After entering the city, Marin was not in a hurry. The most troublesome thing about Siena is that it is difficult to break into the city, but now that the city defenses have been breached, there is no need to worry. As long as you hold the northeast gate, you will definitely be able to occupy the city next.

Because, according to Karamosi, the defenders of the city had only 2,000 regular troops and 5,000 militiamen. If these people were gathered at three precipitous gates to defend the city, it would be very difficult to deal with. But if the city gate is breached, such a small number of people are really not enough to see in front of Marin's 15,000 elites.

On the other hand, the city of Siena is very narrow. Because it is a fortress-like city built on a mountain, the streets of the city are narrow. There is only one main road in the shape of a "Y" in the whole city, which connects the northeast, northwest and south gates. Even this main road can only accommodate seven or eight people in parallel. The rest of the small streets and alleys can generally only accommodate three or four people at most.

As a result, even if Marin has superior forces, it is difficult to play them. After all, the streets are so narrow, you can still stack Arhats with a lot of people?

Therefore, Marin decided to go steadily, step by step......

As a result, Karn and the others were removed and rested. And the new batch of sword and shield soldiers were in front, and they were not in a hurry to attack, but they also prevented the enemy from counterattacking.

……

Originally, Marin found a recliner and lay there to rest. However, the words of the surrendering general Karamothy made Marin jump in shock immediately:

"What, you said there was a lot of cash in the Bank of Siena vault?"

Marin suddenly remembered that it seemed that later generations had read a report that the People's Bank of China had invested in two Italian banks, Unicredit Bank and Bank of Siena, in 2015. Among them, Unicredit Bank was one of the two largest banks in Italy in later generations. The Bank of Siena, on the other hand, is one of the oldest. It was built in 1472 at the headquarters of the Bank of Siena, on Place Salin Beni, ......

"Yes, Grand Duke, the Bank of Siena is the gateway for the bankers of Siena to lend money to the outside world. More than a dozen banker families in Siena, in order to facilitate lending to foreign countries, jointly financed the construction of the Bank of Siena building as a center for receiving customers. However, more than a dozen banker families have their own office areas in the building. The reason why it is concentrated in one building is mainly to make it easier for customers to find. ”

"Generally speaking, for these bankers, the time when the spring is not in turn is the time when customers borrow the most. At that time, there wasn't much money in the bank, because they were all busy borrowing money. ”

"But autumn is different, October is the time of the autumn harvest, and it is also the time when loan customers concentrate on repayment. After all, everyone has plenty of money at this time. So, after October, the vaults of the bank building will be full of money......" explained Karamothy.

"Heap full of money......" Marin couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"Yes, piles of money! When I was leading my troops to Radikofani, I heard that many wagons had been carried back to the bank building with repayments from all over the country. That is to say, you started a little early, and at this time, the repayment back to the bank headquarters vault is probably less than two-thirds. If you wait for another half a month, the bank may repay the loan in full. ”

"Under normal circumstances, small short-term loans will be repaid with interest after the autumn harvest. And those huge loans to the great nobles, although they cannot pay off the principal, but there are also benefits to be returned. You know, the loans of those big nobles, the interest rate is very high, at least ten percent. Therefore, the amount of repayment in November of each year is very substantial......"

"So, do you estimate how much cash there is in the vault of the Bank of Siena at this time?" Marin asked, swallowing his saliva.

Karamothy thought for a moment and said:

"About a million gold coins! You know, this is the property of a dozen or so powerful banker consortia in Siena. If it weren't for the fact that the great nobles did not repay the principal, but the interest every year, it is estimated that the funds in the treasury of the Bank of Siena would have exceeded the ...... of 2 million gold coins."

"Gollum—" Marlin took another deep sip of saliva.

"Are you sure? All that money is in the Bank of Siena vault? Why didn't they take it home? Marin asked, confused. According to the customs of the Chinese people, they all hid gold and silver in the secret room of the family.

Karamothy explains:

"It's to make it easier to borrow, after all, customers come to borrow money, and those bankers can't go home and get the money, right? Not to mention the cost of waste, it is not safe. So, a dozen or so banker families built the building in a joint venture, and also created a highly secure vault. It is said that outside the building's vault, there are 800 of the most elite mercenaries guarding it, and it is very safe! ”

"These people are not involved in the defense of the city?"

"No, they are bank employees, and they are only responsible for guarding the vault, not to the authorities!"

"Very good, I've done this ticket!" Marin stood up excitedly.

"Grand Duke, please say a few more kind words in front of the Pope in the future!" Karamossi is not secretive, knowing that the current pope has a close relationship with Marin.

"Okay, no problem. If you take a team of people back to your family mansion, my people won't raid your house!" Afterwards, I will proclaim you the Lord of a city to His Holiness the Pope!" ”

"Grand Duke Xie! However, I am afraid there is no need to protect my family. From the moment I tried to open the south gate, I am afraid that my house will be raided by Governor Pandorf. Give me some men and I'll have to go to jail and save my family!" ”

Marin nodded, and ordered a guard to take a team of people to help him go to the prison to rescue his family. In addition, he was promised to return his confiscated property afterwards.

Karamosi, who got the promise, was also in a good mood and pointed out a shortcut to Marin:

"Grand Duke, if you look at the map, send people from the southeast city wall to kill halfway, and there will be a staircase going down. Then, there is a medium-width street that leads directly to the Municipal Square. The Bank of Siena is just on the edge of the square, and if you make enough noise on the mainland, the defenders will throw most of their forces into the main road. And you can send a team of elites to take the small road to occupy the Bank of Siena. Also, next to the bank is the Doge's Palace, and you can also send someone to arrest Governor Pandorf by the way......"

"Hahahaha, good way, wait for you to save your family, I won't treat you badly!"

After saying that, Marin sent his troops and horses to launch a huge attack on the main street. At the same time, Marin had Karn and Cage pick 3,000 of the best and follow Karamothy's instructions and begin to advance on the southeastern wall until they found the staircase that Karamothy had mentioned.

Caramossi followed, too, because the prison for the prisoners was also on the edge of the town square. He and Marin are also considered to be on the way.

Marin led 3,000 elites down that street to the Municipal Square. Along the way, there was not much resistance. Because the street was not important, it was only defended by a few hundred militiamen. In front of Marin's three thousand elites, he was beaten to the ground.

Soon, Marin led the army to the town square. Then, Marin's troops split up in three ways - he led 2,500 men to attack the Bank of Siena building. Cage took 400 men to the Doge's palace to capture Pandorf. Governor Petrucci and other key officials of the Republic of Siena. Caramossi, on the other hand, took 100 men with him to seize the Siena prison......

When attacking the Bank of Siena building, as Karamossi expected, it was met with fierce resistance from an elite group of men. The pioneers sent in by Marin were directly beaten back, and many people were injured.

Marin had no choice but to look at Karn again......

Karn shrugged helplessly, honestly took off his leather armor, replaced it with a suit of plate armor, and then, armed with his mace, rushed into the building......

With a dull thud of "bang-bang-bang", Marin's men finally stormed the building and gradually slaughtered in the direction of the vault......

In front of the gate of the vault, more fierce enemies gathered. However, they were still not enough to see in front of the humanoid monster Karn. What's more, Kahn was accompanied by dozens of elite special forces......

However, these Italian mercenaries, who were hired to guard the vault, fought until the end until they were killed or maimed and fell...... Those who can be hired to guard the vault are indeed mercenaries with good character......

……

When the door of the vault was opened, Marin, who was used to seeing big scenes, was also shocked - the vault was divided into more than a dozen stalls, apparently belonging to more than a dozen families.

In every stall, there are large chests, and when you open the boxes, they are full of glittering gold coins......

As for the silver and copper coins, they are not eligible to be put in chests, but are randomly piled on the ground and are everywhere......

In addition to the coins, there are also many minted gold bricks and silver bars in the vault, which are neatly stacked there, making people dazzled to watch......

"Mine, mine, it's all my ......," muttered a blinded Marlin......