Bran didn't know whether to ask or not, but Mrs. Meghan continued, "The last time we bought North Sea wool from the Quaker Chamber of Commerce, we shouted the price from the local trade guild, but the price was leaked out, so the competition failed, I searched for a while, and found that the spearhead was faintly pointed at Slopp, who is Albert's uncle!"

I asked you to spy on Ariel as a final confirmation, that he was Slopp's most trusted confidant, that he had no relationship with any member of the Pavi Firm, and that it would be disloyal to the Quake family to run to meet his opponents at night at such a juncture. ”

Meghan's words have made it clear that the betrayer should be punished.

"What do you want to do?" Bran said this in a low tone, with a kind of inexplicability.

"There used to be a family of Tyre, who had been the standard-bearers of justice for three generations, and at that time even the name of one of their family's dogs could be used as a street name. It was later replaced by our Quake family, and then the Pavey family took this son back.

I think that a good, great commercial city should be passed down by a family in order to maintain prosperity, and Florence does not need so many tyrants. ”

Mrs. Meghan picked up the wine glass, Bran stepped forward to serve, he poured the wine on the table, Mrs. Meghan smiled, "Bran, you are different from Albert, he can't accept being betrayed by his relatives...... You are not the same as the Grand Duke (Howard), I am optimistic that you can lead the Chaman family to a new future, come, to the 'two' Highnesses. ”

At the end of the sentence, Mrs. Meghan teased Bran.

Bran just smiled and didn't say anything.

"This time, the coat of arms of the Pavi family will never be seen in the books of the past."

With a grunt, the bright blood-like wine was drunk.

When Mrs. Meghan got out of all the plans, Bran was shocked and had a new understanding of Mrs. Meghan's ruthlessness.

On the day of the election of the leading members of the inn guild, it was held in a large red house.

The people with the right to vote are constantly talking to each other, they are threatened by Quake, and there is also interference from the Pavey family.

Bran didn't arrive, and Simon and Tieshan, who had done a lot of things, were stunned when they saw the invoice.

As the number of votes was revealed, his side only got thirteen votes, and still did not squeeze into the circle of leaders of the meeting.

Iron Mountain also wounded two innkeepers for the vote, and three members of the mercenary group were captured and taken to a prison in Meath City.

"It's miserable, how can I explain it to His Highness?"

The next day, the election of the more important wool guild, Mrs. Meghan was present in person.

The result was also unsatisfactory, with the Pavi family winning by a big victory.

This is "fundamental", the Wool Guild can decide when to import and export wool, the president has strong bargaining power, even if he loses the position of Archon, the leading members of the Wool Guild have always been the private property of the Quake family.

Rumors abounded that after the guild election, a large number of businessmen went to the Pavi family to give gifts, and at the same time, Mrs. Meghan deliberately recruited her confidants to discuss, saying that because of the failure of the guild election and other investments, the business would have a funding gap, and it may not be able to go to the "church treasury" in a few months, plus the chamber of commerce undertook the construction of a church in the north, and needed gold for icon decoration, and there was currently a shortage of gold.

Therefore, it is planned to engage in "smuggling", taking advantage of the opportunity to trade from North African ports to secretly import gold and some valuables......

Since not every church or parish has the ability to manage finances, some churches lend their income to the chambers of commerce, and recover the principal and interest for a period of time, which is considered a kind of business activity, such as the current investment to the Quake Chamber of Commerce.

The most powerful chambers of commerce, able to enter Rome for all kinds of financing, and responsible for part of the papal treasury, can accumulate great wealth in a year or two, as long as it is properly managed.

At this meeting, Slopp, who is the actual deputy of the Chamber of Commerce, objected, believing that it was too risky, but this behavior was just an act in the eyes of Mrs. Meghan, and she still passed the decision strongly.

To be on the safe side, she said she would conduct a small-scale smuggling operation to familiarize herself with the environment.

She had her ships import gold into the port of Tunis, North Africa, and then had the craftsmen stuff the gold into a wooden angelic icon, put it in the ship's hold, and then transfer it back to the port of Meath.

There were people from the Megan family in the port, and it was not difficult to get in, and then sell the stuff to the city of Rome or other places

In addition to being a currency, gold is also a highly demanded item, which can be used in luxurious buildings or as jewelry.

According to the practice of recent years, such items as icons are not subject to secular scrutiny when they enter the territory of the Pope's state, so that they do not have to pay high customs duties, and the profit from changing hands can be as high as two or three percent.

Seeing the benefits, some merchants began to carry items through the Holy Cross or the icon, so later an amendment decree was issued - only with a Chamber of Commerce certificate issued by the Holy See, and the document of the origin of the icon must be presented.

Most of the people who can get business certificates are large chambers of commerce, and the chances of participating in this high-risk smuggling are not very large, and there are even fewer people who dare to make money by blaspheming God......

After listening to Megan's full layout, Slopp was excited, and the next night, he secretly changed his clothes and hitched a carriage to a secret stronghold of the Pavi Chamber of Commerce.

After two hours, Slopp left the stronghold, and he informed the owner of the Pavi Chamber of Commerce of Meghan's actions, and the two decided to let the goods go this time, and then notify the church when Meghan pressed her net worth next time, and the stolen goods were obtained.

Smuggled goods were arrested, and the crimes vary, the most serious being "precious metals" and "weapons", if Mrs. Meghan smuggled them on a large scale, the sky-high compensation would be enough to bankrupt the entire chamber of commerce.

Slop "used" to respect Mrs. Meghan, but he later found out that when Albert was older, the estate would still have to be handed over.

Now thirteen years old, according to Florentine practice - fourteen is an adult, Albert will legally obtain the title of noble councillor, and he can only leave the public view and be reduced to a butler or assistant.

In the past few years, Slopp has completely assumed the identity of the master of the Quake Chamber of Commerce, and he doesn't want to return all this, so since a year and a half ago, he has contacted the Pavey Chamber of Commerce, betrayed information, and accumulated private property for himself.

He could also wait for Mrs. Meghan to die and then continue to be president through Albert's trust.

But I don't know how long it will take, in his opinion, Mrs. Meghan is very well maintained, maybe years, this time is too long, he doesn't want to wait any longer.

During this meeting, the patriarch of the Pavi family promised great favor that Slopp's name be included in the list of nobles of the Republic, and he would become the patriarch and create a new family with the "violet" as his coat of arms.

Although he is not an archon, it is good to be a noble councilor, and if he has lost his wife for many years, he can find another knight or baron family to marry.

Leaving the Pavey family, Slopp let out an untold laugh in the carriage......

At the beginning of October, two small clippers, carrying some wheat and wool, sailed with the merchant group of the Republic to the southwest.

The Mediterranean is occupied by various forces, there are many scattered islands, and pirates are haunted.

In every Mediterranean region, there are different pirates, what whitebeard, goldenbeard, redbeard.

It is probably because the sea is very foggy, and it is difficult to see the appearance of the pirates, so people like to name this external feature of the body.

Every time the day passed safely, the captain and the sailors would sincerely thank and pray.

After entering the North African "Port of Tunis" safely.

The captain ordered a day off to let the sailors drink freely.

The Mediterranean Sea was frequented by many ships, so commerce flourished, making the port known as the "Pearl of North Africa".

Once the capital of the Principality of Tunisia, this port city is the most famous city in North Africa, with a population of more than 200,000 at its peak.

There are huge facilities such as the Colosseum, Fountain Square, etc.

Seven years ago, this treasure land was captured by Chai Su, the Lord of the Sect of Light, with only 5,000 people!

The Principality of Africa was founded.

Chaisu was born on Sicily, the largest island in southwestern Italy.

There is a special exotic stone on the island, Sicilian stone.

This exotic stone is very sharp as a riding spear.

So the Sicilian pikemen, famous for a long time.

At this time, Chai Su, the lord of the new principality, went out of the palace to the edge of the Tunisian harbor and listened to his subordinates to inform him about maritime affairs.