Nashan, the name has not been mentioned for a long time, and what excited Alexander more than this gypsy was naturally the figure that had been engraved in his mind and had never forgotten.

In less than two years, although it was not long, too many things have happened.

From the moment of Sicily's unexpected encounter, that small figure came into his eyes, and suddenly disappeared silently in the city of Rome, nearly two years passed in a hurry.

Alexander felt his hands tremble slightly, and he knew that this was because he couldn't control his mood.

What has Sophia experienced in two years?

Where is she now? How have she been these days?

Alexander resented Ruosha a little. It was obvious that Ruosha seemed to be deliberately trying to suck his appetite, so after mentioning Nashan in the letter, he immediately wrote something else.

About the workers, about the plantations, about the Earl of Modillo and their mothers.

Alexander hurriedly looked at the contents of the letter, and he didn't even pay much attention to the subsequent things.

Perhaps it was because he felt that he was almost suffering, so Ruosha continued to write about Nashan in the letter.

What surprised Alexander slightly was that this time it seemed that only Nashan himself had arrived in Naples, and this was due to the order of the Queen of Bohemia.

The Queen of Bohemia was the princess of the royal family of Naples, and Alexander had known about the ambiguous relationship between Naples and the queen, and strangely, this gypsy seemed to like to get in touch with some noble ladies, especially the noble ladies of the royal family of Aragon, such as Joanna, the Queen of Naples who now lives in Rome.

Ruosha's letter was not clearly described. She just said vaguely that Nashan was ordered to come to Naples for help. It seemed that the Bohemia royal family hoped to get help from Naples, but did not explain in detail the specific situation.

Alexander could understand Ruosha's mood. She was originally a rival in love, not to mention that the relationship between the two was really bad.

Sophia splashed Ruosha with cold water in the middle of winter, and once chased Barenti with a sword all over the room, while Nashan assassinated Lucrezia at the instigation of Alexander.

Thinking of this, Alexander was surprised to find that Sophia seemed to be unable to get along with any woman around him.

At least three other people could treat each other politely against their will on the surface, but Sophia offended everyone.

"Brother, I hope you can control your overly rich feelings and desires. If Lucrezia or Barenti can't satisfy your desire for women, you can even consider your lovely sister. I would say that, just hope you don't have too much entanglement with that wild bohemian girl, because I didn't see anything positive except for causing you endless trouble."

Looking at the ending that looked like anger, Alexander couldn't help but smile bitterly. He knew that Sophia's popularity was indeed a bit too bad. At least there were not many people who could make Ruosha, who had always been calm, so blaming her for such a blunt manner.

But even so, Sophia's energetic figure still flew through Alexander's mind.

Yes, it's full of energy. It seems that Sophia always consumes energy. She is in a hurry to do anything, and she is always so enthusiastic about anything she is interested in. This kind of motivational attitude is impressive.

Alexander thought about Sophia's current situation in his heart, but then he had to consider his own status.

Lao Luo Weire suddenly proposed to get married at this time, of course not because he simply considered that his daughter was time to get married.

Although the conflict with Genoa inexplicably turned into a truce, and even the two sides seemed to have tacitly avoided another battle, and the Lovere family seemed to remain silent throughout the conflict, but Alexander knew that the old Lovere suddenly proposed to get married, which was actually a sign of the Lovere family's attitude to the Governor of Genoa and the parliament.

Next is Genoa's own problem. As for what he can do, he is to find ways to mobilize the power within the Free Trade Union and provide enough help to Genoa, which may undergo changes in the future.

This is also the reason why Lao Luowei proposed to get married. He needs the full help of Alexander or the Free Trade Union.

After all, although the Lovere family is the most prominent nobles in Genoa, this time they are going to be enemies with almost the entire Genoa.

A slight cool breeze blew, and Alexander raised his head to look at the few still green leaves floating above his head.

Although it is still full of vitality, it is difficult to hide the little bleakness of autumn. Alexander looked at the mountains and fields in the distance, and the wild flowers all over the mountains are still fighting for beauty, but autumn has really come.

There were many things happening in Tuscany in September, and two of them were mainly noticeable.

One is the brief war between Montina and Genoa, and the other is the change of ownership by the Duke of Pisa.

Both of these things are related to the same person, which attracted countless attentions to Tuscany.

So some things that happened in Rome did not attract much attention.

For example, Constantine, the son of Cardinal Roverre, was suddenly awarded the title of three knights.

It is not a big deal to award the title of knight, but Constantine has the title of "Knight of the Lombardy Crown". This did not attract much attention at the beginning, but with the arrival of October, things suddenly changed.

Constantine left Rome on the second day after being awarded the title of knight, and no one knew where he went. In this crowded city, the coming and going of a nobleman was not eye-catching, so except for some people who were interested, almost no one cared about where the cardinal's son went.

So no one knows that Constantine's destination is the north.

On October 2, the weather was getting colder. When standing on the dock in the early morning, Alexander wrapped his cloak tightly on his body as he stood on the dock in the early morning.

He was accompanied by Ofulei and Gompatti, not Busako, the captain of the guard hunter. When the boat slowly landed, before the springboard was released, Alexander took the two of them and quickly disappeared on the boat wrapped in thick fog.

Constantine was in a corner of the half-open cabin, wrapped in a blanket, and a steaming soup tray was drinking hot soup.

Seeing Alexander and others, Constantine put down the plate and stood up. He and Alexander hugged him silently. Even though he had all kinds of dissatisfaction with this brother-in-law, he was now in need of his help.

"I don't have much time," Constantine curled her lips helplessly. "If Barenti knew that I passed by Pisa but didn't go to see her, she might be very unhappy."

"You may have to take a risk this time," Alexander was a little concerned about his brother-in-law because he knew Constantine's itinerary. "After all, many people know you."

"As long as I don't go to Genoa," Constantine shrugged disapprovingly. "But I don't know if this will go well. After all, you fought a war with Milan not long ago."

Alexander just smiled when he heard this.

There were too many grievances in the city-state before, and sometimes I couldn’t remember who had a relationship with me over time.

Constantine's destination for this secret trip was Milan, and he went to Sforza's house to ask for help.

If it weren't for his engagement with Barenti, Alexander would have no idea that the Rovere family and the Sforza family were also relatives. This is because the previous war between Genoa and Milan was not polite at all. Cargino even severely damaged the Milanese people in Oral and Alexander.

"I'm going to Milan this time, and I have to ensure that Sforza can help when something happens in Genoa," he paused and shook his head helplessly. "At least I won't take the opportunity to cause trouble for us."

"I think this shouldn't be difficult."

Seeing that his brother-in-law seemed to be inconfident, Alexander spoke up to encourage him. His words were not pure comfort, because he knew that with the news of the French coming, the Milanese were also anxious to find allies to rely on.

As the culprit of bringing the French into the house, the Ludwick Sforza family in Milan did not gain any benefit from his stupid actions, but on the contrary, his rich Milan also attracted Charlie's covetousness.

Moreover, this covetousness will soon spread to Charlie's successor, which will make Milan a firm member of the anti-French alliance for a long time in the future.

Constantine will secretly go on a mission to Milan, although it is because she hopes to get help from Milan itself, but also has a very important mission, which is to get the support of the emperor through the Milanese people.

The entanglement between Emperor Maximian and the French was like the Italian city-state, full of various grudges and conspiracies.

Maximian firmly believed that the French would become his enemy. The reason why he was so stubborn was mainly because the emperor believed that the French royal family's intervention in Italy made him feel threatened.

Maximian was worried that once the French gained a foothold in Italy, it would be a claim against Italy as the emperor would absolutely not tolerate, because if that was the case, it would mean that he would lose his influence on the land.

Today, the Mediterranean region is still regarded as the center of the entire world. Europeans have maintained this self-righteousness for thousands of years, and it is not so easy to change.

Because of this, Italy, which not only has a brilliant culture and wealth, but also has a holy land in the world of Christ, is better than becoming a forbidden opponent, even in chaos.

What's more, many people are willing to see this kind of chaos. At least in the eyes of many people, only chaos can give them more opportunities.

So if Constantine asks the emperor for help through Milan, there is a great chance of getting a positive response.

Just as Ludvico Sfurza asked the French for help, these monarchs were silently paying attention to the events that occurred on the Italian Peninsula. Once they had the chance, they would immediately pounce on them without hesitation and bite them hard.

"What kind of support do you think the emperor will give us?" Constantine was a little nervous. This task was a bit too difficult for him. Speaking of which, he used to take up his weapons and rush forward to fight the enemy, or use dazzling combat skills to attract the eyes of the ladies in the competition field, but now he has to worry about the troubles he might encounter.

"I think the emperor may intervene directly."

Constantine's expression changed. He looked at Alexander hesitantly, and hesitated and asked, "Do you think so? Will the emperor directly interfere in the war?"

“Will directly intervene.”

"Will he send troops to Genoa?"

"This is not good," Alexander thought for a while. He really couldn't remember whether Maximian had sent troops to Genoa, but he knew that the emperor would definitely not be lonely. "What he might be more likely to be sending troops to deter Genoa. I don't know if your father agrees with the emperor doing this, but I don't think that is a good thing."

"It's not a good thing," Constantine murmured, staring at the soup that was already a little cold in the bowl. "We just hope to get the support of the emperor, but don't want to see his hands stretching too long."

Alexander smiled a sarcastic smile on his lips. He knew that Rovery Old was worried that more changes might occur when he was too long, so he asked the emperor for help, hoping to resolve the internal problems within Genoa as soon as possible.

But if Maximian takes the opportunity to infiltrate the influence into Genoa, it would be more than worth the loss for Old Rover.

Constantine looked at Alexander, thought for a while and finally said, "Balendi wrote a letter to my father." Seeing that Alexander seemed to have no intention of asking, he continued on his own. "She thinks you have enough power to help us, at least you can find some relationships that can move the emperor."

Alexander looked at Constantine, and he knew that with Barenti's intelligence, he would sooner or later realize his relationship with Cotschach and even with the Fugers, and these people happened to be the ones Constantine said that he could tell the emperor.

It is obviously difficult to convince the emperor to accept only the reward and not interfere in Italian affairs, and the difficulty is no less than to convince the French king to give up his ambitions for Italy.

But Alexander was really moved by this idea.

Of course, it is unrealistic to try to get the emperor to give up interfering in Italy, and no one can do this at all.

However, it is entirely possible for the emperor to make some compromises about Genoa through the influence of various relationships.

Alexander thought of this because he remembered the big business that the Fugers family is in full swing in Hungary.

The Fuger family is using the idea of ​​Hungarian copper mines, and as long as they succeed, the Fuger family can monopolize the copper mine market in the entire Europe.

Alexander felt that even the most authoritative accountant in the world could not estimate how big this wealth was, because no one had tried to do such a thing before.

But now the Fuger family seems to be in trouble. The large-scale invasion that the Ottomans would launch at any time may lead to the failure of their ambitious plan halfway.

This may be too big, so what Fuger hopes most is that the emperor can fully support the Hungarian king in resistance to pagans, rather than throwing his energy and money into the bottomless pit of Italy for his personal ambitions.

If we pass through the Fugers, we might be able to really impress Maximian.

However, Alexander knew very well that even if the Fugers themselves wanted this, if they made a request, they would definitely offer very harsh conditions.

Unless there is anything that will make them have to agree.

The reason why Alexander wanted to help the Lovere family was of course not just to please his fiancée. On the contrary, although he was not secretly happy when he saw the Lovere family in trouble, he would not worry about them.

The key reason why Alexander wanted to help them was also related to the upcoming French invasion.

Will Old Rovere transform from the largest leader into a vanguard of the anti-French camp in the future? At least I don’t know yet, but if nothing changes, Genoa will inevitably be involved in the war in the next reinvasion of Louis XII.
To be continued...