Vol 6 Chapter 3: Fugel

A man desperate to urge the horse to run in the scorching sun attracted the attention of the guards guarding the city gate. Seeing that the man seemed to be dripping with sweat from the water, the guards could not help getting nervous immediately.
In this turbulent era where war can break out at any time, such people often bring bad news, or the bad news that they are about to be involved in war, because there is no good news that needs to completely ignore the physical strength of horses and riders.
"What happened, are you going to fight?" The guards pulled the reins of the horses, who seemed to be running completely crazy, trying to calm down the horse, but the rider on the horse did not appreciate it. He tried hard. Pulling the reins of the horse that would be caught from the guards, at the same time, a tone-changing yell in the mouth, "Keep off! Let go! I want to enter the city!"
The guard stretched out his hand in some annoyance, but the rider swept the whip vigorously in the air, and the horse screamed and rushed into the city when the guard screamed angrily.
"What's the matter with that person, hurried to ?!" The guards of the city guard cursed and prepared to catch up, but they had been caught by the companion who heard the news.
"It was a letter to the Chamber of Commerce in the city," an elderly veteran looked away and disappeared, leaving only a long line of smoke on the street and shook his head. "Don't worry about them, The merchants have greeted the people above before, have n’t you noticed the strange sign on the man ’s horse, that is, the sign of the Fugger ’s family, I think it ’s their messenger. "
"What are they doing," the guards grumbled dissatisfiedly at the fingers scratched by the reins. "Don't they know that such a desperate hurry will kill the horse, if you are fighting to requisition war horses, because this can be punished Those businessmen have a lot of money. "
"Who knows what they are doing, don't provoke them, those businessmen are not only rich but also powerful," the veteran kindly persuaded his companion, and then looked away at the distance as the horse passed through the chaotic street and showed doubts. The look "but it seems that something really happened."
Just as the guards at the gate were talking, the rider who had rushed into the city had already passed through several streets. Although he had to slow down in the city, he tried to fly as fast as possible in narrow streets. Shuttle through, until finally came to a magnificent and slightly splendid palace.
This building is located on a small flat hill north of the city, and the slightly gentle is not steep, which makes the palace construction much easier, especially because it is built in the city, so the owner of the house does not need to Considering resisting possible enemies and using a large amount of money and materials on the construction of the city wall, the entire building is only blocked by a high wall, and the tall tower and the roof of the building inside the wall can be seen from a little far away Of various decorative statues.
The rider rushed all the way into the yard. After passing through the half-height manicured flower garden, the horse even rushed up a few steps directly to the door of the three-storey gorgeous palace. The man hurried to stop the servant.
"What happened, boy?" An elderly fat man wearing a gorgeous black velvet hood came out of the door and saw the messenger who was too tired to catch his breath, and he clapped his hands to say hello The servant next to him brought a glass of wine, and after letting the rider get off the horse, the messenger took out a letter from his carrying bag.
"This was sent from Bolzano. This is the third stop." The messenger said nothing more than strength. He grabbed the wine delivered by his servant and poured it into his throat desperately. , And then fell on the steps and gasped.
The fat man waved to the servant next to him to take care of the apparently tired messenger, and at the same time he looked over the seal on the opening of the envelope with some doubt, and then his unattentive look could not help but slightly condensed.
The seal wax marks at three different places on the seal of the letter indicate that the content of the letter involves more than one place.
Bolzano is an important city in the south of a princely city-state. The city at the foot of the southern of the Alps was the farthest border city in the north of Rome in the early Roman Empire era, just as the Romans regarded the Rhine River as the northern part of the Roman Empire. Like the natural border of the country, the Alps have separated Italy from Germany on the other side of the mountain. In the eyes of many Germans, the other side of the Alps is not only far away, but even like another world.
But for the people of the Fugel family, Italy is one of the most critical and most concerned places for them.
Realizing that something might have happened, the fat man immediately opened the letter's seal, which was different from the previous letter written on the inside of the envelope, and there were a few thick sheets of paper in the envelope. The fat man first opened them all on the table, and then began to read the contents of the letter.
But after only a short look, his face changed. He immediately grabbed the documents sent with the letter from the table and looked at it carefully. Looking at the dates and a series of numbers listed above, the fat man's eyes appeared Panic.
"Go to Jacob," he first commanded the servant next to him, and then immediately waved his hand in anxiety. "No, I went to him myself, and I told Joseph to let him hurry to the pavilion, something serious happened. . "
The fat man said in a hurry to walk through the magnificent halls and corridors, and in a burst of temptations that caused the servants to be inexplicably inexplicable, he walked through the whole building to the back garden. In front of a polygonal Roman column and a stone pavilion with a Gothic spire.
"Jacob, are you there?" The fat man yelled into the gazebo, but he did not stop at his feet, but ran up the steps in a few steps, when he saw his brother in a wheelchair While taking a nap, he didn't care whether he was bothering him. He hurried to him and squatted down. "Jacob, are you still asleep?"
"David, you're bothering me to take a nap," even the man who was still wearing a very thick plush robe even this month has slowly opened his eyes. He has a thin face and slightly tall cheekbones Set off his face a little long, a pair of eyes deep into the eye sockets looked a little tired, but very spiritual, seeing his brother because of the sweat on his whole fat face running, he smiled lightly, he He seemed to want to raise his hand but his arms moved and he could not let it go. Then he leaned his head back on the soft leather back covered with precious leather and looked at his brother with a smile and said, "What happened, Did the pope die, or did the emperor find another lover? "
Seeing the brother's calmness, David Fogel, who was a little panicked at last, finally calmed down a little bit, obviously speaking, he had an advantage in age, but neither his eldest son nor Joseph as his second son was more willing. Heeding the words of this brother, and Jacob Fogel did not live up to the expectations of his brothers and the whole family, it was he who made the Fogel family one of the richest families in Europe at this time.
"There is a letter from Bolzano. The letter says that the local copper price is constantly falling." David Fogel carefully handed the letter to Jacob sitting in the chair. It was the transition of hard work over the years, and Jacob Fogel ’s body was obviously not as complete, especially the cold weather in Zagsburg had a bad impression on his health, and not long ago he even suffered from severe rheumatism. And, according to the doctor, if you are not careful, it is likely to cause a stroke.
This news really shocked the people of the Fugger family. For the entire Fugger family, Jacob is their spiritual pillar. At least until no one can take this long class, his Health can be said to be related to the future of the entire Fugel family.
"Copper price fell?" Jacob Fugger did not appear panicked by the news. He did not even go to read the letter from David, but instead another brother's appointment from the distance also hurriedly heard the news. Thur glanced at it, then slowly took the letter and looked seriously.
Jacob Fugger took it very seriously. He took the documents sent with the letter from David from time to time. They were in Bolzano or other Italians near the north. The price list of the local copper prices copied by the merchants in the cities in the past was specifically responsible for the non-stop sale of the copperware in their hands for the Fugel family, thereby ensuring that the copper price is always maintained at a very low price.
Jacob Fogel's plan was actually very simple. The Fogel family used the huge funds in their hands to control most of the copper market at a low price, and then they obtained Hungary's big copper by loaning the emperor Mine, they then used the almost complete monopoly of copper mining rights to halt the lifeline of the copper industry throughout Europe.
This plan can be said to be simple and without any difficulty, but the huge manpower and material resources required and the intricate relationship with those powers are all seemingly no difficulty, but in fact, only one step is possible. The key to a plan that will give up.
This requires sufficient financial resources, as well as hard enough backing.
Fortunately, these two things exist in the Fugel family.
"Someone is trying to keep down the copper price?" Joseph Fogel asked with some concern on the other side of Jacob. He was as thin as Jacob, but he was in good health. When it came to suspecting someone was trying to break In their good deeds, Joseph Fogel's face showed bloodthirsty coldness. In fact, unlike his brother David, it was more suitable to stay at home for Jacob as a helper. The Fogel's house was outside. Many of his businesses are in charge of Joseph Fugel, who is a ruthless businessman for many people.
"It doesn't matter, in fact, I had thought that someone would do this before," Jacob Fugger was not surprised by the sudden appearance. He was a bit difficult to stand up with the help of two brothers, and then he eased Walking slowly out of the pavilion, feeling the hot but humid and dull air, Jacob Fogel shook his head slightly. "We need to move to another place, so we can all get sick if we continue. I don't want to see the future We lay in bed to enjoy our wealth, even if the bed was made of gold. "
Hearing that the brothers can still play jokes, the two brothers of Fugel could not help but sigh of relief. In their impression, there was never something Jacob could not do. Think about the previous ideas that have beaten their home or were they The opponent whose home had fought the idea is now bleak, and David even feels a little embarrassed by his previous panic.
"At the beginning, when copper prices kept rising, I knew that someone was fighting against us," Jacob walked slowly in the garden. "Because no matter how much copper we put in, how low the price is, but those copper The device will disappear like a water droplet melting into the sand, and since then I have known that this is someone who is fighting against us, which is why I have been cautiously unwilling to borrow money from those Jews, because I do n’t know who is working against us in secret. We must be careful to prevent someone from arranging traps for us, as we did before, so I ’m waiting until reliable news comes from Hungary.

Fugger said to beckon to a servant, and then picked up a letter from the tray in the servant's hand.
"This is the latest news. The Bosnian King Roy? Has failed. Now the copper mine in Hungary has completely fallen into the hands of that Prato," the two brothers showed a surprised look, Jacob · Fugger smiled comfortably. He stretched his arms a little hard, and then raised his head to let the sun shine on Xie Ding's head. "I believe those people started to do everything at all just because they got the news. Sell ​​the bronze in your hand. "
"God, those people don't want to compete with us for today's copper products market, they are also playing the idea of ​​the Hungarian copper mine?" Joseph Fogel suddenly whispered, a flash of anger flashed in his eyes. "They It is to grab the purchase rights of copper ore from our hands, first of all, to sell our copper wares at low prices, which forces us to have to lower prices with them, so that we can get rid of this dilemma as soon as possible It is necessary to squeeze out the purchase rights of the copper ore bought from that Prato. "
"Yes, they are forcing us to give them their share of copper ore," Jacob Fogel nodded slowly. He was also bald so that only a pair of raised brow bones had his forehead slightly toward the middle One vertical, and then said to David next to you, "You noticed that no, so far only three cities of copper prices are falling, which means that although our opponents have already started, their real purpose is the copper mine in Prato's hands. Shi, if we hurriedly turn our attention to those cities at this time, those people are likely to take the opportunity to steal what they want from that Prato. "
"So what do we do, just look at it like this, knowing that if we don't take action, the market may be snatched by those people, and they can even buy our copper directly from the market," Joseph · Fugel said in a deep voice, "Although that may cost them a lot of money every day, but as long as we can't get enough copper ore from Hungary, we can only let the stock in our hands. Stop consumption, God knows how much money they have prepared for this, we can not continue to consume them at the risk of letting them penetrate the bottom of the library, otherwise we will be over. "
Jacob listened silently. He knew that Joseph was right. In order to control the price of the copper market, he always dumped at a low price at a loss, but from the changes in the market during this time, it can be seen that the other party did not There is a sign of relaxation, copper prices have been rising, but the situation in three consecutive cities now seems to indicate that the other party has no patience, and is ready to launch a head-on fight with their Fugel family.
Then the only way to get this war is to severely cut off the source from the source and try to control the source of the copper market.
"How much ore do we get from that Prato?" Jacob finally whispered after thinking about it.
"It's about 40% of the ore he currently has in hand, and it cost about 1.8 million florins." David Fogel replied carefully, and at the same time he glanced at Joseph next to him, while he looked What arrived was Joseph's lips shaking his head slightly.
"40 to 1.8 million florins," Jacob took a deep breath. He raised his right hand and shook his finger slightly. "I have said that 60% of the money is the most, because we will have to spend a long time I used the remaining money to push down the copper price in the market. Now it seems that we have to change the plan. "
"Are you going to buy more?" David Fogel's face was slightly pale, and he wiped the sweat on his fat face with his sleeves. Seeing that Joseph beside him kept silent, he licked his lips. "But is it too risky to know if we put all the money in, but if the next Prato fails to continue to mine the copper mine in time, then can our inventory be maintained until he is on top Two batches of ore? "
"This is Joseph I want to tell you," Jacob looked back at Joseph. His eyes flashed even colder than Joseph. "I want you to do this in person ~ EbookFREE.me ~ This time I not only need to buy all the existing copper ore, but I also want that Proto to sell me the ore mined after him. I know this may be difficult, just like we know After all, for that person, the more he mines today, the greater the loss, but I do n’t care, I want you to put him in our own hands, "said Jacob, who was a little difficult to raise his hand and hold the contract. Thur ’s shoulders pulled him closer to himself.
Spend those money. Do n’t be afraid of anything. I want you to guarantee that a piece of copper ore will not fall into the hands of our opponents. This time we are not only going to dominate the copper industry in Europe. To teach our opponents a blood lesson, we need to let all the enemies see the strength of our family. "
"I promise you." Joseph nodded, then said hello to David standing aside, and turned to call his servant to prepare what he needed for his trip.
"This is our chance, David, and our enemies did a stupid thing this time, and they were a little too hasty," Jacob greeted the servant as he came over, and he took the glass of wine to pay tribute to his brother. "Let us be brave to the enemy Tribute and blessings for our own good luck. "
David also picked up the wine glass and looked at the red wine in the glass. How much did he feel that Jacob seemed to enjoy such a "killing moment".
Joseph Fogel left overnight that day, he had to go through the entire territory of the Grand Duke of Vienna, and then after a long journey to reach the small Hungarian city called Pecs where Prato is now.
On the third day after Joseph Fugel left, another fast horse rushed into the manor of the Fugel family in Sagsburg!
Subsequently, people from different places or even different countries kept sending the same terrible news for several days in a row. The copper price plummeted!
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