Water Margin people

"A frank man doesn't speak in minced words. If you want it, you want it. If you don't want it, you don't want it!"

Yue Fei looked at those people with a smile. His smile made them feel cold behind their backs, as if he could see through what they were thinking.

"General, the Crusades...are short of money and food, and only the Byzantine Empire can provide them with supplies! But...the Byzantine Empire is quite stingy, and they are not willing to provide supplies to the Crusaders at all!"

The Governor spoke.

"So you're thinking of mobilizing the army to rob? Are you really blinded by greed or are you taking this opportunity to seek revenge?"

Yue Fei looked at those people and asked.

"This... that... all of them... all of them!"

Everyone said with a wry smile on their faces.

The main trading area of ​​Venetian merchants was Byzantium, but the Byzantines considered themselves to be the orthodox Roman Empire and always looked down on others. They also had strong shipping and often had conflicts with Venetian merchants.

The Venetian merchants were greedy by nature and often defrauded their customers, which made the Byzantine merchants very dissatisfied. In recent years, Byzantium had been thinking about running its own business and getting rid of the Venetian merchants.

This made the Venetian merchants grit their teeth. Seeing that the trade of a kingdom was about to be lost, how could the Venetian merchants be willing? So they also wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate.

The Crusaders had no military discipline at all. Bandits were like combs, and soldiers were like rakes. As long as the Crusaders went to plunder, the Byzantine Empire would be seriously damaged.

If Byzantium wanted to rebuild, it could not do without the Venetian merchants. That was the time when Venice made a lot of money.

The consequences of all this were borne by the Crusaders, who were composed of believers from the entire Western Kingdom. No matter how angry the Byzantines were, they could only swallow their anger. They could not become enemies of the entire Western Kingdom.

"Haha, you have them all. You really are worthy of being my name!"

Yue Fei burst into laughter.

The governor and others could only laugh awkwardly.

The banquet continued in this awkward atmosphere and did not end until midnight.

The governor and others saw Yue Fei and others off in sweat.

"Hey, why do these Qi people talk like this!"

After Yue Fei and others left, a noble said dissatisfiedly, his face looking unhappy.

This is an earl. Normally, he holds a high position and everyone is polite to him when they see him. But today, he is entertaining people from Qi State, but these people speak directly to them and do not give them any face at all.

"Hey, now we are relying on Qi State, so we can only bear it for now!"

Someone spoke.

"That's not possible. They are really going too far! We are so sincere!"

The great nobles all said with dissatisfaction that it was okay to be tolerant for a while, but it would not work if it continued like this, as they were not second-class citizens.

"Should we give them a little trouble? They are doing too well, and our role is not apparent at all. We need to let them know how important we are!"

Someone suddenly suggested.

Everyone immediately became interested and looked at that person. This proposal made them think. The reason why Qi was so arrogant was that it was too smooth. It occupied Venice with just a dozen ships.

But if they don't cooperate, even a hundred ships will not be able to capture Venice.

"We have already surrendered to Qi and converted to the Imperial Religion. Would it be bad to trip them up now?"

Some people said worriedly that they were now believers of the Imperial Religion and citizens of Qi. If they did anything to betray Qi, they would die.

"Doing something in secret, who would know!"

Those great nobles still refused to give up.

"We have betrayed the Church, and now they will ignore us."

Everyone was thinking about how to trip him up.

"No need to find anyone. Qi State thinks it has controlled the Black Death. Can't we just let the Black Death continue?"

Someone smiled grimly and spoke.

"You are crazy!"

"No, no, no!"

"We are finally safe, we can't do this!" ...

Everyone immediately opposed it. Before Qi came, Venice had fallen to the Black Death. No one dared to go out, and Venice almost became a dead city.

However, after Qi's control and treatment, the problem of the Black Death was solved in a short period of time. Now there is no problem in the city of Venice. Although it has not returned to its former prosperity, it is gradually recovering.

"I'm not saying to spread it widely. Just a few scattered reports outside the city will be fine! There are so many outsiders now. Qi people are unfamiliar with the place and can't speak the language. If we want to identify these people, we have to rely on us!"

The person who proposed it spoke up.

"This seems feasible, and Qi won't suspect us! Isn't it logical that those outsiders would bring the Black Death?"

"Well, that's reasonable indeed!"

"Is that so?"

……

Everyone immediately changed their minds and thought it was feasible.

A few days later in the morning.

"General, the doctor has reported that the Black Death has reappeared outside Venice!"

A soldier ran into the camp to report.

"Well? Isn't it under control?"

Yue Fei frowned and asked, they had spent a lot of effort to control the Black Death, and the soldiers around him were all wearing protective clothing and went to the front line. They finally succeeded in the past few days, so how come it suddenly appeared again?

"Are you sure it's outside the city? Now it's divided into several levels, city, outside the city, and village!"

Yue Fei asked, they first controlled the city, and then separated the people outside the city and the newcomers, and the believers from all over the place now lived in the villages outside the city.

"It's just outside the city! The doctors are also confused. They don't know how this happened."

Soldiers report.

"Wu Yong, go and handle this!"

Yue Fei felt that there was something wrong with this matter and that no one else would be able to handle it properly, so he decided to let Wu Yong go.

"no problem!"

Wu Yong didn't say anything and took his men to leave the island and enter the city of Venice.

The city was closed again at this time, and there were no pedestrians on the streets. The emergence of the Black Death reminded everyone of the fear of being dominated by the plague.

"what happened?"

Wu Yong, wearing protective clothing and a mask, walked to the city wall, where the city lord and others were waiting.

"General Wu is here? There is a plague outside the city. Two people have fever and black spots on their bodies!"

The city lord looked at Wu Yong and said, he looked behind Wu Yong and there was no trace of Yue Fei, which made him a little disappointed.

"Oh? Why did the Black Death suddenly appear? Where did these two people come from?"

Wu Yong looked at the city lord and asked, his tone somewhat cold. He was not only looking at the city lord, but also at the nobles and merchants behind the city lord.

"It seems...it seems to be from Genoa!"

The city lord spoke.

"Geana? People coming from there shouldn't be allowed to get close to the city. How did they get here?"

Wu Yong's voice became even colder. The refugees from Genoa were able to reach the outskirts of Venice. There was obviously something wrong.

"This...we don't know!"

The city lord and others were shocked. They didn't expect Wu Yong to be so sensitive and began to suspect them.

"You don't know? Why don't you check it out?"

Wu Yong looked at those people and roared with murderous intent, and the city lord and others hurriedly pretended to send people out of the city. (End of this chapter)