Thanks to his unremitting efforts, he soon learned all the miscellaneous knowledge collected by the academy, and he also learned Latin, Spanish, Italian, and other languages that were common in Europe at that time. At the same time, he was also valued by a teacher, and finally on his recommendation, after graduating, Louis de Rocheford came to Rome and became a priest under a bishop of the Holy See (who was also a friend of the teacher).

Louis, who saw the hope of progress, wanted to be promoted in the church and fight for his own wealth, so he redoubled his efforts to do things for this bishop, and also won the appreciation and recognition of the other party, and became his confidant.

Just when Louis felt that he was in the past and would soon be able to get ahead, the first blow of his life suddenly struck.

Because of their origins in the same seminary, both Louis and Bishop were subordinate to the Santo Dominican, and at this time, within the Holy See, the Jesuits, as a new force, were rising strongly within the Church, and they were trying to exclude the clergy who did not belong to their denomination, and Bishop Louis and others naturally became the victims of the brunt.

The power struggle within the church was fierce, and the clergy were so fierce that the young Louis could have imagined. It wasn't long before the bishop and Louis were sent to Venice to serve as local clergy.

After this blow, Louis had to give up hope of gaining power within the Church, and instead sought the opportunity to make money in the bustling commercial district of Venice.

Venice at this time, although not as rich and luxurious as it was in its heyday, was still one of the richest regions in Italy, with merchant ships throughout the Mediterranean and a very prosperous financial industry. In order to make money, Louis slowly tried to understand some of the rules of business, and invested his modest savings into business speculation.

In Venice, known as the city of water and mercenary, Louis often wandered between exchanges and ports in a flat boat, frantically seeking opportunities for commercial speculation, without paying any attention to the decency of the clergy. It is with this courage and perseverance that he gradually became familiar with the rules of business operations, and also allowed himself to have a considerable fortune.

However, the next blow made Louis fall into despair for a while.

In 1605, the Republic of Venice arrested two clergy for petty crimes and enacted a law restricting the church's right to possess six lands of property, and it again came into conflict with the church. Pope Paul V considered these to be contrary to canon law and demanded that the sentences be annulled. After refusal, the Pope issued an excommunication order against Venice. The Republic was indifferent to the excommunication decree and ordered the priests in the territory to continue the sacraments. The actions of the Republic led to sharp conflicts with the Church. France intervened and offered a compromise whereby the excommunication was revoked a year later, the local clergy were punished by the church, and Louis lost all his hard-earned fortune.

Louie, caught between two behemoths, has to face the reality that he is bankrupt again. Unable to advance within the church system, unable to make money in Venice, all kinds of blows made Louis almost despair.

After a long period of depression, the fire in Louis de Rocheford's heart was rekindled, and he found himself a new place of opportunity—Ned

At this time in the Netherlands, the Protestant United Provinces, under the leadership of Prince Maurice, son of William the Silencer, were engaged in a war of independence with the Catholic Spanish Empire, and the Spaniards "would rather leave a poor Netherlands to God than a rich Netherlands to the devil." The clamor continued for decades, and Louis used his clergymanship to seek the bishop's connections with other churches, and was finally sent to the Netherlands as a priest. He did not care about the danger of war at all, and participated in the suppression of the Protestant rebellion by the Spanish Empire in the Netherlands with great fanaticism, and even led the way for the Spanish army to suppress the rebellion several times. He certainly did this not only to help God purify the Netherlands, but also to save their possessions from these heretics.

After years of wandering, he first found his hometown in a beautiful village in the south of the Netherlands. That day, he came here. Different varieties of figs and fruits are grown in this place, from melons and licorice to butterflies from Spain, oleanders from Italy, jasmine from the Yar Islands, and the mill's windmills sway slowly in the warm spring breeze under the warm clear sky.

The Rhine River is at his feet, and from a high vantage point overlooking the raging ocean, the canals built by the locals over hundreds of years to guide the flow of water from flooding the land and then divert it into the fields for irrigation. In that blue sky, there are clouds floating from time to time, and no matter where you stand, you can see the infinite changes that this cloud gives to this magnificent scenery.

What a beautiful place, it's like home

After suppressing the involuntary excitement in his heart, he led the Spanish soldiers to burn the village to the ground, and also scavenged a large sum of money from the wealthiest family in the area.

Because of his constant dealings with the military, this pious priest, who originally graduated from a seminary, gradually understood some basic military and weapon knowledge, and even always carried a gun with him for self-defense. He was more of an adventurer than a servant of God, and he even went to a factory where guns and cannons were made, and saw the operation of water-powered machinery, knowing that during war, the manufacture and sale of arms was very profitable

Soon after, contrary to Louis's wishes, the Spaniards began to show signs of weakness in the war with the Dutch, and their active attacks became less and less, which made Louis's activities more and more difficult. At this time, one of the troops close to him was a veteran who had injured his right hand in a battle, and the veteran had little savings, so he was not well cared for. By chance, a kind-hearted Louis paid for a doctor, and the veteran did not return to the army after recovering from his injuries, but followed him and became his servant.

When fires were lit from the land of the Netherlands, Louis also reaped a lot of benefits from his service to the Spanish Imperial Team and made himself a rich man again. At the same time, Louis, who had a large amount of money, invested most of it in the new shipping industry and maritime trade of the time in order to multiply his money, although most of the people engaged in overseas trade were Protestants in the north, but Louis did not care.

However, Louie's good fortune soon ran out.

The Spaniards, tired of fighting for decades, finally grew tired of fighting and were forced to sign a twelve-year armistice with the rebels in the north in 1609, effectively recognizing the independence of the Republic of the United Provinces. The new Dutch Republic also officially brought Louis's good times to an end.

Without the war, the Spaniards no longer needed Louis's services, and the Dutch people remembered Louis's previous crimes, and what made Louis feel even more desperate was that because of a shipwreck, most of his investment in overseas traders was also lost, and in order to save his life, Louis, who had become almost nothing again, had to flee the Netherlands with his servants in a panic and find a new opportunity for himself.

He didn't stay silent for too long this time, and found a new opportunity for himself.

Through Guò's own sources, he heard a rumor that the Ottoman viziers were recruiting people from all over Europe to expand their navy. Without much hesitation, the passion boiling in his veins and the dream of wealth made Louis make a decision.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire, although in decline, still maintained its vast empire, and it was still fighting against the Republic of Venice for hegemony in the Mediterranean, and for this purpose, the minister decided to expand his navy without any doubt.

The Ottomans were pagans and had occupied Constantinople, the holy site of Christendom, but Louis made his decision without any such concerns. As long as he can make a fortune, he doesn't care even if it is for the infidels, not to mention that there is one more factor that will blow the Venetians to avenge themselves.

After a long journey, he brought his servants to Constantinople, where he used what he had learned in Holland to be retained by the Ottoman people. During his travels to Constantinople, he was amazed by the magnificent palaces of the Ottomans and the lavish life of his ministers, and strengthened his desire to get ahead.

That's right, he didn't just come to the Ottomans to be a technical advisor, he also wanted to please the Ottoman sultan, to become his adviser or even a servant - as long as he could become a minister of the Ottoman Empire, wouldn't all the glory and wealth be available at his fingertips?

Soon, thanks to his knowledge, after meeting with an Ottoman minister, he was really appointed by the Ottomans as a shipbuilding consultant. These Ottomans gave him a lot of salaries and even occasional meetings with ministers. Seeing a new hope, Louis redoubled his efforts to put down roots in this pagan country and see his dreams.

However, he backfired again.

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