Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

Even though there is a war, the city of Montina still gives the impression that it is full of enthusiasm and a peaceful atmosphere.

An astonishing number of construction teams are launching an earth-shaking "toss" in the city of Montina.

There is a reason to say that it is tossing. In addition to the castle being built, the city of Montina is also undergoing tremendous changes.

Demolition everywhere, and construction everywhere.

The city was covered with gray smoke and dust that made people breathless. For this reason, many people were complaining that the duke's reckless actions disrupted their lives.

Many houses on both sides of the street were forcibly demolished, and the streets were dug everywhere.

The road has been widened by nearly half, and drainage ditches have been dug on both sides of the road to drain sewage. At the same time, a group of craftsmen, under the leadership of Offley’s wife Ashley’s father Pompeni, was in Montina. Look for water sources everywhere.

Montina is located on the Sedina River, because although it is located inland, it does not lack water sources.

But even so, Alexander is still not very satisfied with the water supply of Montina. Especially considering that if a large-scale war breaks out, the Saidina River may be cut off by the enemy from the upper reaches. Alexander ordered the start of the excavation of the water source. engineering.

Alexander would not have too much thought about it. In history, Fort Montina encountered a one-year siege about half a century later.

At the end of the siege, the enemy threatened the city by cutting off the upstream tributary of the Sedina River to Montina.

Although the city was finally relied on fortified city defenses, the disease and infection caused by the lack of water caused the city’s population to drop sharply. From then on, the prototype of the earliest modern city defense in European history has only had time. Shine and quickly become decadent.

All that is left to future generations is the false name of one of the earliest modern city defenses in Europe.

But Montina, however, lost the best opportunity to become a hub connecting Italy's north and south.

Alexander certainly did not want this history to repeat itself.

When he decided to take root in Montina, he valued the potential here.

From a geographical point of view, this is an important key to connect with Italy, and from a political and military perspective, even if the ruling center of the Principality of Rome Theesia moves to other cities in the south in the future, Montina will still be the future unity of Italy. An important bridgehead in the north.

Therefore, the transformation and construction of Montina is not for the present, but for the future.

Massimo was also very surprised when he saw the current scene of Montina. Although he knew that Alexander was constantly expanding the castle, the whole city seemed to be turned upside down, which is still somewhat out of the ordinary. His surprise.

In addition to this, Massimo is a little worried that the Romanesians, including Valenti, seem to have not figured out their current situation.

In order to deal with the coming French, Ludvico Sforza had to stop almost all the projects that he had decided to build before. He used the money for building the palace to hire the army, and the bronze originally intended to cast the horse should be used for casting. Cannon, although he did not escape the fate of failure in the end, he still made a lot of effort after all.

But now the Romantesians still spend large sums of money to renovate the city when facing enemy pressure, which makes Massimo a little worried.

Unconsciously, Massimo began to consider his and other people's situation as a metropolitan.

Massimo met Barendi in the dome. Massimo was somewhat surprised when he heard that Barendi was going to summon the Poles named Copernicus at the same time.

He knew very well the position of the dome in Rome Thesia, especially in the hearts of the old Count of Montina. The ability of Copernicus to be summoned in this room meant that he valued him.

Trying to suppress the curiosity in his heart, Massimo led Copernicus into the dome.

Seeing Barendi standing at the desk, Massimo smiled, but when he opened his arms to hug the Duchess, Barendi coldly refused.

Seeing Barendi's look like a thief, Masimo coughed a little embarrassedly to cover it up, then he turned to Copernicus standing behind and introduced: "The Duchess of Rome Thesia."

Copernicus bowed respectfully and saluted. Although his usual energy was almost focused on his studies, he had already heard of the patrons of the University of Bologna-Pavia.

"Duchess, it's an honor to see you." Copernicus bent down deeply.

To his surprise, a white hand reached out in front of him.

Copernicus raised his head slightly in surprise, and when he was sure that it was indeed the hand of the Duchess, he held that hand in his excited hands and kissed on the smooth back of his hand.

Masimo was also very surprised. He didn't expect Barendi to value this "fortune teller" so much. This made him more determined that Alexander wanted to use this man to create auspiciousness for himself.

It's just that Barendi's next words didn't occur to both of them.

"Actually, I don't know what you can do," Barendi said coldly. "The Duke hopes that you can live comfortably in Montina and at the same time learn enough knowledge."

Speaking, Barendi beckoned to the entourage next to him and asked him to put some messy documents in front of Copernicus.

"I know that you studied theology and medicine at the University of Bologna. I believe that the former shouldn't be a big problem for you. As for the latter, I think you can learn more useful things in Montina."

Copernicus was a little excited. Although he didn't know why the Duchess valued himself so much, he had already heard that in Montina, there is a medical school that is more powerful than Bologna in terms of professors and academic success. Superb medical school.

Copernicus, who had already thought about finding the opportunity to enter this medical school for further study, was hesitating because of the sudden outbreak of the war. Now the Duchess of Rome Thesia took the initiative to enroll him into this school, which made Copernicus unexpectedly for a while. Like in a dream.

"But in addition to theology and medicine, the Duke also hopes that you can achieve some important things," Barendi said, pointing to the documents placed in front of Copernicus. "Someone will take you to your residence. During this period, all the expenses of your studies will be paid by the duke, and you yourself are under the protection of the duke."

Even the surprises and surprises made Copernicus feel a little difficult to breathe. He used a lot of energy to calm himself down.

He was so excited that he bowed and saluted again, and at the same time was grateful for the amazing favor given to him by the duke and his wife.

However, this time the Duchess did not give him any more grace to kiss him. After the servant stepped back and stood in the corridor, Copernicus suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to ask why the duke had chosen him suddenly.

"Why?" Barendi looked at Masimo with a puzzled face, then smiled silently and shook his head. "I don't know, you should know Alexander very well. He sometimes does something inexplicable."

"But I should at least let me know what his plans are. Is this person important to him? Am I saying that it will help him become King of Castile in the next war?"

Masimo was full of curiosity. Seeing Barendi looking at him blankly, Masimo shrugged helplessly: "It seems that he really values ​​this person."

"Bishop, I asked you to come more than just to send that Copernicus," Barendi motioned to Massimo to come to the table, then picked up a letter from the table beside him, "This was sent by Alexander."

Masimo took the letter and looked at it, and immediately showed surprise on his face.

"Oh, is this possible?" He looked away from the letter and looked towards Barendi. "He thought that the Castilla church could support him. Although it sounds a little reluctant, it might be possible. , After all, the pope is there now, but what about the nobles? Do you think they will listen to him?"

A glimmer of melancholy flashed in Barendi's eyes, and Ma Ximo's words were precisely what she worried about the most.

Although knowing that Lucrezia will definitely become more arrogant because of the help of Alexander VI, compared with the safety and ambition of Alexander who is now in Castile, Barendi feels that he can still tolerate that stupid woman. .

But those local aristocrats are not easy to deal with.

Even thinking about it, those nobles might not resent Alexander even more because of the support of the church. After all, as far as she knows, the nobles originally had collusion with the church.

It is precisely because the two of them have united to deal with the Astamara family, the measures taken by the Isabella couple to try to take power will be difficult.

Now if a king supported by the church suddenly appears, it undoubtedly means that the nobles must face the royal family alone that may contain their power, which is enough to make those nobles murderous against Alexander.

"I don't know where he is now, but I think there must be many people who want to deal with him."

Barendi walked back and forth restlessly, ignoring Masimo's comfort, just whispering to herself.

"I don't know if he is in a safe situation, but I must help him."

"How to help, are you going to Castile? It's impossible," Massimo raised his arms and made a helpless gesture. "You should know that it takes a lot to send this letter. For a long time, if he really had any accident, it should have happened long ago, so all we can do now is to pray for him and hope he is okay."

"No, Alexander must have thought of this before," Barendi retorted. "Have you seen him do things that are uncertain?"

"That's not true," Massimo muttered. "So you have no reason to worry, do you?"

"No, even though I think I still have to do something, don't forget that I am his wife."

Barendi said and looked at Massimo.

Barendi's eyes suddenly made Masimo feel uncomfortable. He realized that this woman seemed to be planning something, and even this matter was probably related to him.

"I think only if Ferdinand sees Maximian's disastrous defeat in this war can he shake his determination to fight Alexander, and only in this way can the nobles dare not act rashly, so I need someone to go. Milan."

Although Barendi said so, the expression in her eyes when she looked at Ma Ximo had completely revealed the meaning of her words.

"In other words, do you want me to go to Milan?" Massimo smiled bitterly. "Is that why you are so eager to come to Montina?"

"This suits you well, isn't it? I heard that you didn't travel around the country long ago?"

"That's true. You know I'm Massimo who used to freely go in and out of many European courts." After getting used to the bullshit, Massimo seemed to wake up suddenly. "I said Madam, you won't really want me to go. Milan, do you know what it means for the Bishop of Romagna to visit Milan at this time, not to mention everyone knows my relationship with Alexander."

"You will be one of the candidates for the new pope." Barendi said suddenly.

Masimo's mouth stopped, he seemed to be suddenly stuck with a simple "Oh" in his throat, and then he kept shaking his head as if he suddenly woke up: "No, no, wait, madam, you must be here. Just kidding, you know it's impossible for me to be the pope, right?"

"of course not."

Barendi's simple answer immediately pierced the daydream that Massimo had just had.

"But you are less than 40 years old now, and you can become a pope candidate at this age. Even if you can't be elected, it is enough to let people know that you are important. You can think of another 20 years, or even just 10 years, maybe you It is really possible to become the Pope. For this, do you think it is worth going to Milan?"

"This one……"

Masimo hesitated.

Reason told him that the woman in front of him was using his best way to coax him. In the past, he deceived those noble ladies and peasant women and village girls like this, so he must refuse without hesitation.

But the hot ambition that surged from the bottom of my heart formed a voice that was difficult to suppress, and he kept saying in his ear: "Promise her, quickly agree."

"Well, I'll go."

Massimo finally spoke. When he said this sentence, he felt that the breath that had been stuck in his chest seemed to spit out along with this sentence.

At the same time, he slumped in the chair behind him as if he had lost his strength, panting because of tension.

"Go to Milan," Barendi walked around the table to Massimo. "I remember Alexander once told you that the Vatican is where you should go, where you can get a status and Wealth, right?"

"Yes," Masimo smiled, "but he didn't tell me that the more I get, the more I give. UU看书www.uukanshu.com"

"It's fair, isn't it," Barendi said indifferently to Massimo's words. "Compared with what you gave, do you think it is more cost-effective to become the future pope?"

Masimo pondered, and finally sighed slightly.

"Okay, tell me what to do next."

Looking at Massimo, who seemed eager to show his skills, Barendi smiled at him: "What you have to do is very simple. Let the Milanese think that the Austrians are their enemies, and even fight against Austria with the French when necessary. "

Following Barendi's words, Massimo's face showed a bitter smile: "This is really a very simple thing."

"Compared to being a pope, this is of course much simpler," Barendi stood in front of Marcy and looked at him. "So cardinal, would you like to accept this condition?"

"I do it!"

Massimo agreed.

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