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Chapter 1022, The Merchant of Venice

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    There are only ten people sitting in the huge parliament hall of Venice in the Mediterranean. These ten people are now the ten-person committee with the highest power in the Republic of Venice. The ten people represent the hundreds of aristocratic rights and interests in the Republic of Venice that have "gold-thin" rights.

    ¡°Gentlemen, news has just arrived from the Ottoman Empire.¡±

    ¡°The Ming Empire army from the far east once again defeated the Ottoman Empire army in the city of Erzincan. Not only did they capture the city of Erzincan, but they also wiped out the Ottoman Empire¡¯s 200,000-strong army again.¡±

    Dill looked at the other nine people and said in a loud voice.

    As the Governor of the Republic of Venice, he felt that the opportunity that the Venetians had been waiting for had come.

    Since the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the contradiction between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice has become more and more serious, the most important of which are two points.

    One is the competition between the two parties for the dominance of the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea. As a country that developed on trade, the Republic of Venice is self-evident in the importance of the Aegean Sea and the Adriatic Sea to the Republic of Venice. If it loses  Without the right to rule here, the Republic of Venice lost its commercial foundation.

    The second one is the commercial conflict.

    The Republic of Venice is mainly engaged in intermediary trade, mainly transporting spices, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, cane sugar, gems, and silk fabrics from the East to Western European countries, and obtaining high profits from them.

    At its peak, the Republic of Venice could obtain more than 100,000 ducats (gold coins with a gold content of about 97%, each weighing about 3.6 grams) every year.

    But with the rise of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire began to block the trade of the Republic of Venice, because spices, silk fabrics, etc. from the East had to pass through the Ottoman Empire, which seriously affected the trade of the Republic of Venice.

    This is also the source of the conflict between the Venetian Republic and the Ottoman Empire, so the two sides have been engaged in a war that lasted for about half a century.

    But the Republic of Venice is obviously good at doing business, but when it comes to war, it is far from being a match for the Ottoman Empire. In the naval battle of Zonzio a few years ago, the Republic of Venice was defeated, which has always made Venetian businessmen very upset.

    "Your Excellency, Governor, are you saying that our chance has come?"

    Paul, the speaker of the Great Council, thought for a while and asked.

    "Yes, Your Excellency Speaker~"

    ¡°This is a great opportunity, a great opportunity to take back what belongs to our republic.¡±

    Dill nodded very solemnly and said.

    "But your Excellency the Governor, although the Ottoman Empire suffered successive defeats on land at the hands of the Ming Dynasty, their maritime power was not affected at all."

    "The Ming Dynasty's fleet is still on vacation in Italy."

    Paul expressed his objection.

    "Your Excellency, Speaker, and gentlemen~"

    ¡°Times have changed, and now Western European countries no longer need to go through our Republic of Venice to obtain spices, silk, sugar, tea, etc. from the East.¡±

    "They can directly trade with the Ming people from the Americas, or they can contact the Ming people from Africa. The Spanish replaced us, and they enjoyed exclusive trading rights, so they can earn tens of millions from it every year.  Millions of Ming Dynasty silver dollars."

    "Compared to the huge trade on the ocean, our Republic of Venice has always been limited to the small harbors of the Adriatic Sea and the Aegean Sea."

    "If we don't seize the opportunity and work hard, believe me, in a few years, even the business in the Mediterranean will not be our share."

    Dill said worriedly.

    In recent years, the Republic of Venice's trade volume has plummeted. Although it can still obtain some business by relying on its good geographical location, its profits have dropped sharply.

    The Ming people in the East now trade directly with Western European countries. The prices of spices, silk, porcelain, cane sugar, cloth and many other commodities from the East have dropped dramatically.

    This has made the lives of Venetians who used to make a lot of money through transit trade suddenly become extremely difficult.

    The goods they sold from the Ottoman Empire at high prices could not be sold in Western Europe at all. The only hot business now is the slave trade.

    The great empires in the East have a huge demand for slaves. They love white European slaves. A slave sold to the Ming Dynasty can be sold for twenty taels of silver. However, in Eastern Europe, due to war, turmoil, poverty and many other thingsAt your words, everyone else couldn't help but nodded slightly. It was time for Venice to change. If it didn't change, the Republic of Venice would be waiting to collapse due to financial problems.

    ¡°I support the Governor¡¯s proposal and take this opportunity to teach the Ottoman Empire a lesson and let them know how powerful our Republic of Venice is.¡±

    "I also support the proposal of His Excellency the Governor. The people of Ming Dynasty need us, and we also need the people of Ming Dynasty."

    "The Ottoman Empire has already sunk. I heard that Hungary, Austria and Poland are organizing a coalition to attack the Ottoman Empire territory on the Balkan Peninsula. The progress is very smooth. The Ottoman Empire, which has mobilized most of its troops, is at its weakest."

    The other members stood up and expressed their views and opinions one by one.

    ¡°Since everyone agrees, let¡¯s go to war with the Ottoman Empire!¡± (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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