After entering the city, Marin was not anxious. The most troublesome thing about Siena was that it was difficult to break into the city, but now that the city defense has been broken, there is no need to worry. As long as you guard the Northeast Gate, you will definitely be able to occupy the city next.
Because, according to Karamothi, the defenders in the city only had 2,000 regular troops and 5,000 militias. If these people gathered at three steep gates to defend the city, it would be difficult to deal with. But if the gates were broken, such a few people would be in front of Marin's 15,000 elite troops.
In addition, Siena City is very narrow. Because it is a fortress-like city built on the mountain, the streets in the city are narrow. The entire city has only one "Y"-shaped main road, connecting the northeast gate, the northwest gate and the south gate. Even this main road can only accommodate seven or eight people in parallel. The other small streets and alleys can generally only accommodate three or four people in parallel.
This makes it difficult for Marin to exert its superior force. After all, the streets are so narrow, and you can still stack arhats if you have too many people?
So, Marin decided to do a steady job and gradually advance...
So, Kahn and others were replaced and rested. A new group of sword and shield soldiers stood in front and were not in a hurry to attack, but they were also wary of the enemy's counterattack.
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Originally, Marin had found a recliner and lay there for rest. However, the words of the descendant Karamothi made Marin jump immediately:
"What, you said the Siena Bank Vault has a lot of cash?"
Marin suddenly remembered that it seemed that later generations had read a report that said that China Banking Corporation had invested in two Italian banks - Yixin Bank and Siena Bank in 2015. Among them, Yixin Bank was one of the two largest banks in Italy in later generations. Siena Bank is one of the oldest banks. It was founded in 1472 at the headquarters of the Siena Bank in Plaza Salinbeni.
"Yes, Grand Duke, Siena Bank is the portal for Siena bankers to lend to the outside world. In order to facilitate lending to the outside world, more than a dozen bankers in Siena jointly invested in the construction of the Siena Bank building as the center for receiving customers. However, more than a dozen bankers have their own office areas in the building. The reason why they are concentrated in one building is mainly to facilitate customers' searches."
"Generally speaking, for these bankers, the time when the spring is out of reach is the time when customers have the most loans. At that time, there was not much money in the bank because they were busy borrowing money from outside."
"But autumn is different. October is the time for autumn harvest and it is also the time for lending customers to pay the loan in a concentrated manner. After all, everyone is very rich at this time. Therefore, after October, the vault in the bank building will be full of money..." Karamosey explained.
"Filling money..." Marin couldn't help swallowing.
"Yes, full of money! When I led my troops to Radikofani, I heard that many carriages had already been transported from all over the country to return to the bank building. That is, you should do it a little early. Now, the repayment of the bank headquarters vault is less than two-thirds. If you wait for another half a month, the bank's repayment may be fully collected."
"Under normal circumstances, small short-term loans will be paid off with principal and interest after the autumn harvest. Although those huge loans to the great nobles cannot repay the principal, they also have benefits. You know, the interest rates of those great nobles are very high, at least ten percent. Therefore, the amount of repayment in November each year is very considerable..."
"So, you guess how much cash is there in the Siena Bank Vault at this time?" Marin asked swallowing.
Karamosi thought for a while and said:
"It's about one million gold coins! You know, this is the property of more than a dozen powerful bankers in Siena. If it weren't for the great nobles who did not repay the principal, but repaid interest every year, it would probably be that the funds in the Siena bank vault would have exceeded 2 million gold coins..."
"Gurl--" Marin took another deep saliva.
"Are you sure? All the money is in the Siena Bank vault? Why don't they take it home?" Marin asked in confusion. According to the Chinese custom, gold and silver are hidden in the secret room at home.
Karamosi explained:
"This is to facilitate lending. After all, when customers come to borrow money, those bankers can't go home to get money, right? It's not safe to waste costs. So, these dozen bankers jointly built this building and also built a vault with extremely high security. It is said that outside the vault of the building, there are 800 of the most elite mercenaries guarding it, which is very safe!"
"These people don't participate in defending the city?"
"No, they are bank employees, they are only responsible for guarding the vault and not being responsible to the official!"
"Very good, I'll do this ticket!" Marin stood up excitedly.
"Grand Duke, please say a few more words in front of the Pope in the future!" Karamothi's news was not blocked, and he knew that the current Pope and Marin had a close relationship.
"Okay, no problem. If you take a team of people back to your family's residence, my people will not search your house! Afterwards, I will recommend you to the Pope as the lord of a city!"
"Thank you! However, there is probably no need to protect my family. From the time I wanted to open the South Gate, my family might have been searched by Governor Pandov. Give me some people and I have to go to prison to save my family!"
Marin nodded and ordered a guard to take a team of people to help him go to prison to rescue his family. In addition, he promised to return his seized property later.
Karamosi, who received the promise, was in a good mood and showed Marin the shortcut:
"Dagong, look at the map and send people to kill halfway from the southeast wall, and there will be a staircase down. Then, there is a medium-width street that leads directly to the municipal square. The Siena Bank is right next to the square. As long as you make a lot of momentum on the mainland, the defenders will put most of their troops on the main road. And you can send a team of elite troops to take a small road to occupy the Siena Bank. Also, next to the bank is the Governor's Office, and you can also send someone to capture Governor Pandov..."
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After saying that, Marin sent troops to launch a massive attack on Main Street. At the same time, Marin asked Kahn and Cage to select 3,000 elite troops, and according to Karamosi's instructions, he began to advance on the southeast wall until he found the staircase that Karamosi mentioned.
Karamosie also came over because the prison where the prisoners were held was also on the edge of the municipal square. He and Marin were also considered a way out.
Marin led 3,000 elite soldiers to fight along the street towards the Municipal Square. He did not encounter much resistance along the road. Because this street was not important, only a few hundred militia defended. In front of Marin's three thousand elite soldiers, he was beaten and ran away with his head in his arms.
Soon, Marin led a large army to the municipal square. Then, Marin divided into three groups - he led 2,500 people to attack the Siena Bank Building. Cage took 400 people to the Governor's Office to arrest Pandov and Governor Peterucci and other major officials of the Siena Republic. Kalamossi took 100 people to seize the Siena Prison...
When attacking the Siena Bank Building, as Kalamosi expected, he was subjected to fierce resistance from an elite force. The pioneer sent by Marin was directly beaten back and injured many people.
Marin had no choice but to look at Kahn again...
Kahn shrugged helplessly, took off his leather armor honestly, changed into a set of plate armor, and then rushed into the building with a mace...
With a dull "bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang" sound, Marin's soldiers finally rushed into the building and gradually rushed towards the vault...
In front of the vault gate, more fierce enemies gathered. However, they were not enough to see the human-shaped monster Kahn. What's more, there were dozens of elite special forces following Kahn...
However, these Italian mercenaries hired to guard the vaults insisted on fighting until the end until they were beaten to death or crippled down... Those who could be hired to guard the vaults were indeed mercenaries with good character...
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When the door of the vault was opened, Marin, a person who was used to the big scene, was also shocked - the vault was divided into more than a dozen tiers, obviously belonging to more than a dozen families.
Every gear is filled with big boxes. When you open the box, you will find gold coins inside...
As for silver coins and copper coins, they are not qualified to be put into boxes, but are piled up on the ground, everywhere...
In addition to coins, there are many minted gold bricks and silver bars in the vault, which are neatly plastered there, making people dazzled...
Chapter completed!