After being silly for a long time, Marin suddenly remembered something. He called Stade and asked:

"Last time you led troops to break through Florence, why didn't you see how much money you brought back?" Marin remembered that the last time Stader had brought back about 300,000 gold coins.

Previously, Stader had led 7,000 elites to help the Papal States retake the city of Florence. It stands to reason that Florence is a stronger financial city than Siena, and it should have a lot of money. Even if Florence has been breached and sacked over the centuries, it will not be much less than the city of Siena. Could it be that Stader kept most of it privately?

Thinking of this, Marin's gaze at Stade became extremely sharp......

When Stade saw Marin's gaze, his heart was broken. Damn, this is to liquidate yourself...... However, he is also very aggrieved:

"Grand Duke, you didn't let me send troops to sack the whole city of Florence! The little money I looted came from the families of the big families who opposed the Holy See. Also, you didn't teach those officers how to find the secret room last time! ”

"I guess if these officers who have learned to find the lost take someone to loot Florence again, they will definitely be able to grab a million gold coins!"

Marin thought about it, and Stader was only ordered to help the Holy See attack the city of Florence, and did not get the authorization to sack the entire city. Moreover, Stader didn't have the guts to get fat himself...... In addition, the last time he captured Florence, the soldiers were not trained by him to find the method of the secret room, and it was true that they had only gained ......

Marin let out a long sigh and felt entangled. However, he suddenly remembered that the city of Grosseto on the way had not been sacked. When I got back, I passed by and sent someone to look for the secret room according to the old method. After all, the city of Grosseto was a gateway to Siena's maritime trade, and there must have been plenty of oil and water......

……

While Marin was imagining a bright future, his four generals, Karn, were gnawing on chicken legs there; Stader trembled at the fear that Marin would suspect him of hiding Florentine wealth; Heynckes didn't say anything because of his low position and low qualifications; Only Saqqara, after a moment's hesitation, stood up and said:

"Grand Duke, we have looted so much wealth, how can we explain to the Holy See? If you know that you have looted such a huge amount of wealth, if you do not give it to the Holy See, I am afraid that the greedy cardinal churches of the Holy See will hate you! ”

When Marin heard this, he was shocked, and thought to himself that this was really the case. However, thinking that Julius II was his father-in-law, he said with confidence:

"Your Holiness the Pope will definitely not bother with me!" Of course, the Pope is his father-in-law's business, and he will not let them know.

"What about the cardinals? The Pope is old, who knows how many years he will be in office? If the next Pope holds a grudge against you for not getting a share of the benefits......

"That's right,......" Marin thought for a moment and commanded:

"The four of you, arrange for manpower to control everyone who knows the total amount of treasure, and never allow the total number to be revealed! When outsiders asked, they said that we had looted a fortune worth 1 million gold coins! ”

The four of them immediately received the order, saying that they would immediately send someone to give orders.

Marin went on to say:

"The treasures we have looted, the relics and works of art worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins, you have left a batch of the most valuable. Then, most of it was sent to Rome and placed at the disposal of His Holiness the Pope. In addition, a generous gift was given privately to Bishop Giovanni of the Medici family! ”

Obviously, Marin knew who the Pope would be in the future. With this cheating ability, he has no worries about offending the future pope. Give gifts directly to the future pope, and as for other hopeless cardinals, why give them gifts? Waste! Moreover, the relics and works of art worth hundreds of thousands of gold coins were handed over to Julius II, and some of them would definitely be distributed to them.

……

Later, Saqqara asked:

"Grand Duke, the numbers you claim to the outside world are useless. Those Sienese banker families, can they still not know how much money you have robbed? The Bank of Siena alone has millions of dollars. In addition, those people's secret rooms have been looted, as long as they publicize it, the truth will definitely be revealed! ”

In this looting, some big families, one family lost three or four hundred thousand gold coins. As long as they reveal the numbers, Marin will definitely not be able to hide it.

Marin thought for a moment, frowned, and said:

"So what do we do? Did you kill those nobles? It's going to break the rules! ”

Saqqara thought about it too, scratching his head a little. At this time, Heynckes, who had not spoken, suddenly suggested:

"Grand Duke, why don't you hold a banquet......"

"Throwing a banquet? Why? Are you going to let me poison those banker families? I'm going to lose my reputation if I get this out......"

"No, Grand Duke, do you remember how Julius Caesar died?"

"Julius Caesar? Stabbed? ”

Heynckes nodded excitedly and said:

"Yes, it's an assassination! I mean, I mean that you will have a banquet for the heads of those dozen or so bankers. Then, deliberately lure them into assassinating you. They are all old men, how can they succeed? But as long as you have the evidence that they assassinated you, you have a reason to kill them all! As long as they're dead, no one will leak the exact number! ”

"Tempting them to assassinate me, and then kill them? This is a good plan......" After speaking, Marin glanced at Heynckes deeply - it is indeed worthy of Haigong, it is Yin......

"Perhaps, I can pretend to be stabbed. Then, you can destroy these dozen or so families? Marin thought earnestly......

……

After making up his mind, Marin began to set up a set of the dozen or so banker families......

First of all, Marin sent someone to return a box of copper coins to each family as their capital to "subsidize the family". But the value of copper coins is very low, even if it is a box, it is not worth much. Marin's move will not only not win their gratitude, but will probably anger them. And Marlin, all he wants is to provoke them.

Then, Marin would deliberately arrange for spies from the Italian branch of the Beihai Chamber of Commerce, disguised as hawkers, set up stalls in front of these people's houses, shouting and selling short swords, and took the initiative to provide them with "murder weapons......

In the end, it was a post to invite the heads of the dozen or so bankers to the banquet. Moreover, Marin would explain on the invitation that he was asking them to help stabilize the situation in Siena in order to dispel their suspicions.

……

Moreover, when the spies of the Italian branch of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce shouted at the door of these people's houses to sell short swords, they would deliberately brag that the short swords they sold were the same style that the members of the Senate assassinated Julius Caesar......

And after the family's hidden wealth was robbed, the heads of the dozen or so banker families must have hated Marin to death. At this time, when you hear this deliberate hint, how can you not be moved?

Ma Lin also didn't ask these dozen family heads to buy short swords to assassinate him while he was going to the banquet, as long as one person did it, he would have a reason to kill all the family heads present. Then, in killing their direct descendants. After all, the confidential information of the family treasure is generally only known to the direct descendants.

……

Of course, Marin is not a fool and will really put his life in danger. On the day of the feast, he would wear rhinoceros leather armor under a silk robe. In this way, it will be difficult for the opponent's short sword to hurt himself.

In addition, the spies who were arranged by him to sell "the same short sword as the assassination of Julius Caesar" at the gate of the banker's family can also get information in real time. If the head of the family buys a short sword, Marin can also guard against specific targets in advance to avoid accidents.

Moreover, in order not to be criticized. Marin would hold the banquet at the edge of Siena's Municipal Square, and it would be during the day. In this way, citizens passing by may witness the assassination of Marin. In this way, Marin has a theoretical basis for killing more than a dozen banker families. And with the proof of passing citizens, it is difficult for others to question his act of killing the nobles. After all, in terms of identity, Marin is the Grand Duke. The assassination of the Grand Duke, killing the nobleman who assassinated him, isn't it supposed to be?

Once these dozen or so families were wiped out, it would be difficult for outsiders to know the true amount of gold and silver that Marin had plundered. Wealth is moving, and Marin doesn't want to be the target of public criticism...... ()

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