It's dawn.

In the study, Lu Ning looked through the letter on the table.

I just came back from the outside room, but that night, I had no peace.

I said that military affairs were an excuse last night, but I didn't expect that I had an accident in the city not long after I left the mansion.

Conflict broke out between the Catholic and Jewish communities, and several lives were killed.

After the conflict between the two sides was suppressed, Wen Zhongshu, the governor of the county office, signed an emergency decree overnight, expelling all Catholics to the shanty town outside the city.

Because the conflict occurred in the Jewish community, no matter the reason, Catholics gathered to attack the Jewish community.

Xikang County does not have city walls, but each community has fences, earthen walls, etc., which are clearly separated.

These communities are usually considered urban areas, and shanty towns are in the suburbs, with contiguous straw sheds and tents, just like refugee camps in later generations, but are actually poor and free people.

There are thousands of people in shanty towns today, including slaves liberated from the Pecheneg people in the southern Russian grassland.

The male and female slaves captured by the Pechenegs were mainly Slavs and Magyars (Hungarians). However, the Black Sea Province announced that it would no longer engage in slave transactions with the Pechenegs. These slaves could not return the loans of the Black Sea Province as property of the Pechenegs, but were brought back to Xikang as free people.

In addition to the original residents and the newly liberated slaves, there are also a large number of foreign refugees in the shantytowns, Bulgarians, Greeks and other ethnic groups in Asia Minor. They all escaped because of the war and heard that the Black Sea Province was very stable. Although they live in poverty, they are at least peaceful dogs, which is a hundred times stronger than the possible tragic experiences in the war.

Moreover, they can basically find work, and the Black Sea province does require labor.

For example, nowadays, the road from Xikang to Kangzhong is being repaired, and the road from Kangzhong to other county towns has been repaired, so that the land route on the Crimean Peninsula can be accessible.

Wen Zhongshu signed a very tough decree to confiscate all Catholics' property and expelled them to the shantytowns. Of course, he also obtained permission from the Governor's Office.

Lu Ning did not interfere in this, although he had never thought so before.

After all, the Black Sea Province not only lacks labor, but also requires a large number of wealthy classes to pay taxes to revitalize the economy, etc. It is not a good thing to turn most residents into poor people.

The Catholic community has a population of more than 1,000, and is one of the four major communities in Xikang.

Although the population of Xikang is increasing today, with more than 20,000 or 30,000 people, there are still a few that can actually live in several major communities. The Qiren community or the Tiandao community has more than 3,000 people, less than 3,000 people in the Jewish community, less than 1,000 Orthodox community, and there are also two or three hundred Mohammed small community. In addition to the Catholic community, these 6,000 people are considered real urban residents. As a result, with the severe punishment laws, one-sixth of the population has changed from citizens to refugees.

But the problem is that an armed fight broke out on the day of Zhenxi King’s wedding and the most severe punishment was inevitable.

The letter in Lu Ning's hand was an emergency protest submitted by the Genoa merchant group.

After all, the Catholic community, with the same beliefs as the Genoese, was considered by the Genoese to support their expansion of influence in Xikang.

Of course, the so-called protest letter was mainly sent to the county office and the provincial office. It was just a routine matter to send it to the prince of Zhenxi. I was afraid that they would never have thought that this letter could really be sent to the desk of the Prince of Black Sea. If I had known it, I would have to think about it carefully, rather than just copying it to the provincial office and the county office’s protest statement.

Looking at the last series of signatures of the protest statement, Giuliano was in the first place.

In the case of lawsuit against the Royal Black Sea Bank, although the Black Sea Bank's financial police and clerks were finally ruled to be unresponsible, the Genoese did not suffer any losses, which obviously made them think that the Qi people were enlightened and had laws to follow. The sudden shocking changes made them react quickly and boldly, and the protest statement was extremely fierce.

Lu Ning Caocao glanced at him and put it aside.

He casually turned over the letter on the table and suddenly took out one from it.

It was a handwritten letter written by Mansu, Duke of Amalfi to the Prince of Black Sea.

The Principality of Amalfi, later known as the Republic of Amalfi, is one of the four major maritime republics in Italy.

The Amalfi Republic started its earliest days and is now in its heyday. It is stronger in the Mediterranean than Genoa and Venice.

However, the Amalfis mainly engaged in Mediterranean trade and were not interested in Black Sea trade. After all, in the Mediterranean, the Amalfis have made a lot of money and sold goods from the Mohammed controlled areas to the Christian areas, and sold goods from the Christian areas to the Mohammed area, which is a place where East-West transactions in the Mediterranean are integrated.

In addition to congratulating Prince of Black Sea, Duke Mansu's letter also came with a gift list, and his envoy gave a thick gift.

He had two main things. The first thing was to buy land in Xikang Port and build an Amalfi diaspora area.

This is not surprising. If the Amalfis want to involve the Black Sea trade, it is inevitable to establish an expatriate area. In Constantinople, the Amalfis were also the first to set up an expatriate area before the Genoese and Venetians.

The second thing is that Duke Mansu mentioned that the Amalfi Marine Law was drafted by the Principality, hoping to get the support of the judiciary scholars of the Daqi Dynasty. This marine law mainly stipulates maritime transportation, commercial trade, and the rights and obligations of seafarers.

Lu Ning knew that historically, the law has been adopted by Mediterranean coastal countries for hundreds of years. Although it has been improved with the development of the times, the general framework is based on this law.

Obviously, although the Great Qi Navy has not yet entered this area, Duke Mansu still hopes that this maritime law will be recognized by the Qi people. Only when powers who have the ability to enter the Mediterranean recognize this law can its law truly work.

However, Lu Ning looked at this letter carefully and smiled and said, "Fatini, this little girl, has a place to use her skills."

Denisa, who was sitting next to her, puzzledly said, "What?"

As the first of the three concubines to enter the door, Denisha didn't expect that her husband stayed up late in the study today. She felt a little uncomfortable, but now she felt that her husband was acting uniquely.

Lu Ning gave her the letter, and Duke Mansu was also very attentive. The letter was written in both Latin and Central Plains Pinyin. For Denisa, she could understand it in general, whether in Latin or Central Plains Pinyin.

"Ah, the law of the sea..." Denisa then understood what her husband was saying. The little Arab judge Fatini was also very impressed by her knowledge and talent.

"You don't have to accompany me anymore. Go and have a rest. I'll go to the shanty town for a while." Lu Ning said with a smile.

Denisa was indeed a little sleepy and was about to speak, but Nugaha's voice outside, "Master, Baoxi is asking for a meeting."
Chapter completed!