LSBM - Chapter 53: Burn It All Down!

“Is there still no news yet?” Senator Vernier propped up her glasses.

Looking at the time, the envoy they had dispatched to the Eastern Romain Empire should have returned with good news for now.

Yes, good news. Vernier thought that her maneuver was flawless.

The Eastern Romain Empire would be foolish to turn against them now. Not only would they be surrounded on all fronts, but they would lose their sea imports too. That was not a blow a nation that had just started looking up could bear.

Even if Constantin XI wanted to put on a tough front, the nobles would be violently opposed to it. If pushed too far, the nobles might even rebel and drive him out.

As for the Khitans, they had no ships to get to them, and they had confiscated a huge chunk of their fortune.

This confiscated fortune would become an important chip for them to test the Khitans’ bottom line bit by bit, and eventually…

The thought of monopolizing the Khitans’ trade made Vernier tremble in excitement, as she knew huge money could be made from the Khitans’ trade. Even becoming their middlemen was massive!

This accomplishment was enough to propel her house to greatness!

“I have a report!” A profusely sweating messenger arrived outside.

“What is it?” Vernier put down her accounting book and impassively asked.

“I-I…” The messenger stuttered, struggling to get a word out.

“Get to it!” Vernier frowned in displeasure.

“Let me do the talking.”

An old man suddenly walked in from outside.

“Envoy?”

Vernier recognized the old man; the latter was the Venetian envoy to Athens. But what is he doing here?

“Senato…” The envoy had a tired look that made him look a decade older. “There has been a mishap in our plans.”

He proceeded to share a series of shocking, terrible news with Vernier.

“What?! The Khitan Caesar killed our envoy?! Not only so, but he also massacred nearly all of the nobles in Thessaloniki?! Does he not need to find a legitimate reason to kill the nobles?!

“He’s now purging all of our colonies in the Balkans?! How is he even doing tha

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