Chapter 472 Austria and Hungary

If he wants to accomplish this feat, he needs more preparation. The first step is to capture Calais.

Calais is one of the cities closest to the UK in mainland France, with a straight-line distance of about 38 kilometers across the sea. It is also the main channel for England to invade France.

If you take this place, you can attack England at any time. And because of the relationship between the two countries, other vassals will not go to rescue.

Now you just need to recruit troops. What William can do, Stefan can do.

And His Majesty the Emperor also arrived in Buda soon. After mourning for the prince, he discussed the next situation with the queen.

Of course, for his two sons, Peter also proposed to send them to Constantinople for a better education.

"Can I really go?" Lajos asked Peter.

"Of course, you are the heir to Hungary. I think everyone hopes that their monarch can protect their country, and the prince will support you."

Looking at his deceased father, Lajos's expression turned cold.

"Can you help me get revenge and kill those damn Austrians?"

Peter knew that the child hated Austria to the core and said to him.

"One day, you will cut off the Austrian's head yourself."

This sentence gave Lajos great encouragement. The emperor supported his revenge, so he must not disappoint his father and the emperor.

Marie was worried about Lajos' decision. He was still young and went to Constantinople to study. She was worried.

"Relax, Lajos will be fine, I promise."

But Mary was still worried, "I'm really afraid that he will have an accident. You know, Sigismund is not a person who will give up easily."

"Well, I think he has no chance to think about Hungary for a while." Peter told Mary about what he found. When he learned that Sigismund owed a huge sum of 900,000, he laughed.

"Hahahaha, he is really hard to change his nature. When he was in Hungary, he sold all his father's property to support his life."

It turned out that during the reign of Lajos I, the royal property accounted for one-fifth of the country. After Sigismund, a large amount of it was given to the nobles, which made the local nobles' strength expand rapidly. If it weren't for the subsequent civil war to take back part of the land, I don't know what the situation is now.

"I hope God can bless and bless the family to last long."

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Sigismund was imprisoned for owing money, which made Burgundy and other princes speechless. They didn't know how much they were worth, but they had to pretend to be rich. Now, who can afford 900,000 gold coins? Even Burgundy only has 400,000 a year.

"Ah, it's a headache."

When Leopold heard that the emperor was imprisoned, he instantly felt that Sigismund was so cowardly. The emperor was actually imprisoned by a mere pariah. Where did his majesty go?

To make matters worse, the Habsburg's Swiss ancestral land also started a rebellion, and more towns joined the confederation to get rid of the Habsburg's control. Count Tyrol couldn't beat him at all, so he asked for help from his relatives.

Why did the Habsburg family always produce some such waste, unlike Bartran, each of them was a genius.

Looking at Albrecht, who was a few years old, Leopold wanted to kill him, but doing so was not allowed by the aristocratic circle, so he had to give up.

Then a few days later, a bad news came from Hungary, because after severe torture, the murderer confessed that the death of Prince Bozzoni was instigated by Austria.

Unjust, a great injustice, they wanted to assassinate the prince, but they didn't have the courage to do so. Yes, they issued a reward order, but no one dared. They are still alive.

But Hungary insisted that it was Austria who did it. In addition to the confession, there was also a letter written by Leopold to them, which clearly stated that Leopold bought the prince's life for 100,000 gold coins.

What a sin, which bastard did this in his own name. 100,000 gold coins, even if he was sold, he couldn't raise enough money, and he directly offered a reward, how could they live?

However, Hungarians believed it, and everyone was very angry, and they wanted to take down Vienna immediately. The number of people who signed up to join the Black Army increased several times, and some cavalrymen were so angry that they increased the degree of plundering in the Vienna Basin. They used to give them some face, but now they don’t give them any face at all, and they plundered people and materials directly.

This is the real low point of the Habsburgs, and they will turn over if they are not careful. Since Rudolf I, the family has taken root in the Austrian region, but it has been shaky after more than a hundred years, while the other side is still a nouveau riche family that has been established for less than a hundred years. Their ancestors have the blood of Charlemagne and are the orthodox Roman heirs. They have also defended against enemies everywhere and accumulated enough reputation. But this time, these seem to be useless.

Go to the emperor, but the emperor sent someone to ask them to take hundreds of thousands of gold coins to redeem him. Well, this is not worth it.

Leopold was going crazy, and he could only send people to Buda to explain to the queen, hoping to delay some time, and at the same time prepare the army to guard against attacks.

In addition to Austria, Milan and Savoy, which are adjacent to Rome, are also always on guard against attacks from the other side. They really dug deep into Venice, and they must have done the same to Milan.

They began to look for allies, including France, Aragon, and the Holy Roman Empire. In the end, they formed an alliance with Aragon, with Milan joining Aragon and Aragon protecting their safety.

Savoy also approached France, hoping to protect their safety, and the Duke of Orleans naturally agreed, which would allow France to extend its hand into the Italian region.

Genoa could not remain unscathed. After selling Corsica, they had to please Rome to survive. If they lost the land, they could take it back, but if they lost the market, they really lost it.

Therefore, even if other countries coerced and lured, Genoa would strictly maintain neutrality. Laughing to death, making money is the most important thing.

Rome's taxes on the West are already frighteningly high. In the past, Western merchants went to do business with taxes of 1% to 2%. Now Rome has directly increased it to between 5% and 12%, and will also levy taxes based on different types of goods. They are miserable.

Recently, Rome has begun to increase tariffs on merchants from Castile and Aragon to 10%. In addition, the competitiveness of Merino wool and textiles in the Roman market has declined, so they decided to start a war to make the other side open up the market for them.

For money, for land, for survival, different purposes with the same means, it seems that many people feel that the end is just around the corner. Apart from the Mongol invasion a hundred years ago, the only country that was able to more or less prepare its army was Rome, and Rome was not fighting alone.