Alexander VI looked at Alexander standing in front of him in confusion. He felt that he could not keep up with the young man's whimsical thoughts.

"You mean you want to mint coins?"

"Yes, coins belonging to our free trade zone and the entire commercial alliance," Alexander was calm in the face of the Pope's doubts. "Your Majesty, we all know that minting coins is a very cost-effective business, but because it requires too much capital and good enough credit, it is not something that ordinary people can do to make."

"You don't need to teach me this," the pope waved his hand impatiently. "I just want to know if you know what you are doing. You must know that your exchange has not been officially established. Who do you think will accept your currency?"

"In fact, it's your currency," Alexander corrected softly. Seeing the pope's face revealing doubts, he continued, "as I just said, huge capital and good reputation are the guarantee of discovering currency. Exchanges can accumulate wealth, and the reputation of the Vatican can be used as a guarantee, so when you look at it, everything is there."

Alexander's words surprised the pope. He didn't expect that things would come and then he would go around him.

"Wait a minute, did you propose to issue your currency in the name of the church?" The Pope realized Alexander's purpose at this time, which surprised him and was a little curious.

This is because although the church has been in Europe for more than ten centuries, the Holy See has never issued its own real currency.

Even in the most glorious Pope era, the income of the Holy See was occupied by the currencies of various other countries, which led to the Vatican Church, which had a profound impact on the entire Europe. This influence also led to a variety of tithes taxes that could be collected and donated by monarchs from all over the country.

Even because there is a difference between secular taxes and Holy Spirit taxes in the Holy Spirit taxes, many times even the cardinal who is responsible for the finances of the Holy See is not clear about how much money he had at that time.

Alexander VI remembered very clearly that when he looked up the information of more than 200 predecessors in the past, he was surprised by the phenomenon that some eras were similar but the difference between the rich and the poor. The explanation he obtained from the financial cardinal was that the complexity of the collection area and the various mixed currencies collected were different values, and sometimes two different tax, repetitive or confusing calculation methods, which made it impossible for people at that time to accurately calculate how much money the church had.

Alexander's proposal made the pope feel moved.

Alexander VI knew that he was indeed moved at this moment.

However, the Pope was so angry that he looked at Alexander, judging the purpose of his proposal, and at the same time he felt that there was another more important thing to remind Alexander.

"I have approved the compensation for your losses in Livorna," Alexander VI looked cold, feeling that he was in a bad mood when he said these words. "I actually didn't lose anything, because few of the mercenaries who taught you hard in Livorna dared to return to the Vatican, so I completely transferred the remaining rewards for them to you."

"I am very grateful to your Majesty," Alexander seemed not to hear the pope's gorgeous sarcasm. "This money is indeed very useful to me, and you probably wouldn't have imagined that I need to pay the families of the fallen soldiers."

"I'm not interested in how you use that money," the pope interrupted Alexander with dissatisfaction. "I have fulfilled my promise to you, and now I want you to tell me where you sent Caesar, and I want to know that he is safe and whether he has been abused."

Alexander nodded. He guessed that the Pope was willing to pay so readily to find out about Caesar's whereabouts. Although it is unlikely that he would release Caesar so easily tomorrow, it is reasonable to know his situation.

"Your Majesty, I think Caesar should be in the territory of Count Modillo now, but I don't know exactly where he is," Seeing that Alexander VI seemed to show anger, Alexander continued, "But I can assure you that the Count will treat him well. You know that the Count and Caesar should be old friends."

The pope looked at Alexander silently and was a little happy that he had finally found out about Caesar's whereabouts, but Alexander's words made him realize that it seemed not so easy to rescue his son.

And the Pope could not help but admit that with the news of the establishment of the exchange, the Romans were inexplicably excited.

All this was caused by the young man opposite him. This idea made Alexander VI both helpless and angry, because he knew that the more this happened, the harder it would be to attack Alexander.

The pope had a premonition that if this continued, perhaps when Caesar was released and there was nothing to threaten him, Alexander probably no longer had to fear that he would be threatened by him.

Matthewsti Ego was really busy during this period. He frequently traveled between the Carolingian Palace and the Marino Palace. Sometimes when it was still dark, he struggled to get up from the warm bed and dress up to the Carolingian Palace. But even so, when he arrived at his small office, there were often many people waiting for him.

And at night, when he dragged his heavy body back to his residence, most people in the city of Rome should have already entered their dreams.

This kind of work is hard and even harmful to the body. More than once, Diego has had a stomachache because he had eaten too late and the food was already cold. However, despite this, Diego felt a fire burning from his heart.

Who would have thought that a small businessman who was still working on the sea for a living more than a year ago became a hot figure in Rome in just one year? Just think about those great nobles who might be respectful when they mention their surnames in Bali Ali. Many people often ask favors and find ways to meet him, and this is just to chat with him after meeting him so that he can give him a few words to his name.

Tiego felt that his life was complete, and he sometimes even thought that if one day he would never wake up again after climbing into bed, it would be good for him, because he had earned enough money for his family to live a wealthy life for the rest of his life.

However, Tiego soon found that his idea seemed a bit too boring, because what his boss had to do made him understand how childish and pitiful his previous satisfactions were.

A small wooden nameplate was hardly nailed by two workers with hammers into the door of a room on the southern wing of the Carolingian Palace. Coincidentally, this place was the place where Alexander had a sleepless night when he first came to Rome because he had been assassinated by someone.

"Tiego Exchange", this is the name of this place. When I heard that I wanted to name the exchange after him, Tiego stayed for a while because of an accident.

Others may only see the wealth this exchange can bring to them, but Diego, who has participated almost every step from the beginning, knows more than anyone else how great the potential of this exchange is.

Here, what you have will be the pricing power of the entire Europe in the future that is separated from the market!

If these only made Diego feel that he was so easy to satisfy himself before, he was a little too petty, and what Alexander had to do next really felt his insignificance.

Looking at the inconspicuous wooden nameplate nailed to the door, Diego was still a little suspicious. Although he had no intention of questioning the Earl, after hearing what Alexander told him, Diego couldn't help but ask: "But sir, we don't have such a sufficient amount of gold as a guarantee for issuing currency. You know that once we start issuing currency, if there is really a run, then we have no way to deal with it."

"We don't have it now, but it will be there soon, and that will be a number you can't imagine," Alexander said with a laugh. "And all you have to do before that is to keep a close eye on Florence."

"I know this. Your friend named James Columbus did a good job in Florence. He had bought the goods they stockpiled at a very low price from the bankrupt Florence people. A large part of them were sold to them. The price that Columbus gave to those Florence people was even lower than that we had at the time. We must admit that this man was also cruel and ruthless."

After saying that, looking at Alexander who had a deep sense of empathy for his words, Diego asked in confusion: "But Columbus, why do I sound familiar with this surname?"

"You must have heard of this man," Alexander laughed and patted Tyergo on the shoulder. "And trust me, you will have many opportunities to deal with people with this surname in the future."

The establishment of the office of the Ego Exchange in the Central Die de Caroling Palace did not attract much attention because people were attracted by the exchange of the same name that opened in Rome on the same day.

It is also called the Tiego Exchange, but this is the real trading venue. Compared with the office in the Carolingian Palace, people who walk here are both curious and confused because they don't know what they should do to truly gain wealth.

Some of the guys who were temporarily transferred from the Pizza Exchange became teachers of novices who didn't know anything. These pizza people who had already become familiar with it excitedly commanded the local assistants who could not usually look down on them. If someone messed up, they would be scolded.

Even the guests in gorgeous clothes and extraordinary identities watched the pizza people shouting in their unique tone and constantly hanging wooden tags with different numbers on the shelves, and they couldn't help but show a little awe because they couldn't understand the tricks.

This made the Pizza people feel that they had never been so happy. They shouted even more vigorously. The various singing sounds in the hall made the nobles and wealthy businessmen respect the place.

On November 10, 1497, the Roman Exchange in Alexandria finally opened.

Apart from knowing that you can make a lot of money in this place, at this time, not many people have truly understood what the birth of this exchange means to Rome, Europe, and even the world.

Two days later, a letter from Florence was delivered to Alexander.

The letter was sent by James Columbus, and the person who delivered the letter was sent by a young painter named Ron Zosabatini.

The young man was obviously very curious about Alexander, but what attracted him even more was Ruosha's strange outfit.

Especially when he accidentally saw Ruosha wearing armor like the legendary ancient Greek goddess Athena, standing there by a young painter, Ron Zosabatini immediately forgot what he was here for.

He walked over enthusiastically and stood behind the young painter and watched carefully. When he gradually showed a look of surprise, the young painter turned around expressionlessly at the stranger who was a little unruly.

"Why, do you have any different opinions on my works when you stand here for so long?" the young painter asked coldly.

"Oh, no, I'm just excited because I think you're really well drawn." Ron Zuo was a little overwhelmed. This kind young man from Bologna was obviously not very accustomed to the sarcasm that often occurs among artists.

"Thank you." The young painter did not look better because of this compliment, especially after hearing Ron say "but", his already rough face became even more ugly.

Ron Zuo obviously didn't realize that he had offended someone. He first glanced at Ruosha who took the cup from the maid and was drinking water, and then asked in a curious tone: "Why is this Athena holding a spear and a shield, but a musket?"

Michelangelo's face was darkened at this time. He felt that it was rare that he had such a good temper and hit the face of this annoying guy without using a paintbrush.

When Michelangelo thought that his name would be seen in such a strange painting in the future, he felt that his reputation would probably be destroyed like this.

"I didn't take spears and shields because they were useless in front of muskets."

Ruosha, who had come over at some point, shook her head slightly, so the towering feather ornaments on her helmet followed,

Just when Ron Zuo was at a loss because he suddenly faced the beautiful girl who had walked in front of him, Michelangelo said helplessly: "Miss Earl, I would be grateful if you could help me to smoothly lay the background for your portrait. You must know that it has been almost a week, and the time you can stand in front of the canvas is combined with less than 2 days."

"That's because I have a lot to do," Ruosha said, taking off her helmet and handing it to the servant next to her. "Okay, master, I saw my brother coming over with someone else, I think he is in need of me now."

As he said that, Ruosha bent down slightly and held up the cloak hanging down to the ground, walked quickly through the two of them in front of him, and chased towards Alexander who had just walked outside the hall?

"Miss Earl?" Ron Zuo looked at Ruosha's back in surprise. "I thought she was."

"Do you think she might be just a woman of low status, right?" Michelangelo showed a look of contempt for this young man who was not older than him. "It's because she was wearing such a strange outfit?"

Before Ron left admitted, Michelangelo had already covered the easel with a cloth angrily while muttering: "Where is this an inexplicable stupid boy from?"

James' letter was very short, except for a rough report on the situation about the Florence market, that is, the requirement to establish an exchange in Florence has not only been approved, but also has been supported by the influence of Florence's Sazi family, the exchange has been successfully opened on the last day of October a few days ago.

The whole letter looked very ordinary and had nothing to doubt. Even if it fell into the hands of others, it would be a little curious about the name of the Sachi family.

In fact, some people know about the surname Sazi in Rome, but this is only because the family was involved in the assassination of the Metic brothers during the Sistine IV in the early years.

Now that the Metic family has been driven out of Florence and is wandering around for help, it is unlikely that the surname Sazi will attract many people's attention in Rome.

So, no matter how you look at it, it is just an ordinary business letter.

But Alexander, who received the letter, would not think so.

"Did that Sazi have a great influence in Florence?" Alexander looked at Diego opposite. Surprisingly, Mahimo, who had not appeared before, actually arrived at the Palace of Marino with him.

Maximo looked a little fatter than before, maybe because he had a good meal and good drink. His originally thin figure now looked a little tight in the monk's robe. A slightly long face also had a round chin. Seeing Alexander looking at him, Maximo nodded.

"I heard that yes, it seems that the man is now the chief of the Finance Department of Florence," said Mahimo. "I heard from some friends in Rome."

Alexander nodded with satisfaction. Since he was recommended to Alexander VI, Mahimo immediately entered a brand new role.

Today, Mahimo is the leader of a small sect. Although it is not large in scale and has not been officially recognized by the Vatican, the sect has developed rapidly in the middle and lower levels of the Vatican, which has been secretly supported by the Holy See, or Alexander VI.

The reason why the Pope favored Mahemo's small sect was entirely because his repeated advocacy of the "church authority theory" allowed Alexander VI to see the possibility of restoring the Pope's supreme power.

"Will this Sazi help us?" Alexander asked, his eyes setting at Diego.

"It should be true that there are messengers from Florence and other places in the Carolingian Palace. From them, they can find out a lot of things about Florence. The Florentines are living a very bad life now. Our previous large shipments and the subsequent low-priced acquisitions of Columbus have ruined many merchants, which has also made many Florentines lose their jobs. Now many Florentines are dissatisfied with the Savonalola."

Tiego said with a strange smile.

Sometimes he felt that he seemed not just a businessman or a spy. Although what he found was actually news that everyone knew and few people paid attention to, it also made him feel both mysterious and exciting.

"Florence is the center of Romagna," Alexander looked at the two people opposite him, and heard the door ringing, he looked at Ruosha who was walking in, looking at the golden light shining against the red cloak behind her, Alexander said to the two people opposite him, "It is also the place where all great art prevails, where there are precious masterpieces left by countless masters, and I want to leave a masterpiece now," he said, and stretched out his hand to Ruosha. "I want the greatest art master of the world to carve a statue of her for my sister, and I hope that this statue will stand one day in the Cathedral of Hundred Flowers in Florence."

Hearing this, Ruosha's face turned red in an instant, and the two people on the opposite side couldn't help but be stunned.

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