What on earth is going on?

Justinian looked at the rotten and smelly corpses that had been carried from the ship, and his body became cold. Sure enough, his previous worries were not wrong. Nevsky and the others must have encountered some accident after taking so long to come back.

Looking at the casualties, the relatives and friends who had been waiting eagerly for them also screamed and rushed forward to check the identities of the victims. From time to time, painful wails were heard, which made everyone feel extremely heavy.

"What happened?" Justinian stepped forward and asked. It stands to reason that the current Croatian pirates are incapable of dealing with the navy led by the Varangians. Such casualties are definitely not caused by ordinary pirates.

The sailors who were supporting the wounded had painful expressions on their faces and said, "They are Venetians. We were attacked by Venetians on the way back."

"Venetians?" Justinian was surprised and grabbed the other person's shoulders and asked: "Didn't I tell you to avoid Venetians immediately when you meet them?"

But the sailor shook his head, "They were the ones who disguised themselves as pirates and lured us into the ambush. If it hadn't been for Mr. Nevsky, we probably wouldn't have come back alive."

Originally, this navy, which was beginning to take shape, was enough to deal with the Croats, but no one expected that the Venetians would break their promise, interfere, and set up an ambush. As expected, the Varangian Nevsky relied on his rich

Experience finally broke through the siege, but the loss was not small.

Two ships were sunk, with dozens of casualties and some even unable to bring back their bodies.

This was undoubtedly a huge blow, and it also meant that the Venetians had finally set their sights on him. Justinian was now a little uncertain. But such a major matter no longer allowed him to think about anything anymore. As Iroh

Lord of Vanburg, he knew that everyone was waiting for him to give orders.

"Immediately arrange treatment for the wounded, then count the casualties and missing persons, and everyone should put down what they are doing!"

Justinian made decisive decisions even on important matters.

"By the way, prepare for the compensation. The missing and the victims are treated the same, don't have any problems, understand?" Justinian ordered word by word, even if they are missing, they will be in danger.

, many of the Normans among the crew members brought their families with them, so he had to appease their families in order to stabilize people's hearts.

"Yes." Seeing Justinian personally giving the order, Abdra and Leo did not neglect at all. After handling all this and handing over the remaining details to the two, Justinian also left the crowd and headed towards

Nevsky walked in the direction he left. Judging from the other party's attitude just now, Justinian understood that the man's dissatisfaction with him had probably reached its limit.

At this time, the only place where the alcohol-loving Varangian could be is in the tavern.

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Ilovan Castle's tavern is also opened by outsiders from Genoa. Although it has been open for a few months, business has been booming. After all, everyone likes to have a glass of malt wine to relieve fatigue after a busy day, but today there is a hanging hanging on the door.

Closed business sign.

Justinian walked calmly to the front of the tavern, with his bodyguards behind him.

"Just wait outside." Justinian glanced behind him and said.

"But my lord..."

"This is an order." After saying this, Justinian directly opened the door. In the small tavern, apart from the bartender, there was only a burly man sitting in front of the stage. It was Nie Wu who had pushed him away not long ago.

Sky, Justinian's guess was absolutely correct. I'm afraid this man requested that the tavern stop operating at this time.

"Excuse me." Justinian greeted the cautious tavern owner, who had been a regular customer here for several months, and then walked up and sat next to Nevsky.

"What are you doing here?" Nevsky said coldly, picking up the wine glass in his hand and drinking it down in one gulp. There was no sadness on his face, but the rock-solid coldness made Cha Shi even more

Dinny understood the other person's pain.

"I'm sorry for everything that happened before. This was my fault. I didn't expect that the Venetians would do this." Justinian said sincerely, but Nevsky beside him did not accept it at all.

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The man put down his glass and asked the bartender to refill it. He looked at the young man beside him and said, "There is no need for such meaningless words. I have already said it before. I have completed everything I promised you, and your promise

When will it be cashed in?" In the past few months, he has been leading his men to fight against those dangerous pirates, but what is this young man named Justinian doing? In his opinion, it is just fighting with

Those Genoese people were just colluding, completely intoxicated with the smell of money, and completely forgotten their oath of allegiance to the emperor.

Justinian was also well aware of this. He understood that Nevsky was dissatisfied with him. In fact, he did not take any action to convince the other party. After all, these Varangians and even many people in Ilovanburg

Those who were loyal to him relied more on the emperor's private seal than on Justinian himself.

"I told you, Lord Nevsky, I still need time now." Justinian's voice was extremely low. He pushed the wine glass in front of him in the hope of getting Nevsky's understanding, but it was in vain.

"It takes time? How long? Half a year, a year or ten years? What we value is your behavior, not the thoughts in your head. If this continues, I will leave here and would rather be a pirate again." Nie

Uski slammed the wine glass on the table, which made the owner of the tavern feel distressed, but he didn't dare to stop it.

At this time, Justinian also drank the wine in front of him and said: "Please believe me, what we need now is food, money and soldiers. Only in this way can we be fully confident in regaining the Latin occupation."

The lost territory. It is also crucial to eliminate the threat posed by pirates to my rear. I promise that within a month, I will start heading to Moria. At that time, you can decide your stay."

"Moria?" Nevsky looked at Justinian in confusion. He knew that there was the Roman Empire Military District in the Peloponnese. In 105, the Crusaders only sent the French knight William Charles.

Prit and Gottfried Willehaduin led a team of hundreds of men to wipe out the remaining forces of the empire in the Peloponnese. They defeated ten times their own strength at the Battle of the Olive Grove of Kondoros.

The Roman army quickly conquered almost the entire Moria, and a few fortresses that persisted in resistance also fell one after another. This established the separatist side of the Achaean Principality, which was another powerful force in the Latin Empire. And Justinian is now

Everything is prepared for the attack.
Chapter completed!