Just when various departments were struggling to make money, Conrado himself appeared at the seaport of Chizhou.

The worried governor took a young man dressed in lilac to the office outside the Chishu harbor.

"I am the governor of Kaffa, let me see your king! As soon as possible! ”

Meng Zhuoyan quickly rushed over. Conrador didn't want to die, and he ran to Chizhou in person, there must be something urgent. Now that Qin Cang has promised to accept the Karaim and their fortresses as part of his kingdom, it is tantamount to digging his corner in front of Conrad. Therefore, Meng Zhuoyan, who was weak in his heart, ran fast.

In the living room, Conrador sat side by side with the well-mannered young man.

"Archon of the kingdom, I'll be blunt, I'm here to buy your artillery! This gentleman next to me needs it so much! Conrado said anxiously.

Artillery!? Meng Zhuoyan's face immediately darkened, and the best artillery that Chu Jing of the Da Tie Jian had made so far could only fire about a hundred rounds, which was a standard inferior product. With a total of seventeen cannons on hand, how could something that could not be copied be sold?

"Sorry! It's impossible! Artillery in Chishu will not be bought! No need to talk! Meng Zhuoyan resolutely refused, and after speaking, he was even ready to get up and leave.

Conrador immediately stood up to keep Meng Zhuoyan. "No matter how much it is, please think about it! Rome is in danger! ”

Conrado's words alerted Meng Zhuoyan. Rome? It is impossible for Rome in the West to be besieged and run to the Black Sea to buy artillery, and Lombard is full of ironsmiths, so it is only Constantinople that can be talked about in danger.

Unlike the former Byzantium, Constantinople after Rome, and Istanbul after the Turkish Conquest, Constantinople was officially called New Rome in the Eastern Roman Empire, and Constantinople was a folk name; In the Ottoman Turkish era, its name was called Constantinople, and Istanbul was the folk name, which means to go into the city. It was not until after Kemal's reforms, in order to highlight the national culture of Turkey, that Constantinople was renamed Istanbul.

"From Constantinople? It's even more talkative. Meng Zhuoyan didn't want to say anything anymore. The nascent Ottoman Turkey seemed to him to be a child of destiny comparable to that of the Mongols. It would be unwise to provoke the Ottoman Turks at this time.

The young man next to him looked at Conrado as if he was crying for help. Conrador was in a hurry and simply shouted, "Dear archon! Once Constantinople falls, our trade will be cut off! Think again! ”

"Even so, what do I do?" Qin Cang walked in in Greek. Behind her, Sophia, who looks like a standard Greek woman.

Conrado choked for a moment. That's right, it was Conrado's own idea to return to the Republic of Genoa to govern, and it was also Conrado's own idea to sell the woolen wool elsewhere. This paved the way for Conrador himself. And Qin Cang's share in this ocean trade is obviously far less than that of Conrad.

If he could, Qin Cang would be able to spread these woolen fleeces to a wider Black Sea realm. Belgosare and Batu Sarae, Georgian Tbilisi, Trabzon, Sinop and even Constantinople, where not?

The business of sabers and cement-lime bricks is now booming, and the business of woolen and other textiles has seen a marked decline in the share of revenue. This also means that Qin Cang doesn't necessarily have to rely on Kaffa City to make a fortune. In fact, the Genoese had already sent several times to the other four colonial cities of the Crimea in the hope of gaining a share of the trade.

"But...... But once Constantinople falls, neither your ships nor mine will be able to pass through the Bosphorus......." Conrador himself fell silent as he spoke. What's the point? Qin Cang's ship rarely even leaves the Chizhou Strait!

It's also a good thing that Conrador doesn't know history. He didn't know the insane pace of the Ottoman Turkish virus expansion. It is not known that in twenty years the Turks will already be able to land on the Crimean peninsula in a huge warship.

"If you want to take the cannons from me, you will have to pay a price worthy of my abandonment of them, right?" After Qin Cang sat down, he said step by step. Of course, he wanted Conrador to take the artillery. Because the two-pounder cannon is not so powerful, the four-pounder cannon is already not far from itself.

"What cost? Expand your share of trade? Conrador asked nervously.

Expanding the share of trade? Of course Qin Cang doesn't need to! The governor of Kaffa can't stop him at all! You must know that the construction speed of the second Karak ship has increased dramatically! Once the ship was launched, the Chishu Navy with six Karak galleons and two large cargo ships could cross the Black Sea. There were no ships to stop the most advanced warships at the moment, and the merchant ships of the Kafa-Genoese were obviously even more inadequate.

"Not necessarily. I can do it myself. I said, it's worth the investment, isn't it? Qin Cang said after sitting down, his gaze turned to the young man next to him.

"What if Rome is willing to pay the price of territory?" Said the young man.

"Territory? IMHO, what territories does Rome have now? Even places like Galata in Constantinople have become colonies of the Lombard next to you. You have gone back in time, in the past. Qin Cang laughed.

Rome? Now Rome has completely returned to their past. From a city to an empire, and from an empire to a city.

"What if it's Misstras?" The young man's firm words made Qin Cang's laughter stop for a while!

Mistras?

Throughout history, the way the Byzantines died varied. Whether it was the hard-anal Turks who faced it at an inopportune time, or the crusaders who came from Western Europe to sustain their lives. Or the refusal to repay the money owed to the Venetian merchants, which led to the sacking of the capital and the fragmentation of the empire. What's more, Asia Minor invited the Turkic Scourge to Europe to participate in the Empire's civil wars. I have to say that the form of their death is rich and diverse, and it has a high ornamental value.

However, in addition to all kinds of immediate interests, it is nothing more than the unreasonable conceit of the Byzantines themselves. Relying on the orthodox heirs of Rome, occupying Constantinople, the queen of ten thousand cities, holding the essence of Greco-Roman civilization for thousands of years, and anesthetizing itself with the justice of Christianity. And treating others in other countries is nothing more than addiction to small profits, crossing rivers and demolishing bridges, backsliding, and whimsical. Everyone in the world is a barbarian, and I am the only civilization. (——Excerpt from the Internet)