One of the two Sicilian kingdoms on both sides of the lighthouse, Ferdinand II of Naples was dead.

When this news spread, many people did not really realize what kind of far-reaching impact this incident would have, except for the accident.

Ferdinand went from a hurry to a abandoned country fleeing, to a slight return to Naples, and finally was summoned by the Lord to heaven, only a little over a year.

Such a short rule did not give him any chance to display his talents. Except for the Naples, in the eyes of most other city-states, Ferdinand was like a passerby who did not leave any impression on anyone. Some people even didn't know that Naples had changed a king.

However, despite this, the Naples were still saddened by the loss of their king. When people heard the news flocked to the city from all directions, heavy black everywhere, and everyone had a look of sadness and sadness on their faces, especially when they thought of the high spirits when the king returned to Naples not long ago to recover the lost land occupied by the French, many people couldn't help but burst into tears and burst into tears.

The nobles felt the crisis they were facing because of Ferdinand's death. Regarding whether Ferdinand could successfully take over the throne, as Alexander sent food to rescue the famine in Naples and his inexplicable ambiguous attitude with Modilona, ​​the nobles began to wonder.

Mahimo, who was supposed to return to Agri according to Modillo's order, was also affected. As Alexander's representative in Naples, he had to stay.

After sending someone else to Alexander the news, Mahimo was summoned by the nobles' house.

Maximo was too excited about this sudden summons and even couldn't remember how he walked in and how he got out.

The only thing he remembered was that he seemed to speak generously to a group of noble men from Naples. As for what he said, he didn't remember at all.

Mahimo still has many friends in Naples.

So he decided to take the time to go back to the Lookout Tavern, but this time he didn't need to sneak around.

When Maximo appeared at the door of the tavern, the owner of the tavern rushed up and picked him up and circled in the air at first sight. Amidst a burst of crazy shouts and cheers around, Maximo was dragged into the "watching whistle" by the owner of the tavern.

Now Maximo has become a hero, at least a big shot who follows the hero.

Although the king's death diluted a lot of the atmosphere of joy, the little sadness was soon diluted by the arrival of Maximo, who was born optimistic.

Everyone is eager to know Maximo's experience during this period, and some people who have seen Alexander have kept boasting to the people next to them that they have drunk and swearing with the adults.

The tavern owner's sister squeezed in from the crowd and poured wine for Maximo, which caused people to make fun of themselves.

After Mahimo picked up the wine glass and took a large sip of ale that was comparable to the clear water, he stood up and raised his glass and blessed loudly: "May God bless my master, Lord Gumbrey of Agri!"

"God bless!" people shouted, and the sound was louder than Mahimo.

They worked so hard, not only because Lord Kombre brought them wheat to solve the famine, but the bigger reason was that Mahimo threw it on the table and paid for everyone in the tavern.

Maximo became rich, and monk Maximo became a big shot. Father Maximo even talked and laughed with the duke and Earl Modilo. One more mysterious news made people never dare to use names like the liar Maximo or the toad Maximo. People's eyes were filled with awe, and some people even tried to get closer to find an opportunity to say a few words to this big shot.

Mahimo's life seemed to be fulfilled at this moment. He looked around with pride, and then took out a few Florin from his robe with great enthusiasm. In the respectful gaze of people's eyes that were almost like worship, he threw Florin on the table: "These are the wine money and interest I owe before. The excess will be stored on the cabinet. I will come to drink often in the future."

Maximo blinked at the tavern owner's sister as he said this.

Because this action was too obvious, a teasing boo immediately sounded in the tavern.

Then Ma Ximo stood up and packed up his robe, and walked out of the "watching whistle" surrounded by people.

But when he reached the door, he stopped and turned around and said seriously to the owner of the tavern following: "I'm talking about true Barr, I will come here often in the future."

After saying that, he walked down the steep stairs under the tavern owner's gaze with some confusion, slowly disappearing at the intersection of the slanting street.

But no one knew that when he turned around and no one could see it, Maximo, who was already energetic, suddenly collapsed. He turned his robe pocket over and looked at the empty pocket and sighed for a while.

The money was given to him by Alexander before leaving Agri. At that time, he was so happy that he almost treated Alexander as a saint, but the next thing he heard broke all his dreams.

Alexander told him that all the money must be spent at once, and even if he needs to continue cheating on food and drink in the end, he must spend it all.

Mahimo really didn't know what Alexander was going to do, but he knew that the master's orders could not be violated.

At least after seeing how he dealt with the Bohemians, Mahimo no longer dared to associate him with words like timid and weak.

Alexander was undoubtedly generous to the Bohemians. After giving them the reward they deserved, Alexander once again made a suggestion that he would hire these Bohemians as long-term mercenaries, and unless the Bohemian king recalled them, the Bohemian cavalry would stay in Agri, and their reward was not gold coins, but a commission for the tax on the grain of a small part of the fields in the Agri plain.

For most mercenaries, fighting a war with their employer and then obtaining gold coins or spoils is always the most direct way, and only the most elite or mercenaries with sufficient background can be qualified to choose money or draw taxes from their territory.

A long time ago, only the Sforza family in Milan could do this. When the Sforza family finally seized the rule of Milan, no lord dared to try this way that could easily cause trouble to lead the wolf into the house.

Alexander didn't seem to care about this. The suggestion he made to the Bohemians make the mercenaries nodded and agreed immediately without even thinking too much.

But what Alexander did next was somewhat beyond people's expectations.

He first divided the Bohemians into several different teams, then took out a map that he had made from some unknown origin, drew a few circles on it, and then announced that the food taxes in these places belonged to those different teams.

The Bohemians were surprised. They didn't know how to divide this. Didn't everyone get the food tax together?

Alexander's answer to the Bohemian doubts was simple: "This land and grain tax is usually owned by your squad, and I will depend on your courage and responsibility in the battle. If someone does a brave act that exceeds his duty, I will reward him, and the reward will be drawn from other people who are not dedicated."

The Bohemians immediately showed dissatisfaction. They felt that each of them was the bravest, and no one was willing to admit that they were a coward.

"Then let me see how brave and loyal you are." Alexander responded to the Bohemian questioning.

A confrontation has begun.

Maximo would not forget what happened next. He didn't know how Alexander came up with so many strange ways.

He asked the farmers on both sides of the Agri River to put down their farm tools and pick up bows and arrows and pitchforks, but he did not organize these mud legs that had not seen the shadow of the cavalry, and who had only heard the sound of horse hooves and turned around to fight against the Bohemians, but instead let them burrow into the jungle, hide in wheat fields, or hide in the ditch and river fork. The farmers' mission was only to harass, to harass them, and even to shout a few times from a distance, forcing the Bohemians who were eating to put down their food and jump on their horses and wander around, so that the Bohemians could not calm down.

And when the Bohemians finally faced the enemy, they were facing the knights left by Odone.

When Odonje left Kosencha, there were not many people who stayed in the castle, but first Kysel distrust them, and then Ruosha cleansed the dissidents in the territory that had not been able to deal with before. When they realized that the count was not merciful than her brother, these people faced two choices given by Ruosha: either leave Kosencha's territory or go to the Agri Plain to serve as the reserves of the Kosencha family.

Most of these people ended up choosing the latter.

A team of less than a hundred people gathered from all over Kosencha came to the Agri Plain. Waiting for these uneasy exiles was Alexander's equally unceremonious condition: to fight for me in exchange for reward.

Without fiefdoms, without taxes, these exiled people with all rights and only one knight title face new choices.

In the end, except for a small number of people who chose to leave, the others remained in Agri.

But these people who remained were soon told that they would use a confrontation with the Bohemians to determine how much they could receive,

When they picked up the weapons again, these people were very confident. They believed that they were no worse than the Bohemians, but soon they realized that this idea was a bit too optimistic.

Despite being harassed by farmers, the Bohemians still taught these master soldiers from Kosencha a perfect lesson.

When a Bohemian cavalry proudly waved the flags seized from the first team of Kosenza infantry, composed of more than twenty people, he heard a heavy muffled sound!

When the Bohemian turned around when he heard the sound, he happened to see a large ball of white objects rushing towards him. Then he felt a little painful on his face as if he had been punched, and then he heard the laughter from his friends behind him.

When the second team of Cosenca Guards appeared, the Bohemians saw something strange.

Although a team of guards that could form a formation were tied together closely together. Among them, the people in the front row held spears made of branches, while the people in the later days held hard arrows, and there were vaguely several of them that looked quite musket-like.

The Bohemians hesitated a little, they didn't know what these guards were going to do, and the brave but not reckless Bohemians chose to be cautious at this time.

They began to run quickly around this strange formation. As their horses gradually approached the enemy, the guards were panicked at first, and then gradually stabilized with one or two sudden muskets.

This is because they found that although muskets may not really hit the "enemy", the Bohemians still became cautious due to the power and coercion caused by such too strange weapons in this era.

However, the result of the battle was that the Bohemians still won. They found a flaw in the team during their tireless movement, and then used only one threatening charge to rush the guards to the ground.

This victory made the Bohemians laugh proudly, but they didn't know that Alexander, who was watching all this from a distance, also smiled.

The Bohemians still received the food tax they expected, but as Alexander said, they realized that not everyone was so brave.

This is not to say that there are cowards among them, but to face an inexplicable enemy, some Bohemians do not know what to do.

"Those who win the battle bravely should receive more rewards and should not be held responsible for the defeated ones," Alexander said to them, "so you will be divided into different squads, whether you can earn enough rewards and spoils for yourself, it is up to yourself and not others."

The Bohemians have become accustomed to fighting and sharing rewards together, but now they are arranged in this way, which makes many people unacceptable, but they can't think of a reason for their unacceptability.

And for those Bohemians who may become captains, such decisions have completely different meanings.

The same battles are paid the same reward, and the same battles can get more rewards. This comparison makes these Bohemians eager to try.

Finally, Alexander's proposal was approved by the Bohemians. When the most prestigious one of them pressed his fingerprints on the contract, perhaps because of the autumn afternoon sun. Mahimo, who was standing behind Alexander, suddenly felt inexplicably dizzy as he looked at the owner in front of him.

What really made Maximo dizzy was the next thing that happened.

Not all Bohemians favor such a somewhat cruel contract, so when the complaints gathered together, several of them mutiny.

It was an unsuccessful mutiny. When the drunken Bohemians were shaking and shouting with their sabers, Alexander suddenly gave the order to kill!

Except for two lucky guys, these people were instantly stabbed into honeycombs by the guards who had already prepared.

Then Alexander announced the trial of the two surviving people. Without forgiveness and pardon, the mercenaries who disobeyed and mutiny had only one end: they were hanged alive!

All the Bohemians saw the execution. After Mahimo's prayer, two mutiny soldiers were put on ropes. With a shout, the wooden pier kicked down. The two men's bodies began to shake and twitch in the air until they finally disappeared.

"I give you wealth and honor, and you reward me with loyalty, follow me to get what you never thought, and disobey me to be punished the most severely."

This is what Alexander said to the Bohemians while standing on the execution ground.

He stood there unshakablely confronted the Bohemians. Finally, in the silence, commotion and tension that made Mahimo almost go crazy, the Bohemians bowed their heads to Alexander one after another, led by several captains.

The generous reward touched the hearts of the Bohemians, and the same cruel punishment also allowed them to see the young lord's uncompromising.

"What a master who is hard to see through."

Maximo walked while walking, thinking about it.

Many things Alexander did made him feel incomprehensible, at least he didn't understand why Alexander asked him to spend all the Florida sent by Miss Cosenca, and said he must spend it on places like "Observation Way".

But the monk really likes this errand.

Mahimo and his grain transport team were arranged in a building not far from the palace. It was originally the mansion of a nobleman in Naples, but after his family's succession many years ago, the mansion became a parish school in Naples.

Now that the school has been vacated, the Bohemians are very unceremonious to put the expensive furniture tables and chairs from the room in the yard, and then set up a fire to roast jerky meat.

When Mahimo walked into the yard, bursts of fragrance came to his nose. What surprised him was that among the Bohemians, he also saw several beautifully dressed women. From their behavior, Mahimo quickly realized that these women should not have any serious origins.

The bohemian's unrestrained actions caused some dissatisfaction among the monks, but before he could drive away the women, he was told that a messenger had been waiting for him for a long time.
To be continued...