The Rise of the European Emperor

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The meeting with Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici was naturally a pleasure, but the feedback was not satisfactory. Because, Marin learned that the Medici family did have an intelligence system in Siena, but it was not strong enough. Providing information is okay, but helping to open the city gate is not.

This is mainly because, since the loss of control of Florence in 1494, the Medici family lacked funds and had difficulty maintaining a large intelligence agency in Siena. Therefore, the Medici family later withdrew most of the intelligence personnel from Siena, retaining only a small number of spies to save money.

Although the Republic of Florence was captured by the Papal State, the Medici family received a lot of property returned by the Holy See. But the current focus of the Medici family is to restore control of Florence, so they have no time to pay attention to the restoration of the intelligence forces in Siena.

But in any case, Giovanni Di Lorenzo de' Medici still readily handed over all the information about Siena collected over the years to Marin. Moreover, through this exchange, Giovanni Di Lorenzo de' Medici was excited to learn that the Holy See was about to attack Siena. For the Medici family, which has always been hostile to Siena from the position of Florence, this is definitely a good thing. In addition, Giovanni Di Lorenzo de' Medici has already started planning to annex Siena's banking industry and expand the Medici family's control over the financial industry. and the right to speak.

For a long time, because of the geographical advantage of being close to Rome, the two major financial centers of Florence and Siena have been fighting for the financial market of Rome.

Why is it so hard to fight? For the strong saving capacity of the city of Rome! Where is the city of Rome? That's the center of European religion, where there are as many bishops as dogs. And in this era, it was the most corrupt era of Catholicism. The cardinals in Rome were richer than each other, and they belonged to the top high-quality savers in Europe. For those bankers, this is definitely the ancestor...

Therefore, in order to compete for customers in Rome, the financial circles of Florence and Siena almost killed each other. As for the financial circles in Venice and Genoa, because they are far from Rome, they are not as competitive as the bankers in Florence and Siena. Of course, the banks of the two places also have business in Rome. Bishops from Venice and Genoa, for example, preferred to deposit their money in their home banks. Even the German Fugger family has business in Rome. After all, there are also some bishops from Germany in Rome, who are regular customers of the Fugger family. But in general, the most powerful groups in Rome's financial industry still come from Florence and Siena.

The reason why the Papal State sent troops to Florence and Siena might not have the intention of controlling the banking power in these two places. Because, as long as the two places are under control, if the Papal State treasury has no money, it can easily borrow enough funds from these bankers. Especially in times of war, the role of bankers is even more important.

If it weren't for Marin's persuasion,

And I am old, I don't know when I will see God, Julius II is not willing to return the control of Florence's banking industry to the Medici family. Of course, there is another very important reason--during the battle between the Rovere family and the Borgia family, almost all the males of the direct line died, and the adult males who did not support the scene survived. Otherwise, Julius II will definitely give priority to the descendants of the family.

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After Marin obtained Siena's important military information from Giovanni Di Lorenzo de' Medici, he copied another copy and gave it to Julius II for the convenience of the Papal States Make targeted deployments. Then, he copied another copy and sent it to the Italian branch of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, asking them to further inquire based on the information to obtain more detailed information for future operations.

At this time, a spy from the Beihai Chamber of Commerce suddenly sent a secret report—15,000 soldiers and a large number of supplies from the Beihai Kingdom had already landed in a small fishing village on the west coast of the Pope...

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This small fishing village is no other place, but the small fishing village called Dolomia, 20 kilometers northwest of Rome, where Marin sent troops to escort Julius II back to Rome when he was the pope. The terrain of Dolomia, a small fishing village, is very special because, except for facing the sea, the other three sides are all mountains. There is only a small valley entrance in the north leading to the outside of the village. As long as the wooden door of Taniguchi is closed, Doromya will be cut off from the outside world.

Moreover, this small valley-like fishing village harbor is recessed into the land, and there is a mountain on the north side that can even block the sight of the fishing village harbor from the sea, which is very conducive to hiding ships. Passing by the nearby coast from the sea, if you don't pay attention, you can't see the situation in the small fishing port at all.

The last time I helped Julius II compete for the position of pope, the army of the North Sea Kingdom quietly landed and hid from here. This time, the army of the North Sea State still chose to land and hide here.

In order to facilitate the hiding of Marin's army, Julius II had already sent someone to buy the entire small fishing village. Then, people were sent to build a number of long bridge piers to facilitate the landing and boarding of Marin's army.

As for the fishing villages along the coast of Grosseto Province in the Republic of Siena, they are not as secluded as the Dolomia fishing village. Moreover, there is no need to be too hidden. Because, once the war starts, it doesn't matter whether it is exposed or not. And Marin's army needs the time to hide, that is, before the outbreak of the war. After the official outbreak, there is no need to hide.

The reason why they wanted to hide their whereabouts before the outbreak of the war was because they were afraid that Siena's defenders would make targeted arrangements. If the opponent deploys soldiers and horses on the mountain road from Grosseto to Siena, it will be difficult for Marin's army to pass. There is a word that perfectly describes the difficulty of passing some mountain roads-"One man guards the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it"... If the opponent deploys troops and horses at some passes, even if Marin can capture these passes, he will suffer heavy casualties of……

Therefore, before the war broke out, Marin did not want the other party to find traces of his soldiers and horses. Moreover, the war was initially led by the army of the Habsburgs. Their attack on the east side would attract most of the Siena Republic's army to guard the important pass to the east. In this way, no one paid attention to the mountain roads and passes in the west, which made it easier for Marin's army to march into Siena.

Marin's 15,000 mountain infantry also began to adapt to the local climate after arriving in the small fishing village of Dolomia. At the same time, a wading and landing exercise was carried out in the harbor of the fishing village...