Warlock Royal Family

() "Haha, the ports of Pola, Zadar, and Split in the Republic of Venice were completely destroyed, not only the port facilities but also a large number of merchant ships were also burned to ashes, oh, secretly forgive me , to be so excited about the victory of the heretics." Harna was reading the latest information from Chief Secrecy Officer Jones to Ladislaus in bed, and she was obviously not worried about whether Cyric would forgive her, because Cyric has no affection for the Republic of Venice, which believes in Vol'jin. "Over [-] inhabitants of Krk and Isa were captured as slaves, oh what a misfortune."

"Part of the Ottoman army went deep into the interior, and now the city of Zagreb is under martial law. The Kingdom of Hungary didn't have much navy and ports, and now they don't exist at all." Although the port of Trieste in Austria was actually merged It was robbed, but Ladislaus didn't invest much there, and the Venetian merchants were still the big losers.

Halna's spirits were running high.

The lingering just now was also of great help to her emotions, because Ladislaus hadn't given Halna much nourishment these days because of his promise to Mrs. Reinhardt.

More importantly, as a Ligurian, Harna couldn't be happier for the suffering of the Venetians.

Ladislaus can also be regarded as Ligurian, but he is not so excited about the suffering of the Venetians, and unlike most Austrians who are relieved by the current situation, he is not very willing to do things. so developed.

The alliance between Hungary and France is indeed a very dangerous situation for Austria. Now the crisis in Croatia obviously makes King Louis II of Hungary have no time to look around.

Maybe others will think that there is some kind of military reason for the Ottoman navy and Barbary pirates to suddenly appear on the northern coast of the Adriatic Sea and severely damage the ports of all countries along the coast, but Ladislaus is very clear that it must be in Croatia The Feldtaler family, which is quite influential in the area, secretly assisted in this raid.

Ladislaus is also well aware that most political players will doubt whether Austria has any cooperation with the Ottoman Empire.

In fact, Harna also has doubts about this question, after all, Hungary and Venice were attacked.The geo-environmental situation in Austria has greatly improved, and Ladislaus is obviously the beneficiary of this incident.

This time the information from the Austrian intelligence agency was so fast and detailed, which also hinted at the possibility that Ladislaus had already made arrangements. .

And in addition to this, Ladislaus also asked Halna to do another thing through Margarita, which also shows his participation.

"Cousin, this time is really blessed by the true god. The timing of the appearance of those heathen pirates is really good." Halna carefully tested.

Even though he is a person under the same blanket, this issue is too sensitive.

"The heathen navy will not be blessed by the true god at any time, my good sister." Although Ladislaus' tone was not harsh.But the content of the words undoubtedly expressed his attitude. "Tomorrow you and Princess Catherina will go to the churches of His Majesty the Great Wish Knight and the Church of His Majesty Anri respectively, and pray for all the residents who were killed and taken away by the heretic pirates."

Although Anna didn't get the answer she wanted, she was even happier. After all, she was more concerned about the contest with Princess Catherine than whether she had some kind of blasphemous alliance.

Ladislaus once again confirmed her certain equality with the Spanish princess, at least she must be second only to Princess Catherina.

She got under the covers excitedly and served Ladislaus.

The cousin's gentle lips and tongue slightly relieved the depression on Ladislaus' back.

In fact, it is absolutely impossible for Ladislaus to have any cooperation with the Ottoman Empire. Ladislaus would rather face the cavalry harassment of the Kingdom of Hungary, and even add a lot of Venetian mercenaries than strengthen the Ottoman Empire. The monster of the Ottoman Empire.Even if it seems far away.

The Hungarian Kingdom sandwiched between Austria and Ottoman seems to be quite powerful. Counting the Electorate of Bohemia, this is a political entity with a population of nearly ten million. The belief of the Ottoman Empire and the Great Devil of the Stars and the Moon is limited to the Balkan Peninsula. Is there any reason to think that Austria cannot engage in a long-distance and close attack with Ottoman?

It's just that Ladislaus knows the danger of the situation better than anyone else. He knows that everything "looks okay", and the actual situation in the Kingdom of Hungary is very bad.

The intelligence about pirate activities was reported to Jones by Feldtaler, and he was showing his strength and connections.

Although Feldtaler did not mention a word about his relationship with the Ottoman Empire, it is not difficult for Ladislaus to guess.This careerist not only sold Hungary's interests to himself, it was obvious that he was also on the line with the Ottoman Empire.

I just don't know how far this guy can go.

The next day, at the Cyric Cathedral in Vienna.Many leading figures in Austria prayed for the faithful who were killed and taken away by the pagan pirates this time.

Although Ladislaus and Princess Katharina went to Barbarossa's church, all the members of the State Council below Hohenzollern Minister and their wives were present, and Halna represented Ladislaus to attend the blessing. Not too bad, although the local Viennese pastor has been severely suppressed by Ladislaus and has recently been unable to make a sound, but after all, he can't be too shameless.

"Ambassador Doria, long time no see." Madam Margarita and Princess Katharina have never been together, so she didn't go to her ancestors.

church worship.

Although Benso is the ambassador of Liguria, it is natural to participate in blessings with his sister.

After praying devoutly for those unfortunate people, the brothers and sisters Doria and the matron Margarita found a secluded room and settled the accounts.

"The Venice seven-year government bond with an annual interest rate of 11.00% just issued this year has fallen below the face value. How much did you earn this time?" Mentioned money.The sad look on Margarita's matron's face quickly disappeared without a trace.

Yes, this is another thing that Ladislaus asked to do through Harna, short selling Venetian national debt.

The reason why it is necessary to operate through Harna is because the Venice treasury bond market theoretically does not allow short selling without a position.Only with the help of the Ligurians could a rival market be established, and both maritime merchant republics hated the prosperity of the other's treasury market.

Although short-selling treasury bonds is an illegal act strictly prohibited by the Republic of Venice, a large number of peripheral financial institutions don't care about any laws as long as they have profits. These financial institutions belong to the industries of the major nobles in Venice.

Although this kind of transaction is semi-open, it also requires certain channels, and the Republic of Liguria is quite experienced in this regard.

"23 investment firms, each with short selling ranging from [-] to [-] thalers, made a total of about [-] to [-] thalers, and Margarita's female manager can be divided into three Fifty thousand talers. Sister, you can get five thousand talers." The number reported by Ben Suo somewhat disappointed his sister and the matron.

"Such important inside information only made us so little?" Halna, who has been obsessed with insider trading and shady information since she was a child, was incomprehensible.In her opinion, Ladislaus colluded with the Ottoman Sultan and conspired to attack Venice and Hungary, which should make her a fortune. Even if Bensuo deducted a little when handling it, it would not be so little.

"I used two-thirds of the private treasury of His Royal Highness the Cardinal." Margarita was even more puzzled. After all, the other party was a brother and sister, so would they join forces to steal her money?

"What do you think? How many years of ups and downs the Republic of Venice has experienced. Although the national debt market has indeed reacted violently this time, most of the national debt has only lost [-]% to [-]% of its value. Just use the treasury and mobilize a few big noble families who are close to him to buy national bonds to stabilize the market value, and I need to do my best to spread the transaction amount, only in this way will not implicate our Habsburg cardinal in the future. If it is too big The short sale of the pen allowed the Venetians to trace that the Doria family and even the sorcerer royal family short sold a large amount of Venetian national debt at this sensitive time, and that was a truly shocking scandal." Ben Suo said righteously, "I can assure you of this figure. It is absolutely safe, all hands are clean, and the principal and profits will be sent to Vienna within fifteen days."

So far, Margarita can only accept it. In any case, she still has to express a certain amount of gratitude to Benso in accordance with Ladislaus' intention: "How much commission should I give you?"

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, the archbishop in red, for your kindness. I don't need any other rewards. This news itself is my reward. I predicted the situation in Hungary in advance and made my father quite satisfied with my ambassador job, let alone my He is also a Ligurian, isn’t he? We are always willing to help if we can make the Republic of Venice suffer a little.” Benso continued to explain, “And as the ambassador to Austria, I am not suitable to accept any money from Austria. "

"Please remember that any kindness is my own, and has nothing to do with the Cardinal." Margarita knew very well that it would not be a problem for her to be involved in this matter, but she must not have anything to do with Ladislaus , even if this kind of denial is hard to believe, it is always a matter of routine. "Then I'll take my leave. Give you two some family time."

"She knows."

"what do you know?"

Harna stared into her younger brother's eyes and said. "Tell me, how much money does your kid earn?"

"About [-] to [-] thalers, you probably have the same number." Ben Suo didn't feel guilty at all. "Don't look at me like that. You can't just want a man and not a younger brother. What's more, the reasons I said are true. It's very hard to clean up. I don't charge much at all."

"That's not a problem, Ladislaus doesn't care about you making some money." Halna knew what Ladislaus cared about. "What does your father say? He still wants to continue to stand on the side of the French?"

"Although the warlock royal family's attack on the French mainland has not experienced a decisive battle, the hasty retreat after a long siege will inevitably cause huge losses. Of course, my father will not make a decision in such a situation, but this time there will be no Ligurian soldiers and French troops. Let's go together. Father is just providing some military supplies at most."

"It won't please Ladislaus." Halna shook her head.

"Sometimes, I do think that you face too much competition so that the number of times you sleep with Xiaola is really too small, but anyway, it should be more than me." Ben Suo shrugged, "Of course Now, I don’t know much about the people I sleep with. Xiao La is not a person who has too high expectations for life. He often says that if you expect less, you will be happier when good things happen. You don’t have to worry. He will be satisfied if the Ligurian Republic is neutral."

"I hope so." Harna didn't forget that there is another thing, she knows her brother quite well, "And give me [-] yuan, don't cry poor, don't try to fool me, how can you pay me Don't you know?"