At night, Marin turned around and found Manuel. The small inn where Palaiologos stays......

After most of the Palaiologos family's fortune was taken away by Alexander VI, life was very embarrassing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Manuel came to Spain on the orders of his brother to negotiate the sale of the throne, and the funds were also very tight. And because it has no territory, Spain does not treat Manuel as a normal diplomatic envoy. Therefore, Manuel can only go to a small hotel by himself, and cannot enjoy the treatment of a foreign guest hotel......

When Marin found Manuel, he saw His Highness Manuel nibbling on a piece of black bread and drinking from an inferior clay bowl...... Obviously, His Highness Manuel is having a hard time. is also dressed in a noble robe, which is also very shabby......

Seeing that a guest was coming, Manuel hurriedly hid the broken bowl of black bread and drinking water behind the table, so that his embarrassment would not be seen......

Marin didn't care, but saluted:

"Good evening, Your Highness Manuel!"

Manuel was a little stunned......

I don't know how long it will be, and someone will salute him and call him His Royal Highness......

In Rome, although his brother was recognized as emperor of Eastern Rome. But in reality, the monarchs of Western Europe, just hoped that through Andrés. Palaiologos, to get an excuse to march into Byzantium, not to honor the family of Anderpariologos.

Even Pope Alexander VI, once revered by the Palaiologos family, ignored them after defrauding them of most of their fortune.

In the city of Rome, the Palaiologos family sold the mansion they had bought when they fled to Rome and moved into a small courtyard in a civilian area. Today, the titular Byzantine Emperor Andres. Palaiologos was sick and had no money for treatment, so he had to sell his throne and power......

Therefore, when Marin solemnly saluted him and addressed him as His Highness, Manuel Palaiologos was a little overwhelmed for a while......

However, after all, he was educated by the nobility since he was a child. Manuel reacted and warmly invited Marin to take a seat—to sit on the dirty hotel bench......

Marin was not so pretentious, sat down directly, and then introduced himself. Then, Marin began to ask about the purchase and sale of the throne......

"What? Marlin-sama interested? This one...... It seems that ......" Manuel felt that Marin was a little inadequate, and the little count dared to buy the throne. If it was known, it wouldn't have been beaten to death by the group......

"Don't get me wrong, Your Highness, how dare I buy the throne? I asked for my Majesty......"

"Your Majesty Maximilian?"

"Yes, you know, Your Majesty, he has not yet been crowned in Rome, and he is not yet an official emperor. If, if you buy your Byzantine throne, you will directly become the official Roman emperor......"

In fact, strictly speaking, the Eastern Roman Empire was the direct lineage of the Roman Empire. Because, starting with Constantine I, the Roman Empire has actually moved to Constantinople. Later, of course, it was divided into Western Rome. But the Western Roman Empire was destroyed by the Goths, and the Pope came to confer the Roman throne on Charlemagne, which was not very legitimate. The inheritance of Eastern Rome is consistent and orthodox.

If Maximilian I officially bought the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire and went to Rome to be crowned, it would be equivalent to the reunification of the Roman Empire. Moreover, when it comes to the outside world, it can also be officially addressed as His Majesty the Emperor, not the King of Germany.

Manuel also knew about Maximilian I, because he had not negotiated interests with Rome, and until now, Maximilian I has not been able to come to Rome to be crowned. In particular, when Alexander VI and King Louis XII of France formed an alliance, the hope of Maximilian I going to Rome to be crowned even more remote.

Therefore, Maximilian I was indeed a potential big buyer......

However, Manuel hesitated that he had already come to Spain and expressed his intention to sell the throne and territorial rights to the Spanish kings. If you regret it at this time, it is easy to offend people.

Marin said dismissively that Spain was not interested in the empty throne. However, they are interested in competing for hegemony in North Africa. Therefore, it is better to authorize Spain to rule North Africa, even if Spain does not pay for it. In any case, Spain just lacked an excuse for sending troops.

As long as Andres. Palaiologos insisted that Morocco and Algeria were provinces of the Byzantine Empire, and then authorized Spain to occupy and rule, and the two Spanish kings would be happy to ......

Sure enough, the next day, when Manuel asked to see the Spanish kings, he changed the sale of the throne to the transfer of North African dominance. In fact, in the later period of the Byzantine Empire, it was long overdue for North Africa. But whatever, the two kings of Spain, all they want is an excuse to send troops.

If, in the name of the Eastern Roman Empire, North Africa was granted to Spain, it would indeed be of interest to them. Ferdinand II and Elizabeth I were indeed interested.

However, the couple were misers, and only symbolically gave out 500 gold coins to send Manuel away......

Then, with Marin, Manuel sailed to Rome, intending to meet Andrés. Palaiologos met with Maximilian I to buy the throne from him......

Arriving in Rome, Marin looked at the residence of the Ampariologos family, and it was extremely shabby. And Andrés. Palaiologos was also lying in bed with no breath. Marin hurriedly asked the accompanying Mongolian doctor Batel to serve Andres. Palaiologos took the pulse and prescribed medicine. However, many of the herbs, all of which are Eastern European herbs, need to be purchased in East Friesian Lanna (someone was sent to Eastern Europe to buy them before). But after diagnosis and treatment, Andrés. Palaiologos is not in danger for the time being. Wait until the herbs arrive, take a few doses of medicine, and you will get better......

Andres. Palaiologos eventually agreed to Marin's purchase intentions, but the Emperor was required to negotiate a specific price. Wait until Andrés. Palaiologos took medicine and when his condition improved, he planned to go to Austria to meet the emperor about the matter.

Marin, on the other hand, acted as an intermediary, and rushed to the palace of the Austrian Emperor Innsbruck to report the situation:

"Your Majesty, the minister has given you a whole throne back, do you want it?" After arriving in Innsbruck, Marin said such a clueless sentence that made Maximilian I stunned for a long time......