Warlock Royal Family

() On December 1523, 12, the workers in Venice were taking down a series of coats of arms and ribbons that had just been decorated with great difficulty a few days ago. In addition to these expensive noble ornaments, there were also countless flowers and paints. wasted.

The decoration and grand welcome ceremony of the Palace of Parliament in Venice cost more than [-] thalers to prepare, which is to welcome His Majesty Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, His Royal Highness Cardinal Ladislaus, Acting Archbishop of Austria, and King of Hungary and Bohemia His Majesty Louis II, Elector of Asia.

This was supposed to be a great event.

"How much glory this would have given the city of Venice." The consul of Goriti was very angry at the cancellation of the meeting by several monarchs, but the object of his anger was not the above-mentioned few.

"Damn the Knights of the Hospitaller, cowards, garbage, may they all be paupers for generations." The representatives of Venice cursed the cowards in their hearts in the way of followers of the goddess of Woking.

After a long siege, the Knights Hospitaller reached a peace agreement with the Ottoman Empire. The Knights Hospitaller abandoned Rhode Island but withdrew with weapons and property.

The Ottoman Empire won a victory that was not glamorous, but real.

These accusers completely forgot that their delays and hesitations made the Knights' fight worthless.

"However, it's also good, lest the Spaniards think that they have a few big ships and the oceans of the world are their ponds."

Several MPs also expressed gratitude that the Kingdom of Spain had been prevented from infiltrating the Eastern Mediterranean.

"It also saves a lot of military expenses, which is very good, but in addition to the road loan, Austria also wants us to sponsor him a thousand half-orc slaves." The timing of Ladislaus' request was very clever. Well a canal.

After the new canal was completed, there was not much room left for municipal works on the island of Venice.

"Then you can't just give him these slaves who have dug the foundation for so long."

"Why is it a free gift? They said they would give us the largest stone lion in the world." A Venetian councilor pronounced the word "stone" with an accent.

"That Sherlock is really pitiful. He actually wants to work for such a poor master. I don't know which of them is poorer?" Let him support a little kindness at his door.

"By the way, did he come to your house to beg? I begged him for three hundred tattered clay pots." Sherlock has been a joke in Venice recently.

"That's not true. The master in Vienna wants everything. I happen to have hundreds of bags of moldy wheat in my warehouse, so let Sherlock transport it away, and save me from being dumped into the sea."

"It's not easy for him. It's a big debt. It would be nice to send some stones. Of course, I don't need it." A congressman who is famous for using gold drowning devices helped Ladislaus "justify".This congressman is a wealthy businessman who controls two-thirds of the Venetian silver mirror trade, and his family's treasury is more substantial than the Austrian treasury. "However, I have great respect for His Royal Highness the Archbishop in red. What kind of rubbish are you giving? I tried my best to send a beautiful drow elf and ten half-orcs to Vienna to serve the Archbishop."

"Did you give it or your wife?"

"So what if my wife gave it to me. I'm not that poor Jingle Ladislaus, I'll buy ten more if I give one away!"

"Haha, hahaha." The councilors burst into laughter.

The Republic of Venice doesn't even like silver lions, and the stone lion of Ladislaus is not in line with Woking's aesthetics.

However, they are still willing to accept this kind of gift, and the noble warlock royal family is considered poor in front of them.This implication filled these wealthy people with a sense of superiority.

"Okay, everyone be quiet." Goriti Consul calmed down the members who were bursting with superiority, "You, it's you, don't disrespect His Royal Highness Cardinal Habsburg, Ladislaus Your name is also yours?" For the disrespect of the main supporters of his faction, the Goriti consul also severely reprimanded him.

Although the loss of the Friuli region in the past few months made the MPs hate Ladislaus very much.

However, as Ladislaus abandoned the port and abolished the navy, an economic agreement that was extremely beneficial to Venice was reached.Members began to think that the capture of Friuli was the plan of Charles V and His Majesty Ferdinand, and that Ladislaus just took advantage of it.

"The master of Vienna may want to give us the Lion of Woking, after all, it is a wish. Is it true that he is short of money?" The Goriti consul once again stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. "As for the half-orc slave. Just give him half. We also need to repair the road so that the giant stone lion can pass. There are still many bridges to be reinforced."

"However, there will be insufficient funds for the reorganization of the army in this way, and the progress will be greatly slowed down." A congressman raised an objection.Although the Republic of Venice is very rich, public resources are still limited.

"Austria has now formed such a close cooperative relationship with us. It will be enough for the army to return to its original level within ten years, not to mention spending so much money back then, it didn't stop others from spending only one-tenth of our troops." Brother The statement of the Consul of Liti is of course an exaggeration, but the arms merchants and armor merchants represented by the congressman are the enemies of the faction of Goliti, and suppressing the opponent is the top priority of the Consul of Goliti, not to mention that Ladislaus is very Obviously no ambition at all. "Now that France and Spain are fighting for hegemony, and Austria will go bankrupt at any time, there is nothing to worry about. I am only worried that the Habsburg cardinal is unable to organize road maintenance in his country."

"The next issue is whether to take back the property of several Orders of the Hospitallers in our country." This issue made all the congressmen shine. Although they are rich, the properties of the Knights Hospitallers are not small.

When Shylock returned to Vienna, he was treated like a hero.

"Good job, you will be the first new nobleman to be named a lifelong baron after I took office." Ladislaus was very satisfied with Sherlock's performance. The best subordinate who completed the task of raising funds.

Although Boss Silica and Old John have more seniority, they have only obtained two knight territories. Of course, their titles are hereditary titles. In fact, the two positions have different positions.

However, in order to encourage nobles to join the army, Ladislaus made it clear that it is almost impossible to obtain a title that can be passed on to future generations for merits other than military merits.

Ladislaus' request was finally met, and the Republic of Venice gave him five hundred and a half orc slaves to repair the city wall, and at the same time, he would seriously repair the road connecting Austria and the Republic of Venice.

Not according to the standards of contemporary commercial roads, but the standards of military roads in the era of the Roman Empire so that the treasure can be sent to the Republic of Venice smoothly.

They are all gravel roads of the highest standard rather than dirt roads, which can withstand the use of huge stone lions or tens of thousands of people without damage.

These roads used to be the meridians of the ancient Roman Empire. No matter who the enemy is, the army from the capital can repel the enemy who crosses the Danube or the Rhine within 30 days. London and Aleppo only need to hold on for [-] days. Reinforcements will arrive tomorrow.

Although the various supplies obtained from the Venetian merchants were worthless, they were still a small supplement. No matter how moldy the food was, they could be stuffed into those half-orcs.

It's just that Ladislaus cut his own face, not for this purpose. The task of "weakening the vigilance of the Venetians" consumed nearly a thousand prestige, and now it is only a little over ten thousand.

He wants much more than that.

"Your Excellency, the construction of the stone lion project must be well controlled. The construction period must not be too urgent or too slow. When the location of the Vienna Trade Center is confirmed, I will personally send this treasure to the city of Venice."