Chapter 30: Re-entry to Roman City
The last time he left Roman City, Sinampe was just a stateless wanderer, and when he returned to Roman today, he became the ruler of a commercial city-state with his lover.
This can't help but be said to be a man-made, and the last time he came to this city, which the Eugenia Celestials called the Holy City, he didn't think of it in any way. Although he had known that Theresa had such a territory in his name, he had never expected anything from it—many nobles of the era owned only a piece of land in name, but in fact had no direct connection to it.
The relationship between the city of Leland and the Auvergne family was like that at that time.
So Sinampe had to sigh at the wonder of fate, when the mountains were at the end of the mountain, God gave them such a shelter - although it seemed to be a rather dangerous place.
Letting go of the useless emotion, Sinampe rode in a slightly shabby carriage and entered the Roman City.
Sinampe found that the atmosphere of Roman City was very different from the last time he came, if the last time the city was a peaceful religious shrine, then this time Roman City seems to have become a military fortress, a wartime command center, and the streets are no longer full of devout pilgrims, but mercenaries and nobles.
And everyone's faces were hurried and worried.
Sinampe easily found the priest of the Holy See who was responsible for receiving the rulers of the city-states, and under his leadership, he lived in the pavilion provided by the Holy See. This is not the first time for Sinan Pei, so although he is not a big person worth paying attention to, it didn't take much time to go through this set of procedures - this surprised Sinan Pei.
There were a lot of envoys who came this time, and the number of pavilions arranged by the Holy See was obviously insufficient, and Sinampei was also a little worried about whether he would have to find a place to live on his own. However, there are many really wealthy nobles and some city-states have fixed diplomatic places in Roman City, so that Sinampe can once again live at public expense - anyway, the Holy See has a lot of money, and since he is the leader of the city-state of Saranyi, this expenditure should naturally not be distressed.
In fact, the Holy See has a better face than anyone, from the Pope to the ordinary priests. Nothing less.
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Sinampei still lived in the manor where he and Theresa lived temporarily when he came to Roman City last time. Apparently no one has lived in it during this time, and the furnishings and furnishings in the room are exactly the same as the last time Sinampei left, because there is no one living in them, and all kinds of furniture are covered with dust.
Sinampei shook his head: "Kara, just clean up, just do the bedroom and study, this time we will let you come less, don't need to be too troublesome." ”
"Yes. Mr. Division. Carla was as silent as ever, and after answering Sinampe's orders, she didn't say much, and ran to clean up the house - although this time she left Theresa in Lelan City, but under Teresa's repeated insistence, Sinampe took Kara with her.
"You're a stupid man who doesn't know how to take care of himself, others don't know you, but I know you too well. "Before leaving. Theresa said to him.
Theresa was right, even though he had been living alone for so many years. But in essence, he is no different from most of the post-80s and 90s, his self-care ability is very poor, and he often stays up late when he lives outside the home - working overnight after coming to Eugenia is also a kind of inheritance of previous habits.
So Theresa is worried about him, and Sinampei can understand. In the same way, why didn't he worry about Theresa? And she was pregnant, which made Sinampei even more worried.
However, although I am worried that Theresa does not have a caring person to take care of in Leland City. However, he couldn't stand Theresa's "order", so he stopped being hypocritical and took Kara with him.
Carla is not only a competent maid, but also a very good secretary, and she can arrange many things in an orderly manner. For Sinampei's work. She is also an indispensable assistant.
After simply settling down, Sinampei went back to work. The date for the scheduled meeting had arrived, and if he wanted to increase the weight of Leland, or indeed his weight among the city-states of Saranil, he had to come up with something that would make a splash, and now he had offended the Genovas, and his relationship with the emperor was not good, and the only one he could rely on was the Pope, but the Pope was not necessarily reliable, he had to increase his weight.
But not long after I was busy, a priest came outside, and he came to deliver the message on behalf of the Pope. The Pope, after hearing the news of Sinampei's arrival, wanted to meet with him.
Sinampei patted his forehead and figured it out, no matter what, since the Pope has invested in him, then he must summon him to report on his work, right? Although he thinks that he is not a puppet of His Majesty the Pope, an investor must always give something back to the investor, isn't it? If Sinampei wants to continue to gain the support of other people, his credibility must be maintained -- this is an intangible asset.
What's more, he really needs the patronage of the pope now.
"Your Majesty, Count Nanpei Si has arrived. "The herald reports to the Pope.
"Well, let him come in quickly, I have some key things to talk to him about. The Pope said, motioning for everyone around him to stand back.
"Your Majesty. Sinampe knelt down on one knee and saluted the Pope.
"Hurry up, Mr. Si. May God be with you. The Pope greeted Sinampe with a smile and asked him to sit in a seat not far from him.
"I wonder what Your Majesty summoned me today?" Si Nanpei cautiously provoked the conversation.
"Hmm...... It's that Benito's business network in Roman City, I don't know if you've got it?" the Pope asked with a smile.
Sinan Pei was a little surprised: "I thought Your Majesty you would ask about Lelan City, did you let me go to Lelan City to die in order to prevent the emperor from going south?"
"Well, you can't say that, Saranyi is also the Emperor's territory in name. The Pope said with a smirk.
Sinampei was speechless for a while. Everybody knows, that's in name!
"Well, forget it, I'm not kidding you. The Pope waved his hand, "I confess that you were originally asked to go to Leland with Mademoiselle Auvergne to guard against the Emperor, but now, there is something more important......" (To be continued......