The roads in the Republic of Venice are being renovated, not just to receive the stone lions from Austria. In fact, although the Republic of Venice was founded on maritime transportation, it has always attached great importance to the renovation and maintenance of national roads, because this is the cornerstone of prosperous trade.

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Thanks to this excellent road, the Austrian army passed through the territory of the Republic of Venice quite quickly. Along the way, it also received labor supplies provided by the Principality of Mantua and the Principality of Ferrara. Because of the tragic fate of the Sforza family, these small

The feudal monarchies were firmly opposed to the French king's strategy in northern Italy.

However, most of the Dark Sun bishops and abbots remained neutral. Although these religious lords met with the red archbishop according to etiquette, they basically had no supplies. Although Sirik's hostility towards the Habsburg family was limited, it was not.

It does exist.

Ladislaus's ambiguous attitude when dealing with the peasant uprising was also very obvious. He did not express any obvious disgust towards the spreading Bann power in the German region.

Therefore, these grassroots leaders in Cyric naturally have limited favorable impressions of Ladislaus, who is nominally a member of the College of Cardinals but actually has no known relationship with the College of Cardinals.

However, they were still very satisfied with the goods brought by Ladislaus. Ladislaus's march route this time was in relatively wealthy and friendly territory, so the supplies were relatively sufficient.

Naturally, the surplus transportation capacity cannot be wasted. Ladislaus brought millions of kilograms of rock salt produced in Salzburg. The gift to the Consul Goriti was this kind of rock salt. There were sufficient personal gifts and Austrian

In terms of efforts to reduce tariffs, the Consul of Goriti decided to open his eyes to this large-scale entrainment. Of course, Ladislaus's shipments to the Republic of Venice were also very restrained.

The rock salt from Salzburg has not entered northern Italy for a long time, and this time it was not taxed by the tax card along the way, so the market response was extremely enthusiastic.

Except for giving some rock salt to the dignitaries of the Republic of Venice, Ladislaus basically did not sell his rock salt in the Republic of Venice. On the one hand, although the sea salt in Venice is considered to be inferior to rock salt in quality, it is in sufficient supply.

The exemption of customs duties for crossing the border and then selling goods will definitely make the competitors of the Venetian Republic oppose the Austrian army's continued crossing in the future and even threaten Ladislaus' other plans.

So this time Ladislaus brought most of the rock salt to the Mantua and Parma areas before selling it. Ladislaus made almost 60,000 to 70,000 talers from this sum, and there were also some fragmentary products such as those produced in

Vienna wine and copper bars from Tyrol also brought in more than 10,000 talers.

In short, Ladislaus made a fortune before the war even started. This is the disadvantage of giving passage rights to foreign troops. Venice lost a large amount of tariffs and allowed competitors' goods to enter its traditional trade area.

However, Ladislaus was still very effective in corroding Venetian executives. In addition to the inevitable deterioration in relations with sea salt landowners and relevant parliamentarians, other parliamentarians of the Republic of Venice still liked this quite friendly Austrian monarch.

, besides, they are indeed relatively poor.

This time, the French army set out from the mainland instead of Savoy, so the Spanish intelligence agency was able to provide timely information, allowing the Marquis of Pescara's army to set off from Naples in time and then enter the Milan area through the Roman Ecclesiastical State and other small countries.

According to the latest news, this time the Savoy family, the rulers of the Principality of Savoy, are not serving the French army as honestly as in the past. Although the Queen Mother of France who sacrificed herself to marry her son was also from the Savoy family and is a contemporary

The Duke's aunt. But after all, the Duke has to consider the overall interests of his family.

This time, due to delays in supplies, the French army was blocked by the Spanish army at the Thessia River before they had time to penetrate much deeper. Currently, the two armies are facing each other on both sides of the Thessia River.

Small princes from all walks of life led their troops to support.

However, Ladislaus was not in a hurry. He was not one of those peripheral personnel who needed to show his loyalty to the Habsburg family and was worried about being punished later, so he still made money by doing business along the way while purchasing mules and horses to strengthen his own strength.

In fact, in order to improve his logistics capabilities, Ladislaus bought all the pack animals available along the way.

He even set up a special baggage team, with Kessell Vitting as the captain of the baggage team.

Kessell-Vitting was promoted to the rank of captain, and Old John was transferred back to the center to take over Kessell-Vitting's cavalry.

Ladislaus was carefully nationalizing the Austrian army through personnel transfers. Kessell-Vitting was also aware of this, but Ladislaus allowed him to bring more than half of his officers and more than two hundred soldiers to the new country.

The baggage regiment, and this baggage regiment was planned to establish a specialized transport team with nearly a thousand people, so Kessell-Vitting accepted the exchange happily.

He was an example and a prelude to Ladislaus's subsequent exchange of wing captains and promotions to other positions.

Old John brought more than a hundred newly recruited soldiers and a small number of horses from Friuli to serve as his team to take over the cavalry force.

"A total of one hundred and fifty-three people. They are all soldiers of the innocent family of Friuli. They were recruited according to the military service roster rather than recruited." Old John was very happy since he sent out the army with the new recruits. He knew that this was a pull.

A precursor to Dislaus recalling himself.

In addition to attacking the remnants of the Republic of Venice, Ladislaus asked him to register the population and recruit soldiers according to the roster. Only by recruiting good families and instilling loyalty and discipline can they form a real elite.

, it is Ladislaus's belief that only a second-rate army can be formed by recruiting desperate people.

Compared with the various obstructions in Austria, the work in the newly occupied Friuli and Milan areas progressed relatively quickly. For the sake of national balance, Ladislaus did not rush the Austrian bureaucrats.

However, sooner or later they will understand that delaying and obstructing the recruitment process will ultimately harm their political interests, and force has always been the source of power.

"You must pay attention to the conflicts between German-speaking soldiers and Italian-speaking soldiers, adjudicate their conflicts fairly, and arrange their promotions fairly." Ladislaus attaches great importance to the ethnic conflicts brought about by language and culture.

He tried to mix soldiers from different regions to avoid strong nationalist groups

, but this requires the commanders of each wing and company to always pay attention to the internal discipline and fairness of their own troops. Ladislaus gave such face-to-face instructions to every mid-level and senior officer who took office. "But don't do it.

If one side is considered to be weak and tilted, only the purest fairness is the long-term solution."

"Please rest assured, I will treat all soldiers as soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire and soldiers of the Warlock Royal Family." But although the principle of fair treatment is effective at the grassroots level, when it comes to the superstructure, the principle is not so clear.

This is why no matter how wise and just monarchs and loyal and capable ministers are, they cannot fight against nationalism. Old John's identity as an Italian is a drain on Ladislaus's political resources.

"The cavalry unit is relatively mobile. Currently, horse materials and other supplies are sufficient. You just happened to go to the Milan area to carry out some clearance work. The stragglers there are causing a lot of harm." Ladislaus must use up the resources before he gives up.
Chapter completed!