Vol 4 Chapter 141: Borgia and Medici

The two mercenaries with long handles and axe stared at the people entering and leaving the gate, but they were obviously not very interested in work, but they were a bit worried about the army on the King's Mountain in the distance.
"Maybe it won't fight. After all, Savonarola has been executed. I don't like that person. The salary he paid is not enough for us to spend, and he was hard to find even a prostitute when he was there." A mercenary and companion whispered, "Now at least our days are better than before. As long as we talk to the Vatican about the conditions, we will not fight."
"But I heard that the Pope might support Medici, and that Giovanni Medici has not arrived in Pisa, and if he thinks, maybe he will appear outside the city next moment."
Listening to his companions seemed to be full of anxiety, the former mercenary seemed to be a bit inaccurate. He tilted his toes and looked in the direction of King's Mountain in the distance, then whispered: "I heard about the army of Count Montina Very powerful, maybe we have to be prepared, maybe I should have informed my nephew, and I have to take care of him after the fight, after all, his father entrusted him to me. "
"You still have to take care of yourself first," the companion said disapprovingly. "If you really fight, the Florentines may send someone to direct us, which may be bad by then."
The two mercenaries talked in a low voice and could not help but show a little worry. Although they have not fought with the Montina army, they have heard a lot of rumors about that army, especially about the soldiers of that army. The stubborn fighting attitude of the time made them feel incredible, at least in their opinion, it seems that only those crazy people in the Swiss mountains will do so.
A rapid sound of horseshoes came from the streets of the city. The two mercenaries looked in the direction of the sound and saw a priest appear on the horse at the end of the street, and then came to them in a flicker.
"I'm going out of the city at the order of the bishop." The priest shouted to the mercenary immediately.
"Then you should pay attention to the priest priest, now the city is not quite flat." The mercenary said to make way, they knew that the master of the bishop must be the messenger from the Vatican. After the execution of the Bishop of Florence who assassinated Lorenzo Medici, Sistins IV at that time deprived the Florentine bishop of power, and Savonarola, who was the most promising bishop of Florence, because This opportunity was lost with Alexander VI.
"If God's destiny for me is to let me die in the hands of robbers, I should take the initiative to find the murderer destined to kill me."
After the priest said something, he urged the mount to run outside the city.
"Go to the murderer who killed himself?" A mercenary shook his head while looking at the priest's back. "If I know who will kill me, I will kill him before he kills me."
The priest apparently did not hear the mercenary's words. At this time, he had ran far away. After crossing a small town, he drove along the mountain road to the King's Mountain not far away.
The priest's whereabouts quickly caught the attention of the sentry on the hillside. Although the person was found to be a priest, the two guards immediately threatened to raise the halberd in his hand.
"I'm going to see Earl Montina," the priest immediately shouted, and quickly pulled the mount. "Master Nomelo sent me."
The priest's identity obviously played a role, and soon he was brought to a tent, and soon a young man came out from inside.
"Please forgive the respected priest," the young man said to the face-clearing priest with a smile and said, "Master Count can't see you at this time. I am the commander of the army, Ofrei. What can you tell me."
"I brought the letter from Lord Nomello, the Secretary of His Majesty the Pope," the priest was anxious, and he remembered the order from Nomelo before he came.
"Then you can only wait a little." Ofrei didn't mind reaching out to signal the priest to follow him into the tent. "The lord is meeting the guests."
The priest followed Alfred to the tent. He didn't notice that Alfred's gaze quickly glanced towards a distant place.
Alexander was indeed meeting a guest at this time, and this person did have an extraordinary identity.
Julio de Medici, adopted son of Lorenzo de Medici, brother of Giovanni de Medici.
As the adopted son of the former ruler of Florence, Julio de Medici is undoubtedly a man who was destined to be smooth sailing from birth. Because of this, in the previous 16 years he almost never worried about his future, but Just like walking on a strong bridge, but the bridge suddenly collapsed, and one day three years ago, everything suddenly changed.
The Medicis were kicked out of their magnificent palace, and Julio had to rush out of Florence with his brother Giovanni. They did n’t even dare to find their separated family members. , And finally fled to Bologna to escape the scourge of murder.
Over the next two years, the Medici brothers had to ask for help while asking about the whereabouts of their loved ones, which made them experience the warmth of humanity they had never felt before.
From Bologna to Milan, from Venice to Genoa, whether they are former friends or former enemies, they want to be helped, which allows them to travel almost everywhere in Tuscany and Romagna. When gradually disappointed, the sudden change in Florence made them finally see a glimmer of hope.
Now Julio is very excited, even in front of Alexander, he still can't hide his excitement.
Even at this time, Alexander was washing his face with hot water, rather than listening carefully to what he said.
"Count, I must thank you for everything you have done for Florence, your army has deterred those traitors, otherwise they will ransack the entire city."
Alexander wiped the water on his face hard, then sat down and raised his head slightly.
Looking at the Moors standing next to the earl with a dangling short knife, and holding his head with his hand to let him extend his throat, Julio de Medici could not help but feel a little uneasy. Own throat.
He wanted to remind the count that it was unsafe to do so, but he was afraid of angering anyone. Looking at the sharp blade of the Moor's hand scratching the count on the count's chin, Julio could only stop to stare.
Uliu's hand was very stable, and his beard fell with sharp blades. Sometimes he would stop to look at it, and then continue the work at hand.
Before Uliu was not good at this promising job as a hairdresser, the previous owners were more willing to keep a very majestic beard, but Alexander was not like that.
Alexander likes smooth chins and neat hairstyles, so Uliu has to learn this craft as soon as possible.
However, Uliu soon became interested in this craft. He began to love dressing up for Alexander. Even when he accompanied Julio to King ’s Hill, he saw Alexander ’s sloppy appearance and immediately dropped it. The young master of the Medici family, took out the tools he had been carrying with him and fiddled with the master's head.
Julio sat opposite and watched the Moor's hands rise and fall, and Alexander's beard fluttered with the sword, which made him secretly nervous and looked at the Moors with curiosity.
Although his stay in Pisa was not long, he had long heard of the reputation of this Moor, and from many people he already knew that this Moor was one of the most trusted people around Alexander, even those in high positions The nobles also tried to maintain a good relationship with this Moorish servant. ,
But now seeing Alexander actually gave I his life to this Moorish man, Julio was very surprised.
He knew that his adoptive father Lorenzo had a good relationship with the Sultan of Ottoman. Sultan even sent people to visit his adoptive father in Florence, but they were always on guard against the Ottomans, and now Alexander ’s actions are in his view. It's just taking risks.
It wasn't until the beard was shaved clean that Alexander slowly sat up straight. He then wiped his face gently with the hot water in the basin that Uliu was holding, and then raised his head to look at the opposite young Medici : "Priest, although I already know your intention, I still hope you can tell me personally."
After that, Alexander looked at the young man in front of him interestingly.
Julio de Medici is the appointed priest, and his brother Giovanni de Medici is a church assistant, just like the Borgia family, when Lorenzo de Medici Ticky hoped that his sons would have enough influence in both the secular and the church, so while arranging the eldest son Piero to learn how to rule Florence, he also arranged for his two other sons to enter the church.
But what interested Alexander was not the origin of the young man in front of him, but that this man would one day become the pope like his brother Giovanni.
It was during the days when the Medici Pope brothers were in office that the entire Christian church had undergone a major split that almost caused no disaster.
Looking at this seemingly restrained young man in front of him now, Alexander is a little bit hard to imagine that he will become a pope in the future, perhaps because the family has suddenly suffered a change, how many young people have experienced escape from the age of 16 There seemed to be a lack of security, which made him feel a little nervous while sitting opposite Alexander.
"Count, I hope to get your help," Julio immediately said after hearing Alexander's inquiry, "Savona Lola is dead, but those traitors still control Florence, if you can help our family recover Rule, you will get the friendship of the Medici family forever. "
Julio's words made Alexander's hand touching his smooth chin helplessly.
The friendship from the Medici family cannot help but Alexander think about it.
Alexander couldn't help but admit that, compared with the Medici family, the reputation and character of his old-fashioned family is really a bit bad.
Although the Medici family was expelled from Florence, although they had suffered from white eyes and cold shoulders, but relying on the relationship accumulated in the past, although they could not find a backer to help them regain Florence, some people were willing to reach out Helping hand.
For those who reached out to them when they were down, Medici showed a commendable gratitude, that is, this Julio and his brother Giovanni, who had become the pope after the respectively Those who have passed them have been generously rewarded.
As Julio said, those people got the friendship of the Medici family forever.
Compared with the Medici family, the surname of Borgia is too bad.
In addition to the depraved life and greediness, conspiracy and various treachery, this family ’s reputation as a bad guy is amazing, and if you think about it, if she was not young when she met Lucrezia, she was young and innocent, and her beautiful appearance moved him Unable to extricate himself, Alexander really didn't know if he would be so obsessed with her.
After all, the Hang family is a tradition of this family, especially the son-in-law. Thinking about this Alexander really admires his guts.
But Julio's words really made him wonder.
Some people say that the glory of Medici has disappeared with the death of the magnificent Lorenzo de Medici, but Alexandria is well aware that this family's future is just beginning now.
It seems to be a very good suggestion to win the friendship between the two popes in the future.
Seeming to see Alexander's hesitation, Julio stood up.
"Count, our family needs your help, and if you can prompt the Pope to lend a helping hand to the Medici family, this will be the beginning of bringing your name together with the Medici family forever."
Julio looked at Alexandria with his hopeful eyes. His purpose of meeting Alexandria this time according to Giovanni's plan was to hope to get help from him, but he didn't have the luxury of borrowing the Montina army so easily. Capture Florence.
Their real purpose is still to hope to get help from Alexander VI through Lucrezia, because only in this way can the Medici family have the opportunity to continue to rule Florence steadily after the restoration.
What they are most worried about now is that the new government of Vatican and Florence has reached some kind of agreement. If so, it would be too bad for the Medicis.
Alexander could feel the faint anxiety of Julio. He could guess the thoughts of the two Medici brothers. Because of this, Alexander couldn't help but consider Julio's suggestion.
It is indeed a great temptation to get the friendship of Medici. In addition to the family ’s reputation, it is more important that the Medici family will continue to prosper for a long time in the future.
Such a friendship with a family that is important in the future cannot be ignored by anyone.
Alexander looked at Julio on the opposite side. He was guessing how reliable this person's words were. After all, compared with him, Giovanni de Medici is the most outstanding one in this generation of the family.
Lorenzo de Medici is undoubtedly a wise ruler, but he is not wise in choosing heirs, perhaps limited by the tradition of the eldest son's inheritance, although Piero has not shown as a leader from the beginning. Any character that he deserves, but he still became the ruler of Florence.
Later, with the French invasion, Piero proved his weakness and mediocrity, and after being expelled from Florence, he was even weaker. On the contrary, the Giovanni brothers were more like a Medici.
Now Julio proposed an olive branch to him, which made Alexander somewhat hesitant about the previous plan.
A footstep came, and Uliu immediately went outside, and walked into the tent again in a few minutes.
Uliu whispered in Alexander's ear, Uliu paused when it came to a priest from Florence.
Aware of Uliu's strangeness, Alexander glanced at him.
"Master ~ EbookFREE.me ~ I think I know why the priest came," Uliu lowered his voice again and said, "I have friends in Florence who can quickly know what happened, I think he brought Here comes the news that the Florence government has agreed to the conditions of the pope. "
Listening to Uliu ’s words, Alexander could n’t help but glance at the Moors standing aside, and then he said to Julio on the opposite side,
Priest, I ’d love to establish a true friendship with the Medicis, but you know Any promises to you will require the Pope ’s permission, so I suggest that you speak directly with the Pope ’s personal secretary, Nomelo, and I am willing to be an intermediary between you.

Julio looked at Alexandria unexpectedly. Although they had always wanted it, the surprise brought by his wish suddenly made him unresponsive for a while.
"I sympathize with the Medici family as many people do," Alexander smiled. "I think the pope would think so, well, that must be the case."
Listening to Alexander's words, Julio couldn't help showing a look of joy.
But Uliu next to him couldn't help but shook his head secretly, he told himself in his heart, this conversation here today must not let Mrs. Lucrezia know.