Ulliu felt that he was born to work hard.

Other court governors are not only powerful, but also the target of everyone.

For example, Gio Comte, the butler of Ludvico Sforza, even a master like Leonardo da Vinci, sometimes has to look at his face.

And he is also the manager, but in Ulliu's memory, he always had to travel from place to place, from Sicily to Naples, from Montina to Pisa, he kept running between the old man's women, not to mention, but also to be a firefighter for the master, whenever a woman did something out of jealousy, he, the big butler, had to try his best to solve problems for the master.

Ulliu felt that he was really heartbroken for the old man's family, but sometimes he had to be careful, and sometimes he really wanted to ask to take him with him again as a servant, for even Lucrezia, the stupidest of the women, was not so easily deceived when it came to Alexander.

On Barenti's orders, Ulliu left Montina overnight with two letters, and instead of taking a retinue with him, he hung a few more short muskets in his saddle, and Uriu knew that the contents of Barenti's letters were of great importance, so he decided to leave quietly without alarming anyone.

Tony della Rovere had been bishop of Montina for a short time, so even though he was not as competent as his two cousins, he still cultivated some forces in Montina, some of which had been eliminated by Alexander and Barentia, and some of which were not implicated because they were just ordinary people.

Because of this, Uriu left very carefully, and he did not know if anyone would report his whereabouts to Tony and Constantine at such a time in order to curry favor with the bishop, although they might not necessarily notice his whereabouts, but Uriu did not want to take the risk.

So he didn't tell anyone when he left, and even when he went out, he looked so casual that those who saw him didn't suspect that he was going to go far away, instead of just going around the neighborhood as he used to do.

Immediately after leaving the new castle of Montina, Uliu urged his horse to speed up, trying to run as far as he could before he was discovered missing.

Although he didn't really think that the two relatives of the countess would really chase and intercept him, the caution that he had cultivated since he was a child to escape the scourge of war made Ulliu feel that it was right to do more things.

In fact, Constantine did not pay much attention to his disappearance at first, until the Bishop had arranged for a scribe of scripture on a farmstead to come and pray, and reported to the Bishop that they seemed to see the governor of the realm hurrying by the road to a nearby farmstead, and they realized that the Moorish had been missing for a long time.

Bishop Tony realized something, and then he guessed that the Moorish must have sent a letter to Alexander.

"Is she just not going to see her family get honor and status?" Konstantin was annoyed by the bishop's speculation, and he felt that Barente was completely different from before: "It's all the same Gombray who seduced her, I don't know what kind of soup he poured on her, but she looks at us now like enemies." ”

"So maybe we should prepare ourselves."

Bishop Tony's words made Konstantin look stunned, and looking at the strange look on his cousin's face, Konstantin barely squeezed out a smile.

"I'm just describing it like this, how can Barenti treat us as enemies, she's my father's favorite daughter, she may have gone a little too far, but she won't really treat us as enemies......" Konstantin said as his voice gradually lowered, he looked at the bishop a little helplessly, "Uncle, you can't be serious, you know, don't say it's a bit ridiculous, even if you look at those Montina troops, you should know that it's impossible, they were all brought back from the east by Gombray, Even if the Genoese among them were willing to obey our orders, they were too few in number. ”

"So you're against it because of brotherhood and sister affection, or because you're afraid of failure?"

The bishop's words left Konstantin speechless, and he poured himself a glass of wine angrily, and after taking a big sip, Konstantin looked at the bishop: "Then what do you think he would do to us if Gombray knew about this?" ”

"You're too much of a heart, we're not trying to hurt Barendi, we're just asking her to support you in becoming Duke of Ferrara," Tony della Rovere clearly knew how to convince a man whose heart was already shaken, and he induced his nephew in a tone that tried to make Constantine feel that it was nothing, until he was sometimes agitated and sometimes uplifted by his description...... Once you become the Duke of Ferrara, you can regain their forgiveness with all your support to Montina, knowing that you will play a much more important role at that time than you do now, and perhaps Gombray will thank you for solving his big problems after the catastrophe he inflicted. ”

Konstantin hesitated at first, then he began to nod vigorously, and at last he was even a little impatient to carry out his uncle's plan as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, dear, we still have to be careful," Tony soothed his impatient nephew, "as you said, this is Gombray's territory, and it would be a big problem for those barbarians to go crazy, so we need to be careful, especially not to let Barendi have any suspicions, speaking of which, your sister is very clever." ”

At Barentia's orders, Uliu rushed to Pisa first, because Pisa was much closer to Rome, and more importantly, Barentia told him that the first thing to do was Lucrezia's support in order to realize her plan to save Montina.

This was somewhat difficult, and Ulliu felt that there really was nothing to say between the two hostesses, at least in his impression, the only one who could really do it among the old woman's wife was Count Cosenza, oh, now it should be called Her Majesty the Queen of Naples.

From Montina to Pisa, there is a road under construction that Alexandria calls the "intercity highway", although this road is mostly a simple leveling of the difficult ground, and then the people living in the villages near the road are given a little money, and then they are required to regularly clear the road of weeds or mud puddles caused by the rain, but this is the first real road between cities in the Apennines, this humble road not only provides a very convenient transportation for caravans between the two cities. What's more, almost all of the artillery shipped from Pisa to Montina was once grinding deep ruts from this road.

It was the afternoon of the second day that Ulliu arrived at Pisa, and he was exhausted from running for almost a whole day and a night, and his mount had been running incessantly, and as soon as he entered the city, he rushed desperately to the well not far from the city gates, so that when the great horse's head plunged into a bucket and poured it so violently, he almost threw the steward who was riding on his horse off his back.

Ulliu scrambled to jump off his horse, and in a fit of rage he wanted to whip the stupid horse, but he was soon attracted by a strange sight he saw.

Ulliu, who was now arguably one of the most well-informed men under Alexander, immediately noticed a number of strangers who were clearly different from the natives in their dress and demeanor, who were not so well-dressed, but who were mostly arrogant, and the point was that they were all dangerously armed.

French.

Ulliu, who had barely noticed, guessed the origin of these men, who were similar to some of the French he had met in Milan, and most importantly because many of them wore the broad-ridged swords that the French usually used, which the Italians caricatured as "fire tongs".

The sword's peculiar square blunt blade shape near the hilt is the main reason for the irony of the sword's "or tongji", and the fact that the tip of the sword sometimes forms a conical piercing head that is not suitable for chopping, and is the nemesis of many tightly sealed armor.

It is even said that in response to this terrible weapon, which was specially designed to pierce plate armor, the emperor himself designed a new type of armor that could better protect and cover the seams of the armor, and the emperor was confident that this armor was named after himself.

It's just how there are so many French people in Pisa?

Ulliu immediately became cautious, and instead of rushing to Lucrezia's villa on the river, he first walked around the street, and when he saw that Pisa was still guarded by the city guards, he was slightly relieved.

Now that Gompati was in charge of Ferrara, and Ofreil had followed the Count to Naples, Uliu could not imagine what would happen if something suddenly happened.

A group of people carrying Montina's flag, though dressed in the Pisa city guards, approached from the opposite side, and Uliu, after making sure that there was nothing wrong with them, walked towards them.

When he was about to walk in front of the soldiers, the soldiers leading the group had already noticed the Moorish man's unusual behavior, and he raised his hand vigilantly, and the soldiers behind him immediately stopped and scattered to the sides at the same time.

"Quite vigilant," Ullius muttered in a low voice, and then he said to the officer, "I am the personal servant of the Count of Montina, and I want to see your officer." ”

In Pisa, in addition to the city defense army, the chamber of commerce guard stationed in the free trade zone, there is also a Montina direct unit that is also responsible for the city defense, but at the same time it is a direct force of Montina as the guard of Lucrezia and the Duchess of Pisa, Estelles, the number of this force is not fixed, it is completely dispatched as needed, and the officer of this force is Nicola Macioni.

Since returning from the Balkans, Alexander has not been in a hurry to find Macheni out of the army, although he is indeed very concerned about the future achievements of the father of statistics, but he finds that Maccheni seems to be more interested in being a soldier, and it is interesting that he actually gradually applied the statistical knowledge that he has now begun to dabble in to the army dispatch, which led Alexander to simply transfer him to Pisa, so that he can study and practice his future statistical theory.

However, according to Alexander's vague memory, it is true that Nicolas Maccheni once participated in the war when he was young, but it is clear that this man does not seem to have any special achievements in military affairs, but now it seems that this is about to change.

Macheni was surprised to see Uliu, he knew the status of this Moorish man at the earl's side, which also gave him the opportunity to solve his doubts.

"Why are so many French people coming to Pisa, I heard that a French envoy has come to see Madame Lucrezia." Macioni asked curiously, not many people of his time did not hate the French, but that did not mean that he had any affection for them, especially since these French people seemed so arrogant.

"Emissary of the French?" Ulius had vaguely guessed why, but he didn't think it was a good time for the French to come.

"I hope the French don't come in with me." Ulliu decided not to meet Lucrezia in public after a little thought, and he guessed that someone on the French side might know him, which was not a good thing for him.

Lucrezia still lived in the small house she had with Alexander on the river, but now the titular house had been turned into a large town villa that stretched along the riverbank, and Lucrezia lived in the two-story house in which it remained as it was.

The process of meeting Ulrius was neither thrilling nor complicated, and after seeing Ullius leave a secret letter in the fruit basket sent by the maid, Lucrezia had the Moors from the back garden brought into her house by boat from the river, but this was simple, and after seeing Lucrezia herself, Ullius knew that things might be a little troublesome.

Lucrezia's expression was cold, or rather distant, when he looked at the Moor, which prompted Ulliu to examine himself, and then he knew that it was probably because he had been with Montina for too long.

"So, now you're the head of Montina's court?"

Sure enough, Lucrezia's first words confirmed Uliu's speculation, and the Moors immediately bowed down with a bow of their eyebrows, and that humility was a bit of that of a great eunuch in the Sultan's court.

"Madam, you know me, I have always followed the master, and the master's orders are my life, so although in my heart you are my only mistress, but my duty cannot prevent me from serving Mrs. Barondi."

Listening to the Moorish words, Lucrezia's expression improved slightly, and then she frowned slightly: "Does Alexander know that those French are coming?" Louis' men offered to land in Livorno. ”

Although he had already guessed this possibility, he was not worried about what the French might do to Pisa, as Alexander had already made some contact with the French in advance, as Alexander had ordered.

Uliu's concern now is that Lucrezia may refuse Barondi's request for help because of the conflict.

He took out Barentia's letter with some concern, and when he saw Lucrezia's strange look when he heard that it was Barenti's letter, Ulliu's heart couldn't help but rise.

"Madame Barondy wants me to tell you that she is not the wife of the old man, but a woman who loves that man as much as you do."

Ulliu said as he carefully handed the letter to Lucrezia, and then he hesitated a little, doing something he would never do before.

Ulliu knelt down cautiously under Lucrezia's surprised gaze, raised his head and said to her, "Montina is now facing a big trouble, if it is not handled well, it will not only affect Montina, but may even affect everything that the lord is doing, Madame Barentia asks you to help the lord." Madame, I also beg you, the future of Montina is in your hands. ”

Lucrezia was stunned and slowly opened Barondi's letter, and as her gaze swept over the contents of the letter, her expression changed from the case to the case.

"I know Caesar went to Ferrara, but why? Why did Barentia della Rovere intervene in Ferrara's affairs? Lucrezia asked Ulliu, a little angrily, "If it weren't for the woman interfering with my brother's attack on Ferrara, things might not have been so bad." ”

"Madam, you probably don't know, in fact, Madame Barondi did this to protect the lord's territory, or to protect the lord's Romagna." Ulliu explained to Lucrezia with some reluctance, and when he talked about Constantine's infiltration of Montina, and about the pair of uncles and nephews who forced Barentine to give up Bologna, Lucrezia looked incredulous.

"Don't they know how important Romagna is to Alexander, and that the people of the Rovere family are all vicious dogs," Lucrezia angrily cursed the Rovires with the only curse words she knew, but when she saw the strange eyes of the Moors, she immediately realized that among these vicious dogs was her brother Caesar, and even after a little thought she realized that maybe there was her father's share, which made Lucrezia's face turn red at first, and then she said angrily, "Why do they all bully poor Alexander, Isn't he their family? ”

Ulius was tempted to say that it was because your poor Alexander had a great appetite, but he quickly lowered his eyebrows and said, "So I have been commanded to come to you for help, and Madame Barentia has asked me to assure you that she has come up with a good opportunity at such a time that will not be detrimental to the majesty of the Holy See and His Majesty the Pope, and which will ensure the continuation of the rule of the House of Cambrai over Romagna, and even if possible, it may even be a good opportunity." ”

Lucrezia looked down with some suspicion, and when she saw what Barendi had asked her to do, her eyebrows lifted instantly.

"It's impossible!" Lucrezia looked at Ulliu with some anger, "You damned heretic, you still say that this will not damage my father's majesty, and that woman dares to make such a request." ”

"Madame, this does not undermine the dignity of His Majesty the Pope, after all, both Bologna and Ferrara, which are the direct territories of the Pope, have not lost their dignity." Ullius first deliberately confronted Lucrezia in a somewhat upright tone, and then suddenly said before she was about to get angry, "Also, if Madame Barentia's plan succeeds, it is very likely that both Romagna and Tuscany will become the actual domain of the lord, ma'am, do you not think that it is a little too small for His Highness Estelles to have only one pizza?" ”

Uliu's last words seemed to hit Lucrezia in the vital spot, and her expression moved, and her eyes couldn't help but look in the direction of the other room.

Seeing Lucrezia's expression, Uliu hurriedly continued: "I remember that the lord once promised to give His Royal Highness Estelles a piece of territory worthy of her, don't you think that the lord is talking about Tuscany?" ”

"If, I mean if," Lucrezia looked at the letter in her hand, trying to suppress the vague excitement in her heart, "we can talk to the metropolitan, you know it's very risky, after all, my father is terrible to be angry, so how can you guarantee that the metropolitan is willing to listen to you?" ”

Seeing that Lucrezia, who had already acquiesced, seemed to be suffering from gains and losses, Uliu bowed again: "Please rest assured of this, I assure you that Metropolitan Mahimo will be happy to listen to us. ”

"Dear Madam, allow me to report that I have successfully completed the first assignment you have given me, and that Madame Lucrezia has finally agreed to your proposal, and that I am about to rush to Rome, and I promise you that I will deliver your secret letter to the Metropolitan of Massimo," and in the interval of a few hours of rest, Ulliu wrote a letter to Barentia, "Also, as the only mistress in my mind, I beg you to allow your faithful servant to give you a warning......"