Vol 2 Chapter 68: Loss-making business

For George Anne, Alexander always felt weird.
For him who once had a happy family, there was neither a desire for family and family identity because of lack of maternal love since childhood, nor a strange and odd Oedipus complex, and his age is more fundamental. A strange woman can't have the same feelings as her mother.
The most important thing is that since seeing George Anne ’s bohemian life with his own eyes, it is really difficult for him to sympathize with this woman.
So when he saw George Anne looking at him with that kind of over-eager gaze, Alexander's awkwardness was beyond description.
Fortunately, the Earl did n’t seem to want to let a mother and son recognize the inferior tragic comedy wasting them too much time, so when George Anne walked over to hold Alexander ’s chin and looked at him carefully, Modillo was interested in that James. Chatted.
For Modillo, James was obviously more restrained. Although he still brags about his horses, when Modillo asked about Columbus's diary, James immediately changed the subject obediently and started Carefully answer the count ’s question.
"Christopher Columbus, I have heard of this person," Modillo nodded slightly. "I know he has been to Venice to find that Barbara, Genoa, and many other places, hoping to get sponsorship from those people. He paid a huge fee, I even heard that he wanted to come to Naples to lobby, but I do n’t know why he did n’t make a trip, but eventually went to Castilla. "
"In fact, lord, he went to Portugal first," James corrected carefully. "But he did not get any benefit from King Manuel of Portugal, so he went to Castilla."
"Oh," Modillo responded noncommittally, and then he looked back at the pair of "mother and son" who were still crying, and raised their hands to indicate Alexander's past. "Okay, let's talk about the price, my nephew." Seems to be interested in something small in your hand. "
Alexander secretly sighed, he felt that it was even more difficult to deal with George Anne than the old sly nobles. At least those nobles need to be hugged and cried and cried for him without a little excitement, and he was really difficult to distinguish George Anne How many of those tears are genuine, after all, whenever she reached out and touched his face, Alexander could n’t help thinking of her meeting with her lover. fact.
"Adult, if you can help me pay off all the debts now, this precious diary is yours." James said carefully, he could see that the count was completely different from Alexander, or that Alexander was still willing to He talked about business, and the count was obviously not very interested.
"How about that, I'm doing business with you too." Modillo lowered his voice, then stretched out his hand and crossed James's shoulder to the corner, and he turned back to blink naughtily to Alexander. .
No one knows what they said in the distance, but James was obviously shocked by Modillo's suggestion, he showed a surprised look, first shook his head, and then whispered with the count, his face There was a hesitant look on it.
"Trust me, it will make you rich."
The earl's voice suddenly increased, and James seemed to be completely hit by this sentence, and he finally nodded after thinking about it.
Looking at the Earl who came, Alexander was about to speak. Modillo had already raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder. As he passed, he heard the Earl whisper: "Everyone has a price, just look What can you do to impress him. "
Alexander turned his head curiously to look at James, and the Columbus seemed to be immersed in the conversation with the count and did not wake up.
In the end, James got a contract that surprised Alexander. According to the contract, Alexander would provide him with 50,000 shefels, which is equivalent to 750,000 liters of wheat, and the Columbus took all his hands. All the remaining horses were sold to Alexander.
As for the diary of Columbus that really made sense to him, it is just that this view of Alexander is a bit of a loss-making business.
Alexander was dissatisfied with Modillo's generosity. After all, the 50,000 shepherd's wheat was not easy for him.
With the continuous transportation of wheat for Naples, the grain storage on the Agrig River plain is declining at a rate that is visible to the naked eye, and even grain bins in some places have appeared to have to fill Naples with the newly laid grain. Monster-like city.
Even with the Bohemian cavalry, Alexander knew that after all he was weak now. Although Agrig ’s unique location brought abundant water and nutritious soil to this land, it was also a piece of land that was almost unsafe. land.
In the past, the Cosenza family could be the guardian of this land, only because no one could actually occupy Agry, but now the emergence of Alexander has broken the delicate balance over the years.
Perhaps as a hero to drive away the famine, he has an untouchable identity in Naples, but for other lords, the higher the honor he gets in Naples, the more they will make them covet the land of Agrig.
So Alexander had already planned that after receiving the money from the earl for the sale of wheat, the first thing was to provide the Bohemians with the muskets they desperately need now.
Although it is not detailed enough, or there is no shadow yet, Alexander has started to conceive a training plan for the Bohemians, and he believes that although such training may be too hasty in the moment, it should be enough to deal with the possible Small crises that appear at any time.
But Modillo disrupted his plan all at once, and when he thought of paying enough food for that James to equip a team of Bohemians, Alexander wanted to ask if the cheap uncle was going to take him Injustice.
But when he heard that James was busy hiring large numbers of people to send these grains to the north of Italy, Alexander was stunned, and then angry, then he suddenly flashed a seemingly unlikely, but think carefully This is the only way to explain the reasons why Modilofi wants to make such a loss transaction.
So when he came to the wooden hut at Dudran Palace Modillo surrounded by water, and at the same time, he saw the count who had been waiting for him. Alexander thought about it and decided to ask his doubts.
"Adult, why do you insist that Columbus transport the grain to the north to sell it? You know that the richness of the Lombardy region, in the kind of place where four farms are used for rotation every year, harvests enough food to feed all. People, so he will not bring you any benefits. "
Alexander's inquiry surprised Modillo slightly. He looked at Alexander curiously: "You really surprised me. You know everything about that kind of thing. Don't you have been in a remote monastery where I don't even know where it is? Was it grown up here? "
Alexander did not avoid Modillo's inquiring gaze, he could see a deep suspicion from it, but he knew that Modillo was actually more hesitant.
For Modillo, as long as the plot for years will not be easily given up, then the suspicion of his identity will not have a final result for a while.
Unless, he found the real Joel Modillo.
But Alexander didn't think he could find that person so easily, or even if he did, he really wanted to see what his expression would be when Modillo saw the spitting foam in the monastery cellar.
"My lord, I found that the 50,000 shefels of food you asked me to pay to that James is not going to be paid back now. Whether it is his horse or other things, he needs to sell all the food. Before I could pay the bill, this started to make me a little skeptical, and then when I found out that he was summoning a large number of food workers and guards along the way, I suddenly had an idea, "Although I do n’t know anyone around me, Alexander is still moving forward. Stepped down the voice, "Adult, can you please tell me who are you going to sell this 50,000 shepherd of wheat?"
Mody Lormer said nothing, and he saw a sharp edge in Alexander's eyes, as if to pierce his heart at this moment.
But he only had the same sharp eyes.
Finally, Modillo slowly got up from his chair. He walked over to Alexander and patted his shoulder: "Sometimes we have to do something that does n’t work, even if it ’s not comfortable after doing it, but this Both are necessary. "
"So you sent wheat for the French?" Alexander turned to look at Modillo.
When I heard that James was going to send the grain to the north, from the beginning he was puzzled and even full of anger, but then he suddenly realized that although Alexander did not take too long, he did have a lot of brains. .
This is because although it is not very clear about the specific situation, he still remembers that Upper Italy in this era is already a rich place that can be called the granary of the Apennine Peninsula.
Even in the Roman era, Upper Italians were far better than Lower Italy surrounded by mountains and barren land. In addition to being threatened by the so-called barbarians, the rich land of Upper Italy fed almost everyone it could feed. .
Even in the era of the terrible Black Death two centuries ago, Upper Italy only caused a large number of deaths because of the plague, and the famine did not appear because of the climate and the land, simply because too many people died in the fields. Without enough labor, the fields are barren.
This is what makes people in Lower Italy always jealous. Even Agrie is not worth mentioning compared with the Lombardy region, and James actually wants to send the 50,000 shefel wheat laborers to the north. Go, it made Alexander feel that if it wasn't for the Columbus family's prodigal head to be dazed, there must be something he didn't know yet.
Sure enough, after such a thought, the only answer soon appeared in his heart.
The Lombardy region is indeed rich, but for the French who are now fighting hard with the coalition forces, this fertile land is not only heaven, but their hell!
Unlike the French when they first entered Italy, the whole of Italy is now against them.
After many of the Italian nobles who had volunteered or had to rely on Charlie before leaving the French disaster star's camp, the French's situation in Italy became more and more difficult.
Although there are people like Savonarola who always regard the French as saviors and spiritual blood relatives, more and more people have begun to draw a line with the French, and even some nobles who have previously sworn allegiance to Charlie have already publicly stood On the side of the coalition forces, they opposed the former masters.
At this time, the French became tormented every day in Italy, especially after Charlie had to declare his abandonment of Rome in order to solve his increasingly embarrassing logistics, and the French army was in a situation not only It has improved, but it has become worse.
In the early battles in the South, although the French faced the dilemma that the supply line was often cut off, the days of the coalition forces may not be much better.
It is also common to endure eating a meal and not a meal, and sometimes even because of a heavy rain, you may be forced to starve for two days. The coalition forces also suffer from the terrible logistic difficulties of southern Italy.
And as the French army retreated to Italy, entering the rich Lombardy region for the coalition forces was a real step into heaven.
The French can only get supplies through apportionment and even forced recruitment in Upper Italy, and they must endure the harassment of mercenaries sent by small aristocrats from all over the world and some local chambers of commerce that do not like the French.
Charlie once tried to send an army to fight this kind of action that caused him great interference, but obviously it had little effect, and even if the number of people sent later was reduced, it might be eliminated.
And the thing that annoys Charlie the most is the one who made the most noise. It was the northern Italian nobles who took the initiative to depend on him.
When these people first saw the power of the French, they scrambled to Charlie, but when they discovered that his big ship had hit the reef and might sink at any time, they immediately fled like mice that had foreseen disaster.
And in order to show their minds to the upcoming winners, these people turned their backs more fiercely than others to severely bite more holes in Charlie's already riddled ship.
The coalition became much easier after entering the Lombardy region.
Not only did they quickly get enough supplies, but they also received the support of the locals. After several battles, the coalition forces not only did not decrease, but became more soldiers as they went deeper into Italy.
Now they can let their army march leisurely on the field without any care. It is said that the handsome Gonzalo even ordered the army to slow down.
At this time, Modillo suddenly risked the world and decided to provide food to Charlie, who was in trouble, which made Alexander feel inexplicable.
"Sir, do you think it's wise to do this?" Alexander asked with some doubt.
He really couldn't figure out why Modillo did this.
You know, just over two months ago, when Savonarola sent the Belluni to lobby him, Charlie ’s situation was not so bad. At that time, he even taught him hard in two consecutive battles because of victory. Some proud Gonzalo.
But even at that time, Modillo did not reveal the intention to continue to deal with the French, but after two months, when Charlie was already in a dilemma, he suddenly decided to send food to the French.
This made Alexander feel a little elusive about what Modillo wanted to do.
Modillo looked at Alexander and asked in a funny tone: "Do you think I'm crazy?"
"You might cause a lot of trouble by doing this ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Alexander raised his eyebrows." Frederick won't talk so easily, especially when he is about to become king. "
"Are you starting to worry about me now?" Modillo smiled deeply. "Of course, it would be too bad if something happened to me, but rest assured that I wouldn't give Frederick such a stupid handle."
He seemed to hesitate to say that he paused a little, then beckoned to Alexander to signal him to come to the table.
He took out the opened letter from a secret box and handed it to Alexander.
"That's how it is. Some people don't want this war to end as soon as possible, so they need to be able to help Charlie at this time."
Seeing Alexandria showing a surprised look, Modillo's heart floated with faint pride. He believed that the letter was enough to make this young man understand what kind of vulgar characters he was facing, which at least made this seemingly disobedient kid honest.
Unfortunately, the count did not know, but Alexander was swearing in his heart at this time: "Lao Tzu doesn't even know what is written above!" To find this site, please search "" or enter the URL: