Chapter 1758 Malicious spread again
Marin was also shocked by the surging public opinion in Europe, because he had thought about using smallpox to harm hostile countries. Unexpectedly, the Holy See and other countries responded so strongly to this.
If he did this and was discovered, he would probably be in a state of disgrace...
Thinking of the end of being hostile to Europe, Marin not only shuddered. However, smallpox exploded and the opportunity was rare, and Marin didn't want to let it go like this...
After thinking about it for a while, Marin finally made a decision - he couldn't do it himself, but he could trick others into doing it...
So Marin sent a very reliable spy, and a spy who had smallpox, to Naples, Italy, and secretly encouraged the Spanish to spread smallpox to France. If possible, I hope the French can use this trick to deal with Spain. After all, France and Spain, Marin was even more afraid of Spain, a maritime powerhouse with the Indian spice trade.
However, Marin also knew that the sea power in the Mediterranean west of the Apennine Peninsula was controlled by the Spaniards, and it was difficult for the French to spread smallpox to Spain. On the contrary, the Spaniards controlled the sea power, but could easily do it.
But what Marin didn't expect was that before he could take action, the Venetians did this for him...
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Under pressure from all over Europe, the Venetian government finally decided to severely punish the Dalmatia Governor Toleni who spreads smallpox privately. However, for the sake of the Venetian government, the Venetian government and the Parliament decided to let Toleni commit suicide. In this way, it would be spared from being humiliated when he went to Rome and to a certain extent, it would make the Venetian government less embarrassed.
Tolanie knew that she would die and was completely disappointed. However, in order to protect his family from being destroyed after his death, he made a private deal with the Venetian Parliament...
The content of the transaction is very simple - Tolani hopes that after his death, the parliament will take good care of his 7-year-old son Tolani and protect the Conce family where Tolani is located from being bullied and divided.
In return, Tolanie decided to take the last try before her death, under the stigma and pressure - to send someone to spread smallpox to the Spanish mainland!
In any case, Tolani was the governor of the Dalmatia province of Venice before his unluckyness and had considerable power. Although Spain controlled the maritime power west of the Apennine Peninsula, the French could not go to the sea at all. But the Venetians were not within this restriction, because Venice had enough confidence!
Although Spain is a maritime power, it still has a certain gap compared with the old maritime power Venice. At least, in the Mediterranean, if the Venetians get angry, the Spanish will not be able to withstand it.
After all, the Mediterranean is different from the Atlantic Ocean. Sails are the main driving force on the Atlantic Ocean. However, in the Mediterranean, because the wind is small and sometimes there is no wind, the sailboats are the mainstream. Just so Venice is the country with the most sailboats. If it conflicts in the ocean with strong winds, Spain may have some confidence. But when conflicts in the Mediterranean, the Venetians will have the upper hand.
In addition, in order to block the southern coast of France, most Spanish warships were sent to the Mediterranean coast of France, and they did not have strong control over the sea areas south close to the coast of Africa.
Tolani's method is very simple - to send a few ships along the North African coast and quietly spread the smallpox to the Spanish mainland...
Anyway, Tolani's reputation has been decisive, and he will soon commit suicide by taking poison. So, it's better to take advantage of his death and make Venetian archenemy Spain.
The Venetian Parliament finally agreed to Tolani's approach. After all, they also hated Spain. The spice trade of millions of gold coins every year has been stolen by Spain and Portugal. How can the Venetians not resent?
The Portuguese were far away on the Atlantic Ocean, and with the obstruction of the Strait of Gibraltar, the Venetians could not take revenge. However, the Venetians were still happy to take revenge on the Spanish.
What's more, Tolanie, a dying man, is willing to bear all his sins, and they don't take risks, so why not do it?
After the two sides agreed, Tolani publicly drank the poison that had been prepared long ago in front of the Governor's Palace in Split, the capital of Dalmatia Province, and loudly cursed the Venetian enemies Spain and Portugal before taking the poison. He also claimed that even if he died, he would take the Spanish to custody... This clearly implyed that he was going to deal with Spain and Portugal...
In fact, Tolani did send five ships to Spain and one ship to Portugal - he also wanted to give it a try and be able to get another Venetian archenemy, Portugal...
As a result, the Portuguese naturally did not arrive. Because the ship was stopped by Spanish warships in the Strait of Gibraltar. But three of the five clutch ships sent to Spain successfully arrived on the coast of Spain and successfully spread the smallpox...
Their method of spreading smallpox is very simple - they sent people ashore to catch a few local Spanish people, let smallpox patients kiss these people fiercely, and hug them for a long time... Then, these people were naturally infected with smallpox...
And these unlucky Spaniards who were infected with smallpox still couldn't understand what was going on, and they thought they had encountered a pervert. Because those smallpox patients even kissed men...
How could they know that the Venetians think kissing is an important means of syphilis infection. Index, after receiving a large sum of money at home, the smallpox patients sent by Tolani were willing to act as a suicide squad and go to Spain to kiss people everywhere.
The heaviest thing is that they probably know that the elderly, weak, sick and disabled are more likely to get sick, so they specially select the elderly, weak, sick and disabled to kiss them. Many old men were "harmed" and were kissed by these smallpox patients. Also, many Spanish women were also kissed. However, these women only thought they had encountered perverts, but did not know that they had smallpox...
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Before Tolanie died, she sent a ship to Spain to infect smallpox, and Marin also heard about it. After all, Tolanie took the blame on him, but she publicly said that she wanted to "La Spanish for taking care of her", and the Venetians did not keep it secret. Therefore, the spies of the North Sea in Venice soon learned about the information. Moreover, the spies of the North Sea in Venice accidentally found out the inside story - before Tolanie died, she made a request with the Venetian Parliament...
Marin understood Tolani's plan after a brief association. Anyway, he was dead, so he might as well do something before he died and help Venice with Spain, which could also be exchanged for the Venetian MPs to take care of the Conce family.
After thinking this out, Marin realized that the Spaniards were going to be in trouble...
However, Marin was unhappy just to make the Spaniards unlucky. If only Spain was unhappy and France was not unhappy, wouldn’t the French have to suppress Spain and take away the Kingdom of Naples?
If France stabilizes the volcanic ash in Naples, agriculture will produce explosive production, and the consequences will be very serious!
Chapter completed!