Vol 4 Chapter 113: Ideal Grogening

Called rich by Alexander, of course the Fugel family.
When Gult Fogel appeared in Pisa, Alexander had prepared a plan for him that was enough to impress him. This plan is far more attractive than the Pisa exchange, even if it is said carefully, even if it is with Hungary Compared with the copper mine, it is not inferior.
It ’s just that Gult Fugel is like all rich people, their stinginess or caution is not reduced a little because of the huge wealth they have, so even Alexander has proposed to him the acquisition of ownership of ports along the Mediterranean coast. The grand plan, he is still more willing to cooperate with Alexander in the copper transaction that he thinks is more reliable.
However, it was because he agreed to use one of the money in exchange for the Hanseatic League credit ticket, and Grogning was more willing to believe that Alexander did have the sincerity to cooperate with him.
Alexander, who had sent away Kotschah, again met Grogning alone. This time, even Zuosha was unable to participate in their conversation.
Groningen was playing with the cane in his hand. This cane was made of a very strong rattan. The silver handle on the handle was concealed and wrapped around the body. The original sterling silver handle at the top Several emeralds inlaid on the top look striking, while the slightly thinned end of the cane is wrapped with an iron sheath.
Alexander knew that this seemingly slightly heavy thing was actually deadly, or there was a sharp short sword hidden in the cane, or the cane itself was a dangerous weapon.
And he also noticed that despite his disability, Grogning ’s body was very strong, especially his muscular muscles on his sloping shoulders, which were obviously shorter than the other side. Those who look at this person may have to pay a price.
"We need to talk about it," Alexander looked at Groningen. "If you want to realize your ideals, then cooperate with me and don't hide anything."
"You know what I want?" Groningen leaned back in his chair and looked at Alexander with a slightly ironic look. "An adventurer from Sicily, a person who has gained status and wealth by virtue of fine wrists, you How can I know exactly what I want, and how can I understand my dream. "
"I may not understand it," Alexander was not angry with Grogening's sarcasm. He took out a sealed promissory note with the Hanseatic League sails from the dark grid of the table and threw it in front of Grogning. "But I know this must be the best proof for you to say what I said."
Groningen picked up the promissory note and turned it over, showing a stunned look on his face.
"This is the credit ticket of the Hanseatic League that I had people buy before, worth a total of 21,000 Ducat," Alexander looked at Grognin. "I think you know what this money means."
"Of course, this means that you can withdraw any goods of the same value from any trader in the league at any time." Groningen said calmly, but he did not understand what Alexander had done with these promissory notes.
So he is waiting.
"Now I give you the money."
Alexander's answer really surprised Grognin. The more than 20,000 promissory notes did not make him sick, but he did not understand why Alexander had to do this.
"Use this money to buy all the various small goods that can be bought, and then hoard them to the port of Amsterdam, but all this must be done before the port is closed. As for what to buy," Alexander thought for a long time. It occupies a large number of warehouses and various transportation ships, and all cheap goods can be. "
"What are you going to do?" Groningen tapped his fingers on the stack of promissory notes. He noticed that Alexander was only buying and not talking about selling, and more importantly, he seemed to care only about goods. The quantity of the goods, as to whether they make money or not, which kind of goods to buy are not mentioned, which is a bit too weird.
Grogening now no longer regards the young man in front of him as a that can be used. Instead, he finds that their identity seems to be changing unconsciously.
"I know you don't actually want Philip to succeed, right?" Alexander looked at Grogning with a slightly changed look. "Maybe in the eyes of others, Philip may be a good monarch of the Dutch, but you don't seem to think so. Even if Philip ’s prestige is higher, the more you think that it is actually more harmful to the Netherlands, because what you want is not to restore the Parliament of the Netherlands, but to build a country of the Netherlands. "
Grogning listened stunnedly, he knew his thoughts should have been exposed when he participated in this "conspiracy", but he always thought that no one would see through his thoughts.
Even if Kotzach had doubts, he would only think that he wanted to stop Philip for the benefit of his family. Just like Miyazaki himself, he decided to participate and even took the initiative to reveal the dissatisfaction of Philip in Vienna, just to learn Seek benefits.
But now, Alexander has completely torn off all his disguise and disguise, directly debunking his purpose!
Grogning's iron-grey eyes instantly opened, and he stared closely at Alexander's face, wanting to see from his expression that he really found his purpose, or just a random guessing by mistake.
But the look he saw from Alexander made Grognin understand that it was clear that the young man in front of him really knew everything.
"How could you ..." Grogning wanted to ask, but waved his hands helplessly. "Okay, now tell me why you want me to do this."
"Of course to put the port of Amsterdam into chaos before the closure of the port," Alexander did not conceal his purpose. "Since the Eltona Chamber of Commerce is a supporter of Philip, it must first be hit by the chamber because of the urgent need for goods. Let many merchants hoard goods, and then rush to Amsterdam before being closed to the European mainland. This also includes many cities between the Hanseatic League, is this not the case? "
Groningen nodded silently. He had already vaguely guessed what Alexander was going to do, but because of the guess, he thought that the idea seemed too absurd.
"So good, we will rush to buy enough kinds of goods before the merchants. As I said, I do n’t need those goods to sell, as long as they can fill the entire Amsterdam docks and warehouses, let other Because the merchant ’s goods do not have cargo ships, warehouses or even free vessels, they cannot be transported into the European mainland before the port is closed on time. "
"You're crazy," Grogenning looked at Alexander in amazement. "Do you know how much it will cost to do this? Your 20,000 Ducat goods can't last even a week."
"So I will exchange this money for a credit ticket of the Hanseatic League," Alexander said, pulling the ball of money from Groningen's fingers, and then pushed it back to Grogning. " I want you to guaranty me in the name of the Grognings, and to collateralize these credit tickets 10 times, to mobilize the same amount of goods to your allies in the Hanseatic League. "
Grogning's unmoving face finally changed, and the cane in his hand knocked the marble floor. While making a muffled noise, his right shoulder that had collapsed suddenly shrugged up!
Grogening gasped slowly. He needed to think about it. At this time, he even somewhat understood Kotzach's mood when facing difficult choices.
Kotzzach was at a loss as to whether to sell the Netherland administration for the benefit of his family, and Grogning had difficulty choosing whether to sell the entire Grogening family for the future of the Netherlands.
"Is there no other way?" Grogening asked, but he didn't wait for Alexander to answer and shook his head to overthrow the idea. "Yes, I told you that these 20,000 Ducats couldn't meet the requirements you said, but let My family takes such a big risk for this ... "
"You mentioned the ideal just now," Alexander glanced at Grogening. "Or do you think your ideal is not enough for you to pay such a huge price?"
Alexander's words stimulated Grogening. He first showed a fierce look of anger, and then quickly restrained.
The Lowlander stood up and walked on the ground with a cane. He didn't expect to come to this meeting to surprise him that he was facing such a difficult decision. He was a little confused because he didn't have any preparation.
Finally, Grogning stopped, his eyes fixed on the ground in front of him, and after a while, he slowly turned his head to look at Alexander.
"If I do this, the whole family will be destroyed if it fails."
"More than that, your family will not be able to survive in the Netherlands, at least the Vienna court ruled by the Netherlands for a day, and you don't want to go back to that land."
Grogening gasped deeply, although Alexander said everything clearly, but he still shivered slightly when he heard this.
"But if it succeeds ?!" Grogning's eyes were fixed on Alexander. "What kind of reward can you guarantee my family will wait for?"
"10 times the mortgage," Alexander said calmly. "In exchange for the upcoming Roman exchange. During the entire winter of 1497 to the spring of 1498, during Amsterdam's port closure, due to cargo stagnation, it seized half of all European market profits to make."
Grogening's hand on the cane shook again, and the cane was slightly shaken before he was clenched without falling.
From December to the new year, the time for Amsterdam to close the port will be nearly 4 months, and for this 4 month closure period, the merchants will prepare how much goods will be shipped from Amsterdam into the European mainland, and the total in 4 months Compared to the profits obtained from goods sold in Europe, what is the tenfold mortgage?
For a moment Grogening realized the huge gap without even thinking about it.
Even if there are still many other ports in Europe that want to sell goods to the mainland for profit, or even the establishment of the Roman exchange will not be able to dump goods across Europe, but the huge advantage in quantity is enough for Grogening to easily realize One of the unimaginably huge returns.
What's more, as Alexander said, if he fails, his family will have to be forced into exile, but on the contrary, if it succeeds, it means that the Grogenings will become the heroes of the Netherlands.
"Count, I need to write this into a file," Grogening said quietly, and then he thought for a while and said, "I also asked for a protection order issued by the Pope to allow my family to be subjected to possible persecution. Will be able to settle in Rome and be protected by the Pope. "
Listening to this, Alexander looked at Grogening a bit strangely. He did n’t believe that the savvy lowlander would not know the bad credit of Alexander VI, so he would be asked such a request that Alexander felt a little strange.
"Do n’t look at me like this, I know what I ’m doing," Grogening said. "I want to make a way for myself and my family. As for the pope, if you can help me get this protection order, we can do it. Cooperation."
Alexander pondered slightly, then nodded silently.
Seeing Alexander promise to come down, Grogning breathed out, and seemed to relax at this moment.
"Philip is a very popular young man," Grogening looked at Alexander as if to explain. "You haven't seen him, so you can't imagine him as a charismatic young ruler, even I personally like him very much, and Not because he is the emperor's son.
"I think the wealthy businessmen in the Netherlands still hope for him, is that true?" Alexander nodded gently to express his understanding, and then handed over a glass of wine "or that they longed for a good monarch?"
"Yes, a good monarch," Grogening took a sip of wine, then shook his head a little bit emotionally. "If it's just for me personally, I'm not against him. He is an enlightened person with his father, Philip, and he even turned to the businessman. They developed his palace and let them hold banquets there to discuss business. "
"It's a fair," Alexander murmured softly. He didn't expect that one of his biggest enemies in the future would be such a person. In his impression, the Grand Duke of Vienna, who was named after his wife, actually Not a very likable person.
The only thing that impressed his descendants, except for his brutal treatment of his wife, was his infamous method of death.
But now it seems that Alexander has some unexpected discoveries. He is likely to face a promising monarch who is trusted by the people and his style seems quite enlightened, which makes Alexander feel weird.
"Occupy all the transportation in the port of Amsterdam in advance, so that those goods cannot be transported into the European mainland on time, but these are enough to put the Ertona Chamber of Commerce into an irreparable situation, and then there are a large number of businessmen who angered and Philip because of the losses. It was this kind of thing encountered under his rule. "
Grogening whispered that he had almost completely understood Alexander's plan, but what he really paid attention to was the time for the exchange of credit notes.
"It was a few months ago," Grogening looked at the bills in amazement. "Are you planning all this a few months ago, or did you think of today?"
"Accurately I thought of what to do, but I was n’t sure if you would be involved at that time. Although you sent Mrs. Olgala to Rome, I ’m not sure if you would be willing to do it. adventure."
"So how can you be sure that I will work with you later?"
Grogening asked curiously. He had a strange feeling. Although the event finally seemed to be as he had imagined before, this young man became a help on his way to realize his great ideals, but the trajectory of things has happened. Changes that people cannot imagine.
Up to now, Grogening doesn't even know who is using who.
"Actually Miyazaki," Alexander smiled. "Master Miyazaki stayed in Rome without returning to Vienna. Even if I heard that the Ottoman might attack Vienna, he did not leave. This makes me guess that maybe because he was in Vienna is not powerful. "
"You guessed it right," Grogening smiled. "Gong Xiang was not pleasing in front of the emperor. This was because his family once had a bad relationship with the royal family, but what does this have to do with me?"
"In this case, I naturally think that it is possible for Gong Xiang to cooperate with me."
Alexander knew that the Lowlanders were so thorough. In fact, he just wanted to know how many chances this plan would not only be whimsical or even bold, so Alexander decided to tell him everything and completely dispel Grogening's scruples.
"Miyazaki can negotiate with the German lords through his own identity. Those princes may not be loyal to the emperor, but they will certainly be loyal to wealth, and all I can bring to them is wealth," Alexander took a note on the table. Raised in front of Grogening, "Tell me, what else can fight against gold, so I know that since I can bring wealth to them, then you will not refuse me because of the risk."
Looking at the expensive bill in Alexander's hand, Grogening slowly took it from him.
"You are wrong, there are always things that make people more determined than gold," Grogening shook his head slightly. "Trust me, if you are under the rule of the emperor, you will never know your wealth will become the treasury of another day. Collectibles, even his wise son cannot guarantee fairness forever, but a Netherlands with a council can guarantee that yours will always be yours, so for this reason I do n’t want to see the Habsburg family People will rule us forever. "
Grogening said after picking up the thick bills on the table ~ EbookFREE.me ~ and putting it in the thick leather bag he brought with him, walking towards the door step by step with a cane.
Alexander looked at Grogening's back silently until he opened the door and walked into the hallway. Alexander said, "You can rest assured that I can guarantee that you will not regret today's decision."
Grogening stopped and he glanced at Alexander in the room, seeming to think a little, before saying, "There is something you might know, that Ottoman Ashurk came to Rome to ask Find someone. "
"Find someone?" Alexander was slightly surprised. He didn't know why Grogening suddenly mentioned the Ottoman.
"I don't know who this person is, but another person is looking for this person, and you also know that person," Grogening smiled gently. "It was the lady Connie who once followed the Countess."
Alexander showed an unexpected look, thinking about Ashurk, and then thinking about the weird style of the men she led when she first saw Mrs. Connie, he couldn't help but think that it might be the Ottoman who had a good hand Vizier had a good talk.