Sitting in a large chair, De Charleon carefully looked at Alexander not far away from the opposite side.

He did not see Alexander in the outskirts of Rome. The French army guarding the city of Rome was a little disappointed, especially when the coalition forces cut off the French retreat, Charlun believed that it was impossible for him to see the valley of the Loire's hometown again.

At that time, he was ready to sacrifice his life for the king, but what he didn't expect was that the Naples who had not been taken seriously by him before had saved him.

Although he also knew that the reason why Alexander saved him was more because of the Lovelle family, Charlon was still a little grateful to Alexander.

"You saved my life," Shahron, who had been silent, finally spoke. He was wearing a loose black robe, which was so gloomy with the black armor he had always loved. However, this outfit actually gave him a strong aura on his body, making him look like he had an unconcealed majesty. "Tell me how you want me to repay you, as long as you say it, I will do it."

Charlun's tone sounded a little arrogant and even a little arrogant, but Alexander could understand the reason why he was so confident.

As a member of the Savoy family, Shahrun does have the confidence that others do not have.

"What would you think if I said I didn't need a reward?"

Hearing Alexander's words, Charlen's eyes narrowed slightly.

"If that happens, I would think you must have a bigger purpose, and it would upset me."

Alexander just smiled at Charlem's answer.

He thought it was normal for Charon to say this, and he would have thought so if it were.

Sometimes, without asking for rewards, is craving for greater rewards.

"I hope to get a batch of artillery, and it would be even better if I could get some casting workers."

Alexander knew that French artillery was the best of this era.

Sharlun obviously felt the expression of Caesar sitting next to him tightened slightly. He glanced at Caesar, and then slowly said: "Earl, you must know that you just saved me, and you want something but may be used to deal with my king, so this is an unacceptable condition for me, so I suggest you change one, and it is best to think clearly before talking about it, because I cannot always give you a chance."

Sharlun's reaction did not come as expected by Alexander. Of course, he knew how difficult it was to get a powerful weapon such as artillery so easily. Perhaps if Sharlun generously agreed, he would have to think about whether there was anything wrong with it.

"Then I hope to get a batch of muskets, you probably know that I'm more interested in muskets than spears."

"I've heard of this," Charleon became interested. "I heard that you had defeated a heavy cavalry outside the outskirts of Rome, and later defeated the Milan and Venetians, and your army seemed to have much higher firearms than others."

"I think this is not enough to be precise, and I have discussed it with people who have the same interests as me, and the result is that everyone thinks that firearms will replace swords and spears."

Charlon looked at Alexander in a little surprised. In fact, it was not the first time he had heard such a statement, but other people said this far less than Alexander's words.

This is because although he had to retreat with the army outside Rome, he still found out about the various processes of how his life-savior won.

This also made Charlun pay attention to Alexander, so in the next year or so, he naturally heard a lot about Alexander.

These include the Battle of Oral-Chimone.

Due to Charlene, many French generals were more familiar with and paid more attention to the two consecutive battles than the generals of the Italian city-state.

It can be said that in a sense, Alexander's reputation in France is more resonant than in the Apennines.

"I will consider your request," Sharlun did not refuse this time. "But as far as I know, your army seems to have mastered a technique that can make the muskets faster, so I hope to discuss it with you in this regard, of course I will pay a certain amount of compensation."

Alexander nodded generously without hesitation. He knew very well that the flint rifle technology would soon leak out, and even the Fugers had expressed interest in flint rifle more than once.

Seriously speaking, there is not much technical difficulty for the flints. As long as they are used on the battlefield, they will be leaked sooner or later. The reason why no one has mastered this technology yet is just because the news of this era is blocked.

And he believed that since Sharlun said he would pay, it would not be too slight.

What Alexander needs now is Xun to arm his army, and with the delivery of Genoese soldiers, he already felt that the supply of weapons from Naples had become somewhat unsustainable.

The muskets made by Alexander have always come from Naples because not only did he and Ruosha's territory be in Naples, but it was their base camp. More importantly, whether it was the support of Count Modillo or the foundation of the Free Trade Union, he paid more attention to Naples than other places.

After all, it is a bit too dangerous to be serious about Montina and Pisa. With Louis XII's ascendance to the throne and the arrival of the French army's re-invasion, which can almost count the days with their fingers, these two places will soon be involved in the war.

Although Naples is also not safe, and will even be annexed by France and Aragon in two years, Alexander still believes that with the territory of Kosencha and Agri, he can still use Naples as his rear.

And there is another more important reason why he made this decision, that is, he wanted to compete with Caesar on the Tuscany-Tuscany land!

I don't know if it's because of some persistence, but Alexander found that he actually regarded the other party as his current enemy, just like Caesar.

The only difference is that Caesar regards rule over Tuscany-Romagna as his ultimate ideal, while he only regards this land as the cornerstone of his footsteps towards greater goals.

Different purposes, so are the natural methods.

When he heard that Charon came to Pisa with Caesar, Alexander knew that maybe this was a good opportunity.

Sharlun suddenly asked curiously: "By the way, Count, can I know who you have discussed with about firearms?"

"Of course," Alexander glanced at Caesar next to him, "is Gonzalo, the commander of the coalition forces. He was even more radical in this regard. He even believed that if necessary, firearms could occupy half or even more of the entire force."

Charlun looked at Caesar with some surprise, but he could not get any answer from Caesar. Instead, he saw a face showing anger.

"This is also why I ask you about the reason why I have to obtain firearms. My army needs to obtain a large number of firearms. Maybe you know that I can no longer worry about paying for the funds to buy weapons, but if you want to organize an army, it is not just about having money."

Charon pondered silently for a while. Of course he understood what Alexander meant, but after hearing about Gonzalo's equal attention to firearms, he was a little confused whether he should teach Alexander about this matter.

After all, he knew very well that the domestic situation stabilized after the new king ascended the throne, it was only a matter of time before it sent troops to Italy again, which made Charleon a little worried whether the deal with Alexander today would create a powerful enemy for the French army in the future.

Caesarxun noticed Sharlun's hesitation, and he immediately whispered something in Sharlun's ear from the side.

A hint of surprise appeared on Charleon's face, and he couldn't help but look at Alexander: "Earl, is there a deal between you and the Fugers family?"

Alexander looked at Caesar and saw a hint of pride flashing in his eyes although Caesar remained calm. His lips moved, but after all, he was his brother-in-law, and finally swallowed the words he said to the point.

"Yes, I have some business dealings with the Fugers family, and we are preparing to ship a batch of currencies together."

Alexander said as he took out a gold-looking gold coin from a small box beside him that looked shiny and was cast in a very exquisite manner.

"This is the currency we are preparing to sell, a new currency that is completely equivalent to Florin and Ducate," Alexander said, pinching the gold coins with two fingers and handing them over. "I am going to name this gold coins 'Norlier'. Of course, the place where we first went was carefully considered. According to the advice of His Majesty the Pope, we decided to go to Florence first."

Charlen looked at Caesar next to him strangely. The reason why he cared about the relationship between Alexander and the Fuger family was because the Fuger family was the biggest financial supporter of Emperor Maximian. The reason why the emperor dared to fight easily in a war was because Fuger, a wealthy family, supported him behind his back.

So when he heard that Alexander seemed to have a close relationship with the Fugers, he couldn't help but think of many possibilities.

Especially when Alexander took the initiative to mention that they actually wanted to sell currency with the Fugers, this surprised Charlen even more.

But what he didn't expect was that the Borgia family seemed to be involved in this matter, and even the cities where the currency was sold were decided by Alexander VI.

As long as I recalled the Pope's attitude towards Florence a little, Charleon's gaze at Caesar became a little strange.

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Caesar's face instantly. Alexander's attitude of taking revenge at night made him extremely annoyed, but he also knew that if he could not explain it clearly, things might become very complicated.

"The Fugers were involved in the business of the Free Trade Union." Caesar explained to Charlem. Seeing Charlem's doubts, he had to continue to explain what the Free Trade Union is.

"Wait a minute, I know the free trade alliance," said Charleon suddenly. "Even in France, I have heard of this alliance, but what I want to know now is whether it has anything to do with the Emperor of the Empire?"

When the French asked this question, he looked serious and even a little stern, and his eyes swept quickly between Alexander and Caesar.

"I know it may be unreasonable to ask this, but as the messenger of the new French king, I have the right to know if there is anything that might harm my king."

Caesar's hand secretly grabbed the sword around his waist, and he actually didn't have much affection for Charleon. He would not forget the arrogance and rudeness of the man when the French occupied Rome, nor would he forget the days when he was forced to be hostage and was under house arrest by Charles VIII.

But everything before disappeared with Charlie's death, and concerns about the threats of the Aragonese forced Alexander VI to consider restoring its relations with France.

But despite this, Caesar could not forget the unreasonable contempt of Charlen.

And now Sharmon's attitude reminded Caesar of the previous unhappiness.

"In fact, the Free Trade Union is beneficial to France."

Alexander suddenly spoke.

Facing Charon's inquiring eyes, Alexander said slowly: "I wonder if you know that what you had born in the Netherlands a few months ago was about the incident of Amsterdam being blocked and missing the entire winter storage period."

Charleon nodded in confusion. He could get some news quickly in the French court, but for him, this matter seemed a bit far away or even unfamiliar, which made Charleon feel that it might be better if he changed someone here. For example, the old man around the new king, at least as a well-known figure at the University of Paris, Master Fitch should be more familiar with these things.

"That closure of the port was a perfect harvest for our free trade alliance. As for how much the empire and the Vienna court have lost, perhaps no one can tell yet. As for the beautiful Philip of the Lowlands, he is also regarded as incompetent by his people. I think maybe your king would rather see such an ending."

Charlun quickly showed interest on his face. Perhaps he didn't know about the markets, currency and other things like that, but he still knew a little about the threats from the lowlands.

Whether in Charles VIII, Louis XI or earlier, because the Lowlands were always controlled by the Holy Roman Empire, the French had to rack their brains to seize the Lowlands from the empire, while at any time being prepared for threats that might come from the north.

Now that Alexander said that the Free Trade Union caused a lot of trouble for Philip of the Netherlands, Shahron couldn't help but get excited immediately.

"Tell me how you did it," Sharron asked anxiously, and then waved his hand immediately. "Forget it, I don't understand that much, but as long as you know that you have taught that beautiful child a lesson, I will report this to the king, maybe the king will reward you for this."

"Oh, I think there is no need for this, as long as His Majesty the King doesn't blame me for being unreasonable to him before." Alexander whispered.

"Why have you ever met the king before, Count?"

Charlen asked strangely, and even Caesar could not help but show his curiosity.

They all knew that the Duke of Orleans did not directly participate in the army that Charles invaded Italy, but remained in France all the time. This made them wonder how Alexander met the Duke of Orleans who was about to become king.

Seeing the curious look of the two people in front of him, Alexander could only smile bitterly. He felt that his luck was really bad. After all, he did not intend to offend the Duke of Orleans on purpose.

"I think I may have some misunderstandings with the respected French king, but I believe that all this will become insignificant in the interests of all of us." Alexander did not explain but vaguely said.

And he did think so. Just think about the conflict between Alexander VI and Charles VIII before, and now Louis XII has sent people to hook up with the Vatican before it has invaded. The conflict between him and the Duke of Orleans can indeed be said to be insignificant in the face of huge future interests.

Alexander had already thought that as long as he could, he was not going to be Louis XII's enemy.

At this time, no one knows that the Italian War will become a long and protracted battlefield.

I wouldn't know that for a long time to come, the French will have to take turns fighting with almost all the powerful countries in Europe.

It was at this time when almost the entire Europe was involved in a long war that Aragon and Castilla on the Iberian Peninsula, located in the southwest corner of the Greater 6 of Europe, took advantage of the huge reputation accumulated by the royal family after regaining the lost territory. After repeated breaking and reunion in the next few decades, they finally unified into a complete and powerful country.

In the next nearly two centuries, this country has trained an army that scared the whole of Europe by relying on the huge wealth plundered from the new world. The fleet of this country even once became the most powerful maritime force in the world for a long time.

All of this happened when the Europeans were trapped in the quagmire of the Italian war and the long mutual attack with the Ottoman Empire.

It can be said that the power of the Kingdom of Spain is certainly because of the endless wealth from the new world, or because of the continuous wars in Europe that have bought precious time for this kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula.

This made Alexander secretly remind himself not to be attracted by the Italian land and the luxurious cities in front of him. With Louis XII's re-invasion, the long Italian war will truly begin.

That's when his opportunity really comes.

"What do you want to do?" When Charlon finally said goodbye and left, and before the French team disappeared at the intersection, Caesar immediately stared at Alexander with a gloomy face. "What do you want to say to the French? Will there be any deal between our family and the emperor?"
Chapter completed!