The negotiations finally began after Francesco had been furious countless times. Francesco, who pretended to be at the beginning, had lost his majesty in front of John, like a clown jumping off a beam.

"Ten percent, this is the last bottom line in Venice!"

"No, no, no, Master Francesco, what can be said on your lips must not be the final bottom line." John calmly raised his glass, "Don't tell me anything to protect the coastline, if the pirates of Tunisia dare to touch the commercial routes, you don't have to sign this agreement, you have to obediently send a fleet to escort it." ”

"Your Majesty, you also know that we are merchants, and since you have devalued us worthless, then we will not get any benefits, so why should we protect your trade?"

This is no longer a negotiation. The Venetians, though dressed in formal attire, were slaughtered in front of John as if they had been stripped naked. Despite Francesco's efforts to salvage the negotiating momentum, his face was torn off again and again by John, thrown to the ground, and stomped on him twice.

After going back and forth, Francesco also saw a lot of things, and simply changed to a splashing posture to break the can and break, and then did his last bit to get more money for Venice.

I said...... Master Francesco, you don't think you're going to have anything to gain from this negotiation, do you? John looked at Francesco with some amusement, "The Empire may be merciful enough to give you a relatively fair negotiation, at most, using the port of Avelle as a temporary safe haven for your merchant ships." If you still want to make a penny from this agreement, then you should go back as soon as possible. Epirus doesn't have much income now, and he can't support so many people for nothing, you say? ”

Francesco desperately wanted to lay a slap on the smiling child. But Morey, who was standing next to him, helped him suppress his anger again and again.

"Calm down, Master Francesco, at least you've gained friendship with the Empire, haven't you? Believe me, you will soon forget this unpleasantness, and the friendship between the Empire and the Venetian people will last forever. ”

"Then, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Francesco spat out a few words from between his teeth.

The Treaty of the Golden Tooth was formalized with Sofia by several trade experts brought by Francisco in the Golden Tooth estate in Gombrigne. As to why Francesco did not attend the signing ceremony in person, according to the peasants around the port of Avier, the noble governor had been coughing up blood all night and was carried onto the ship by his attendants, and because he was unwell, he had to abandon the agreement that he had signed in person, which symbolized the friendly trade between the empire and Venice.

The signing of the Treaty of Kinkui was the first failure in negotiations to establish a trading port after Venice changed its trade policy from active expansion to steady development, and even if Francesco was unwilling to reveal any details of the negotiation process, the question of whether he could continue to be the governor of Venice was pushed to the forefront.

At the end of 1444, the Treaty of Jinkui entered into force. Venice henceforth abandoned the proposal to establish a trading port in the port of Aver, where ten percent of the net income was to be paid to the empire as an intermediary fee. But the empire would also provide the Venetians with so-called trade priorities. Reduced customs duties on goods originating from Venice. This was a good boost to the trade between the Venetian merchants and the ordinary ship merchants, but the Venetian aristocracy and wealthy merchant class lost a lot of income as a result.

This is also a secret nail planted by John, and perhaps one day, Venice will also fall into a wave of civilian rebellion.

……

"He pushed himself to the edge of the cliff and can't blame me."

John leaned back in his chaise longue and watched as Evelet framed the golden sunflower and hung it on the wall of the inner hall of Fort Combrigne. This kind of pleasure is probably a little cooler than directly hanging the Doge of Venice. However, the Venetians had to pretend to be grateful to the Empire.

Sophia looked up at John.

"Of course, I can't do without my smart and beautiful sister's advice......"

"Okay, brother, I didn't ask you for credit." Sophia shook her head helplessly and said, "The Venetian is also used to being powerful in the Mediterranean, and he still thinks that the Mediterranean Sea is his Venetian bath?" ”

"Actually, Francesco can't be blamed for that. Venice made its own diplomatic situation like this, because of trade problems, Venice made enemies everywhere in northern Italy and the western Mediterranean, in order to ensure that the position of the trade leader was not destroyed, Venice could only retreat to the second best alliance with the empire. But Francesco never dreamed that the empire would dare to rebel against the trade agreement proposed by Venice with its current fading power. But because Venice had no relatives in the four seas, it had to maintain relations with the Empire. John pinched his commentator and shouted happily, "Be a cocoon, be a cocoon!" ”

"Brother, don't be too happy, have you forgotten the last time you were empty-eyed, you almost played with yourself?" Sophia touched the scabbed wound, and in fact, recalling that night still makes people's hearts palpitate.

"This is a small step in our rebellion against the oppression of Venetian trade, but a giant step in the re-emergence of the Empire!"

The gooseberry cried twice very appropriately.

But then again, even if the sea power of the port of Aweer was temporarily guaranteed, Constantinople, Athens, Morea, the trading port of Venice still existed, and even the semi-military port of Piraeus still had the Venetian army training day and night. If you want to complete the road of sea power, the empire still has a long way to go......" Sophia looked at the map on the table and sighed, "If I were Your Majesty, after recovering Galata, the next goal would probably be to find a way to secure Crete...... When the time comes, sooner or later there will be a war between the Empire and Venice. ”

"Of course I do...... The two-day war of scolding is to remind Francesco that there are no eternal allies, and we and Venice will meet each other sooner or later. But...... If it were my choice, I would prefer to deal with the Ottomans in the Balkans first. ”

"You are the elder brother, I listen to you." Sofia teased Lilac, who was dozing on her shoulder, and the little one just tried to lift his eyelids and fell asleep again, "Mohammed II doesn't listen to us like Lilac does. ”

"Speaking of which, it's time to think about how to attack Edirne." John stroked the gooseberry's feathers, "After the blockade of the sea route, the Ottomans were also isolated in the Balkans. According to my idea, next year, the Reich can even take the initiative to tear up the armistice and launch a three-way offensive with Albania and Hungary! Hadley Anopolis ...... It's time to come back! ”