Great time travel

Chapter 48, Angel (God of Plague) Home Delivery
I have to admit that when it comes to the ability to do business in medieval Europe, ten traversers are no match for one Venetian merchant.

In the days before, Doraemon and the others, to put it bluntly, searched for some floating wealth, most of which were expropriated inheritances of the dead, but they have already caused a lot of complaints, and even the dignified "angel" status can hardly be suppressed. It forced them to lower their faces and play live barbecue.

And after the Venetian acted as an agent, the price immediately rose steadily. The cities hit by the plague can no longer just spend a little money, but have to meet the needs of the "angels" , went further and signed a series of unequal treaties with the Republic of Venice that humiliated the country—at the lightest, they had to hand over a bunch of concessions, plus opening ports and ceding land; Since then, it has become a vassal state of Venice, accepting all-round control of Venice in terms of politics, military affairs and economy.

But even with such extremely harsh conditions, the vast majority of people who were blackmailed actually gritted their teeth and agreed: There is no way, the deadly plague is raging wildly around, and rotting corpses have already filled the streets and alleys. It is almost impossible to see the sun of tomorrow. In this situation, even if a skinny claw covered with scales sticks out from the tomb and hands over a devil's contract written on human skin with evil flames, many people They will grit their teeth and sign the contract first—even their own lives are almost gone, so what's the use of keeping this power and wealth?

What?Can be passed on to descendants?Please, you are so naive.In this precarious era of the Black Death, can you guarantee that your entire family will not go underground to accompany you the next day after you have done the power transfer work and closed your eyes and kicked your legs?You know, the average death rate in many cities is a heinous 75% to 95%! ! !How to break the deadlock like Smolensk where only five people died in the city?
Therefore, under this looting, the territory of the Republic of Venice quickly expanded from the Adriatic Sea to the west to the Alps, from the northern part of the Italian peninsula to the central part, and dug hard from the Kingdom of Hungary in the northeast. Got a big piece of meat.In addition, on the Mediterranean coast, from Spain to Asia Minor, the Venetians also acquired a large number of vassal cities, making their maritime hegemony more stable.In the end, countless rulers owed a huge debt to the Venetian merchants, and had to work for Venice for the rest of their lives to repay.

Of course, there are still quite a few tyrannical rulers who would rather die than submit, even if their entire family dies than bow their heads, or tyrannical kings who treat people's lives like ants and don't care about ruling a kingdom of the dead.But the problem is, no matter what kind of country they are in, there are more people who want to survive. Under the instigation and instigation of the Venetians, those who want to survive quickly began to make up their minds and launched a campaign to eliminate stumbling blocks. During the period when the Venetians were promoting "Angel Home Delivery" everywhere, more than [-] coups, mutinies, and assassinations broke out in Western Europe and around the Mediterranean Sea, more than a dozen crowns fell successively, and more than [-] nobles were killed. Destroy the whole family, and exterminate the family from then on!
What's even more incredible is that even so, in front of the public, every miracle of "angels coming" is still extremely holy and full of hymns-in any case, the Venetians did not get their hands dirty, and successfully provoked All these bloody storms and darkness are hidden behind the holy hymns and angels' chants... Most people in the world only see the merciful angels working tirelessly to bathe one city after another in the most holy god. Thanks to Grace, the world is saved and human beings are reborn... thus weeping with gratitude and becoming more pious...

All kinds of voices of resentment and opposition were effectively killed in the bud by conspiracy and violence, making the ears of the angels extremely clean.

In addition, some people have tried to say nothing - for example, in Constantinople, the cunning Byzantine Emperor John VI first agreed to a series of extortion by the Venetians, and then waited until the epidemic in Constantinople had just started. Stable, then suddenly turned his face: the emperor himself hid and did not show up, and the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church incited a mob in Constantinople, shouting "pure faith", "incompatible with heresy", "fight against fallen angels for God" "...The killers lurking among the patients also mobilized, aggressively besieged the "angels" who were saving lives, and smashed the giant statue of the beckoning cat that had just been erected to pieces.Attempt to provoke violent conflict, and then use it as an excuse to renege on debt.

However, they didn't seem to have considered the feelings of the "angels"—looking at the patients who were still receiving their own treatment just a moment ago, they took out a knife and stabbed them as soon as the black spots and abscesses on their bodies subsided. The hearts of the "angels" were deeply hurt immediately, and they were so angry that they threw several rounds of "Dragon Breaking Slash", which blasted the Hagia Sophia into a piece of dust, and then another "meteor fire shower", killing half of the king. The urban area of ​​Constantinople was turned into a sea of ​​flames, burning those ungrateful Greeks howling ghosts and howling, their skins were torn apart, and half of the remaining subjects of the Byzantine Empire had just died in the Black Death, and now at least [-]% of their staff has been reduced... And, in a fit of anger Before leaving, Wang Qiu cursed them, which was actually a prophecy:
"...In the near future, your city will be occupied by turbaned pagans, no strong walls can keep you alive, your faith will be destroyed and trampled underfoot, and your church will be turned into a cult. Church! Your empire is dying, and it will perish completely! Your land has been promised to the heathen! No matter how the world changes, the Greeks will never return to this place!"

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In addition, although under the threat of death and destruction, almost no one in the Western countries in the Black Death era dared to refuse the expensive "salvation" of the angels.However, in some special cases, the "Angel's Home Delivery" promotion promoted by the Venetians will occasionally be rejected.

"...The Egyptian Sultan in Cairo said that the Black Death on their side is over, and there is no need to spend money to invite pagan angels... Alas, it is a pity, that is a very rich country, and the Egyptian treasury in Cairo It is full of African dog head gold and Indian gemstones..."

——Although the black death in the Middle Ages devoured all living beings, it seemed extremely terrifying, but in fact it also had its weakness, that is, it was not resistant to heat.

According to the conclusions drawn by modern medical research, once the ambient temperature rises to about [-] degrees Celsius, most of the Yersinia pestis will basically lose their activity.Therefore, in tropical places such as India and Iran, the plague usually only occurs in autumn and winter, and when it lasts until the heat of summer, it will automatically heal without medicine.The same is true of Egypt, which is located in the desert... Unfortunately, the overall latitude of Europe is relatively high. Even in the hottest midsummer season, the high temperature above [-] degrees Celsius is rare. For several years without end...

"...That's it! It's okay, I have a highly heat-resistant Yersinia pestis variant here, take it to Egypt and spread it!"

Under the flicker of the Governor of Venice, Doraemon rummaged through his pocket, found a bottle of fleas carrying the Black Death, and stuffed it into the hands of a certain Venetian, "...to find a person in Cairo for more Another filthy ghetto to smash it open, and then in a few days you can go to business...”

Just like that, the paid version of Angel's Delivery Service suddenly turned into the free version of Plague God's Delivery Service... It's really out of morals and insanity!

——Hey, there is no way, when the dawn of victory that completely pays off all debts is already on the horizon, Comrade Doraemon's poor integrity, which has long been left, immediately began the last round of frenzied battles An avalanche of madness...

After the Black Death in Egypt broke out again, the Governor of Venice, Andre, was even more persuasive to the envoys sent to Egypt:
"...Be sure to tell the Sultan of Egypt that because they are heretics, the fees charged by the angels will be doubled. This price is not negotiable. If he refuses to take the money, the franchise rights throughout Egypt, and the port concession If you come out, then all of you will die!"

In addition, the churches, believers, and monastic organizations in the Holy Land of Jerusalem are also extremely indignant at the practice of these black-hearted "angels" abusing God's gifts and using the sinister Venetians for personal gain.These guys who claim to live beside God gathered together for a meeting and concocted an eloquent essay, drafting about a hundred crimes against the traversers, the Venetian authorities, and the Holy See who acquiesced to all of this. A writing like a knife and every word is so touching that Doraemon and the others who traversed it really burst into tears and burst into anger. They immediately sent a lot of concentrated plague germs to Jerusalem, so that these upright priests and hermits And pious believers, they can leave the dirty world as soon as possible, be called by the Lord, go to heaven to meet the omniscient God, and report the illegal behavior of these fallen "angels" face to face...

In addition, in order to crack down on some competitors with particularly bad relations, Venetian sometimes resorts to some deceitful tricks.For example, in order to attack Genoa, their biggest rival for maritime supremacy, the Governor of Venice deliberately sent the most dumb and rough guy to go there, and put forward a series of whimsical conditions, which made the Genoa authorities fly into a rage. Completely closed the door to negotiations... Then turned around and said a lot of bad things about the Genoese to the angels, making them feel that the city is really hopeless, so they justifiably abandoned Genoa Regardless, let them continue to struggle in the abyss of the Black Death—if it wasn't for the fact that the two families were not far away and spread the plague indiscriminately, it might infect the Venetians themselves. Maybe I have to give some more information to that side!

However, although the Venetians are sinister and vicious, they are occasionally kind-hearted. For example, the authorities of Milan City, also located in northern Italy, insisted that there was no outbreak of the Black Death, and refused to accept extortion from the Venetian authorities at all. They only gave Doraemon They gave a thousand florins as a gift.Regarding the matter of accepting the "Ten Commandments of Worshiping Cats", the Archbishop of Milan also said that the matter is of great importance and needs to be studied and discussed... But Venice did not take any cruel hostile measures. To say good things, I hope that the "angels" can go to Milan to perform miracles, bestow divine graces, and give the Milanese a "sacred seal (vaccine)" to prevent the spread of diseases: Milan is too close to Venice, and the adjacent land The border is very long. Once the plague breaks out there, it will almost spread to Venice...

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The traversers are not completely unaware of the small moves of the Venetians to stuff private goods, but the basic attitude is to let them go, as long as they can get enough money, they don't mind the Venetians jumping up and down to benefit from it—regardless of the Venetian Republic. How greedy and shameless the attitude is, anyway, it is only the customers who are being slaughtered, and it is more convenient to not dare to offend such powerful people as myself, than to collect money from one family to another.

Well?Bad reputation?Do you think that you are just passers-by travelers in this world, and would care about such unimportant and boring things?
kindness?And the excessive expansion of the power of the Republic of Venice affects the balance of power in European countries?Hey, it seems that only the natives of this time and space would worry about this kind of thing!Even if Venice's power explodes and the European Union is established 600 years ahead of schedule... what does it matter to the traversers?
All in all, after promoting the Angel (Plague God) home delivery and turning half of the western world upside down, in a certain quiet night, Comrade Doraemon, who had been calculating until midnight, finally let out a burst of hysteria, relief, and mixed feelings Intersecting shocking laughter:

"...Meow ha ha ha! The debt can be paid off! The debt is about to be paid off! I, Doraemon, will finally no longer be in debt from today!!!"