Vol 4 Chapter 92: The rise of James Columbus

Gulvio Pazzi is the owner of this large, magnificent house on the back street of the Baptistery with an ancient appearance.
It's just that although it is luxurious, it is somewhat shabby compared to the Pazzi Palace, which the family was once proud of.
But even so, Gulvio Pazzi did not live in the main building of the house, but in a large suite in the side building.
The doors and windows of most parts of the house were sealed with wooden planks. Through the gap between the wooden planks, you can see that the inside is dark and looks scary.
And when James walked into the suite, he noticed that not only was the wall empty, but even some of the corridors that were originally covered with exquisite patterns had been painted to reveal the original color of the wood inside.
As for the ground, the shiny marble floor is still intact, but the luxurious carpet originally laid on it has disappeared.
But although there was a simplicity that seemed to be deliberately pursued everywhere, a striking coat of arms hanging on the door lintel clearly attracted the attention of James.
The seahorse logo with the gold "se tu" case on the blue background and the coat of arms of the gold conch belonged to the pride of the Pazzi family. Many years ago, they were deprived of the Pazi family for planning the murder of the Medici family Have the power of this coat of arms.
At that time, many people who participated in the conspiracy were sentenced to capital punishment. Francisco Pazzi, who was the head of the Pazzi family at the time, was also killed on the street by the angry Medici and their supporters with the envoys. .
The entire family was expelled from Florence and exiled.
Now, with the overthrow of the Medici family in exile, the Pazzi family not only returned to Florence, but also secured a high position in the Savonarola government.
Gulvio Pazzi is a burly man. As the current head of the Pazzi family, Gulvio Pazzi is in the current government of Florence, following Savonolara as the seat of the governor. One of the six consuls in charge of different things, and his ranking is still quite high.
Gulvio Pazzi's strength is somewhat beyond James's expectation. He originally thought it should be a small aristocratic bureaucracy, but now he looked more like Gulvio. Soldiers who can rush to the battlefield at any time.
"Don't stand there, come and order," Gulvio Pazzie waved to James standing at the door. "If it was before, I can entertain you with good wine, or I can invite you to eat the whole Florence. Everyone will envy the food, but now these things are a symbol of depravity and sin, so I can only ask you to drink this. "
Gulvio Pazzi said, picking up a seemingly crude ceramic pot from the table next to it and shaking it to James.
"But please don't underestimate this strawberry wine made by the Florentines. After drinking it, you will actually find that the wine tastes good." So, the owner poured two full glasses of "some of my friends Say there is a businessman who wants to see me, and they are very hard to talk about it for you. I think you must have spent a lot of money on them. So I give you this opportunity, but it ’s best to say it simply, my time limited."
"Dear Governor, I am here this time to ..."
"Wait a minute," Gulvio Pazzi raised his hand to stop James. "In Florence, the term" respected consul "can only be given to one person, that is, our leader and mentor Savonarola. , And for us, just call the consul. "
"Sorry, Archon," James hurried to correct it. "It's such an Archon. I think you already knew my intentions before, but I'm going to tell you a little more," said James's expression slightly. "I hope to be able to establish an exchange in Florence. I think you have noticed some of the things that were born in the Florence market. The chaotic situation is even terrible. I think the Florence government does not want this kind of thing. So I think I can help you in this matter. "
"A ... exchange, can you tell me what it does?" Gulvio Pazzi asked quietly.
"Consultant, that is specifically used to regulate today's chaotic market," James said seriously. "I have been to Pizza, and I am honoured to have dealt with Count Montina, so I exchanged It is clear that the Pizzeria mobilizes and sells goods through such things as exchanges, and this exchange often uses very little money to mobilize ten times or more goods, and then only needs to pay according to the contract signed at the previous transaction. It ’s okay to pay with interest. That ’s why the pizzas used to be so crazy about investing the secrets of various products in Florence. "
"Oh?" Gulvio Pazzi's expression moved slightly. He leaned forward on the back of the chair and leaned forward slightly, showing a little concern on his face. "Tell me what you are going to do."
"This is the case. Although I now have a relatively strong trade alliance, the Pizzars are really powerful. They are the means to mobilize a large amount of goods with very little capital, and they can easily control it through the exchange. This is the most terrible place, because they can put prices down to the point where others ca n’t afford it, and by means of credit loans, they do n’t have to worry that their funds ca n’t be recovered in time. . "
Speaking of which, James bent over slightly and saluted: "Qing forgive, take your jar of strawberry wine, if I buy 1oo jar at the same time, even if the cost is very low, you may worry because the funds are all pressed. These wines cannot be hesitated even if they are recovered, but if I can buy 1oo cans with only 1o cans of capital, even if these wines are temporarily backlogged, the cost is only one-tenth, I can Use the remaining money to invest in other better industries, and I will always have a 1oo jar of strawberry wine business. Do you think such a place is very useful? "
Listening to James's words, Gulvio Pazzi's face slowly became dignified. He stroked his chin smoothly with his hand, as if pondering how much James could believe.
"Have you seen the Earl of Montina?" Gulvio Pazzi glanced at James. "Can you tell me how you know him and what kind of person is he?"
"I transported food for him to the north," James seemed to feel that it was not clear enough, and James shrugged. "In fact, he gave food to the French. At that time, he was not an earl, but a little lord of Naples, but His uncle is Count Modillo of Naples, and I must know this lord from you. "
Pazzi nodded to say that he knew.
"In doing business, I think that the Earl is indeed different from all of us. His approach seemed a bit ridiculous at first, but as long as you think about it carefully, these methods are actually very wonderful. I have n’t seen anything smarter than him, and I think you have also seen what happened in Florence recently. I believe he must have made a fortune this time, but this is not the most important thing, the key is Montina The earl can always come up with a solution that no one else can think of. Perhaps at this time when we are discussing, he already has a new idea. "
"It seems that you admire him very much." Pazzi muttered.
"Not a consul, in fact I am a little bit afraid of him," James shook his head. "I think if we are going to open such an exchange, we must have a good relationship with the Earl of Montina, and even invite the Earl when necessary. Doing business with us, after all, this is the way he came up with, and if you unite with them, you can borrow the role of his trade union, which is very helpful to us, you should know that the Hanseatic League can prosper. For many years, it was because they had a strong group of allies. "
"But I heard that this Earl of Montina is closely related to the Pope's daughter, and even now that Lucrezia lives with him in Pisa, is that true?"
Hearing Pazzi ’s doubts, James secretly criticized Alexander ’s
unchecked points
for a while, but he quickly said,
Consultant, I think you misunderstood. Earl Montina did have a close relationship with the young lady Relationship, but he and the Pope are not harmonious, especially with Caesar Borgia, their relationship is very bad. Caesar has publicly stated that he will never recognize the relationship between the count and his sister, and it is said that Borgia The family is actively marrying the royal family of Naples, preparing to marry Lucrezia to King Alfredo, the nephew of King Friedrich Alfonso.
Pazi nodded silently. He had heard the news a lot, so he knew that the businessman in front of him did not lie to him.
On the contrary, because he knows these things very clearly, it proves that this person does have a good relationship with the count, otherwise this kind of news that will only be circulated among the upper class of the nobility, a small businessman is unlikely to inquire.
But even so, Pazzi did not intend to answer him immediately.
He needs to think about it, because now Florence is in trouble.
The scene born in Florence before is really impressive. Ordinary citizens may not feel much, or they only pay attention to these things because they have heard about the speculators committing suicide, but the city hall officials are very clear. This event has a huge impact on Florence.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Finance not long ago, in September alone, Florence lost nearly 60,000 florins of money, which is a frightening number even for places like Florence.
Even worse things are yet to come.
In the past, the speculators not only invested all their property in order to hoard more goods, but also borrowed everywhere, and even hesitantly borrowed loan sharks from the Jews who traveled between Pisa and Florence.
Once those loans were not paid, those businessmen fell into complete despair.
Some people choose a path that is both brave and cowardly. They use suicide, a method that cannot rise to heaven even after death, to get rid of the suffering in the world, but most people have to carry it. The debt of the rising debt is struggling.
And it is these people, because of their reasons, many Florentine people's property has become a batch of piled up goods in the warehouse, this panic caused the Florentines to be scared.
They are worried that their property will eventually become a pile of worthless tatters. For this reason, people have recommended some representatives to find the government, hoping that the officials of Florence can help them solve their problems.
For this, the Florence City Hall had a terrible headache, but was at a loss.
Leaving the large house of Pazzi's house, James walked slowly along the street behind the baptistery.
The weather is already a bit cold. The yellow leaves are everywhere in the wind, and they step on the ground full of dead leaves. The kind of "click" sound seems to keep reminding people that they will soon usher cold winter.
James's residence is in a large compound near the Arno River.
Here is a residential building covered by an open space formed by surrounding houses.
There is a well in the middle of the yard, and dozens of households nearby use the water in the well, so the well platform is polished very brightly. In summer, women will chat while beating clothes with a laundry hammer on the stone of the well platform. Now sitting in front of the well platform are a group of men who are watching a young man painting.
"You should ask those masters to worship them as teachers," a man glanced at the images on the young man's drawing that were outlined with simple lines, and shook his head. "But you are also mixing well now. I heard that your friend earned Did you spend a lot of money? "
"I don't know," Ronzo Sabbatini casually said while drawing seriously. "He didn't stay at home all day. Sometimes I went out with him and didn't understand what he was doing."
"You should go to those masters, they will teach you."
The man said another sentence, but it was a ridicule from a few people in exchange.
"Forget it, even the greatest barrel has given up and continued to paint. What do you think he can learn." The man next to him shook his head. "And the respectful governor said a lot, those paintings can give us What is it, besides being able to be displayed in the living room of the nobles to show off, we still have to run around for the daily bread, so our ruler hates those flashy things, he would rather spend the money on us poor people than Draw a copper plate for the artists. "
"That's right, there are those women. The flowers they dress up every day, but what's the use? A devout prayer is much shorter than the time they spend in front of the dresser, but that can save our souls. "
The man's words attracted the welcoming of the people around them, they all crossed a cross on their chests, and then silently meditated a few verses, and then sat down and continued to chat.
The man who repeatedly suggested Ron Zuo to study painting before was a little awkward and vaguely uneasy. He intended to talk to other people, but apparently received the indifference from others.
Ron Zuo thinks that this person is good, at least in the big yard.
However, after the man seemed to be in a low mood, Ron Zuo devoted all his attention to the drawing board in his hand.
When James returned, Ron left carefully looked at his paintings, and when he saw James, the young man smiled.
Following James into Florence, the young Ron Zuo experienced a lot of things that made him feel unbelievable. He visited the master who was very respected in his heart, but to his surprise, Botticelli seemed to be right There was no interest in teaching him painting.
On the contrary, the painting giant tirelessly complained about the shortcomings and even sins of art, which made the young people wonder and at a loss.
He felt that Botticelli was full of hatred for his own great works of art. It seemed that those things were not his masterpieces, but a symbol of depravity.
This caused the young man to be completely stunned by this unexpected result.
Even when he returned to the big yard, he couldn't wake up from the accident and shock.
The unexpected frustration of apprenticeship and learning made Ronzo Sabbatini frustrated, and his continued stay in Florence made him worry about his life.
Ron Zuo had to earn some living expenses by keeping James' business account while still studying tenaciously. He hoped to reactivate Botticelli, but to his disappointment, the idea seemed a bit naive.
Except for Botticelli, Ron Zuo now seems that everyone around him, like the master, has a terrible hatred of what can induce people to fall into depravity.
And those who do not recognize this idea are gradually being isolated by people.
He remembered what James said to him before, that the city is producing some strange things, but Ron Zuo, who put his mind completely on the painting and tried to sunrise early, did not know where all these strange things came from. Here.
Now the only thing he can talk to with confidence is James, because he does n’t know when to start, he now seems that people are no longer so close.
Or from the beginning, he should have noticed that weirdness among the Florentines, who seemed to always maintain a certain distance and alert attitude towards those around him.
The Florentines were surprised by Ron Zuo's piety. Although he hadn't been to many places before, he had never seen a place like the Florentines that was so crazy and pious.
According to Xi ’s ruling order, every morning, people need to ask God for spiritual guidance after prayer. At noon, when thanking God for giving food, they should take a small bite of salted dry bread that indicates the body of Christ.
In the evening, the Florentines who have lost all kinds of parties and dinners, the only thing to do is to devoutly repent to God after dinner and reflect on what they have done this day.
This is true for the entire yard. This is true for this street, and it seems to be true for the entire city.
This is Florence, which belongs to God, and Florence that belongs to Savonarola.
"Don't paint anymore," James walked to Ron's left and looked at it, then shook his head. He had no appreciation of art. If the canvas was painted with gleaming Florin, maybe he would feel more Interest "We will have something to do soon."
"What are we going to do?" Ron asked curiously. Although he regarded the pursuit of art as a goal, he also opened his eyes to follow James during this time.
No one knows how much James made in this huge dumping tide, but Ron Zuo knew that if he wanted to, he could buy any palace nearby.
"Remember those Florentine merchants hoarding goods that could not be sold in the warehouse?" When James Ron nodded a bit blankly, James gave a playful smile. "I found a good buyer for them."
"Buyer, do you mean all goods?" The young man asked in amazement.
"To ~ EbookFREE.me ~ all the goods, whether they were sold to them by the pizzeria earlier or later, I sold them all." James said proudly.
"But how is this possible, to know that those goods are worth at least 10 million florins, who can get so much money at once?" Ron asked in surprise.
"There will always be people," seeing the young man asking him again because of his words, James had to shrug and admit, "I admit that I was a bit bragging before, in fact, I haven't found a buyer, but it's almost the same, I believe at least if Earl Montina will be interested in hearing this news. "
After speaking, James seemed to want to persuade Ron to leave, and it seemed to convince himself to nod hard: "Yes, the count will be interested."
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