My Daming New Empire

However, compared to the more than [-] big families in Rome, these people are not very powerful.Of course, this also means that the information of the Medici family is incomplete.

In front of them, there was a huge map of Rome made up of four maps. On this map, not only were the various blocks and main buildings drawn in detail, but even the terrain, rivers, and bridges were clearly marked.

Seeing this map, the members of the Medici family were extremely surprised, because they would never draw such a map.

On this map, they marked the base camps and main stores of these sixteen families with red pens.

Afterwards, Chen Li and Zhang Fengshan began to assign tasks to everyone in the young army according to this list.Tomorrow is the time for them to get acquainted with these families. As long as the other party dares to make a move, they will receive a thunderous blow from the Ming army.

Zhang Wei's team was assigned the task of monitoring the Borgia family living at the foot of Mount Gianikolo.

According to various indications, this family played a huge role in this conspiracy, and it can even be said to be the mastermind.

Zhang Wei was assigned to this fat job because of his relationship with Zhu Zhanji, which made Yuan Zhen and the others jealous.

According to the information provided by the Medici family, the patriarch of the Borgia family is the 40-year-old Alonso.Born in Aragon, he also served as a diplomat for the Kingdom of Aragon and a professor of law at the University of Lleida before becoming bishop.

Different from his gentle appearance, he is good at killing competitors with poison, and he is known as a ruthless person inside and outside the Holy See.

Benefiting from the great development of the Kingdom of Aragon over the past 100 years, the southern part of the Italian peninsula is currently the territory of Aragon.Aragon is very supportive of him as a bishop, so his influence in the Papal State is extremely large.

In addition to the support of the Kingdom of Aragon, he also made great efforts during the enthronement of the current Pope Martin, so Martin was more tolerant of him, resulting in his arrogant attitude.

It is not yet known whether there is Aragorn's shadow behind his actions, but as long as he catches him, Da Ming will have another chance to blackmail Aragorn.

While Zhang Wei and a group of subordinates were still planning how to monitor the movement of the Borgia family without intimidating others, the Borgia family, which was only two miles away from Notre Dame in Greece, was also carrying out a battle. intense discussions.

A short black-haired man said to the crowd: "The grandson of the Ming Emperor will arrive in Rome the day after tomorrow. If you don't act tonight, there will be only one night left tomorrow night. The people of Daming have relaxed their vigilance today, but if Are they awake tomorrow night?"

But everyone didn't take his words to heart, but looked at a handsome middle-aged man with blond hair.

There was a gentle smile on this middle-aged man's face, but no one would think his smile was warm, and would think of it as a poisonous snake.

This middle-aged man is the owner of the villa, Bishop Alonso. Relying on his profound literary talents and ruthless means, he came to Rome from Aragon and still rose rapidly.

Hearing what the little man said, he said, "You must not act tonight. If Daming's guards find out tomorrow, it will cause a situation that we don't want to see. They will definitely strengthen their guard. Only by doing it tomorrow night can we make it happen." Daming people don't have time to react."

The little man asked: "What if they strengthened their defenses tomorrow? Wouldn't we have no chance to do it again!"

"No, the great-grandson of the Ming Dynasty will stay in Rome for about ten days. In his itinerary, he not only visits the Vatican, but also visits the ancient city of Rome. Even if there is no chance tomorrow, we can find one in the future."

Alonso's opinion was obviously agreed by most people, and after some discussion, they decided on it.

Afterwards, these elders got into the carriage one by one, and their entourage lit the lanterns, and left Villa Borgia in this way.

They didn't bother to hide it. Anyway, in their opinion, even if they discussed the conspiracy against them in front of the people of Ming Dynasty, those people of Ming Dynasty would not understand.

They also couldn't understand what the Ming people said, so they just arranged some people to watch from the outside, and didn't send people to sneak into their team.

Of course, the content of their discussion is still only circulated in a small area. No matter when, the Holy See will always have some traitors and traitors.

They can sell their souls for the benefit, let alone sell others.

The hustle and bustle subsided, Alonso returned to the meeting room just now, and the others dispersed, leaving only the most trustworthy person in this room.

"Teruel, have you figured out the eating habits of the Ming people?"

"I'm sorry, Alonso, it is said that His Royal Highness needs a hundred dishes for a meal, and you don't know which dish he will eat, so it is impossible to take his life directly by poisoning him."

Alonso was not discouraged, and turned to another attendant and asked, "Visca, have you made arrangements for the gunner?"

"Yes, the six gunmen have been arranged for a week of special training in the mountains of Riano. However, according to His Highness's previous arrangement, there are at least three thousand Ming soldiers around him, and each of the best shooters There are people searching at every angle, so it's hard to pinpoint where the shots were fired."

Alonso pondered for a while and said: "We must set aside other people to attack in secret before others do it. These people are the generation who have failed to accomplish anything, and cooperating with them can only be regarded as the last choice."

"But placing explosives on the Paladino Bridge is the most labor-saving method, and can target the Maxi family who guards the bridge."

Alonso said with a dark smile: "With so many companies working together, do you think that the wind will not leak out? The Ming army has more than [-] soldiers and has more than [-] advanced muskets. If these people go crazy, they will destroy the entire Rome was buried with him. At that time, any family involved in this conspiracy will face the heaviest blow. Therefore, even if we want the emperor's grandson to die, we cannot implicate ourselves. "

He thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow I will leave Rome and go to Vic Vallo to negotiate with Blasio's representative. I hope that in the morning of the day after tomorrow, when the emperor's grandson first landed on the land of Rome, he will execute Assassination. Even if you can't kill the grandson of the emperor, let him vent his anger on these families in Rome. For me, there are too many big families in Rome. For Aragon, a weak Papal State , and it is more in the interests of Aragon."

"My lord bishop, I will act according to your will, and I will never let people cast suspicious eyes on the Borgia family."

Two peaceful days passed, and Zhu Zhanji was about to set foot on the land of Rome, but the former army stationed in Rome still did not notice any traces of the assassination.

The group of people headed by Chen Li became a little impatient.

If explosives are not used, it must be the shooter. This kind of defense will be more difficult, and no one knows when the shooter will do it.

As for wanting to assassinate with knives, they were not worried at all, not to mention those masters around His Highness, even His Highness himself was invincible.

There was nothing unusual along the way, so Chen Li focused on the Fort Sant'Angelo where His Highness was going to stay.

At first, he couldn't understand why His Highness chose Castel Sant'Angelo as his place of residence without any taboo.

Although it is now the most luxurious palace in the Papal State, it used to be a tomb, and later it was converted into a prison, and it was also a fortress of a war.

But when he saw the Fort Sant'Angelo built by the Tevere River, he understood a little.The palace is built of marble, which is extremely strong. The entire palace is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It can accommodate more than 5000 people. As long as there is sufficient food, 10 people cannot attack.

But these Yi people really don't pay much attention to changing the tomb into a palace.

He led a group of people to check the entire palace up and down, inside and out, and then drove away all the barbarians, and used his own people to defend.

In order to prevent someone from planting explosives in the sewer, he personally drilled into the sewer connected to the river, and found nothing unusual.

Chen Li and the others assumed all conceivable assassination actions, and felt that their defenses were flawless.This passive feeling is really uncomfortable, but in a foreign country, people look different, even if you want to send your own spies.

They wanted to lure the snake out of the hole and catch them all at once, so they could only wait.

Of course, they would be happier if there were no assassinations.

On November [-]th, at about three quarters past, Zhu Zhanji's flagship stopped at the pier on the north side of St. Paul's Basilica in the southern suburbs of Rome.

Although there is still some distance from Rome, the river in front of it is also navigable, but because the Tevere River is the mother river of Rome, many bridges have been built on the river.

Most of the bridge holes left by these bridges cannot pass sea ships, so they can only go ashore here.

Although Martin V did not come to greet Zhu Zhanji in person, four cardinals came, which can be regarded as a super high standard of treatment.

Because of rumors of the assassination, the scene was sealed off.Except for a few greeters, most of the Romans watching the excitement were stopped by Zhu Zhanji's guards.

There was no welcoming ceremony at the scene, but the ostentation of the great grandson of the Ming Dynasty still shocked everyone. Even the Pope dared not display such a grand guard of honor.

For most Roman citizens, this grand occasion is also a memory that they can regard as a lifetime.

Zhu Zhanji's huge dragon chariot has an area of ​​more than [-] square meters. In terms of area, it can accommodate fifty people without any problem.

He "enthusiastically" invited four cardinals to ride with him, but the cardinals hesitated for a long time, and still did not dare to go with Zhu Zhanji, lest they be targeted, so Zhu Zhanji was still the only one to ride alone.