Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

Under the scorching sun, on a road not far from the city of Pisa, a man wrapped in a black robe was riding on the horse and wobbled in the direction of Pisa.

Behind him, the armor of the two guards wearing half-body armor was emitting a dazzling light, and the steam of steam seemed to burn the armor slightly and it would wipe out Mars.

Beside this person, followed by a follower, two large and heavy leather bags hung on both sides of the horse. Walking all the way around, it looked like a big-bellied goose from a distance.

The weather in August is still suffocatingly hot. At this time, people who are still traveling on the road are mostly businessmen who have to travel for their livelihoods.

This line of four people also looks like a businessman on the road with his buddies and bodyguards, at least for Pizza, this scene has been quite common recently.

As the glory of the early years faded away, the glory of the once prosperous maritime hegemony was getting further and further away from Pisa, which made many pizza people can only look forward to passing the time.

Pisa people don't like Florentines, this is because they are too close to Florence.

Florence has always regarded pizza as its sphere of influence, which makes the same proud pizzeria very dissatisfied, but compared with Florence, pizza is too weak and has to bow his head in front of Florence again and again.

It's just that Pisa never stopped trying to get rid of the shadow of Florence, whether it was in the past as a Principality, or after the establishment of a republic, never stopped trying.

It's just that repeated indignation seems to be in vain. Every time when Florence tries to conquer Pizza, it will achieve its goal smoothly. Whether it is sending troops or messengers, the result is often that Pizza has to bow his head to that behemoth.

Compared with Florence, Pisa is too weak, and as Pisa's power at the sea gradually shrank, they knew that if they want to get rid of the situation where the city is gradually declining, they can only rely on that ambitious Florence who has always wanted to completely swallow them.

Until the Republic was accidentally overthrown, a young man suddenly appeared in Pisa.

After winning the victory, Alexander offered the Pizzar a condition to pay 50,000 florins directly, or to join his trading area in the name of a share at the same price.

The Pizza people did not accidentally choose the latter. Although they could feel that if they did so, it might cause Pizza to be in a huge dispute in the future, but with the poor financial status of Pizza at that time, it was impossible to come up with such a big deal. The money is paid.

And what is the consequence of refusing to pay, as long as you look at those brutal mercenaries.

And under the tremendous threat of Milan at the time, even just using the threat of no longer serving the city, it was enough to allow the Pizza to succumb.

But what surprised the pizza people who signed the agreement is that although this agreement did not immediately bring any visible benefits, but as the number of cargo ships passing or turning around in the port gradually increased, the pizza people seemed to see the prosperity. A trace of time.

There are already merchants going ashore from Pisa or going to sea from Pisa through the interior of Tuscany. This makes the city of Pisa, which is gradually losing its vitality, become a little bit more lively, which makes many first-class people who are Republican pizza, sometimes While secretly hating the young man named Gumbre, he had to admit that as the city gradually became more lively, the originally tight days seemed to be slightly relieved than before.

The traveler glanced at the follower again, no wonder he cared about it. There was something very important to him in the leather bag on the horseback. In today's not-so-flat days, no one is careless when going out. of.

A faint sound of horseshoes came from the road far behind, and the sound of horseshoes was very fast and dull, and a large number could be heard.

Several people immediately hid under the tree on the side of the road. Two armed guards and men in robes kept the man and his leather bag behind him, and then they watched warily.

A small group of cavalry passed by. Although they saw this small team on the roadside, they did not pay much attention. In the choking smoke, the few cavalry hurried away in the direction of Pisa City.

Several people did not move. From the continuous sound of horseshoes, they knew that these cavalry should be only forwards, and more teams should be behind.

Sure enough, another team of cavalry gradually approached in the rumble of horseshoes, and the few people looked at the team curiously, and there was a fascinating bright color that seemed to be vaguely visible in the team.

A flag with a strange pattern flashed by. Under the flag, a figure wrapped in a cloth towel covering his head and face made the businessman hiding under the tree suddenly jump.

Pisa City is almost here.

The mood of Pisa's Tomno is a bit bad these days.

After returning from Rome, Tomnio was very excited to prepare for a big show. The promises and hints of the earl brothers and sisters made Tomnio seem to see hope, and he felt that he might become a family to regain prosperity. The essential.

After returning to Pisa, he summoned the commanders of the Pisa City Defense Forces again. After declaring that he had received the full support of the Earl of Montina, the City Defense Army officers finally agreed implicitly that he could deal with him at some point in the future. Give "necessary support".

What is necessary support? What time is it?

The two sides did not explain, but Tomnio felt clear.

This made Tomnio think that the time for an ambition had finally arrived, and he began to gradually move from the throne of the governor like a symbol.

Tomnio ’s frequent meetings with the members of the parliament attracted the attention of the new parliament. According to those members ’thoughts, Tomnio ’s governor. More than just the result of their mutual compromise with Alexander, but now Tomnio is beginning to show a strong desire for power, which makes many people start to feel uneasy.

Although he was helped by Alexandria, this does not mean that the pizza people liked Alexandria. On the contrary, as long as they are slightly forward-looking pizza people, they can realize the profound impact of the agreement signed with Alexandria on Pisa.

Unlike other cities and ports participating in the free trade zone, Pisa's accession was "buy" with 50,000 florins, which means that in this newly established business alliance, Pisa's status is lower than other The city, even Alexandria, also holds a share of the Port of Pisa.

This may be nothing to ordinary people, they will only be happy that the city is gradually becoming more and more lively, but for those lawmakers, this will mean that the Pisa are gradually losing their power.

It ’s not that no one thought about bringing Tomnyola over. Although they were always uneasy about the people of the Tomnio family, they worried that they would still think about the throne of the former Duke of Pisa and take the opportunity to stir the wind and rain, but let the city gradually Compared to the hands of foreigners, it is nothing.

It was only after hearing that the consul actually ran quietly to Rome, and also visited Alexandria, the patriots in the Parliament finally could not bear it anymore.

They began to publicly criticize Tomno ’s words and deeds in parliament. They called him "someone's follower" or "the servant of the Neapolitan", and as this criticism became more and more intense, it later developed simply It became a blatant satire on the street, and the appearance of a sarcastic sketch completely exposed all this to the people of Pisa.

A nobleman with a big belly but no beard is holding a mouthful of meat, the word "pizza" on the meat is clearly visible, and beside this person, a man in a clown costume looks exactly like Tomnio The clown Zhengnu Yan kneeled down at the feet of this man with his hands high, holding another piece of meat with the words Pizza on it, and delivered it to the man.

Almost overnight, portraits of this kind of content are spread all over the city, and as long as you are a little smarter, you know the meaning of this painting.

Tomno was annoyed and angry. He stormed into the parliament and questioned who was doing the dirty work, but the answer to him was silence. This made the governor more angry. He felt his authority was challenged and worse. He lost face in front of the whole city.

So when he saw those city defense officers who were visiting him after his anxiety and corruption, Tomnio couldn't help but be moved.

Tomno did not ask too much, he just wanted to be able to establish his authority as the governor.

Since the last time he tried to suspend interest payments to Montina and was warned by those officers, he has known that between the mercenaries and Alexandria, with the signing of the tax split agreement, there has been some kind of closer relationship with Pisa Benefit relationship.

And this is also one of the main reasons for his determination to fall completely to Alexander.

If even the army does not listen, it is difficult for Tomno to imagine how Pisa confronted Alexander.

So he hoped that the City Defense Army could help him, but he only asked the City Defense Army to help capture those who wantonly vilified his reputation and distributed those messy things in the city.

Although it is known that there must be the support of certain members of Parliament behind those people, Tomnio has not been bold enough to use the army to treat those members of Parliament. After all, according to the newly established Pisa law, the City Defense Army is only responsible for protecting the city from outside. aggression.

Seriously speaking, he wanted the city defense army to arrest those who distributed leaflets, which was actually a violation of the law.

"I'll pay you, it's entirely my own pocket," Tomno said so deliberately, which at least gave him the kind of reason why these city defenses were just his hire.

Watching Tomnio sitting there indignantly, and sometimes indecisively, the captain of the city defense army impatiently skimmed his mouth covered with a thick beard.

But he is not in a hurry, because he knows that Tomnio will finally make this determination.

Sometimes once the ambitious gate is opened, it is difficult to close it again.

Sure enough, after a struggle, Tomno put a heavy purse on the table.

"I don't have much money, you know my family has been struggling these years," Tomno patted the purse gently with his hand. "Take me out of those who curse and spread the leaflets that slandered me on the street. Guys, grab them all and hang them on the square, and then I will interrogate them in front of the whole city. "

"Then I think you should add some more money. Master Officer, you should know that there must be some support behind those people, and there may be a fierce conflict." The captain took the money bag and opened it, and looked at the colorful and shiny gems inside. "Or if you simply pay more, we can help you solve the last trouble."

Tomnio's face suddenly changed color, and he looked at the door anxiously, seeing that there were only a few people from the City Defense Army, and he was slightly relieved.

"You are crazy, don't say such terrible things again."

Tomnio couldn't hold his breath. He knew what the man was suggesting, but it was because of this that he was afraid.

But somehow, looking at these people, he couldn't help but think of the hints that the Countess Kosenza in Rome's Marino Palace told him.

"My brother and I hope that your consul will take another step forward at an appropriate time."

It was this sentence that made Tomnio unable to fall asleep late at night during this time. When the night was quiet, a heartburn that burned his whole body was tormenting him.

However, Tomnio has not lost his mind. He knows that the so-called appropriate time is too far away and too difficult to grasp. If he acts rashly, he may lose everything.

The captain of the city defense was very trustworthy. After taking the money, he immediately led a search for the entire city of Pisa.

Although the City Defense Army does not have the right to arrest the citizens of Pisa according to the law, they still drive and dismiss those who publicly say bad things about him as long as they see it, as Tomnio asked.

As for those who distributed satire flyers everywhere, Tomnio felt that it was not so polite. Although he was forced to release by the huge pressure from the Parliament after just grabbing a person, Tomnio still ordered the City Defense Army to give them Some proper punishment.

So everywhere in the city of Pisa, you can see unemployed nomads who are chased around with papers full of flyers, and city defense soldiers who are chasing behind sticks and whips.

The bad situation left Pisa City in a mess for a few days, but as those who distributed leaflets disappeared, Tomnio finally felt like he had a big victory.

When he came to the parliament again, he saw the taboos and fears in the eyes of the people, which gave Tomnio a kind of inexplicable pride. He knew that he was at least finally seated on the throne of the governor, and the next is How to make the brother and sister of Earl Montina think he is a man with enough weight to cooperate.

Tomnio doesn't think he should be just a servant and a servant, he treats himself as an Alexandrian collaborator.

It ’s just that Tomnio did not expect that his good day of self-satisfaction did not last a few days. With the outbreak of clashes with some members of parliament at a regular parliamentary meeting a few days ago, Pisa City fell into the previous In the kind of chaos.

This time, it was more intense than last time. Those people were instigating among the people, and more flyers were all over the streets and streets of Pisa.

Tomnio was completely stupid. He did n’t know what was going on. He hid in his house and listened to the shouting of the citizens outside who urged him to resign immediately, and at this time, those The officers of the City Defense Army visited his house again.

But these people came in quietly from the back door this time.

In a room with tightly closed doors and windows on the second floor of Tomnio ’s house, several people sat around a table in the sultry room, and the shouts outside were faintly audible, but they did not care at this time. Those shouted.

"You want me to authorize the arrest of those outside?" Tomno gasped, his forehead covered with sweat, but his hands shook inadvertently. "That's all citizens of Pisa."

The captain passed a trace of contempt on the face, but said in his mouth: "We are not trying to catch those citizens, but those who are instigators. To know that the citizens are always blinded by the unknown truth, we only need to catch A handful of ulterior motives will do. "

"It's because those people are always against me. Don't they know that I'm doing it for them," Tomno whispered. "Yes, grab those people, let the citizens see who they are." . "

"But this requires your authorization, the consul," the captain pushed an order before Tomno. "I can't do this without written authorization."

"Are you threatening me?" Tomnio looked a little ugly.

"This is to ensure that we will not be slandered into a rebellion in the future," the captain did not allow "you only need to sign and authorize, I will let the city defense army disperse the citizens on the street, and then start to arrest those who lead the trouble."

Tomnio took the authorization and looked at it carefully. He read it carefully. The sweat on his hands had soaked the document and he didn't care. Then he slowly picked up the pen and dipped it in ink.

"After signing this power of attorney, I will be able to solve the immediate trouble for you," the captain's voice echoed to Tomnio as a tempting devil.

He hesitated, allowing the sweat beads on the tip of the nose and the ink on the tip of the nose to drip almost simultaneously, mixing on the table, forming a small stain.

"Help me get rid of this troublesome thing," Tomnio finally made up his mind. His pen swiped quickly in the blank space of the authorization and signed his name. "But you must remember, you must not hurt. Those parliamentarians, I do n’t want this to turn into an illegal rebellion. "

A strange smile appeared on the captain's beard. He picked up the power of attorney from the table and looked at it carefully. Then he stood up and led several officers to bow to Tomno.

"Observe the ruler, we will follow your orders."

Looking at the respectful salute of the captain, it seemed that Tomnio finally felt a trace of majesty from power.

It's just that when several officers walked out of the room one after another, and he and the captain were only left in the room, the captain who walked to the door suddenly turned back and said to Tomnio: "Master Sir, the one you have been expecting is the appropriate time. 'It's already here.'

Listening to the captain, Tomnio was stunned, and then his heart suddenly tightened!

In accordance with the order issued by Tomnio in the name of the Pisa governor, the Pisa City Defense Army began to disperse the people who surrounded his mansion and parliament, and he ordered the arrest of those who incite trouble.

As a result, the people clashed with the City Defense Army.

The chief of the city defense army immediately declared the instigators as a rebellion, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to forcibly enter the house of the congressman who was hiding from them to be arrested.

Fierce conflicts between the two sides occurred again.

The lawmakers rushed to the parliament, and their anger for a long time was finally ignited with the brutal action of the city defense army.

"Stop Tomnio, UU reading www.uukanshu.com to abolish the disgrace treaty with Montina!"

When someone stood on the steps of the parliament and shouted loudly, it immediately received a fierce response from countless pizza people. Looking at the passionate people in front of the parliament, the parliamentarians seemed to see the light of freedom coming to Pisa again.

But at this moment, people heard a deafening gunfire coming from the direction of the city gate.

With the sound of the cannon, a news that surprised all the members of Parliament and the people gathered in front of the Parliament Square quickly spread to Pisa City.

The army of Count Montina entered Pisa!

On the last day of July 1497, Alexander led the army into Pisa again.

On August 2, 1497, Count of Montina Alexandre Juliant Gumbre announced his support for Pisa ’s governor Tomno to dissolve the Pisa Parliament and support him as the new governor of Pisa.

On August 9th, with the support of Count Montina, the Governor of Pisa Tomno announced the restoration of Pisa as the Principality. Since then, the Tomno family has once again become the Duke of Pisa!