Warlock Royal Family

"According to the report from Treviso, the alliance between Little Goriti and Aramis seems to have broken down. They are fighting on the main island of Venice, and there is also a melee on several subsidiary islands." Jones sent a report from the south. .

Although all parties were worried about his wife's affairs, Ladislaus himself did not pay attention to this issue. He was just waiting for the final quotation from all parties.

It was just the news from Venice that worried him. Although his ambassador had tried his best to control the relationship between the various powerful factions on the island of Venice, he could not stop the conflict from erupting after all.

"There are still foreign enemies on Crete, are these two idiots impatient?" Ladislaus shook his head. "And it turned into a stalemate?"

"The opposition on Crete has not taken active actions, but the leader of the Cretan faction, Governor Venel, also rejected the peace proposal of Little Goriti." Jones' eyes and ears on Venice Island are still sensitive, and the locals Many are impressed by Austria's strength.

It is always easier to establish eyes and ears in areas where Ladislaus has led the army to demonstrate its strength. The so-called soft power is also.

Little Goriti intends to recognize the independence of Crete and let Werner be the king of Crete, but the other party did not accept this proposal and made the offer public.

Little Goriti was in a state of distress for a while because of this, he was obviously orthodox in occupying the main island of Venice, and his prestige was greatly damaged by the summation.

The nobles of Venice may not care about his private scandals, but they cannot forgive his actions to protect the interests of the country. [

Far from throwing the enemies of Crete into confusion, his proposal greatly damaged his already very scant prestige.

Moreover, during this period of time, in order to form his own private power, little Goriti robbed openly and secretly in Venice, which caused great damage to the original interests.

Coupled with the chaos of large tracts of territory seized by Ladislaus from Venice and the confusion of trade routes, the original benefit distribution system of the Republic of Venice fell into a state of disintegration.

Little Goriti is the source of all this. Although the propaganda department of Ladislaus is still promoting him as the hero who quelled the rebellion, more and more Venetians believe that he killed his father. .

After all, too much information and interests point to him.

Little Goriti himself was not very worried. At first, Ladislaus' garrison in northern Italy helped him stabilize the situation.Thousands of Austrian soldiers in Treviso deterred opponents.

Although the Austrian army later withdrew due to fighting in other directions.

But he has already organized a militia of nearly a thousand people, and hired several mercenary regiments of hundreds of people. It is better for the Austrians on the other side of the narrow strait to leave. Little Goriti also does not trust Ladislaus.

He knew very well who the real predator was, and occasionally little Goriti would recall the experience of that civil strife.

Recalling it once, he can be more sure that Ladislaus is the behind-the-scenes operator who planned everything.

Remember once.More happy memories with his father would re-enter his mind, making him miserable.

Most of the time, little Goriti just used alcohol and women to numb his painful soul, but occasionally he would curse Ladislaus severely.

In order to cover up the pain in his heart, he regarded Ladislaus as his father-killing enemy, but he was not crazy enough to trouble Ladislaus.

With their own troops.The Austrian army also left. Although it lost a large piece of land on the mainland, several important islands connected with the trade between the Middle East and the Near East were also lost.

However, the Centipedes of the Republic of Venice are dead but not stiff. Relying on inertia, many merchants still come here to conduct transactions. [

Although it is not as good as before, it is still enough for him to live a life of drunken dreams.

He can still do whatever he wants in the city of Venice, at least the little Goriti thinks so.

He didn't realize it.Because of his bad reputation and poor management, more than 90.00% of the vested interests in the Republic of Venice have become his opponents, and only a very small number of subordinates who participated in his search reluctantly supported him.

This state is actually not bad, at least in the interests of Ladislaus.

Although little Goriti's attitude towards the United Kingdom is getting worse and worse because of his distorted and complicated mentality, Ladislaus still does not intend to overthrow him.

The ambassador of Austria, later called the United Kingdom, has been trying to maintain this situation.

Those internally bred rebels would have wanted to reclaim the territories Ladislaus had seized anyway.The Republic of Venice has competed with the hegemony on the mainland for several years. These seemingly spineless and courageous businessmen have repelled the conceited knights and martial kings several times. Didn't get any benefit.

Ladislaus dare not underestimate the Republic of Venice.

So he hopes that the republic will completely lose its cohesion, for which he can accept waiting and be satisfied with the large territory he has already acquired.

There is also a more direct reason that dozens or hundreds of Venetians leave Venice with their families every month.Most came from the nearest United Kingdom.

The officials of Treviso would receive them warmly and send them to settle in the Austrian city.

Most of these exiles are relatively well-off, and they are the best taxpayers who are good at business.

This is also the reason why Ladislaus hopes that Venice will continue to be chaotic. Just waiting for him will have many benefits.

Compared with the little Goriti who has a little foundation in Venice.Ladislaus hoped that Artemis, a pure outsider, would have more strength.

In short, try to keep the city of Venice in chaos and peace.

In fact, part of Goriti's dissatisfaction was due to Ladislaus's continuous poaching. At first he thought that this kind of immigration would take away his potential opponents, but as time passed, he began to think that Venice was his own. It is inevitable that Ladislaus is shaking the foundation of his rule.

Therefore, for Ladislaus, the longer Goriti's reign, the better, even if the opponent gradually shows a non-cooperative attitude.

Ladislaus provided intelligence and limited financial assistance to the Templar Aramis through his ambassador to help him suppress those Venetian nobles who wanted to rebel.

But in the end, various means failed to maintain the situation for a long time, and the little Goriti somehow realized the threat of Aramis.

"Based on the current information, it should be that the little Goriti claimed to have discovered that Aramis was involved in the plot to kill his father and provoked the conflict. He may think that Aramis is a foreign mercenary whose foundation is not stable, and he himself must be able to get the local With the support of the powerful forces, they chose to launch a sudden attack in the city hall, but they did not act confidentially. Many members of the council would rather support Aramis. After being warned, Aramis mobilized his own mercenaries to fight in the city of Venice." Jones' report continued arrive.

"It is now the third day of the battle. The situation last night was that Aramis had already controlled half of the city. Little Goriti's rule was disgusting. Many local powerful factions brought their families and guards Supporting the mercenaries of Aramis." This is very timely information, and Vienna can know the situation in Venice 24 hours ago.

"Aren't they worried that after Aramis wins, those mercenaries will plunder the city?" Ladislaus was very surprised about this, since little Goriti was a local anyway.

"Aramis has the help of other Templars." Sherlock, who was always beside him, said, because of his outstanding performance in Venice, a large part of Ladislaus' support for Aramis was provided through him. was also invited to consult on this issue. "Among the traditional bigwigs in Venice, there are also remaining members of the Templars. Aramis will definitely support an agent. He knows that he does not have the strength to directly control Venice."

"Then shall we do it?" Ladislaus' strategic intentions have not been told to Jones. In his view, Ladislaus' long-term secret support for Aramis is for this chaotic opportunity.

"Do it?" Although there was no plan to annex the city of Venice, Ladislaus was indeed slightly moved for a moment.

This is a good opportunity. Although Venice Island was robbed once, the accumulation of hundreds of years in the city cannot be robbed overnight.

If it can attack again, there will be huge benefits, not to mention the commercial advantages that can be brought by annexing this good port at the northern end of the Adriatic Sea.

This is a shortcut to building a powerful empire.

The competition between Venice and Vienna is limited. Vienna relies on the Danube and the Amber Road, and Venice is the center of the entire Mediterranean trade.

It is not purely homogeneous competition.

The glass full-length mirror in Venice and the pearl necklace in Vienna are even complementary to a certain extent. If Ladislaus invests a little more resources in road maintenance, the two trade center cities will benefit greatly from reducing tax cards.

With the wealth of Austria and Northern Italy, Ladisles will have much more confidence in facing the Ottoman Empire.

"The time is not yet ripe." However, Ladislaus finally denied this tempting idea. The United Kingdom does not have a navy. better than.

Don't say that compared with the Ottoman Empire, the remaining fleets of the Republic of Venice are far more powerful than Ladislaus.

Without a navy, not only would it be impossible to hold onto the trade line, but even the island of Venice would be a burden.

"There is no need to mobilize a large army, just ask the governor of Treviso to mobilize a small number of troops to prepare to go to the island." Ladislaus shook his head as he said. "However, it is not for the purpose of destroying the Republic of Venice, but for preparing to set things right." (To be continued...)