My words are tantamount to dropping a bombshell on the scene, and the shockwave of the explosion radiates the entire hall of Venetians, they are all like guinea pigs infected by a nuclear explosion, their scarlet eyes seem to be collectively mutated, if eyes can kill, I would have been pierced by now.

Fortunately, the two guards standing guard in the corner were safe enough away from me, otherwise I would have been really scared, they would have picked me up with their spears and put them on the sky lanterns, this group of Venetians is still as proud as the pioneers who founded the city because of refuge five hundred years ago! Stubborn! Honor and freedom as life!

"Do you know what you're talking about? Viscount? ”

Pedro II was probably the calmest man on the scene, my every move was under his control, and the wise old man who came over in the wind and waves didn't pay attention to my little tricks at all.

"Maybe we are as useless as you say, but in the current situation, in less than ten steps, your so-called servile Venetian jester can make you blood splash on the spot, and your tasks, including Emperor Otto, who is anxiously awaiting the results of the negotiations at the moment, will disappear, young man, I hope you can put yourself in your position and figure out the situation before you, although I am a poor old father, I am also the consul of the Republic of Venice, I can be sorry for my son, but not for my country. Like the first stake that our ancestors nailed in the lagoon, with the motto engraved on it: unity, glory, freedom, without which we are no longer Venice! ”

Pedro, the sea whale who once drove a battleship into the pirate group, seemed to be back again, and even those wrinkles stacked together were stretched out because of the surging murderous aura, making him look radiant and make people shudder close to freezing.

I stood motionless, thinking quickly in my mind to resolve the embarrassing scene in front of me, but I had no clue when it was messy, and I even felt that the two guards standing at the door, sharpening their knives, had already put the oven on the rack, and the next step was to invite you into the urn.

"Calm down! Take out the courage of Zhuge Kongming's tongue and the Confucianism of the war group! ”

It's a pity that my Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a comic book......

"Since you refer to the famous Venetian motto: unity, glory, and freedom, it has to be said that the courage to cut through the hollow and widen that has been passed down for hundreds of years has indeed inspired generations of Venetians to sail small boats to sell the fish and salt that is abundant here to every corner of Europe, and then bring back the wealth from everywhere to build this beautiful palace on the water, and the rich civilization of Venice has shocked all those who look up to the truth."

My teacher once told me to put your opponent in a high position before negotiating, so that he would be embarrassed to bargain with you.

"Two hundred years ago, in the Treaty of Nisfelli, the Frankish kings and the Byzantine emperors acquiesced to the independence of Venice, although they still recognized the suzerainty of the Byzantine Empire, but it was from that time that Venice really embarked on the road of becoming a strong country, exploring more unknown continents and seas, which has always been the dream and creed of the successive governors of Venice, and it is also the reason why this small water country is respected."

"But Venice still lived in the shadow of Byzantium, and even when the emperors of Constantinople were already overwhelmed by the threat from Bulgaria, the people of Watertown still showed their loyalty to the double-headed eagle banner, and even sent a navy to help the Romans expel the Saracens from Croto, fulfilling their faith and loyalty inherited from Roman times again and again."

But what does this loyalty come in exchange for? Instead of treating each other sincerely, the increasingly frequent war taxes and the many restrictions on trade in the Black Sea, is this what the Venetians have always wanted to pursue? If so, then the pillar engraved with unity, glory, freedom, will only decay in the cold waters, and will no longer be able to hold the weight of the pearl of the Armenian sea. ”

After saying so much in one breath, I secretly clenched my left hand into a fist and used the sweat of my palm to blur the symbols written on it.

In order to remember the lame and jerky historical vocabulary spoken by the court privy councillors, what primitive clerical methods I used as an illiterate person, and my years of cheating experience came in handy in the Middle Ages a thousand years ago.

The aristocrats at the scene stopped making noise, and even the calm Pedro II fell into deep thought, I am telling the truth, the long years of warfare have stretched the finances of the Byzantine Empire, and Emperor Basil II of Constantinople protected the strong position of his own merchants in these regions by squeezing out the Venetian trade share in the Levant and restricting the passage of Venetian ships through the Dardanelles to the Black Sea, in order to protect the strong position of his own merchants in these regions, increase the revenue of the treasury, and use it against the rapidly rising aggressive Bulgarians in the Balkans, Restoration of imperial rule over southern Italy.

This practice greatly damaged the economic interests of the Venetian merchants, and the failure of the Byzantine military campaign against the Saracens entrenched on the tip of the Italian boot caused Venice to lose six large warships, which severely weakened the maritime power in the Mediterranean, and the Pisan people in central Italy took the opportunity to rise up and gradually snatch the Venetians' commercial share of the western Mediterranean and the Atlantic coast.

Although Venice is still a rich economic and trade center, it is not as beautiful as it seems on the surface, and the republic is showing signs of decline, which is also unacceptable to Pedro II, who led the country step by step to become strong, just like a once very rich bankrupt boss, seeing that the little honey who used to flock to him has changed objects, sitting in someone else's BMW and crying, scratching his heart and liver can't accept the reality.

Seeing that the heat was almost the same, I decided to strike the railroad while it was hot: "I am here to bring the sincere advice of His Majesty the Emperor, who himself very much hopes to be able to cooperate with Venice and work together for a better future, a unified Italian market, or rather a Western market, which is conducive to the business activities of Venetian merchants, especially when they are the only dealers in this vast market." ”

All the nobles present gasped, and even some stood up unseatedly, and began to look forward to their more and more bulging wallets, for a businessman, the most important thing is not who will rule the country, but who will control the country's money bags, Pedro II was noncommittal, Nunu, stretched out his hands and pressed down, signaling everyone to be quiet:

"Now that His Majesty the Emperor is too busy to take care of himself, all promises are empty promises, and when we help him put down the rebels, these beautiful mirages will soon become spears wielded in the hands of German knights, and the young emperor will not allow an independent Venice to hang over Italy, and the Byzantine emperor will not allow the west-leaning Venice to guard the top of Italy, and the Roman navy is still the most powerful maritime power in the entire Eastern Mediterranean."

"As the plenipotentiary envoy of His Majesty Otto, I bring with me the secret edict of His Majesty the Emperor, with the signatures and signatures of all the Grand Dukes of the Empire, and the sincere blessings of His Holiness the Pope, God testifies, the contents of this document are sacred and inviolable, and there can never be betrayal between the friends of Christ, I come to Venice with an olive branch and a spear, please do not let the olive branch slip from my hand."

I raised my right hand, palm outward, and swore to the sky, and I almost hung myself on the hook.