Maximian looked at the Marquis of Baden unexpectedly, and he did not expect the Marquis to bring him such news.

A long time ago, Maximian had the idea of ​​rebuilding and expanding the city of Vienna, but when he asked someone to roughly estimate the funds needed, he immediately gave up this really whimsical idea.

That was a huge amount of money calculated based on the current financial state of Austria and his grandson could not repay it.

It is precisely because of this that he coveted Lombardy's wealth even more.

"Fogels, are you willing to help me?"

Maximian felt that things should not be that simple. After all, the alienation shown by the Fogel family before showed that the family had become much more cautious after a disaster.

Then the Forgear family will take the initiative to make such suggestions, which obviously has a reward that can make them willing to pay a huge price.

"What do they want?" Maximian asked finally.

The Marquis Baden breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the emperor must be moved.

Maximian has always regarded the reconstruction of Vienna as a huge long-cherished wish, but the amazing huge amount of funds discouraged him.

Now there is a chance to get what he wants, Maximian is moved.

But he also knew that such good conditions would be impossible not to pay the price.

Jacob Fuguel was never a philanthropist, and of course he was not a very kind client himself, so Maximian was secretly happy to get his long-cherished wish, while guessing what exchange conditions the other party would propose.

"According to Kotschach, the people of the Fugel family seemed to want to continue doing business in the countries within the empire, and you know that some of them are related to many nobles."

The words of the Marquis of Baden made Maximian frown secretly.

Of course he knew what the Marquis was hinting at.

Maximian proposed the grand plan to rebuild Vienna was not just because he was very happy.

Vienna is located in a basin at the foot of the northern mountain of the Alps. Although surrounded by mountains, the city of Vienna itself is located in the center of the basin.

The Ottoman threats to the Balkans and even Hungary made Maximian see the crisis. He began to be careful that once Austria had to face invasion from pagans and the front-line war was unfavorable, Vienna's current city defense may not be able to withstand the direct attack of pagans.

It is precisely because of this that Maximian is eager to rebuild the city.

But besides this, Maximian has another idea.

He hoped to build Vienna into the center of the whole of Europe and then take this opportunity to summon the German princes to Vienna.

He believed that a beautiful city would definitely make the princes happy, so that he could have the opportunity to gradually regain power from them.

It was just that many people opposed his idea, which made Maximian wonder if anyone had guessed his true intentions, so he stopped him by having no money.

Now that the Fuguer family has expressed their willingness to help him realize this wish, Maximian couldn't help but be excited.

However, he still tried to remind himself to be calm and not to show too much attention before knowing the other party's true intentions.

"Just keeping doing business, it doesn't seem to cost the Fuguer family such a big price."

Maximian looked at the Marquis of Baden with a calm expression. He believed that the relationship between the Marquis and Cotschach should be more than just what he said, so even if he was not very clear about the true purpose of the Fugel family, it should bring useful news.

Sure enough, the Marquis Baden spoke carefully.

"Your Majesty, the Fulgher family expressed their hope that they could make business freely in the empire with their trading partners, and that they would like to join our chamber of commerce against the French who were gradually becoming a threat."

"French?"

"Yes, your majesty, please see this."

Looking at the fine pepper brought by the Marquis of Baden, Maximian's expression became grim.

Of course, Maximian knew what kind of wealth pepper could bring. This precious spice that is more expensive than gold made Iberia rich. If the French had the huge source of wealth for the pepper trade, I believe that it would not take long before these peppers could become various sharp weapons, causing the French to pose a threat to Austria.

"Fuguel is for this," Maximian was still a little unbelievable. "So who are they referring to when they are talking about the trading partner?"

The Marquis of Baden paused and finally spoke under Maximian's gaze: "It's His Majesty of the Trade Union, they are willing to do business with us, I mean with us all."

Listening to the Marquis' words, Maximian's face finally changed.
Chapter completed!