Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

A tall, sturdy man with a blind eye, a middle-aged man carrying a clay pot across the street and walking under the eaves of a house opposite.

The afternoon in May is already very hot, especially in the city. Stone floors and gray brick walls can make the sunlight more terrible at this time, especially for those craftsmen who rely on physical work.

A young Moor who was working with his head bowed up when he saw the middle-aged man who walked over. He grinned slightly, so his dark skin and white teeth echoed each other. It seems full of vitality and vitality.

"You should drink more water," the middle-aged man said as he lifted the clay pot in front of the Moors, and looked at the clever young man. The middle-aged man sighed slightly, wondering whether it was envy or regret. "You do I ’ve done a lot of work, and I have n’t seen you such a diligent and smart guy before, but unfortunately I ca n’t increase your wages. I have to know that my life is not easy. "

"You are already helping me," the young Moorish youth took the pottery and took a few sips on his head, then poured the remaining water on his head and gave a comfortable scream of "Oh", he shook his head , Tossed the water droplets on his short hair and splashed it around, then he paid tribute to the middle-aged man, "Thank you so much, Mr. Zoro Astro, I might have died without you It's on the roadside. "

"Impossible," the middle-aged man immediately waved his hand with certainty. He dragged his chin with his sturdy palm, and looked at the young Moorish up and down with his only eyes. Then he said with certainty, "You will not die." Because you are beautiful and smart, do n’t you notice that there are always some maids who like to walk around when you work, they are paying attention to you, not just the maid, but also the ladies and the ladies Pay attention to you. "

After listening to the one-eyed man named Zoro Astro, the Moor did not appear happy. On the contrary, he seemed to have heard something terrible, his face slightly pale, but he quickly asked diligently: "Zoro Mr. Astro, can you tell me what else I need to do? "

"All you need now is rest," the middle-aged man patted the shoulders of Moore's youth enthusiastically. "Of course I don't need to thank me, because it's not me who paid you the wages, and now you rest because of the next you It may be hard. "

"Why, will the master have a new job for me?" The Moorish, who was still a little tired, immediately seemed excited.

"It's something, but it's not a good job," Zorro Astro looked back at the house across the street and shook his head a little bit unhappy. "The master can't help, though the Duke is very generous , But the people under his hands may not be all generous and good people. "

Moore's youth nodded immediately, but from the blank look on his face, it was clear that he didn't know what Zorro Astro was talking about, and more just to respond to each other.

The middle-aged man named Zoro Astro seems to realize that it makes no sense to complain to a stranger. If these words reach some people's ears, it may cause trouble to the master.

Zorro Astro stopped his mouth after thinking of this, and after instructing Moor youth again, he ordered him to return to his residence for a long day and then come to work for the master as early as possible the next morning.

"That's a very troublesome job, so go to bed early today, knowing that if you do something wrong, you will not only get no wages, you may also be punished." Zorro Astro didn't want to scare this young man so much. Just thinking about the importance of that job in the next day, he thought it would be better to remind.

The Moorish youth nodded immediately, he picked up his belongings briskly, and then greeted Zorro Astro and hurried to his residence.

The Moors lived in a very dirty alley not far from the cathedral. Before they walked in, they could smell a smell of odors floating out of the alley, and the black and dirty water on the ground from time to time. I saw a pool of dirty dirt drifting past.

When the Moorish youth walked into the alley, the two prostitutes approached immediately shouted with joy. They scrambled and ran towards him in the dirty gutter, which made the Moors startled.

He immediately turned around in disregard of everything, and ran away, ignoring the two women who were yelling and shouting angrily behind him.

Until a fork was found and ran in to get rid of the two prostitutes who had been entangled, the Moors slowed down this time to avoid the garbage and the pond under their feet, walked in from the other side of the alley, and came to a low In front of the dilapidated house, he opened the false door and walked in.

But as soon as he walked into the house, the Moors stopped. He stared nervously at the dark corner of the room, trying to calm himself down, and whispered, "Who is there?"

A figure came out of the dark. This is a normal-looking man. Even if the handle of a short knife is exposed in his waist, it can be seen from his dress that this is a traveling businessman who can be seen everywhere.

These people always go from one city to another. In addition to bringing the goods and commodities they need to each place, these people are also open intelligence brokers in this era.

"Master, you don't look very good."

The merchant looked at Uliu in front of him with a bit of gloating.

Speaking of these people's impressions, although they are pagans, Uliu's general manager is an individual.

At any time, the young Moor was well-dressed and well-deserved, and despite the favor of the Earl, Ulliu had never done anything annoying with the power of the Earl.

And he is always respectful to everyone, even if he is humble and polite in front of the most ordinary small businessman.

It's just that such a decent person is now dirty all over. If you smell it carefully, you can smell a lot of sweat and smell from him.

"What's the matter?" Uliu completely ignored the usual good image and sat lazily against the corner of the bed. His eyes glanced at the businessman's face before waving his hand. "Sit yourself. , But I have nothing to drink. "

"I know this, so I bring you something good," the businessman said, pulling a seemingly tightly sealed bottle out of his carry-on leather bag. "The best Cyprus wine, don't you want to taste it?"

"You should go to hell, you know that I can't drink, which is contrary to my beliefs." Uliu scolded angrily, but looking at the businessman's blinking eyes, he seemed a bit next Helplessly whispered, "But Cyprus wine, this can be tasted."

The businessman smiled, and he knew that Uliu would mean to admit that he was "his own person", which was very important for them as small businessmen.

Alexandria valued merchants very much, but unlike the Venetians, in Alexander's eyes, merchants were just a very important group in his future huge empire, but by no means the whole of this empire.

The countries supported by commerce are rich, but the countries that can be controlled by businessmen are terrible. The businessmen have no homeland, although the Jews are like this, other businessmen are actually the same.

Because of this, Alexander can respect and abide by the contract with them or share profits with them, but he will not become their agent because that means he will lose his own initiative .

Uliu is undoubtedly the person who has the best understanding of Alexander's thoughts outside Ruosha. Compared with him, even Grogening or Tiego did not understand his thoughts.

Alexander treated the big businessmen that way, then Uliu used the same method to deal with the small businessmen, news brokers, and spies from other countries who obviously had all kinds of thoughts.

For these small businessmen, it is not difficult to get the respect of Uliu Manager, but it is not so easy for him to be considered ‘own’.

"I heard that Lord Earl is fighting the Ottomans in Bucharest," the businessman asked cautiously while sitting opposite Uliu. "But the situation does not seem to be very good. I heard from the Chamber of Commerce before that it seems that Bucharest has been surrounded for more than a month. . "

"Don't listen to the rumors," Uliu stared at the other with dissatisfaction. "The old man is now comfortable. I sometimes have a little worry about whether he is willing to come back. After all, heh ..."

The Moor stopped the conversation just right, although it was unlikely, but he still carefully controlled his mouth. Who knows if the terrible lady of the Rovere family knew how to deal with him when she said bad things behind her.

"What happened to you?" Uliu asked in a low voice.

"It's all ready, but you can actually do this yourself. Doesn't the man named Zoro Astro next to the master really appreciate you?" The businessman asked a little puzzled. "If It ’s too easy for you to approach the master. "

"Do you think so," Uliu whispered after drinking, and then he shook his head, "I can't take risks, that person is important, as for why I don't know, but this thing can't be lost a little Ca n’t cause that person ’s suspicion, so it ’s up to you to do it. You must make sure that I can enter that room. ”

"You can rest assured that everything has been arranged," the businessman said, looking at Uliu with a slight expression on his face. "As for me?"

"You can rest assured, as long as this time is successful, you can get the right to sell sugar in Milan."

Uliu said that leaning his back leaning against the corner of the wall, he was indeed too tired. During this time, he had been doing heavy work, even though the dark and smooth skin of his hands had already worn out cocoons.

But these are worth it.

Uliu couldn't help but say what the master had told him to do in the letter left for him.

"Go to Milan, find two people there, and then find a way to bring them back to Montina."

"Okay, find two people and bring them back."

After the businessman left, Uliu lay down and closed his eyes. As Zoro Astro said before, he will have important work to do tomorrow.

Sforza Castle is an ancient building in the southwestern part of Milan that the Sforza family has lived for generations.

This castle was built by the Visconti family in the early years, then destroyed in the unrest, and then rebuilt by the Sforza family, just like a veteran old man, coldly watching the rise of one family after another, Prosperity, then decline and stunned everyone.

A member of the Visconti family that ruled Milan has been annihilated under the thick dust of history, and they were replaced by the Sforza family who later flourished.

The Sforza family, who became the most powerful family in Italy as a leap as a civilian, has a lot of pride in their past, whether it was the bravery and good fighting when they were once professional mercenaries, or later they replaced Visconti After becoming the ruler of Milan, the mind and wrist of the Sforza family continued to expand their strength over the decades, and this family almost became the owner of the Lombardy region.

Of course no one has ever said that openly, but everyone knows the great influence of the Sforza family in Lombardy, which has even made several popes keen to establish in-law relationships with this family.

This includes Catalina Sforza, who married Rovere ’s nephew, Sistins IV, Girolao, and Giovanni, who was married to Lukrecia, but was unfortunately killed by the old man ’s family. · Sforza.

However, the origin of wealthy civilians made the family members care a little about their identity, so after becoming the ruler of Milan, the Sforza family began to spend a lot of money to sponsor artists, build churches, monasteries and schools. .

The result of spending money in this way is to get them a good reputation as a benevolent monarch and generous patrons. Many art masters and skilled craftsmen come here. Their arrival brings a luxurious fashion and elegant style to the Sforza And enviable countless masterpieces

In short, the Sforza family is an Italian celebrity.

But this is also a family that many people hate.

It is precisely because of the greed of this generation of Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza that he sought help from France in order to fight against Venice, and even provided an excellent excuse for the invasion of Italy by King Charles VIII.

Although Ludovico paid a price for his stupidity, and even took advantage of the opportunity to retaliate the French to annex Milan, he almost smashed the pot and sold iron to ruin his home. He became the vanguard of the expulsion of the French aggressor, but the Forsza family was very long. For some time, the situation was quite embarrassing among the Italian nobility.

But in any case, the Sforza family is still the owner of Milan, especially after driving away the Frenchman, Ludviko believes that his bad luck has left him with the Frenchman.

Feeling that in the past two years of unsettled experience, Ludovico decided to increase the funding for the Milan Cathedral, on the condition that when the cathedral is capped, the bones of the Sforza ancestors and many saints The holy bones are sealed together in the tallest minaret of the cathedral.

The moral of this is that the cathedral stands for a day, and the glory of the Sforza family will always cover Milan and Lombardy.

At the same time, in order to follow the custom that the nobles must maintain a decent life in order to show authority and dignity, Ludvik decided to spend money to repair the castle damaged by his family in the war.

Among them, Mrs. Salmatelli's room is very important to Ludvik.

Mrs. Salmatelli is one of Ludviko's many mistresses. She can even live in the castle of Sforza instead of being raised outside like other women.

Mrs. Salmatelli is a lively person. She is passionate about attending banquets and contests. During the days when she had to follow Ludovico in exile, Mrs. Salmatelli still likes to attend various parties. This is for Ludvik created the conditions for rebuilding trust with other nobles.

So Ludovico was even more fond of her. When he decided to repair the castle, he specially consulted Mrs. Salmatelli, and then gave the decision of the decoration style and style of her room to his wife.

Mrs. Salmatelli was very satisfied with this. She sent someone to find some prestigious art masters, let them prepare several different styles of plans according to the characteristics of their rooms, and then collected everywhere to be able to decorate themselves The artwork in the room, for a time, the lady's figure appeared repeatedly in some merchants' shops.

It's just that Madam Salmatelli's enthusiasm has suffered some setbacks. Although the artists who served her have extraordinary skills, they can't satisfy her. Some of them even have the tone of the room's color that is completely different from her ideas. different.

This annoyed Mrs. Salmatelli, especially after being ridiculed by Ludovico's children, she became more determined that she must make her room the most beautiful and charming place in Sforza Castle.

In the end, the idea of ​​an artist named Leonardo Da Vinci caught the attention of Mrs. Salmatelli.

Mrs. Salmatelli knew that the master had lived in Milan for a long time, and was highly respected for her extraordinary artistic talent.

However, during this time, the master seemed to be in a lot of trouble, especially because of the shortage of money, he had to lay down his important work time and time again. In order to make a living and maintain his small painting, he had to feed several people even though his scale was not large. Leonardo da Vinci can only take on some outdoor activities that can supplement his family.

This included even the creation of a painting "Last Supper" that was very important for the painter himself and for Sforza as a patron. Da Vinci had to temporarily stop a few times. Start the work at hand, and then think of ways to make money.

There are many reasons why things have become like this, because the situation has changed and I have to put more energy into expanding armaments, so that Sforza can pay the artists obviously less, because it is not The good temper even offended Sforza's private store manager, Giokonde, and made the master lose many opportunities in front of Sforza.

Even when it was necessary to pay for his two students and several craftsmen, the master who created countless brilliant masterpieces found that he was cystic and ashamed that he could n’t even bring out dozens of Ducats. Every year 2000 Ducat ’s annuity, he did not even get a third.

Fortunately, Mrs. Salmatelli's work to completely repair her room in the castle provided Da Vinci with a fairly good opportunity, and out of the pursuit of perfect temperament, Mrs. Salmatelli After finally finding a satisfied master, he put forward strict requirements to the craftsmen who were working.

She thinks that many workers are either lazy or stupid, and she must be relieved to give her room to those people.

Fortunately, one of the businessmen recommended a few seemingly reliable workers to Mrs. Salmatelli, and one of them was a very capable Moor.

And for this Moor who has never been lazy in work, but is also very clever and easy to like, not only Mrs. Salmatelli is more satisfied, but the one who works for Master Leonardo is Zorro Astro Craftsmen also like it very much.

It's just that no one knows that this very diligent looking young Moor will appear in Milan, but for untold reasons.

When Uliu entered Sforza Castle the next morning, the sky was not yet fully illuminated, and through the high-porch porch, which appeared somewhat sensible, appeared in front of Uliu was a huge square with a large square.

The wall of this courtyard is a tall castle surrounded by a square. In the middle of the castle that is slightly lacking in beauty but ubiquitous and powerful, it is a large flat garden.

After seeing such a scene, Uliu could understand how much Mrs. Salmatelli must insist on decorating her room with her own style. After all, this castle completely ignores the artistic value for military defense. In terms of style, even if Ludovico is willing to invest a sum of money, it probably will not create any pleasing art.

Uliu followed a group of workers along the corridor to the castle. His head was very low, and he did not look around randomly because of curiosity. After all, the purpose of coming to Milan for him was not to spy on the Sforza family castle.

Mrs. Salmatelli's room is near the southeast corner of the castle. Because enough sunlight can be shining throughout the day, Mrs. Salmatelli chose this room.

When the workers walked through the corridor, they saw that Mrs. Salmatelli had already been waiting at the door of her room.

Although Mrs. Salmatelli is no longer young but full of energy, she seriously told these workers to do their duty. While promising to pay them generous rewards, she slightly threatened if you were lazy or sloppy. The punishment ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Then the lady turned and pushed open the door, leading the workers into her room with pride.

This is a room with multiple vaults to set off a deep sense of space. Two men are standing in the room near the window.

Seeing Mrs. Salmatelli, the two men stopped talking and bowed slightly to her.

"Please don't pay much respect to Master Leonardo." Mrs. Salmatelli said to one of the bearded men with bright eyes and smiled, and then she turned slightly to dress another monk. The man nodded slightly. "It's an honour to get your help, Monsieur Pacioli."

Master Leonardo, monk Pacioli.

Listening to these two names, Uliu's mouth was slightly imperceptible, and he knew that the goal of his trip to Milan finally appeared.

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The master appears ~~~~~