Alexander didn't know what was going on in the palace, but he knew who was the most powerful man in what is now Valladotus.

The fact that he knew this news was not because of how well he knew Castile, but simply because it was the hard work and preparation of Count Mordillo over the years.

When he left Castile with George Anne, Modillo knew that it was just the beginning, that his plans were so big, and that it would take so long to prepare, that it would not only require a great deal of patience from others, but also that someone would always have to support him.

Modillo is undoubtedly a very charismatic person, he can make many people choose to stand on his side, not to mention that he also has a vision that can see through most people, he knows very well who wants to use money, women and all kinds of interests to win over, and who can make him die to himself as long as he talks to him about his ideals and feelings, all this has become the cornerstone of Modillo's plan to pave the way, even if it is still difficult to go down this road to overthrow Isabella along the way, He could even be in a desperate situation at any moment, but this was already the hardest help for Alexander who had just arrived.

The aristocracy of Valladód was much stronger than Alexander had imagined, or rather, in the whole of Castile and Aragon, the aristocracy was stronger and more important than the other countries.

The aristocratic division that has plagued the French royal family for many years has gradually ceased to threaten with the attrition in the Hundred Years' War, especially after the death of Charles the Daring, there is almost no big feudal secession force in France that can directly threaten the royal family, even King Henry of Navarre, who became the founder of the Bourbon dynasty in France many years later, was the legal heir to the throne after the extinction of the royal family of Luvalu.

As for the rest of Europe, those kings have gradually seen too much harm from the division of princes, they can no longer tolerate the actions of those princes who do not take taxes, keep orders, and even openly disobey the king's orders, more and more monarchs have begun to realize how important it is to centralize power, so they have tried every means to withdraw power from those princes, and the feudal system that has lasted for nearly a thousand years has changed dramatically since this time.

This change is undoubtedly taking place in Iberia as well, but it is impossible not to admit that Iberia has not changed much compared to the rest of Europe.

The magnates still wielded a great deal of power that was unmatched by the nobility elsewhere, and even with monarchs such as Isabella and Ferdinand, who had built up their prestige through the Reconquista, the nobles still had unshakable power, and their armies were almost entirely at the behest of their lords, and in that respect Castile was not much different from the disillusioned Italy it is today.

It can be said that in Valladot, the king and his wife are undoubtedly the greatest lords, but they are also "only the greatest lords", and in the eyes of many Castilian nobles, the queen is indeed their monarch, but if this monarch gets in the way of the little things in their own domain, then it is worth considering how long they will endure.

Isabella was clearly unhappy with this situation, as evidenced by her incessant miraculous attempts to turn the whole of Castile into a second kingdom, and one might think that this had nothing to do with her desire to reduce the power to deprive the nobles, but Alexander knew that it was in fact that Isabella used this method to eventually gradually withdraw power from the nobles.

A nobleman may be able to own a good territory, but when there are holy signs on this territory, it is no longer possible to use it entirely for that nobleman.

This will become the glory of the kingdom and a part of the second kingdom that is being praised by countless people, both the royal family and the church will naturally infiltrate this land, unless the nobleman wants to rebel or openly express his coveting of this holy miracle, otherwise he can only watch those characters appear in his territory everywhere, and then gradually this land will become the territory of the queen herself, and the power of the nobles will be slowly deprived of it invisibly with this infiltration.

Of course, these ideas were come up with by Alexander himself, and it was impossible for Count Mordilo to tell Alexander about them, at least he didn't see it that long-term.

However, now the Counts of Rastilia have a clear understanding of the various forces, which makes Alexander know that in addition to the royal family in Valladot, the most powerful person is now the Queen's cousin, the Duke of Parmonid Dombawi, nicknamed "Moor".

The nickname Moorish is obviously not a good nickname in Iberia, but the duke unfortunately has a dark skin similar to that of the Moor, and his hair is the same black as the Moor, which makes many people wonder who his father really is from the time he was born.

In fact, it was in this overwhelming suspicion that the mother of the Duke of Pamonid Downbawi finally collapsed, according to the Duke's family, the Duke's mother was seriously ill and died, but many people prefer to believe that she committed suicide or was simply killed by her angry husband.

In any case, the Duke of Donbavi was destined to be the most powerful man in Castile from the beginning, both because of his succession to the throne in the family and because of his doubtful origins, but this did not prevent him from becoming the most powerful man in Castile outside of the royal family.

The reason why Duke Pamonid Donbawi was able to have such a powerful authority was entirely because he chose to switch sides at a critical moment.

When the incompetent Enrique forced Isabella to marry the then crown prince of Portugal, Isabella resisted fiercely, which completely angered Enrique, and he ordered the arrest of the disobedient half-sister, who was carried out by the trusted Pamonid Dombawi of Enrique.

At that time, Isabella was lonely in the face of Enrique as the king, she didn't even have a decent guard around her, and although many people did recognize her more than Enrique, but in the face of the king's aggressive momentum, no one stood up to speak for her.

It was at this time that the decision of Paimonid Don Bawi changed Castile and even too much later history.

He freed Isabella on the way, and sent her to escort her to Aragon to meet Ferdinand, and Pamonid Dombawi himself was not foolish enough to go back to Enrique empty-handed, but simply fled to his own territory.

Then, after returning to the territory, he immediately reorganized his troops and prepared for them, which made Enrique, who was furious when he heard the news, hated him to death, but in the end he did not do anything to him.

Because Isabella, who had fled to Aragon, immediately announced her marriage to Ferdinand, Enrique felt like a great enemy, and in the face of the threat from Aragon, he had to temporarily tolerate his dissatisfaction with Paimonid Donbawi, thinking only of waiting for his hands to free up before cleaning up this bastard.

Unfortunately, this idea did not come to fruition in the end, and Enrique fell in the middle of the struggle with Isabella, while Pamonid Dombawi was able to squander power and wealth for the rest of his life because he made the right bet at the crucial moment.

These are all recorded in the book left by the Count of Mordiglo, and the Count obviously did not simply record the origins of Castilian magnates such as Pamonid Donbawi, which also recorded in great detail what kind of relationship they had with whom, and from the Count's records, it is not difficult for Alexander to find that this Duke of Pamonid Donbawi was obviously a very shrewd speculator.

Alexander noted that when Enrique's daughter Juana and Isabella were in a war for the throne, Isabella was supported by Aragon due to the Portuguese and domestic support for Juana, but the situation was actually quite unfavorable for her at first, especially when Portuguese reinforcements from the African colonies crossed the channel and landed in southern Castile, Isabella was faced with a terrible situation that could be caught between the north and the south.

At that time, even among the most staunch supporters, some could not help but waver, and some had already made a proposal to negotiate with Juana, and it was at that time that Pamonid Dombawi stood up, he firmly declared his support for Isabella, and took the initiative to lead the army to meet the enemy in the south.

After a big battle, Juana lost the opportunity to compete for the crown, and Portugal had to withdraw from the Castilian civil war after accepting many unfavorable conditions.

Paimonid Don Bavi once again became the man who saved Isabella, and even became the hero who saved the future United Kingdom, which couldn't help but make Isabella, even Ferdinand, look at him differently.

Pamonid Donbawi became the most trusted Castilian nobleman before the two kings, especially after he inherited his father's domain and became Duke of Buharanse, Paimonid Donbawi became the most prominent person in Caslitia.

"What an enviable man," said Schell, who was sitting in the carriage, in a tone full of amazement, as he sighed after listening to Alexander's description of the duke, "my lord, this duke is really affectionate and righteous, after all, at such a time, he was willing to take such a big risk to help a powerless princess, which is what a true knight can do." ”

Looking at Schel's reverent expression, Alexander shook his head secretly, he looked out the window, the wind blowing in from the bare window made people's faces numb, and it was precisely because of this that he made his face move by telling the story of the duke, otherwise his face might have frozen when he got there.

"Why don't you think so, sir?" Schell looked at Alexander, who shook his head unconsciously, with some surprise: "This duke is a hero." ”

"So how do you think he was so accurate about which side he was on every time, and don't tell me you think this is the right choice for a knight."

Schell wanted to say something, but finally pouted helplessly.

It's true that the Balkans weren't good at the twists and turns, but that doesn't mean they're stupid, especially after half a century of dealing with the Ottomans, even the most unsavvy farmers have become cunning and cunning.

"But do you think he knew this was going to be the case in advance?" However, Schell still felt a little puzzled, "You must know that as you said, when the queen was not married to Ferdinand, she did not have the strength to compete with Enrique at all, and it took at least a lot of courage for the Duke of Parmonid Donbavi to do this. ”

"It does take a lot of courage, so it's not easy to say that this person is not easy." Alexander's gaze turned back to the window, and the ground was bleak outside, with a thin layer of white frost everywhere, dry branches looking lifeless, and much of the earth so hard that it was cracked with criss-crossing cracks.

"It's been a terrible winter," said Alexander, who had written to him to ask her to spend a great deal of money on a large granary that could hold as much grain as possible, and that it would not be possible to complete it in a short time from the time it was built to the time when it was sealed to store enough grain.

It takes years, or even more than a decade, for such work to finally see results, and the cost during this period seems to be a bottomless pit with no end in sight.

For this reason, she doubted his decision for the first time, fearing that Alexander might not only lose all his money in building such a granary, but also that he might run out of money elsewhere because of the amount of money he had taken up, and she wondered how Alexander could be sure that the winter would get colder and colder in the future.

In order to convince Jossa to convince him to write long letters to the scholars of Bologna and the University of Pisa Pavia, he asked some of them to conduct their own serious research on the weather, and then to get them to theoretically support their own claims.

At the same time, Alexander did not forget to write to Sophia in Wallachia, telling her that he might need to call up the Balkan soldiers of 1501 in advance.

According to the agreement between the two sides, Wallachia provided a certain amount of troops to the Duchy of Romagna-Tuscany each year in exchange for aid to Wallachia, although this aid was actually provided by Joseph Buccini's Jewish Chamber of Commerce, but the Jews seemed willing to be the unsung hero.

Under the agreement, every year Wallachia was to provide Alexander with the Balkan soldiers he needed, during which they would receive all their own salaries, and after three years of service, most of them would be able to return home, while a smaller number would have the opportunity to become free soldiers in the Duchy of Romagna-Tuscany.

These soldiers have the option of serving the Duke for another ten years, after which they have the right to apply for retirement from the army, and they can choose to receive a sum of money or a piece of land to be rewarded by the Duke.

Last year, in 1500, in addition to the troops he brought back from Wallachia, he recruited about 1,500 Wallachian soldiers, most of whom were placed in the northern Montina and Lombard border areas.

Now, for the sake of Iberian officialdom during this time, he had to think about recruiting recruits from Wallachia for the 1501 year at the beginning of the new year.

And this time, in his projections, there will not be too few of them.

Although the Balkans were hard-working and cheap, but considering that there were so many things to do at the same time, and that they all needed money, it was not difficult for Alexander to understand why Josha, who had always supported him, was at odds with him at this time.

It's just that this money has to be spent.

Alexander's deepest impression of the 16th century was not the Renaissance, nor the New World, nor the controversial Protestant movement set off by Martin Luther, who was still a little boy today, but the long Xiaoice Age, which began from this period and lasted for nearly 150 years.

It was during this period that the old world of Eurasia underwent great changes, which were inextricably linked to the arrival of the Xiaoice Age.

A few years of excessively cold winters have indeed attracted a lot of attention, but no one knows how long this cold weather will last, and with this long period of cold weather and climate change, the grain harvest will decrease year by year, until widespread hunger occurs in many places.

The population will decline rapidly in a certain period of time, and more and more people will have to leave their homes to find a way to survive, and the sharp decline in population will bring about the barrenness of the land and the rapid reduction of the yield of various crops.

All nations are in trouble, and the only option for their monarchs to get out of this predicament is to wage war and plunder other countries.

It's going to be a tough time, and how long it will be, no one knows.

Alexander knew, so he didn't want to see that outcome, and he didn't want to see his children and grandchildren in the coffin at a loss to continue to face this predicament.

So he hopes to change all that in his lifetime, at least to prepare for the upcoming Xiaoice period.

"Looks like you've got to bring Ulliu," Alexander said suddenly, and when he saw the strange look on Scheer's face, he waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about Scheer, even if Ulius comes, he won't replace you." ”

"Sir, I'm not worried about this," Schell quickly explained, and then he looked at Alexander's expression and thought for a moment, and finally asked cautiously, "But sir, can I find out which young lady you have a crush on first, so that I can inquire for you before the chief steward comes." ”

"What?" Alexander was stunned for a moment, and then immediately became furious, "Schel, is this what I think I am, and you think I asked Ullius to come just to ask him to pimp me?" ”

"Isn't it," Schell said with surprise on his face, then stammered a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry sir, I'm really confused." ”

Alexander looked at Schell helplessly, but before he could speak, a chasher's guard who had opened the way appeared by the window: "Sir, Fort Torre in Buharanse has arrived. ”

Hearing the report of the huntress, Alexander was instantly refreshed.

"Let's go visit that Pamonid Donbavi."