Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

Alexander remembered seeing a statistic about human civilization.

Surprisingly, in all recorded human history, the total number of days of peace in the world can only reach triple digits.

In other words, when there is no record of war events on the same day in human history, compared with the history of human civilization for thousands of years, it is only a pitiful one in ten thousand.

And this so-called peace is purely on paper. As for whether human beings were really in the warehouse in those days, it is impossible to truly prove it.

Because of this, Alexander never expected to usher in true peace in his lifetime.

Just like Barendi’s attitude towards the "Po River Armistice Agreement," the signing of any peace agreement is just a pause before the start of another war, so for Alexander, all he can do is try to get those wars. It seemed to be more favorable to him.

And Alexander is disgusted with the high-profile claims that "war is to be launched for peace and to end the war." As long as he thinks about putting others on the battlefield and using this kind of magnificent excuse for himself, he will I think the person who said those words is really disgusting.

Any initiative to initiate a war is only for profit, and there is no excuse that can be used to cover up. Therefore, Alexander did not want to use noble reasons to smear himself on the conditions set by the Venetian.

"Maximian has great ambitions. His purpose is not just for Lombardy and Milan. He wants to be the arbiter or even the monarch of all the Roman city states." Grogenning steadily faced Venice sitting opposite. The representatives said, "And the emperor has been trying to intervene in Castile because of his son Philip."

Leonardo Lorette listened carefully to the words of this giant businessman, and at the same time he kept looking at the man in front of him curiously.

This lowland businessman can be said to be a legend. The governor has heard a lot about him, but when dealing with him for the first time, Lorette could not help being full of curiosity about this man.

It is said that when the Duke of Rome Thesia hadn't made his mark, it was this man who keenly discovered that the little lord at the time possessed extraordinary potential.

Moreover, this businessman was very courageous and only invested enough capital on the young man named Alexandre Juliante Gombray.

Such investments are not only risky, but most of the time, even if they have a unique perspective, they can often gain little, because once the funded person is in a high position one day, he will no longer want to be manipulated by others. This often leads investors to lose money. Return, and sometimes even unlucky because of this.

It can be said that this kind of thing is not uncommon in history, and even not long ago, the encounter of the Fugel family is a good illustration.

In Lolett's view, it is precisely because of such unforgettable lessons that this lowland businessman has extraordinary courage.

He obviously knows his status and identity. He is a good investor when he can be on the same level as the duke. By getting a return from Alexander, he is not making a lot of money, but has established his own Kingdom of wealth.

But once the status of the Duke of Rometesia changed, the businessman named Grognin immediately adjusted his identity in front of the Duke wisely, and never did untimely things, which allowed them to always maintain a very Rapport.

Now this lowland merchant named Grognin is still a "friend" of the Duke of Rome Thesia, but people know that their relationship is obviously impossible to return to the original.

And this new relationship, under Grokening's careful management, did not affect the relationship between him and Alexander in the slightest.

The governor thought about these thoughts that had nothing to do with the negotiation, but Grogenning on the other side did not stop.

He elaborated on Alexander's intentions to the Venetians, and finally he concluded as follows: "In view of the common interests of everyone, the Duke believes that it is absolutely necessary to establish a defensive alliance against any attempt to put Lombardy under its rule. "

Hearing Lorette's spirit shook for an instant, he forcibly resisted the astonishment looking at the assistant next to him, and fixed his eyes on the face of the lowland merchant opposite.

And Rondoba Barbarig was obviously not as calm as the Governor, he involuntarily glanced at Lolett, and Lolett, who had been calm and disappointed, did not respond to him.

"Can I understand that this so-called defensive alliance is aimed at Austria?"

Barriguez thought for a while, and finally asked the question that was like a throat. At the same time, he glanced at Lolett on the side again. He wanted to know what the Governor would think at this time.

Although there is no formal alliance, Venice and Austria can be regarded as natural allies on the Lombardy issue because of common concerns about the French invasion.

Because of this, Lundoba Barbarig has been unable to accept the resolution made by the Noble Council to negotiate peace with Rome Thesia.

But now, they have not only abandoned Austria, but even formed an alliance with the French to deal with their former allies. Although this is nothing new in this era, the change of face has become so fast, Barbarig. There is still a feeling of jumping too frequently and almost flashing to the waist.

And Rowlett did not speak immediately. He had already noticed the so-called three issues raised by Grockening before, which made him wonder what kind of connection is there between these three seemingly unrelated matters. .

Grockening seemed to realize the questioning look in the governor’s gaze. He looked at Lolett: "Your Excellency, what I want to say is that this alliance is not aimed at any particular country, but purely to ensure Lombard. The peace of this world can bring benefits to all of us, so the Duke also believes that a suitable candidate for the Duke of Milan can better promote this goal."

"Is the right person you mentioned, Constantine de la Rovere, the brother of the Duchess?" Rondoba Barbarige finally couldn't help but sarcastically asked, "As far as I know, Constantine de la Rovere Rovere has been running around in search of the throne of the Duke of Milan, for which the cardinal even paid to bribe those who he thought was useful."

"Who are these people you are talking about?" Grockening looked at the minibus Barrig. "As far as I know, among those who are willing to support the Duke of Ferrara's succession to Milan, there are people from the Medici family, but unfortunately, Venice was originally Because of the poor relationship with the Vatican, I even preferred to support Savonarola."

Speaking of this, Grogning turned his gaze to Lorette: "Then the Governor, I want to know whether Venice has decided to change its attitude?"

Facing Grognin’s almost unreasonable question, Lorette was not annoyed. He thought for a while and said softly: "I don’t know where you heard that Venice once sympathized with Savonarola, but I can tell you I promise that in our relationship with the Vatican, we can completely abandon the past unhappiness."

Grockening showed a smile on his face, but in his heart he did not relax at all because of the seemingly retreat and tolerance attitude of the Governor of Venice. On the contrary, Leonardo Rowlet's ambiguous attitude that seemed to be inaccessible made him unable to help becoming Be vigilant.

At this time, Lorette was actually refreshed, carefully pondering the purpose and means of the special envoy of the Duke of Rome.

Alexander did not conceal that the purpose of containing Austria was to prevent Maximian from reaching out to Castile. Not only did he not let Rolett relax a little by his overly direct attitude, but he attracted Rolett's attention even more. .

Lorette knew that Alexander was seeking the crown of Castile, and at this time naturally wished to be restrained by Maximian.

But he didn't know why Alexander was so confident that he, or other city-states, would agree to his proposal for Austria.

No, it is not so much aimed at Austria, but as Grockening said, once this alliance is formed, any country that tries to reach out to Lombardy is bound to become a common enemy.

But why did the Duke of Rometesia make everyone agree with his so-called proposal?

This reminded Rowlett of the other two Grogning issues he had just thought of.

"Maybe we can put this issue aside first. We all know that to establish such an alliance cannot be achieved overnight. Even though we are all members of the Free Trade Alliance, you should know that a peaceful commercial alliance and pure military The alliance is still different, so it is more appropriate for us to have the next talks."

Rowlet's clever avoidance of Grogning was not surprised. He wore a confident smile on his face that made people feel as if everything was clear in his chest. Then he put the second document on himself. before.

Somehow, watching the lowland merchant's actions, Lorette suddenly felt as if he was caught in the trap.

As Grockening spoke, Lorette found that his idea quickly became a reality.

"Your Excellency, please allow me to send you and all Venetians a good news. The Ottoman Sultan Bayezett II was dead two months ago..."

Seeing the Venetian’s expression after hearing this, the curiosity from the beginning was disappointed and showed the appearance of "you said that I already knew it", Grognin just smiled and continued: "And his two sons are now Fighting for the throne of Sudan, the Ottoman navy seems to have split."

Upon hearing this, the indifferent Venetian instantly became energetic!

In the 16th century, and for nearly a hundred years later, the Ottoman navy has been a nightmare for all European Mediterranean countries!

With huge financial resources, the Ottoman Empire established an extremely powerful Mediterranean fleet.

The expansion from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century allowed the Ottomans to first control most of the eastern Mediterranean. Although Crete, Rhodes and Malta have been unwilling to surrender the islands, they still insisted on resisting, but even the most optimistic. Also know that this kind of resistance only delays time.

Without strong support, these places will eventually fall into the hands of the Ottomans.

For the Venetians, the entire end of the 15th century is the history of the decline of Venice.

As the last colony on the Mediterranean Sea was occupied by the Ottomans, the Venetians not only completely lost all their overseas territories, but were also blocked by the Ottomans in the Adriatic Sea.

The blows and failures suffered at sea have caused unimaginable huge losses to Venice, a city-state that relies on maritime trade.

As Grogning said, the seemingly glorious sight of the Port of Venice is actually just the last glimmer of light before its decline. The arrogant Venetians have to admit that they seem to be gorgeous now, but in fact they are falling into a dark sunset. Decline is only a matter of time.

So when they heard about the civil strife in the Ottoman Empire, the Venetians had realized that this might be a good opportunity for them to reinvigorate the drums. For the Venetians, the terrible split of the Ottoman navy was tantamount to God hearing their prayers.

It’s just that Lorette calmed down immediately after the initial excitement. He knew that Grogning was telling him this was never in exchange for a thank you, and he should have thought that even if he didn’t say it, the news would arrive soon. Venice.

So he mentions this separately now, obviously for other purposes.

Sure enough, Grogning didn't let the Venetian wait too long. He looked at the documents in front of him, raised his head and looked at the Venetian representatives across the table with a strange expression. Then he said: "We I want to know, if we can successfully get in touch with one of the Ottomans, is Venice ready to cooperate with the Ottomans?"

Although it was very low, a low voice immediately sounded from the Venetian negotiating table.

Looking at the Venetian, who seemed to be caught off guard by this question, but then immediately became excited, Grognin had time to whisper to Machiavelli, who has not said anything since the meeting began, "I think We will be able to prepare for the next meeting soon, but before then, this battlefield is yours."

Machiavelli gently nodded and twitched the corners of his mouth. He always believed that no personal emotions should be allowed to affect the talks during negotiations. As a qualified diplomat, anger is easy to lead to failure, but complacency may also bring about the results already obtained. Slip through the fingers.

But now he didn't mind showing a little bit of pride, because he noticed that the Venetians were paying attention to them at this time, which made him think that maybe this would make the other party even more confused.

"Excuse me, can I understand your words as signing a contract with the Ottomans?"

Lorette finally spoke, his voice a little hoarse, but although his heart was not calm, he still tried his best to maintain a calm and unhurried manner.

At the same time, he was quickly wondering what kind of influence this meeting, which had obviously gradually made the topic more and more unexpected, would bring to him.

In peace talks with the Ottomans, although the plague has not thought about this possibility, and they have worked hard for this many times.

It's just the growing ambition of the Ottomans that made them close the door to peace talks already.

Now suddenly there is such an opportunity, which is undoubtedly truly amazing news for Venice, which is in trouble.

Lorette believes that if peace talks can be achieved in his own hands, and Venice can rise again, perhaps he can become one of the greatest governors in the history of Venice.

But things are not without risks. Once the peace talks fail to allow Venice to regain those lost colonial and maritime interests, then no matter who it is, the reputation of a country that loses power is enough to make those who participate in the peace talks be nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of Venice.

So Lolett was at risk for a while.

"Peace talks? No, I think you have misunderstood," Grognin waved his hand, his gaze flicked across the faces of those Venetians with anticipation, and then he looked at Machiavelli on the side. "I think this It is more appropriate for the Duke’s chief diplomat to explain the problem."

Grognin’s words made Machiavelli’s mood even better, and he nodded to Grognin with a rare smile, and then said to the Venetian on the opposite side: “We are talking about alliance with one of them and annihilation. The enemy fleet in the Mediterranean, which means we will fight alongside the Ottomans."

Listening to Machiavelli's words, Lolet was silent for a short while before he uttered an "Oh" soft reply.

Rondoba Barbarig kept looking at Lorette, and when he made a response that was so low that only the person next to him could hear him, Barbarig frowned.

He looked at Machiavelli, as if he wanted to see from his face how much of what he said was true rather than deceiving, but he was disappointed. He could not see any clues from the face of this sly Florentine. .

"It is really incredible to form an alliance with the Ottomans. They are heretics. Anyone who has such an idea will go to hell."

Lorette looked at the other Venetians carefully while talking. Although he felt that this proposal was unexpected, it was not unreasonable. He even realized that when he heard of the civil war in Osman, his heart had vaguely flashed. This idea.

Is this something you planned long ago?

Thinking of this, UU reading www.uukanshu. Com Rowlet couldn't help but glanced at the lowland merchant.

Rowlet's words reminded those Venetians who had become weird because of this suggestion.

There may be reasons to explain with the heretics and Tan, but the alliance is undoubtedly asking for trouble.

The excommunication from the Vatican may no longer have the huge impact as it did in the era of Philip IV, but it can still be the best statement given to the enemy.

The Venetians who thought that the mood had suddenly calmed down couldn't help but be at a loss. At this moment, they heard the lowland merchant on the opposite side speak in the relaxed tone that he still didn't care about after being rejected by Rowlet;

"I think we can discuss the third topic next. Regarding the new route, the Duke of Rometesia believes that it is possible to cooperate in the form of a trade alliance."

Hearing this, the Venetian's face changed.

I originally disagreed, but they really gave too much...