Warlock Royal Family

The city of Florence is a famous historical city that has been seen in history books since the ancient empire era. Its population exceeds 15, which is comparable to that of Rome and Liguria. scale.

With similar strength, Venice, Florence, and Liguria are known as the three major maritime republics.

Of course, since the Ottoman Empire captured Constantinople in 1453, the Republic of Venice has profited a lot by being the first to shamelessly take on the business of pagans.

So for now, the Sea Republic is headed by Venice.

Although it has the same name as the Republic of Venice and the Republic of Liguria, there is also a similar Supreme Council that re-elects one-third of its members every year, and the election of consuls every ten years. Of course, the consuls of Florence are called "justice bearers" ", to emphasize the judicial power of this post.

In fact, the Medici family has controlled the elections through various means such as intimidation, bribery, and political marriages, and has held the position of consul for several generations.

Although it has encountered several challenges in the past century, and was even forced to flee by angry citizens because it did not resist the French invasion, today it is the Medici family who came back and took control of this emerald city in Italy.

After years of painstaking efforts, the power of the Medici family is now not limited to Florence, but also based on the Medici Bank, the three major financial giants in Europe, it also has great authority in the neighboring Roman Church.

His Highness Giulio Medici, the contemporary Florentine "Standard Bearer of Justice", is also the Cardinal Archbishop of the Cyric Church.It is the embodiment of this power.

But no matter how unique the title of "Banner Bearer of Justice" is, how effective the Medici family's ability to control the election is.

There is no doubt that "Duke", the most common title of the monarch in the Holy Roman Empire, is the favorite of the Medici family.

With the Medici family's control over Florence, the biggest obstacle for the hereditary monarch was how to get the support and consent of Emperor Charles V.

Therefore, Ladislaus still did not pick him up after he entered the city of Fronosa for a whole day after His Royal Highness Giulio Medici, the "Banner Bearer of Justice", only sent his two nephews. The hospitality was quite unexpected.

Although the two sons Ippolito-Medici and Alessandro-Medici are the only two male members of the Medici family besides the Patriarch Giulio-Medici, they take turns It was not rude to greet a Ligurian fugitive who had just been deprived of his seat in the parliament.

Yes, Ladislaus has learned from the ambassador that on the second day after he left Liguria, the Sibo family deprived himself of his seat of parliament for organizing the assassination of Cesare Sibo. This is also confirmed by the bleak title, and now Ladislaus can't even be called His Excellency technically.

But send two little hairy boys, both twelve or thirteen years old, to contact Ladislaus, the agent of the Habsburg family in the Apennine Peninsula.

It's too much to ignore the emperor and the deputy grand duke.

With a forced smile, after sending the two little Medicis who came to accompany the guests out of the embassy in the morning, Ladislaus angrily prepared in his heart the words to sow discord in front of the emperor.

Even their invitation to dinner at the Bannerman Palace of Justice was firmly rejected by Ladislaus on the grounds that the journey was tiring.

The emperor's ambassador to Florence went out to greet him immediately after he entered the city.

As soon as he heard the diplomatic proposal about Liguria at breakfast, he immediately set off for the Liguria Republic full of work enthusiasm, and at that time it was less than two hours since Ladislaus entered Florence.

Originally, Ladislaus thought that the Medici family would receive him with the highest standard, so that he could save face in front of Miss Anna, but he did not expect to receive such a cold reception.

Although, two hours after Ladislaus entered the city, he was visited by two heirs of the Medici family.

However, the financial strength of the Medici family is still unquestionable. The two sons successively presented Ladislaus with gifts worth more than two hundred talers, as well as the three hundred taler card that the Medici bank arbitrarily cashed in. Tickets, somewhat comforting Ladislaus' loss.

Adding in the belongings carried by the pack horses, Ladislas's escape was quite a lot of money.

Boss Sirica had gone to a bank that Ladisaraus frequented, entrusting them to dispose of the no longer needed packhorse and some jewels and other trophies from Appletown that Ladisaraus did not use.

The most important royal bank of the Habsburg family today, the Fugger Textile Association, could not open a branch in the headquarters of the Medici Bank anyway.

However, other small Italian financial families can still operate in Florence, and Ladislaus chose one of them.

Most of the trophies obtained from defeating the pursuers of the Xibo family were dedicated to His Majesty the knight of ambition, Barbarossa. The red feast consumed more than just flesh and blood, although it was the knight of ambition's favorite.

After calculating that he now has almost [-] taler cash to use, Ladislas has a little bit of confidence in the matter of going to the high-end commercial plaza in Florence with Anna after lunch.

But before going out, Ladislaus did not forget to arrange for the embassy's messenger to invite an important guest to dinner, and a task called "recruiting talents" was activated on his panel as soon as he entered Florence.

It is also necessary to discuss the arrangement of the dinner with the housekeeper of the embassy.

Since it is not a large-scale banquet, the silver tableware and candlesticks owned by the ambassador are enough. Ladislaus does not want to use the dining cabinets popular in Italy for cold dinner parties, but requires hot dishes on the ground one by one, so the ambassador The chef of the restaurant must hire two helpers.

The ambassador butler also recommended young local musicians to play music to add to the fun, which is also an essential part of the high-end banquet.

The embassy has good linen tablecloths, but Miss Anna insists on using freshly cut black silk tablecloths. This item alone will cost thirty talers. Although Florence is now the largest producer of Europa silk, Ottoman After the rise of the Silk Road and the isolation of the Eurasian and African land bridges, the Silk Road was cut off, and the supply of silk from the East was greatly reduced. The silk produced in Florence now has no competitors, and is no longer considered inferior to the second-class products originally produced in the mysterious oriental country. .

Although Ladislas didn't care about the price, because the ambassador had promised to reimburse all his diplomatic activities before he left.

Anyway, the emperor and the deputy grand duke have money, and if they have a chance, they don't need to spend two hundred and five.

This is also the general principle of Ladislaus today.

But silk tablecloths were so transcendent that even emperors would only use them when entertaining foreign monarchs.So Ladis Slaus chose the Amazon tablecloth.

Ladislaus did not comment on other necessary peripheral expenses.

Buy five talers of perfume and antiseptic pine wood liquid to prepare hand sanitizer.

Spray a little perfume on the gloves and rosary beads. These small gifts for guests and entourages, of course, the staff of the embassy also have a share. It costs about ten thalers. These small objects suitable for winter are also the flower emperor's. Money, keep Ladislaus face.

Anna really knows how to do it. Ladislaus estimates that after this banquet, his reputation can return to 200, making up for the loss of being a demon worshiper who was spread rumors by the Xibo family.

Next, is the menu part of the banquet.