The Venetians in history have created enviable miracles of wealth.

As early as centuries BC, their merchant ships had already galloped across the Mediterranean Sea, and with the brave pioneers of Venetian adventurers, they extended their tentacles to every corner of the Mediterranean Sea.

The Venetians had a stronger interest in the sea than anyone else, and for this reason they even fought with various powerful enemies again and again.

This brave act of the Venetians laid a solid foundation for them to become the business overlords in the Mediterranean. Although enemies like Genoa were always entangled with them, the Venetians actually never regarded Genoa as their real opponent.

The Venetians longed for wealth, and for this reason they had taken various adventures more than once, the most famous of which was the opportunity to capture Constantinople, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire during the Eastern Expedition.

The wealth that adventure brought to the Venetians was unimaginable, and even centuries later the Venetians were proud of the rare treasures they robbed from Constantinople.

However, the dual threat from the Ottoman Türkiye and the new route now puts the Venetians in a huge crisis, which makes some of them even feel that they are facing a catastrophe.

It is not an exaggeration to think about it this way. Venice's wealth comes from the sea, and whether the maritime trade is smooth has become Venice's biggest weakness.

Venice seems to be still brilliant now, but in fact it has long been full of dangers.

Grognin's proposal made the Venetians instantly excited, because it meant that these two powerful enemies that posed a huge threat to Venice could be completely resolved.

But the Venetians were not stupid. Now they already knew why Groghenin was not so annoyed about being refused to establish a defensive alliance, but now the one who should be bothered to become Venetians.

At this time, Rollet made a request for a temporary recess.

Groghening did not urge the Venetians to give an answer as soon as possible. He did not even put forward specific conditions but only made a vague proposal, but this was enough for these shrewd merchants.

The chips have been revealed, so let’s see what the Venetians do next?

In a room not far from the venue, Venetian officials surrounded Rollet. After a fierce debate, everyone waited silently for the Governor's statement.

Rollet sat in the chair and pondered. He had heard too many opinions before, but he knew that there were only two final results, and he either agreed with or opposed the Duke of Roman Thesia's request.

This is probably the cunning place of Gombrey, and Rollet thought in annoyance.

With the right to trade in the new route and the opportunity to eliminate the huge temptation from the Ottoman threat, it seems that it is impossible to agree to join the defensive alliance of Lombardy.

Rollett had no doubt that if he refused this request, then let alone the new route, perhaps the Ottomans might also launch operations against Venice in the next civil war.

In fact, a few years ago, rumors that there might be some tacit understanding between the Heavy Rain Alliance and the Ottomans had already become rumored, but at that time people were more envious.

It was only during the Third Roman War that people realized that before they knew it, the previous trade alliance that was purely pursuing wealth had gradually become a formidable and powerful military group.

In the Third Romani War, this military group showed its terrible fangs to the world for the first time, and taught the arrogant King Louis XII a lesson.

Then the military group showed their powerful strength in an unstoppable manner.

Sicily was the first country they actively invaded in the name of protecting free trade, and then the Queen of Naples brought the crown of the unified Kingdom of Sicily.

Since then, the Venetians have known the great power of the Free Trade Union, and now they have put their ideas on the Austrians, and their purpose is obvious to ensure the security of the northern part of Roman Thesia.

What else is more reliable than making Constantine de la Rovere the Duke of Milan. Once the northern border is secured, it is estimated that Gombre can go all out to face the problems in Castilla.

Rollett found that he seemed to have gradually mastered Alexander's ideas, and once these ideas were connected together, he was surprised to find that this was a very big plan that was almost perfect.

The great thing about this plan is that it is connected together. Once those seemingly unrelated things are connected, they form a huge net.

This website includes the entire Apennine Peninsula, including Venice. No one can get rid of it, or some people are willing to be left out of the scope of this website. Just like Venice now, although he knows that he faces threats, he still involuntarily wants to become a part of this big website.

"We don't need to be enemies with the Austrians. We used to fight Maximian and were different from now. If we join this defensive alliance, we will probably not have a chance to get rid of it."

A nobleman said worriedly. He saw others wanting support, but when they saw their eyes flashing, the nobleman sighed silently.

Even opponents knew that it was too difficult to reject the Romanesians' proposal, especially after they threw out the bait for the new route, the objection was not weakening but that almost no one dared to raise it again.

Venice is a city-state ruled by merchants, which destined that all the resolutions of this country revolved around merchants, big and small, and chambers of commerce representing their interests.

Of course, these nobles knew what choices the merchants would make about the Roman Thesians' proposal.

In fact, most of them themselves are part of these big businessmen, so this makes them unable to insist on opposing will.

"All this is the plan and trap of that Gombrey, right?" Rondoba Barbarig looked at the others helplessly. "It seems that Maximian's life is not going to be easy now. You must know that in addition to competing with the French in Lombardy, they also have to deal with Bohemia and Wallachians."

"That female grandpa?"

Someone asked in a low voice like someone next to him. After receiving a positive answer, the Venetian couldn't help but sigh again.

It was obvious that the duke had arranged everything, which gave them a feeling that even if the Venetians did not participate, they would be able to get the overall situation.

But if it is really rejected, then it is unknown what will be waiting for the Venetians.

Rollet, who had been thinking, seemed to have finally made a decision. He raised his hand to greet Babareg. After Babareg was recently, Rollet signaled him to bend down and lean into his ear and whispered: "Believe me, all I have to do this time is to win a chance for Venice. This is really important to us now."

Little Barbarig pondered for a little while, then nodded silently and said nothing.

"Everyone, I think we all know what to do," Rondoba Barbarig noticed that Rollett said this and suddenly appeared on his face. Although he quickly covered it up, Babarger Jr. was sure that the old man was mocking the people in front of him. "Let us go and continue negotiations with the Romanesians, or just hear what they said they wanted us to do."

Listening to the obvious irony of the Governor, the nobles of Venetian MPs were not angry. As Rollet said, when Groghening proposed a proposal for a new route, many people knew that the negotiation was no longer suspense, so the only difference was how much the Venetians would pay.

At this time, Groghenning was also sighing that he had been confused for a long time when he left his hometown.

He had great ambitions and ambitions. While shouldering the heavy responsibility of family revitalization, as a native lowlander, he longed to one day get rid of his hometown from the rule of the Austrians.

As a traditional aristocrat, the Habsburg family was so incompatible with the lowlands. Maximian inherited the arrogance and usual brutality of this family. He was even dissatisfied with his son who wanted to change all this slightly, which made the large number of lowland merchant families, typical of the Groghening family, eventually completely disappointed him.

Groghenning was once confused about when he would finally get rid of the rule from the emperor. At that time, he even thought that perhaps his lifetime might not be able to see it.

But now, with Maximian suffering a tragic setback in Switzerland, everything that happened next was like a dream.

But now, a meeting led by him will lead to not only breaking away from the emperor's rule, but also strangling the Habsburg family's throat!

Just before on the boat, Machiafer told him another thing in a calm tone. Alexander had written to Machiaferly, and he immediately set off for Bohemia after his affairs in Venice came to an end.

This will be the first time Machiafli left the traditional Roman region to go on missions to other countries, which also means Alexander's recognition of his identity as "chief diplomat".

And Grognin knew that Alexander's arrangement would completely seal the Austrian encirclement.

It was only after Groghening learned about the relationship between Alexander and Castilla that he truly understood the purpose of everything Alexander did before. This also made him sigh that he was so lucky to have chosen to cooperate with this young man.

I believe that the troubles that this series of plans ultimately brought to Austria were enough to make Austria unable to take care of itself, so Maximian had no energy to deal with Castilla.

In order to give himself a breather, he might have to compromise with Roman Thesia in some places.

For example, if Constantine insists on opposing the status of Duke of Milan, then he will offend not only the old Rovery who may soon become the pope.

The servant knocked on the door gently, and a Venetian nobleman walked in and invited them to the side hall.

As he walked out of the room, Grognin noticed the smile on the corner of Machiafli's mouth.

The chief diplomat is actually a very emotional person, but sometimes his emotionality is precisely the means he uses to deal with others.

On the way, Groghening, who had almost guessed what was going on next, began to think about it so boringly.

The autumn is clear and the breeze is swaying. On a spacious and flat road that will not be seen anywhere else, a team of few people is slowly moving forward.

Such a refreshing season makes people feel refreshed, the scenery on both sides of the road is very good, and the good road conditions also make this trip an enjoyment.

Sitting in the carriage, Ashley hummed a song from time to time. Although her father is now a highly respected engineering director around the Duke and is said to be given the title of nobility soon, Ashley still maintained many of the habits of the craftsman's daughter.

This has caused Barenti to remind her privately more than once that as an important female official around the Duchess and as the wife of the chief of staff of the Principal Army, she should pay more attention to her behavior and demeanor.

However, Ashley never considered the Duchess's warning. If she had not attended any important party, she would have always dressed casually, and she would have called him "the soldier" as she was used to.

The "soldiers" are going to go far this time. Although the couple had been fighting for wars before, they were only in Italy on this land.

But this time Ofulai still had to travel across the ocean to another completely unfamiliar country, and I don’t know how long it will take to go there. Ashley was naturally very sad because of this and even complained to the Duke.

"You shouldn't think so, know that everything we have now is given by His Highness," Ofulei sat aside and comforted his wife. He could see that although Ashley looked very happy along the way, she could sometimes quietly wipe the corners of her eyes. She was very sad at this time. "And I'm not going back."

"Shut up, don't talk about these unlucky ones," Ashley quickly interrupted her husband, but then sighed. "But Castilla is so far away, I heard that from there you can go directly to the new colony."

When Ofulaiyi heard his wife's exaggerated words, he stopped laughing. Perhaps because he had opened his eyes for several years, or because Alexander had been paying attention to the concept of "big world" to them, Ofulaiyi was no longer the farm craftsman boy he used to be.

His vision has become farther and his ambitions have become greater. Agri, who was originally like the whole world in his mind, has long been just a faint memory of the past, and even the glorious cities on the entire Apennine Peninsula are now just a series of place names on the map in his hand.

This trip to Castilla is a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Ofulei.

Being able to personally participate in the establishment of an army is not only of great significance to Ofulei, but also of his future and destiny in the next few decades.

As a chief of staff, he has reached the peak of the Romanesian army. If he had not died on the battlefield and there would be no other surprises, he would retire as a general with a noble status in the future and enjoy his old age.

But now a new opportunity has appeared before him. As long as you think about the opportunity to become one of the founders of a kingdom army, Ofulei feels that it is worth it to pay more here.

A guard urged the horse to come to the side of the car and reported that he could already see the city of Pisa, which made Ofulei feel a little bit of a sense of the Duke's grand work and foresight again.

With the completion of the intercity road between Pisa and Montina, the two cities have become closer and closer. This closeness is not only convenient for commercial exchanges, but also makes people gradually accept the idea that these two cities actually belong to the same country.

The great significance of this in Italy, which is full of city-states, is conceivable. Whenever I think of this, Ofulei even has an idea that everything may not be solved by force.

As the Chief of Staff, Ofulei certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to yell at such thoughts everywhere, but this did not prevent him from thinking about it privately.

Ofulei's arrival caused a little sensation in Pisa, and several Pisa officers left the city to welcome the "main commander of the army".

This title is not a nickname that people give Ofulei, but one of his official titles.

According to Alexander's idea, while ensuring their own security in peacetime, the armies of various countries must establish a coalition command that can be quickly unified during wartime.

And Ofulei is the military chief who was named "the army" by Alexander.

And Gompati is the front commander-in-chief of this "army".

This is also one of the reasons why the two of them are more detached in the army than other officers.

Lucrezia has already heard of Ofulei's upcoming trip to Castilla, so she specially held a banquet at her Lucrezia Palace to welcome the arrival of the army general manager.

At this time, Ofulei officially met Alexander and Lucrezia's son Giovanni.

The prince, who was still in his infancy, had brown eyes very similar to her mother, but unexpectedly had dark red hair like his father.

Unlike his sister Estreth's lively spirit, the little prince who was held in his arms by his nurse was very quiet, and his brown eyes always looked at the people walking around with confusion.

As Alexander's absolute confidant, Ofulei could certainly accept Lucrezia's invitation without any scruples. However, Ashley, who is an important female official around Barenti, was a little embarrassed.

Especially when Lucrezia handed Ofulei a thick envelope that looked like a book and told him to hand it over to Alexander himself, Ashley could only lower her head and compete with the dishes on the plate on the table in front of her, pretending that she didn't see anything.

And when she said goodbye the next day, Ashley also secretly reminded herself that after she went back, Barenti must answer carefully when she asked about this trip, because she would not forget that Lucrezia said in a very proud tone: "Estres belongs to Pisa, and Giovanni is a gift from God to Alexander and me."

While Ashley was secretly damning that the Duke's private life was indeed very chaotic, she couldn't help but worry whether Ofulei would also learn from the Duke whom he had always admired.

In September, after receiving Alexander's order, Ofulei stepped down as Chief of Staff of the Romanesian Army. While still serving as the position of "General Manager of the Army", he was appointed Minister of Military Affairs of the Kingdom of Castia. He immediately boarded the ship from Pisa and went to Castilla to take office.
Chapter completed!