Chapter 48: Delivered by Angel and Plague God I have to admit that when it comes to doing business in medieval Europe, ten time-travelers are no match for one Venetian merchant.
In the past few days, Doraemon and the others had confiscated some extravagant wealth, most of which were collected from dead people's estates.
However, they had already caused so many complaints that even their status as an "angel" could hardly suppress them.
It forced them to lower their faces and play live barbecue.
After the Venetians acted as agents, the prices they offered immediately became higher and higher.
The city that was hit by the plague could no longer just spend a little money to solve the problem, but had to meet the needs of the "angels". , and further signed a series of humiliating and humiliating agreements with the Republic of Venice.
The least unequal treaty with the country requires handing over a bunch of concessions, opening ports, and ceding land; the worst one requires simply handing over all power, and the entire country obediently surrenders, and from then on becomes a dependent state of Venice.
In politics and Accept all-round control of Venice in terms of military and economic aspects.
But even with such extremely harsh conditions, the vast majority of people who were blackmailed actually gritted their teeth and agreed: There was no way, the deadly plague was raging around them crazily, and rotting corpses were already piled up in the streets and alleys, looking at themselves I can hardly see the sun tomorrow.
In this case, even if a skinny claw covered with scales stretches out from the tomb and hands over a devil's contract written on human skin with evil flames, many people will grit their teeth and sign the contract before even talking about their own family.
My life is almost gone, what's the use of keeping this power and wealth?
Please tell me what you can pass on to your children and grandchildren.
You are too naive.
In this precarious era of the Black Death, you can guarantee that you have done a good job in handing over power.
After closing your eyes and kicking your legs, your entire family will not go underground to accompany you the next day.
You know, the average death rate in many cities The rate is an outrageous 75 to 95.
How to break a deadlock like Smolensk where only five people died in the city?
As a result, taking advantage of this situation, the territory of the Republic of Venice quickly expanded from the Adriatic Sea to the west to the Alps, from the northern part of the Italian Peninsula to the center, and also dug heavily from the Kingdom of Hungary in the northeast.
A big piece of meat.
In addition, along the Mediterranean coast, from Spain to Asia Minor, the Venetians also acquired a large number of new vassal cities, making their maritime hegemony more stable.
Finally, there were countless rulers who owed a lot of debt to Venetian merchants and had to spend their entire lives working for Venice to repay it.
Of course, there are still many die-hard rulers in power who would rather die than surrender, even if their entire family dies, rather than bow their heads, or cruel kings who regard people's lives as ants and don't care at all that they rule a kingdom of the dead.
But the problem is, no matter what kind of country you are in, there are more people who want to live.
Under the instigation and instigation of the Venetians, those who want to live quickly began to make a concerted effort to remove stumbling blocks.
Action is threatening During the period when Nice people were promoting "Angel Home Delivery" everywhere, more than 80 coups, mutinies, and assassinations broke out in Western Europe and around the Mediterranean.
More than a dozen crowns fell successively, and more than 400 noble families were killed and their entire families were exterminated.
What’s even more incredible is that, despite this, in front of the public, every miracle of “angels coming” is still extremely holy and hymns.
No matter what, the Venetians succeeded in provoking all this without getting their hands dirty.
The bloody storm and darkness have turned them into Hidden behind the holy hymns and angelic carols, most people in the world only see the compassionate angels working tirelessly to bathe city after city in the most holy grace, so that the world can be saved and mankind can be reborn.
Thus, I shed tears of gratitude and become more pious All kinds of resentments and voices of opposition were effectively nipped in the bud by conspiracy and violence, leaving the angels' ears extremely clear.
In addition, some people have tried to keep their promises.
For example, in Constantinople, the cunning Byzantine Emperor John VI first agreed to a series of extortion attempts by the Venetians, and then waited until the epidemic in Constantinople had just stabilized.
Suddenly he changed his mind: the emperor himself hid and did not come forward, and the Orthodox Patriarch came to Constantine in Fort incited a group of mobs, shouting "pure faith", "incompatible with heretics", "Crueling against fallen angels for God".
The killers lurking among the patients also launched their attacks and aggressively moved towards the "angels" who were treating the sick and saving people.
The siege came up and smashed the newly erected Lucky Cat statue to pieces.
Attempts to provoke violent conflict and then use this as an excuse to default on the bill.
However, they seemed not to have considered the feelings of all the "angels".
Looking at the patients who were receiving their treatment a moment ago, they took out a knife and stabbed them as soon as the black spots and abscesses on their bodies subsided.
Marikawa Shizuka and other "pseudo angels" Their hearts were suddenly deeply hurt, and they were so angry that they threw several rounds of "Dragon Slash" casually, blasting Hagia Sophia into ashes.
Then there was another "meteor shower" that turned a small half of the city of Constantinople into a sea of fire, burning the ungrateful Greeks and making them wail and howl, with their skin and flesh torn apart.
The remaining subjects of the Byzantine Empire had just died of the Black Death.
Half, this time at least another 30% of the staff were reduced.
Moreover, before leaving angrily, Wang Qiu cursed them, which was actually a prophecy: "In the near future, your cities will be occupied by turbaned pagans.
No matter how strong the city walls are, they will not be able to protect your lives.
Your beliefs will be destroyed and trampled on, and your churches will become pagan temples.
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Your empire is dying and will be destroyed forever.
Your land has been promised to the pagans.
No matter what happens, the Greeks will never come back here again."
In addition, although under the threat of death and destruction, almost no one in the Western countries during the Black Death era dared to refuse the expensive "salvation" of angels.
However, in some special circumstances, the "Angel Home Delivery" promotion campaign instigated by Venetians occasionally encounters rejection.
"The Egyptian Sultan in Cairo said that the Black Death over there was over, and there was no need to spend money to hire pagan angels.
What a pity, it was a very wealthy country, and the Egyptian treasury in Cairo was even more full.
African nuggets and Indian gems” Although the Black Death in the Middle Ages devoured all living beings and seemed extremely terrifying, it actually had its weakness, that is, it was intolerant to heat.
According to the conclusions drawn from modern medical research, once the ambient temperature rises to about 40 degrees Celsius, the vast majority of Yersinia pestis will basically lose its activity.
Therefore, in tropical places such as India and Iran, plague usually only attacks in autumn and winter, and will be cured without treatment until the scorching heat of midsummer.
The same is naturally true for Egypt, which is located in the desert.
Unfortunately, the overall latitude of Europe is relatively high.
Even in the hottest midsummer season, it is rare for temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius to occur.
Therefore, the outbreak of the Black Death lasted for several consecutive years.
Year after year "It doesn't matter.
I have a highly heat-resistant variant of Yersinia pestis here.
You can take it to Egypt and spread it."
Under the deception of the Governor of Venice, Doraemon rummaged through his pocket, took out a bottle of fleas with the Black Death, and stuffed it into the hands of a certain Venetian, "Look for a crowded and dirty person in Cairo."
Smash it open in the dirty ghetto, and then in a few days you can go do business.”
Just like that, the paid version of Angel's Home Delivery suddenly turned into the free version of Plague God's Home Delivery.
It's really a loss of moral integrity and crazy.
Alas, there is no other way.
When the dawn of victory of completely paying off all debts is already far away on the horizon, Comrade Doraemon, who had already had little moral integrity left, immediately started the last round of crazy avalanche style.
Go crazy After the Black Death broke out again in Egypt, Governor André of Venice even continued to persuade the envoys sent to Egypt: "You must tell the Sultan of Egypt that because they are pagans, the angels' fees will be doubled.
This price is non-negotiable, if he is not willing to take out all the money, the concession rights for the whole of Egypt, and the port concession." , then let’s all die.”
In addition, the religious orders, believers and monastic organizations in the Holy Land of Jerusalem are also extremely indignant at the practice of these black-hearted "angels" abusing God's gifts and using the insidious Venetians for personal gain.
These guys who claimed to be living next to God gathered together for a meeting and concocted a eloquent statement, drafting about a hundred charges against the travelers, the Venetian authorities and the Holy See who acquiesced in all this.
The writing is as sharp as a knife, and each word is as precise as a pearl.
It moved Doraemon and other time-travelers who really loved it.
With tears in his eyes and anger in his head, he immediately sent a lot of concentrated liquid of the virulent plague germs to Jerusalem, so that these upright priests, monks and devout believers could leave the dirty world as soon as possible, be called by the Lord, and go to heaven to see everything.
God, who doesn’t know, exposes the wrongdoings of these fallen “angels” to their faces.
In addition, in order to crack down on some competitors with particularly bad relationships, Venetians sometimes resort to deceptive tricks.
For example, in order to attack Genoa, their biggest rival for maritime supremacy, the Governor of Venice deliberately sent a rough guy who was the least talkative as an envoy and proposed a series of whimsical conditions.
The Genoese authorities were so angry that they completely closed the door to negotiations and then Then he turned around and said a lot of bad things about the Genoese people to the angels, making them feel That city was really desperate for death, so it was reasonable to abandon Genoa and let them continue to struggle in the abyss of the Black Death.
If the two families were not far away from each other and spread the plague indiscriminately, it would have been difficult.
It will be transmitted to the Venetians themselves.
Governor Andre, who is full of bad intentions, may have to further inject some information there.
However, although the Venetians are sinister and vicious, they occasionally have some kindness.
For example, the authorities of Milan, also located in northern Italy, insisted that there was no outbreak of the Black Death and refused to accept the extortion from the Venetian authorities.
They only gave Doraemon and the others gifts.
A thousand gold florins were given as a meeting gift.
Regarding the matter of accepting the Ten Commandments of Cat Worship, the Archbishop of Milan also said that the matter is of great importance and needs to be further studied and discussed.
However, Venice did not take cruel hostile measures.
Instead, it said good things to the people of Milan in front of the "angels", hoping that "Angels" can ignore I have always suspected that I would go to Milan to perform miracles, grant divine favors, and give Milanese people the "Sacred Seal Vaccine" to prevent the spread of diseases: Milan is too close to Venice, and the adjacent land border is very long.
Once a plague breaks out there, Almost 10% will spread to Venice The travelers are not completely unaware of the Venetian's little tricks of stuffing private goods, but their basic attitude is to let it go.
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As long as they can get enough money, they don't mind the Venetian jumping up and down to get the benefits, no matter what the attitude of the Republic of Venice is.
How greedy and shameless, after all, it is only the customers who are being ripped off.
I dare not offend powerful people like myself.
It is always more convenient than collecting money from each family.
Well, it hurts your reputation.
Do you think that all of you who are just passing through in this world would care about such unimportant and boring things?
Well, there is also the excessive expansion of the power of the Republic of Venice, which affects the balance of power in European countries.
Hey, it seems that only the natives of this time and space would worry about this kind of thing.
Even if Venice's power explodes and the European Union is built six hundred years ahead of schedule, it will be a problem for time travelers.
What does it matter?
All in all, after vigorously promoting Angel Plague Home Delivery and turning half of the Western world upside down, in a completely silent night, Comrade Doraemon, who had been settling accounts until midnight, finally let out a burst of hysteria, relief, and mixed emotions.
Shocking laughter: "Meow hahaha, the debt can be paid off.
I have to pay it back.
From today on, Doraemon will no longer be in debt." oshow7: