Warlock Royal Family

Chapter 190: Cooperation Inside and Outside the Bedroom

Marquise Facchetti is more looking forward to the married life that she only has once every two months than Ladislaus. Although she specially bought a few good horses and can use the post stations along the way, but from Siena to Vienna In any case, the journey will take more than ten days to run back and forth.

And she usually only stays in Vienna for one to two days. These days, Ladislaus always tries to accompany her as much as possible, and Miss Harna and Mrs. Reinhardt will not come to make trouble.

This time she has no urgent business, so she can stay for a few more days.

Of course there are no urgent matters, but there are major ones.

Although the new Duke of Siena, His Royal Highness Palauspa Colonna, should have a few more years to live, he is quite sure that he will not be able to support his grandson to adulthood, so he plans to let his daughter and daughter-in-law participate in state affairs, According to the results of the two, it is decided who will be the grandson's regent after his death.

The Marquise Facchetti of course wants Ladislaus to intervene. As long as the Austrian side expresses its attitude, the old Colonna will definitely not hesitate.

She wants to form an offensive and defensive alliance with Austria.

Of course, Ladislaus would not agree to this request. He didn't want to interfere in this region. Don't look at Clement VII who was pinched enough by him before he took office. After taking office, he honestly fulfilled all the transaction conditions.

Now Ladislaus dare not break ground on his head.

Clement VII, who controlled the Church of Rome and the Republic of Florence at the same time, was much stronger than his predecessor, and could be said to be the most powerful Pope Elect for hundreds of years.

If Austria intervenes in the Principality of Siena, which is surrounded by the Medici territory, it is likely to trigger a fierce backlash.

Even if Spain and Austria, who had freed up their hands, joined forces, Clement VII would have the power to resist.

Of course, Ladislaus is not completely uninterested in maintaining an ally in Central Italy, he is still willing to publicly protect the du li of the Principality of Siena.

Although this declaration was clearly aimed at the true elect Pope, as the emperor, the Habsburg family had always had the obligation to protect all members of the Holy Roman Empire who were under attack.

This kind of unilateral du li guarantee is purely defensive. It should not upset the Pope Zhenxuan, and it can also add points to the Marquise Facchetti.

Of course, in return, in addition to her special and thoughtful service in the bedroom, the Principality of Siena will also support the payment of imperial taxes, and two-thirds of taxes will be exempted from Austrian merchant ships that go to Siena Port to purchase.

Of course, in fact, there are not many merchant ships registered under the name of Austria. The Ladislaus private fleet of less than ten merchant ships managed by the female ship owner Laciris is the largest merchant fleet in Austria.

However, Laciris is still very interested in opening the port of Siena. Because of the poor performance, the frequency of female shipowners being recruited to Vienna to be favored has dropped.

Since becoming the master of Vienna, Ladislaus has set the home port of his merchant fleet to the port of Trieste.

Although Ladislaus originally thought that Laciris would be very happy to be directly protected by him, she would not be afraid of bureaucrats from all walks of life, but in fact this decision was not welcomed by the female shipowner. Under the forceful suppression of Slaus, she reluctantly moved the base camp to the port of Trieste.

It makes sense that Rasilis would rather go to great lengths to deal with the port bureaucrats of the Italian city-state than to be flattered by the Austrian bureaucrats who knew about her relationship with Ladislaus.

This Austrian port is much worse than Siena, not to mention trade centers like Venice or Liguria, with a total population of less than 4000 and a shortage of berths.

Under the personal intervention of Ladislaus, several docks finally worked overtime to prepare for Lasilis, but the cost had to be deducted from the merchant fleet's own operating income.

What made the female shipowner even more unhappy was that Ladislaus required his merchant fleet to pay the same taxes as all Austrian merchant ships.

While this kind of high moral integrity won Ladislaus prestige, it made Laciris' life more difficult.

The port of Trieste is too close to Venice. Once the home port is set here, it will be completely covered by Venice's economic radiation.

The goods brought back by the fleet from Tunisia, Algiers, Seville and Sicily can also be purchased in the port of Venice, and Venice also has various goods shipped from Asia Minor and Egypt.

The better organization of the Venetian merchant fleet is also larger, so the commodity prices also have certain advantages.

The variety is insufficient and the price is not low. Under such circumstances, the Port of Trieste is naturally half dead.

This is also the reason why Ladislaus did not consider setting up the trade center in the coastal port of Trieste. Although this task also had a budget of 300 million, the competitors were too strong.

Although Vienna does not have the convenience of the coast, it fills the vacancy in Central Europe and has the inherent advantages of the Danube and the Amber Road.

However, Ladislaus' current status is not without value. Several Austrian nobles asked the housekeeper to consider Riyas when purchasing supplies out of the consideration of taking care of Ladislaus' business and closer relationship with the lord. Cargo in special port.

Of course, Ladislaus didn't care about the female shipowner anymore. Apart from cheering her up in the bedroom, didn't he also open up the Siena product route this time.

The two ladies are also very interested in this alliance. For Marquise Facchetti, Siena's past economy was very closely connected with the Kingdom of France. Now the Spanish fleet has completely controlled the Western Mediterranean and completely suppressed the French Mediterranean fleet. Entering the port, it is natural to strengthen ties with Spain economically, and politically, the Principality of Siena certainly needs to strengthen ties with Spain and Austria.

For Laciris, with this route, her fleet can sell some of the Black Continent's production in Siena, and then buy some handicraft products produced in Italy, which can improve the fleet's trade efficiency.

Ladislaus is also very happy with the cooperation of the two ladies. In the past few months, the monthly income of his fleet has been less than one thousand thalers. The value of the economy is better than nothing, he really doesn't want to care about this small fleet.

This time, in order to promote the two women to work together, Ladislaus worked hard to make money and strengthened their relationship in the bathroom.

The Marquise Facchetti was a little ungrateful for Ladislaus's "good intentions". Although she didn't err once or twice under the watchful eyes of the maids, she still couldn't let go of this show.

Laciris did not take the opportunity to take eye drops, she knew very well that the other party was a powerful figure in the Principality of Siena, much stronger than herself as a merchant shipping agent, and none of them could be permanently stationed in Vienna. Many conflicts are necessary.

So Rasilis, after oiling Ladislaus, naturally also oiled the Marquise Facchetti.

Ladislaus was very satisfied with the performance of the female shipowner. He considered whether to give her a few more opportunities to come to Vienna, so that she could also have a child to rely on in the future. (To be continued.