Evening, Milan.

Religious status aside, Milan has been the most shining jewel of the Apennine Peninsula and the whole of Europe for a long time in history.

The emperors of the Holy Roman Empire, the kings of France, and the kings of Spain have made several expeditions to Italy to hold this pearl in the palm of their hands.

This also included Lothar's father's vassals, the Great Germania Emperor, and Henry of Hohenstaufen.

But Lothar and Lavinia rode all the way to find it much more desolate than he had imagined.

The tenants, the hired peasants, and the wood-gatherers, all in rags, saw the two men on tall horses passing by, and scattered like a flock of birds, and did not dare to stand on the side of the road and talk to them, like the Piedmontese peasants.

By the time the Po River was about to be crossed, the river was finally busy, but it was nowhere near as good as Turin, which was supposed to be inferior to Milan.

In the world of yesterday's giant ships, the entire Lombardy region, including Milan, was once the crown domain of the Habsburgs, like the Veneto, but in the War of German Unification, it was forced to grant it independent status due to the combined pressure of Britain and France.

Otherwise, what is the difference between the Habsburg Empire, whose territory spans all of Central Europe, and the revival of the Holy Roman Empire, which Emperor Napoleon once dissolved?

Moreover, it was a centralized, new Holy Roman Empire.

After the independence of Lombardy, the power of the wolf clan followed closely and took control of this rich city with rich experience in gangs, streets, and urban struggles, and gradually encroached on and took control of this rich city - nominally, Lombardy was still an independent principality, but in fact it had completely become a vassal of the wolf clan.

This means that there will not be a family called "Milan".

All the clans can compete fairly here, which makes the city far less simple than Saluzzo and Bologna (in Romagna).

All parties gathered here.

Twelve high-ranking families, small families who want to rise to the top, old and young remnants of the old Habsburg era, feudal aristocrats...

The chaotic situation, the almost daily street shootings, and the family fights have made the Lombardy region at this time long lost its former glory.

"Milanese once rejoiced in their independence, but now they want to return to the Habsburgs."

Lothar sighed lightly.

He had no intention of complaining about the Habsburgs of this world, but just like the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the original world of Lothar, his arms, legs, and even his head all looked forward to gaining independence.

But after the disintegration, it was discovered that without the Austro-Hungarian Empire, their life was not only not better, but even more miserable

Lavinia sighed in a low voice: "It's a pity that Britain and France will not allow the Habsburgs to expand again, and the weak emperor of the Habsburgs probably won't bother to step into the quagmire of the Apennine Peninsula again." ”

Lothar couldn't help but say: "This is really a worse era, factory owners, feudal nobles, no one is much better than others." ”

This is probably the so-called "labor pains of the times".

"I can only believe in the wisdom of future generations."

Lavinia's face was filled with a sense of weakness, but she quickly regained her steady.

Whether she decides to leave or not, she has to get the matter done right now.

can be regarded as an insistence on her, and she has an explanation of her past life.

"Nia, who is the biggest force in Milan right now?"

"There is no one side that has the greatest power, but recently, the most powerful must be the Sassari family, they have the Yakesi family behind them, and have integrated some small families, although this makes the Sassari family, the original Sassari people no longer occupy a dominant position, but also make their strength greatly increased."

Lothar couldn't help but sneer: "It seems that in order to rise again, the Sasari family has not hesitated to completely become the puppets of Yaxi. ”

The population problem has always been a major factor restricting the expansion of the family's power, and the replacement of pure-blooded wolves by half-breeds has gradually become the mainstream of the wolf clan, and there are also reasons for this.

As a result, I never thought that the Sassari family had gone on an advanced path regardless of their origins.

For now, though, this is definitely doing more harm than good.

The current Sassari family, not so much Sassari, is more like a union of more than a dozen small families under the name of Sassari, and the shares of the original Sassari family have been diluted to a rather dangerous point.

Many families who are not of the same heart are gathered together, and they are nothing more than a clay-footed giant like the Austro-Constitutional Empire in history, which seems to be bluffing in size, but in fact it can be broken when it is poked.

"They don't have a choice."

Lavinia sighed lightly, "So Lothar, our next enemy is likely to be the best of the Yaxie family, and they will most likely not mind quietly disposing of the two of us." ”

"Then let them come."

Lothar smiled: "Don't forget, I can use the power of the holy spear, plus your assistance, our real strength is far stronger than on paper, unless the Yaxie family is crazy and sends those old antiques to deal with us two nobodies." ”

Lothar had thought about it before she came.

There is definitely a danger.

The family is not a medieval aristocracy, everyone is a relative, break the bones and connect the tendons, and let the other party go can also extort a large amount of ransom.

The biggest opponent faced by each wolf clan is always another wolf clan, so the wolf clan infighting is always bloody and cruel.

Assassinations, shootings, poisoning...

Not as much as less.

"Nia, I heard that the remnants of the Habsburg dynasty still have a lot of power in Milan?"

Lavinia immediately saw the intention of Lothar's question, shook her head, and said, "Yes, but don't count on them, they label themselves as Habsburgs, but in fact they are just a name." During the reign of the Habsburgs, they were the local aristocracy that did not obey the discipline, and they were at odds with the Germanic aristocracy sent by the Habsburgs to manage them, and they were also the main promoters of the independence of Lombardy. ”

After some conversation, Lothar also understood.

Although these old and young people are still a little strong, they are only at the level of small and medium-sized wolf families.

After all, even if it is an aristocracy, ordinary people still make up the majority.

Hans, a one-star servant, is already a good player among ordinary people.

You know, the Teutonic Knights are a military order, and now they seem to be an army with a country, even if they are squire knights, they are trained according to the specifications of killing machines.

The power of a wolf clan family, for ordinary forces, is simply a dimensionality reduction blow, full of deterrence.

Of course, this kind of family gang-style combat power will definitely be no match for the magic energy cannon and the musketeer phalanx on the frontal battlefield, but in the entire European continent, there are only three big countries that can afford to be equipped with magic energy cannons.

Among them, the German Guy in the north is still a rising star, although the mainland is the most extensive of the Three Kingdoms, but there is no colony that produces important materials such as magic stones and white crystals.

finally occupied a few colonies in Africa, and they were all money-losing goods and negative assets.

Therefore, the human forces cannot be counted on at all, they do not dare, and they are not capable of standing up for Mr. Madeleine.

And the wolf clans, before Lothar and Lavinia achieve certain results, it is absolutely impossible for them to end.

At the end of the day, the two of them are still fighting alone.

With two people, against a quasi-superior family with at least a dozen centurions!

"It's time to cross the river."

The two stopped by the river, and only one river apart was the city of Milan.