Warlock Royal Family

() Ladislaus was quite surprised by His Majesty Ferdinand's plan to rescue the Knights Hospitaller. Although he has always claimed that whether the Knights Hospitaller can be saved depends on the attitude of the Kingdom of Spain. In fact, this is just a shirk. Duren originally thought that the other party and himself should have similar attitudes.

However, Fugger, the treasurer who arrived in Vienna in advance, very firmly stated his lord's determination. In order to get help from Austria for this dispatch, the Kingdom of Spain will immediately provide a subsidy.

This move made Ladislaus not doubt the determination of his cousin in Madrid. What could be more convincing than talking directly with money?

An important reason why Fugger's treasurer came so quickly was that the Barbary pirates were expelled from the Western Mediterranean by the Spanish Navy, and now a single fast ship with the Spanish Navy's battle flag is unimpeded.

Although the Spanish navy has not completed its assembly, it has deterred the remnants of Hayreddin only by relying on the standing main forces of Seville and Naples.

A small army in Spain and the nomadic tribes united with Algeria successfully conquered all the private ports of pirates in Algeria. Although these nomadic tribes are also believers of the Xingyue Demon, their desire for land makes them not necessarily support themselves. Friends of the church, the Kingdom of Spain only needs the coastline, and the vast inland areas are beyond the reach of the Kingdom of Spain to directly rule. In fact, it is already very difficult to build a few settlements along the coastline, so it is better to give these nomads.

Relying on its strong strength and astute diplomatic skills, the Kingdom of Spain won an unprecedented victory on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, expelling the Barbary pirates from Algeria.

"His Majesty the King asked me to especially thank His Highness Jones who sent the news day and night. It was precisely because of the timely nature of his news that our navy could quickly take action to launch an attack. When the pirates were in chaos, they further attacked them and avoided A long and protracted battle." However, Jones has not yet returned to Vienna. On the one hand, the land route is much slower than the sea route, and on the other hand, there are some affairs in the Milan area that he needs to deal with.

According to Fugger's treasurer: "The remaining small number of pirates have retreated into Tripoli and Egypt. Even the Sultan of Tunisia has expressed obedience to the King of Spain. In the short term, the pirates are no longer a threat. This time Ferdinand Your Majesty wants to further attack the Ottoman navy that has lost its wings and take advantage of the momentum to establish a peaceful Mediterranean, a Mediterranean under Spanish rule."

Treasurer Fugger was really excited. This time, Hayreddin was hit hard in order to support the Ottoman Empire's navy going deep into the Adriatic Sea. The threat to the Spanish coastline is lifted.

This greatly strengthened the ambition and prestige of His Majesty Ferdinand.He planned to unite the Church of Rome, Venice, Austria and Hungary for an unprecedented Eastern Expedition.For this reason, Spanish envoys have gone to Rome to ask the Pope to issue an edict prohibiting any country that believes in the real body from launching any offensive against the Kingdom of Spain during this period.

This victory also made the Treasurer Fugger, who was both honored and honored by the monarch, rise to a higher level, and his position became more stable.

His title has not changed. Although he still holds the same position as Treasurer in the Kingdom of Spain as he did in Austria, his influence is really incomparable.

The most noticeable change, and the most pleasing to Treasurer Fugger, was the fact that he used to ask Sazastan for an allowance.Now Sarzastan begged him for a stipend.

Of course, the subsidy is not the most important thing, the military is a major issue for the country, and you must not be careless.

Ladislaus likes money, but he must be cautious if he wants to fight the Ottoman Empire for money.

But the Ottoman Empire was objectively a great threat to Austria, and the Barbary pirates were its minions.It is impossible for Ladislaus to reject Spain's strategic offensive proposal, the key lies in strategic and tactical arrangements.

He brought Sazastan, Machiavelli and Hohenzollern officers together to study the plan of sending troops with Fugger treasurer.

Of course, even if you support it in your heart, you still have to act indifferently to ask for more allowances and possible benefits after the victory of the war, not to mention that there is indeed a big difference between the two Habsburg monarchs on the scale and method of sending troops. Also participating in the negotiations were the special envoy of the Kingdom of Hungary, Federtale, and the Permanent Ambassador of Hungary to Vienna. Of course, Hungary is the most supportive of uniting Spain to attack the Ottoman Empire.

In fact, the differences of the Habsburg family were mainly related to the Kingdom of Hungary.

"Although the defense alliance between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Republic of Venice claims to be aimed at the Ottoman Empire, it is obviously also a response to Austria's recovery of Milan and Friuli, the traditional territories of the Holy Roman Empire." The Hohenzollern officer was the first to attack. It really made Ladislaus a headache, although he concluded an economic agreement with the Venetians.But it still failed to stop the military alliance between Venice and Hungary. Although the public provisions of this alliance were completely directed against the Ottoman Empire, there must have been secret provisions concerning Austria.

"This is a groundless slander. Hungary and Austria are traditional close allies, and the Kingdom of Hungary trusts Austria very, very much." Feldtaler was quite surprised by the public accusations made by senior Austrian officials.Negotiations started off in a bad rhythm.

"It's too dangerous to march with the Hungarian army, and even if you win, the land will only belong to the Hungarians. This policy of strengthening neighboring countries is not good for the entire warlock royal family." Get Ladislaus The allusive Machiavelli treasurer was equally blunt in pointing out the geopolitical contradictions of Austria and Hungary.

"This is really absurd. We want to withdraw from the meeting in protest." Naturally, the Hungarian representatives could not just watch the situation develop like this.

"Okay, please be careful. Everyone." Although Austria and Spain are the closest allies, Fugger chose to support the Hungarians in response to the obvious provocation. "This time is a good opportunity for the believers of the true god to unite to fight against the devil worshipers. Only with sincere cooperation can we hope to defeat the Ottoman Empire. As for the territorial issue, are you too anxious to wait until the victory is not too late to talk about it, let alone What's more, Hungary can use part of the western territory to compensate Austria for the loss of the eastern territory."

"His Royal Highness Cardinal, what do you think of this Eastern Expedition?" Fugger Treasurer decided to let Ladislaus express his opinion.

"I fully support this great jihad with all my heart and soul," Ladislaus said solemnly. "No matter how great the difficulties are, no matter how great the differences are, we must make way for this jihad."

The monarch of Austria said a lot of nonsense, and then several senior officials of Austria scrambled to persuade them.

Compared with the Spaniards and Hungarians who wanted to form an alliance immediately, Austria had to wait a few days to sell itself for a good price.

I just don't know how long the Knights of the Hospitaller can drag on?