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Chapter 493 Bad News for the Alliance
Regarding the split in Moscow, the Moscow Patriarch stood up, declared that Moscow could not be split, and called on the two to reach an agreement in Ryazan.

But in fact, the contradiction between the two sides is already quite deep. It depends on who can't hold on first. Yuri cuts off the food transportation to Novgrod, while the Hanseatic League acts as a food supplier.

At this time, the Cossacks from the south were attacking Kiev. The lords of southern Lithuania were holding on desperately, and Vytautas needed to move his army south as quickly as possible.

In the castle of Stuttgart, Duke John of Burgundy was receiving guests, including Archbishop Charles of Mainz, Count Rupert of the Palatinate, Elector George of Saxony, Duke Louis of Bavaria...

When John saw everyone coming, he cleared his throat and said: "Now in the army, I personally lead 22000 people, the three archbishops of Mainz, Cologne, and Trier have 14000 troops, the Count of the Palatinate has 8000, the Duke of Bavaria has 10000, and Saxony has The Duke's 5000, plus the others' troops, amounted to about 62000, not including the garrison."

Speaking of this, John glanced at everyone present, and everyone nodded slightly to show that they had no objection to this number.

He continued: "Currently, Roma has captured Innsbruck, and Munich is in danger. In addition, Roma from Milan is also attacking La Spezia and Parma. The situation in the entire south is not optimistic."

"His Majesty the King has discussed negotiations with that Peter to delay time. We need to strike quickly so that we can have an advantage in future negotiations."

As soon as this was said, everyone agreed. Because they knew that it was impossible to completely defeat Rome, and the most important thing was to cease the war when it was beneficial to them. However, the Archbishop of Mainz still said some harsh words because of the Catholic position, although it was of no use.

After all, he was quite enlightened by asking him to read and recite scriptures. When he was asked to discuss the battlefield situation, he only understood nine out of ten. Rome's current aggressive posture was really unbearable for them. They thought that Rome originally begged them to send troops to repel the heretics, but now He himself became a heretic, no, a heretic. Not only were they beaten back and forth, but they also lost Rome. When had they ever been so cowardly?

Seeing that everyone was a little discouraged, Rupert encouraged everyone: "Don't worry, we still have Poland, Lithuania, and Iberia, and the Duke of Orleans' army is also on the way. We only need to delay the enemy for a month. When the time comes, we will fight them to the death, and we will definitely succeed.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a messenger hurried in. "My lord, this is news from Genoa."

"Say"

Everyone listened with open ears, hoping that there was good news in it, but they were disappointed.

"The Iberian fleet fought against the Roman fleet seven days ago near Cagliari. Except for 12 ships that escaped, the rest were wiped out."

"what!!!"

The Archbishop of Mainz exclaimed, "The fleets of the three Iberian countries are all gone?" It was the most powerful fleet in the Western Mediterranean. It had a history of hundreds of years, but it was completely wiped out by a fleet that had been re-developed for ten years. Are they still alive?

"God, look at your people. Are you really going to abandon us?"

The Archbishop knelt on the ground, spread his arms and roared upward to heaven. He has never been as pious as he is today in his entire life. Everyone was also sad, because not only was the Western Mediterranean handed over to others, but what was even more terrible was that because the navy was destroyed, their army could only enter the Apennines through France, and the time would definitely be delayed again. There is no need to implement the multi-party siege plan.

"Okay everyone, let's save Munich first."

John gave up his current idea. At present, it seemed that Rome would attack soon, so he had to think about how to deal with it.

----split line----

In Rome, before the joyous celebrations of recovering Jerusalem and surrendering Egypt had passed, the government introduced a new military expansion plan. The Roman Empire increased its standing army from the original 12 to 20, and added camel artillery units in Syria.

Such military expansion has continued to increase financial pressure. Fortunately, the Egyptian Sudan has relieved some of the pressure with the 35 lei that it scraped up land and the 20 lei that were shipped from the Eastern colonies.

At the same time, the five-yearly shipment of East Asian trade revenue was also sent to Constantinople. It used to be harvested once a year, but because too many resources were taken up and colonial tensions were high, it was changed to once every five years. The total income this time was 200 million lei.

As trade between the Ming Dynasty and Japan, Korea and other countries flourished, Rome's position as a middleman gradually became important. The Ming Dynasty's finances were inseparable from Rome's foreign trade. The Shimazu family's income was also inseparable from the trade of Rome, let alone Korea.

Since profits were only handed over once every five years, local Roman merchants began to use the funds to do other businesses, such as lending, exchange, or recruiting immigrants to expand the colony.

In Formosa, Rome did everything it could to recruit immigrants from other places to colonize the area, and used gentle methods to conquer many tribes. Coupled with its geographical location, the local area quickly prospered.

In the colonies of Southeast Asia, sugar cane was the main crop. In addition to being shipped back to Rome, the sugar produced was also sold locally or to other countries. Under the influence of Rome, local minerals were also developed, and the output of tin, copper, iron and other minerals increased.

And those living in the tribe also knew what these Roman merchants wanted, so they kept collecting them in exchange for gold coins and other things. Roman wine became the favorite of tribal chiefs, and some glass products were exchanged for minerals, wood, spices and other things.

The Romans also explored more islands with the help of local tribes. In the year when Peter ascended the throne, the Roman Noble traveled eastward along Java and discovered a bunch of islands rich in spices. All kinds of spices could be produced here. Noble named these islands the Spice Islands and officially incorporated them into the Roman Empire. under governance.

East Asian trade became more complex and prosperous with the participation of the Romans, and a large amount of profits flowed into the pockets of Roman merchants and local Chinese merchants. Due to the emperor's tolerant policy towards the Seris people, many Chinese followed Roman merchant ships to Constantinople. They converted to Orthodox Christianity, put on local clothes, married wives and had children, becoming a special nation.

Eastern trade has become Rome's most important source of income, and it can persist better than other countries in long-term wars. It can also mobilize more troops without affecting production, which is something other countries have not experienced yet.

(End of this chapter)