Chapter 140: The Fall of Valois' Influence (continued)

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This book will definitely not enter the Forbidden City!

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It was not only the French who had stumbled the Republic of Genoa under Corsican rule, but Pisa, the former owner of Corsica, and Florence, which coveted Corsica, which of course had no capacity at all, were much more wreaking havoc on the Genoese than the French.

Italy was overpopulated, so both Pisa and Genoa only used Corsica as a trade-making colony, and Florence saw it the same way.

However, with the size of the largest reclamation area in Western Europe, France completely opened its door to the Corsican mountain people, so through the large number of Corsicans, coupled with the power of Ducat, although France did not have a particularly strong policy, it was particularly easy to call and encourage the Corsican mountain people to rise up and make trouble, and the Corsicans who settled in Marseille also actively provided intelligence for France and guarded the castles on the Mediterranean coast of the Valois dynasty.

France's attitude towards Corsica was not to look at the colony, but to swallow it up and make Corsica a permanent territory.

Although His Majesty Napoleon had the ambition to make Corsica independent from France, in fact, nearly half of the Corsicans had already flowed into France in the previous two centuries, and the largest reclamation area in Western Europe was not too crowded, but only afraid that there were few people, and as many people could eat as many people as they came!

These are all advantages of France. After Aragorn took over Sicily from Genoa, Pisa and Florence, intimidated by Aragon's fleet and army, had largely dismissed the idea that Corsica should not be, at least not daring to dream of seizing Corsica as their colony.

After all, although the Aragonese army could not defeat the elite of the French in equal numbers (considering that the Spanish phalanx had already been pointed, this was just an illusion), there was no pressure to clean up the two unbearable states of Vudefera in Italy.

But the French Valois dynasty was not convinced. Although Aragon's occupation of Corsica was stronger and more difficult to achieve than the Genoese garrison, seeing that the opponent occupied a Corsica island on its doorstep, even if it did not see any strategic role at present, France could not swallow it, but Valois did not give up its territorial ambitions for Corsica. So it was decided to give Ferdinand, who had deceived their king, a little color.

Even though the Aragon fleet had joined forces with the Venetian navy in the Tyrrhenian Sea to block Charles VIII's retreat at sea, dhows from the French coast still frequently docked in Corsica - this was evident in the number of stranded or captured galleons, 7-8 ships could be captured every month, and in half a year, Nidhogg had made a small fortune to form a fleet of dhow patrols, and perhaps use them to play with the fire attack of Rowan.

The French were at a loss, but the Ducats in Valois still worked, and the German mercenaries hoarded on Corsica were sent to eliminate the impact.

Within a few months, the First Italian War ended, and the French were able to revolt the Corsican hill people against their rule. Although the German mercenaries recruited by Ferdinand are now having a good time on the island, according to a spy who escaped from Corsica who was lucky not to die in Niderhogg's pursuit, the Corsicans have been turned into experience packs. But Ferdinand couldn't have killed all the Corsicans! I can always continue to find him unhappy. There are so many Corsicans in France!

However, the French underestimated Ferdinand's position in Corsica. Ferdinand regarded Corsica neither as an ordinary colony, nor as merely a territory, but as "the second jewel in the crown of Aragon, another modern industrial and agricultural base in the Mediterranean, a sacred and inseparable part of the kingdom since ancient times"!

It just so happened that it was a time of war, and France wanted to do so much, so it would be better to completely destroy Valois's influence.

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"Bacon and cheese are cheap! Don't miss it! (Corsican)

The unworthy "boat owner" Cosime de Medici swaggered through the streets of Barcelona with buckets of bacon and cheese, shouting slogans of hawking, a bit like the peddlers who were chased by the chengguan in later generations – of course, they didn't run so leisurely.

This kind of business robbery naturally caused strong dissatisfaction among the street shopkeepers, and more than a dozen shopkeepers shouted at him along the way, complained and even scolded. Fortunately, he was by no means fighting alone, and the seven or eight peers around him were also doing the same thing, attracting firepower together, otherwise, he might be beaten up by rolling up his arms and sleeves.

Cosime de Medici had good luck today, and quickly cleared the bacon and cheese on hand. He walked around the corner of the street to a shop selling canvas, rigging, compass, and other nautical goods, ready to change the compass, which had been broken last night.

The proprietor was a Jew, acquainted with Cosime de Medici, and had the usual gentleness of a Jew...... No, who said that? There were several Jews among the shopkeepers who had just scolded him.

Regardless of their personalities, however, the Jewish merchants were definitely an important force in maintaining the prosperous commerce of Barcelona and Catalonia for more than 100 years, and they should have been deported by this time. However, after Ferdinand changed his mind and issued a law restricting Jews as a substitute, the Jews naturally changed their fate of deportation and became His Majesty's fat cow, struggling under the heavy taxes of the hierarchy......

It is not right to say that he is struggling, and the shopkeeper in front of Cosime de Medici has little sign of worrying about his livelihood - after all, low-income Jews are not overtaxed, and the majority of Jews are ordinary people and poor people, and this shopkeeper is obviously not among the ranks of rich merchants.

The Corsican shipowner's offer of food did not affect the business of nautical goods, so the shopkeeper did not care about the noise of the many Corsicans in the streets and greeted Corsime de Medici in a friendly manner.

Cosime de Medici didn't look very good, especially when talking about shipping. Did the shopkeeper think that he had encountered some storm in the Adriatic Sea a few months ago and lost a large number of goods?

"Not really, the problem is, I don't know what to do with my business and property in Marseille...... "Cosimer, a little frustrated.

During the war, Ferdinand declared that "the Valois dynasty would tolerate the tireless incitement of the Corsican hill people to rebellion, the diligent dispatch of a steady stream of spies to Corsica, and the destruction of Aragonese rule with the Ducat", and for this reason all French ships and French-flagged ships were henceforth absolutely forbidden to enter Corsican ports. The French and those who settled in France (mainly Corsicans in France) were not allowed to set foot on Corsican soil, nor were the inhabitants of the island of Corsica allowed to set foot on French soil.

Cosimo de Medici's business splits between Marseille, Barcelona and Corsica, and last year he bought a house in Marseille, but his wife was still in Alghero, Corsica. Of course, he was particularly distressed.

"What are you going to do now?"

"In the end, I decided to stay in Corsica! Because Martha wrote to me that she was pregnant, and that I couldn't leave her behind. I also have a large deposit in a Corsica bank, so it is not cost-effective to choose to live in Marseille forever. ”

Cosime de Medici shrugged, a little helpless, "But now I really have to visit the Adriatic or the Levant more often." I hope it doesn't happen as you guessed, that the ship sank just after crossing the Strait of Otranto......"