The Rise of the European Emperor

(?\u0026??;ige?-d i1k?6a6?? 2?x?b??c?63m??, during your tenure, the Venetians will have their tails between their tails..." and Yuli Uth II's talk, Marin summed it up with this sentence.\\r

As for when the Venetians dug the Suez Canal, will it become stronger and affect the Papal State? Marin scoffed at Julius II's concern:\\r

"Does that have anything to do with you? It's the next Pope who deserves the headache!"\\r

Although this is not polite, it is the truth. The Papal State is not a hereditary system. How well the next Pope does is a matter for Julius II? \\r

Julius II is also 61 years old this year, and it would be scary to live for 20 years. In this era, there were no reliable doctors in Europe. They were all quack doctors who bleed blood and crows. If Julius II wanted to live to 80 years old, he had to rely on the two Golden Horde khanates provided by Marin. What about the power of Mongolian doctors? Counting on a native European doctor who bleeds blood and crows, Julius II may not live to be 70 years old...\\r

Twenty years later, even though Venice has dug the Suez Canal, it is only just taking off. In these 20 years, Venice will be fully suppressed by Spain and Portugal in the spice trade, and its national strength will even decline. In the first few years of the canal, Venice will be all about dominating the Indian Ocean, not Italy. Anyway, Julius II will never see the scene of Venice in Italy...\\r

Julius II was right when he thought about it. God knows how long he can live when he is old. As long as he can achieve great results during his tenure as Pope, he will be considered a name in history. As for succeeding the Pope, let him die...\\r

"No, my second grandson Robert, don't you want him to be the Pope? Are you a digging son?" Julius II said to Marin speechlessly. \\r

"What about him, I can only take care of it now. Besides, Venice wouldn't dare to attack Rome, no matter how hard it is to take it. At most, it will snatch Rimini and other places that did not belong to the Holy See, and dominate the Adriatic Sea. To the city of Rome. Unless, it wants to be beaten by a group all over Europe..."\\r

Marin shrugged,

I have no idea about my second son. In his opinion, whether Robert can become the Pope is still unknown. Therefore, it is most worthwhile to seize the moment and focus the attention of Spain and Portugal on the Venetians. As for Robert becoming Pope Queen of Venice? That's not a problem. Because that's decades later. By that time, Marin had completed the development of the Americas and was stronger than Venice. The big deal, send troops to teach Venice a lesson...\\r

For a maritime hegemon like Venice, Marin's history read in his previous life gave a plan to deal with it - the Dutch declined after being captured by the French army in their homeland. And Venice... rub, the French sent troops to destroy it... It seems that the French are the killers of small commercial countries...\\r

After appeasing his father-in-law, Marin took a large group of bodyguards and headed for Venice in a mighty way...\\r

Holding the letter of introduction from the Pope, Marin was so confident that he walked with his nostrils up all the way. In Italy, the Pope's letter of introduction is recognized by everyone...\\r

In this way, Marin came all the way to Venice, and entered the building of the Governor's Office of the Republic of Venice, which is also very famous in later generations...\\r

The current Governor of the Republic of Venice, Leonardo Lore, is also an old friend of Marin. When Marin and the Republic of Venice traded French prisoners of war, war horses and armor, Leonardo Lore was the Venetian at that time. Viceroy Agostino Barbarigo's deputy, who had also dealt with Marin several times, and was considered an acquaintance. \\r

"Welcome, Marin... Duke... I really didn't expect that 10 years later, the daring knight back then became a powerful duke..." Leonardo Lorre looked at the high-spirited with complicated eyes. , Marin, who was surrounded by guards for several times. \\r

"Haha, Leonardo, you were also Viceroy Barbarigo's adjutant back then. Now, aren't you righting yourself?" Back then, Marin still needed to look up when he saw Leonardo Lore. But now, he is a powerful duke with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and he can have an equal dialogue with Leonardo Lorre. \\r

After entering the living room, Leonardo Lorre looked at Malin thoughtfully and said:\\r

"What? Duke Marin, are you here to be a lobbyist for His Majesty the Pope?" Out of confidence in Venice's strength, the Venetians did not look down on the weak Papal State, nor did they respect the Pope so much. If it weren't for the strong influence of the Holy See, the Venetians would all want to annex Rome...\\r

"No, I'm here to save Venice!" Marin said sternly. This is the nirvana of the lobbyists of the ancient Huaxia family - obviously they are here to fool people, but when they open their mouths, they say they want to save the other party...\\r

"Save Venice?" Leonardo Lorre laughed dumbly:\\r

"Venice is extremely powerful and the country is prosperous. I'm afraid I don't need Duke Marin to save you?"\\r

"Leonardo, you are too arrogant. Or, Venice is too arrogant. Don't you feel the crisis coming?"\\r

"Crisis? I'd like to hear more about it..." Leonardo Loretta didn't care much, but he still planned to see what Marin had to say. \\r

"I know that you Venetians look down on the strength of the Papal State. But, Leonardo, have you ever thought about it, is the strength of the Holy See really only as simple as it looks on the surface?"\\r

Leonardo Loredang frowned, and after thinking for a while, said: \\r

"You mean... the Holy See will call on other countries to oppose Venice?"\\r

"You're right, the Pope is planning to do so..."\\r

"Hehe, Duke Marin, don't bluff me. It's true that the Holy See has appeal, but Venice did not send troops to attack the Holy See's original territory, but only helped the Malatesta family to regain the Caesar Borgia. It’s just a fiefdom that was taken away. Could it also allow the Holy See to find an excuse to conquer Venice?” The Venetians believed that the Holy See had no reason to organize a multi-country crusade against Venice, so they dared to occupy the Rimini area with confidence. \\r

"What the Malatesta family? Who doesn't know that the Pandolfo of the Malatesta family is just a puppet of the Venetians? Moreover, the Venetians have ignored the current European situation..."\\r

"The situation in Europe? How do you say it?"\\r

"At present, Europe mainly includes France, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and the United Kingdom. Which one is Venice friendly with?"\\r

"Uh... no..." Leonardo Loredan said embarrassedly. \\r

"In fact, most of the French have been pushed out of Italy and are seeking to return to Italy..."\\r

"In order to gain more share of the Indian spice trade, the Spaniards are naturally competitors with the Venetians..."\\r

"His Majesty Maximilian I, Emperor of Shinra, is also my monarch. His Austria is close to Venice. And the Austrians have been jealous of Venice's wealth for a long time..."\\r

"Well... as for the UK, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Venice..."\\r

...\\r

Leonardo Lorre thought about it, what Marin said was not bad at all. In this way, Venice really doesn't have any strong allies, and there are quite a few powers who covet them. \\r

"What do you mean—those powers will respond to the call of the Holy See and fight Venice together?" Leonardo Loretta couldn't believe it. \\r

"Of course, Venice is so rich, who doesn't covet your wealth? For those big countries, why not do it so openly to respond to the call of the Holy See and send troops to Venice to snatch Venice's wealth? So, does the Holy See have any suitable reasons? It doesn't matter. What matters is whether those big countries are willing to send troops to Venice..."\\r

Leonardo Lorre rolled his eyes immediately - can you not? Venice is so rich, and this time it is a multi-country attack on Venice, whoever sends troops will benefit... After all, robbery in Venice and robbery in the Swiss mountains are two different things...\\r

The official annual financial income of Venice is only one hundred and several hundred thousand ducats. But Venetian merchants make more money...\\r

Venice is a country of merchants, and the interests of the merchants come first. Compared with the annual income of one hundred thousand gold coins from the treasury, the total annual income of the merchants definitely exceeds 10 million gold coins per year. \\r

The army of any country, as long as it has the opportunity to enter the city of Venice in the Republic of Venice, grab a property worth millions of gold coins, fluffy... Even if it grabs property worth several million gold coins, it is not unusual - such a huge temptation , few people or countries can bear it...\\r

Therefore, Leonardo Loredan, the Governor of Venice, also began to realize the seriousness of the problem...

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