Warlock Royal Family

() For the remaining days of November, every day is very difficult for Sherlock. <>

He didn't know about the conspiracy in the sauna. Ladislaus didn't even notify all the members of the State Council, only a few cronies knew about the undercurrent of the Kingdom of Hungary.

When he came to the city of Venice again, Shylock did not get a clear order from Ladislaus. Ladislaus only asked him to "delay as much as possible the time for Venice to take real hostile actions."

This job is not easy to handle. The Goriti Consul is urging more and more urgently, and the voices in the parliament of the Republic of Venice are more and more inclined to go to war.

As the French army began to attack the remaining fortresses in the Milan area and the Italian princes close to the Habsburg family, and the Kingdom of Hungary began to gradually hand over Islia to the Republic of Venice, the attitude of the Goriti consul began to become very tough. severe.

"Your Excellency Sherlock, although I cherish the friendship with you and your master very much, I am about to be powerless." The Austrian ambassador to Venice has been pretending to be sick every day, and is waiting for the dismissal order to return home. , in his view, putting the blame on Sherlock is a good way to protect his career. "Now I am under great pressure from the Congress to use all means to take back Friuli, a sacred and indivisible territory that has belonged to the Republic of Venice since ancient times. Every day, new members join the propaganda campaign for the recovery of the homeland."

Recovering territory is a matter of political correctness in any country, especially min zhu countries. Members only need to shout a few times on the streets of their constituencies: "We must recover Friuli! Friuli! Friuli! "You can get a lot of votes, and no member of parliament can escape this temptation.

There is no need to exchange benefits, no need to run around for the people in the constituency, just shout slogans, who would not like it?

"Your help to Austria. I will definitely explain to His Royal Highness Cardinal Habsburg, please understand that my master is different from those heirs who were born in Vienna. It is very difficult and dangerous for him to make concessions. "

"In any case, please urge His Royal Highness Cardinal to make a quick decision. If successful, I will thank you and all the diplomats who participated in the negotiations with 30 talers."

The talks were still fruitless, and there was no meaningful progress except that the Goriti consul finally increased the "intermediary fee" by a large sum.

As the end of November approached, the threat of the Venetians was no longer verbal, and the price of the Italian mercenary company began to rise sharply.And this can be said to be a precursor to war.

The Republic of Venice even began to recruit merchant ships and merchant sailors.Make a gesture of preparing to block the Austrian coastline.

"Today, there are four convoys going westward, with a total of 530 five-horse carts." Although in fact he is already Austria's ambassador in Venice, Sherlock is still at the gate of Venice in person during this busy day. Observe the situation and collect data.

Of course, there is no need to take notes in person, and someone will count for him.

"Although those who participated should be intimidated, our attitude has indeed made the Republic of Venice support the Kingdom of France. These grains, grass and horse fodder are of great help to the Kingdom of France." Sherlock's daughter and son-in-law are now also because of their father. The relationship returned to Venice, and even part of the stolen property was returned.

Now this son-in-law can feel at ease now that his father-in-law and Ladislaus are working, and he is also a passable wanderer who can provide Sherlock with some protection. Although Sherlock is not weak, but now he wants to destroy Venice and There are quite a few people with Austrian connections.Once he died in the city of Venice it would be a big scandal.

"Even if the Venetians don't want to go to war in today's situation, it will cause too much trouble for the warlock royal family, and this time a lot of supplies are provided to the French on credit, and the creditors are very considerate of the debtors. In case anyone It would be bad for the mercenary leader to take a risk." Sherlock frowned, for now, he has only performed his duties well, and as an outsider in Vienna, he must do better than the law.

"You said that the younger brother of a congressman wanted to provide us with information?" Sherlock asked his son-in-law.

"Yeah, but this guy is a scumbag. What kind of confidential information does he have? He just wants to cheat food and drink and get some pocket money." Although Sherlock's son-in-law is also not a good person, he can seduce everyone The businessman's daughter still has some vision.Just still not as good as Sherlock.

Of course, Venice must have sent enough guards to secretly ensure the safety of Sherlock. Of course, not only for protection, every day Sherlock's movements will be reported on the desk of the Goriti Consul.Goriti will study with his son.

"Sherlock counts the number of luggage we leave the city to support the French army every day? Haha, that's great." The Goriti consul didn't care about leaking information at all, which was his purpose.

"Father, don't we really want to fight the Habsburg Empire?" the son asked cautiously, even at home, the Goriti consul is the absolute master, "We have mobilized in recent days.

Those councilors were terrified, my wife had to receive girlfriends from all walks of life who came to inquire about the news every day. "

"Those councilors shouted loudly. If there is a real war, you will be discouraged." The Goriti consul didn't realize that his words were actually talking about himself, "It's not too bad to take back Islia, If that kid from Ladislaus really refuses to exchange Friuli, we can at most give France a little more military supplies, and now the Austrian market is quite friendly to us, and I really don’t want to lose this market.”

"We openly support the Kingdom of France. The Cardinal of Habsburg must also end his friendly policy towards us. Don't say that he shows hostility to our businessmen, as long as he doesn't concentrate on severely punishing Rias like he is now. The lives of us merchants will not be so easy for those who are in special ports and commercial roads."

"The trade organization he established in Vienna is to carve up the influence of Venice, and the most important thing in the trade center is to trade fairly. There will be no corrupt bureaucratic system asking for bribes or imposing heavy taxes. He needs to give us preferential treatment. All the merchants told that even the Venetians can be treated fairly, so what else should other merchants worry about.” As the construction of the Vienna New City deepened.Of course, Venice can know the true purpose of this plan.

The Consul of Goriti has calculated Ladislaus' intentions quite accurately. As long as you find benefits, you will naturally find the truth, and businessmen always pursue benefits. Interest, then although it is not in the middle, it is not far away.

The son of the Goriti consul suddenly realized: "The worse the relationship between the government and the fu, and the care for businessmen remains the same, the more it can show the security of Vienna in transactions. But in this way, aren't we cooperating with Austria?"

"This is a win-win situation. Why do you think we can spend an astronomical figure of 500 million thalers this time? It is because as the Danube economy has prospered, we have also received more supplies from Northern Europe. This effectively fills the gap between Spain and Portugal’s economic difficulties after controlling foreign trade. Vienna is not a coastal city after all. The Kingdom of Hungary has no interest in supporting Vienna’s trade, relying only on the trade volume in the middle and upper reaches of the Danube, Vienna has at best become a supplement to Venice.”

The Goriti Consul is quite confident in the contacts and traditions accumulated in the city of Venice for hundreds of years.

"But I think Austria will return Friuli to us in the end. After all, Cardinal Habsburg is a rational and calm person, and a rational and calm person will make the right choice. Austria is merely a newly acquired land, not worth fighting the mighty alliance of France-Venice-Hungary, and the possibility is too dangerous."

However, the world is not full of rational and calm people. The conversation between father and son was interrupted by the butler. The butler never interrupted the conversation between the noble father and son. Rufei was the worst thing that happened.

"What?! Ambassador Kahn was killed?!" Goriti Consul never expected.Sherlock, who showed up all day long, was fine, but Ambassador Kahn, who was hiding in the embassy and never came out, just waiting to go home, died unexpectedly. "Sherlock asked for emergency shelter? Please let him in."

"Father, the French probably did it, but the possibility exists that the Austrians did it themselves." In desperation, the little Goriti also forgot his father's usual self-importance, and actually questioned his father. decision.

"Absurd, can such despicable actions change our national policy besides discrediting the Republic of Venice? At most, it will only delay for a few days. Would the majestic cardinal do such a thing, and even if it is the conspiracy of the Austrians themselves I have to protect Shylock too." The consul of Goriti was furious at his son's slowness. If the heir who wanted to be gilded had not died in the hands of Hayreddin, he would have no intention of bringing his son into the political arena. "Okay. You go and arrange a few bedrooms for the Austrians, and I'll see Sherlock."

Although the Consul of Goriti didn't fully trust what Austria said, but after hearing Shylock's statement, he still believed that France could do it.

"Although I am very grateful for your protection, I must truthfully report to Vienna. The killers should be sent by members of parliament close to the Kingdom of France. Their modus operandi is very brutal. Not only did they kill Ambassador Kahn, but several guards also died in the into battle." Sherlock sounded sad and dignified, and his accusation was forceful.The Austrians counterattacked and killed an assassin, the younger brother of a member of the Friulian Councilor who was the head of the faction in parliament demanding the Friulian back.

"This shows that it is a misunderstanding and a conspiracy. It must be those enemies who want Venice and Austria to try to sow discord." The Goriti consul also behaved very decently, and he further threatened "although the death of Ambassador Kahn Personally, I am very sorry, but national affairs will not change because of personal life and death, and the determination of the Republic of Venice to regain Friuli is unshakable."

The Goriti consul only made decisions based on strength rather than motivation. Although he didn't quite believe that the Austrians directed and acted out the scene, he did not waver in his policy. (To be continued.