When Boss Sirica returned to the camp after a night of reconnaissance, he found that Sherlock, who was responsible for liaising with the Fugger family, was also with Ladislaus.

The two of them nodded slightly in silence. As Ladislaus's first subordinate to be knighted, and there was no conflict of interest, there was quite a bit of sympathy between them.

However, they do not and do not need to show such emotions in front of the monarch.

Boss Sirica knelt on one knee in front of Ladislaus, and then reported: "As His Highness expected, the Medici family's black belt mercenary unit is in Munich. There is no doubt that there are nearly ten thousand soldiers in the city, most of which are small and medium-sized

Most of the mercenary group should come from Italy."

"Is that really so? I asked you why you are so rich and wealthy. It turns out that you are really hooked up with His Majesty the True Pope." Ladislaus nodded. I don't know how many good men and women have sent their property into the crypt of the True Pope.

If an extinct noble is willing to hand over his property to the Roman Church, the monarch generally cannot resist.

The Roman Church’s thousand-year hoarding is not a lie. Once the Roman Church makes up its mind to fight back, then any problem that can be solved with money will not be a problem.

It seems that the Duke of Bavaria of the Wittelsbach family was Medici's true choice as pope.

"According to Fugger, Rome mobilized a huge amount of funds this time, even beyond the capacity of the Medici Bank. Several Medici shopkeepers in South Germany borrowed large positions from the Fugger Textile Association.

"Shylock's intelligence also confirmed that Medici's true election of pope had begun to counter the intensifying religious reform of the Holy Roman Empire.

Ladislaus knew that unlike the close relationships between financial institutions in the future, borrowing cash from peers was not that common in this era, and there were only a few cooperations between the giants.

After all, before the development of complex derivative financial systems, the relationship between these giant financial institutions was closer to a zero-sum relationship.

"Based on the flow of funds we have learned, the funds imported from Rome to Munich in the past three months may exceed two million thalers!" The number spit out from Sherlock's mouth made people fascinated.

"And those mercenary groups from Italy don't have much intention of keeping secrets." Boss Sirica knew very well that his status was closely related to the power of Ladislaus. He did not choose the common trick of making the task difficult, but

It is to provide information as detailed as possible so that Ladislaus can accurately judge the situation. "In fact, I did not lose any of my men in the reconnaissance operation last night. The entire city of Munich was not on alert, and the Duke of Bavaria and the Dark Sun Church were not

There was no attempt to keep it secret."

"It is impossible to keep this secret in the first place. The Duke of Bavaria did not say it directly in a hurry. It is considered a good self-cultivation." In Sazhastan's opinion, the Duke of Bavaria performed quite well yesterday. "So many Italian-speaking soldiers and

A reputable mercenary leader who comes from an Italian noble family will be exposed to the world sooner or later."

"We must not support the Duke of Bavaria to reunify the various branches of the Wittelsbach family, and new challengers will never be allowed to arise within the Holy Roman Empire." Ladislaus once again emphasized his basic policy. "Although the Dark Sun Church in Rome is under the same leadership,

His Majesty the Black Hand is fighting against the Church. But the choice of the true Pope to support the Duke of Bavaria shows that the Roman Church is still against the unity and strength of the Holy Roman Empire and is the enemy of our Habsburg family."

These discussions finally returned to the core of the problem, and several subordinates finally focused their attention on Ladislaus, waiting for their monarch to make the final announcement.

Ladislaus's next words showed that he indeed had something more intelligent than his subordinates: "But the Roman Church is also not interested in the fate of the Wittelsbach family. The primary goal for the true elector of the Pope is to attack those in Leipzig.

The secondary goal of the Black Hand Church is to prevent a unified and powerful Holy Roman Empire. Although a powerful Bavaria Principality is indeed a big trouble for Austria and me, it does not even have an outlet for the powerful Spain. There are only two

What does a principality with a population of one million count for?"

For the first time, Ladislaus bluntly pointed out in front of his ministers that Vienna and Madrid were not one. Although they were indeed close allies, they were not one.

Although he has always implemented anti-Japanese policies in the past, he has never publicly stated that Spain and Austria, the two components of the "Habsburg Empire", have their own different geostrategies.

"Bavaria's strength is a serious geographical damage to Austria, but it is just a trivial matter to Spain. If it can defeat France, then Bavaria will not have any chance." Sazastan was the first to understand Radi.

Slaus means. "So His Majesty the Pope will not specifically support the demands of the Duke of Bavaria. His Majesty the Medici is one of the wisest and most dedicated figures in the world today. He knows his needs very well, so he must

First strike against the Saxon electorate that threatens the foundation of the Dark Sun Church."

Ladislaus and Sazastan realized that although the Roman Church supported the Principality of Bavaria, they had more separate demands than Spain and Austria.

Sherlock's thinking became clear: "Perhaps the Holy See is not opposed to expanding the interests of the Duke of Bavaria while suppressing the scope of the Black Hand's power, but it will not support it either. The Duke of Bavaria has already received his reward."

"No, it's two million thalers." Boss Sirica could only get a few hundred thalers as loot at most by wiping out a river pirate gang, but he could make tens of thousands of thalers by breaking up a smuggling network, even if everyone got the loot.

That’s all.

"The key is how to suppress the demands of the Duke of Bavaria while satisfying the requirements of the true election of the Pope." Ladislaus fully supports the stranglehold of the Church of the Dark Sun and the Church of the Black Hand.

"This is not a problem. As long as the Elector of the Rhine-Palatinate is forced to publicly deny that he is a follower of the Black Hand, and remain neutral in our war against Würzburg, both parties will have nothing to say. It's just not

I wonder if the Elector will agree." Sazastan quickly came up with a solution.

"During the last election for the throne, the performance of His Royal Highness the Elector showed that he was not someone who dared to take the lead. The religious electorate of Mainz also went to his son, and he had no determination to break with the Roman Church.

He will definitely accept this condition." Ladislaus was very confident about this, "But if we want to swallow up the Würzburg area, I'm afraid there will be some trouble, and the Duke of Bavaria will definitely cause trouble for us."

Ladislaus and Sazastan looked at each other, and there was another worry that they did not express, that is, if Sirik gained too much advantage over Bane, he would definitely turn his attention back to the person who had caused him great harm.

On Cassus and Barbaros.
Chapter completed!