"Excuse me, what's the matter, Mr. Bantic?" Justinian had already vaguely guessed the other party's intention at this time.

"I have to say I'm surprised. When I passed by here not long ago, it was much worse than it is now. I heard they said they were all grateful to the new commander Justinian!" Bantic looked at General Justinian.

The Dorian gold coin in his hand was thrown back to Justinian.

Justinian took it, looked at the man opposite, and said flatly: "If you have anything to say, just say it. I don't like to beat around the bush, and I have almost guessed what you want to say."

"Oh? You already know what I'm going to say?" Bantic looked at the young man in front of him in surprise, but since Justinian had reached this point, he decided to get straight to the point.

"Okay, no matter what you say is true or false. It will be very difficult for Ilovan Castle to become prosperous now. Maybe you need my help, right?" He looked at Justinian.

He proposed very attractive conditions. In his opinion, what Ilovan Castle needed most to build a port was trade. Moreover, they were facing harassment from pirates, so they must be in great need of the help of the Genoese.

This young man named Justinian would definitely agree to his conditions without even thinking.

But what surprised Bantik was that Justinian did not show any expression of joy, but instead gave himself a cold look.

"Is this your condition? It's very insincere." There was a hint of sarcasm in Justinian's smile, which made Bantic feel angry in his heart.

What an arrogant boy!

Bantic never expected that Justinian would bargain with him after he proposed such generous conditions.

But the man did not attack immediately. After all, Justinian had the Dorian gold coin and it was inconvenient to fall out. Instead, he said with a hypocritical smile: "Isn't this still not satisfactory to you?"

But Justinian shrugged: "I think it's better not to talk about such an important matter here, Mr. Bantic, isn't it? If possible, wouldn't it be better for us to continue the discussion in a more formal place?"

This kid...

Bantic also felt Justinian's difficulty. It was obvious that this young man was not so easy to take the bait, but he could only suppress his anger temporarily.

"Okay, Your Excellency Justinian, let's do as you say." The helpless Bantic had no choice but to agree to Justinian's request. He vaguely felt that if some blood would not be shed this time, this fox-like

The boy will never be satisfied.

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At this time, Agrinion and Theodore also learned that the Genoese left and went to Ilovan Castle. He had been wary of the Italians because they were also Latins and were equally ambitious.

"What are they going there for?" Theodore looked at the map behind him in confusion, and for a moment he was confused as to what the other party's plan was.

"What happened in Ilovan Castle recently?" Theodor asked, looking at the secretary beside him.

The secretary shook his head and said that he knew nothing, "I don't know anything except about the pirates before..."

"It's really strange... Forget it, just ignore them, that kind of tiny place can't make any waves anyway." He waved his hand and said, and Theodor didn't take it to heart anymore.

Theodore's secretary reported another more important thing.

"Your Excellency, the Turks seem to be getting more and more restless these days. Murad said that if you don't increase the reward, he will..."

Before the secretary finished speaking, the angry Theodor slammed his palm on the table and shouted angrily: "These infidels who don't know how to live or die, they dare to bargain with me, they are really going too far."

The man was very angry. Theodore had always relied on his Greek heavy infantry and mercenary Turkic cavalry. Although the pagan Turks had always been enemies of Rome, these political struggles failed.

Those who fled to the west often became effective mercenaries. However, mercenaries were also very unreliable. Theodore could no longer stand the greedy Turks.

Seeing such an angry count, the secretary on the side quickly advised: "Please calm down, Lord Theodore, it would be terrible if those Turks defected to those Latins, please take a long-term approach."

"Of course I know that if there is no need for those scum, I will cut them into pieces. Tell Murad that I will consider it and let him wait a little longer." After that, Theodore said

There was a glimmer of coldness in his eyes that made the young secretary beside him feel frightened.

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"How many times do I have to say, Your Excellency Justinian, you should be grateful for the help we have given you, and yet you actually want to charge customs duties for Genoese ships? What a joke!" How many times do I have to say it, the impatient Ben

Tik felt like he was being fooled. Although Justinian agreed to cooperate with Genoa, he was unwilling to admit the customary trade privileges, which made the man very angry.

Although Ilovan Castle is very weak now, if the trade port is built, it will undoubtedly become an extremely important transfer station, and its value will be immeasurable.

But Justinian actually wanted to get involved and tax Genoese merchants. Bantic felt that he was simply dreaming.

But Justinian did this because he saw the benefits in it. He needed money, and the treasures of Alexius III could not last long; besides, trade privileges must be completely ended in the future Byzantine Empire.

When Justinian thought of this, his eyes suddenly became extremely cold, which made Bantic, who was staring at him, shiver inexplicably.

In Justinian's view, it was the same whether trade privileges were given to Venice, Genoa or Pisa. They were all leeches sucking the fresh blood of the Roman Empire, and they were all enemies.

In 99 AD, Bashirs II granted trade privileges to the Venetians, which was the first time in Byzantine history that trade privileges were granted to an Italian city-state. In 108 AD, Alexius I granted Venice exemption from most of the empire.

All tariffs, commercial taxes and toll taxes and other commercial privileges were eliminated, and the legal constraints on Venetian merchants that foreign merchants could only stay in Byzantium for three months were eliminated. Venetian merchants were not subject to the control of Byzantine officials in their actions in Byzantium. This completely made

The situation is out of control.
Chapter completed!