HowardBanks to Watch, the Bardi and the Peruzzi
Real Crash- Looking at the Financial System and the War Drive:
Rolling Stones, getting Tasty
The Bardi and Peruzzi banks of Florence, in the Italian region have had some troubles collecting their debt from England on the wool trade. Threats from the King of England to default on his debts are considered rhetoric. The Holy Roman Emperor has demanded an attack on the Turks as a way to unite Christiandom, and bail out the debt, with commercial paper based on the ensuing loot of the possible pillaging of Africa, Jerusalem, and whatever fleets and cities are available.
His Holy Roman Emperor stated," An attack on Jerusalem like the good old days is just what we need to stop the economic gridlock. We haven't had the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in existence for almost 300 years. No wonder they call this a Dark Age."
Another memo from the Emperor stated that funds going from the Crusader commercial paper would be used to improve Imperial sanitation, with cooperation from the Republic of Venice. Rat problems in Genoa and Venice have again spread a strange disease that has killed many, but the problem will soon be under a control. The Bailout funds, and their distribution should allow to maintain the public order.
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