Alexander felt that today was his lucky day.

Although the negotiations with Guert Fugger did not lead to any practical results, he knew with certainty that the little Fugger should now be thinking about how to cooperate with him, after all, for the Fugger family, a person who could help them solve the problem of the Hungarian copper mines was definitely worth associating.

Alexander couldn't remember if the Fugger family had really finally monopolized the copper price market in Europe, but he knew that it was this opportunity that the family had relied on to make their fortune truly rich!

And according to their later practices, they can even be said to have "bought" a country.

Just think about the fact that the Fugger family later donated nearly 700,000 ducats in order to help Emperor Maximian's grandson Charles V seize the throne of the Emperor, Alexander knew that this laughing Fogel could not give up this opportunity.

And the other thing that made him happy was Lucrezia's attitude towards him.

From the simple love at the beginning, to the lingering ecstasy throughout the afternoon, Alexander could feel the subtle changes in Lucrezia's intimacy and dependence on him.

Both men and women, some can be obtained by conquering the mind, while others can be obtained by conquering the body, and Alexander feels that Lucrezia belongs to the third type.

Lucrezia was undoubtedly a little woman who longed for love, but she also enjoyed the physical pleasure of coming to live, so if she had felt fresh and longing for the stormy love that Alexander had given her, then an afternoon of lingering had made her a captive of Alexander.

Thinking of Lucrezia's obedience and pandering, Alexander couldn't help but smile on his lips, which made Oflei, who had been ordered to meet him, feel a little baffled.

Because he didn't know why the Count was smiling so strangely and even a little cheaply, the captain of the marching army had to keep glancing at Ulliu next to him out of the corner of his eye.

But he didn't get any hint from the Moors, which made Ofleiil feel strange until he followed Alexander into a clearing behind the Duke's Palace.

Carlo, with the Agri he had recruited, was waiting in the clearing.

When he saw the peasants in dirty clothes and dirt on their faces, Alexander seemed to return to the scene when he first arrived in Agri.

Careless, even a little lifeless, the people gathered together and looked at Alexander with suspicious eyes.

But even so, Alexander still saw in the eyes of these people that they were fierce and unruly.

These peasants were true mountain people, they had the sturdy physique of mountain people, and they also had the stubborn and stubborn character of mountain people, but the most important thing for Alexander was that they were the people of his own territory.

Even so, Alexander knew that it would take hard work to gain the trust and obedience of these people.

It was clear that despite the future that Carlo had described to them, the Agri were skeptical.

Kalo looked a little excited, he walked up to salute Alexander, and then he couldn't wait to introduce the group of Agri behind him.

But Alexander stopped him.

"How many people did you bring?" Looking at these mountain people, Alexander counted silently in his heart and then secretly frowned, "Are there 400 people, only these?" ”

"It's 447 adults, and they're all the best hunters and mountain dwellers in Agri," Carlo hastened to explain, "and they're all very skilled with bows and arrows, and some of them are no worse than I am, and some of them are maybe even better." ”

"But there are still fewer people," Alexander shook his head with a little regret, "Carlo you know we don't have many soldiers, and I'm glad you can come back now, because there are too few people who can help me now, but the people you brought this time are not enough, and I don't have time for you to run back and recruit soldiers again." ”

Alexander's words made Carlo's face a little anxious, and he was about to continue to explain, when a not very strong Agri in the crowd suddenly pushed the person in front of him and walked over.

"Lord Lord, if you heard us correctly, are you looking down on us?"

Hearing the man's questioning tone, Carlo immediately went up to block him behind him: "My lord, he is a mountain man, and he did not see you at the farm when you came to Agri. ”

Alexander raised his hand and gently pushed Carlo away, looking the stout looking man up and down, then he turned to Carlo and said, "You know, he reminds me of you back then, just like you seem to want to go against anyone." ”

Carlo shrugged slightly, then looked at the man: "His marksmanship is very good, he used to catch poachers with the brother of the count." ”

Alexander nodded silently, knowing that the lords were obliged to serve the lord for a certain time of the year, and that he had not enjoyed this right since he became Lord of Agri.

"A man with good marksmanship," Alexander looked at the Agri, "I know that you can be picked out in places that are much stronger than others, maybe some of you can hunt, maybe some of you have a stronger body than others, or anything else that others can't match, but I don't need any of these, I need soldiers, soldiers who obey me absolutely, so now I want all of you to obey the orders of my staff officer, and he will tell you what to do." ”

Alexander said and waved his hand to Ofleiuil, who was standing behind him, and then he beckoned Carlo to follow him in the direction of the Duke's Palace.

Seeing Alexander leave, the tense Agri relaxed for a moment, and some of them began to whisper, while a few who knew Ofrei walked over and greeted him loudly.

"Look, isn't this the little guy in Old Nivan's shop, look at what he's wearing now." A stout Agri walked over and looked at Ofleiil curiously, reaching out to touch the pattern on his breastplate.

Dissatisfied with his hand, he reached out and opened the man's dark hand, smelling the stench emanating from the people around him, and Oflaiyi couldn't help but frown.

"I know you, you used to go up the hill for my uncle's shop," Ofleiyi pointed to the man opposite, "I know you're the famous thorn in your village, but you have to listen to me now." ”

"What do you want to do, little guy, do you still want to instruct me, I can't see that you actually hugged the thigh of the lord lord."

The man's face was angry because he was scolded in public, and he stretched out his thick arm and waved his fist in front of Oflai's eyes, while a pair of eyes quietly looked at the back of Alexander, who had just walked not too far away.

When he saw that Alexander didn't seem to care about what was going on here, he couldn't help but have a smug look on his face.

The man sneered and said to Ofleiuil, "Why, do you think you can control us? Do you think we'll listen to you if we listen to Caro? ”

There was a burst of laughter from the Agri, who looked at the young man, some laughing and others shaking their heads.

"How can the lord use the nephew of old Niwan, if he is allowed to lead us to war, I don't want to."

"That's right, if you don't let Carlo take us, and send us a reliable head, old Nivan's nephew will kill us all."

The Agri kept shouting, just like the man before them, and when they realized that their shouting did not cause the displeasure of Alexander, who was walking away, they shouted even more fiercely.

"Hurry back, little one, maybe the lord is waiting for you to dress him," the tall Agri man smiled and stretched out his hand to push Ofleiyi "Look at your dress, maybe it's not the lord, it's the countess, ha......"

The man wanted to laugh out loud after saying this witty remark, but no sooner had his laughter come out of his throat than a huge force had already hit him!

With a "bang", the counterweight on the hilt of the sword in Ofleiyi's hand had already slammed into the man's chest, and before he could scream in pain, Ofleiyi's other hand pulled out his saber, and the sharp tip of the sword pressed tightly against the man's neck.

At the same time, the two Agri soldiers who had been standing behind Ofleiyi watching all this raised their halberds at the same time, and the cold blades immediately pressed against the chest of the stunned Agri.

The sudden change made the surrounding Agri people laugh for a moment, and everyone looked at the man who was pressed tightly to the ground and couldn't get up.

"Listen, I'm the captain of the army appointed by my lord," Ofrei pressed the sword in his hand so hard that the Agri, who had been trying to struggle for a while, had to crawl on the ground again, "I know that many of you think you can defeat me, and you can defeat me, but I tell you that it doesn't work! This is the army, you must pay my orders, or you will be punished, just like him! ”

Offrey waved his hand sharply, and the two Agri soldiers immediately pulled the man from the ground.

In front of everyone, Ofleiyi walked up behind the man, first tearing his clothes with force, then slowly raising the whip.

"I can forgive you for your first mistake today, but this is also the last time, and next time it will not be as simple as 10 lashes," Ofleiyi said loudly to the people around him, "I am also saying this to you, this is also your last time, and the next time someone contradicts and disobeys orders, you will be hung up and whipped." ”

After speaking, with the wave of Oflaiyi's wrist, the leather whip brought a whistling that pierced the air, and the screams rang out in an instant!

The sound of whips whipping on their backs silenced the people around them, and even in the distance, the Agri stopped whispering.

Although I couldn't see the person being beaten, many people couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the faintly audible thrashing sound and the screams made by the person.

The Agri hillmen were unruly, but they weren't stupid, they knew that this boy of the House of Ofrei was obviously giving them authority, but they never expected it to happen so quickly.

"Take off all your clothes," said Oflai, wiping the sweat from his forehead and tossing the whip aside, and then he cried out to the Agri, who was silently watching him in front of him, "Listen, Lord Lord likes neat and clean people, and if you don't want to be punished for being dirty like a beggar, go at once to bathe with the captain who has been arranged for you, and then you will be given a piece of clothing and a piece of food, and you will not only be exempted from the tenant tax, but you will also be rewarded, which you can inquire about later from your acquaintances." , think that when the time comes, you will know how lucky you are, remember that as long as you can go back alive, each of you has a chance to make a fortune, now go and take a bath! ”

With Oflaii's shout, the Agri's body began to move slowly, but they were still a little confused, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

"I remember your name was Keno, right," Ofleiyi asked the Agri man who was on his knees gasping for breath, "can you still stand up?" ”

"It's okay," the Agri muttered as he strained himself to his feet, but he groaned in pain from the muscles in his back.

"Go wash the wound with water, and then bandage it with a clean cloth," Oflaiyi beckoned to the Agri, "come over and help him, and remember not to get any more dirt on him." ”

The mountain man who had spoken to Alexander before and another man approached, and the two of them supported the man named Kino Agri and walked cautiously with the others towards their camp led by a few Agri soldiers.

"It's all a pack of delinquent packs," said an Agri soldier who stood with Ofleiil with a halberd in his hand, looking at the backs of his fellow villagers, "the craftsman's daughter who should hand them over to you, I promise that in less than a month these fellows will all look like human beings." ”

"I think I should give you to Ashley to train well." Oflaiyi suddenly said something angrily, and then turned angrily and chased in Alexander's direction.

"What's wrong with him?" The soldier asked his companion a little strangely.

"I heard that the craftsman is going to find his daughter's mother-in-law," the other halberd soldier pouted, "if we don't return to Montina, maybe our marching captain will have no wife." ”

Alfrey, who was in a bad mood, went around the east wing of the Duke's Palace, but before he could ask anyone, he saw Alexander standing in front of the foyer talking to the man named Gurt Fugger from a distance.

As he approached, he happened to hear Alexander nod lightly and say, "Okay, then I will be on time tomorrow night." ”

Gurt Fugger bowed slightly, then turned and walked towards the palace.

"Our captain is here."

Alexander looked at the approaching Ofleiil and smiled, looking at this young man he was somewhat emotional, thinking about Ofleiil, who had just emerged at that time on the outskirts of Rome, and then looking at the marching army captain in front of him wearing a dark red army uniform and wearing a cuirass, Alexander felt that time seemed to have passed a long time, but it seemed that it was still in front of him at that time.

"My lord, Captain Carlo is right," Ofreil glanced at Carlo next to him, "These are very strong soldiers, but they need training. ”

"Then I'll give them to you," Alexander said casually, "go and train them well, the Agri can be good soldiers, and we can train them to be the best." ”

"Yes, my lord, I'll start letting them practice tomorrow."

Alfleien was not surprised by Alexander's orders, and as a captain of the marching army, who also served as a staff officer, one of his duties was to train the soldiers in peacetime.

"No, it's not tomorrow," Alexander said with an interesting look at Ofley, "I want you to take them out of Pisa and back to Montina tomorrow, and then hand them over to Ashley. ”

"Your Excellency, you mean that I can go back to Montina tomorrow?"

Offrey looked at Alexander in amazement.

"Yes, to-morrow you will return to Montina with these recruits," Alexander continued, ignoring the already joyful Oflei, "and then you will stay there and take charge of Montina's guard with Gompati. ”

Hearing this, the joy on Oflaiyi's face faded slightly, and he looked at Carlo, who also showed a look of concern.

"My lord, will something happen to Montina?" Carlo asked in a quizzed whisper.

"I just got the word that it seems that our friend Bishop Tony de la Rovere has some business trouble for us to solve."

Alexander's words made the two of them look a little dazed, but they soon stopped thinking about it, after all, the recruits were the most important thing for them now, and the Earl would take care of the rest.

Thinking so, Oflaiyi was soon overjoyed to see Ashley right away.

Carlo, on the other hand, had already begun to figure out how to re-establish his prestige in the army as soon as possible, but considering that these recruits were all recruited by himself, the fear that he might gradually lose his position in Alexander's army faded a lot.

"My lord, there are a lot of these Agri who can make good cavalry," Carlo recommended to Alexander, knowing that only by making sure that his cavalry is strong enough can he always have a place in Alexander's heart, "I think our cavalry may be able to expand in size." ”

Hearing Carlo's words, Alexander secretly smiled bitterly in his heart.

As he told Carlo, he did need soldiers.

According to the plan, the more than 400 Agri brought by Carlo will be mixed with the previous Agri soldiers, and as the number increases, the Agri phalanx will also grow.

Correspondingly, the ranks of cavalry that fought in conjunction with the phalanx had to be expanded, so that the light cavalry, now consisting of Bohemian cavalry and Agri cavalry, would no longer meet his requirements.

In Alexander's vision, a huge formation of a phalanx of Agri and a powerful cavalry force was essential to ensure that he would confront any enemy in the future.

All subsequent armies must rely on this basic army as their final reliance and backing.

It's just that the amount of money needed to have such a large army is staggering.

Where did you get all that money?

Just when Alexander was worried about the money, he never imagined that this problem would be completely solved the next day.

"I'll arm the army for you, and you will solve the trouble of the Hungarian copper mines for me."

Sitting at the dining table, Gurt Fugger said lightly.