Vol 4 Chapter 203: Fortune war

When he heard that Alexander spoke of Hungary, Uliu had such a small doubt that his master had a magical power like a prophet.
Although this idea is in great conflict with the belief of the last prophet he was taught from a young age, Uliou couldn't think of anything else to explain this miracle.
However, the Moors asked very carefully, he hoped that the master could give a reasonable explanation, otherwise his faith might really face huge challenges.
Fortunately, what he was worried about did not happen. His old man was obviously still the earl of Montina, not the prophet Alexander.
"Did you hear the news from the reporter just now?" Alexander was a little strange. The Moors were always clever. Why is it so dull today? "The news from Hungary, copper prices fell again, it seems we have to go Trip to Hungary. "
"Copper price?" Uliu was a little confused. He felt that the news that he had changed when he went to Naples was blocked a lot. He didn't know when the master suddenly became so interested in the price of copper. He even went to Hungary for this purpose.
Seeing Uliu's doubts, Alexander motioned him to accompany himself while walking slowly along the corridor on the second floor, while looking at the vocal hall below.
"Did you know that the Fugger family bought the largest copper mine in Europe from the emperor?"
"I heard you said that you have done a good business with the Fugger family through this matter," Uliu immediately patted the horse without any trace. "Why, they got rich?"
"not yet."
A strange light flashed in Alexander's eyes. His tone was a little trance and he seemed to be hesitant. When he saw him like this, Uliu's spirit moved immediately. In his impression, the master must be thinking about something big. .
"You probably don't know that the Fugger family can't get such a large copper mine. After all, it is the largest mine in Europe today. In addition to copper mines, there are silver, tin and coal. Let people do whatever it takes. "
"Are you going to take down those mines?" Uliou asked in a low voice. Although he was not Thiego and he didn't know how much money the master made, he still vaguely felt that this was a bit risky.
"Of course not, I can't compare with a family like Fugel now."
"It's just now, in the future you will definitely be richer than any of them." The Moors said quickly.
"Uliu, I haven't noticed that you are good at skimming." Alexander glared at the Moors. "I want to hear about me and prepare for our going to Hungary."
"Aren't you saying that you can't take those deposits?" Uliu asked a little puzzled. "Besides, you will marry Miss Balendi soon."
"But this is really a difficult opportunity. Do you know what happened, it's copper? Now that the price of copper keeps falling, do you know what it means?"
"We can buy cheap copper, but who do we sell it to?" Uliu thought his brain was a bit uncomfortable.
"Fool, it's a cannon. We can make a lot of cannons."
"cannon?"
Uliu's eyes brightened instantly, and he knew that Gompati would be overjoyed if he heard this, but he still didn't understand
"But lord, has the Fugel family already won those copper mines, but how can the price of copper keep falling?"
Hearing Uliu ’s question, Alexander did n’t answer it immediately. He stopped to look down, and turned his head to look at Uliu.
"Tell me Uliu, can I trust you?"
Seemingly insulted, Uliu's face sank instantly.
"Sorry, I was wrong," Alexander waved his hand to block Uliu's complaint. "I mean, can I trust your eyes, know that I know you are loyal, but if I want you to find the same for me A loyal person may be difficult. "
"Master, what are you doing?" Uliu asked carefully. "You know I can still see some people clearly, but I have to know what kind of people you need first?"
"A smart person who doesn't cause trouble, at least if he is obedient."
"Oh this way," Uliu nodded when he remembered something. "I really have such a person, although I am not honest, I can make him more honest."
"Then listen well now," Alexander said seriously. "We may have a chance to get rich."
Millerangelo finally went to Florence. Perhaps for him, he was finally recognized by the Florentines and able to leave his work in that city, which is the only proof that he has indeed entered the ranks of masters.
Without Michelangelo, Rome did not show the decline of art. After all, this is an era of great masters and shining stars.
For example, a young man who is now budding, he is younger than Michelangelo, but his talent is not inferior to the surprise of the former, which shocked the whole of Rome.
Sandy Raphael is now a hot art in Rome. Many people are surprised at the same exquisite writing skills as the girl's skin of this slender teenager. For Raphael, many people are even talking about him as It is not possible to become a character like the legendary Da Vinci.
Raphael couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive about this praise. He knew that he couldn't compare with Leonardo da Vinci. It was his admired predecessor both now and in the future.
But whenever he saw his masterful painting skills gradually displayed on the canvas masterpiece, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his talents.
For this reason, Raphael once secretly expressed his anxiety to the only trusted friend Prato. He hoped that one day he could become a master like Leonardo or Michelangelo, but he was worried about his goal. Too big to be realized.
Prato was somewhat hypocritical about Raphael's thoughts about the ups and downs. In his opinion, the masters were not necessarily so great from the beginning, so he kept encouraging his friends to pursue their ideals boldly.
After all, their days are now much better than before, which is enough to prove Rafael's talent.
After being honored to have met the Pope and received a fee from the Pope's promise, Raphael contributed a painting to the Sistine Cathedral, although it was not large, but it had fully demonstrated his extraordinary skills.
This
Papacy of the Back Prayers
, which later became an indispensable decoration for the Pope ’s offices of successive dynasties, was regarded as his incarnation by many later popes because he did not specifically describe his appearance. Under the delicate and realistic brushstrokes, only The pious pope kneeling in front of the altar with his back and Christ, who fully presented the divine image of the front, formed an unusually perfect picture.
This innovation, which is clearly very different from most other painters, was highly praised by Alexander VI, and Raphael became a highly regarded artist among pope-funded artists.
Nowadays Raphael and Prato live in a room on the second floor of a house not far from the street in the north of Rome. In addition to two very comfortable beds, they even have spare money to buy some decent furniture.
Prato is now half of Raphael ’s agent. Rafael still thinks that his young personality and attitude of not paying much attention to money make Prato feel that if he ca n’t help his friends, he may end up splurging, or Nothing.
So Prato volunteered to take on Raphael's financial planning, and his investment in the exchange through the money Rafael made did indeed bring him some personal benefits.
Raphael didn't care about these things. He put his spirit into his creation almost every day. For this reason, he separated the small room from a small studio.
Whenever he went in, he wouldn't take the initiative unless he had a meal.
When Uliu found Prato, the friend of Raphael was staring at the pile of documents on the table.
Seeing the Moorish Prato was a little surprised, but he calmed down quickly, and he thought that Uliu should come to him when something happened, and he did n’t want Raphael to know that he and Count Montina ’s servant seemed Familiar with.
"It seems that your life is not so good." Uliu looked at Prato, who had hurriedly put away the documents.
"I'm worried about money. Rome is a place where the richest people can also become poor ghosts," Prato couldn't help complaining. "You know, the remuneration paid by the pope is almost exhausted, but it seems He had no intention of asking Sandy to continue painting. "
"Of course, now the Pope doesn't have time to care about those things," Uliu glanced at the documents, and he noticed that several of them should be lists of exchanges. "There is something you might be willing to do."
"What is it? I can still find a good job in Rome," Prato said quickly. "So if the salary is not very generous, I would rather accompany Sandy in his studio."
"You must like this errand," Uliu said affirmatively, "but you have to see the earl first, the master will tell you exactly what to do."
"I can start now." Prato grabbed his jacket. In fact, when Uliu had just entered the door, he was secretly nervous. Now that I heard that there was a job, his nervousness was even more excited.
He knew that his investment in Raphael's money might be discovered sooner or later, but the news about riches heard from the exchange made it impossible for him to invest a sum of money.
In particular, the recent news that the copper price in the market could not keep falling, made him feel like a good opportunity for many people, but he never thought that the result of non-stop investment, but the copper price seems to have not improved. Not only did Rato spend the money of the two men, but he also borrowed a loan shark from the Jews who hung around the exchange like a pervasive vampire all day.
At this time, Uliu's appearance made Prato, who was already at a loss, feel that God still preferred him.
What surprised Prato was that the place where Alexander saw him was not the Marino Palace, but Mrs. Olgala's house.
Last time, through the recommendation of Uliu, Raphael received a huge reward for the portrait of Mrs. Olgala, and Prato also took the opportunity to meet many nobles and wealthy merchants in the city of Rome.
This time seeing Mrs. Olgala meet again, Prato felt that this should be a good sign.
Although I already knew that Uliu was looking for this Prato, I could see that Alexander frowned inadvertently.
Although in the game because of this person's whistleblower, he more easily noticed Caesar's plan to try to take Lucrezia, but he still had no good feelings for this person.
Only now it seems that this person is more suitable to implement his plan.
Smart and capable of adapting to changes at the same time, it can also be held in the hand, all of which seem to be very suitable.
"I heard that you owe a loan shark?" Alexander didn't want to waste too much time, he just made Prato stunned as soon as he opened his mouth. "I know you invested a lot of money in copper prices, most of which should be It ’s all your friend Rafael ’s money, and you not only ran out of money, but also found those Jews who borrowed a lot of usury, so you ’re actually in debt now.

Prato stared at Alexander stunnedly. He knew that he must have concealed this from the count. He just said it as soon as he came up, which made him a little worried about what the count wanted him to do.
"What I want you to do is very simple, is to do the deal you just lost." Alexander continued.
"Buy copper? Are you going to buy copper?" Prato asked in amazement. "Please forgive me for saying a lot of words. At first everyone thinks that the price of copper is already very low, so I am ready to buy some and wait for the price to rise. Last time, but a few months later, no one knows why the price of copper has been falling, and this is a loss-making transaction for adults. "
"It's a bit out of my expectation. You would persuade me not to do this business. Don't you know that if I listen to you, you may not have a job?"
When asked about Alexander, Prato just wobbled his head indifferently.
"Adult, I don't know why you want to buy copper, but I know that you are different from the people in those exchanges, so I will not be stupid enough to tell you that this is a good deal for this job, it will only be difficult for me. , As for how you decide, I don't care. "
Alexander looked at the person in front of him interestingly. He had to admit that this person was a very qualified speculator. His previous failure on the exchange was just because, like most people, he simply did not know that what seems to be completely unreasonable copper today What is happening behind the industry market.
Alexander was one of the few who knew the truth.
In other words, he is the only person who knows the truth except the Fugel family.
It has always been the ambition of the Fugels to acquire a copper mine in Hungary and then monopolize the copper market in Europe.
In order to realize this seemingly too bold idea, the Fugel family spared no effort between the imperial emperor Maximian and the palace of Vladislav II, the Bohemian king who is now the king of Hungary. They sent the most eloquent people in the family to run around Vienna and Prague with a lot of money. The ultimate goal is to obtain the right to mine copper in Hungary.
It ’s just that, as Alexander said, with the wealth of the Hungarian mining area, even the financial resources of the Fugger family ca n’t take the entire region ’s mineral deposits in one family. The family and the chamber of commerce, together, offered the emperor and the king of Bohemia a price tag that would appeal to anyone.
The price of 200,000 gold florins each, and the tax of not less than 150,000 per year are enough to make the kings tempted. This money has been included in the two courts even when there is no shadow in the copper mine. The treasury of the country, so generous, finally touched Emperor Maximian who was worried about money, and at the same time made Vladislas II, who was feeling increasingly weakened to rule Hungary, very happy.
With a paper contract, the copper alliance formed by Fogel and his partners finally obtained the right to mine copper in Hungary, and their next goal was to completely monopolize the copper market in Europe.
It's just that at this time, a group of very mysterious sellers suddenly appeared on the market. These people seem to be doing the right with the Hungarian Copper Industry Union. They don't care about the low price of the selling, which is obviously just mined. From raw ore to fired copper, these people swept the market with their commodities at ultra-low prices that the Copper Alliance could not afford.
In order to fight against this unexpected enemy, the Copper Alliance had to reduce the high price that was originally needed to recover the cost of purchasing the mining rights as soon as possible. At the same time, they increased their mining work and hoped to completely defeat the mysterious opponent with the power of the alliance.
As the member with the largest share of the copper alliance, the Fugel family was able to distribute the most ore. Like the other members of the alliance, they had to lower the price and enter the market, hoping to defeat that strange enemy.
But I do n’t know why, no matter how much the copper alliance invested, the other party can always hit them with seemingly inexhaustible large quantities of lower-priced copper and ore, and the entire European copper price market is also because of this bloodless The battle seemed unpredictable and unpredictable.
"All I want you to do is buy copper, the lower the price, the better," Alexander looked at Prato, whose face couldn't change. "Don't worry that you won't be able to sell because there are too many items in your hand. I only want you. Buy the maximum quantity you can buy. "
"This is a lot of money," Prato asked tentatively. "Are you going to let me do this?"
Looking at Prato's nervous, maybe excited, slightly twisted face, Alexander nodded.
"It's up to you to do this, and I don't have any money for what you said," Alexander's words made Prato stunned. Seeing his face stunned, Alexander continued to say, "But you don't have to worry, after all, this one Things need some preparation time, I believe this time is enough to raise the money for you. "
Prato nodded a bit stunned. He always felt that things seemed not so simple. When he was blank and wanted to ask something but he didn't know where to start, Alexander spoke again.
This time his expression was serious, even with undisguised coldness and sternness.
"Remember what I told you below, you will be punished the most severely if you make a mistake," Alexander said slowly and lowly. "You can hire a group of people to buy copper from those people, or you can do it yourself, but no matter what you do One thing you must remember is that once you start doing this, do n’t let anyone know about our relationship, and do n’t associate with anyone you know. You are just a businessman who is optimistic about this business. One thing is, once you receive the order to close, do n’t delay any time ~ EbookFREE.me ~ immediately hand over all the goods at hand, do n’t sacrifice money if necessary, do n’t you understand? "
Looking at Alexander's solemn look, Prato nodded slowly.
"You will get a reward. This money will help you pay off all your debts and have a considerable balance. Don't let me down or do any stupid things, otherwise you will pay for it."
Prato glanced secretly at Uliu who had been standing aside. He knew that Alexander's warning was never an intimidation. If he dared to be clever next, it would not be a good end to wait for him.
Seeing the back of Prato, who had left with Uliu, disappearing outside the door, Alexander turned back and smiled at Mrs. Olgala, who had come by.
"Madam, please tell your master that I hope to meet him, and say I have a way to help him get Rotterdam to rise as soon as possible."
Olgala's delicate face smirked, and then nodded slightly.
Looking at Olgala's beautiful face, Alexander was thinking about other thoughts.
Only Alexander knew that the mysterious copper seller was actually the Fugger family.
Out of the ambition to monopolize the copper market, the Fugel family will not hesitate to throw the stocks in their hands to the market at unreasonably low prices, hoping to achieve the purpose of crowding out other partners.
Because the original ore allocated is the most, the Fugels never worry about not having enough inventory. In addition to having to invest a huge amount of blood for this, the Fugels only need to persevere to win the monopoly war.
The Fugger family in history is finally becoming the hegemony of the copper market in Europe during this period.
Well, since this made me share a portion of this feast, Alexander thought so.