Chapter 463 Dark Clouds over the Mediterranean

Mason has always felt that the empire will have some big action in the future, because there is news that the north and the south are going to fight in the Holy Roman Empire. The emperor's brother is in Brandenburg, and he believes that the emperor will definitely join in this matter.

At the same time, his father also wrote a letter saying that he was appointed as an ambassador to Florence by the emperor, which made Mason more certain of his thoughts. His father and Florence have already formed a hatred, and he was appointed as an ambassador just to keep an eye on this place, and then focus on Milan and Savoy, using the Alps and Sardinia to build an eastern barrier.

Today, Rome has achieved more than Basil II, but if it wants to restore the territory of Justinian, it still needs a large number of troops, and the materials to be transported are countless. This may be the time for the family to further gain the trust of the emperor.

Thinking of this, Mason prepared to write a letter to his father and brother. If a war breaks out, the family will help the emperor solve problems, so that their status will rise further.

In Toledo, the capital of Castile, the four-year-old king was sitting on the throne, looking at the ministers and bishops below in a daze. Pope Boniface was also there. He would go to the Holy Roman Empire to attend the religious conference soon. Before that, he would listen to the Council of State first.

"Constantinople's stepping on Rome has completely violated God's will. They will be punished. Castile must complete this sacred mission."

Cardinal Alvarez called on everyone present to concentrate their efforts to retake Rome. The nobles also responded. They were all devout believers, and the temptation to retake the holy city was naturally very high. Moreover, Rome was close at hand, much better than Jerusalem, which was thousands of miles away.

"That's right, we will join forces with Aragon and Portugal to retake Rome together." A noble said.

The idea of ​​Castile, Aragon and Portugal forming a coalition has been formed. They are all fighting for God. As long as the money is in place, they can pull out an army and then let the Aragon and Portuguese navy transport it, which will be half successful.

Well said, no one wants to pay when it comes to paying. Castile's tax revenue still needs to be collected by the Kingdom Conference, and the representatives need to pay for it. They only need to provide manpower. After all, the Pope has promised that after retaking Rome, he will continue to march towards Constantinople, and then everyone will be enfeoffed as a local noble, and everyone will own a piece of land.

"But we also need to consider Granada. I heard that the new monarch is seeking help everywhere, and there are texts from Constantinople."

A nobleman whose fiefdom is in Cordoba said to the participants that recently, merchants in Cordoba have been spreading that Granada has begun to convert, saying that it came from Constantinople.

Is the opponent's hand so long that Italy has not finished the war and is already eyeing Iberia. No, this must be taken seriously.

But other nobles have no worries about this at all. The two countries are far apart, not to mention that there are countries such as Poland and Mamluk that are causing trouble for Rome. They need to invade for at least five years before they have the strength to do so.

I don't know how they got their reasons, but at present, they all think that Rome will not attack here. However, in order to appease the southern nobles, Castile decided to send people to Granada to warn the other side not to play tricks.

In order to recapture Rome as soon as possible, the church is also willing to take out one-fifth of its annual income as war funds, and to increase taxes, Castile can gather an army of 25,000 people, and Aragon and Portugal can each take out 10,000 people, and there are some untrained peasants, a total of 50,000 troops can be taken out.

There are also many noble heirs in this coalition army, all of whom are ready to obtain land. It seems that as long as they rush, they can win. At this time, Rome has begun to prepare for the occupation of Sardinia.

Stanisha is waiting for the next order with the army stationed in Rome. The emperor wrote a letter saying that he was ready to land, and the destination was Sardinia.

Sardinia, Corsica and Mallorca became a barrier to prevent Rome from attacking westward. Although Sicily can be used as a base, it will still be attacked by the Aragonese navy on the way. If Sardinia can be conquered, Genoa will not act rashly, and it can also directly attack Barcelona, ​​the capital of Aragon.

Laszlo also received Peter's letter. He agreed to attack Aragon. In this way, he could complete the achievement of revitalizing Naples.

Of course, over the years, he also had alternative thoughts. Can he leave Rome and stay alone on the Italian peninsula? But it seems impossible at present. The largest trading country of Naples is Rome. Local agricultural products are exported to Rome, and then exchanged for luxury goods and other goods. Moreover, he is married to a Roman princess and even has children. If they turn against each other, I am afraid that Rome will destroy him first.

Moreover, Rome has been good to him in recent years. Not only did it get Sicily, but it also provided some funds and improved the environment of the peninsula for him. It's just that his army has no place to use. You know, it won't be sold to Provence, France.

Now that Aragon is about to be attacked, it has to be discussed with Peter. He said in the letter that Naples will do its best to help Rome and will be the first to land in Barcelona. Such a hint should be enough.

While the other party was still discussing, Rome had already begun to prepare for war. Because the army was based on a scale of 200,000 people, the gold coins in the treasury were spent like water in the past few days. Various materials were stored in warehouses in various places in the Balkans, and the East India Company and colonies were also required to hand in more income.

Balkan provinces began to register for conscription, and it would take about a month and a half to complete the formation. When they heard that there was going to be another war, those who wanted to make achievements rushed to sign up, some became musketeers, some became infantrymen, they began to train, and the conscription office distributed weapons and uniforms to them. This is the rule of the empire's re-establishment, and it is a proof of the country's strength.

The people also knew that the war might be coming, because the price of weapons in cities such as Constantinople has risen a lot, and the price of food has also increased by one-fifth. They all want to know who Rome will fight with, the Holy Roman Empire, France, England, or Aragon?

Almost everyone is possible, they can only stay at home honestly, maybe in a few days, the announcement of tax increase will come out. They have lived a comfortable life in the past few years, and it doesn't matter if they increase it a little. In addition, in order to allow merchants to transport supplies, the government also ordered that as long as they are transported to the front, they can use the previously issued vouchers to collect salt, spices and other things for sale. For a time, the strong transportation capacity of merchants was reflected.