"Brothers, followers of the Lord, the Lord has given us freedom instead of slavery, democracy rather than tyranny, and the Venetians, though they claim to be republics, have imposed autocratic rule on the island of Crete, not only oppressing our living space, but also humiliating us in every way, not allowing us to participate in the parliament that decides local affairs, not even allowing us to go out, our children not being educated, our workers not getting income and not having enough to eat, our women not being clothed, who is responsible for this? Who is it that deprives us of everything? ”

Just outside the city of Candia, the largest gathering place of the Venetians, a large number of "rebels" in the eyes of the Venetians gathered under the banner of the double-headed eagle that had not appeared in Crete for hundreds of years, and the leader of the rebel army was giving an impassioned speech,

"The Lord has given us free souls and the ability to provide for ourselves and our families with our hands, but why is it that the Venetians have levied taxes on us unscrupulously and have never cared about our feelings? Because they know that our resistance is useless, they thought so before, they think so now, and they will always think so in the future,"

The leader's words made the "rebels" feel a trace of fear, and they speculated in their hearts whether the Venetians had enough confidence to be so unscrupulous, but at this time, the leader changed his words,

"But let them know how wrong and ridiculous their ideas are, because we Greeks are not a wandering people, our nation is inherited from the Roman Empire and the sages of ancient Greece, our nation is a great nation, and now there is a great man who can bear this out, His Majesty Constantine XI, the great Roman Empire in Constantinople,"

"The Venetians thought that their fleet at sea was so strong that they were empty-sighted, but they did not know that the Greeks would never submit to such a despicable country as the Venetians, such a despicable government, in this world only Rome can be compared with Greece, the Venetians are destined to rule over us, and we will join the true great Greek homeland, that is, under the glory of the Roman Empire, where we will be better developed, and our actions today will give a warning to the Greek nation of the whole world, Let's join the home of the Roman Empire! ”

"For freedom! For the glory of the Lord! For Valleolog the Great! ”

"For freedom! For the glory of the Lord! For Valleolog the Great! ”

The words of the "rebels" not only reached the ears of the audience through the horn loudspeaker, but also reached the ears of the Duke of Candia in Venice on the city of Candia, listening to these rebellious words, the Duke of Candia calmed down, looking at the "rebels" charging towards Candia, the Duke of Candia's brain moved slightly, and stopped his subordinates who wanted to fire a strong bow,

"Your Excellency, what are you?"

The subordinates are naturally puzzled, and if they don't engage the other party now, they will soon miss the best range of the bow and crossbow.

"No, since their intention is not to plunder the city, then there is no need for us to have a head-to-head struggle with the other party, we open the city, as long as the Venetian fleet appears outside Crete, even if the other party locks me up, he must obediently release me."

European political tradition, there is no habit of killing high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the famous story of Caesar being robbed by pirates must have been heard by many people, during the Crusades, Richard the Lionheart was captured by Leopold, and was forced to pay a large ransom to the then Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI before he was released.

At the time of the uprising of Santido, the then Duke of Crete did not resist desperately, and it is not very surprising that the Duke of Candia would make such a move now.

The "rebels" took Candia without blood, but ran into trouble in the other two cities, Letimo and Chania. These two cities were personally guarded by the city officials of Venice, and they had already received a report from the Duke of Candia, and the two cities were already heavily guarded, and the "rebels" had no way to deal with them in a short time.

The news of the rebels soon reached the city of Venice and Constantinople, and of course the Doge of Venice was responsible for the incident, but his every move also touched the hearts of the rulers of the Eastern Mediterranean.

"To communicate with Constantine, this matter cannot be blind, it cannot be like last time."

Moro had a gloomy face, last time, it was naturally the uprising of Saint-Tido, which was directly suppressed, but now it is different, the Cretans have a strong backing, and the influence of the Eastern Empire has reached such a point - that is, the Venetians put down the rebellion and actually have to consider Constantine's attitude, this is the change that Constantine brought to the empire.

Although Constantine has not expressed any attitude now, no one has dared to ignore Constantine's attitude in this area, this is the hope of the people, this is the hearts of the people!

Soon, the Venetian ambassador did not rush to Crete, the center of the rebellion, but rushed to Constantinople, after communication and a long wait, the Venetian ambassador still met Constantine, to his pity, he was not the only one who met Constantine...

"Your Majesty, I have something to say to you."

The Venice ambassador looked at the Genoese ambassador beside him and said with a little helplessness.

"Of course, the ambassador can speak freely, and I do not intend to restrict your freedom of speech."

Constantine smiled, looking at the impatient appearance of the Venetian ambassador, but actually smiled inwardly.

"Your Majesty, I have something I want to tell you alone."

When the ambassador saw that Constantine was playing dumb, he also vaguely expressed a very important message about this matter.

"The relationship between Constantinople and Venice was mostly a trade connection, and in this respect Genoa was also an important trading partner of the Empire, and I think that nothing could be left behind by the Genoese ambassador."

Constantine looked at the Genoese ambassador, who smiled back and nodded his head in respect of the Venice ambassador.

The Venice ambassador is even more impatient, since Constantine has no intention of talking to him alone, and the next time he wants to see Constantine, he doesn't know when it will be, not to mention it now, I'm afraid that there may not be a chance in the future, and the affairs on Crete will be dangerous for a day if it drags on for a day,

"Your Majesty, the people of Crete have revolted under the banner of Your Majesty, this is a great damage to the trade relations between us, the uprising on Crete not only threatens our trade routes, resulting in the inability of our goods to circulate, but also this is a great offense to Your Majesty, in the future, some unrelated people will do things in the name of Your Majesty, this is making enemies for Your Majesty."

The Venetians deliberately exaggerated the negative impact of this uprising, but Constantine was naturally not so easily persuaded by him, and just when Constantine shook his head and wanted to say something, the Genoese ambassador suddenly interjected,

"Oh? Hasn't Crete always been an inherent territory of the empire? How can there be an uprising, or in the name of His Majesty, and the uprising in His Majesty's territory should also be His Majesty's concern, why are you so anxious to help Your Majesty? ”

"Puff~"

The clerk could not help laughing, he knew what had happened at that time, and it was for this reason that he was amused by the deliberately dug pit by the Ambassador of Genoa.

The Venetian ambassador also knew the origin of all this, and his face became ugly, and Constantine laughed in his heart.

The origin of the matter is very interesting, in 1204, after the Venetians caused the collapse of the Eastern Empire, the Latin Empire was established, Crete was sold to a Greek, and then this Greek was sold to the Venetian government, and the Venetian government took it out of context, thinking that their possession of this land came from this Greek, and the rest was left alone, but they did not mention the factors that caused the collapse of the Eastern Empire, and the Genoa ambassador laughed at this, it was the Venetians who did not do it right, It's no joke that the Venetians want to come to Constantinople for support.

How desperate the Venetians did at the beginning, you can understand in a word, the entire Constantinople was ten rooms and nine empty, the precious ancient artifacts and holy relics were removed, the ancient classics were burned, and the fire burned in Constantinople for three days and three nights, in the words of the historian at that time, "the Venetians are more barbaric than the barbarians", the Pope was so angry that in addition to the many people's canons on the spot, it can be seen that the barbarism of the turmoil is really sad, and those who see it cry.

"Crete was bought by us from a Greek, Boniface of Monferat, not for nothing, this island is already the territory of the Republic of Venice, it has been like this for so many years, and we are now talking about the rebels on the island, not to get involved in the issue of territorial disputes."

In the face of the threatening gaze of the Venice ambassador, the Genoese ambassador pouted indifferently, the battle between the two has become more and more intense, anyway, as long as it is something that makes the other party unhappy, the other party will support, at least will not oppose, especially with the support of Constantine, in the east, the Venetians are about to gradually tend to the downwind, Genoa is now not only in the Black Sea, but also in the Eastern Mediterranean is a great trade power, the first in the Black Sea, the second in the Eastern Mediterranean, and the overall power is far from the Venetians, Even if it's worse, it's not much worse, which is why the Genoa ambassador is not afraid of the Venetians in the slightest.

Some people died, but not completely......