Joanna still wants to talk to Guo Kang for a while, but Guo Kang has other things to do today. He had made an appointment with Shi Huizhen before to take her to arrest someone.

Cao Jian dragged on for too long, and the bell of Chenshijing had already rang just now. Guo Kang looked up at the clock, it was almost ten o'clock. She is no better than ordinary people, if she goes late, I don't know what else will happen.

However, he could not always say his purpose directly. So, Guo Kang claimed that he was going back to report the military situation to his father-in-law and was ready to leave.

But when he got to the door, Joanna pulled him aside again.

"These days, when you move, you'd better be careful and stay safe." She looked a little serious and reminded seriously.

"Huh?" Guo Kang didn't react for a while.

"I know you have other operational arrangements. Don't worry, I won't ask either. Joanna said, "But lately, it's not very peaceful in the city, so don't let your guard down where you think it's safe." ”

"How do you know?" Guo Kang said in surprise.

"Do you think everyone is blind?" Joanna said angrily: "You took a group of armored horsemen, and ran on the streets at night, and the whole city knew about it." Everyone is celebrating the triumph, and you are in a hurry, and you are very nervous. It's impossible not to be noticed. ”

"Oops......" Guo Kang was in a hurry at the time, so he didn't think about these effects at all, and he didn't react until she said this.

"But that's not a big deal." He had no choice but to try to reassure the other party: "It's just some public security cases, maybe these gangsters in the city are doing things again." Let's investigate on our side and solve the culprit, and that's it. ”

"Hey, don't you see that yet?" Joanna shook her head: "It's not just a matter of law and order. These Rus' people wanted to use Cao Jian to enter the legion. ”

"I already feel this way." Guo Kang agreed, but still felt that it was not a big deal: "We will be strictly screened." Those gang members, when they go back, look for a chance to kick them out, just do it. ”

"Can this Alemanni mercenary you are looking for cure this group of irascible and dark-hearted Rus?" Joanna questioned: "Moreover, this is not just Cao Jian's gang. The relationship between the Cao family and the Li family is very good, and the son-in-law of the Cao family is recently gathering people to prepare for the Li family to jointly guarantee and send them in if they go their way. ”

"How do you know that?" Guo Kang was even more surprised: "I personally designed the plan, and I didn't know these ...... myself"

"Because I'm in business, and the Florentine Chamber of Commerce knows, I know." Joanna showed the expression of hatred that only little Jeanna had shown before:

"If you don't pay attention yourself, of course you don't know. Are you so careless? When the plan is proposed, it is all handed over to someone else? ”

Guo Kang was speechless for a while - he really felt that there was nothing wrong with this before, and it was not worth paying attention to.

Joanna could only shake her head helplessly and tell him: "Grigory Pronsky is the largest backstage and investor in the Ryazan Chamber of Commerce, and the Ryazan people who go out to beg for a living have some connection with him. As business partners, we certainly know a little bit about their situation. ”

"I thought it was promoted by Grand Duke Ryazan and Old Madam Cao." Guo Kang was a little surprised.

"Archduke Fyodor is very dependent on the financial support of the Pronsky family, otherwise he would not even be able to maintain his current situation." Joanna said: "The nobles did not fear him as much as they feared his father, and the various policies of the court were often not well implemented. He can only carefully adjust the relationship between the various families, maintain the balance of interests, and make up for it with additional wealth in due course, so that everyone can be obedient for the time being. ”

"Won't he be worse after that?" Guo Kang asked: "If Pronsky can influence the corps......"

"Then he'll have to influence the Legion even more." Joanna shrugged: "He can't stop Pronsky's movements, so he can only use the simplest and rude means to directly accept your plan to set up a legion estate in Ryazan as a hedge." At the very least, this would allow him to have some influence as well, and would be embraced by the commoners and the lesser nobles who benefited. ”

"So that's ......" Guo Kang scratched his head: "I knew that there was a Ross gang in the city before, and I didn't think about so many things." ”

"Strictly speaking, it's not actually 'one'." Joanna said: "There are a lot of different organizations for the Rus' in different places. That gang is more like an alliance. ”

"Of course, it's not just them, it's all gangsters. On our side, although it is called Italy in a broad sense, there are gangs from the north that are even close to the French. With the Sicilians, this is clearly completely unacceptable. ”

"Is there any more distinction?" Guo Kang hadn't paid attention to it before, so he was a little curious.

"Yes, I saw a group of Milanese merchants visiting Princess Jeanne of France, and even a few gang leaders." Joanna gave an example.

"For the Sicilians, the French, and especially the French crown, are natural enemies. It is said that the origin of the Sicilian gang is the Vespers incident of 1285. At that time, it was ruled by the French family of Anjou, but the French officials and soldiers were very cruel and cruel. ”

"Finally, a woman in Palermo, outside the church, was violated in public by a French officer. Her husband could not stand this 'French habit' and drew a knife and killed the officer. The other French soldiers present joined the fight, but were all killed by the angry locals. ”

"The locals, who already had some loose associations, took advantage of this to organize themselves and kill all the French people on the island. Their slogan at the time was 'Morto Alla Francia, Italia Anela', an acronym for Mafia, which has since become the general term for such associations. ”

After that, the Anjou family retreated to Naples. The Sicilians hated them so much that they could not accept these French rulers until now. This led to the existence of two Sicilian kingdoms today. Even if these people go to a foreign land, they will not like the French aristocracy. ”

"It's complicated." Guo Kang thought about it, and felt that he would not understand it for a while: "But I understand what you mean." Thank you for the reminder, I'll be careful in the future. ”

Joanna took a half step back, lifted her skirt, bowed slightly, and saluted him goodbye.

Guo Kang nodded at her and turned to leave.

"Guo Gongzi." Joanna said dissatisfiedly behind her, "I know you have a higher status than me, but it's too perfunctory for you to treat a lady and supporter like this." ”

Guo Kang turned his head, a little embarrassed, but he really didn't know how to return the gift in this situation. On a daily basis, he either nods to others or greets each other with religious gestures with the clergy.

Thanks to the crude etiquette system of the Purple Horde, he thought about it for a long time, and found that what he had an impression of was also some Seris etiquette, which did not match others. The etiquette of bowing, though common, was common, but he remembered that it was supposed to be a sign of respect for someone of higher status, and as Joanna had reminded, he himself was the one with a higher status here.

And Joanna, despite the complaint in her words, showed a mischievous smile. She tilted her head and spread her arms slightly, as if to encourage him to respond quickly.

Seeing that he could not answer this impromptu exam question, Guo Kang could only use the most generalized method: he also stood up straight, straightened his arms, and shouted: "Long live Rome!" ”

“……”

Joanna didn't say anything for a moment. Seeing this, Guo Kang hurriedly smiled at her, turned around and went to hurry.

Fortunately, the agreed place is not far from here, and I still ran to the place on time. But by this time, Shi Huizhen was already waiting there—and Theodora was right next to her. Obviously, she was also suspicious of letting this guy move freely.

"You're here early." Guo Kang said with a greeting.

"I thought, we'd better hurry up." Shi Huizhen told him: "Hurry up and finish this ticket, I still have to change my clothes, I'm in trouble." ”

"Huh?" Guo Kang couldn't understand it for a while.

"She's got a banquet to attend at noon." Theodora explained for her: "It is the routine meeting of the nobles. This time it was held at Sir Flajos's house, and there should have been quite a few famous ladies in attendance. ”

"That's right." Shi Huizhen nodded: "This time I must beat those annoying guys!" ”

Guo Kang listened, stopped talking, and finally decided to respect the freedom of others.

"Then let's get to work." "That's how my plan ......," he said.

(End of chapter)