Losa didn't plan to knock out all the Latin merchants, as that would be going against his own wallet.
Without Latin merchants, it would only allow Saracen merchants, Jewish merchants, and even Coptic merchants and Syrian merchants to squeeze into their ecological niche, without fundamentally solving the problem. The day would come when the Dragon Slayer turns into an Evil Dragon.
"Looking back, if it weren't for the help of the Latin merchants, the First Crusade wouldn't have triumphed, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem would have long since fallen."
Losa chuckled self-deprecatingly, though dismantling the bridge after crossing the river, the bridge must nevertheless be dismantled.
If really traced back, if not for Alexios drafting a contract with the Venetians, the Outville Family's Norman pirates might have already planted their flag atop the castle of Constantinople.
But precisely because of that poison-drinking deal, the Empire fell into an irreversible plight.
