Chapter Forty-Eight, Angel (Plague God) Home Delivery (II)

I have to admit that when it comes to the ability to do business in medieval Europe, ten travelers are not worth one Venetian merchant.

In the days before, Doraemon and they scavenged some floating wealth, most of which were still the inheritances of the dead, but they were already complaining, and even the identity of the dignified "angel" was almost unbearable, forcing them to pull down their faces to play live barbecue.

As soon as the Venetians acted as agents, the price of the offer was immediately high, and the plagued city could no longer afford to come up with a little money, but on the basis of satisfying the needs of the "angels", it had to go further and sign a series of unequal treaties with the Republic of Venice that were humiliating and humiliating—at the very least, a bunch of concessions, plus the opening of ports and the cession of land; The worst thing was that Yu Crisp had to hand over a piece of power, and the whole country obediently took refuge, and since then it has been reduced to a vassal state of Venice, accepting the all-round control of Venice in terms of politics, military, and economy.

But even with such harsh conditions, the vast majority of people who were blackmailed actually gritted their teeth and agreed: there was no way, the deadly plague was raging wildly around them, and the rotting corpses had already been piled up in the streets and alleys, seeing that they were about to see the sun of tomorrow, in this case, even if a thin claw covered with scales stretched out from the tomb and handed over a devil's contract written on human skin with evil flames, many people would grit their teeth and sign the contract first--even their own lives were about to be gone, What is the use of keeping this power and wealth?

What the? Can it be passed on to children and grandchildren? Please, you're so naïve. In this era of the precarious Black Death, can you guarantee that after you have done a good job of handing over power, and after you close your eyes and kick your legs, your whole family will not go down to the ground with you the next day? You know, the average death rate in many cities is 756, like Smolensk, the whole city is dead, only five people are left, how to break the death situation?

Thus, under this plunder, the territory of the Republic of Venice soon expanded from the Adriatic Sea to the west to the Alps, from the north to the center of the Italian peninsula, and from the Kingdom of Hungary in the northeast. In addition to this, along the Mediterranean coast, from Spain to Asia Minor, the Venetians acquired a large number of new vassal cities, which strengthened their maritime supremacy. In the end, there were countless rulers who owed a lot of debt to the Venetian merchants, and had to pay it off by making cattle and horses for Venice for the rest of their lives.

Of course, there are still many die-hard rulers in power who would rather die than bow their heads even if their families die, or tyrannical kings who treat people's lives like ants and don't care at all about ruling a dead man's kingdom. But the problem is that no matter what kind of country they are in, there are more people who want to live, and under the instigation and instigation of the Venetians, those who want to live soon began to work out of their minds and take action to remove stumbling blocks - just during the period when the Venetians were promoting "Angel Home Delivery" everywhere, there were more than 80 coups, mutinies, and assassinations in Western Europe and the Mediterranean, more than 10 crowns landed one after another, and more than 400 nobles were killed and their families were wiped out

What is even more incredible is that every miracle of the "coming of the angels" in front of the public is still holy and hymnous - in any case, the Venetians succeeded in provoking this bloody storm and darkness without soiling their hands, and hid them behind the hymns of holiness and the hymns of angels...... The vast majority of the world has only seen the merciful angels working tirelessly to bathe city after city in the holiest of divine graces, so that the world can be saved and humanity can be reborn...... So as to be grateful and more pious......

All kinds of resentment and opposition voices have been effectively nipped in the bud by conspiracy and violence, and the ears of the angels are extremely pure.

In addition, there were also attempts to speak without saying - for example, in Constantinople, the cunning Byzantine Emperor John VI first agreed to a series of extortions from the Venetians, and then when the epidemic in Constantinople had just stabilized, he suddenly turned around: the emperor himself hid and did not come forward, and the Orthodox priest incited a mob in Constantinople, shouting "pure faith", "incompatible with heresy", "crusade against fallen angels for God"...... The killers lurking among the sick also moved together, violently besieging the "angels" who were treating the sick and saving people, and smashed the giant statue of the lucky cat that had just been erected. Attempts to provoke violent conflict and then use it as an excuse to pay for it.

However, they didn't seem to have taken into account the feelings of the "angels" -- looking at the patients who were still being treated by themselves a moment ago, as soon as the black spots and abscesses on their bodies subsided, they took out knives and stabbed them, and the hearts of the "pseudo-angels" such as Shizuka Jukawa suddenly felt deeply hurt, and they were so angry that they casually threw out several "dragon slashes", which blew up the Hagia Sophia into a piece of powder, and then another "meteor shower", which turned half of the city of Constantinople into a sea of fire, and burned the ghosts of those ungrateful Greeks to cry wolves and open their flesh. The remnants of the Byzantine Empire had just been half dead in the Black Death, and at least thirty percent of their men had been reduced...... Moreover, before the negative qi left, Wang Qiu also cursed them, which was actually a prophecy:

“…… In the near future, your cities will be overrun by turbaned pagans, no matter how strong your walls are, your faith will be ruined and trampled, your churches will become pagan monasteries, your empire will be dying and will be completely wiped out, and your land will be given to the infidels, no matter how the stars change or the world changes, the Greeks will never want to return here."

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Moreover, despite the threat of death and ruin, few of the Western states of the Black Death dared to refuse the expensive "deliverance" of the angels. However, in some special circumstances, the "Angel Home Delivery" sales campaign drummed up by the Venetians will occasionally be closed.

“…… The Sultan of Egypt in Cairo said that the Black Death was over on their side and that there was no need to spend any more money on pagan angels...... Alas, alas, it was a very rich country, and the Egyptian treasury in Cairo was full of African ko's head gold and Indian gemstones......"

-- Although the Black Death in the Middle Ages devoured all living beings and seemed terrifying, it also had its weakness, that is, it was intolerant to heat.

According to the conclusions of modern medical research, once the ambient temperature rises to about 40 degrees Celsius, then the vast majority of Yersinia pestis bacteria will basically lose their activity. Therefore, in tropical places such as India and Iran, the plague is generally only done in autumn and winter, and it will automatically be cured without medicine until the heat of midsummer. And Egypt, which is located in the desert, is naturally the same...... Unfortunately, the overall latitude of Europe is relatively high, and even in the hottest summer season, there are rarely high temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius, so the Black Death broke out for several years......

“…… That's okay, I have a highly heat-tolerant Yersinia pestisis variant here, so you can spread it in Egypt."

At the bewilderment of the Doge of Venice, Doraemon rummaged through his pocket, pulled out a bottle of fleas with the Black Death, and stuffed it into the hands of a Venetian, "...... Find a many, dirty slum in Cairo and smash it up, and then in a few days you can go to business......"

In this way, the paid version of the angel home delivery suddenly became the free version of the plague god home delivery...... It's really frupulous and frustrating

-- Well, there is no way, when the dawn of victory to pay off all debts is already on the horizon, Comrade Doraemon, who has long been left with little pathetic temperament, immediately begins the last round of frenzied avalanche of madness......

After the Black Death broke out again in Egypt, the governor of Venice, Andrew, was even more kind to the envoys sent to Egypt:

“…… He must sue the Sultan of Egypt, for they are pagans, so the angels have to double the fee, and this price is not negotiable, and if he refuses to take out all the money and the concession of the whole territory of Egypt and the port concession, then he will die."

In addition, the Order, the faithful and the monastic organizations in the Holy Land of Jerusalem were also extremely indignant at the abuse of God's gifts by these black-hearted "angels" and the use of the insidious Venetians for personal gain. These fellows, who professed to live by God's side, gathered together for a meeting, and concocted a sprinkling of papers, which drafted about a hundred charges for the travelers, the Venetian authorities, and the Holy See, who acquiesced in this qiē, and it was called a man whose writing was like a knife and every word, and Doraemon was so moved that these travelers were really in tears, and they rushed to Jerusalem with many concentrates of germs of the plague, so that these upright priests, hermits, and devout believers could send to Jerusalem many concentrates of germs of the plague, so that these upright priests, hermits, and devout believers could do so. You can get out of the filthy world as soon as possible, be called by the Lord, go to heaven to meet the omniscient God, and report the wrongdoing of these fallen "angels" to your face......

In addition, in order to crack down on some of the most unrelated competitors, the Venetian sometimes plays some deceptive tricks. For example, in order to combat their greatest rival in maritime supremacy, the Governor of Venice deliberately sent an envoy who could not speak the most rough guy to the past, and put forward a series of whimsical conditions, which made the authorities of Renaya furious and completely closed the door to negotiations...... Then he turned back and spoke ill of the Angels of Re☆Naya, and made them think that the city was really incorrigible death, so that they justifiably abandoned Re☆Naya and left them to continue to struggle in the abyss of the Black Death—if it were not for the fact that the two families were not far apart and sowed the plague indiscriminately, it would have spread to the Venetians themselves, and the Governor of Andrew, who was full of bad water, might have to give some further food to the other side

However, although the Venetians are insidious and vicious, they also have some kind intentions occasionally - for example, the authorities of Milan, also in northern Italy, did not accept the blackmail of the Venetian authorities at all, and only gave Doraemon a thousand gold florin coins as a greeting gift. Even the matter of accepting the "Ten Commandments for the Worship of Cats", the Archbishop of Milan said that it is a matter of great importance and needs to be studied and discussed again...... However, Venice did not have any cruel hostile measures, but still said good things to the Milanese in front of the "angels", hoping that the "angels" could go to Milan to perform miracles and bestow divine graces regardless of their previous suspicions, and mark the Milanese people with "holy seals (vaccines)" to prevent the spread of diseases: Milan and Venice are too close, and the borders of the six adjacent places are very long, once the plague breaks out there, almost ten out of ten will spread to Venice......

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The traversers were not completely unaware of the Venetians' petty actions of stuffing smuggled goods, but their basic attitude was still to let them go, as long as they could get enough money, they didn't mind the Venetians jumping up and down to reap the benefits - no matter how greedy and shameless the attitude of the Venetian Republic was, it was only the customers who were slaughtered anyway, and it was more convenient to dare not provoke these powerful people than to collect money from one family by one.

Belch? Reputational? Do you think that you are just passing passengers in this world, and you care about such unimportant and boring things?

Kindness? And the over-expansion of the power of the Republic of Venice, which affects the balance of power in the countries of Europe? Hey, it seems that only the natives of this plane will worry about this kind of thing, even if Venice's strength explodes and the EU is established six hundred years ahead of schedule...... What does it matter to the traverser?

All in all, after hyping up the angel (plague god) home delivery and turning half of the Western world upside down, in the middle of a lonely night, Comrade Doraemon, who had calculated until midnight, finally had a burst of hysterical, relieved, and mixed feelings of earth-shattering laughter:

“…… Meow ha, the debt can be paid off, and the debt is about to be repaid, please ask me Doraemon, from today onwards, I finally don't owe debts anymore."

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