With the arrival of autumn, news of the collapse of the Crusaders began to spread wildly in the human world. In the beginning, the pen ~ fun ~ www.biquge.info was accustomed to promoting the greatness of the crusades, and the invincible people still thought it was nonsense. But as more came the news of the defeat of the Crusaders. People are finally realizing that this is not a joke. The invincible crusaders, who claimed to be blessed by the Lord of 200,000 radiances, collapsed.

Two hundred thousand, two hundred thousand. In this era of alternation between the old and the new, many traditional nobles are still stuck in the era when the king summons nobles, thousands of knights, and 10,000 troops are the battle of the country, and 200,000 is simply an astronomical number.

The traditional aristocracy could hardly have imagined such a large army in any case. At the same time, the traditional aristocracy could hardly imagine that such a large army would be defeated.

And to be defeated in such a short period of time.

Even if it doesn't use William's Cheka to fuel the fire. Just the release of this news is enough to cause a great, great, great panic. In the days since the news broke, the entire human world seemed to be living in the apocalypse.

The interior of the empire was in chaos. The kingdoms of Asturias and Visigoths were also in disarray. The only thing that is a little more rational is the Briton Islands, which are across the sea from the Old Continent. With the best naval forces in the North Sea and even in the world, the Britons are able to protect their kingdom from any aggression from the mainland.

At the same time, King Britton was also King of Frisia and Marquis of Hanover in the Empire, and owned large lands in Normandy, Brittany, and Aquitaine in the Visigothic Kingdom.

In other words, King Briton still had a huge amount of interest in the Old World. If the centaur army soars to the Old World, King Briton will still suffer heavy losses.

In this era of centralization of the state, the loss of the king's interests is equivalent to the loss of the interests of the state. Therefore, although the native nobles of Briton wanted to be left alone, the King of Briton and the royal family of Briton, as well as the nobles of the above-mentioned countries with which the royal family had a vassal relationship, would never allow the Buriton Islands to be isolated from the mainland.

However, to say that, but in such a difficult situation, there is no way to solve anything.

Of course, if you want them to come up with a solution to the problem in such a short time, it is too difficult.

In fact, the entire human world, from Mazovia to Britton, was stunned by the crushing defeat of the Crusaders. For a while, my brain couldn't turn around. And in this time period, without going through the brain, those who say things like: "We can form a new wave of crusaders, and if 200,000 is not enough, 400,000 will be 400,000, and if 400,000 is not enough, 800,000." Anyway, people have it, and it doesn't matter how many people die. ”

In this case, it can basically be regarded as nonsense, completely ignoring it. However, in addition to this, I don't know manpower, resources, weapons and equipment, logistics and supplies, a series of all the problems I don't know, "I don't know anything, but my words are definitely correct, there is certainly nothing wrong, you must listen to me, if you don't listen to you, you are stupid." "The virtue of the man outside. Other people who are calm, steady, and know the seriousness of the matter and all kinds of other messy things, but they are also speechless.

Pope Pius IV once again appealed to the monarchs of the world to come to Rome to discuss the state of the country. However, there were few responders.

Well, the word few is wrong. In fact, no one wanted to go to the Holy See at all. Because, after all, they just crushed a crusader of 200,000, didn't they? It's just ...... Unbelievable. Therefore, except for the nearest Lombard king, who sent a little envoy and did things perfunctorily, the other kings and nobles who were far away did not even feel like saying "sorry".

That's it. The human world has entered further despair.

And this is especially true of Polotsk.

Unlike other human nations fear the question of "what will happen if the centaurs of Tartaria come over". The collapse of the Crusaders had a more important significance for Polotsk, that is, the dozens of Crusader securities issued in Polotsk were completely wasted. After all, their investment target, the Crusaders, no longer exists......

In an instant, everyone in Polotsk felt as if the sky had fallen.

The first is the collapse in the price of Crusader securities. Despite the desperate shouts of countless dealers and speculators: "There is still a chance, don't listen to rumors, the crusaders were not defeated". But no one paid any attention to them. The price of securities is still falling desperately as usual.

And then people suddenly discovered the terrible fact that no matter how low the price of a security is, no one wants to buy them.

All securities have become waste paper.

Crazy Polotsk people surrounded securities companies and speculative markets. However, those merchants who had already received the news had already fled through various channels. People don't get anything......

People were desperate for a moment, and at the same time wept without tears - after a frenzy of speculation in securities, almost all the citizens of Polotsk lost their savings. Some even sold their properties for this reason, and even went into debt. The crusader securities frenzy legally looted millions of citizens, middle class and small businessmen throughout Polotsk.

The hot money of the whole country, as well as the accumulation of wealth by the middle class and the burgher class for decades or even centuries, were wiped out in an instant. The whole of Polotsk was instantly transformed into a zone of crazy turmoil.

Centered in Riga, the citizens of Polotsk began to revolt, storming the assets of any large merchant who had money, goods, or what they believed had benefited from the catastrophe.

The new goldsmith banks, merchants' warehouses, cargo stations, shops, manors, residential villas and mansions were all targeted. Immediately after that, the frightened merchants united, and a large number of private soldiers and mercenaries were urgently driven to the cities where the Polotsk riot had taken place. Then, without hesitation, he waved a butcher's knife at the rioting citizens.

The revolt of the burghers was soon stopped. However, the situation in Polotsk has not changed at all. This was followed by widespread despair, a sharp contraction of purchasing power, a lack of desire to work, a depression in the market, a sharp contraction in output, a significant regression in the productive forces of society, social unrest, an increase in crime, a mass bankruptcy of small and medium-sized shops and workshops, a large number of craftsmen and petty traders, and the loss of apprenticeship.

The bankruptcy of these small and medium-sized shops and factories affected the large merchant groups and large merchants. Despite their capital, their connections can support them not to fall for a while. But if things continue like this, then things may not be the same......

That's it. A series of socio-morbid, economic diseases, as well as messy complications completely destroyed Polotsk. Almost instantly, Polotsk, once a first-class power in the Old Continent because of its commerce, its vast assets, and its elite navy, collapsed. I'm afraid that for a long time, Polotsk will not be able to recover.

That's it.

"Of course, the life or death of a scum commercial republic with a fat brain and a forgetful sense of profit has nothing to do with me. "Looking at the latest, news coming from Polotsk, William said something like this.

"Whatever, that kind of thing isn't very important, is it?" said Charlumi with a smile beside William.

"That's pretty much what it means. William nodded: "That is, finally, the empire has taken his solid step." ”

"Now, then, we can meet the messengers of the great merchants?" asked Charlumie.

His question made William smile. Very good, yes, this question is very good. From this question, it can be seen that Xia Lumi has not been lazy in recent times. Because the level of this issue is quite good.

"Yes, but they are still needed to come to us. After all, I'm going to make sure those guys really got new orders from their masters. William replied.

"Why don't we just order them, and let them come and exchange with us on their own terms?" said Shalumi, who then asked a very high question.

"Because...... I don't want to admit it, but if you compare it, Polotsk is still much stronger than Mystia. William said: "If I face one or several large business groups alone, I will naturally not hesitate. But if the opponent is a whole Polotsk, then the problem is serious. ”

"Even in the face of a huge setback in Polotsk?" asked Charumi.

"Even in the case of a huge setback in Polotsk. William repeated Shalumi's words in a declarative tone.

"Okay...... But at least we can expect a little bit from this negotiation, right? At least this time, they can't just come up with a river fleet. ”

"Can be expected. But don't expect too much. "We're still putting together the information, and we're not sure how much more they have to sell and what they want to sell," William said. ”

"What are they trying to sell? Crusader bonds, of course. Charlumi said with a smile.

"It's not funny. We're not garbage collectors. William smiled and shook his head.

That's it, just when all the humans of the Old World are in a panic, the cousins of the Hereford family are in a happy mood and are at ease.