Tomnio sat in the chair and gently peeled the fig shell in front of him with his hands. At the same time, he looked at the man who was eating with his head across the table from time to time. He put the fruit into his mouth and made a slight sound.

Seeing that the other party's hand seemed to stop and then continued to cut the meat from the plate, Tomniho's mouth began to move.

The person sitting opposite him still lowered his head and ate the minced meat on the plate with a careful look. His movements were very careful, as if he was afraid that the minced meat would fall to the ground.

When chewing, he would keep moving his mouth repeatedly, as if he had to squeeze out the taste in the meat.

It was at this time that Alexander walked into the room.

When he saw the man sitting in the chair, Alexander stopped first, then continued to walk forward and came to the center of the long table where he had prepared a chair and a lunch on the table.

The lunch was not very rich. Except for a glass of purple wine, everything else was very simple. A few pieces of chicken that had been torn apart in advance, a fish, a small plate of diluted drinks and figs mixed with salt water, and a long loaf of bread.

Looking at the food on the table, Alexander looked at Tomnio in surprise. Seeing Tomnio shrugging, he looked at the man on the other side again.

The other party seemed to notice the look, raised his head and nodded slightly to Alexander.

"I'm honored to meet your count."

The other party's voice was calm and steady, and it seemed that there was no major fluctuation because there was a duke and earl opposite him.

His calmness made Alexander realize that this was indeed a person who had seen the world, and in fact, it was indeed the case. This person had seen too many great people, and some of them, even Pope Alexander VI, could not underestimate them.

Alexander sat down slowly, watched the man continue to eat his food like him very carefully, and then slowly picked up the glass of sparse milk and took a sip.

The taste was not very good, Alexander frowned slightly and put it down.

He has always been unaware of using milk as a soup in the staple food, but this kind of food is very popular in this era, so whenever someone sees him drinking sweet soup, he will find it very strange.

The meal was a bit boring. Apart from the greetings when we met, the man always lowered his head to eat. However, Tomño had finished eating at this time, but because it was inconvenient to leave the table, he could only sit there bored and repeatedly pick his teeth with a sharpened wooden stick.

Tomniho actually wanted to leave long ago. The person opposite the table made him uncomfortable. Whether it was his dullness or the way he felt like eating when he saw it, he was very unhappy. However, as long as he thought about the other party's identity, Tomniho was reluctant to leave. After all, there were not many opportunities to eat with such a person.

Alexander also felt that this person was a little boring, and what was worse was that he could feel that the other party seemed to be pressing him in this way, which made him feel a little trouble.

Are you going to give me a good look before you even started? Alexander thought unhappily.

Of course he understood that this person's attitude meant to take the initiative from the beginning, but he felt that the other party should not really understand what he was about to face, otherwise he would not be so calm.

Alexander raised his hand slightly to signal Uliu to come over. When the man looked up curiously, Alexander whispered to Uliu to prepare something he could eat. He really couldn't eat the fish on the plate that was only boiled in hot water.

Uliu left silently, and he was already familiar with the owner's habit of eating in the past two years. However, Uliu has always been strangely confused about why the owner is so persistent about the taste of the food. Although the fish on the table tastes ordinary, isn't it good?

After a while, Uriu came with a large plate. Under the gaze of two people on both sides of the table, they saw a portion of food placed in the middle of the plate.

A few slices of bread cut into triangles, with a few thin slices of meat in the middle, a layer of cheese that looks quite appetizing, and a slice of eggs and a few lettuce.

Looking at the strange food, the man opposite the table couldn't help but stop and look at the Moors walking by.

Before Uriu could put down the plate, Alexander reached out to grab the sandwich on it, and then bit it down with the gaze of the two people on the left and right.

The taste was pretty good, except that the seasoning was a little lighter, Alexander nodded slightly to Uriu as a confirmation of him, and then he picked up the wine and took a sip of it and swallowed it hard.

I seemed to have bitten a little bigger just now and choked.

Looking at Alexander's appearance, Tomnio felt a sense of relief. Although he was not satisfied with Alexander, the indifference and arrogance that the person opposite had shown from the beginning had already angered him a little.

As the Duke of Pisa, he was treated so rudely in his own Duke's palace. Tomnio felt very annoyed, but his identity was unable to vent his feelings.

Now seeing that Alexander seemed to not take the other person seriously and only care about eating his own food, Tomnio felt as if he had let out a sigh.

The man finally finished eating. He took his last sip of wine and gently pushed the empty cup and the naked plate forward, and then looked at Alexander who was constantly eating.

Alexander was actually very anxious. He had a lot of things to do besides the guest in front of him. The whole pizza was like a huge factory that needed someone to check at any time, or it was a wild beast that was hungry and thirsty. It was swallowing and seeing everything, which forced Alexander to pay attention to the movement of the beast at any time to prevent it from getting upset because of "eating randomly".

"My name is Gult Fuger," he said as Alexander swallowed his last sip of the sandwich, leaning forward and saying, "According to one of our mutual friends, the Lord Kotschach of the Empire, he thought you had a business to talk to our Fuger family."

Listening to the other party's arrogant tone, Alexander carefully wiped his hands with a wet towel, and then turned his head to look at the messenger sent by the Fugers family.

On the other side of the table, Tomnio's breathing was slightly rapid. As a former businessman, he knew too well what the surname Fuger meant.

That was wealth, endless wealth and opportunities. He knew that if he had the opportunity to do business with this family, he could turn pizza into a wealth capital that made everyone feel jealous. Perhaps by that time he could completely get rid of the constraints from others.

Tomniho glanced at Alexander with the corner of his eyes, and he felt that he might not be able to wait for this opportunity.

"I want to know your status in the Fuger family," Alexander said calmly. Seeing the other party's slightly raised eyebrows, he continued, "I think Gong Xiang may not have made it very clear. What I want to talk to the Fuger family is not a business but a plan, a plan that can determine too many things, so if your identity is not enough to assume this responsibility, I suggest you better go back now and change to someone who is worth it, otherwise it will only waste our time."

Tomniho's mouth opened slightly, and he didn't know whether to be happy or angry at this time.

This Gongbray was so rude to the people of the Fuger family. This should have been a good thing, because as long as you take the opportunity to show your favor, you may easily gain the favor of the person in front of you.

A Fuger family represents wealth, and gaining their friendship is like getting the key to open a door to the world of wealth.

But this thought just as soon as it arose, it was replaced by the subsequent panic.

This is the palace of Pisa, and he is the master sitting here, while the people of the Fuger family were despised and insulted in front of him!

Just thinking about the possible consequences, Tomnio's face could not help but smile disappeared in an instant.

Because I am too clear about the meaning of the surname Fuger, I understand even more clearly what consequences will be if I anger the family.

If it weren't for the last bit of reason to remind myself not to be impulsive, Tomño would almost jump out of the chair and curse at Alexander.

The man named Gult Fuger was not popular, he just looked at Alexander with a little surprise.

For him, the Count from this small place was too bold. Although he had sentenced this person to death in his heart, the calmness he had developed with his uncle over the years did not make him furious.

Gult Fuger's hand tapped the tabletop gently, his eyes resting slightly on Alexander's face, and he needed to see if the other party was bluffing.

The Fuger family can accumulate huge wealth that no one else can have in two generations. It is definitely not luck, but smart mind and keen insight.

Since their family decisively chose to support the Bohemian Kingdom and gained huge returns, the Fugers family has been keen on observing and tapping the potential seeds that others have not yet realized through unique perspectives. They believe that through detailed analysis, they can find out who is worth investing in and who can bring them huge returns, and who is just a flash in the pan and then becomes a common person.

Gult Fuger calmly observed the young man opposite. Of course, he would not think that just a few glances could see through whether the other party was bluffing, but wanted to use this time to think about what this person said.

Whether a plan is feasible does not depend on how the plan is formulated, but on whether the basis for making the plan is reliable.

Gult Fuger remembers his uncle told him that if someone bragged about earning 100,000 gold coins overnight, he would not regard this person as a lunatic, but would only let him prove how to make money first.

"Earl, I think you already know that we have given you some help before," said Gult Fuger calmly. "If you want to get more, you have to prove that you are worthy of our Fuger family's investment, so I want to know how you prove it?"

Alexander knew that what this man said was to instruct the Roman Jews to come to Julia Farne, and this did help him a lot.

If this is because the Fugers are optimistic about the exhibition of the free trade zone based on pizza, then as the Fugers people said, Alexander must come up with more to prove that he is worthy of continuing to invest.

Alexander nodded slightly. He knew it was time to take out some things that could prove that he had come. Otherwise, the Fugers might still invest because of his free trade zone plan, but it would not have been as big as he imagined. Next, they would use the power behind them to make a falsified mind and want to completely annex themselves.

This requires a huge plan, a plan that is so big that it can make a capital family like Fuger also fall in love with it, but because it involves too many interests, it dares not take action against him easily.

So is there such a plan? Alexander smiled slightly.

Looking at Alexander's expression, Gult Fuger nodded calmly.

Alexander needs more support, while the Fugers need to know whether the investment is reliable.

Both parties have already issued conditions, only to see if the other party can satisfy themselves.

Tomnio sat there and looked at the two people in front of him. In a trance, he felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong with him here.

In Lucrechia's riverside residence, Gult Fuger looked at Lucrechia sitting next to Alexander with curiosity.

He knew who this extremely beautiful young woman was, and had also heard stories about her and Alexander.

But this obviously did not impress Fuger.

He looked at the young man and woman opposite him with a scrutiny, and thought that if Alexander thought seducing the Pope's daughter was the greatest capital, then he would go home immediately.

Then I wondered how to snatch pizza from Alexander, and other ports that seemed to have a good prospect.

The Fugers may have the virtue of kindness, but they will never give alms to those who think they can take advantage of them.

"Earl, our time is precious, so please let me see now what you use to prove your sincerity," said Gult Fuger, looking at Alexander seriously.

Alexander nodded, knowing that it was time for both sides to take out their respective chips to negotiate.

"As far as I know, the Fugers are preparing to mine the largest copper mine in Hungary, is that right?"

Gult Fuger raised his eyebrows slightly, but he nodded silently.

"Then I want to know, I don't know what your family thinks of the Ottoman invasion."

Gult Fuger's eyebrows were raised more obvious this time. He couldn't think of the intention of Alexander's words, because of this, he felt a sense of passiveness that he was restrained by the other party at the beginning of the negotiations.

Gult Fuger knew that this was not good, and he became vaguely alert.

He thought about it first, and then said cautiously: "Of course we hope to resist the invasion of pagans, which is very important for all of us. Even merchants are more willing to interact with trustworthy customers than those of the Ottoman Sultans."

Hearing this, Alexander nodded slightly in agreement.

He knew that what Gult Fuger said later was indeed out of sincerity. After all, for businessmen, a country that often uses violent means to force or even embezzle private property is the worst.

In the Ottoman, it is not uncommon for the Sultan and his Viziers to destroy their promises and tear up the treaties by relying on their power, and then to confiscate and embezzle them directly because they covet the wealth of merchants.

The Ottomans' completely disregarded credit sometimes even came from Europeans, and even their own merchants might suffer because they were rich and coveted by the great nobles.

"You're right," Alexander nodded slightly. "So I think the Fugers must be more concerned about whether they can resist the Ottomans, because Moravia has surrendered to the Ottomans now, and next is Hungary and even Bohemia and Poland."

Gult Fuger listened silently. Although he didn't understand what Alexander meant, he knew that the young count was right.

Even within the Fuger family, there are great differences on whether to invest huge amounts of money in Hungary's copper mines.

What impressed Gult the most was his uncle, Jacob Fuger, the head of the Fuger family, who was indecisive about this matter.

In Gult's impression, his uncle was a victorious general who was invincible in the business world. In his memory, his uncle had never suffered setbacks in business. His keen insight into human hearts and his almost magical intuition about wealth made the Fuger family rise from Augsburg in Germany like a dazzling star, and then Jacob Fuger led the entire family on an unstoppable glorious road.

But even such a person is still a little difficult to decide whether to spend huge amounts of money on Hungary copper mines.

Although there are some other reasons in this, as Alexander said, in addition to the possible risks of the Ottoman invasion, there are also some other reasons, which also lead to a real wealth giant like Jacob Fuger, who is also a little hesitant.

Gult thought so in his heart, and couldn't help but look at Alexander opposite him.

Does this young man know what we are worried about, but how is this possible?

And what if he knows?

Can it help us solve that problem?

Gult Fuger's eyebrows were about to twist together, and he felt that this time it might be a waste of time. Perhaps only by looking at how the pizza market suddenly became so active and then finding some tricks from it, so that he would not return completely empty-handed.

Thinking of this, Gult Fuger was about to speak, but he heard Alexander suddenly say: "If the Fuger family was worried that the mining rights of the Hungarian copper mine obtained from the emperor might be obstructed by the Bohemia king, I think maybe I can help you solve this problem."
Chapter completed!