"At least, during your tenure, the Venetians will be men with their tails between their legs......" and the conversation with Julius II, Marin summed it up with this sentence.

As for whether the Suez Canal will become strong and affect the Papal States when the Venetians have dug it? Marin scoffed at Julius II's concerns:

"Does that have anything to do with you? It's the next pope who should have a headache! ”

Although this is not a polite statement, it is a big truth. The Papal States are not hereditary, and how well will the next pope do a good job of Julius II?

Julius II is also 61 years old this year, and 20 years to live would be terrifying. In those days, there were no reliable doctors in Europe, they were quacks who bled and crows, and Julius II wanted to live to be 80 years old, and he had to rely on the strength of the two Mongol doctors of the Golden Horde that Marin provided him. Counting on the bleeding and crowning of the native European doctors, Julius II may not have lived to be 70 years old......

Twenty years later, even though Venice had completed the Suez Canal, it had only just taken off. In these 20 years, Venice will be completely suppressed by Spain and Portugal in the spice trade, and its national strength will even decline. In the first few years of the canal, Venice would be fighting for domination of the Indian Ocean, not Italy. Anyway, the scene of Venice in Italy will never be seen by Julius II......

Julius II is right to think about it, he is old, God knows how long he will live. As long as he can achieve great results during his tenure as pope, he will be regarded as a famous person in history. As for the successor pope, let him die......

"No, my second grandson Robert, don't you want him to be pope? Are you a pit digging son? Julius II said to Marin speechlessly.

"What the hell is up, I can only take care of it now. Besides, no matter how much Venice takes it, it will not dare to attack Rome, at most it will snatch Rimini and other places that did not belong to the Holy See, and dominate the Adriatic region, and will not hit the city of Rome. Unless, it wants to be beaten up by all over Europe......"

Marin shrugged, and he didn't have any thoughts about his second son. In his opinion, it is still unknown whether Robert will be able to become the pope. Therefore, it is most worthwhile to seize the present and focus the attention of Spain and Portugal on the Venetians. As for Robert becoming Pope Venice sitting big? That's not a problem. Because, that was decades later. By that time, Marin had completed the development of the Americas, and its strength was stronger than that of Venice. It's a big deal, send troops to teach Venice a lesson......

For a maritime overlord like Venice, the history that Marin had read in his previous life gave a plan to deal with it - the Dutch were in decline after the fall of the French army on their homeland. And Venice ...... Rub, it was also the French who sent troops to destroy it...... It seems that the French are the killers of small commercial countries......

After pacifying his father-in-law, Marin took a large group of bodyguards and marched towards Venice in high spirits......

Holding the letter of introduction from the Pope, Marin was full of confidence, and walked through the nostrils all the way. In Italy, the Pope's letter of introduction is also recognized......

In this way, Marin came all the way to Venice and entered the building of the Doge's Palace, which was also very famous in later generations......

The current Governor of the Republic of Venice, Leonardo. Loredang is also an old friend of Marin, when Marin and the Republic of Venice bought and sold French prisoners of war, horses and armor, Leonardo. Loredang was the then governor of Venice, Agstino. Barbarigo's deputy, who has also dealt with Marin a few times, is considered an acquaintance.

"Welcome, Marin...... Duke...... I really didn't expect that 10 years later, the bold knight of the year would become a powerful duke...... "Leonardo. Lorey's eyes were extremely complicated and looked at Marin, who was in high spirits and guarded several circles.

"Haha, Leonardo, you were also the lieutenant of Governor Barbarigo back then, and now, aren't you also righted?" Marin looked at Leonardo. Loredang still needs to look up. But now, he is a powerful duke with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he can compete with Leonardo. Loredang had a conversation on an equal footing.

After entering the parlor, Leonardo. Lorey looked at Marin playfully:

"What? Duke Marin, you have come to be a lobbyist for His Majesty the Pope? "Out of confidence in the strength of Venice, the Venetians do not look up to the weak Papal States, and do not respect the Pope so much. If it weren't for the strong influence of the Holy See, the Venetians would have wanted to annex Rome......

"No, I'm here to save Venice!" Marin is colorful. This is the nirvana of the lobbyists of the ancient Chinese Zongheng family - obviously they are here to fool people, but as soon as they open their mouths, they say that they want to save the other party......

"Save Venice?" Leonardo. Loredang laughed dumbly:

"Venice is extremely strong, the country is thriving, I'm afraid you don't need to save it, Duke Marin, right?"

"Leonardo, you are too arrogant. Or rather, Venice is too arrogant. Don't you feel the crisis coming? ”

"Crisis? May it be ...... "Leonardo. Loredang didn't care a little, but he still planned to see what Marin had to say.

"I know that you Venetians look down on the strength of the Papal States. But, Leonardo, have you ever thought about it, is the strength of the Holy See really as simple as it seems on the surface? ”

Leonardo. Luo Lei frowned, thought for a while, and said:

"What do you mean...... Will the Holy See call on other countries to oppose Venice? ”

"You're right, that's what His Holiness the Pope is going to do......"

"Hehe, Duke Marin, don't bluff me. It is true that the Holy See has appeal, but Venice did not send troops to attack the original territory of the Holy See, but only helped the Maratesta family to recapture the original territory of the Holy See. The Borgia snatched the fiefdom only. Could it be that this would also give the Holy See an excuse to conquer Venice? "It was precisely because the Venetians believed that there was no reason for the Holy See to organize a multinational crusade against Venice that they dared to occupy the Rimini region with confidence and boldness.

"What the Malatsta family? Who doesn't know that Pandolfo of the Maratesta family is just a puppet of the Venetians? Moreover, the Venetians ignore the current situation in Europe......"

"The situation in Europe? How? ”

"At present, there are several major powers in Europe, such as France, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and the United Kingdom, may I ask, which one is Venice friendly with?"

"Uh...... There is no ...... "Leonardo. Loredang said embarrassedly.

"In fact, the French have been largely excluded from Italy and are seeking to return to Italy......"

"The Spaniards, in order to gain more of India's spice trade, were naturally competitors with the Venetians......"

"His Majesty Emperor Maximilian I, my sovereign, his Austria is close to Venice. And the Austrians, who have been coveting the riches of Venice for a long time......"

"Hmm...... As for England, it doesn't seem to have much to do with Venice......"

……

Leonardo. Loredang thought about it, and what Marin said was not bad at all. In this way, Venice really does not have any strong allies, and there are quite a few powers that covet them.

"You mean to say that the great powers will respond to the call of the Holy See and fight Venice together?" Leonardo. Loredang was incredulous.

"Of course, Venice is so rich, who doesn't covet your wealth? For those great powers, why not respond to the call of the Holy See so openly and openly to send troops to Venice and rob Venice of its wealth? Therefore, it does not matter whether the Holy See has the right reason or not. The important thing is whether those large countries are willing to send troops to Venice......"

Leonardo. Lorey immediately rolled his eyes - could he not want to? Venice is so rich, and this time it is a multinational attack on Venice, whoever sends troops will benefit...... After all, robbery in Venice and robbery in the mountains of Switzerland are two different things......

The official annual revenue of Venice is only one hundred thousand ducats. However, the merchants of Venice were more profitable......

Venice is a land of merchants, and the interests of the merchants come first. Compared with the annual income of the national treasury of one hundred hundred thousand gold coins, the total annual income of the merchants definitely exceeds ten million gold coins per year.

Although the army of any country, as long as there is a chance to enter the city of Venice of the Republic of Venice, grab a property worth millions of gold coins, fluttering lightly...... Even if you grab millions of gold coins, it's not unusual—not many people or countries can endure such a huge temptation......

So, the Viceroy of Venice, Leonardo. Loredang is also beginning to realize the seriousness of the problem......

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