Throughout the summer of 1521 after the birth of the first apostle of Cyric, the continent of Europe was filled with a dangerous atmosphere.

The two Habsburg brothers fought their way across the Alps from the St. Bernard Pass, and the emperor, wearing a bloody cloak of wealth, received warm cheers from the Imperial Parliament in Frankfurt.

The emperor then went to the Netherlands via the Rhine River, the most prosperous territory of the Habsburg family, to personally defend this source of wealth and force for the Habsburg family.

The humiliation of the newly acquired protectorate made King François Capet of France furious. This proud and conceited monarch's greatest political achievement since taking office was to force Switzerland to recognize French suzerainty. Therefore, François publicly expressed the emperor's move to cross Switzerland by force.

It was a blatant provocation to France's majesty. In response, he had gathered tens of thousands of French troops in Paris.

This question is really difficult to determine who is more reasonable. Although the motivation for the creation of the Swiss Confederation three hundred years ago was to oppose the rule of the Habsburg family, William Tell, the elector of Shar, the goddess of the night, once shot and killed a man.

He was the head of the Habsburg family, and even the Habsburg Castle, the birthplace of the Habsburg family, was taken away by the Swiss Confederation a hundred years ago.

However, Switzerland is also undoubtedly a prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and the emperor's objection to the French king's suzerainty over Switzerland is naturally sufficient for this reason.

Of course, all these are just excuses. The Capetian family and the Habsburg family's struggle for European hegemony is the essence of it all. Now that everyone has sufficient excuses, it has been long enough since the last war ended. Both sides have wounds.

It has been healed, and the war is of course successfully completed, plus it is imminent.

Ladislaus is of course also paying attention to this conflict concerning the fate of the continent, but for the time being, he is not a pawn enough to worry about such a big issue, although he successfully obtained a parliamentary title at the beginning of the year.

Now Ladislaus can see the words "Member of the Ligurian Republic" on his page.

The 100 reputation points required to activate this title is not a problem. The title "Member of the Republic of Liguria" allows him to add 1 point of charm, which is very important for warlocks, making it very suitable for Ladislaus.

He worked so hard to get this seat that he almost went bankrupt.

With the emperor's intervention, this goal was easily achieved.

Democratic elections are, of course, the best reflection of public opinion.

One of his opponents announced his withdrawal from the race at the last minute before the election due to "family reasons."

Of course, the rumor that the opponent received three thousand thalers in bribes to withdraw from the election does exist, but please do not believe such shameful rumors.

As for the fact that another opponent suddenly revealed that he had an affair with his male secretary before the election, of course it has nothing to do with Ladislaus.

As the only candidate, Ladislaus won the seat without even bothering to hold any debates or canvassing votes.

Ladislaus left shortly after the emperor's cousin Charles V personally held a grand birthday party for him and called him "brother" in front of all the dignitaries of the Ligurian Republic.

The Doria family mansion built its own laboratory and mansion with funds given by the emperor.

But in response to the emperor's brazen crossing of the border, the Ligurian Republic refused to let Ladislaus build the laboratory within the city walls.

, of course the public reason is the huge danger of arcane experiments.

The Doria family also strangely had no choice to continue to get closer to the Warlock Royal Family, so the dock area was not suitable for their sphere of influence. In the end, Ladislaus could only choose a wilderness with no economic value or military threat.

, although this place is far away from the center of power of the Republic of Liguria, most of the time, people can practice arcana with peace of mind and make brave progress.

The emperor left a fund of 10,000 thalers, which has been spent to a great extent. This huge amount of money, which ordinary nobles can use to live luxuriously for ten years, is not a lot to spend on the arcane laboratory.

Glass containers from Venice, metal measuring tools from Milan, arcane materials from the New World, the Black Continent and even the Far East, all of which allowed Silvertale to quickly melt into the pockets of businessmen.

However, Ladislaus is currently negotiating to sell the fine wines left by the Acting Grand Duke to the Doria family. Admiral Andre Doria has been at sea recently. Miss Millier, whom Ladislaus misses dearly, this

I haven’t returned to Liguria for half a year.

It is difficult for Mrs. Doria to negotiate business directly with her juniors, and bargaining with cousin Harna is a nightmare. Fortunately, these fine wines are produced in Vienna, even though Miss Harna claims that "Bordeaux and Barcelona are the traditional origins of top wines."

"Whoever has heard of Vienna wines" has to admit that they are real masterpieces.

Miss Harna received a huge kickback last time and tacitly did not cut Ladislaus to the point of crying, so Ladislaus does not need to worry about the experimental funds for the time being.

What really worried Ladislaus the most was his relationship with Miss Anna. Ladislaus, who originally thought that his worth had greatly increased, was unusually unsatisfied when carrying out the task of "pursuing the daughter of the consul family".

With great energy, Miss Anna is always lukewarm.

I don’t know why, but as the French King clamored for revenge, Miss Anna’s enthusiasm for Ladislaus became less and less.

Ladislaus could only suspect that this was the old Sibo consul who was unwilling to reveal to the outside world what the Sibo family's inclination was towards the conflict between the two giants.

Today, Ladislaus went to the Sibo family house to participate in a magic experiment of Miss Anna. As a druid, Miss Anna wanted to create an arcane companion. Ladislaus happened to be able to help, so he gave

gave him an opportunity to work as a coolie.

The parliament was recently debating the issue of renovating the city walls. The signs of war were so obvious that most members agreed to renovate the city walls. However, they argued about the contractor of the project for several months without reaching a result.

The Xibo family, the Doria family, and the other families each have their own characters. This piece of fat is so huge that no compromise can be reached for a long time.

Admiral Doria was particularly stubborn on this issue. Before going to sea, he commissioned Ladislaus to organize the Doria family faction to resolutely oppose "the mistress' brother" of the Sibo family.

In response, the Xibo family also firmly opposed the households related to the Doria family. The special tax for repairing the city wall has been collected for a long time, and not a single brick has been climbed onto the city wall.

Old Xibo personally approached Ladislaus today and proposed a new plan.

On the way back to the laboratory, Ladislaus kept thinking about whether he should find a way to contact Admiral Doria and accept the proposal to subcontract one-third of the project. After all, the city defense project is beneficial to everyone's safety.

However, the contractor of the Xibo family has a bad reputation in this regard. There were times when they had already negotiated in secret, but during the public bidding process, they actually revealed the secret and decided to take it all.

Ladislaus's carriage was produced in Innsbruck. This carriage with iron hoop wheels was worth more than 35 thalers. Although compared with competitors produced in Venice or Milan, the price and quality were still much lower.

Luxury items that Ladislaus could not imagine in the past.

A fallen leaf blew into his car, and Ladislaus stroked the withered texture. Autumn was here, a good season for harvest.

Ladislas saw his attendant waiting at the door from a distance, bringing him the bad news that Autumn had come with him.

While the King of France and the Emperor were confronting each other in the north, the French Duke of Bourbon led an army of 20,000 people to unexpectedly pass through the Principality of Savoy, which had suddenly allied with France, and appeared on the Po River plain. On September 25, he besieged all sides and captured the city of Milan in one fell swoop!

Francois, the King of France who always showed his negative attitude to others, gave Europa a surprise.

The Sforza family of the Dukes of Milan, who supported the emperor, were either dead or on the run. France was no longer a threat, but a real danger.

This day is September 11, 1521 after the birth of the first apostle of Cyric.
Chapter completed!