The meeting with Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici was naturally pleasant, but the feedback effect was not satisfactory. Because Marin learned that the Medici family did have an intelligence system in Siena, but it was not powerful enough. It was OK to provide intelligence, but it would not be possible to help open the city gate.
This is mainly because, since losing control of Florence in 1494, the Medici family lacked funds and it was difficult to maintain a huge intelligence agency in Siena. Therefore, the Medici family later withdrew most of the intelligence personnel from Siena and retained only a small number of intelligence personnel to save expenses.
Although the Medici family received a lot of industries returned by the Holy See, as the Republic of Florence was captured by the Pope, the Medici family's current focus was to restore control of Florence, so they did not have time to pay attention to the restoration of intelligence forces in Siena.
But no matter what, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici still readily handed over all the information about Siena collected over the years to Marin. Moreover, through this exchange, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici excitedly learned that the Holy See was about to take action against Siena. This is definitely a very pleasant thing for the Medici family, who has always stood on the stance of Florence and was hostile to Siena. In addition, Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici has begun to plan and once they take Siena, they will start to annex Siena's banking industry and expand the control and voice of the Medici family in the financial industry.
Relying on its geographical advantages close to Rome, the two major financial centers of Florence and Siena have been fighting for Rome's financial market.
Why are you fighting hard? For the strong saving ability of Rome City! Where is Rome City? It is the European religious center with many bishops. In this era, it was the most corrupt era of Catholicism. The cardinals of Rome City were richer than the other and belonged to the top quality depositors in Europe. For those bankers, this is definitely the ancestor...
Therefore, in order to compete for Rome's customers, the Florentine financial circles almost cut each other. As for Venice, Geneva's financial circles, because they are far from Rome, their competitiveness is not as good as bankers in Florence and Siena. Of course, banks in both places also have businesses in Rome. For example, those bishops from Venice and Geneva prefer to deposit money into their hometown banks. Even the German Foger family also has businesses in Rome. After all, there are some bishops from Germany, who are old customers of the Foger family. But in general, the most powerful group in the financial industry in Rome is from Florence and Siena.
The reason why the Pope sent troops to Florence and Siena was not without the intention to control the banking forces in these two places. Because, as long as the Pope's treasury was controlled, if the Pope's treasury had no money, it would be easy to borrow enough funds from these bankers. Especially during the war, the role of bankers was even more important.
If it weren't for Marin's persuasion and his age, and I wonder if I would go to see God, Julius II would not be willing to return control of the Florence banking industry to the Medici family. Of course, another very important reason is that during the battle with the Borgia family, the males of the direct line died almost the same, and the adult men who did not support the scene survived. Otherwise, Julius II would definitely give priority to the descendants of the family.
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After Marin obtained the important military intelligence of Siena from Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici, he copied another copy and gave it to Julius II to facilitate the Pope's targeted deployment. Then he copied another copy and sent it to the Italian branch of the North Sea Chamber of Commerce, allowing them to further inquire based on this information to obtain more detailed information to facilitate future operations.
At this time, suddenly, the spy from the North Sea Chamber of Commerce sent a secret report - the 15,000 soldiers and a large number of supplies from the North Sea Kingdom had already landed in a small fishing village on the west coast of the Pope...
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This small fishing village is no other place, it is the small fishing village called Doromia, which Marin sent troops to escort Julius II back to Rome when he was the pope when he was hiding his army when he was a pope. The terrain of the small fishing village Doromia is very special because, except for facing the sea, it is full of mountains on the other three sides. The only thing leading to the village is a small valley entrance in the north. As long as the wooden door at the entrance of the valley is closed, Doromia will be isolated from the outside world.
Moreover, this fishing village harbor similar to a small valley is recessed into land. There is a mountain in the north that can even block the view of the fishing village harbor from the sea, which is very conducive to hiding ships. Passing through the nearby coast from the sea, if you don’t pay attention, you will not be able to see the situation in the small fishing harbor at all.
The last time he helped Julius II fight for the position of the pope, the army of Beihai quietly landed and hid from here. This time, the army of Beihai still chose to landed and hid here.
In order to facilitate the hiding of Marin's army, Julius II had already sent people to buy the entire fishing village. Then, he also sent people to build a number of long bridge piers to facilitate the landing and departure of Marin's army.
As for the fishing villages along the coast of Grosetto, the Republic of Siena, there is no hidden environment as in the Doromian fishing village. Moreover, there is no need to be too hidden there. Once the war starts, it doesn't matter whether it is exposed or not. And Marin's army needs time to hide, that is, before the war breaks out. After the formal outbreak, there is no need to hide.
The reason why he wanted to hide his whereabouts before the war broke out was that he was afraid that the defenders of Siena would make targeted arrangements. If the other party arranged troops on the mountain road from Grosetto to Siena, it would be difficult for Marin's army to pass. There is a word that well describes the difficulty of passing some mountain roads - "One man is the pass, but ten thousand men cannot open it"... If the other party arranged troops on some passes, even if Marin could seize these passes, he would suffer heavy casualties...
Therefore, before the war broke out, Marin did not want the other party to find traces of his own troops. Moreover, the war started with the Habsburg army. Their attacks in the east would attract most of the troops of the Republic of Siena to guard important passes in the east. In this way, no one would pay attention to the mountain roads and passes in the west, which would facilitate Marin's army to march into Siena.
Chapter completed!