"Your Majesty, the people have arrived."

Constantine XI sat leisurely and half-leaned on the throne, his fingertips snapping at the golden eagle inscription on the throne.

Old Agrippa pushed open the door of the palace of Laopalsa and walked in with a smile on his face.

La Opalsia, a place that has brought countless fond memories to the empire in recent years. The next guest is welcome.

"Welcome to one of the most magnificent palaces of the Empire, the Palazzo de la Opalsha. Of course, not every guest can just have a great time. Old Agrippa brought the Genoese messenger into the center of the palace, "You may be seated." ”

"Humph!"

The Genoese envoy glared at Agrippa angrily, patted his robe, and sat down in his guest seat.

"Every nook and cranny of the place is cleaned by attendants every day, and it is spotless and dusty, and your robes are sure to be as clean and tidy as when you came. Unless......" Agrippa naturally sat down opposite the Genoese messenger, "unless you were dyed in the ...... where you came"

"You!"

"Okay, Agrippa, Constantinople is a thousand miles away from Genoa, and this Genoese envoy has come from afar, sleeping in the open air, and there will inevitably be wind and dust on his body...... Come and we won't waste time. Come on, Agrippa, straight to the main course. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Agrippa saluted slightly from the throne, and then motioned for his attendants to bring the proposed edict to the Genoese envoy: "Lord Yodri, please." ”

The Battle of Penicius ended in a total retreat of the Genoese. The noble governor of Genoa never imagined that the main fleet of the Republic, which could be equal to the fleet of the Venetians, would be defeated so easily. Even in the end, the flagship sank, and the navy suffered more than half of the casualties, while the Romans only suffered some skin injuries.

Yodri had expected the Empire to make an extremely long list of edicts, but when he slowly unfolded them, he found that there was only a short line written on them.

But this line of words directly kicked over the bottom line of the Genoese.

Exit the Aegean Sea.

Yodri's hand squeezing the edict flared up, and then he looked up angrily.

"Your Majesty, Genoa has not lost any territory in the East Aegean Sea, and we will never be able to give up sea power in the Aegean Sea so easily! We just lost a naval battle, the abundant capital of the republic allows our navy to be quickly restored, Genoa can afford to drag it out, can the empire also afford it? Jodri gritted his teeth and said, "We still have three victorious fleets in the western Mediterranean, and will your Roman navy recover in a short time?" ”

"Is that so...... Agrippa almost ignored Jodri's anger, "then you haven't come all the way to Raopalshire to enjoy the sights of Constantinople today." ”

"At most, we will withdraw from Galata, and we will not back down from other territories in the Aegean Sea!" Yodri was extremely dissatisfied with Agrippa's attitude, although he knew in his heart that the countries that had sent envoys to Rao Palsa all these years would not end up so decently.

"Lord Yodri, you should know that there are no Genoese in Galata, and the Empire needs you to withdraw? Galata itself, isn't it the territory of the empire? ”

"That's the land we bought to protect Genoese merchants in the Mediterranean! You Romans declared war for no reason, forcibly occupied the territory that originally belonged to Genoa, and the Genoese spontaneously defended it, and now the Empire still wants to occupy it for no reason, do you want to be the enemy of the entire Western world? Jodri duly moved out of the Holy See as a shield.

The Empire, which has turned to the Holy See of the West more than once in times of crisis, cannot immediately stand on the opposite side of the Holy See.

"Genoa territory?" Constantine XI looked at Jodri with a smile from the Holy See, "Distinguished guest from Genoa, are you sure?" ”

"What do you mean?" Jodri instinctively became alert.

"Agrippa, give him something. Take a good look, we respect every guest who comes to the palace of Raopalxia, but no one is allowed to talk nonsense about the territory of the Empire! Constantine XI said in a solemn voice.

Old Agrippa immediately presented a document and smiled at Yodri, "A month ago, your governor in Galata, Lord Deria, understood the righteousness and sold Galata to the Empire for one gold ducat. In other words, from that night onwards, Galata was the legitimate territory of the Empire, and we were only conducting naval exercises in the Golden Horn, and you Genoa launched an attack on the Imperial Navy in the Aegean Sea for no reason, which is what you should explain, right? What do you say, Mr. Yodri? ”

Jodri snatched the document from Agrippa's hand in disbelief, knowing that Deria was the governor of Genoa sent to Galata, and that the document was written in black and white was actually Deria's handwriting.

"This ...... How can it be? Jodri tore the document in half in an instant, "The surrender of any piece of territory in the most honorable Republic of Genoa requires the decision of the Supreme Governor and the upper council, and Deria has turned his back on the Republic, and he has no right to hand over any territory to you despicable Romans!" ”

"I have to remind you, distinguished guest, that in the palace of Raopalxia, be careful of your words!" Agrippa retracted his smile, "Pay attention to who you are...... We, Rome, don't understand the laws of your Genoese, but Deria, as the supreme administrator of Galata, naturally has the right to dispose of everything in Galata, and now that Galata is part of Constantinople, it is probably a little inappropriate for the Genoese to use a piece of land that does not exist on their territory as a bargaining chip, right? ”

"No matter how you tortured Governor Dria to force him to sign this agreement, we will never recognize the validity of this agreement! Even if it is captured by the Empire, a fortress will never be sold for one gold coin! ”

"It's not about the Empire, is it? The conditions of the empire are already listed for you. We don't want reparations, we don't need trade diversions, we don't touch the slightest interest of Genoa in the Western Mediterranean, but there are things that should belong to the Empire that must be returned to the Empire. Whether the islands are in the hands of the Venetians, or in the hands of the Ottomans, the Balkans, the Aegean, and Anatolia, it is only a matter of time or time. ”

"Embezzle the entire Balkans? Recovering the Aegean Sea? Do you really want to restore your former rule with your present strength? ”

As soon as the elder Agrippa was about to speak, Constantine XI suddenly stood up from his seat: "I have to say, you are the most courageous messenger I have ever seen since coming to the palace of Laopalsia, but I can tell you that your guess is very correct. Mr. Yodri, make a decision to give back to the Empire what does not belong to you! ”