Warlock Royal Family

The Palace of the Parliament of the Republic of Liguria has a grand open staircase, a huge courtyard, and magnificent columns. It is the ultimate dream place for all wealthy and ambitious citizens of the Ligurian Republic, luxurious clothes, and noble debates. , what gentleman does not take pride in being an honorable MP, what family does not benefit from the title of MP?

It's just that today, all the gentlemen debating in it have lost the elegance and majesty of the past.

In the late autumn of 1521 after the arrival of the first apostle of Cyric, the news that the French army had reoccupied Milan spread throughout the city-states of Italy. , like all other regimes in the Apennines, is undergoing deliberate discussions about how to respond.

In order to support the liberation of Milan by the Holy Roman Empire, this important issue, obviously, it is very necessary to discuss carefully and for a long time.

Of course, the discussion is not only cautious, long, but also very, very intense.

Several gentlemen sent by the emperor were unable to let a well-known MP with close ties to France leave the podium after the speaker had exhausted his speech.

Finally decided to use a more convincing method to regain his right to speak, a splash of acid shot accurately into the mouth of the occupying podium, who was talking about "His Majesty François, King of France,'s strong determination to protect the freedom of the Italian people" middle.

A member of parliament who bought a parish priesthood for his illegitimate son with subsidies from Madrid and Vienna shouted "for the most honorable Ligurian Republic, down with those traitors who receive subsidies from Paris."

The traitors who received the code "traitor", that is, more than 30 members of parliament, found their opponents according to the "script" of the past, and expressed their support for the Holy Roman Emperor with old punches and tricks.

The flying acid made everyone afraid to open their mouths -- this arcane spell can make ladies scream, but gentlemen are not afraid of this level 0 trick that doesn't even leave scars. When the liquid reaches the mouth, it is also very uncomfortable to not be able to eat for a few days.

The same level 0 ice cream lowers the room temperature, making the fights of most elderly gentlemen closer to a slow-motion silent stage play.

Mr. Ladislaus-Doria, with his young and strong skills, is much more agile than those old councilors, and his acid splash and stun skills are very impressive. At least a dozen hostile councilors were placed.

When the parliament started at 1:12 p.m. and ended at [-]:[-] midnight under the stars, the contented Ladislaus sighed in his heart: "Finally dragged on for another day".

He exchanged a smile with the speaker and boarded his carriage.

On the way back, while enduring the still strong turbulence, Ladislaus rubbed the ring with the seven-color gem on his hand thinking about the situation.

It is true that since the speaker who decides the agenda is on his side, the topic of the parliament is "whether to support the liberation of Milan by the Holy Roman Empire"

In fact, most of the parliamentarians are still afraid of the growing power of the Habsburg family over the years and tend to France, although in fact Apennines has enjoyed the fact that since defeating the army of the Red Beard Emperor 300 years ago Du li in theory, but legally these city-states are still members of the Holy Roman Empire. The imperial center that has flourished with the exquisite diplomatic marriage of the previous emperor is bound to arouse the sense of crisis in these city-states. Right now, Liguria can be guaranteed. If the Republic does not directly join France, it should be able to meet the requirements of His Majesty the Emperor and be worthy of his investment.

His current task is to "prevent Ligurian Republic from openly supporting France", which can get considerable reputation and emperor favorability after completion.

Ladislaus believes that this task is not difficult to achieve, as can be seen from the intensity of the parliamentary brawl.

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The big gathering of these duck eggs cannot conceal the competition and conflicts among the major families of the Republic of Liguria. The splashing of acid as a greeting is certainly not friendly, but when the hostile families have the right opportunity and the right reason to attack each other, even if they use The killing of half a block of innocent residents by a powerful acid mist technique is just "acceptable collateral damage of pure helplessness".

We all know the rules, Parliament is for quarrels - or fights like quarrels - not a place for business.

Members of Congress are well aware of the weight of the little allowance they receive, and no one will use the money for fighting to do desperate work, even if the employer is just looking forward to acting, the price of desperate work does not come into their own pockets , As for the warlock royal family's power is too great, too powerful, too powerful, too broad territory, I just envy and hate in my heart, the sky is falling, and the French are holding it.

What's more, if the high-level arcane damages the council hall,

Didn't the cost of the repairs come from the public maintenance fund, which made it cheaper for the consul and his foreman?

This is absolutely impossible.

On the one hand, Ladislaus is experiencing the gains and losses, worrying about the public maintenance fund.

On the other side, the greatest consul of the most honorable Republic of Liguria, His Highness Old Xibo is not in the mood to think about how to report a small account for the maintenance cost of several hundred gold coins, and by the way, subcontract a piece of fat to his mistress' brother. Meat.In his pocket was a Woking money order from His Majesty François King Francois for seventy-five thousand thalers, but this money order was not cashed instantly.

We have to wait until the 20 talers that originally belonged to the treasury of the Republic of Liguria and are now on the way are handed over to the treasurer of the French military camp as "the people of the Republic of Liguria have worked hard to defend the peace and security of the Apennine Peninsula to His Majesty the King of France." After the "steady" thanks, the light of Ms. Fortune will light up that beautiful number, and the Spanish can redeem that rebate at Medici-Woking Bank or Fugger Textile Association or other major financial institutions.

Yes, the Consul of the Ligurian Republic, as a theoretical member of the Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, had already quarreled with the enemy of the Empire, His Majesty King Francis A not-so-dignified agreement was reached that, in theory, amounted to treason.

But in fact, this is just an ordinary day for a prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Yes, every du li lord who has a little autonomy in the Holy Roman Empire has done it more or less.

If you want to say that some lords have never done it, it is because the Holy Roman Empire has many abbots or imperial knights who rule only a few dozen miles away and have no more than a few thousand people.

Yes, even if your financial resources may not be as good as an ordinary merchant in a big city, and your force is limited to the tattered ancestral armor on your body and 20 farmers and soldiers who don’t even have iron swords and use wooden pots as shields, you may still be A noble Holy Roman Empire du&in zhu doesn't have time for you to collude.

As for Habsburg's base camp, Austria, it is a highly centralized regime that is not much different from France and England. Most of the nobles live in the capital, and officials sent by Vienna control the operation of the country.

In the Kingdom of Spain, which fell into the hands of the sorcerer royal family because of the marriage, the emperor is also promoting the centralization of power in full swing, which is very different from the difficult and cautious steps in the Holy Roman Empire.

At this moment, old Xibo was stroking the tenderness of Goddess Volking while listening to his eldest son Caligula and daughter Anna report on the progress of the parliament for a day, or that there was no progress.

"Doria, Gremaldi, and Pregiosi are still the same as a few days ago. They first sent their old man to the stage to talk for half an hour, and waited for our congressmen to speak for a few more minutes when they came to the stage. Speaker Pregiosi That old guy kept asking our people to pay attention to the 5-minute time limit, and then they were, uh, messing things up."

Seeing his son panting because of anger, the old Xibo felt deeply exhausted. The 30-year-old city treasurer, how can he still be so happy and angry, which is disappointing?

There is also the younger son Cesare who is even more worrying.

Suppressing the emotions in his heart, the old Xibo still began to criticize the gains and losses of his administration to the heirs of the Xibo family.

"Parliament min zhu essentially hopes to show the balance of power through a relatively gentle method, find out the balance of power through a bloodless method, the minority obeys the majority, the weak obey the strong, fighting may not be decent, but the essence Doesn’t this coincide with the original intention of the minority obeying the majority, the weak obeying the strong, and showing the balance of power?”

"But we directly control more than 40 members of parliament, plus a few scumbags that may be bought with gold coins, it is very easy to achieve a simple majority. If it weren't for Ladislaus fighting, one can beat ten, here and there Balance of power?" Caligula retorted to his father again.

Old Sibo finally lost his patience.

"His name is Ladislaus-Doria, but whose interests does he actually represent? Who is standing behind him? Is the current situation a simple majority that we can take action? We, as city princes , Can the stability of the rule be compared with church princes and feudal princes? Even if all the power of the Liguria Republic is in hand.

Are we worthy of a contest between the two giants of France and the Holy Roman-Spanish Commonwealth?Have you seen the tragedy of the Principality of Milan that was involved in the collision?Have you seen what happened to the Sforza family?Do you still want the city of Liguria to be besieged again? "

A series of roaring rhetorical questions from old Sibaugh caused strange echoes in the well-sealed secret room. In fact, Caligula, who had already bowed his head in shame, completely lost his voice when the old Sibaugh spoke halfway through his speech. I understood what my father meant.

"Since you decided to remain neutral, why did you send brother Cesare and me to Milan to negotiate with France? You even risked being impeached by the parliament and sent 20 thaler in military expenses before the agreement was made public?" Anna Because she is a spellcaster, she can also participate in political meetings that are difficult for most women to enter, but she is obviously less politically talented than Caligula.

As she got involved in a series of diplomatic actions step by step, her attitude towards Ladislaus gradually deteriorated.

It's a pity that today's Ladislaus is still too immature to grasp this tiny flaw and discover the ghostly tricks of the Xibo family.

Anna is very popular now, although spell casters are always very popular, and the prince's daughter is very, very popular as a spell caster.

Several of the strongest families in Europa have already formally sent special envoys to propose marriage to Old Xibo.Among them was the Habsburg family. Not long after the birthday banquet, the emperor sent a special envoy to propose to Ladislaus, and even accepted a symbolic dowry of 1 talers.Of course, because of Anna's wishes, the old Xibo delayed the reply.

Now that the war is raging, marrying any party violates the neutral policy of the Ligurian Republic, and may attract hostility from the other party, so we can only continue to wait. Although ordinary noble ladies can't afford to wait, but druids can wait From now on, everyone is willing to wait.

Such an important and lovely daughter, old Xibo's face was filled with love that he never gave to Caligula or Cesare, he stroked her beautiful chestnut hair and answered gently: "Staying neutral doesn't mean Doing nothing, repairing the city defenses inside and hoarding food and grass, and betting on both sides of the foreign tyrants, this is neutral. This is why I want you to think carefully about Ladis Slaus and the Duke of Bourbon recently."

"Don't mention that man, that disgusting chin, what, what is the gift? Thanks to him, he thought of it and gave me a cooling pendant for the Cuscus believers. Can't a decent strange thing come out? These are useless stones and cold metals. I would shame Habsburg in the salon and reward his courtesan.

He is also secretive about his beliefs.

Refusing to show his cards above board, since the last time the emperor gave him a boost, I heard that he didn't even go to the secret mass on weekends recently.

And so what about the Habsburgs standing behind him, is his surname Habsburg?Although his birth was blessed by the true god, his father didn't know if he was the offspring of that short-lived ghost back then, and even if he was, he was also a disgusting illegitimate child.Not to mention how many generations have passed between him and the current emperor, and how much friendship he still has.

I think the emperor just happened to be going to Austria, and he just held a birthday party for him on the way.

It's okay if I haven't seen it before, but now I have seen the Duke of Bourbon with my own eyes.

How can that person compare to the Duke of Bourbon who holds a powerful army, a high position and authority, a noble clan, and a confidant of the King of France. "Anna was fascinated when she mentioned the Duke of Bourbon. She washed away the disgusted expression of "that person" who didn't want to mention the name just now, and held the necklace tightly in front of old Xibo.

"Haha, this pendant can stimulate the scorching impact of 3 rounds of level 3 flame arrows every day. It is also a treasure that has been passed down for generations in the Bourbon branch of the French royal family. It is famous all over Europe. It is used as a meeting gift." It is really very precious, the Duke of Bourbon is naturally an extraordinary talent, if I can be the father-in-law of the Duke of Bourbon once in this life, I will have no regrets."

Looking at his daughter who was excited for the umpteenth time because of the comments he repeated countless times, the old Xibo decided to say all the comments out of his sense of responsibility to his daughter to help his daughter make an accurate judgment. The old Xibo knew very well that It is impossible for the emperor to flatter Ladislaus just because he is on the way.

"But the Habsburg family is more powerful now, and 9% of the young Ladislaus is the descendant of the monarch who enjoyed the short life of the country, otherwise his marriage would not be able to work as the emperor's envoy. He is also level 9 now Warlock, this is not only strength, but also evidence of their blood. The arcane materials he sent are of extraordinary taste, and those magic items he made himself can only trigger 9-level tricks.

But who can guarantee that one day his small workshop will not create masterpieces handed down from generation to generation?

As for beliefs, in fact, the emperor and the deputy grand duke of Austria are also very subtle, but those peripheral members of the Habsburgs are very ordinary in their beliefs.

What's more, which warlock is not handsome?Except for his chin, of course, haha, but you are not allowed to laugh at this kind of chin anymore, this kind of chin indicates a bright future, hahaha. "

Anna interrupted her father's laughter irritably.

"What is the future? The Duke of Bourbon gave Cesare's brother hundreds of gold francs for his activities. Ladislaus has made trouble for us in the parliament these days. My brother has already summoned the best hands in the city, and we must repay him well." His Majesty François."

"What?" The old Xibo, who had always behaved like a statesman, was shocked by the news, and his cheerful laughter was stuffed back into his stomach in an instant by the terrible news of his daughter. He jumped like a frightened rabbit. , Lifting the little girl up into the air with her daughter's neck.

"That little beast is going to deal with Ladislaus? Didn't he go to see the ambassador of the Republic of Venice? Where is he now? Let him come back to me immediately."

In the short 19 years of her life, she has never made such a big mistake, never been treated like this by her father, never seen her father's distorted face and suffocating pain that made Anna speechless, until the old Xibo, pedaling With bloodshot eyes, after roaring again, he squeezed the air out of his lungs tremblingly and said: "I saw Ladislaus repeating his old tricks in the afternoon,

When they started beating people again, Brother Cesare went to contact the hands and said that he would never let him continue to make trouble tomorrow.Dad, Brother Cesare also thinks that you want to deal with the Habsburgs, so you are eager to make contributions. "

"Eager for meritorious service? He's out of his wits, thinking he can take my position with the support of the Frenchman? Caligula, you immediately lead the team to the way back to Ladislaus and the mansion, and ensure his safety. .”

Before Caligula summoned the guards of the Shibo family to leave the mansion, a black and dim flame rushed into the sky. This black flame is extremely strange, and it can be clearly seen even in the dark night. Just looking at it makes people feel I feel oppressed and disgusted, and I don't know where the evil comes from.

And almost at the same time, perhaps with only half a minute's delay, another black flame rose into the sky twenty miles to the east of Liguria City. There is a change in the republic" and the news went straight to Vienna.

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