In the morning, a golden morning light shone through the gap between two remote valleys in the distance. The morning light shone directly into the open window and then poured on the wall of the room. As the light gradually magnified, the light slowly crossed the ground, crossed the towering bed posts, and fell on the two people lying on the bed.

Barendi had actually woken up long ago, and the refreshing morning breeze blew into the bedroom, which made Barendi want to stay lazy on the bed.

Although it is normal to wake up in this room in the early morning, Barenti feels that this morning is always different from the past.

From today on, she was the legitimate mistress of this room, and she was also the first duchess since the founding of the Principality of Romagna Tuscany. No matter how many years she will be regarded as the earliest ancestor of the Principality, and then many years later her descendants will find her place at the highest point of the family tree that blooms and leaves.

When Barenti thought of these, she laughed, and then she saw Alexander, who was opening his eyes next to her, was also smiling.

"Good morning, my duchess." Alexander wiped the messy hair from Barenti's forehead behind his head. Looking at her smile that seemed satisfied at this time, Alexander suddenly felt that he really owed her before. "You can rest for a while, I have to get up."

"This is not possible. We must get up early to do the Mass. This is the first time I have attended the morning prayer mass since becoming the Duchess." Barenti remembered her responsibilities, and she stood up and started to wear it with Alexander. This was somewhat difficult for her, because the maids usually helped her wear those cumbersome clothes, and it was destined that no one would be able to help her this morning.

"Maybe I should call the maid."

"No," Barenti stopped Alexander. "It belongs to you and me at this time."

Looking at Barenti's expression, Alexander turned his head and looked out the window before the sun at a height of the valley appeared. He smiled and threw a piece of clothing he had already picked up to the side: "Yes, we still have some time."

Montina's morning prayer mass was held on time, and Barenti's first appearance as a duchess began.

Not many people participated in the prayer, except for their family, there were only a few close ministers. This was something Alexander ordered. He knew that what Barenti cared about was not prayer, but the satisfaction of her status being respected and recognized. Seeing those close ministers kneeling down on one knee again to swear allegiance to Barenti, Alexander smiled a little relieved.

Barenti did not object to Estreth being brought to the Chenqi. She calmly understood what her daughter meant to Alexander, but she was not worried. Even if Alexander said in front of her, "My daughter will be an amazing queen", she did not get angry.

Barendi was very smart. She knew when to show tolerance and magnanimity, or even proper indulgence. In her opinion, the stability of the principality was always the first priority. Now the principality of Romagna Tuscany has taken shape. Perhaps for many people, this is the greatest achievement in life, but she could feel that this was not Alexander's ultimate goal.

"So what Alexander needs is a wife who can silently support him behind his back and help him at critical moments. You are undoubtedly the best candidate," After praying for the communion, Ruosha was still immersed in the oath of his close ministers. "Lucrezia can't do this. She is just a beautifully dressed beauty that makes men look at. Although I don't doubt her love for my brother at all, she can't help. As for that Sophia," Ruosha said in a rather strange tone. "I think with her bad temper, maybe she can control the savages of Valachia, but she may not be able to stand it for a week and will be plotted against him, so you are the most suitable, my sister-in-law."

Barondi looked at Ruosha with a strange look. Even now, she still has not recovered from Ruosha’s confession to her before. Thinking that the brother and sister had such an inclusive relationship, Barondi was almost scared several times and dared not meet Ruosha again.

"Don't look at me strangely like this," Ruosha whispered intimately in Barenti's ear, "You should be glad that I like you, because I believe my brother is absolutely willing to listen to my opinion in this regard, and I can assure you that this is really only good for you, because for Alexander I can do everything, so I will always support you for him."

"But, you will always get married in the future," Barenti finally couldn't help but say, "This is what I worry about the most. You and Alexander..." Barenti paused with difficulty before continuing, "Relationship, I mean this kind of relationship will affect your future marriage. In addition, of course I would like to see your support for Alexander, but it is hard for me to imagine that the future King of Naples would allow you to support him unconditionally."

"The future King of Naples?" Ruosha's eyes moved slightly, and she glanced at Barenti with a strange look. After confirming that she was indeed not pointing something, she chuckled and said, "Please rest assured, my sister-in-law. If you are worried about the future relationship between Naples and the Principality of Romagna and Tuscany, then you don't have to worry at all. Naples will be your most determined companion, because the future king will not oppose his own country."

When Barendi heard Ruosha say this, he was slightly stunned.

The wedding was over, but the people who came to attend the wedding did not leave Montina, or Alexander's wedding became a rare opportunity for mutual testing and competition among all parties.

Old Rovery did not come, and he could not have the courage to publicly admit his illegitimate children like Alexander VI. In this regard, Alexander admired his father-in-law, and thought that he was only the Archbishop of Valencia and not the Pope at that time. It really took extraordinary courage to do so.

Perhaps it was precisely because of his rebellious influence that Caesar took the initiative to give up the priesthood, which made Alexander feel that compared with the Lovelle family, if there was no bad tradition of cheating his son-in-law, the relatives of the Bogia family were still very considerate of him.

The Rovere family came to Constantine, and now he was making his final sprint to become the Duke of Milan, so after he arrived in Montina, he immediately visited everywhere and raised relations, from the Venetians to the representatives sent by the Emperor's Chief Palace, from de Charlen, who was sent by the French king to attend the wedding to the Queen of Naples, Constantine did not miss any opportunity to get the support of those people through negotiations, bargaining and bribery, at least agreed.

As for the others, they were also looking for their own goals and hoping to gain something. Montina became an "international conference center" for a time, with meetings of all sizes, both open and secretly, and even the servants in the castle walked under their feet and reminded others that they were coming, for fear that they would accidentally hear something they shouldn't have heard, and then they might be in trouble.

Alexander turned a deaf ear to these things. He just wanted to stay with his wife for a while, because he would soon leave again, and this time he didn't even know how long he would leave.

The war in Lombardy has been ignited, and it was ignited in a way that satisfies Alexander. Compared with history, this Italian war is more complicated, and not only more participants, but also more attention must be won, both in the army and the attention to this war.

The French, Austrian, Venetian, and the British, who were a little late, were believed to be involuntarily falling deeper and deeper, would be completely trapped in this war without any time.

Such a Romani Tuscany will become much safer, because the battlefield in Northern Italy is enough for those who will fight to death. In addition, because under the intentional guidance of Alexander, the supply of countries that have become extremely fragile through winter camps and rest are destined to be unable to divide their troops to look south.

However, Alexander knew that he could not take it lightly at all, because as an important member of the Italian War, Aragon, because Gonzalo had changed his expedition destination without authorization, he was unable to send troops to the Italian Peninsula again for a while.

"Your sister said, I don't have to worry at all that the future king of Naples may change their relationship with us because they will not object to their own country," Barenti sat in the pavilion and looked at Ruosha and Constantine who were talking in the distance. "Can you tell me what this means?"

"I can," Alexander turned to look at Barenti with a nervous expression, "It's actually related to you."

"And with me?"

"Yes, listen to Barenti, do you know what your most important task is now, telling you that you are giving birth to a successor, because perhaps our children will become kings of Naples in the future."

"God, what are you talking about?" Barenti's face was full of surprise, but her voice was already trembling with excitement.

"I mean you have thought that if Ruosha never got married in the future, then who would her throne be given to?"

"But is this possible? You must know that it is the Kingdom of Sicily, and Aragon will not agree to her passing the throne to you or our children."

"That's right, but they can stop it." Alexander laughed.

In July, the hot weather has continued, and many places have begun to harvest in summer, but this year is obviously worse, and many farmers are facing the trouble of tax arrears due to poor harvests.

Even at the festive wedding ceremony, some people can still be heard whispering about the unsatisfactory days this year. For the French and Austrians, due to the conflicts in winter and the frequent wars in the following spring, both sides have different hopes to alleviate the pressure on domestic grain collection through harvesting Lombardy grain production land.

"But they still don't think that this is just the beginning," Alexander reminded Rusha again when Rusha was alone. "Believe that this lack of food may not look conspicuous for a while, and it will not have much impact for a long time, but it will be a very long process, and the impact of this process will not only be famine, but may cause unprecedented changes in the whole of Europe."

"What are you talking about?" Ruosha lay on the soft collapse and looked up at Alexander. She actually liked to see Alexander predicting the future in such a tone that seemed to penetrate time, which made Ruosha feel like she seemed to be fascinated.

"It is a change that has never been before. Because there is no harvest, many people will flee the land because of debt. The countryside can no longer support those many people. They will become unemployed people and are filled with the city. Perhaps in some countries these people will become hidden dangers, but here these people will become 'workers'. I am not talking about temporary workers, but workers who work entirely in factories for a long time. Even their descendants will not return to the countryside. Instead, with the establishment and expansion of factories, they will become generations of such workers. The influx of these people will make the city more prosperous. I believe that this will be an unprecedented change in the past. This change will even change the relationship between rural and urban for thousands of years."

Ruosha looked at Alexander who was a little confused. She didn't quite understand what made him so excited. Could it be that he had the opportunity to have more cheap labor and could not seem to be short of such people, but it would be easier to find in the future.

Alexander also knew that he couldn't explain it clearly to Ruosha for a while. After all, no matter how smart she was, she would not see the changes that would happen in the next few hundred years. For Alexander, this was not a guess or imagination, but a fact that was about to happen.

"Do as I said," Alexander touched Rusha's smooth hair. "Be prepared everything before I leave, establish a long-term system for the long-term reserve of food in the future. This system must be ensured to be implemented in the future. In addition, in addition to the plantation in Crete, Agri's factory will also be expanded, sending the best workers there, and building enough arsenals. This is not just for our own army. I know Agri has developed a lot now, but this is not enough. We don't just make weapons for our own army. Don't you think the Lombardy war has a greater demand for weapons?"

Ruosha thought about it and nodded in agreement. Like Alexander, she did not think that musket technology could be kept secret for long. Since it would be discovered by others soon, instead of letting others imitate it and then being inspired by a genius to create a more powerful weapon, it is better to lead this military technology innovation by herself from the beginning.

In mid-July, the guests who came to attend the wedding finally left slowly. No one knew how many conspiracies occurred during this period, but from Constantine's happy appearance, it can be seen that he has gained a lot. What is surprising is that the regent of Naples publicly expressed his support for him becoming the Duke of Milan, which made Constantine excited and even had the idea of ​​proposing to Ruosha.

But as soon as he spoke this idea to Barenti, he was rejected by Barenti sternly, and was warned that if he did not want the Duke of Milan to slip away from him, it would be better to dispel this "bad idea".

In addition to Constantine, there is another person who left with satisfaction, that is Prato.

Prato not only attended Alexander's wedding as he wished, but also was excited to be introduced to others with Alexander's cronies during this period. What made him most happy was that Diego unexpectedly did not appear.

Prato certainly would not doubt whether Tyergo had fallen out of favor, because another equally important person had not appeared, so Grogenin.

As one of Alexander's money rakes, Prato certainly knew what important position Diego and Groggenin had in Alexander's group, and neither of them came to attend the wedding, which made Prato realize that since there was no sign of a crack between the two men and the duke, it only means that there was something big enough that neither of them could escape.

Prato's guess was indeed good. On the second day after he left Montina and returned to the Balkans to take care of the business, a messenger brought Grigenin's secret letter.

There are only a few words to congratulate the newlyweds, and the rest are news of some actions in Sicily, Flanders, and the east coast of the Mediterranean over the past period.

"Our friend in Sicily, the respected consul Camuli, has done a lot for us. With our help, he has succeeded in becoming an important figure in the government of Flomenza, the governor of Sicily. In return, he has started to play a role in ensuring that our sea roads in Sicily are unobstructed, and at the same time, our other friend, Ashulk, played an equally important role, allowing us to connect with important figures far away from the eastern coast of the Mediterranean."

When he saw this, Alexander looked happy and looked so happy that he clenched his fists hard, which made Barenti, who was sitting beside him, curiously put his head over.

"What makes you so happy?"

"Absolutely good news," Alexander said excitedly, "Believe me if you succeed, your husband has the potential to change history."

Barenti looked at Alexander in confusion. She was so excited that she was a little incoherent when she saw him for the first time, which aroused her curiosity. So she simply lowered her head and crawled into Alexander's arms, leaned against her arms and looked at the letter with him.

"We may have to do some loss business for a while, but this is also necessary. What we need to provide are guns, artillery, and everything that can help the opponent compete with powerful enemies. Of course, in return they will also provide us with gems, ivory, gold and precious oriental vessels, which are enough to make up for those losses."

"Is it a business?" asked Barenti.

"Big business," Alexander smiled, "or maybe it could buy a business in a country, and it's likely to require your help."

Barenti immediately became serious. She knew that she could help Alexander in business, and the Duchess's identity made her take on a burden she had never had before.

"We have to get enough copper from Hungary and then transport it to Agri in Naples through Romagna, and then the cannons cast there will be shipped from Sicily to the east. It will be a long and complicated process, and all you need to do is make sure that our interests are not harmed."

Alexander explained to Barenti the plan he had been brewing for a long time. As he said, it was too complicated. He went from the heart of Europe and his final destination was Persia, far away in the depths of Asia!

Listening to Alexander's plan, Barenti couldn't help but be dazed. She suddenly felt that she had made a strange decision to choose Alexander, because she was only thinking about getting the support of the Earl of Naples for her father to become a cardinal, but she never expected that her husband had a heart that was no less than the emperor.

"But what about you, what are you doing if you ask me to do these?" Barenti, who was only excited, noticed the strangeness that was vaguely revealed in Alexander's speech. "Are you going to leave me again?"

Looking at the lonely expression that appeared in Barenti's exploration, Alexander sighed softly, knowing that this was going to be said to her sooner or later.

But this time is different from before.

Because this time he was leaving was not his lover, but his wife.

In August, an envoy from the Iberian Peninsula who had been waiting for for a long time finally walked into Montina Castle, and then Alexander gave orders to his men who had been prepared.

Important generals of the Principality returned to Montina Castle, and then an important news came from the castle: Duchess of Barenti Juliant Kombre was appointed Regent of the Principality.
Chapter completed!