"At least, during your term, the Venetians will be human with their tails..." Marin summarized the conversation with Julius II with this sentence.
As for whether the Suez Canal will become stronger and affect the Pope's Kingdom after the Venetians have dug the Suez Canal? Marin scoffed at Julius II's concerns:
"Does that have anything to do with you? The next pope should be troubled!"
Although this is not polite, it is a truth. The Pope is not hereditary. The next pope does not have to do with Julius II?
Julius II is 61 years old this year, and it is scary to live for 20 years. In this era, there were no reliable doctors in Europe, all quacks who were lying on the blood and crows. If Julius II wanted to live to 80, he had to rely on the power of the two Mongolian doctors from the Golden Horde provided to him by Marin. Relying on the local European doctors who were lying on the blood and crows, Julius II might not live to 70 years old...
Twenty years later, even if Venice has completed the Suez Canal, it has just taken off. In these 20 years, Venice will be under full suppression of spice trade by Spain and Portugal, and its national strength will even decline. In the past few years after the canal was opened, Venice will strive to dominate the Indian Ocean instead of Italy. Anyway, Julius II will never see the scene of Venice showing its power in Italy...
Julius II thought about it, as he was old, God knew how long he could live. As long as he could achieve great results during his tenure as a pope, it would be considered as a famous person in history. As for the successor to the pope, he will die...
"No, my second grandson Robert, don't you want him to be the pope? Are you considered a son who digs a pit?" Julius II said to Marin speechlessly.
"I can only care about him. Besides, no matter how hard Venice is, he dare not attack Rome. At most, he can snatch Rimini and other places that were not originally belonging to the Holy See. He will dominate the Adriatic region and will not hit Rome. Unless it wants to be beaten by a group of European groups..."
Marin shrugged, and had no idea about his second son. In his opinion, it is still unknown whether Robert can become the pope. Therefore, it is the most worthwhile to seize what is in front of him and focus the attention of Spain and Portugal on the Venetians. As for Robert becoming the pope Venice, it is not a problem. Because that will happen decades later. By then, Marin has completed the development of America and is stronger than Venice. At worst, send troops to teach Venice a lesson...
For a maritime overlord like Venice, Marin read the history of his previous life, he gave a solution to the deal—the Dutch declined after being captured by the French army in the country. And Venice... shattered, it was also destroyed by the French... It seems that the French are the killers of small commercial countries...
After appeased his father-in-law, Marin took a large group of bodyguards in high spirits and marched towards Venice in a mighty manner...
Holding the Pope's letter of introduction, Marin was full of confidence and walked his nostrils all the way. In Italy, everyone recognized the Pope's letter of introduction...
In this way, Marin came to Venice in a daze and entered the later generations of the Governor's Office building of the Republic of Venice, which was also very famous...
Leonardo Lore, the current Governor of the Republic of Venice, is also considered an old friend of Marin. When Marin and the Republic of Venice were buying and selling French prisoners of war, horses and armor, Leonardo Lorere was the deputy of the then Governor of Venice, Argstino Barbarigo, and had had several dealings with Marin and was considered an acquaintance.
"Welcome, Marin... Duke... I really didn't expect that 10 years have passed, and the brave knight back then has become a powerful duke..." Leonardo Lore looked at Marin who was full of energy and surrounded several circles with a complicated look.
"Haha, Leonardo, you were also the adjutant of Governor Barbarigo back then. Now, aren't you also promoted to the right? "Marin looked up at Leonardo Lore when he saw Leonardo Lore. But now, he is a powerful duke with tens of thousands of troops and can have an equal dialogue with Leonardo Lore.
After entering the living room, Leonardo Lore looked at Marin with fun and said:
"What? Duke Marin, are you here to be a lobbyist for His Majesty the Pope?" Out of strong confidence in Venice, the Venetians did not respect the weak Pope, nor did they respect the Pope so much. If they had not been concerned about the powerful influence of the Holy See, the Venetians would have wanted to annex Rome...
"No, I'm here to save Venice!" Marin said seriously. This is the ultimate skill of the lobbyist of ancient Chinese straitors - they were obviously here to fool people, but as soon as they spoke, they said they wanted to save the other party...
"Save Venice?" Leonardo Lore laughed in silence:
"Venice is extremely prosperous and the country is thriving. I'm afraid you don't need Duke Marin to save you, right?"
"Leonardo, you are too arrogant. Or, Venice is too arrogant. Haven't you felt the crisis yet?"
"Crisis? I'd like to hear the details..." Leonardo Lore didn't care much, but he still planned to see what Marin said.
"I know, you Venetians look down on the strength of the Pope. But, Leonardo, have you ever thought that the strength of the Holy See is really only as simple as it seems on the surface?"
Leonardo Lore frowned and thought for a while, he said:
"You mean... the Holy See calls on other countries to oppose Venice?"
"You are right, the Pope is planning this..."
"Haha, Duke Marin, don't scare me. It is true that the Holy See has appeal, but Venice did not send troops to attack the original territory of the Holy See, but it was just helping the Maratha family to regain the fief snatched by Caesar Bogia. Could this also allow the Holy See to find an excuse to conquer Venice?" The Venetians believed that the Holy See had no reason to organize many countries to attack Venice, so they dared to take the Rimini region with confidence.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "What Maratha family? Who doesn't know that Pandorfoy of the Maratha family is just a puppet of the Venetians? Moreover, the Venetians ignore the current situation in Europe..."
"The situation in Europe? How do you talk about it?"
"At present, Europe mainly includes France, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain and Britain. Which one is better with Venice?"
"Uh...no..." Leonardo Lore said embarrassedly.
"In fact, most of the French forces were squeezed out of Italy and were seeking to return to Italy..."
"In order to gain more share of the Indian spice trade, the Spanish are naturally competitors with the Venetians..."
"His Maximilian I, the Emperor of Shenluo, is my monarch. His Austria is close to Venice. And the Austrians have been greedy for Venice for a long time..."
"Well... As for Britain, it seems that there is no intersection with Venice..."
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Leonardo Lore thought about it, and Marin said it was not bad at all. From this point of view, Venice really had no strong allies, and there were many powerful powers who coveted them.
"What do you mean is that those great powers will respond to the call of the Holy See and fight Venice together?" Leonardo Lore was a little disbelief.
"Of course, Venice is so rich, who doesn't covet your wealth? For those great powers, why not respond to the call of the Holy See so openly, send troops to Venice and seize the wealth of Venice? Therefore, it doesn't matter whether the Holy See has a suitable reason. What's important is whether those great powers are willing to send troops to Venice..."
Leonardo Lore rolled his eyes immediately - could he 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 mountains of Switzerland are two different things...
Although the annual fiscal revenue of Venice is only one million Ducat gold coins, Venice merchants make more profits...
Venice is a country of merchants, and the interests of merchants are the first. Compared with the annual income of hundreds of thousands of gold coins in the treasury, the annual total income of merchants is definitely more than tens of millions of gold coins in each year.
Any country's army, as long as it has the opportunity to invade the city of Venice in the Republic of Venice, grab a property worth millions of gold coins, and is light and light... Even if it grabs a property worth millions of gold coins, it is not uncommon - such a huge temptation is something that few people or countries can tolerate...
Chapter completed!