Prato was in trouble, and Elup ordered his caravan to be held in Zagreb, while Prato himself was imprisoned in a small building.

Prato was a little relieved by the treatment, for he had seen what happened to the locals who had been captured for their resistance and hostility to the Ottomans, and who had been imprisoned in a prison not far from the monastery, although he had not seen what it was like inside, but he could guess from the appearance of the castle that it was not pleasant.

More often than not, however, he was executed on the spot, and Elop was so callous that many of the Ottomans, who had previously thought he was too merciful to the vanquished, were surprised by his brutal rule.

So Prato felt that he should still be able to save it, at least for the time being, and there was no need to worry about his life.

Just looking through the window at the group of prisoners being sent to the execution ground, Prato's mood was not much better.

Prato didn't know that Eryup's mercy on his men was not because of his "friend's friend" relationship, as he said, but because he noticed two names, Ashulk and Josa.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, Eyup knew that his status and situation were inextricably linked to his brother Ashulk.

Originally from a declining Anatolian family, far from Constantinople in Asia Minor and beyond, the family had many members, but most of them were minor local officials, some of whom had to survive as junior officers in the army.

The Ashulk brothers were undoubtedly the most clever of the family, and the two of them left their hometown at a young age to wander around with the elders of the family in search of opportunities.

Ashulk was fortunate to become a close attendant of Prince Bayezid, who was not yet the Sultan at the time, and relying on his ingenuity, Ashulk quickly gained Bayezette's trust and reuse, and he was even appointed by Bayezid as a liaison between the prince and the Sultan, which allowed Ashulk to not only be by the prince's side, but also to establish a very important relationship with the Sultan's important ministers.

Later, Ashulk made great achievements in the war between Bayezet and Jem for the throne of the Sultan, which was enough to give Ashulk an enviable future.

It's just that no one expected that after Bayezid II succeeded to the throne, there was a rift between Ashulk and the Sultan.

Angered by Ashulk's devotion to European culture, Bayezid II believed that European culture might in the future become a more formidable enemy than his army, so soon after his accession to the throne, the Sultan ordered the expulsion of court painters and musicians from Europe, and ordered the removal of all portraits in the Grand Centauree, including that of his father, Mehmed II the Conqueror, on the grounds that making idols was contrary to sacred teachings.

Ashulk apparently disagreed with the Sultan's decision, and he expressed his disagreement with the Sultan's approach, both publicly and privately, which caused the Sultan's displeasure, and he was eventually sent away as an emissary to Europe by the Sultan.

Compared to Ashulk, Eleup is different.

After his brother was appreciated by the Sultan, Elup's life was much better than before, and he was able to join the circle of the most prominent people in Constantinople, and he had nothing to do except spend his days drinking, which made many people, both behind his back and in front of him, say that he was able to mix so well because he had a good brother.

Elder did not deny that he was able to get all this from Ashulk, although he also served as a close attendant by the Sultan's side, but most of the time the Sultan trusted Ashulk more, so in addition to receiving a good salary, Ellup had been living a very leisurely life in the previous years.

It's just that his brother's fall from grace has made Eyrip's situation more delicate.

On the one hand, as Ashulk's younger brother, it was impossible for him not to be affected, as can be seen from the fact that some of the Ottoman nobles who were usually close to him were gradually alienating him, while on the other hand, the Sultan did not feel cold to him because of the differences between Elup and Ashulk in many ways, especially regarding their attitudes towards European culture.

On the contrary, Bayezid II was very optimistic about Ilup's ability, as evidenced by his appointment of Aryup and no one else as governor of the northern Balkan occupation zone.

It's just that Ashulk has always been a gap between Elip and the Sultan that cannot be ignored.

The Sultan apparently still trusts Ashulk, but he is unforgivable for his actions in many matters, and this has somewhat affected the Sultan's perception of Ilup.

"Ashulk, you fool, you are really careless, if this person does not fall into my hands but in the hands of someone else, maybe things will go bad." Elder sat alone in the room, looking at the small portrait in the pendant of the jewel necklace that he had opened, and muttered to himself, the portrait was of two chubby boys, one of whom could vaguely see the shadow of Elder Lop now, "What should I do with that guy, throw him in jail or behead him, but he is doing something for us right now, and this is a real problem." ”

Eyrip shook his head helplessly.

Unlike the other courtiers of the Sultan, who believed that they could enjoy wealth and prosperity if they were loyal to the Sultan, the Ashulk brothers were too clever to know that the power that the Sultan could give them could also be taken back by the Sultan, and that only the wealth they had earned was their own.

So from the beginning, the brothers were loyal to the Sultan while planning for themselves, and as his power grew, Ashulk's mind grew, and his obsession with European culture led to the Sultan's drift away.

Eryup knew that Ashulk was doing business with the Europeans, and even knew that he used his position as an Ottoman emissary to take advantage of the influence of Ottoman relations with Europe, for example, he deliberately exaggerated the threat of Europeans in the Mediterranean, and then proposed to strike down on all European merchant ships at sea, while secretly he used his power to protect some of the fleets of European chambers of commerce with whom he had close relations, such as those with special signs from Naples, Taranto, Sicily or further afield Bari Ali traveled between Constantinople, Port Said, and even caravans between Alexandria and Marut.

Trade with the latter two allowed Europeans to exchange sharp firearms for countless precious ivory, precious stones, and near-sky-high spices from the Mamluks of Egypt, who are now struggling in Egypt.

This is nothing short of a miracle for the Mediterranean trade, which has been shrinking for the vast majority of people over the years due to war and other reasons.

As a result, the Ashulk brothers made a staggering fortune in a short period of time, but Ashulk was clearly not satisfied, and he sent a secret letter to his brother as he wrote to the Sultan to report on the situation in Europe, and even the equally bold Ellup was secretly frightened by the larger scheme.

Ashulk advised Elüpp to settle relations with the Ottoman generals who were attacking Crete as soon as possible, as he had "some business associates" to take care of.

The brothers were no strangers to the island of Crete, and the brothers had both been involved in the Sultan's attempts to seize Crete, so he was well aware of the importance that the Sultan attached to Crete.

When he heard that Ashulk had actually started the idea of Crete, Ilup first thought that he had been blinded by wealth, but then when he saw the future described by Ashulk, Elip felt that the risk was worth it.

After all, there is a chance to monopolize the entire European sugar market, and just think of the incredibly huge wealth in it is enough to make the most cautious person take any risk.

Because of this, Elop had long heard of Alexander, the name of Zhosa and even the Count of Mordiglo, and it could even be said that his familiarity with Alexander would have surprised the Sultan if he knew about it.

"But what should I do with this idiot," Eyrip pondered with a little annoyance, the big-mouthed European was obviously a guy who liked to talk nonsense everywhere, and this time he was lucky enough to meet him, but if he fell into the hands of someone else next time, it might not be impossible to expose the news related to Ashulk.

Of course, Elup would not be reluctant to do anything just because this man was related to Ashulk, he was more concerned about what Prato said about the acquisition of bronze objects.

What does that Cambrai want so much copper for?

Make artillery to defend Bucharest?

The thought was dismissed by Alphap for a moment.

While it is true that it takes a lot of copper to cast the cannon, it is unlikely to do so, at least for now, after all, it will take too much time, and if it weren't for waiting for Rois?? Sending troops to contain Hungary, the Sultan's army has already launched a fierce attack on Bucharest, how can it give the Bucharest people time to cast cannons to defend.

So why did they collect so many bronze objects?

Eryup looked at a blue-gray wax table on the table, the pattern on it was a little blurred due to its age, but it was vaguely recognizable that it was an object from the Roman Empire, and the figures surrounding the wax table on it were supposed to be the famous five Roman warriors.

If not to cast a cannon, then what did that Count Montina want to do?

Elup couldn't figure it out, which made him a little hesitant about what to do with the European and his caravan.

He dug through the secret letters Ashulk had given him earlier, tried to find the answer in them, and then he discovered one thing that had been mentioned in one of the letters that he hadn't paid much attention to.

"I believe that the guy is preparing something big because his sister has been trying to save up money for a while, and for this reason they are even willing to make some concessions to us in order to get more cash from us, but I don't know what the guy is up to, but his exchange's recent focus on copper prices has struck me a little strange, and I think it has something to do with what they're going to do."

Looking at these words, Elop touched the manicured beard on his chin and fell into deep thought.

While Prato was anxiously awaiting his verdict, a ragged army was advancing through the dense jungle into the mountains in the upper Nausawa River, more than 100 fats from Zagreb.

The warm climate of early summer has made the mountains and forests full of mosquitoes, which makes the team accompanied by the sound of "crackling" one after another.

The team walked a little slowly, because there were people in the team who were not used to it.

Alosia rode slowly in the middle of the group, taking off her turban and hat, her thick hair had been braided into two thick braids that hung down to her chest and shook with the jolting of her mount.

Originally decided to go to Bucharest to find Morco, Aloxia eventually returned to the camp where they had been in exile, and to Aloxia's surprise, she actually met her uncle here.

After a few twists and turns, Herva was apparently much more stable than he had been in exile, and although he was angry at his niece's near-elopement, he eventually let the matter go by lightly, only to be somewhat disappointed in Alosis.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Helva knew very well that because of Aloxia's actions, it was obviously unlikely that she would marry some prominent monarch in the future, which made Helva not know what to say to Alexander, who was the instigator, but in the end he attributed all this to the trouble caused by Morco.

Helva was convinced that if it weren't for Morko's temptation of his niece in defiance of humility, Alosia would not have done such a reckless and bad thing.

In Helva's opinion, even after Aloxia got married, the relationship between the two of them as lovers was much better than it is now.

This made Herva even suspect that Morko's father was instigating all this.

But fortunately, things haven't gotten so bad that it's hard to clean up, and Aloxia finally returned to him, and quite unexpectedly brought someone he definitely didn't expect.

Kulash of Kachulica, a legend known in the Balkans.

Having participated in too many battles to count, this man has become a hero, and it is a miracle that he survived.

In addition to the dozens of men he brought with him, there was also a team of about 100 prisoners, whose arrival obviously increased the strength of the resistance led by Helva, and Kurashi's rich combat experience was a great help to Helva.

Herva was delighted with Kulash's arrival, even a surprise.

Kuraš's popularity among the people helped him expand, and the fact that knights who merely had prestige among the lower ranks of the population were apparently no threat to him, made Herva even more happy.

Because of this, although Alosia's actions angered him, Helva eventually forgave his niece.

However, Alosia was also punished, she was ordered to prohibit herself from claiming to be a child of the Duke's family of Zagreb, and a small piece of territory that was supposed to be inherited when she reached the age of 17 was also declared to have been recovered by Helva.

At the same time, after Herva punished her niece, she did not let Moorko's father go.

After having the old man hang up and whip him severely, Herva kicked Morko's father out of the camp and announced that the father and son were no longer under his protection.

If the punishment of Alosia was out of disappointment, Helva was more angry and vindictive towards the Morco father and son.

However, the situation is still moving in a rosy direction, especially with the arrival of LaKush, which has become more or less blind and the battle has become organized and planned.

Rakush's years of experience are a treasure, and he is familiar with the tactics of the Ottomans, knowing when to attack bravely and when to retreat without hesitation.

It can be said that the arrival of Lakush transformed Helva's army from a group of wild boars that blindly ran around to a group of cunning and cruel hyenas with even more destructive power.

Now a small group of the group was walking in the dense mountain forest, and they had just attacked a Bosnian horse yard, and the pillars of smoke that were lit up by the mountains of hay could be seen from a few miles away, so that after the attack Rakush immediately decided to leave the forest, thinking that the Ottomans and Bosnians would send heavy troops to turn the forest upside down in retaliation.

Lakush's guess was undoubtedly accurate, and looking at the burned hay field, the late Bosnian official trembled and seemed to faint at any moment.

This forage field is the largest in Bosnia in the north, and it is also the largest in the north. The cavalry was the closest supply base to Hungary.

And now everything here is burned to a pile of charred ruins.

Also arriving was an Ottoman garrison, and after seeing the devastation in the hay field, the Ottoman commander angrily shouted that if he could not find the saboteurs, he would take men from the nearest village in retaliation.

However, when Ilup heard about it, he stopped the officer's misdeeds.

"There is no point in taking random people from a village," said Eryup calmly, looking at Prato, who was sitting across from him nervously, "Tell the local governors to take 100 people from all the villages in that area, and each of them must have a family and children, and I want the locals to understand that there will be punishment for harboring those who want to destroy them, and there will be a price to pay for the silent protest, and they will either be honest as the Sultan's people or die for their monarchy and faith." ”

Then Elope suddenly smiled at Prato on the other side and said, "But this attack reminded me that I thought about what to do with you." ”

Looking at Eleup's smiling expression, Prato's body couldn't help but shudder suddenly, he barely squeezed out a wry smile, and asked cautiously, "So what do you want me to do for you?" ”

Immediately after hearing Eryup say, "I want to borrow your head", Prato immediately fell to the ground with his legs limp.

Looking at Prato, who had fainted in fright, Elope shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly.

"That's bad, I just wanted you to help me with some ideas."

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