Alexander didn't expect to find some very strange things, or unexpected things in this house.

In the secret passage of this house, the guards found a room that seemed to be used as a library. On several large bookshelfs, there were books that looked old or had not been read for many years. Some of them were already in a roll of manuscripts that looked very old and had been placed together, looking like countless rolled sugar circles.

Among these books, Alexander discovered some works that might not matter to him, but are too sensitive at this time. These things are often accused of confusing the public even in places where religious ideas are most relaxed, and some are even regarded as complete heresy.

These things were so obviously placed in this secret room. Although the locks covered with ashes meant that Columbo might not know or have not paid attention to it at all, Alexander found himself seemingly found another reason to find an excuse for Columbo's death.

However, what really interested Alexander was not the discovery that could justify himself many more reasons, but the large number of notes and records about travel notes and explorations that the owner of this room fell.

From the size and market surveys of the beach ports along the Mediterranean coast that everyone is already familiar with, to the customs and specialties of villages of all sizes and villages along the southward travel along Africa, this travel notation named "Martin Malindao" records the farthest places that Europeans can reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the southward along the African coast.

On the other hand, Martin Malindao recorded many experiences and gains from traveling to the north of Europe starting from Italy. What interested Alexander was that when he wrote about the North Sea area controlled by the Hanseatic League, this man had different opinions in his travel notes that he had only envy of this unstoppable alliance that had gained huge wealth.

"The Hanseatic League people are too powerful and too united. They have fully grasped and controlled all cities along the North Sea coast and will fight against anyone who wants to violate their interests without mercy. This is like the poor Danish king who almost threw away the crown on his head just because of punishment and punished several fishing boats belonging to the alliance. In the end, he had to use the choice of the heir to exchange for his own status." The first half of the travel notes was not very special. Although it was much more detailed than other people's descriptions of these places, at the beginning, these records were not too much attention by Alexander. He was only more interested in the descriptions of the properties and resources in the travel notes. But the following words broke his idea.

Soon I found myself seeming to see something amazing. "But it is precisely because of this strength that I see the hidden danger of this alliance. We can completely imagine how terrible a group of merchants who have escaped from their lords and kings' control are. These towns are generally proud of being members of the alliance, rather than being subjects of a certain monarch. Their loyalty to the obligations of the alliance is far more conscious than paying taxes for the king. Even when the orders issued by the king violate each other with the interests of the alliance, these merchants often ignore or even disobey the king's orders without hesitation. This is really strange. A group of merchants are so stubborn just to safeguard the interests of a chamber of commerce alliance, and even to subvert his identity as a secular monarch."

When Alexander saw this, he couldn't help but think of a person he hadn't seen for a long time - Hubert van Groningen.

Groghening, who could bring Sophia back to her, is a member of the Hanseatic League and should also be a member of the very status.

The man was obviously very familiar with how to use money and wealth to create advantages for himself. From the beginning, his huge funding for Ferdinand in Naples to his subsequent generous support for Joanna, behind the seemingly wealthy friends of the Hanseatic League was actually disdain and contempt for the powers.

Anyone with a noble status will eventually be convinced by money. The higher their status, the greater the demand for money. The Hanseatic Alliance, which holds these huge wealth, is the beneficiary behind these nobles.

Alexander was able to experience this disdain and contempt, so although Groghenin seemed to have extended an olive branch to him, he just cautiously expressed his kindness with that person.

Alexander knew very well that when he was a small person in the mind of the Hanseatic League, they might not care about the returns of the small investment they invested in him, but when they were willing to invest a lot of money in him, it was not only acknowledging that he became important, but their expectations for him became greater.

The so-called "soft-mouthed people" is a weak person and short-witted person. This principle is common everywhere. Is the money of the Hanseatic League really that easy to get?

Just look at Joanna. Because of the money provided by the Hanseatic League, Joanna had to travel around Rome and deal with the powerful people desperately. This may be an unbearable torture for Joanna, who is actually not good at power.

"It is hard for me to imagine how a monarch tolerate such a group of people. Although they did bring enough wealth to the territory, whenever they think of their monarch in a contemptuous tone, I feel that the adults would not be so happy about this," Alexander continued to look at the travel notes, and he found that he was a little fascinated. "And it is strange that the Hanseatic League people used stubborn, or irrational ways.

The territory with cities along the North Sea coast was firmly blocked. They were hostile to all those who dared to invade their territory, and even forbidden any merchants who were not members of the alliance to grab food in their territory. They controlled all the shares of northern cod, grasped the number of local large fir trees harvested, and stared at the copper mines in the Swedish mountains like an ancient dragon. These wealth made outsiders who had no good feelings for the greed of the alliance even more hostile."

Alexander looked at the travel notes with interest. He felt that he had accidentally discovered something good. He had guessed that Martin Malindao should be Connie's father, but in his imagination, this unlucky guy who failed in business should be a somewhat reckless guy. But now looking at the travel notes he wrote, Alexander couldn't help but admit that this is really a person with his own extraordinary point of view and can look at affairs from a very high angle.

"I would have liked to see this guy, but I just hope this guy won't be as difficult as his annoying daughter." Alexander thought so.

The result of killing Columbo was that the entire mine was out of constraints for a while. At this time, Alexander had to temporarily assume the role of the owner of the Sunniro mine. He summoned all those who could be helpers to the house. After letting the Bohemians show the sharpness of their use of sabers, Alexander ordered everyone to continue working honestly.

As for the workers who seemed to have accepted the mines silently that they had already replaced the workers, Alexander was no longer interested in caring.

In fact, he had also visited the mine to see coal mining. Looking at the workers who had no technology at all and worked in shallow coal mines in open-pit mines purely by the simplest method of digging, Alexander could not think of any special way to change this backward mining method that not only had obvious efficiency, but even most of the mine veins were wasted.

And he doesn't want to make any changes.

Although the importance of coal has not been fully valued yet, the Sunniro mine is a huge asset for both Rome and Milan. Just think about it, because I did not get the dowry money from Lucrezia, the Sforza family refused to hand over the mine to the Borgia family according to the agreement. You can think about how important it is to get the Sunniro mine for the two companies.

So Alexander was very rational and did not have the idea of ​​investing in this mine, because he knew that this place was not something he could think of now.

The wait was always long. While waiting for Rome to reply, Alexander sent several more envoys, some of whom were rushed to Naples and some were sent to Agri.

Alexander had a premonition that with the failure of Charles VIII, Italy, which should have been calmed for a while, might have undergone some changes. These changes were unfamiliar with him and even had no impression of them in his memory. Especially after his letter to Caesar was sent out, Alexander became more sure that everything that should have followed the trajectory seemed to have begun to slowly deviate from its original appearance.

After knowing that his son-in-law was hostile to the Borgia family, will Alexander VI still tolerate it until next year before he attacked Giovanni Sforza?

Giovanni Sforza was able to escape from Alexander VI. There is a lot of evidence that Lucrezia secretly informed her husband, but if the incident happened in advance, would it cause Lucrezia not to warn her husband?

So what happens if Giovanni Sforza cannot escape?

Alexander didn't feel how easy it was to hide on Mount Sunnylo. If he could make some judgments on these people and things before, then from now on, he would gradually rely on his intuition to face everything that might happen.

The messenger sent out has not returned yet, but someone has been sent to the town of Tampura, reporting that the damaged bridge has been repaired and accessible.

This was originally a happy thing, but another piece of news brought by the person who reported the news confused Alexander.

After the local diocese priest went to Tampura to investigate the murder of Father Need, the residence of Father Need was suddenly burned out by a fire, and nothing was left behind. Obviously, the priest himself issued this order, but there was no explanation for this action. Moreover, according to the person reported that the priest did not return to the diocese after leaving Tampura, but instead took people to Rome directly despite the fact that it was too late and it was not easy to walk on the road.

Alexander realized that he seemed to have ignored something when he was in Tampra, but now a big fire burned everything away, so even if he was full of doubts, he had no choice.

However, Alexander was not just waiting for Mount Sunnylo. In these few days, he picked up the musket that had not been modified for a long time.

After several battles that were not really fierce, Alexander discovered many problems in the musket. Although he could not completely solve the conditions due to the conditions, he felt that it would be of some help.

When the early days of the prevalence of the melee gun, it was hard to imagine that in order to keep the fire twists burning, instead of extinguishing them halfway, people would do everything they could when they tried their best. Some people knew how to soak them in urine and then dry them.

This method of excessive taste was widely circulated and was even regarded as the only way to increase the power of musket shooting. Even after a period of time, it appeared that if the urine smell that didn't taste enough, it proved that you were not a good soldier.

Alexander's soldiers did not need to endure the smell of urine, but the flintlock gun brought them faster and there were also various hidden worries.

The flint embedded in the iron will sometimes fall off and sometimes break simply, and the anvil iron that ignites the gunpowder will not be able to knock out the flint from Mars for various reasons. The simplest hook as the trigger will sometimes bend directly and cannot return to the position because the soldier is nervous when he is too nervous, or it will be broken. All these problems are somewhat of a headache for Alexander.

Rome was not built in one day, but Alexander felt that if he couldn't do something as soon as possible, perhaps his Rome would never be able to see any shadow.

Alexander began to find stones in the mines that could replace the current muskets, which were more sturdy and easier to handle. At the same time, he asked someone to find a few capable blacksmiths among the mine workers.

"Make a stronger anvil for me, you must be able to withstand the kind of constant banging with great force, and then make sure that the anvil will not fall off easily when installed on the stock."

Alexander ordered the workers so that he asked someone to find good wood from the mountain to carefully make a gun bed for muskets. After fixing the disassembled barrel in the long groove of the gun bed, Alexander fixed a hook modified from the clock parts of Connie O's house to one side of the gun handle.

Calm down, aimed forward, pull the trigger, and the recoil made Alexander's upper body shaking. When the smoke in front of him dissipated, he saw that two of the rows of targets in the distance had been knocked to the ground.

"Sir, this is really wonderful," said Carlo, who was standing next to him. "This is much more powerful than having to make a hook first. You must know that not every Agri has the strength to make a hook bend, and your marksman is really accurate, so you can be a good hunter."

"Is that true?" Alexander blushed and handed the newly-built musket to the guards next to him. "But I'm not aiming at that direction at all."

"Ah?" Carlo was stunned.

Just while waiting, the messenger came back a few days later with Caesar's letter, which did not comment on Alexander's actions, but asked him to return to Rome.
Chapter completed!