1,300,000 Floren!

That's a huge amount of money, and it's enough to scare a lot of people.

Never before in the history of the Vatican, nor in any other country in Europe, has there ever been such a huge amount of business.

According to the deal proposed by Josa, the money would be paid in full in installments over a period of six months, and this time would also be the time limit for the Holy See to gradually transfer the minting rights of the Ladia gold coins.

The ultimate goal was to achieve the full issuance of the Radia by the Free Trade League at the beginning of 1502.

This is a huge sum that can make a person go crazy after hearing it, and it is also a condition that Josha proposed to the Vatican to get Alexander VI to hand over power and self-exile in disguise.

But even though the money is already so large, it has already provoked a violent quarrel within the Vatican, with startling heated debates, and voices of agreement and opposition almost tearing the roof down.

The reason for the controversy, in addition to the departure of Alexander VI, is whether the money is worth it.

Although 1,300,000 florins was an impressive amount, the cardinals knew exactly what coinage meant, not only an incalculable wealth, but also a great power.

According to the rough calculations of the Vatican Treasury officials, although it has only been issued for more than a year, the annual income that Radia can bring to the Holy See is already as high as six figures, and this amount will rise rapidly as the area that Radia can influence becomes wider and wider.

It can be said that if you look at this trend, almost no one in this world can afford to buy the coinage rights of Radia, just as no one can buy the coinage rights of Florin and Ducart.

And now that Jossa wants to buy the right to mint Radia for 1.3 million florins, it makes the cardinals feel that this Queen of Naples is simply a blatant robbery.

"War, waging a war with her, must not tolerate such humiliation and bullying of the holy Vatican." There was a loud clamor for war, which aroused the approval of many people, which naturally aroused the excitement of the proposer, who was in turmoil at this time, but if he grasped it well, he could also seize the opportunity.

"We can still fight, we have all kinds of treasures stored in our warehouses for so many years, enough to pay the salaries of the army and give more, as for the city guards, I heard that Skop did not get anything in return from that woman, I believe he must be very unhappy with this result, then we can make him understand that we can trust him again, and even promise him to become the tribune of Rome after the war."

As soon as someone started to make a suggestion, someone immediately followed, and what was supposed to be a meeting to discuss a business suddenly turned into a life-and-death decision announcing a war decision.

However, not everyone suddenly became so fanatical, and some people noticed that the old Rovile, who should have been very active, was surprisingly silent at this time, and he just sat in his place and watched the cardinals either speak generously or wave their flags, and he himself never made a sound.

In the same way, another person who should have stood up for fierce opposition did not seem to want to join in the quarrel, and the Metropolitan of Romagna and Tuscany, Massimo, even seemed to yawn drowsily because he had been sitting for a long time.

The anomalous behavior of the two of them finally caught the attention of the cardinals, who knew that it was common sense that they should stand up for or against them, but the way they were now made the cardinals realize that there seemed to be something unusual about this.

"What do you think, honorable cardinal?"

The proposer was the Archbishop of Cologne from the north, who had not only quickly built up great prestige in the diocese since his assassination at the Vatican a few years earlier, but perhaps out of guilt for the Diocese of Cologne, who had not only been promoted to cardinal, but had also been transferred to the Vatican as chief auxiliary bishop just a few months earlier.

It's just that the first auxiliary bishop of Christchurch has always been honest and responsible, but now he took the opportunity to suddenly jump out, which is somewhat strange.

However, old Rovie was not surprised, he even felt that this seemed more reasonable.

It was uncertain whether the chief auxiliary bishop had been instructed by someone, but old Rovere had already seen the emperor's shadow in it.

It was clear that Maximian could not tolerate the occupation of Rome and the control of the Vatican, so it was thought that there must have been a lot of contact between the emperor's emissaries and the auxiliary bishop during these days.

Now looking at the auxiliary bishop's eager expression, old Rovere did not answer immediately, but looked at Massimo, who had also been silent, after a little muttering, and then he looked at the auxiliary bishop again.

"Dear Bishop, I would like to ask you how you are going to solve the trouble caused by Ladia, you must know that even those people in the city of Rome are enough to give us a headache, we have already said that if we want to calm the current trouble, we may have to pay the price of 80 to 1.3 million florins," Speaking of this, old Rovile smiled, at this time it was more certain that this Radia turmoil was actually caused by Alexander, otherwise how could Jisha so coincidentally propose a purchase price of 1.3 million" And this money is not the final result, but only the amount needed at that time, Cartier is depreciating anytime and anywhere, believe me maybe it is not 1.3 million by now, but more is needed. ”

The auxiliary bishop looked at the old Rovere with some astonishment, although he had not been in the Vatican for a long time, but he was very well informed, he knew that although he was his father-in-law, the relationship between the old Rovere and Alexander was very delicate, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was the biggest enemy of the Duke of Rome Thessia in the Vatican.

But now that old Rovere had said such a thing unexpectedly, the auxiliary bishop could not help but look at Massimo again in surprise.

Massimo was undoubtedly the recognized spokesman of the Duchy of Rome-Thesia, which made the auxiliary bishop not doubt that he would definitely be on the side of Masha, but he could not yet think of any excuse that Massimo would come up with.

Seeing the provocative gaze cast by the auxiliary bishop, Massimo stood up, he did not assume any steady and noble posture like the others, but shrugged his shoulders as soon as he came up, and then said in an indifferent tone: "Maybe we can just let the Pope stay in the Vatican, and then let the city of Rome maintain the status quo?" ”

Massimo's words immediately caused a commotion, in fact, the faint stench that can be smelled by just a sniff has made many people unbearable, especially because of the dissatisfaction of the people on the other side of the river, in addition to overthrowing the statue of the pope and smearing feces on it, they have also dumped a large amount of feces and urine into the tributaries of the Tiber River, so that some polluted river water has flowed down several small rivers into the Vatican territory.

Not only did this make the Vatican neighborhood already stinky, but it also caused a lot of panic, after all, the result of doing so in this season is that it is likely to cause a plague, which is terrible for anyone.

Moreover, Massimo's suggestion that Alexander VI should remain in Rome also made many people suddenly realize that things probably really could not be as the auxiliary bishop said.

It would be detrimental for everyone to let Alexander VI remain in Rome, except that the presence of such a pope still means that they will be under his shadow or even threatened, and more importantly, although Caesar is dead, with the strength of Alexander VI in the Vatican for many years, he may probably find an opportunity to regain control of the city defense and even the Papal army, if then he is bound to take fierce revenge for the threats and betrayals he has suffered today.

Maybe he couldn't do what the Queen of Naples did, but he definitely had a way to do what to the people who were here today.

Just think about the horror of Alexander VI, and the cardinals suddenly thought that perhaps exile in disguise would be the best outcome.

But if the pope were to be exiled in disguise, it would mean accepting the conditions of the Queen of Naples, and the cardinals could not think of any other solution to the current crisis of Ladia.

As a result, even the auxiliary bishop could not help but admit that sometimes he had money and could really do whatever he wanted.

Looking at the silent cardinals, old Rovere finally stood up, and at the same time attracted everyone's attention: "Then tell me, is there anyone who opposes this proposal of the Queen of Naples?" ”

Silence, in the face of the huge financial vortex that Radia is constantly being squeezed, rapidly depreciating at any time, and may even completely drag down the entire Vatican, no one can have the courage to speak out against it at this time.

War, this may be a good option, as long as it is won, it can solve all problems, but if you think about Caesar's coffin, which is still in the chapel of Cylière, it is silent.

War requires not only courage, but also money.

When the cardinals were talking in a low voice and hesitating, old Rovere walked up to Massimo, looking at the cardinal, who was almost half younger than himself, old Rovere shook his head with feeling: "Your future is very bright, cardinal, maybe one day you will become pope, but before that you need someone's help." ”

Mahimo bowed thoughtfully to old Rovere, he knew what old Rovere meant: "May I ask what I can do for you?" ”

Old Rovere smiled at Mashimo's cleverness, leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice and said, "Then make an appointment for me and the Queen, I want to meet her alone." ”

Assemo had a look of "sure enough" on his face, and then calmed down again.

"I will convey your intentions to the Queen," said Massimo, and then he suddenly continued, "as far as I know, the Duke is now in Castile. ”

Old Roviere's expression moved slightly, and the eyes that looked at Massimo couldn't help but become a little deeper.

In the Marino Palace, Jisha looked at a man sitting opposite who was dancing with his eyebrows flying,

The man's clothes were a little scruffy, his hem was stained with a large pale gray stain, and his shoes were worn and torn, and the uppers were covered in mud, unlike any nobleman he had ever seen, at least those men always cleaned themselves up.

However, Ji Sha did not dare to despise this person at all, she listened carefully to this person's constant explanation, and sometimes asked questions because of some questions.

"Yes, your majesty, please forgive me for being unreasonable, if you were not to take on such a frivolous duty as a queen, perhaps you could have become the first great female master builder."

Berrmont exclaimed with some excitement that the 16th-century contractor, who had contracted the renovation of the Marino Palace from design to supervision, had come to report to the Palazzo Marino on the progress of the project, and that the master himself had great enthusiasm and high expectations for the palace proposed by Alexander, supervised by the Princes, and built by the master Bramont himself.

"I'm really surprised by your erudition in architecture, it's even a pity, after all, it may not be a big deal for you to really use such a talent, but it's a pity for architecture."

Listening to Blaston's apt compliment, Jossa couldn't help but smile slightly, she felt that these words should be listened to by Alexander, so that he would know that the lovely sister was not only what he knew, but also had a talent that was completely unexpected to him.

However, Jisha invited Bramont to come this time not only to listen to the matter of Marino Palace, after a slight pause, the expression on Jisha's face slowly became solemn: "Master, I want you to tell me clearly, with the current defense of Fort Montina, can it be defended?" ”

Hearing this, Bramont also became serious, he took out a drawing from the bulging leather bag he carried, opened it and spread it on the table, looking at the huge castle plan composed of countless prismatic corners on the drawing, the master builder said solemnly: "Your Majesty, this is the current Fort Montina, please believe in my technology, and please also believe in the Duchess who is in the castle now, I can believe that this castle can completely withstand the enemy army that is several times more than the defending troops, and at the same time according to the advice made by the Duke, We've dug enough small bastions and interconnected trenches near the castle to believe me, the castle is not just a new fortification, it's a hedgehog weapon, and I can assure you that any opponent who tries to take on the castle will be crushed by its strong walls and firepower. ”

Listening to Bramont's confident explanation, Jisha exhaled softly, she stood up and looked down at the map, and then looked at Bramont: "Master, it's not that I don't trust you, but I need to be cautious, because a big war is about to happen. ”

Looking at the solemnity and majesty suddenly revealed on her originally sweet and charming face, Bramont was surprised at first, and then couldn't help but look cramped under her imposing gaze.

On June 24, 1501, the Neapolitan army suddenly and unexpectedly withdrew from the city of Rome and rapidly advanced north of Romagna.

And just two days earlier, the 6th Regiment of Roman Thescia Busacco, which had been guarding Bologna, had also marched south on the orders of Barendi, Duchess of Roman Thesia.

After nearly a month of stalemate, the Third Romagna War was launched by the anti-French alliance and started again!