When Chen Jia heard that the people in the city had killed the Duke appointed by Venice, and then the priests organized them to surrender, he felt very shameless.

In front of all the generals, of course Chen Jia didn't want to fight again. Otherwise, a letter of mercy could have knocked him off his current position.

"Okay, allow them to go out of the city and surrender, and I'll give them a place to live. Taxes will definitely be reduced. Chen Jia gritted his teeth and agreed.

"That'...... Is the city still being blasted? "The people on the digging team felt innocent.

"Blast! Blast of course! With such a large castle left on the island of Crete, are they still ready to rebel again? "Chen Jia tried his best to maintain his last face." It's called........ Called to blow up the symbol of evil hegemony in Venice! ”

Under the watchful eyes of the priest Zanetti and hundreds of local nobles and Venetian nobles, this building symbolizes the hegemony of Venice in Crete........ It took off with a bang, and then fell to the ground. It was completely reduced to a ruin in the midst of thousands of smoke and dust.

Looking at this spectacular spectacle that only an earthquake and a volcano could have caused, the Cretans were speechless. After generations of intermarriage, the lower classes of the local Venetians had already converted to the Orthodox Church and learned Greek. Only the upper echelons were the enemies of Venice itself.

With the help of Zanetti and the others, Chania instantly calmed down. And Gandea (Heraklion) also fell in an instant, and overnight, Crete was covered with the flag of St. Mark.

However, questions were raised.

"Chen Shumi, this ...... St. Mark's flag is all over the ground, and what about the Han flag..... "Some people are tired of smelling." This must be from the old Wei Yuan Army, who likes to break cities and rob houses.

Chen Jia began to figure out what Qin Cang said before leaving.

"How many people are there in Crete? As far as I know, no less than half a million! Plus the mountains and the sea, 700,000 is still unknown! If you think about it, how can we stabilize so many Greeks without being educated? If you think about this, I have already handed over the handling method to Zhang Qi. If you can't think of it, just ask Zhang Qi. Qin Cang's unpredictable smile was still floating in Chen Jia's heart.

After thinking about it, Chen Jia gritted his teeth, wrote a letter, and then handed it to his cronies, telling him: "Go to Constantinople to find Zhang Taige." Give him the letter. If he agrees, he will return. If he doesn't agree, ask him to write it down and you bring it back. ”

"Remember! You must not peek! Chen Jia's eyes burned and he said!

Seeing the envoy leave, in fact, Chen Jia didn't care at all. He already knows what to do. I just wanted to make friends with Zhang Qi. In Chen Jia's eyes, Zhang Qi is likely to be the next first assistant, maybe ten years later, maybe twenty years later. Wang Rongfang is old, and Qin Chang'an is analogous to the clan because he is in charge of the treasury, and the next capital will inevitably be produced between Zhang Qi and Chen Hanlin. And Chen Hanlin is a martial artist, and it is almost a common practice for a martial artist not to be the first assistant. Unless the following Shangshu and the deans of the prison can come up with some talents, Zhang Qi will inevitably take the position in the future.

Welcomed the emissary of Crete. A group of nobles dressed in Greek attire and a couple of priests.

Chen Jia smiled and said, "You guys seem to be in good spirits. ”

"......." Everyone didn't know how to reply for a while. They are all the lower classes of people who eat in Crete, and to put it bluntly, they are the middle class, and they can only know roughly how the upper class changes. Therefore, how to deal with officials as high as Chen Jia, they don't have a plan in their hearts.

"Forget it, I won't mention it to you." Chen Jia found a comfortable position to sit on the chair, and then asked people to take out a big Han flag made of cashmere.

"I'm on two paths with you. You can choose for yourselves, and I am not embarrassed. Chen Jia said with a smile.

"First, Crete became the direct domain of my Great Han. You are free to come and go in the land of the Great Han, whatever you want. All you need is proof of identity. And the taxes are all in accordance with the law of Han equality. You can also fly the banner of St. Titus, but it must be under the banner of the Great Han. ”

Chen Jia noticed that after hearing this, the expressions of this group of people began to be a little unstable. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, these 700,000 people are not in their hearts, so don't expect them to behave well after entering the country.

"Second, Crete is the outer domain of my Great Han. The merchant ships and personnel of our Han Dynasty are treated as one. But all you need to do is hang a big Han flag outside the Duke's Palace. Taxes are up to you. In addition to not being allowed to do diplomacy, you can live alone within the Han system. ”

Chen Jia saw their joy. That's it, the human heart always thinks that it can be free. In reality, however, only the freedom to know how to advance and retreat is valuable, the freedom to think that you have succeeded? Forget it.

"So it looks like you're choosing the second path?" Chen Jia asked.

Zanetti and others hurriedly replied: "Yes! Yes! ”

Chen Jia then said, "Then you need to organize a council by yourself." A new duke was elected by the parliament and the mission went to Constantinople together. Someone will take you to the Chijing Dynasty to meet the king. ”

Chen Jia left with only a small number of ships and soldiers left behind. He already disdained to talk to the mountain people of an entire island.

Sending a few officials to teach the newly created council how to vote, how to plan taxes with the local government, and form a local council, Chen Jia went directly to Colony, and then diverted to Kefalonia.

Where, Wang Chang and Li Anshi are already there.......

.......

Pan Daoquan appeared in the Duchy of Styria with fifty or sixty men.

The Duchy of Styria was actually the land of Frederick III. It was in the south of Austria, which is the northeast of present-day Italy and southwest of Slovina. These places were originally the lands of the Habsburgs. It was here when Frederick III and his brother were at odds.

After the Duchy of Styria, it was the Friuli region of the Venetians.

The Friuli region has many towns and cities with well-developed trade and proximity to the border, which gives it a commercial advantage. The only pity is that the Venetians will not allow the Friuli region to develop independently.

Remember Serie A side Udinese? Their home stadium is in Udine, a big town in the Friuli region.

Further on, there is Treviso, the most traditional site of Venice.

The city of Treviso is a big fan of Venice.

Pan Daoquan and his companions pretended to be the Poles they had smoked. Most of the entourage were real Polish acolytes. They sold furs and other items that Venetians loved, as well as cashmere coats.

Head south from Treviso to Marghera.

As we all know, the city of Venice is a particularly small water city, and Marghera, as the Venetian territory on the shore, is the entrepot.

On board, Pan Daoquan shouted in Polish: "Wrap your clothes tightly!" Put on the gauze! Watch out for the plague! ”