Chapter 422: Continued Advancement

"By the way, what's the latest news about the Governor?"

Peter asked Mason about his situation. He has been a little too obsessed with construction recently. Don't forget that he also has the post of Governor of the East.

"The Governor said he would come back as soon as possible. He should be in Sofia now."

Peter wanted to discuss something with Mason, and by the way, he also wanted to hear his views on the new land.

In Constantinople, the news that Rome had recaptured Salageb caused jubilation. These Venetian rebels must be properly governed. They thought they could do whatever they wanted with a little money in their hands, and let Constantinople teach them a lesson.

Venice is worried. Salageb is gone, and this ally is also useless. There has been no foreign aid in the past few days, and they are left alone.

And the Romagna army has set out from Verona, aiming at Padua. The Venetians are anxious. No one expected the situation to deteriorate so quickly.

While the other side has not attacked further, some dignitaries began to flee from the Alps to the Holy Roman Empire with their families and property. The mountain pass was full of fleeing people. The Archbishop of Salzburg ordered everyone who passed by to pay some money to make up for his previous losses.

"Let each person pay 20 florins before they can pass, otherwise they will not be allowed to pass."

The Archbishop ordered his men to maintain the defense of the mountain pass and make a fortune before the Roman army arrived.

But his men also wanted to make some extra money, so the message was passed down layer by layer, and when it came to his men, the soldiers directly became 150 florins. This is also the annual income of civilians in northern Italy.

The people were miserable. In order to raise money, they sold all their belongings. Some could not even raise one person's money. In order to leave here, they changed direction and went to Milan.

Romagna basically did not encounter any decent resistance. Padua surrendered within a day, and the surrounding towns surrendered one after another. The Venice Council began to worry. They issued six orders a day to ask Petro, who attacked Trieste, to come back, and at the same time began a general mobilization. Those who were breathing had to pick up weapons and be ready to fight at any time.

The councillors stopped arguing. In front of Rome, they finally understood that if they didn't try their best, they would die without a burial place. But they were still unwilling to pay for the most important money.

"I have no money now. My property has been reduced to ashes in Verona."

"Don't look for me. My home is in Padua, and there is nothing there either."

"Why are you looking at me? I have received news that my manor was attacked by mobs and burned down."

Everyone shirked responsibility, and Domenic was tired. Why did you start an army in the first place? Why couldn't you be a rich businessman and live a stable life at home?

Now it was too late to think about anything. He sent a letter to Constantinople again, saying that if the empire was willing to recognize his position as governor, Venice would come back immediately, and he would continue to be loyal to the empire.

What a genius. It was originally an unequal war, and you still gave in. Isn't this letting the other party know that you are too weak, and they will definitely continue to attack.

However, this situation is very common in Western Europe. As long as you recognize the other party's rule, you can continue to govern here. But Rome is not a Western European country, it is an Eastern European country. You can't use the logic of Western European countries to guess the thoughts of Eastern European countries. Their political scores can only be failed.

"My lord, Scro hopes that we can provide him with some food."

Domenic was completely disappointed with him, "Let the envoy go, I don't want to see him again."

Domenic was also drinking at this time. He no longer considered the future of Venice, but tried to indulge in the pleasure brought by alcohol. What independence, what Venice, go to hell, as long as you are fine.

If the governor does this, then others will not be much better. The parliamentarians are ready to run away, and the cabinet and advisers are also packing their luggage to hide in Milan. There are at least hundreds of carriages leaving the city in the past few days, all loaded with their corruption.

If the upper class is like this, then the lower class is not much better. Before, under the rule of Rome, the people here could still have jobs, and although the wages were low, they could survive. But after Venice became independent, they were free, but they could not survive at all. You have to know that Rome lost a port, while they lost a large market. Verona stored most of Venice's supplies and food. Due to the lack of timely transportation, all of these belonged to him after Romagna was captured.

In this way, there was no raw material and no market. A large number of handicraft workshops closed down, and beggars were everywhere in Venice. Moreover, a food crisis broke out. The price of bread rose three times a day, and the poor could not afford it at all. So protests broke out one after another, and the government also mobilized the garrison to suppress it. The new republic was on the verge of collapse.

When Scro learned that his house was stolen, he immediately led the army to fight back. He met Rome in the town of Gradec near Salageb. After two hours of fierce fighting, Scro's army was wiped out. He was captured and sent to Constantinople for trial.

After pacifying a target, Gion implemented various bans in Croatia, prohibiting Catholicism, Croatian language, and the transfer of all local people to the East, and redistributing local land.

Stanisha was responsible for the situation near Salageb, and the ban was implemented most thoroughly. The achievements of the Croatian kings were destroyed by the Roman army in an instant. Apart from their tombs, there is almost no trace of their rule.

Since there is such a riot, let's just make it bigger. Update the tactics and change the thinking. I don't believe they can make more trouble.

"My lord, this is a letter from Ljubljana."

Giant almost laughed when he saw the result. It said that if they stopped, they would pledge allegiance to the emperor again, and would give the duke a huge sum of 30,000 lei, hoping that they would be forgiven and not fight.

"What a joke, if they knew this would be the result, they should not have fought in the first place. What is the situation now?"

Giant saved the letter and then ordered the army to continue the attack. The demise of Venice was imminent, and they must not be allowed to escape.

The army swept through Croatia and successfully opened up the land passage to Trieste. The gentry of Ljubljana were already trapped, and the only thing left was Venice.

The army's locust-like behavior made the population of this water city exceed 60,000, and the population was still rising. Milan and Salzburg both stated that they had no relationship with Venice and hoped that Rome would not affect them. This directly cut off their last hope.

Everyone in the parliament was crestfallen. They couldn't believe that they were so high-spirited and ready to make a big move a few months ago, but now even the remaining culture was about to disappear. They wanted to save Venice, but they pushed it into the abyss. The interests left by Rome made them lose themselves. Even if someone wanted to save the country, it was useless. In front of Rome, everything was in vain.