Vol 6 Chapter 16: Alexandria's treasures

Estelles is the Duchess of Pisa, the daughter of the Earl of Montina and Lucrezia, and the granddaughter of Pope Alexander VI. These identities are enough to be respected by a child who is only a year old.
So when news of Estrez's arrival reached Florence, the city was shaken.
This shock was even caused by the arrival of Alexandria, because Alexander appeared after all in a private name, not as the Count of Montina, and the flag officer of Estres was a white cross with a red background and a pizza. The flag horn appeared outside the city, which is already equivalent to a formal visit.
The officials in Florence were more worried than they were. They were secretly prepared to negotiate privately with Alexander, even if they paid a part of the price, as long as they could temporarily overcome the immediate difficulties, after all, the count was private. Rather than carrying an army, this at least shows that there is something to talk about.
However, the arrival of Estelles completely destroyed the abacus of the Florentines. When they unexpectedly arrived with the prince who was still in her baby, they were more likely to arouse people's suspicion and worry.
Sazi, while ordering to greet the duchess, wondered how to escape the crisis. He remembered the invasion of the French that made the Medici family unlucky. It was because the Medici family was greedy and afraid of death. Enraged the people of Florence and was eventually driven out of the city.
"Be brave, be brave, this is not Florence in 1495, the people are on my side," Sazi kept telling himself, or simply self-hypnosis, because he had seen several from the window The People's Army soldiers were quietly taking off the short cover issued by the government to represent the identity of the soldiers of the People's Army. They threw the cover and weapons together at a corner where no one noticed. Then several people hurried into the alleys along the street The shadow is gone.
When he looked back at the gathering of soldiers from the militia in the square, he found that their number was much less than when they started gathering.
The blue bars on Sazi's forehead arched straight up, but at this time he could no longer make Machiavelli pay attention to the discipline of his army. The officials had come to the corridor outside his office, and people were waiting for him Make a decision.
"Go and greet the Duchess," Sazi simply gave the order. Seeing that people just looked at him without speaking, he questioned them angrily. "Is there anything wrong with my order, or do I need to tell you?" How to do?"
"Your Excellency, in what name do we greet her?" An official asked in an indignant tone, even with a little questioning, "Is it a visiting foreign monarch or our master?"
Sazi stared angrily at this daring man. He knew that the rumors about preparing to negotiate with the Earl of Montina had already spread. It is estimated that the rumors were already full of wind and rain at this time. He felt that he must stop those rumors from continuing to spread, otherwise He may be in the same big trouble as the Medici family: "Florence is a city of Florentines, and all the power of this city can only belong to the distinguished Florentine citizens, so what you said is completely impossible. Do n’t forget that we once faced the threat of the French, but Florence did not succumb. "
"That's because Savonarola has regarded the French as his own father. Are you going to recognize the Duchess who is still in her arms as a mother?"
In the far distance of the corridor, I didn't know who suddenly shouted, and it caused people to laugh out loud. Perhaps at this time, it would be too hard to endure this suffocating depression without saying a cold joke.
"Who is it?" Sazi questioned angrily in the corridor, seeing that people suddenly became silent, he yelled "I want to say that you should add all of you to the civilian army, at least the citizens outside dare to dare Take up arms to resist the enemies outside, and you will only satirize your governor here. "
Sati, who had vented, looked back at the other few rulings. He found that these people were silent this night, which made him understand that these people obviously had a good idea to put him in front, but even knowing that, But he couldn't help it. At this time, he even somewhat understood the helpless feelings of the unlucky Piero de Medici when the French arrived.
Alexander didn't quite understand the mood of Sazi today, but he was in a good mood, maybe it was a bit too much.
So Aufrei had to remind the Balkan man beside him to pay more attention to the neighborhood, so as not to disturb the reunion of the Earl family with some blind-eyed guys.
The feeling of holding two beautiful women, big and small, made Alexander even want to learn Dr. Faust and sighed. "How much I hope this moment will stay forever." But he knew that if he said this, it might not be far from bad luck. In fact, His ideals and demands are far more than those of Dr. Faust, so it is far from the time to say that.
Lucrezia has become more mature. Of course, this does not refer to her mind but her body. After giving birth to a daughter, Lucrezia has gradually revealed her own maturity and charm. This is and still Sophia, who is still young and indifferent, is different from Barrendi, who may be somewhat cold because of her personality.
As for Ruo Sha, after thinking about it, Alexander tried not to think about it. After all, when he was reunited with the mother and daughter who had not met for a long time, he thought about his sister. This is really a bit of a thing.
Estelle admitted a little bit, and at the beginning, she cried for a while because of Alexander holding her excitedly, which made Alexander feel that those who said that the nature of their loved ones was nonsense.
Apart from the small ones, the big ones are not easy to deal with.
Lucrezia's face was indignant from the moment of her appearance, which made people doubt that she was asking the teacher instead of meeting her lover.
Alexander did not say anything sweet to Lucrezia, nor did she explain to her why they did not visit their mother and daughter, which made Lucrezia, who was already angry, even more angry.
She looked at her daughter and kept kissing, until the daughter who was crying and began to doze was like a treasure in the arms of Alexander, and began to wonder if he would ignore him and turn back to the car and return to Pisa. , No, go back to Rome!
"I want to reward Gompati."
The opening of Alexander even made Lukreziya angry, she felt that she had really lost her charm to Alexander, otherwise how could he only know to mention his men at this time.
"Because he sent me two precious treasures in this world."
Alexander looked at Lukrezija, who seemed to be angry at any moment, with a smile, and saw that she was a sudden and then a layer of mist quickly floated in his eyes. He held his daughter in one hand and opened it to Lukreziah. Who allowed Gompati to do this? "
Lucrezia made a short whisper, she rushed forward, even when she realized that such a force may squeeze her daughter, the three people had already hugged tightly together, among them Lucrezia was excited Weeping, there are also cries of Estelles who was disturbed after being awakened by being disturbed.
The Florentines in the mountain town were uneasy about how to face the family they feared. On the mountain, Alexander completely abandoned everything at this moment and just enjoyed this short family affection.
Alexandria has several different "homes", but the home with Lucrezia is the most special because they share a daughter.
This gives him a sense of happiness that is truly a family together.
Of course, he did n’t lose his mind and forget his relatives, but even when he thought of the pitman and his uncle, he made him feel a headache, but when he thought of Lucrezia and his daughter, he felt everything. It's worth it.
"Gompatti went to Pisa and told me that you have returned." Lucrezia whispered, "but you returned directly to Montina."
"But am I in Florence now, can't it tell everything?" Alexander replied ingeniously, he knew that women's emotions were always agitated at this time, and now it seems that whether it is the emotional Lukrezija or the always calm Pakistani Lundi all said, "It's you, how have you been this time?"
"Not good," Lucrezia's answer was a bit unexpected for Alexander. She broke free from Alexander's arms and took her daughter who had slept a little bit out of his arms. "I think I'm about to become a country boy. I know that I do n’t have time except for daily government affairs. Some ladies brought clothes from Rome that I ca n’t recognize. And even though I have a lot of clothes like that, I have begun to wonder if I would go back to Rome. , Can I still talk to my former friends about what they all know. "
Alexander looked at Lucrezia a little helplessly, he knew that this was probably her, maybe when a woman such as Foley ’s tigress Catalina Sforza was ecstatic to gain such a huge power At that time, all she thought of was her gorgeous clothes, beautiful hair accessories, and various parties and games that brought her joy.
But it is precisely because of this that Alexander loves her more, because even if he is so disgusted with government affairs, Lucrezia still insists on performing his duties as a temporary regent of Pisa and a mother.
"I promise I will make a lot of clothes for you and give you a lot of gems in the future. That is your favorite." Alexander gently took Lukreziah into his arms and looked back to the city below. Go "But before that, I will first add a brilliant diamond to my daughter's crown enough to bring out her lovely."
The solemn gate of Florence was completely open, and a team appeared slowly under the gate. The flag bearer leading the way raised the flag not high, which was to show proper respect and humility.
However, although this is a very reasonable etiquette, it has caused dissatisfaction among many citizens.
When the Florentines faced the Pizza, they always stood tall, but now they have to face the visiting Pizza Monarch with a very humble attitude, and the other party has not even shown any force, but the city has already passed There are many rumors that the government seems to have made some compromises.
Although no one has come forward to prove that these rumors are true, but looking at the respectful and careful manner of welcoming the team, people can also guess that the rumors are not necessarily false.
The team marched towards the town in the distance. The Florence officials in the team had a gloomy face. They were sent to greet the duchess, or actually came to greet the regent of Pisa, which made them feel very unhappy. The Florentines would rather prefer that the regent would come with the army purely as Earl of Montina, than to bow his head to the Pisa.
Of course, Alexander would not let the Florentines feel happy to take care of them. The purpose of his coming is to use the fastest way to solve some problems that may affect his actions before Caesar returns.
Alexander knew how strongly Caesar ’s obsession with becoming the Duke of Romagna, especially with the support of the French, would become unscrupulous, and Alexander had to focus on fighting for the future for a long time. Leah ’s crown was ready, so he had to wedge a solid nail into the stability of his rear on the land of Romagna before Caesar returned.
Florence is such a nail that cannot be ignored. These nails are not so much trouble for Caesar as they are a lot of chips for the future Iberian battle.
The representative who greeted the team was the chief secretary of Sazi, the little bureaucrat who had previously served as a district judge during the Medici administration once fell apart during the era of Savonarola, until Sazi returned to Florence before becoming his Secretary, now he has become a very important role in the Sazi government.
Seeing Estrelice spitting bubbles at him, the chief secretary tried to make him look less embarrassed, although most of the time he spoke to the child ’s parents, whenever he referred to the
Dear Duchess "His Royal Highness" such a title, he still had to bow to the baby who kept spitting bubbles.
Estelles suddenly recovered after a short sleep. Perhaps she was familiar with her father. She could already tolerate Alexander in her arms, especially when she greeted the arrival of the team, she seemed to realize When these outsiders needed the care of their fathers, Her Royal Highness Duchess Esteles held her father's neck tight, which made Alexander even inconvenient to pay tribute to the flag of Florence.
In the eyes of the Florentines, this is of course the rude arrogance deliberately displayed by the Montina people, which can not help but cause a small commotion in the team, which also aroused the vigilance of Aurei.
"Agri!"
With a cry, the Musketeers who originally stood in line with their guns immediately raised their arms and held the guns. Although the muzzle was facing up, it was enough to make the Florentines pale.
"Hold a gun!"
Another peculiar first note dragged the long cavity and then suddenly erupted. The weapon in the musketeer's hand was lifted forward uniformly. With the rapid swing of the gun body, the musket burst out in the hands of the Agri "Sound, the face of the Florentines has become more and more ugly.
"Strict queues and uniform movements can increase soldiers' sense of belonging to the collective. In this repeated exercise, the single and completely different will will be gradually wiped out, and eventually all soldiers will form a single whole. "Alexander does n’t mind telling the chief secretary who looks ugly in front of him." Also believe me, the density of bullets fired by such a queue is enough to send people with bad luck directly to hell. "
The muscles on the secretary's face shook slightly. He didn't expect the other party to threaten them so unabashedly, but looking at these Musketeers wearing bright red military uniforms, the chief secretary had to admit to the performance of the Florentine Militia, even Even the most optimistic people know that the situation is not good.
Perhaps it would not even be necessary for the Earl to send another army, and only those soldiers who looked more like guards of honor than guards would be able to slap those civilian soldiers. The secretary couldn't help thinking so secretly.
Sazi was very thoughtful. He even thought that there might be excited citizens who offended that family because they could not be stimulated. So he asked Machiavelli to send the civilian army to the streets to maintain order. The chamber of commerce asked for help. When seeing the figures of the chamber of escorts with more sophisticated weapons than the militia, the last point in Sazi's heart trying to fight by force was almost gone.
Looking at Ronzo Sabbatini standing on the side of the road to pay tribute to him, Sazi looked a little complicated.
It is said that this young man who was very optimistic about Machiavelli came to Florence to study painting, but now he has become the president of the largest Chamber of Commerce in Florence, but everyone knows that he is actually the agent of the free trade zone in Florence, It's just that now looking at the guards of the chamber of commerce of this man who don't look so irritating, Sazi feels that his ruling is really a little bit of interest.
Machiavelli did not attend the ceremony to greet the Duchess, he is now busy searching around the city, perhaps because he had participated in the battle of the Montina army, he was somewhat influenced by Gompati ~ www.mtlnovel. Com ~ Driven by the idea that firepower decides everything, he is searching for cannons he can find everywhere.
When the bell of the Cathedral of the Hundred Flowers was heard, Machiavelli was taking people out of the warehouse of the Pisa Chamber of Commerce with several huge, tightly sealed wooden boxes. Machiavelli shook his head slightly when the artillery was glowing in the green.
"Ron left, you child is beyond my expectation, 'Respectfully sold to the honourable high princess Duchess of Pisa, your humble businessman Pierre Yarobin'," Machiavelli whispered as he reached out. Stroking the colorful handwriting etched on the body of the gun, when he saw the French inscription above, he shook his head again, and then ordered "Okay, now I declare that these guns were confiscated as smuggled goods because they were not allowed to sell."
When Machiavelli checked the smuggled goods, the Alexander family had already come to the People ’s Palace, and even Luke Zheia, who had seen countless big scenes, could n’t help but be struck by the beautiful palace in front of him, Alexander smiled He tilted his head and whispered in her ear: "Soon everything here will become our daughter's."
After he finished speaking, he stood up straight and walked towards Sazi who was already waiting at the gate of the palace.
"I'm so happy to see you again.