Since the Roman Empire, gold and silver from Europe and the Mediterranean world have been constantly flowing out to the East and Asia due to the needs of importing oriental silk and spices, tea and other various needs.

In particular, from the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty to the 1550s to the 1800s, China maintained a huge trade surplus for two and a half centuries, which is rare in the history of world trade.

There are many reasons for the inflow of huge amounts of silver, two of which are special: trade surplus and foreign exchange arbitrage.

America and Japan rely on exporting silver to make up their trade deficits, while Africa rely on exporting gold and slaves to make up their trade deficits.

Therefore, all three regions can produce the "commodities" needed by other parts of the world economy. In contrast, Europe cannot produce almost any goods available for export to make up for its long-term trade deficit.

Europe can only live by "operating" the exports from the other three trade deficit regions, exporting from Africa to the Americas, exporting from America to Asia, exporting from Asia to Africa and the Americas, and Europe becomes an intermediary in the global trade network.

In order to balance the business with China, it seems that the surplus is maintained forever!

According to statistics, from 1522 to 1566 (during the Jiajing period), China's pig iron production reached 45,000 tons, ranking first in the world, while Britain only reached 2,000 tons by 1740.

Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, China has gradually become the center of the world economy. In dozens of countries in Europe, none of the Ming Dynasty has rich.

Before Columbus discovered the New World and obtained gold and silver from the Americas, gold and silver precious metals in medieval Europe were always very scarce.

In the era when the Roman Empire was prosperous, Europeans could also obtain a certain amount of gold and silver supplements from Black Africa, which was rich in gold and silver, to the sub-Saharan Desert.

But with the large-scale conquest by the Arabs and occupying the entire North Africa, even the only channel to supplement gold and silver for Europe was cut off. Now, the Americas are also causing disasters and national wars!

In other words, as long as Zhu Zilong's original body is having fun in America, the gold and silver in the hands of Europeans will be pitiful.

Although Europeans love gold and like to count revenue and expenditure in their books using gold coins, in this situation, in less than a few years, I am afraid that the only thing that can be obtained will be copper coins at that time.

Even, it can be said that there is not much oil or water to make money. The only thing that can make Zhu Zilong make up his mind is their territory and women!

You said that it’s all up to this point, Zhu Zilong is still doing a nonsense economic invasion?

Let’s just do a white genocide-like invasion!

A few months later!

On the side of the road, the beautiful flowers are still blooming as if no one is around.

Provence is the most petty-bourgeois romantic place in France. The world-famous hometown of lavender and the "City of Knights" in Europe, it is the birthplace of the important literary genre of knights in the medieval era.

Since ancient Greece and Roman times, it has attracted countless tourists and is still a tourist destination.

In history, the cruel Hundred Years of War between Britain and France has never been affected here. However, today, a more terrifying disaster has also come here!

The disaster called the Second Variation of the Black Death has entered this romantic and tender paradise of troubled times.

Wherever the terrifying plague passes, countless cities and villages are destroyed one after another, and the death rate of people is no higher than the first Black Death attack rate. However, it is contagious, but it is even higher.

In just a few months, the entire Provence region was reduced to a gloomy ruin of death. Only animals do not know what they are called life. However, the white Europeans groaned in death!

The helpless white Europeans felt extremely frightened and helpless.

Over every village where smoke cannot be seen, there are groups of crows circling for a long time. This represents the arrival of the god of death!

They have enjoyed the taste of various human corpses, and have become no longer afraid of humans... (In fact, at this time, the number of animals may be nnnn times more than the population of European countries, so they no longer have to be afraid of humans!)

If there are any white people who have a higher survival rate.

I'm afraid there are only those lords and nobles who are curled up in the castle fortress. Because their castles are generally far away from densely populated cities and have their own systems.

After the news of the plague spread, these lords even carried out strict isolation measures for their lives, prohibiting merchants and travelers from entering.

All your food and clothing are in your own castle and you will grow it in your own farm. Even if you can’t eat enough every day, it’s better than dying from illness!

During this year's death craze, less than one-third of the entire Provence region survived. Only 50% of the survivors lived in castles!

It is rare to see humans walking on all major roads.

However, Liu Feng and his caravan still insisted on wandering around. (First to inquire about information, and second, to see how the mission was completed?)

Along the way, what they saw and heard was shocking, and they were also satisfied with the results of their tasks.

(As a matter of fact, they all learned bad things from Zhu Zilong, and their moral integrity is negative.)

Except for those who are intimidated by those who are intimidated, Liu Feng can go in and ask about these other castles. Most of them are now unable to enter.

Of course, he didn't plan to go in.

After seeing the situation in Provence again, they moved forward all the way to the holy city of Avignon.

Liu Feng really wanted to see how to deal with such a large-scale natural disaster, the so-called church, the so-called messenger of God, and the perpetrator of the world. How can we face it or save the world?

Yes, God and the Church are omnipotent, let us also see it?

It’s a pity, as Liu Feng and others guessed.

No matter how pious the Christians in Avignon are, this city less than 100 kilometers away from Marseille was soon captured!

The reason is very simple!

The population here is particularly concentrated!

According to the European Church, the Pope is the intermediary between God and the earth. He can beg for God on behalf of mankind, and he can also represent those who forgive mankind.

In other words, this is where the Savior exists.

Therefore, under countless social public opinion, church personnel who knew that they actually did not have any magical power or superpowers could only bite the bullet and issue orders.

Sacred parades are to be held, and to proclaim to God!

For a time, it is said that last month, there were only hundreds of thousands of white Europeans here. They raised their idols and crosses, sang hymns and walked around the streets, trying to impress the cold God!

Unfortunately, it seemed to turn into a disaster in the end.

Liu Feng and his friends heard the sound of the wind, but did not see the real picture, so they came to take a look.

(During the plague, all activities such as rallies and parades are basically acts of dying. Because patients carrying germs can infect hundreds of healthy people at once. If they don’t, who will?)

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Chapter completed!