The Rise of the European Emperor

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After entering the city, Marin was not in a hurry. The most troublesome thing about the city of Siena is that it is difficult to break into the city, but now that the city defenses have been breached, there is no need to worry. As long as you keep the northeast gate, you will definitely be able to occupy the city in the future.

Because, according to Karamossi, the defenders in the city are only 2,000 regular troops and 5,000 militiamen. If these people gathered at the three steep gates to guard the city, it would be really difficult to deal with. But if the city gate is breached, such a small number of people are really not enough to see in front of Marin's 15,000 elites.

In addition, the city of Siena is very narrow. Because it is a fortress-like city built on the hills, the streets in the city are narrow. There is only one "y" shaped main road in the whole city, connecting the northeast gate, northwest gate and south gate respectively. Even this main road can only accommodate seven or eight people in parallel. The rest of the small streets and alleys generally can only accommodate three or four people in parallel at most.

As a result, even if Marin has an advantage in strength, it is difficult to use it. After all, the streets are so narrow, how many people can stack up Arhats?

Therefore, Marin decided to proceed steadily and gradually...

Thus, Kahn and others were removed to rest. And the new batch of sword and shield soldiers stood in front, and they were not in a hurry to attack, but they also guarded against the enemy's counterattack.

...

Originally, Marin found a recliner and lay there to rest. However, the words of the surrendered general Karamossi made Marin jump up immediately:

"What, you say there's a lot of cash in the Bank of Siena's vault?"

Marin suddenly remembered that it seemed that later generations had read a report saying that the Huaxia People's Bank had bought shares in two Italian banks in 2015, Yuxin Bank and Siena Bank. Among them, Yuxin Bank is one of the two largest banks in Italy in later generations. The Bank of Siena is one of the oldest banks. It was established in the headquarters of the Bank of Siena on the Piazza del Salimbeni, established in 1472...

"Yes, Grand Duke, the Bank of Siena is the gateway for bankers in Siena to lend money to the outside world. In order to facilitate foreign lending, more than a dozen banker families in Siena jointly funded the construction of the Bank of Siena building as a reception The customer center. However, more than a dozen banker families have their own office areas in the building. The reason why they are concentrated in one building is mainly for the convenience of customers to find."

"Generally speaking, for these bankers, when the spring is slack, it is the time when customers loan the most. At that time, there is not much money in the bank, because they are busy borrowing money."

"But autumn is different. October is the autumn harvest time, and it is also the time when loan customers concentrate on repayment.

After all, everyone has a lot of money at this time. So after October, the vaults in the bank building will be full of money..." Karamossi explained.

"Full of money..." Marin couldn't help swallowing.

"Yes, full of money! When I led the soldiers to Radicofani, I heard that many carriages had already transported the repayments from all over the place and returned to the bank building. That is to say, you started a little early. At this moment, The repayment back to the bank’s headquarters vault is probably less than two-thirds. If we wait another half a month, the bank may collect all the repayment.”

"Under normal circumstances, small short-term loans will be repaid with interest after the autumn harvest. And those huge loans to the big nobles, although the principal cannot be paid off, but the interest will be returned. You know, those big nobles loan, the interest rate is very high, at least 10%. Therefore, the repayment amount in November every year is very considerable..."

"So, do you estimate how much cash is in the vault of the Bank of Siena at this time?" Marin asked after swallowing.

Karamossi thought for a while and said:

"About one million gold coins! As you know, this is the property of a dozen or so powerful banker consortia in Siena. If it weren't for those big nobles who didn't repay the principal, but repaid the interest every year, it is estimated that Siena There will be more than 2 million gold coins in the bank's vault..."

"Gulu—" Marin took another deep breath.

"Are you sure? The money is in the Siena Bank vault? Why didn't they take it home?" Marin asked suspiciously. According to the customs of the Chinese people, all gold and silver are hidden in the secret room of the house.

Karamossi explained:

"This is for the convenience of borrowing. After all, when customers come to borrow money, those bankers can't go home to get the money, right? Aside from wasting costs, it's not safe. So, these dozen banker families jointly built this building, A highly secure vault has been built. It is said that there are 800 of the most elite mercenaries guarding the vault outside the building, which is very safe!"

"Aren't these people involved in defending the city?"

"No, they are employees of the bank, they are only responsible for guarding the vault, and they are not responsible to the authorities!"

"Very good, I've done this vote!" Marin stood up excitedly.

"Grand Duke, please say a few good words in front of the Pope in the future!" Karamossi's news is not closed, knowing that the current Pope has a close relationship with Marin.

"Okay, no problem. You bring a group of people back to your family mansion, and my people won't search your house! Afterwards, I will recommend you to the Pope as the city lord of a city!"

"Thank you Grand Duke! However, there may be no need to protect my house. From the time I tried to open the south gate, my house may have been confiscated by the governor of Pandorf. If you give me some troops, I have to go to the prison to rescue them. my family!"

Marin nodded, and ordered a guard to lead a team of people to help him go to the prison to rescue his family. In addition, he also promised to return his confiscated property afterwards.

Karamossi, who got the promise, was also in a good mood, and gave Marin a shortcut:

"Grand Duke, look at the map. Halfway through the southeast city wall, there will be a staircase going down. Then, there is a medium-width street leading directly to the Municipal Square. The Bank of Siena is on the side of the square. You just need to go to the mainland Once you have built enough momentum, the defenders will put most of their troops on the main road. You can send an elite team to take a small road to occupy the Bank of Siena. Also, the Governor's Palace is next to the bank. They sent someone to arrest Governor Pandorf..."

"Hahahaha, good way, I won't treat you badly when you save your family!"

After speaking, Marin sent troops and launched a massive attack on the main street. At the same time, Marin asked Kahn and Cage to select 3,000 elites, and according to Karamossi's instructions, they began to advance on the southeast wall until they found the staircase that Karamossi said.

Karamossi also followed, because the prison where the prisoners were held was also on the edge of the municipal square. He and Marin were also on the way.

Marin took 3000 elites to kill along that street to the Municipal Square. Along the way, there was not much resistance. Because this street is not important, there are only a few hundred militiamen defending it. In front of Marin's 3,000 elites, he was beaten to the point of running away with his head in his arms.

Soon, Marin led the army to the municipal square. Then, Marlin divided his troops into three groups-he took 2,500 people to attack the Siena Bank Building. Cage took 400 people to the Governor's Mansion to arrest Governor Pandolf Petrucci and other key officials of the Republic of Siena. And Calamossi took 100 people to seize the Siena Prison...

When attacking the Siena Bank Building, as expected by Karamossi, they encountered fierce resistance from an elite force. The vanguard sent in by Marin was directly beaten back and injured many people.

Marin had no choice but to look at Kahn again...

Kahn shrugged helplessly, took off his leather armor obediently, and put on a set of plate armor. Then, holding a mace, he rushed into the building first...

With a dull pounding sound of "bang-bang-bang-bang-", Marin's soldiers finally rushed into the building and gradually rushed towards the vault...

In front of the vault gate, more fierce enemies gathered. However, they are still not enough to look at in front of the humanoid monster Kahn. What's more, beside Kahn, there are dozens of elite special forces...

However, these Italian mercenaries who were hired to guard the treasury persisted in fighting until the end, until they were beaten to death or disabled... Those who could be hired to guard the treasury were indeed good-natured mercenaries...

...

When the door of the vault was opened, Marin, who was used to seeing big scenes, was also shocked—the vault was divided into more than a dozen stalls, obviously belonging to more than a dozen families.

Every stall is full of big boxes, and when you open the boxes, there are glittering gold coins inside...

As for the silver coins and copper coins, they are not eligible to be put into the box, but are piled on the ground randomly, everywhere...

In addition to coins, there are many cast gold bricks and silver bars in the treasury, which are neatly stacked there, making people dazzled...

"Mine, mine, all mine..." Marin, who was blinded, whispered...