Vol 4 Chapter 191: Before leaving

Barbarage may not be considered one of the most outstanding governors in the history of Venice, because he was able to become governor not because of how good he was, but because of luck.
After his brother had just been assassinated and died shortly after becoming the governor, the Venetian had to find a new governor in the Barbarig family in order to solve the turbulent situation at the time and balance the forces of all parties. So, Barbarig The second governor appeared again in the family.
Throughout Barbara ’s tenure, Venice was struggling to support. The enormous pressure from the East caused the Venetians to put all their energy and wealth into the fight against the Ottomans, and although they knew that most of their allies Half-hearted, not only like the poor neighbors of Poland and Lithuania who have to show their muscles from time to time, but also the impassable royal family of the Kingdom of Bohemia, and even the unruly Hungarians who make big and small Trouble, but in this period of Venice, in order to resist the pressure of the Ottoman Empire, it has been trying to find a way for these eastern neighbors to block the pagan invasion for them.
So for Romagna and Tuscany, Barbarage himself is not very attentive, his attention is in the east, and he is very clear that if he does not meet the insatiable conditions of those bad neighbors, not only on land May face the threat of Ottoman, even in Venice at sea will not be better off.
The Ottoman soldiers pointed out that even the outstanding figures such as the Grand Duke of Stefan in Moldova had to bow their heads to Bayesert II.
So when the ambassador of Alexandria brought him the books of the Counts of Montina and Duke of Pisa, Barbarig finally found a reason to persuade the Senate.
However, the Venetian's compromise is still conditional, and Barbaric expressed a clear rejection of Alexander's request for the Venetian to immediately withdraw all conditions for the secret loan to Florence.
His reason is very simple. This is a purely business transaction. The Venetian hopes to get more opportunities for doing business in Florence while earning interest through such a considerable number of loans. His behavior is completely free. Even as the Governor, he does not have any power to intervene in the businessmen of his city-state to carry out such a "clearly beneficial to many people" business.
Seeing this paragraph in the letter, Alexander's mouth twitched. Of course, the so-called businessmen were actually the major chambers of commerce in Venice, just like the big chambers of commerce in Genoa or Naples. The main chambers of commerce in Venice not only monopolized the largest Most profitable businesses have completely monopolized the power of Venice.
The large families that formed these chambers of commerce held the power of the entire Venice, and Barbari was certainly the governor, but as a part of them, he really could not make a decision alone.
Or his own family is one of the guarantors of this huge loan.
But the Venetians compromised after all.
They agreed to abandon their intervention in recent Romagna affairs. Although it can be seen in the letter that their ambitions were clearly not completely extinguished, at least in the near future, they will not intervene temporarily.
Perhaps the Venetians were thinking of making a comeback once they had stabilized the situation in the East, but Alexander knew they would not be able to do so in a short time.
Louis XII ’s invasion would disrupt the Venetian ’s wishful thinking, even if they could escape from the trouble of living in the East, but by then they would find a worse enemy already waiting for them on this land .
Alexander repeatedly looked at the letter signed by the Governor of Venice until Lucrezia hadn't seen him for a long time. I want to see what happened.
What surprised Lucrezia was that Alexander, who saw the letter in the office alone, saw her and immediately hugged her and couldn't hold her kiss. When she was kissed with shortness of breath and flushed, Alexander grabbed her hard Lucrezia's waist.
"I really hope to get the news later, so that I can love you." Alexander said with some regret. "But the Venetians probably can't wait any longer. They sent someone to come to peace."
Lucrezia's face changed slightly, she knew what Alexander meant, and once the threat from Venice disappeared, he had to leave.
"when are we leaving?"
Lucrezia asked in a low voice, she felt very comfortable, or as if something had been suddenly pulled from her body.
"Tomorrow, the latest day and tomorrow, know that the French may come at any time, so we must also prepare early."
Lucrezia did not ask Alexander what to do. She knew that Alexander should have planned for a long time, but she also knew that she would not like his plan.
"Uliu went to Montina," this is the second time she mentioned the Moors. If the first time is just curious, then the intention of this time is too obvious. "Is he preparing for you? "
"I'm just back to the territory, there is nothing to prepare for," Alexander knew how to explain it was in vain. The best way at this time is to completely conquer the woman in front of me, but it didn't take long to think of Lucrezia's production. He can only try to divert Lucrezia ’s attention with an unstoppable kiss.
Listen, you should pay more attention to those chambers of commerce after I leave.

"Is it because they can make money for you?" Lucrezia asked a bit curiously. She is not concerned about the Chamber of Commerce. At least she can buy a lot of jewels and some strange things that are difficult to buy even in Rome every time from those merchants. Weird stuff.
It is said that some things were transported from very far away places. As for where these places are, Lucrezia accidentally found that he had never heard anyone say that they were further west in the ocean, and there was a vast and mysterious place. soil of.
The news that Alexandria was about to leave Pisa spread quickly, and the feelings of many pizza people were complicated.
In any case, with the death of Tomnio, an era that did not belong to him has passed in a hurry. Although Estelles is still in the baby, the pizza has gradually accepted that the little duchess is The fact that the new owner of Pisa.
Just for Alexander, the Pizza's mood is much more complicated.
Many people have always been unable to accept that they are to be ruled by an outsider, even if it is just regency, there are still many Pisa who still hope that Alexander will leave as soon as possible.
But when he really wanted to go, the Pizzeria was a little confused because of his worries about the future.
Alexander asked Lucrezia to pay more attention to the Chamber of Commerce, of course, not to satisfy her to spend money. His real purpose was to hope that Lucrezia could realize the importance of the Chamber of Commerce, and the role of the Guard of the Chamber of Commerce.
Alexander distrusted Pisa ’s defense force.
Despite the fact that they were seizing the dominance of Pisa, and finally learned about Tomno ’s notorious troubles, the City Defense Army can be said to be indispensable, but the City Defense Army ’s poor discipline and the underlying battles Level, but Alexander had to consider rebuilding a reliable army.
The guard of the Pisa Chamber of Commerce was highly hoped by Alexandria, but he still needs to take a closer look, especially those businessmen, he feels that they are too often in the market, which makes him have to consider the need for the Chamber of Commerce Guard to take over the pizza. When defending the city, how to avoid the obstruction of those businessmen for various reasons.
The businessmen must be reluctant to let the team they provide to support their lives for pizza, unless they can get enough benefits.
Alexander would not allow these businessmen to take advantage of the power of pizza. He would rather give these people more benefits in business or agree to let them intervene in the business of pizza.
At this time, Alexander was already thinking about how to gradually acquire the command of the guard of the Chamber of Commerce through redemption. Although he had a significant influence as the largest shareholder of the United Chamber of Commerce in Pisa, he hoped that he could fully command the guard. He needs to pay a certain price.
Unlike the complicated mood of the Pisa nobles, the merchants are grateful to Alexander.
They are more willing to regard Alexander as their "person", which makes them more concerned about Alexander's stay than others.
So after hearing the news that Alexander was about to leave, the merchants immediately visited the Lukrezija Palace.
Whether you can visit Lucrezia Palace today is not only a status symbol, but more importantly, it has become a dividing line whether you are regarded as the count.
Some nobles still have a prominent status, but because they have not been able to walk into this small house, they have been regarded as actually falling out of favor, and some people who seem to have low status, because they can frequently enter and leave this house, And many people are optimistic.
Of course, Alexander knew the purpose of the businessmen ’s visit, and after some instructions, he made the following arrangements for these businessmen:
"Hoard enough food as much as possible, and buy a large number of weapons. I believe that this sale will not lose money, because all large city-states will soon try to re-arm themselves, and then you will find that food and weapons have changed. It ’s very tight, and finally the cost of buying these things. I suggest that you go to the Fugger ’s house and do n’t worry that they will refuse, because I will guarantee you.

"Trade at sea may change somewhat because of the war that the Ottomans are about to start, so we should not rush out of the existing goods. We must know whether the news of the war always makes people feel that it is on the market whether or not it is really causing a shortage. Things will decrease, so our proper hoarding is a good way to maximize profits. "
"The other thing is to collect enough ships. These are my personal needs, because I will soon have a large number of people to ship, and the ships are difficult to find during the turmoil, so be prepared in advance .War will make many people lose their homes. For these people, it is always better to go to a new place to live again than in a hometown without a way out. "
"And it's about Rotterdam. You already know that the port has just been established, but because of the convenient transportation there, it has gradually become larger."
Alexander said that looking at the businessmen here, he noticed that these people did n’t seem to care about this, and it ’s not that they blame them. After all, compared with an emerging port on the Atlantic, these people are certainly more concerned about how to get from the Mediterranean. Make money.
"What I want to say is that this year I will try my best to open up our market to the German city-states. You should remember how we dealt with Florence in the first place. Maybe for those German city-states we are unlikely to do that, but our method is not It will change, and the markets in those cities are much larger than in Florence, so we will only earn more. "
Alexander's words immediately attracted the attention of the merchants. Of course they would not forget the war that robbed Florence. They used cheap goods as weapons to slash the Florentines. Even now, there are still many Florentine merchants who are responsible for the previous In order to hoard the goods, it resulted in a huge amount of debt that made them bankrupt because they could not pay interest.
"Adult, are we going to do another Florentine plunder again?" Someone couldn't help asking.
"It may not be visible at first, but I can assure you that you will definitely earn much more than you can in Florence."
The businessmen were immediately excited, they whispered to each other, and then looked at Alexander with hot eyes.
"However, in order to cope with the new market, we must reorganize our chamber of commerce," Alexander comforted them when they saw the look of the merchants change slightly. "You can rest assured that I will not increase the investment share in the chamber of commerce, Things to do, I am going to transfer part of my stake in Pisa to my daughter. "
The businessmen showed a surprised look. They didn't understand the purpose of Alexander's doing this, and they began to worry.
"Because of the split of my daughter and my daughter, the chamber of commerce must inevitably be reorganized, but I assure you that the interests of Pisa always rank first for me."
The businessmen looked at each other silently. They didn't know how much credibility Alexander had said, and they knew that they could make a fortune now because of the backing of the count.
Although Estelles is the Duke of Pisa, Alexander will have a more formal family and legal children in the future unless he is married to Lucrezia.
By that time, he had to think about his family.
If the count gradually gave up the benefits of pizza for various reasons, these people do not know how long they can persist.
Is there any way to retain the count?
Such unspoken eyes flashed in the eyes of the merchants, but they knew this was obviously very difficult.
"I suggest that you try to strengthen the strength of the Chamber of Commerce Guards," Alexander said unimpressively. "Because perhaps the situation will soon become tense, the City Defense Army obviously cannot help you any more. I have decided to reorganize the City Defense Army. , So in this short period of time, you are more trying to be self-protecting. "
"But lord, we paid a lot of taxes to Pisa, shouldn't the City Defense Army protect our security?" A businessman looked at Alexander in amazement. "You know our Chamber of Commerce Guard can only protect our caravan No violation, but if Pisa is threatened, if there is no city defense force, we are not safe. "
"So I need an army that is enough to protect all of us, but the current City Defense Army cannot satisfy me ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Alexander looks at that businessman" Unless, you can allow the City Defense Army and the Chamber of Commerce Guard to shoulder it together Take responsibility for protecting pizza. "
Alexander's words made the atmosphere in the room suddenly stagnate. Everyone was stunned and then a strange look gradually appeared in their eyes.
Alexander looked at the expression of these people completely, and he slowly took out a prepared document from his side.
"This is the share I am going to transfer to Ostrace, and all of you are witnesses to this transfer letter, and I can assure you that before Estrez personally governed Pizza, all She will not receive any dividends at will, but will invest all these dividends in the Pisa Chamber of Commerce as capital to expand the profit of the Chamber of Commerce. "
The businessmen could not help but secretly breathe. They knew that Alexander ’s doing so was actually equivalent to paying out half of his personal dividends to the Chamber of Commerce. Although this investment would later increase the size of the Chamber of Commerce, he would get more profits in the future. But at this time, Ken will obviously need a lot of courage to do so.
The condition of Alexander's exchange was obviously the Chamber of Commerce Guard.
The businessmen looked at each other. They knew that if they agreed to this condition, they would have to give up a lot of things, but if they did not agree, they might lose more.
When the merchants left, they found Lukrezia at the door of the room.
But she obviously only came to see Alexander.
When the door closed and the outside view was cut off, Lucrezia gently embraced Alexander's neck.
"I know you have distributed your shares to Estrez, and I'm glad you did it," Lucrezia said first, then she sighed softly. "But I'm also very upset because I know you Really want to leave us. "