Water Margin people

"What's over!"

Baldwin IV looked at those people beating their chests and stamping their feet and asked, "How could this happen when the enemy hasn't come yet?" They had defected to Qi and converted to the Imperial Religion, and they had long known that the Church would lead troops to encircle and suppress them.

"Our caravan! Our goods! That's all money!"

The merchants wailed.

"Caravan? Goods? Have you sent anyone out?"

Baldwin IV immediately understood what these people had done. They were so greedy that they started trading again.

Those people did not answer Baldwin IV, but just wailed there, as if this was the only way to vent the pain in their hearts.

"Didn't the State of Qi say that trade was prohibited during the Black Death?"

Baldwin IV looked at the city lord and asked.

"Isn't it under control? Venice is entirely supported by trade. The Black Death has been going on for almost half a year, and we haven't been doing business. Should we continue to live off our past success?"

The city lord looked at Baldwin IV and said that Baldwin IV only wanted to obey Qi and did not consider how terrible the consumption of a country was, and they still had to support Qi.

The city lord felt bitter at the thought of having to provide for the State of Qi. The army of Qi had extremely high requirements for supplies. He was not satisfied even according to the highest standards of the army. Finally, he satisfied Qi by following the aristocratic standards.

According to the Qi State, what is oatmeal? It is something that animals eat! People should eat white rice, white flour, chicken, duck, goose, pig, cattle and sheep!

The city lord felt distressed when he thought about the oats and black bread that his personal guards ate on a daily basis, while the most ordinary soldiers of Qi had to eat white bread and beef and mutton.

“Is the Wealth of Venice a fake?”

Baldwin IV said coldly that everyone knew the wealth of Venetian merchants. Not to mention no business for half a year, they could survive even for a year or two.

"Humph! That's our wealth! Why should we support everyone for free?"

The city lord said bluntly that the money was theirs, and now they had to support everyone for free, which was unacceptable to the merchants.

"You bunch of idiots, do you think Qi doesn't know that you secretly sent people out? Everything you do is under Qi's nose!"

Baldwin IV looked at those people and said.

"Impossible, we are doing this in secret, Qi State cannot possibly know."

The city lord said immediately.

"Don't know? Your caravan must have at least a thousand people and more than a hundred vehicles, right? How could Qi State not know about such a large-scale event? Only people like you are stupid enough to think that nothing can happen!"

Baldwin IV looked at the merchants and said coldly how stupid these people were to think they could hide it from the State of Qi.

"This one……"

The merchants then realized that something was wrong. They thought that it could not be discovered, but it was different for Qi. The army coming from Qi was large and their detection capabilities were not comparable.

"Is it because of this Qi State that they withdrew?"

Everyone immediately realized why Qi had made this sudden move.

"Of course, otherwise why do you think Qi suddenly withdrew!"

Baldwin IV said.

"What should we do then? Will Qi turn hostile?"

Everyone was in a panic. They were worried that Qi would attack them and they would not be able to stop Qi's army.

"Come with me to see Yue Fei now!"

Baldwin IV looked at the crowd and said that he could not see Yue Fei alone, but if everyone went together, Yue Fei would at least be able to meet him.

Seeing that the conspiracy had already been discovered, everyone dared not have any other ideas and followed Baldwin IV to the dock.

"Why are you here again!"

The guard at the dock looked at Baldwin IV and asked.

"We want to see General Yue Fei. We have important military information to report!"

Baldwin IV saluted as he looked at the garrison. "General Yue has ordered that we not see anyone, even if there is military intelligence!"

The defender shook his head.

"The Church has already sent people to kill us, and you guys don't care? They have hundreds of thousands of troops!"

Baldwin IV looked at the defenders and said directly.

"The general already knows about this, you guys go back!"

The defenders did not react and continued to speak calmly.

"What? You already know!"

The merchants were so frightened that their legs went weak. The State of Qi actually knew that the enemy was coming. Then the State of Qi must also know that they had sent the merchant caravan out. When the merchants thought of this, they broke out in cold sweats, fearing that the State of Qi would retaliate against them.

"Please inform General Yue that we have urgent business to attend to. I know that the Qi army is invincible and is not afraid of any enemy, but those believers cannot. If the enemy comes, they will be killed."

Baldwin IV pointed at the believers on the shore and said that the Crusaders would never show mercy to the pagans and all those who betrayed would be killed.

"Hey, who dares to kill the devout believers of my Qi State?"

Wu Yong's voice rang out.

Everyone looked over and saw Wu Yong approaching slowly in a small boat.

"Wu Yong!"

Everyone was delighted to see Wu Yong. As long as the general of Qi showed up, things would turn around.

"General Wu, the Vatican coalition forces are almost here, with about 200,000 troops! There will also be reinforcements from the sea! According to the information I have gathered, the Vikings and Byzantines will send navies here, with about 100,000 naval forces."

Baldwin IV looked at Wu Yong and said.

"These are the little things!"

Wu Yong shook his head.

"More than 300,000 troops is still a small matter?"

Baldwin IV looked at Wu Yong in disbelief. There were only a few thousand people from Qi State and only a dozen ships. How could they deal with an army of 300,000?

"It's just a piece of clay chicken and a dog. It's not worth worrying about."

Wu Yong said.

"You are not afraid, but what about the believers?"

Baldwin IV said that since Qi was so confident, he could only use moral kidnapping.

"Believers? We don't even know if they are believers or not! You two-faced traitors, it's time to see blood!"

Wu Yong said with a smile.

"You don't care about the believers anymore?"

Baldwin IV looked at Wu Yong in disbelief. Qi had spent so much effort on missionary work, but now they were going to give up just when they saw results?

"Your betrayal has infuriated us. We, the Qi State, have spared no expense in helping you, but in return you have betrayed us? What about your so-called piety and loyalty? Is it a lie?"

"Everyone can open their mouths, but it's hard to say what will happen when the time comes. So it's a better way to tell the difference between life and death! If you live, you can continue to believe in the Emperor of Qi, and if you die, you can go to heaven. Isn't that wonderful?"

Wu Yong looked at Baldwin IV and smiled.

"Although they were wrong to act on their own, those believers are innocent!"

Baldwin IV wanted to separate the city lord and others from the civilians, and not allow the large number of civilians to die because of the selfishness of some people.

"How do you know the civilians are innocent?"

Wu Yong looked at Baldwin IV and asked.

"You guys created the Black Death on purpose, didn't you? There should be a lot of people who know about this, but those civilians pretended to know nothing. Do you think they are innocent?"

Wu Yong looked at everyone and said. (End of this chapter)