Vol 4 Chapter 204: One thousand four hundred ninety-nine!

Fugger is undoubtedly a behemoth. Although it is not as great as the ancient families with a long history and mastery of the destiny of the world, they are not as powerful as those of the later generations, but at least they also have a great influence in Europe today.
At least from the ability to play a key role in the election of the two emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, we can see the terrible power of this family.
So when the Fugger family secretly stirred up the wind and rain in order to monopolize copper resources, the whole of Europe was involuntarily involved in this invisible war waged for wealth.
Alexander VI was affected by this.
The Pope, who had planned to take advantage of the opportunity to expand the currency issuance, found that the gold that he could mobilize as a turnover did not seem to be as much as it appeared on the book, and then his accountants reported to him that it seemed that something was happening on the exchange side. What a big deal.
Alexander VI immediately sent someone to inquire about the news, and what the returning person reported to him made the Pope feel a little bit moved.
The copper price suddenly became turbulent, and the trend that seems to have been falling made the pope feel that this seemed to be a good way to make money. This made him hesitate to decide whether he needed to suspend the plan to issue more money, and took the opportunity to make a profit.
But then Alexander dispelled his idea.
Alexander presented some financial documents just sent from Frankfurt to the King, among which were reports of many price fluctuations of precious metals caused by the impact of copper prices.
Although he didn't know much about it, Alexander VI realized that he should stabilize his currency's position in the market as soon as possible, instead of being too greedy to earn the hot money that everyone is pursuing.
Alexander praised the pope's unpopular and frivolous approach, and he also intentionally or unintentionally proposed to the pope a method that seemed to make profits more profitable.
Casting the gold coins exceptionally beautifully doesn't seem to make the gold coins themselves more valuable, but if you want to make this exquisite complex pattern easy to form, and can last for a long time without wearing out, you need to use some small means on this gold coin.
And the gold coins that can be circulated in the market for a long time are themselves the only way to greatly reduce costs. As long as you think about the huge returns that may be brought, Alexander VI feels that she tried to turn her attention to the easily changing copper price. The market seems a bit too eager for quick success.
This made the Pope's attitude towards Alexander change somewhat, at least he no longer expected the cheap son-in-law to see God early.
While helping the Pope to establish a basic investment philosophy, Alexander's preparations are also in full swing.
He met the Cardinal, wrote emotional private messages to the women in Montina and Pisa, and asked Olgala to invite Grogning to Rome for the second time to meet him.
At the same time, Alexander also began to re-arm his army in Montina.
Before Uliu saw the changes in Agri, some things were not seen.
Or he had already seen those things with his own eyes, at least he had heard of them.
That is the factory built by Ruosha in Cosenza.
As long as Alexandria had not left Naples, Ruosha had built a small workshop in Cosenza according to the design provided by Alexandria. At that time, the only task was to manufacture the impact flint musket provided by Alexandria.
It ’s just that whether it ’s because of the fear of premature exposure of the Alexander who may not be able to keep the technical secret, or because the technology is not enough and the manufacturing process is not smooth, in addition to making a few toys for the Countess to play, the workshop Did not play much role.
And the craftsmanship of the few flint firearms with fine workmanship in the hands of Ruo Sha can't meet the needs of an army in batches.
Even Ruosha, at that time, just used those muskets as some kind of precious toys.
This situation continued until a long time after Alexander arrived in Rome.
Then things slowly changed, especially after the battle outside of Rome, the first time the Alexander ’s Agri Musketeers showed the power of firearms for the first time in the face of strong enemies, the Kosenza workshop also followed Began to become important.
Montina ’s weapons came from Cosenza, or at least some of the latest styles of weapons came from Cosenza, and the news gradually came only sooner or later.
The Earl of Montina is the lord of Agry, which shows that the relationship between Cosenza and Agry, and the relationship between Agry and those new firearms is self-evident.
And Alexander is preparing to re-arm his army, it is the new type of firearms made by Kosenza's workshop, the anvil musket.
Compared with the exquisite and beautiful rotating tooth musket that Rosa is quite fond of, the anvil musket is much simpler and easier to manufacture.
Up to now, Alexander no longer cares whether this musket technology is likely to be learned by others, or that the so-called worries from the beginning are unrealistic, but then when he was in crisis, he needed to temporarily borrow those Unexpected weapons turned the situation around, and now he does not need more weapons, but an army that can exert the power of these weapons.
So he needs to recuperate his army before heading to Hungary,
The decision made by the General Assembly of Alexander was of course because Montina ’s army had not only issued a scale, but also proved their worth through a series of battles. Another important reason was that Uliu brought him about Sophia. News.
After hearing about Sophia's experiences in the Balkans, Alexander realized that this trip to Hungary might have some changes he hadn't thought of before.
He didn't want to directly confront the Ottomans, it was not irrational but purely mad.
Although the so-called Ottoman founding ten Mingjun was exaggerated, Alexander knew that the present Ottoman Empire was truly overwhelming.
To fight against such a country, just think about it and be silly.
Alexander did not mind inspiring others to die with the Ottomans, such as the Bohemians, such as the Venetians, and the remnants of the remnants of Hungary and the original Principality of Greece.
But asking him to do this himself, Alexander felt so stupid.
It was just that Sophia was actually in Bucharest, and the news made Alexander feel that it was a satire to him.
It seemed that the more he didn't want to encounter anything, the destiny had to arrange something for him. When he thought of Bucharest and attacked Bayesert II, Alexander felt that if he wanted to return smoothly, he had to. Consider equipping your army.
Zuosha did a good job in Cosenza, at least she built the workshop very large.
The previous deal with France ’s De Charlene has been made several times, and the semi-finished muskets provided by the French were shipped to Naples in batches, and then processed by the Cosenza workshop. After the storage, the flow was continuous. Shipped to Montina.
As a result of this transaction, the French earned a considerable amount of processing fees, and Alexander not only temporarily kept the technical secret of the flint musket, but also reduced the time and investment required to manufacture the whole gun.
Montina's army is changing quietly. Unlike other armies, the Montina army not only pays more attention to the overall training, but also pays more attention to the individual requirements of the soldiers.
Clean and tidy military uniforms, decent behavior, and relentless repetitive forced infusions of hypnotizing soldiers to absolute obedience to orders all made the Montina army slowly change towards the ideals of Alexander.
Now, it may be time to test this training result, which is very different from other military forces in the world.
For the history of the battle of Bucharest, Alexander had a long memory and did not get much memory for a long time. The only thing he vaguely remembered was that it was a protracted siege that dragged all the participants into exhaustion.
Among them, the one that impressed Alexander the most was the artillery that shined in this war.
To this end, after considering it for a long time, he decided to let Gompati instead of Aufrei follow him to Hungary.
Bucharest is an offensive and defensive warfare, while Compatidi is good at defending. Artillery plays a key role in the battle, and Compatidi is definitely an almost perverted artillery fan.
Alexander felt that the conditions for preparation for this trip to Hungary were sufficient, and the only thing he had to do next was to find an injustice to pay for his trip.
Alexander did not want to spend his own money, which in his view was unreasonable.
The Venetian can spend money for the Hungarians to resist the Ottomans for their own safety, so why can't he do this?
So while waiting for Grogning news, Alexander took the time to write a letter to the governor of Venice, Barbari, in which he first explained in detail that he was going to Hungary, so he hoped to sign a one with Venice for at least one year The peace treaty, then he turned the subject and began to describe the threat that the Ottomans would bring if they won.
Finally, he proposed to the Venetians that if they did not want to see that terrible scene, I hope they could provide him with enough help.
After such a near-blackmail letter was sent out, Alexander was waiting for Grognin with peace of mind.
Grogning arrived in Rome on Christmas Day. Instead of going to Olgala's house, he went directly to the Palace of Marino to visit Alexandria.
No one knew what the two men said in the room, but after Grognin had left, he only stayed with Mrs. Olgala for one night, and hurried away the next day.
But it didn't take long for the port of Rotterdam to become busy, and at the same time, the Groningen family sent reliable personnel to France and the United Kingdom. These people held secret letters written by Groningen to the kings of both countries.
The contents of the two letters were roughly similar, both mentioned a topic that was enough to attract the attention of the kings.
"Your Majesty, I can provide you with a batch of precious metals, enough for your army to have much more artillery than now."
The Fugger family did not affect Europe as a whole, but the Fuggers did not know that because of the participation of one person, they originally wanted to monopolize the copper market ambition, but began to pry the entire European continent.
When it comes to Europe, what people naturally think of is the European continent centered on the Mediterranean coast. As for France, although it is a recognized European power, at least in the eyes of those Italian city-states, the French are just a group of people who can only dance. Redneck with a gun.
However, the rednecks obviously also have ideals, especially if this group of rednecks still has dreadful force, it becomes more terrible than anything.
On the second day of 1499, a team of horses appeared in the lonely wilderness outside Paris. From their stumbling feet, it can be seen that these people obviously have come a long way.
So even if you can already see the ugly walls of Paris, many people still have little spirit.
There is a person in the team who does not seem to see the actual age. His lower jaw is smooth and ruddy. Except for the crown on his head that is fixed on the hood with a few signs, this person looks more like a student who likes to study.
King Louis XII of France, the early Duke of Orléans, came to Paris for the first time after he was sworn in at the Loire Valley castle almost half a year ago.
Then he will officially hold a coronation ceremony here.
Louis XII didn't like Paris very much. He once privately told a few close friends that Paris was a large pit.
So for his double predecessor who is so eager to conquer Italy, Louis understands that after all, Rome, Milan, Florence, and Naples, any of these cities are much stronger than Paris.
Charles VIII was the predecessor of Louis XII, and it was twofold, because Louis XII not only received the crown left by Charlie, but also accepted his wife by the way.
Marrying Brittany's Anne made Louis XII finally no longer have to worry about Brittany breaking away from France, and at the same time his eyes turned to Burgundy.
When the last Duke of Burgundy boldly died, Charlie died, and then the Principality of Burgundy died in name only, and then was divided by France and the Holy Roman Empire.
Although this matter has passed for almost 20 years, Burgundy has always been a less stable place in France.
The successive French kings wanted to completely solve the Burgundy problem, but what really did was the father of Charles VIII, the famous spider king Louis XI.
It was just that Louis XI later, like his son, set his sights on Italy too much, and the imperial emperor Maximian obtained a large area of ​​Burgundy land by marrying the daughter of bold Charlie, which made Burgundy The first question had to be postponed.
It's just that Louis XII didn't want to drag any more. He hoped that he could see the unification of France throughout his life. Even if it was only in name, he didn't want the second bold character like Charlie to appear in France.
The arrival of the King's team did not arouse much interest from the Parisians. For the Parisians, they have seen many knights coming and going. Some of them were able to return with good reputation, but most of them either lost their news or The bad news came.
Even the king is no exception. At least the Parisians did not see Charles VIII, who had taken the army with him, and returned to Paris alive.
Charlie died in a castle in the Loire Valley. There are many kinds of claims about his death, but most of the claims are that he was unlucky, and one of them is the most ridiculous and ridiculous. The middle head hit a very low door frame, and was infected by a rusty nail on the door frame and died.
In short, Charlie, who was so young at the young age, left Louis XII with a crown, a powerful France, and a young and pretty wife.
With this, Louis should have been content, but greed is human nature, not to mention the beautiful cities in Italy and the huge wealth contained in it, so Louis is paying attention to Burgundy ’s At the same time, he also intentionally or unintentionally inherited the legacy of his predecessor. He hoped that he could prove that he was more successful than Charles VIII and even Louis XI by conquering Italy.
Horseshoes stepped on potholes and smelly streets. Caesar tried not to look too disgusted, but before he could speak, someone had complained to him.
"This is a pit. I'm really curious how the previous kings could stay in this place."
Caesar looked at the king walking next to him in amazement. He wanted to say something, but he felt a stench coming from one mouth. He could only close his mouth quickly and shook his head.
"Look at your pitiful look, I think you are like me and want to leave this place now," Louis XII waved his forgiveness not to let Caesar speak. "Although the palace may be a little better, but I advise you not to Have too much hope, otherwise you will be more disappointed. "
"But this is Paris after all," Caesar thought he should say something "Capital of France."
"I prefer Milan or Naples."
Caesar's expression was stifled by Louis' words, and he looked at the king with some doubt, as if to see something in his face.
"Don't look at me like this, you know what I mean," Louis looked at Caesar with a flash of excitement in his eyes. "I'm going to expedite again. It's no secret. I want to know how you think about it."
"Your Majesty, are you going to conquer Naples again?" Caesar was a little excited. Although he knew that there would be such a thing, he was secretly excited by Louis XII's mouth. "My father thinks you should be more suitable than the Aragonese. Become the King of Naples, and I will serve you for this. "
The king's slightly serious face finally smiled.
"You and your father will be rewarded. The reward to the pope may be later, but now you can tell me what you want," said Louis, reaching out and patting Caesar's shoulder hard, and then urging the horse Running towards the entrance of the palace that was already visible, he turned back and yelled at Caesar: "Come, let us see who comes to the palace first."
"Your Majesty!" Caesar moved and urged the horse to follow.
The French King Louis XII arrived in Paris in early January 1499. After a short break, in the early morning of January 4, the king accepted the Parisian nobles in the west main building of the Louvre.
The whole process of seeing is lengthy and monotonous. The officer of the ceremony uses the emotionless tone to report the names one by one ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Then the nobles stepped forward to bow and salute, then one knee according to the ceremony of first meeting the king Kneel down and accept the blessing of the king.
The squads were lined up outside the main building, and Louis XII repeated the expressions that should be used to meet the nobles with either expressions of comfort or encouragement.
Caesar looked at this scene from a corner of the main hall. He felt that Louis at this time was a bit similar to his father. Probably they looked at the nobility and wondered how many of these people were preparing themselves. Right.
Caesar looked a little bored in the crowd, he promised the king to have dinner together, but now it seems that the lunch time is slightly delayed.
These nobles are all important figures. Louis XII could not ignore the neglect of others, and for these nobles, it was the king who met before lunch or after lunch, but it was a matter of dignity and reputation.
Caesar walked slowly along the edge of the main hall, and suddenly his eyes stopped, his eyes gleaming.
A seemingly young girl followed her father and brother as the team progressed slowly. When she met Caesar's eyes, the girl first slightly stunned and then nodded slowly.
Caesar bowed and returned the same gift, and then looked at the young girl brightly, until her back was gradually blocked by others.
"That noble lady, who is she?" Caesar asked a servant.
"That's Charlotte of Albrecht, Master, the daughter of Lord Albran, Lord Albrecht," the servant whispered, and then continued with the sentence "Her brother is King Navarra, it is Nava." The husband of Queen Catherine. "
Looking at the figure, Caesar nodded slightly.
"I think I know what I need to find the king."