Chapter 57 The young man who sells wood
Looking at the rough worker's clothes in front of him, many places were dirty, and looking like a typical local mixed-race boy who did rough work, Alexander fell into deep thought because of his words.
Alexander had thought of various possibilities about how Don Bavi would use the nun Alphotism, among which was the conjecture of getting married.
Perhaps this sounds a bit ridiculous. After all, an old man in his 70s and has inconvenient legs, it is ridiculous to marry a young girl under 20 years old. But Alexander knew that this was probably a very important part of the plan that Don Bavi had been planning.
As early Castile nobles, the Don Bavi family actually had no prominent past. They were representatives of local small nobles who began to appear in the darkest and most chaotic era of Iberia when the Goths were driven away by the Moors. In the era when the great nobles who died one after another in the war with the Moors broke their heirs one after another, many local small nobles emerged and rose one after another.
The Don Bawei family is a typical example. Before the Moors invaded, this family was just an inconspicuous small landlord in the south. The whole family barely survived by a piece of less fertile land far from Buhalanser. Although it was not hungry, it was definitely not so easy.
Then the Moors came, and the lords of Buhalanth City had to go to the battlefield to defend their homes, and then what happened was a series of terrible massacres.
After seeing the terribleness of the Moors, the lords of the Don Bavi family chose to escape like many people. At that time, of course they would not know that it was nearly a century after returning, but this family did seize the opportunity. After driving away the Moors, the grandfather of the current Duke of Don Bavi became the lord of Buhalanth.
The current Duke of Don Bavi seems not satisfied with his current status, but wants his family to wear the halo of the royal family, or even if he cannot ascend to the throne and become the king, he must at least make his family the most prominent family in Castilla.
"Probably Duke Don Bavi is the Castile who opposes the merger with Aragon the most." Alexander said to himself, looking at Uriu standing respectfully in front of him, and then he smiled softly. "Welcome to you, my imperial official, we have not celebrated your arrival yet."
Uriu was politely stroking one hand on his chest and bent down to salute. This typical alien etiquette now shows his scent of the Sultan Palace Chief. Just looking at his dress as a merciless little vendor, Alexander couldn't help but inexplicably remember the reaction that made him hate when Scher heard that he was going to find Uriu.
As early as in Portugal, Alexander felt the inconvenience of not being around Uriu.
Sher is indeed brave and loyal, but his ability to protect himself does not mean that he can do other things well. At least the appearance of a typical foreigner makes him as eye-catching as a firefly in the night. No matter where he goes, even if he tries his best to disguise, it is not so easy to avoid being discovered.
In addition, Schell is a soldier, hunter, guard and brave guard officer, but he is not a qualified diplomat, nor is he able to command the overall situation at critical moments so as to become a favorable assistant to Alexander.
And Uriu is exactly the person he needs.
So when he left Portugal, Alexander wrote a letter to Uriu, who was running around among his women like a headless fly on the Italian peninsula, asking him to finish what he had at hand as soon as possible and come to Iberia.
Alexander didn't know that when he received the master's letter, Uriu almost burst into tears, which made the messenger who delivered the letter deeply moved by the master's loyalty to the duke.
But the messenger didn't know that what Uriu was thinking at that time was actually: "But he escaped from those terrible women. The next time the master forced me to use a knife to force me to do not do this chore."
The former emperor, the chief magistrate of the court, and the envoy of the king immediately finished his work cleanly and jumped on the nearest boat and went out of Pisa. After a few days of sailing, he first stopped in Valencia, and then took a small boat near the sea along the Iberian coastline and walked around the Strait of Gibraltar, and entered the Guadalne River against the current.
However, when Uriu arrived in Seville, Alexander had just left Buhalanth. They didn't know where the other party was now. If James hadn't asked him to stay, Uriu might have gone north to Valladod.
The house that James got from his elder brother Columbus became his stronghold in Seville. Although he did not know at first that Alexander was so interested in Seville's merchant transactions, he knew that Seville was Castilla and even the largest inland dock in the south of the entire Iberian Peninsula, which was enough to make this pirate leader who had no business value the city very much.
So he sincerely invited Uriu to stay in Sevillado for a few days, and because the negotiations with Columbus were very difficult, he really needed someone around Alexander who could make the decision to stand for him.
Columbus's conditions were very harsh. After hearing some speculations about the new colony from James, although he still stubbornly believed that he was right, he had to admit that his speculation about the size of the West Indies seemed to be a little small.
So while he agreed to take out other valuable information he had for James as a reference in order to support him in order to expand the scope of his adventure, he also put forward new conditions.
It was these conditions that made James unable to make the decision and agreed, and Uriu's arrival suddenly solved the problems he faced.
Uriu had many responsibilities. Apart from the former emperor, the chief magistrate, and the former envoy of the king, or the not-so-glorious identity of Schell, who was considered a pimp for the duke, no one could deny that in Alexander's court, except for those ladies, the Moors were the most suitable duke agents.
Whether it was time to follow Alexander or as the territory of the "Super Mountain Empire" gradually emerged, Uriu had an important role in it, and his Moorish identity made people not worry about what hidden dangers and threats he might pose to this "empire" in the future.
Uliu did show a very reliable side. When he heard about Columbus's conditions to have a quarter of the tax right for newly discovered land, Uliu immediately refused without hesitation.
"Absolutely no. Although I don't know how it will happen in the future, I know that at least now we have four future Duke branches that will offer ownership of these places, so do you think I will agree to this condition?" Uriu privately calculated the various troubles that the master might encounter if he wanted to divide the property in the future. Then he said with certainty, "At least one sixth, there can't be more. There are so many things I can decide for the master."
While secretly sighing at the head of the steward's loyalty to the Duke, James thought that if he should find a backer among the Duke's women as soon as possible if he did, if he did not hold on to the Duke's ministers like him, it would be obvious that he would suffer a loss.
It is precisely because of this that Uriu stayed in Seville, but unexpectedly, they went to meet Alexander soon.
If you have to be a little careful in Uriu, Italy, when he arrived in Iberia, he found that this place was simply a paradise built for him to hide.
The cities and villages with more or less mixed races are the best hidden colors. Even if there are purebred northern Europeans with blonde hair, blue eyes and white skin, they may be a little eye-catching.
Uriu felt that he had found the most suitable place for him. Over the past period of time, he had traveled alleys of Seville. With his keen mind and clever reaction, he even scrambled into the consul's residence twice.
Moreover, he was so smart that he did not appear next to Alexander immediately, but kept in secret contact and became a guarantee for him to move more freely. So when Alexander decided to contact Don Bavi, Schell became the target to attract Carolina's attention, and Uriu quickly and secretly got in touch with Don Bavi.
It was just that Don Bavi’s conditions made Uriu treat this old man as an enemy from the beginning, so when he saw Alexander seemingly considering whether to agree with the conditions proposed by Don Bavi, Uriu felt it was necessary to say the previous sentence.
"Master, Don Bavi seems to want to be the second Ferdinand."
This sentence made Alexander, who was slowly pacing, paused slightly. He turned his head and looked at Uriu. In fact, anyone who was not a fool would be willing to give Don Bavi's intentions, because this was too obvious, but it was precisely because of this that Alexander thought Uriu would not just want to say nonsense.
"So what do you think you should answer him?"
"Master, is that Sister Alphate very beautiful?" Uriu suddenly asked without thinking.
At one sentence, seeing Alexander who opened his mouth but said nothing after hearing this, the Moors murmured in a low voice, "It seems to be quite beautiful."
"What do you want to say?" Alexander glared at Uriu in anger, then raised his hand to stop him. "Okay, I don't want to listen to those unrealistic suggestions. That nun Alphate is Maria's twin sister. You must know that although she looks like a Moor, she is indeed the daughter of Isabella and Ferdinand. This is only enough to determine that she will be my enemy in the future."
Uliu nodded silently. He knew that the master was right. Among the few people who clearly understood Alexander's purpose in coming to Iberia, Uliu naturally knew how threatened Isabella's descendants were to Alexander.
"Maybe I can solve this problem for you," Uriu advised carefully. "It is very unfavorable for you to stay such an important bargaining chip in Don Bavi's hands, sir."
Alexander frowned and knew that Uriu was right. Don Bavi’s move was actually no different from Modillo at the time, which made him surprised at the amazing patience of these people.
"Maybe the saying 'I may not be able to beat you, but I will let my son teach your daughter a lesson in bed in the future' may not be just a joke."
Alexander thought to himself that this time, Duke Don Bavi did not place his hope on his children and grandchildren, but wanted to take action himself.
Thinking of this, Alexander's heart moved.
"Don Bavie has no descendants?"
"I heard that I had two sons, but they were both killed in the war to recover lost land."
"That's right," Alexander nodded. He probably understood Don Bavi's thoughts. It was obvious that Don Bavi's actions might have completely disappointed because of the extinction of his descendants, and even turned into crazy revenge for Isabella, who caused the death of his two sons.
If you let me lose my son, I will sleep with your daughter?
Alexander shook his head, feeling that he really couldn't understand this idea.
"So you think..."
"No, that Sister Alphot is useful, don't act rashly." Alexander thought for a while, but in the end he still did not agree with Uliu's suggestion.
Although there was only a flash, the Moorish face still showed a "very true" expression, but the imperial official who was very good at being a human immediately returned to his down-eyed look and stood aside and waited for the master's orders.
"It may not be a good thing for us to use the nun Alphonte," Alexander said slowly. "But you have to be careful, his ambitions for Castilla are no less than Ferdinand, so if we detect our plans, he will become our enemy."
Uriu nodded. Although it was his first time to meet Don Bavi, it did not prevent him from having his own opinion on the Duke of Buhalanth.
"Master, that duke is a big trouble," Uriu reminded Alexander. "If he really married that nun, it would not be a good thing for you."
Alexander glanced at Uriu, knowing what Uriu was hinting at, but now he doesn't want to get stuck in this matter.
Sister Alphras may indeed be a good choice. After all, if other children of Isabella really have an accident, then Sister Alphras will become a key figure. So from this point of view, although Uriu's suggestions are somewhat utilitarian, they are most in line with the interests of Alexander at the moment.
But, marrying that nun Alphot?
After thinking about it, Alexander slowly shook his head.
"Listen to me, I don't want to hear you mention this again, nor do I want to hear someone planning this in private," Alexander said to Uriu in a warning tone. "I don't want Sophia's situation to happen again. This is my order, do you understand?"
Facing Alexander's stern gaze, Uliu bowed silently.
But when he straightened up and looked at Alexander's turn and looked at the back outside the window, the Moors showed a hint of confusion.
Is this true or false?
Uriu felt a little confused.
The old man who followed Alexander, including Uriu, knew very well that Sophia's forced departure was not so much because of Barenti, but rather the result that everyone hoped.
It can even be said that everyone around Alexander was involved in that matter.
It is also because of this that when choosing to expedition to the Balkans, Alexander brought Gompati instead of Ofulei and Uriu.
Now Alexander is clearly warning them not to use the way they used to deal with Sophia again on Barenti.
Of course, Uriu dared not ignore the warning from the master, but the Moors were a little confused about how much true the truth was there.
In Uriu's opinion, Don Bavi's choice was undoubtedly the most correct. At least Philip of Austria has proved that being a princess's husband is the best shortcut to obtain the throne, and Uriu doesn't believe that something as simple as Alexandria can't tell.
So what makes the master rather give up such a good opportunity?
Uriu thought for a long time, but after not getting the answer, he simply stopped thinking about this question. After checking that there was no flaw on his body, he honestly received the reward for selling firewood from a servant in charge of money. Then he carried the wooden rack used to fix the firewood on his shoulders, humming a small song that was indescribable, and walked out of the servant door next to the side of the house.
When he arrived on the street, Uliu immediately felt that he was being monitored. In fact, he didn't need to be very alert. Those who monitored this house were almost standing at the door and staring at the door, which made Uliu feel the urge to teach them how to do such an errand.
Seeing Uriu, a man with the appearance of a leader immediately came over. He first looked up and down, then looked at the firewood-slicing rack on his back. After thinking about it, he seemed to remember what to ask: "Reply to me in the name of the consul, who are there in the house?"
"I don't know." Uriu said with a confused look on his face.
"You entered this house, don't you know who there are people inside?" The person who asked the questioning questioned irritably.
"How could I know," said Uriu in panic. "I am just a firewood delivery person. The price given by this family is fair. I brought it to them. I have been in the kitchen. I have not seen anyone except the servant or the cook."
"You are such a fool, Moore bastard." The man patted Uriu's face with a man wearing thick gloves. Just as he was about to speak again, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded across the street. He immediately turned around and shouted loudly to a companion in the distance, "What's wrong?"
"That servant, he's back!" A man in the distance looked at the streets in the distance with his toes, and shouted to him in a low voice.
"How is that possible?" The man stretched his neck and looked into the distance with a surprised face.
"I said, I'm not doing anything about this?" Uliu asked carefully.
"Get out!" The man cursed and hurriedly called his companions to run towards the street.
Seeing a group of people suddenly running out of the street, Uliu shook his head helplessly. He carried the empty wooden frame on his shoulder again, then stretched his tone, shouting in an unconcealed accent of the foreigner, "Chop firewood~ dry the useful chop firewood~" while walking slowly towards the other end of the street.
Chapter completed!