This is the finest linen we have!"

A merchant spoke up and said that the main cloth here was linen, and they brought out the best linen.

"Change them all to silk!"

The Governor ordered.

"Governor, the silk was all bought from Qi. Isn't it a bit inappropriate to put it on display now?"

Someone said that silk was naturally the most exquisite, but silk was a product of Qi. The people of Qi were not surprised by it and would instead laugh at the poverty of the Western world.

"That's exactly what we need. We don't have any good fabrics here. We need silk from the East!"

The governor didn't care at all. Their face was not worth mentioning in the face of interests.

"Hurry, hurry, take out all the silks and put them out there."

Everyone immediately gave orders.

When Baldwin IV arrived at the port, the entire port was hung with silks of various colors, and the entire tree was wrapped in silk.

"What is this for?"

Baldwin IV looked at all this with confusion.

"This is a ceremony to welcome the Qi army. How is it? Is it magnificent enough?"

The Governor looked at Baldwin IV and asked.

"How to welcome Qi?"

Baldwin IV was speechless for a moment. These businessmen would do anything for profit.

"That's about right. Qi should like it!"

Baldwin IV said this against his will, for he knew very well that the Qi army would not care about these things at all. It would be better to prepare a few boxes of gold and send them over.

Everyone was waiting anxiously at the port, and finally saw the Qi fleet.

"Hurry, hurry, music!"

Someone greeted us immediately.

The rhythmic music began and the beautiful dancer began to dance.

"What is this for?"

Yue Fei was watching all this at the bow, his brows were almost twisted into knots.

"The woman here is really nice, she's white, but she has a lot of spots, like a sparrow!"

Xin Qiji said with drooling.

"Since you like it, I'll ask you to bring a few over?"

Yue Fei looked at Xin Qiji unhappily. This boy is old enough to miss women.

"No, no, I've heard that these women have a strong odor and I can't stand it."

Xin Qiji immediately waved his hands and said that they were in the army now. If he dared to act recklessly, being beaten would be the lightest punishment. He might be brought to a military court when he returned.

"If you can't stand it, restrain yourself!"

Yue Fei glared at Xin Qiji and said.

"General Yue, what should we do?"

Lu You looked at Yue Fei and asked.

"Tell them we went straight to the island! How dare you show off such a small thing!"

Yue Fei glanced at the dock hung with silk with disdain. This little thing was really not worth mentioning.

The Qi ships slowly turned and headed for the prepared island.

"Leaving now?"

The governor looked at the turning fleet, somewhat confused. Why did Qi State not respond at all to his grand welcome ceremony?

"Is it because they don't like it?" the governor asked the businessman next to him. The businessman was knowledgeable and knew how to enjoy life.

"That's about it, is there anyone more powerful in Qi?"

The businessmen all shook their heads.

"I have heard of a legend. In a dynasty before the Central Plains, two ministers competed for wealth. One of them built a 40-mile purple silk barrier on both sides of the road in front of his house. Anyone who wanted to go to his house had to pass through this 40-mile purple silk barrier."

"The other was even richer. He used colorful satin, which was more valuable than purple silk, to build a fifty-mile barrier. Anyone who wanted to pass through had to walk across this fifty-mile barrier."

A businessman spoke up. He had been to the East and knew some Eastern legends.

"Purple silk! Colorful satin! Forty miles! Fifty miles!"

The governor and a group of officials opened their mouths wide. They looked at the silk on their bodies and thought that this was simply a beggar showing off his wealth to a rich man.

"Let's go, let's go meet the people of Qi!"

The governor quickly calmed down. It was embarrassing, but he didn't care. As long as they could get in touch with Qi State, they could make a fortune. Although it was already late, they still decided to go.

The governor and his men took a small boat to approach the isolated island.

"who!"

Before they got close, they were hit by searchlights. The fully armed soldiers roared, and they even heard the sound of some metal being pulled.

"We are from the Kingdom of Venice, and I am the Doge of Venice!"

Enrico Dandolo immediately spoke up, saying that they had no way to hide under the searchlight, and they could hardly open their eyes under the strong light.

"Where are you going!"

An officer pointed to an empty dock and spoke.

The boat slowly approached according to the guidance.

"Everyone get off the ship. Anyone hiding anything will be killed!"

Lu You shouted to the small boat approaching the shore.

The governor immediately led his men ashore. They did not dare to move because the Qi army had surrounded the dock, holding swords and unknown stick-like weapons.

"General, we are here to see General Yue!"

The Governor looked at Lu You and spoke.

"on!"

Lu You ignored these people and waved his hand. Several soldiers wearing protective clothing, masks and gloves came forward and sprayed the governor and others with a spray bottle.

"This is like lighting a fire! Tsk tsk!"

Xin Qiji laughed and sprayed disinfectant alcohol. If a fire was lit with such a concentration, the people in front of him would be burned to charcoal.

"Don't talk nonsense, these people are useful!"

Lu You reminded Xin Qiji that these people were the key to controlling the entire kingdom.

"Is this wine? It smells so good!"

The governor and others were furious at first, feeling humiliated. Although they had surrendered to Qi, they should not have been treated like this.

But soon they forgot everything, what came out was the fragrant wine, the taste intoxicated them.

"So cool, what's going on!"

Some people feel the cool feeling on their bodies, which is completely different from being wet.

"Wine! Such strong wine!"

Baldwin IV smelled the wine mist and began to ponder. Although Qi was extremely rich and generous to its own people, it was very harsh to outsiders. How could it possibly give them such fine wine?

"What does this mean? What good is wine?"

Baldwin IV frowned and thought, he knew that Qi would definitely be willing to do this.

"Okay, follow me!"

Lu You looked at the people who had already been disinfected and greeted them.

The governor and others followed Lu You towards the island, but they did not go far before they saw a makeshift tent.

"Haha, here it comes!"

Wu Yong looked at the people coming over with a smile. (End of this chapter)