Warlock Royal Family

After carefully inspecting the city defense of Novara again, when the Duke of Bourbon returned to his room, he found several Swiss mercenary leaders forcibly blocking the door of his room, arguing loudly with his guards and the military treasurer. wearing something.

From the fact that the city of Novara has almost no possibility of being attacked, it can be seen that although the Duke of Bourbon has such a high position because he is from the close branch of the French royal family, he is indeed a hardworking and reliable person. .

No matter how hardworking and reliable he was, he couldn't solve the Swiss problem.

As soon as they saw the Duke of Bourbon, they started shouting.

"Your Excellency, you promised us that every Swiss who comes to Milan wearing armor and carrying a halberd will be rewarded with six talers immediately, and warriors above the third level will be rewarded with fifteen talers, and a monthly payment of I have this amount, but it’s been almost a month, and I haven’t seen a dime, how can this be counted?!” A short and thick Swiss broke through the obstruction of the guards, and threw himself in front of the Duke of Bourbon without hesitation.

"Stop." After yelling at the guards who pulled out their weapons, the Duke of Bourbon explained in a very restrained and gentle manner: "Your Excellency, Sir Halaha, Your Excellencies, I fully understand your anger. It is I, Charles, who is sorry for everyone, here , I apologize to everyone."

The Duke of Bourbon knew very well that the dissatisfaction of the Swiss had been brewing for a long time. At this time, these uncivilized mountain nobles must not be forcibly suppressed. They are basically as illiterate as their subjects.

The humble attitude of the Duke of Bourbon did play a very small role in appeasing, in the eyes of these Swiss.Although the Kingdom of France is a powerful neighboring country that they have to obey, even in the hearts of these illiterate foreigners, the French royal family is still the most noble and prominent Chinese, and the suzerain of the Bourbon branch is the Duke of Bourbon.It is the top nobleman second only to the King of France.

Today these knights are indeed under great pressure from their subordinates, and because they know that they are indeed facing great difficulties, they dare to intercept the Duke of Bourbon. Given the current relationship between France and Switzerland, the Duke of Bourbon is likely to choose Strong pressure.

These knights are big figures in front of the villagers, but they are nothing in front of the Duke of Bourbon.

It's just that the Swiss enjoy a reputation of being faithful and trustworthy throughout Europe, so they naturally expect others to be as trustworthy as they are.

The Duke of Bourbon was indeed guilty of not being able to keep his promise.This is a very rare noble character in the French royal family.

"At that time, I did communicate the compensation for this dispatch to the states of the Swiss Confederation, and I had already contacted several banks, especially the promise from Liguria, Marshal Andre Doria." In fact, the one who made the promise Ben Sodoria, who has cheated Ladislaus, "However, the bank loan of the Republic of Liguria has not been fulfilled. The limited financial resources are not enough to maintain the logistics supply, and there is really no way to pay you for the time being."

Although the Duke of Bourbon has a noble character that is rare in the French royal family, he is also very sophisticated in adding facts to facts and forming new facts.

Of the 20-thaler loan promised by the Bank of Liguria, 12-thaler has already been put in place.The little fat man Benzo is desperately trying to collect the money. It's no wonder that the Duke of Bourbon promised him a personal kickback of [-]%.

Just a vassal country's handlers cost 12%, several relatives in the French court.Naturally, everyone wants to grab a vote, and [-] talers go round and round.In the end, the Duke of Bourbon only got [-], which was barely more than half.This is the reason why the Duke of Bourbon himself has rich assets and is decent so that his subordinates dare not go too far.

The materials allocated from Paris can barely cope with the day, and the Kingdom of France has to supply two armies of 4 people, which is of course very difficult.

Naturally, the branch led by François himself had everything he wanted, so that His Majesty the King could take every step and gain the upper hand.

The Duke of Bourbon's branch is barely making ends meet, and the Duke of Bourbon underestimated the hunger and thirst of the Swiss poor. He originally thought that five thousand would be good, but it turned out to be fifteen thousand.

This is of course forced by life. If these Swiss people were not absolutely necessary, why would they travel thousands of miles to serve the French Kingdom, which was still an enemy just a few years ago? You must know how many fathers and brothers they have been killed by the French army in recent years.

Although the Duke of Bourbon's attitude warmed their hearts, it was not as good as that hot silver thaler after all.

"Damn Ligurians, why don't we go to the city of Liguria first and ask them to hand over the money?" The proposal of Knight Haraha was obviously unacceptable to the Duke of Bourbon.

"Admiral Andre Doria is now a popular man in front of His Majesty the King, and the Liguria fleet is also very powerful, I can't afford to offend him." In fact, although Andre Doria is valued by the King of France, but Where is the identity of the foreign department, how dare to put it right with the Duke of Bourbon?

He could only do what Benso Doria did. Seeing his youngest son's wings gradually plump up, he began to give birth to minions, and he was able to fight against his father and brother in the Doria Group.

"These cowards in the pond, how can they be the opponents of our mountain athletes, not to mention that no matter how strong the navy is, they can't defend the city." The Swiss, who had never seen the sea in their life, did not understand the power of the sea at all, and just shouted ignorance. Speech, let the Italian cowards see their interests, "rob the city of Liguria, everyone will share the money and food and women."

"This matter is absolutely impossible, absolutely impossible." Although he knew that the Duke of Bourbon would definitely not agree, the military treasurer hurriedly stopped this terrible howling. <Plowing, just relying on the women and children at home to barely farm the land, how much output can we produce this autumn? If you don't pay us, then we won't be able to survive this year. "

"I will definitely not ignore you, the treasurer is in charge of you, how much money do I have in my personal pocket?"

"Nine thousand talers." The treasurer Guan has been a confidant of the Duke of Bourbon for many years, and he knew what figure to report just from the Duke of Bourbon's tone.

"In this way, tonight, you can borrow another [-] thalers from the Jewish merchants accompanying the army overnight, and then distribute them immediately. No matter what, every Swiss brother can get a thaler tonight."

A taller can only make a strong man survive for a month. The first payment is so difficult, and I really don't know what to do in the future.

But today, the Duke of Bourbon has already made a concession, and he can't push it any further. At most, he can only come back in a few days.

Seeing these bitter and bitter Swiss preparing to leave one by one in dejection, the Duke of Bourbon gave another benefit: "I have written to the Queen Mother Regent of Paris to apply for exemption from this year and next. Tribute of the Kingdom, I believe that you knights and your people will have a better life."

The knights were appeased, but what about the agreed remuneration for the soldiers? Taxes are exempted, and people have to eat.

Don't look at these nobles asking for money in the name of making a living for the soldiers. It is also extremely difficult to ask them to be tax-free.

The Duke of Bourbon can't live without rice, so he can only keep a low profile as much as possible, reduce inspections, and don't let the red-eyed Swiss see himself again. . .