Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

When Machiavelli hurried to Montina, it was the early morning of the next day. The hard work of the whole night made him almost fall apart, but although his body was exhausted, Machiavelli was excited in his heart.

As a person who is more utilitarian than anyone, he has longed to be appreciated and reused, whether during the Savonarola era, during the Sazi ruling, or when he has begun to be called the monarchy, Machia Frye has been trying his best to approach the upper levels of power.

There is nothing wrong with this. The pursuit of utilitarianism is not shameful in any era. People often condemn only unscrupulous behavior for the pursuit of utilitarianism.

Machiavelli could guess that the count was so anxious to summon himself that it must be very important, which made him feel the excitement that his own spring finally came in this cold and severe winter.

Alexander was called by Machiavelli in the vault, which made him secretly excited again, because he knew that except for foreign envoys or important men, the count would generally not see outsiders in the vault.

"I need you to do a very important thing for me," Alexander didn't say anything extra at first, and then he looked at the rumpled clothes on his body, and his face could not hide the tired Machiavelli. "Tell me from How long did it take Pisa to Montina. "

"About a whole day, I set off early yesterday."

"Yeah, the day is up," Alexander nodded. "Tell me, do you think this is a smooth journey?"

Machiavelli's expression paused slightly. If the previous query was just a simple and polite concern, now he vaguely felt that the count seemed interested in his travels.

"Yes, the road is very smooth. The conditions of the road are better than anywhere I pass. This even reminds me of the scene in the literature describing the strongest city in Rome."

"All roads lead to Rome?"

"Yes, those roads are indeed very convenient." Speaking of this, Machiavelli suddenly remembered some of the things he saw when he studied "The History of Alexander's History" about Alexander when he did not have the huge financial resources and influence that he has today. He did not hesitate to invest heavily in the construction of the road between Montina and Pisa. At that time Machiavelli was a little strange about this behavior, but now he vaguely perceives the purpose of the count.

"Now that you have enjoyed the convenience, then everything is much easier to handle. I believe there is no need to explain to you how important such a road is to us," Alexander said with his hands pressed on the table, his eyes staring brightly. With Machiavelli "I want you to do this for me."

"You mean let me go to build the road?" Machiavelli showed an incredible look. Although he could vaguely feel the importance of the road is not only convenient for transportation, but he never thought that the count wanted him to be. "Contractor".

"No, that's not what you should do," Machiavelli said with a wave of denial. Machiavelli was relieved, but then the count's words made him stunned. "I want you to do it, I'm looking for someone to sponsor . "

Machiavelli looked at Alexandria with a daze. He certainly knew what was going to be sponsored by the artists. Those artists would look for big businessmen and rich nobles to sponsor. The explorers would also find someone to sponsor their venture investment, even as kings. In order to fight for a battle, find those who are injustice to pull sponsorship, can build the road, or repair the road of their own home, how to pull this sponsorship?

"State Officer, you are very clear in Florence," Alexander said to Machiavelli with a smile, and he opened the map on the table that was originally put together. "You are an excellent diplomat. At this point, I myself It can be proved, so I think this is a good opportunity for you to give full play to your abilities. "

"Adult, do you think this is the case?" Machiavelli somewhat doubted Alexander's words. He figured out that the count might be preparing him to borrow money from the merchants in those territories, but what surprised him was that according to his Research and rough estimates suggest that the wealth possessed by the earl is absolutely staggering.

But even this count still wanted to find someone to borrow money, which made him wonder what kind of road the count wanted to build.

Seeing the confusion on Machiavelli's face, Alexander signaled him to come to the table: "You can see, this is where I need you to borrow, and to know where our plan can be implemented, a large part of it It depends on how much money you can find for us. "

Looking down at the dense markings on the map, Machiavelli's face first showed a trace of doubt, and then his expression became full of surprise.

Machiavelli is not an architect, so it is not clear how much money it takes to build a road, but he previously saw a very detailed record of the cost of road construction from Pisa to Montina in those government files, so for road construction He was somewhat impressed by the huge investment required.

If only the route from Montina to Florence was built, Machiavelli did not think it would be difficult for Alexander, but when he saw the crossroads of the road on the map, Machiavelli couldn't help but show his tongue. .

"Adult, this will cost ..."

"a lot of money."

Alexander nodded to him.

Machiavelli looked down at the drawing, touching his chin.

With Montina as the center, a huge road network covering almost the entire Romagna-Tuscany area, Machiavelli thought of the expensive cost of this huge project, but also secretly shocked Alexander's ambitions.

Machiavelli is a diplomat, historian, and politician, which makes him think more and farther than others.

Convenient transportation can bring many benefits, but in Machiavelli's view, the most important point is to maximize the integration of the entire Romagna and Tuscany region!

How to firmly hold the territory, this is a problem faced by almost all lords, and for the emerging Montina family, this is a key to pay attention to.

After all, this is related to a country that more closely unites.

When Alexander is alive, everything may be fine, but once he is not alive, the whole country is bound to fall apart.

In Machiavelli's view, this hidden crisis is precisely where the real value is drawn.

Becoming a hero in the future that lays the foundation for the existence of Romagna and the Principality of Tuscany will be greater than conquering the enemy on the battlefield, and will surely be recorded in history.

Machiavelli believes he can do this.

Looking at this picture of the intercity highway now, Machiavelli immediately realized that Alexandria had obviously taken into account the problems he was about to face, so he hoped to build a road network to try to connect the entire principality closely.

Just thinking of the funds needed to carry out such a huge project, a bit of bitterness appeared on Machiavelli's face.

He could already think of how difficult it was to raise such a sum of money. Even in his impression, no one in Europe as a whole was able to withdraw so much money.

"Secretary of State, only you can do this." Alexander looked at Machiavelli's somewhat gloomy smile.

In his impressions, Machiavelli is a very strange person.

Because he was too keen on utilitarianism, Machiavelli had tossed between the rulers of Florence. For him, this character of loyalty does not exist. The only thing that can make him filial is to move his power position, but he In the end, he ended up depressed because he didn't get appreciation.

Alexander knew that he would not die to himself, but it didn't matter, because Alexander believed that he had enough to make him willing to live for himself.

"I need you to persuade those businessmen, but first of all, I think that you should first convince your fellow Florence, to tell the Florence people, I am going to build a" mainland development company ", they can invest from me The same conditions apply to all cities and individuals who are willing to provide us with subsidies for the purchase of road toll rights for a period of thirty years. "

Alexander said, looking back at the map behind him: "State Secretary, do you know what this means?"

The muscles on Machiavelli's face twitched slightly. He licked his lips slightly and nodded slightly.

The sale of road toll collection rights may sound strange, but it is not without precedent.

In fact, such institutions as the tax cards in disguised form have been around for hundreds of years, and they have existed for centuries.

What made Machiavelli irritating was the "Mainland Development Company".

Just like the Free Trade Union is never considered to be a simple chamber of commerce, Machiavelli will never think that this "continental development company" that literally sounds like an ordinary business is a simple road construction and profitable. mechanism.

Not so simple!

Machiavelli feels that he has vaguely found the context and key to Alexander's rapid rise in such a short time, that is, he has not shown an ambitious look from the beginning like other nobles. Although his army is elite Much smaller than other nobles in size, but in Machiavelli's memory, there is no army he knows that can be compared with the Montina army.

The large amount of money saved by employing the army was used by Alexander in obviously more important places. In addition to being equipped with the most powerful weapons at the moment, he invested all his money in commercial expansion.

This made Machiavelli involuntarily produce a seemingly absurd, but now thinking about it, Yue Yue increasingly thinks it is possible.

That is, after all, Montina seems to want to penetrate more through the economy, rather than conquering Rome by force alone.

Once this idea is formed, it can no longer be eliminated from Machiavelli's mind. Now, listening to the count's proposal to establish such an organization called "Continental Development Company", Machiavelli can't help but feel that his breath has suddenly become more rapid.

He can imagine what the real mission of this "mainland development company" is. By accommodating more and more funds to participate in the road construction, a huge and time-consuming grand project, this mainland development company will be as fast as the trade alliance Infiltrate everything that Alexander ’s forces can achieve.

It can be said that if the trade alliance is likened to a giant but still slightly rough skeleton, then this mainland pioneering company is to cover the body with ubiquitous blood vessels and nerve lines on the huge body supported by this skeleton.

And as the influence of Alexander's influence expands, this mainland pioneering company is bound to expand rapidly.

Of course Machiavelli doesn't know what blood vessels and nerve lines are, but he thinks he has grasped the key to certain things accurately, so when he heard Alexander asking him to take charge of raising money, he was almost agitated because he was too excited .

Machiavelli knew too much what this meant. He was even wondering if he would now open up to the count to ask for a position in the future mainland development company, even if he had to give up the title of state officer that made him proud. I also hope to seize such a rare opportunity.

Because once the Earl's plan can be implemented, people will soon realize that this mainland pioneering company will be one of the Earl's hottest groups.

"Tell our officials, can I trust you?" Alexander asked in a low voice.

Machiavelli took a deep breath, telling himself not to panic, but to be calm and trustworthy at this time.

After calmly calming down the ups and downs again, Machiavelli bowed to Alexander: "You can rest assured of my judgment, and I will prove that you are the most suitable person to complete this great idea."

Looking at Machiavelli's self-confidence just right, Alexander smiled slightly and pushed the drawing on the table to him: "State Officer, I am waiting for your good news."

When Machiavelli came out of the vault, he saw a group of seemingly local squires in the corridor that he had seen before.

Watching them look anxious because they waited too long, but looked very helpless, Machiavelli shook his head sympathetically, and then waited for the entourage to go out to find Uliu.

Alexander did not meet the squires who were almost frozen. He was too tired, so when Machiavelli left him, he ordered that no interruptions should be strictly prohibited, and then he comfortably got into a warm blanket.

Just before he fell asleep, he could not help but whisper like a whisper: "I don't know what happened to Rome ..."

Constantine stood in front of his father, looking at the expressionless face of old Loweley. He wondered what his father was thinking.

"Do you think Gumbre is a threat to us?" Old Rovere finally spoke. His tone was gloomy but not unambiguous. Every pronunciation was accompanied by a calm and powerful ending. I heard that it made people kind of even if he was asking. , But in fact it already has a feeling of conclusion.

"He occupied Pavia and Monza and also proposed the so-called Milan peace talks."

Constantine did not answer directly. He knew that it was not easy to persuade his father. Old Luo Weilei was actually not a stubborn person. It is impossible for an overly stubborn person to achieve enough achievements. He has a firm belief and Stubbornness is two different things, which can be seen from the fact that the old Rovere can quickly show Montina after Tony Rolla Rovere has been burned alive.

"Go on."

"This shows that he has great ambitions for Milan and even Lombardy as a whole, which is enough to prove how big his threat is. If he is really allowed to continue, maybe his goal will be Genoa one day in the future," Konstantin Ding was encouraged, and his tone became active. "Perhaps if you don't agree with me, then you think that his breach of contract is not a betrayal of our Rowley family."

"Did you say that he had promised you to be the Duke of Milan before?" Old Roweray asked, seeing his son's face with a touch of anger, he nodded slowly stroking his gray beard. "You're right, He really broke the contract in this matter. "

"So father, do you think ..."

"I don't think your reasons are sufficient," Old Rovere interrupted Constantine. "If you want me to support you, or support you, you must have enough benefits that can bring me more benefits than Gumbre." OK, or you must be able to come up with evidence that he really threatens the real interests of our Rowley family, otherwise you are well aware that this so-called commitment is just a small means in the negotiation, anyone can just play it, as long as you can guarantee that This little trick pays a price, and people will even be more inclined to use this diplomatic skill instead of relying on the military to solve problems. "

Constantine looked at his father helplessly. At this time, he had roughly understood that his attitude was purely utilitarian. The only thing he valued was whether he could bring enough benefits, so unless he could take out the need to oppose Alexander Things, otherwise my father would not easily express his attitude.

Looking at the back of Constantine's helpless departure, the old Luo Weilei's expression slowly became gloomy.

He walked to a tall cabinet, opened the door with the key he carried, and took out a letter from a lattice inside.

The wax seal of the letter has been opened, and there is no sign on the seal. When opening the letter, Old Rovere looked at the content written in the scribble.

"Dear Cardinal, I have enough reason to believe that the Earl of Montina is working on a huge project. Although it is unclear what the purpose of this Earl is ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ It is hard to imagine that, in addition to the regions and cities he already owns, he seems to be coveting other lands and cities in Rome, including Milan and Genoa ... "

Old Luo Weilei looked at the letter, even in front of his son, his inner face rarely appeared dim, and he looked at the contents of the letter repeatedly, stalking what the whistleblower said, and he was also in the heart Repeatedly guessing what Alexander wanted to do.

"Romagna and Tuscany," Old Rovere walked to the map hanging on the wall and looked at the outline of the land that he had outlined with his pen not long ago. The area cut into the north and south ends, in addition to the narrow coastal area connecting Venice and south in the north, the entire Italian peninsula has been completely separated from the middle.

"What do you want to do with Gombré, don't Romagna and Tuscany still satisfy you?" Old Rovere whispered in his mouth, although he didn't know what the plan of the so-called weird name was about to do, but As the person who wrote the letter said, he had already felt the suffocating ambition.

Perhaps Constantine is right, Gombray has indeed begun to pose a threat.

Old Rovere's eyes fell on the location of the Roman city on the map. From the map, Rome was vaguely surrounded by the sphere of influence that had gradually formed in Alexandria. This made old Rovere had to seriously consider his son's words.

"Perhaps," Old Rovere's hand tapped on the map, and then his eyes gradually fell on a place on the map. "This is also an opportunity."

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