After hearing what Sensi said, Weldy became even more angry. In his opinion, the yellow-skinned monkeys were all heretics, and the emperor of the yellow-skinned monkeys was the biggest heretic.
All yellow-skinned monkeys should go to hell, and the yellow-skinned monkey emperor will be bitten by hell dogs, incinerated by hellfire, and eventually wiped out in ashes.
The Kingdom of Naples is sacred because it is closest to Rome and naturally closest to God. This is a great gift that no country can match.
But as to why God sat back and watched Sicily being captured by yellow-skinned monkeys, Weldi really couldn't find an answer. Perhaps this was God's ultimate test for the Sicilians...
The test for Weldi himself was the prisoner trade. After Sensi found the Ming army, he verified the identities of the two, especially Weldy, who was the brigade commander. The former guerrilla received a reward of one thousand silver coins.
For Sensi, who was born in poverty, this is a huge sum of money. Although the origin is a bit embarrassing for him, there is no turning back now.
If he could use Verdy in exchange for his own livelihood and travel expenses, Sensi even thought that he should have done so long ago.
When he returned to his hometown of Catania and saw his fiancée Veronica, Sensi couldn't help but be filled with emotion.
Veronica is still radiant, although her face seems a little more haggard.
"You're actually back!"
Veronica was surprised to see Sensi. She had thought that her fiancé had died in the battle.
"Don't you think I should come back? You should make some reasonable explanations for certain things, right?"
Senxi suppressed the anger in his heart and wanted to hear his fiancée's explanation with his own ears.
"It's not what you think!"
Veronica also tried to appease her fiancé, but she also knew that the incident was not easy to explain.
"What should that look like?"
When Sensi saw this woman now, her mood was completely different from before the war.
"Luka said you were dead! Caputo said you were missing! Three months have passed and there is no news from you. What do you want me to do?"
Veronica shed tears as she spoke. This was not an ordinary three months, these were three months ravaged by war, three months that were enough to change the lives of ordinary people.
"Don't I still have family?"
Sensi was not satisfied with this explanation at all, and he would later go to confront Luca and Caputo.
"Your family left on the day the war started. Some people said they went to Naples. I don't know what the situation was."
Veronica wanted to find her husband's family, but under the bombardment, the entire Catania was in ruins, so it was not that easy to find someone.
"……where is your family?"
"...They're all gone!"
"……real?"
"Do I need to use my parents' lives to lie to you? In your eyes, am I already a complete liar? If that's the case, then I'm sorry to disappoint you, but it doesn't matter, and you are also very disappointed. I’m disappointed! Goodbye! It’s best not to meet again in the future!”
Veronica wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, said her last words, and turned to leave.
"Stop!"
Senxi would not let her go easily, and before she finished speaking, she grabbed the other person's wrist.
"What are you going to do? You hurt me!"
The other party's reaction made Veronica very angry, and she didn't do it lightly or harshly.
"Hey! What are you doing? Let go!"
Suddenly, a Ming army officer walked out of a nearby building, shouted in French to stop Sensi, and then stood next to Veronica.
"It turns out you already have someone! Let's see!"
There was a trace of ferocity in Senxi's eyes. When he saw that the other party was not good-natured, he could only give up his goal temporarily.
An hour later, Sensi found Luca who was working as a coolie at the dock.
"Brother, why is a woman important? If you can give her everything, what can she give you? Women may be a part of life, but if a man wants to live, he does not necessarily need a woman! There are so many men in the port, is it possible? Does everyone have to have a woman? Besides, in the current situation, multiple women mean more mouths and need money to support them. If you can’t even support yourself, don’t expect to support women! Having said that, if you have one in your pocket Money, you can get any woman you want! Some women love you, and some women love your money. When you have money, women will definitely love a part of you. This is what I say from the bottom of my heart. , maybe you think it’s wrong, but that’s how life is!”
Luca couldn't understand it at first, but he felt relieved after hearing other people's experiences, especially those of men who had lost women.
If a woman can hurt a man by finding a new love, then why should she find women or even marry them?
Women are unreliable, but silver coins are trustworthy. Silver coins will at least not betray you. Only with enough silver coins can you live the life you want.
"You said I was dead, Caputo said I was missing!"
"Is there any difference? Uncertain news is flying everywhere these days!"
"Do you know what Veronica would think if she knew such news?"
"Her family members are all dead, and I dug a hole to bury them. Life has to go on. If you don't come back for several months, how are you going to let her live?"
"..."
Senxi really couldn't answer this question. If a woman is helpless, her life will be much harder than that of a man.
After thinking about it, Sensi decided to find his family first. If they were not dead, they should be found, and then deal with Veronica's matter.
This damn war!
The war cost him Veronica, but he gained a thousand silver coins.
If he could turn back time, he still wouldn't know how to make a choice.
Without enough silver coins, how can he keep the beautiful Veronica by his side?
Money and women are always a headache for men...
"idiot!"
Looking at Senxi's retreating back, Luca commented that if he hadn't had no money in his pocket, he would have taken Veronica away.
If Veronica is dumped by a Ming army officer in the future, maybe she will still have a chance.
Luka may not be as good as Sensi in other aspects, but his language talent is worse than him.
He can already speak simple plain language, even though it is only verbally, but with this ability, he can already make a living on the dock.
Even if the French Navy's Mediterranean Fleet had previously anchored in the Port of Catania, it was not as large as the fleet in front of them, which was enough to shock every native working at the dock.
I heard that this is only a small part of the Ming army's fleet. If they were all launched, they could fill the entire bay, which would definitely be terrifying.
Due to the limited size of the Port of Catania, apart from replenishing fresh water, the giant ships of the Ming army generally did not dock easily to avoid too much effort when leaving the port.
All those that dock to unload cargo are transport ships, either transporting troops or cargo. The latter is what Luca and others work for. As soon as the cargo ship arrives, they will have work to do.
Basically, they are charged on a piece-by-piece basis. If you are lucky, you can earn half a silver coin a day, ten to fifteen silver coins a month. The advantage is that the port manager has a lunch and can eat half a catty of meat, so it attracts a lot of people. Come lightly and do your part.
This salary was not very good before the war, but now, it is a good job that is being snatched up. Luca can speak a little plain language, so he was given priority in admission.
There are also guerrillas who sneak into the porter team, but if they are caught, they will be tortured, such as having their hands and feet chopped off, and becoming completely disabled.
This was an unimaginable end for them, and it was even more terrifying than Rome's methods of eradicating heretics.
The good news is that once the report is verified, there will be a heavy reward. This is what Luka has been looking forward to...
After repeated sweeps, by early October, all the guerrillas on Sicily had been wiped out.
All prisoners will be transported by sea and sent to Donetsk to mine coal.
If you don’t want to dig coal, you can voluntarily surrender. If you don’t want to voluntarily surrender and don’t want to dig coal, then it’s just a daydream!
The entire island of Sicily has basically been cleaned up. It is not ruled out that a small number of remnants are dormant in the corners, but they are no longer able to cause trouble.
Emperor Haojing decided to transfer 300,000 yuan to Sicily in the early stage and strive to transfer 1 million yuan within three years in order to completely digest the island.
Sicily is of great strategic importance as it is the gateway to and from the Western Mediterranean and to the Horn of North Africa.
In addition to repairing the airport and expanding the port, the island will also be stationed with troops. In the early stage, no less than five brigades of troops will be stationed, so that supplies and operations can be rotated nearby.
Before seizing the Apennine Peninsula part of the Kingdom of Naples, the Ming Navy's Mediterranean Fleet headquarters can also be temporarily located in Sicily.
Louis XIV was not willing to hand over Malta, indicating that he still wanted to keep a nail for France in the Mediterranean. The French Mediterranean fleet would still have a base to station in the future.
However, after a certain emperor obtained the Kingdom of Naples, even the island of Crete was returned to Ibrahim, so he naturally looked down on the big-ass Malta.
After the great victory in Sicily, Jiexuan suddenly received a letter from Rome.
The content is that in view of the tragedy that occurred in Sicily, His Majesty the Pope hopes that similar things will not happen in the Apennine Peninsula.
In his words, he also revealed his intention to annex the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula to Rome...
This matter was no small matter, so Jiexuan reported the contents directly to Emperor Haojing for the Holy Judgment.
After Britain, Spain, Tsarist Russia, Poland, and the Holy Roman Empire were successively eliminated by the Ming Empire, France, the Netherlands, Prussia, the Principality of Hannover, and the Principality of Mecklenburg-Schwerin decided to move to the Eastern World.
There are only Sweden, Switzerland, Venice, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Andorra and other countries left in Europe. Among them, only Sweden is considered a powerful country. Others, including Switzerland and Venice, cannot compare with France and the Netherlands.
Rome's prestige was naturally severely weakened, especially in the Eastern world. At first, Rome was extremely excited about the Ming Emperor's widespread promotion of alphabet and the change of the national flag to a cross symbol.
But after so many years, the efforts to Romanize the Ming Empire only stopped at these two aspects. If bathing is included, it would be three aspects...
Because the emperor showed extraordinary magical power, more and more people in the Ming Empire believed in the emperor's magical power and had no interest in the content of Rome.
After the Western countries signed a land exchange agreement with the Ming Empire and began to implement it, Rome became even more anxious and eager.
You must know that France's sphere of influence in the Apennine Peninsula is not limited to the Kingdom of Naples in the south, but also a large area of land in the northwest, which was the former Southeastern Region of France.
This region is bounded by Switzerland to the north, Venice to the east, and Rome to the south. It is considered one of the richest regions in Europe and was highly valued by Louis XIV. Otherwise, it would not have been regarded as France and given the name of the region. No.
After the Kingdom of Naples changed hands, the Southeast Region should be next. Once both the northern and southern territories fell into the hands of the Ming Empire emperor, it would mean that Rome was attacked from the north and south by the Ming Empire.
This is the last thing Rome wants to see. As the heartland of Western faith, it is surrounded by the Eastern Empire. How embarrassing would it be?
Therefore, the Pope sent a personal letter, hoping to resolve the matter through redemption. Of course, the premise is that the price cannot be too high, otherwise Rome will not be able to afford it.
How much is it specifically?
Five hundred million silver coins!
But it has to be paid in fifty years!
Zhu Cixi could only laugh at this, why don't you write a five-hundred-year installment plan?
This world!
The more status a person has, the more he wants to take advantage!
If you want to take advantage of others, Zhu Cihong can't control it, but it's not so easy to take advantage of yourself!
Otherwise, how about I trade Antarctica for Rome?
Antarctica is larger than Rome!
The white snow is so refreshing just looking at it!
Having said that, Zhu Cixiang would not say that, and it was very polite to have Jie Xuan ghostwrite the reply.
The Eastern world is in urgent need of preaching. As the emperor of the Ming Empire, he was willing to spend his own money to buy a piece of land in Kimchi in exchange for buying Rome.
In this way, Rome can be moved to the Eastern world, and it can continue to influence France, the Netherlands, Prussia and other countries. Isn't it possible to kill multiple birds with one stone?
Regarding the matter of the Kingdom of Naples, Zhu Cixiang did not intend to consider it at all. I bought this with several times the land, how could I sell it at a low price?
Don’t future generations of kimchi like this stuff?
I will give it to you for free now!
Jiexuan did not believe that Rome would take action against this, because France, the Netherlands, and Prussia, which could support it, had already begun to move.
If these three families broke the contract halfway through the move because of this incident, World War I would break out.
After the end of the European War, the Ming Empire's martial virtues were still abundant, and they were in need of people to join forces. Single fights or group fights were acceptable.
Without a war, the most unhappy people would be Japan and Kimchi, who had just tasted the sweetness of war.
If a world war breaks out, as long as the Ming Dynasty is willing to provide money and equipment, the Japanese country alone can mobilize millions of troops to participate in the war...
Taking into account the lessons learned from the Sicilian campaign, Jiexuan also considered using Japanese mercenaries in the southern Apennine Peninsula.
Whenever it is inconvenient for the Ming Dynasty King to come forward, the Japanese army will speak for him, so that both parties can benefit.
For the Kingdom of Naples itself, in order to ensure that refueling tactics were not used, Jiexuan hoped to invest ten brigades of Kimchi and twenty brigades of Japanese troops in the early stage.
Cooperating with the ten brigades of the Ming Dynasty King's Division, it should be possible to achieve horizontal push operations in the southern Apennine Peninsula.
The purpose of this is to launch a net-like attack, completely denying the opponent any room for guerrilla warfare!
