Located on the picturesque Adriatic Sea, at the eastern end of the Po Plain, the most prosperous port and commercial city in eastern Italy, the capital of the Ostrogothic Kingdom, and the central city of Italy ruled by the Byzantine Empire two hundred years ago.

In the fashionable words of the moment, this is a historical and cultural city with a deep cultural heritage, a thoroughfare for business and travel, and it is also the main opponent of the German Empire to eliminate this expedition, the Duke of Ravenna Cresenti.

Although the actual control center of his old man's house is located in Rome, he rarely lives here!

In fact, it is more like a large city surrounded by walls in ancient China, with residents, shops, large granaries, drainage facilities, beautifully carved palaces preserved from Roman times, and magnificent cathedrals, dotted in the city facing the sea, or the red gems decorated in the dense buildings like the stars and the moon, dazzling.

The whole city is closed to its own world, well protected by freemen and merchants, and is a paradise compared to the lonely stone castles and muddy, dilapidated and dilapidated cottages of Western Europe.

Such a huge city, but also to a certain extent increase the difficulty of the soldiers to defend the city, covering a wide range of cities, so that the span of soldiers is very large, without the condition of advanced communication tools, the north and south command and dispatch is difficult to unify and coordinate, the bull is to take advantage of such a loophole coupled with the sound of the east to attack the west to feint the south gate, and then break through the city from the weak defense of the west city wall, and finally occupy Ravana!

The nobles of the city elected representatives, waited in procession at the gates, following the ancient customs of ancient Roman times, holding the keys to the gates, and the salt and bread, which symbolized the dominion of the land, and respectfully held them above their heads and handed them to me, as a formal recognition of my occupation of the city of Ravenna, and with great humility they asked me to participate in the welcome banquet that they had prepared beforehand.

Riding on the tall horse, I waved my hand left and right with a smile under the crowd, and I couldn't help but give birth to a fluttering leadership fan, sure enough, being an official since ancient times is an intoxicating thing, and it feels really good for someone to slap the horse, no matter what you say, you will win the approval and echo of others.

"Since it's hard to be gracious, then I'm better to be respectful than to obey!"

Fake humility, I immediately colluded with the officials and businessmen, this kind of opportunity to be close to the big businessmen is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, for a poor country aristocrat like me, there is no such shop after this village, and I must seize the opportunity to sell myself.

Kohler is by my side every step of the way, although the city has been pacified, but after all, it is an important stronghold operated by the Crescenti family for many years, it is difficult to say whether there are underground party killers lurking, the attitude of the victor must be sufficient, but his own life is also the top priority, because the most painful thing in life is that the money has not been spent when people die.

As my plenipotentiary envoy, the bull and the current supreme commander of the Venetians, Uncle Mediterranean, the two entered the castle in advance to take charge of the reception, to put it bluntly, they supervised each other, and no one could secretly embezzle and hide privately.

The uncle's name is Julius, a very strong name, because the famous Julius Caesar also has this surname.

Ravenna was the base camp and important transshipment point of the rebels' logistics, supporting all the rebel activities in central Italy, relying on the geographical advantages of the fortified city and the convenient sea transportation, as well as the weakness of the German naval forces in the Adriatic, the rebels stored a large amount of material here.

Thinking of this, I can't help but be a little grateful to His Majesty the Emperor for taking care of me, the fat errand sent me to complete, high input will have high output, and the work of tying my head to the waistband of my trousers naturally has a reward beyond expectations, my two eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, on the one hand, it was comfortable to be slapped by the group of rich people, and on the other hand, it was also thought of the pockets that were about to be filled, and the excitement was indescribable.

Entering the city hall of Ravenna, which has a strong Byzantine architectural style, under the tall dome, the bull and Julius have been waiting to report their work, and the hall is surrounded by heavily armed guards, separating me from the dignitaries of Ravenna, because it is difficult to guarantee that there are no assassin loyalists with ill intentions and jade crushing determination, Kohler walked vigilantly beside me, looking for possible dangers.

"My lord, the treasury has been counted, I have asked our men to take over the city defenses, and spread scouts around a radius of forty miles, and now the enemy does not know the news of our capture of Ravenna, there is plenty of time." Sitting down on the duke's cast-iron throne adorned with the family crest, the bull leaned down and whispered in my ear.

"Well done, remember to give more to our Venetian brothers." I turned my face to the side and smiled at Julius beside me, who also touched his bare head and smiled.

"If it weren't for their archers, we would have been outnumbered by the rebels." As I spoke, I moved my buttocks and leaned back on the seat in a comfortable position, which was really not a comfortable position in a high position.

"Look at what you said, my lord, it is you who command like a god, so that we can turn defeat into victory and help us take revenge, in fact, Venice and Germany have long been like one and inseparable from each other." Julius rubbed his hands, lowered his eyebrows and patted me lightly, reaffirming the traditional friendship between the two countries.

I looked at the Ravenna nobles sitting around the semicircular conference table, cleared their throats, and they immediately stopped talking to each other in amusement, and sat up and looked at me as if they were drawn to a magnet:

"Ladies and gentlemen, as the plenipotentiary envoy of the German Emperor, the Viscount of the Third Reich, I can feel that all of you here are so eager to serve the Empire, this rebellion is all for their own interests, regardless of the people's livelihood brazenly launched, the German army has to go south to quell the rebellion in order to ensure the safety of one side, there are many killings and injuries along the way is unbearable, His Majesty the Emperor will plow the rebels and create another peace, God bless Germany!"

Speaking of this, I made a cross on my chest, and pretended to wipe the non-existent tears from the corners of my eyes, pretending to be a compassionate sage.

The nobles below immediately pointed to the sky and beat their chests to express their understanding and anger, and even cried with me, telling about their family's unruly and chaotic family relationship with Germany, the scene was very chaotic for a while, looking at the heat of the heat, I pressed my hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and continued:

"I have always remembered in my heart that it will be difficult to calm down, but Germany will never owe anything to its people, so here today, in the presence of all the Ravenna gentlemen, I ask God to bear witness and allow me to apologize to all the people who have been wounded, and to compensate them for their losses."

I turned back and nodded at the bull, and with a knowing wave of his hand, a line of soldiers came out and led the chief of the destroyed village into their hands with the prepared bedding and food.

Seeing this scene, some of the nobles exploded, and they didn't understand which one I was singing, and they couldn't eat their proper attitude for a while, and everyone nodded in approval, or shook their heads and hesitated, and their respective positions were fully revealed, I smiled and took all this into my eyes, and I had a plan in my heart.

For the first time, the village chiefs saw the nobles who apologized to the poor, touching the food, clothes and settling-in expenses in their hands, and they were moved to tears, and the room was full of adults crying and children screaming, which made the atmosphere very touching.