Lorenzo obviously didn't have that kind of free time, so he could stay at home and rest all the time. His work was heavy - his father "the gouty man" had been out of government for years. As Lorenzo became an adult, Floros gradually returned power to Lorenzo. After the disintegration of the Pazzi family, the property left behind was naturally taken over by the Medici family. But this huge market vacancy is still inevitably eroded by several other aristocratic companies in Poland.

That's what Lorenzo has been up to lately.

He talked separately with representatives of various companies, listened to the demands, made a private promise, and signed a generous private agreement. Another public meeting was called to vote on another, tougher agreement.

That's how he did it, in exchange for the support of representatives of these companies at the meeting by ceding some of the benefits that Medici did not get, or promising to crack down on other companies. Repeatedly like this-he cut the entire market and subdivided it into small pieces in many fields and regions. It is not a difficult job to ensure that no noble family can get a formed industrial chain or region, but it is extremely arduous. And only if Lorenzo does it himself can he guarantee that nothing will go wrong. If it is successful, these nobles will not get too many benefits from this incident, and the premise that their own strength cannot be replenished... They even have to be distracted from managing their newly acquired property. This is undoubtedly a hot potato.

The Pazzi family is the most wealthy and powerful family in the entire Principality of Sardinia, except for the Medici family. The speed of their transformation from ancient aristocrats to bank entrepreneurs was the fastest among all nobles. Until three months ago, it was also Pazzi and Medici shared 70% of the market in the entire principality.

Therefore, after the disintegration of the Pazzi family, the Principality of Sardinia, which was full of chaos before, immediately calmed down. Then, it is naturally the best choice for everyone to net money together. It is much better to make money with one super than two people fighting to the death, and then others take the opportunity to make money. Can't figure out this basic principle. Except for the Pazzi family, which rose too fast and was full of lunatics, the others have long been purged in repeated underground meetings. Of course, if there are fools who are willing to go out and fight since 2, they will also enjoy their success and follow behind to cheer. Build a reputation in a safe place-of course, if they were asked to go out on their own and take risks against the Medici family, they would definitely not do it.

They are just a group of dogs who can only bully the weak and fear the hard.

For example, when the Pazzi family assassinated the direct descendants of the Medici in an open and aboveboard manner, they received their financial and personal support. However, after Pazzi was liquidated, the Medici family would not have slashed at it...Of course, the debts that should be collected will still be collected. Moreover, the families that fell behind in this reshuffle will be surrounded and bitten by other dogs, forcing them to give up greater benefits. If they want to work hard to get out of this predicament, they can only use the new industry allocated to them by the Jo Medici family to operate desperately. But according to Lorenzo's arrangement, the more they operate this part of the industry, the more capital they have to invest in it, and the more reluctant they are to part with this part of the industry, and thus invest more capital. So they couldn't get distracted from other, Medici-dominant industries. And he doesn't have the extra energy and financial resources to manage his local policies and make trouble for him.

Because of this time. Those who were supported by the crowd became themselves instead.

It's like being surrounded and killed by nobles when the Medici family was at a disadvantage. As long as the Medici family decides to fight to the death with the Pazzi family, then other nobles will definitely make trouble, and at the same time, both of them will attack.

One is, of course, a financial strike within the legal scope.

"Lorenzo is indeed an excellent leader. He has such a foundation." Leonardo sighed.

Floros just shook his head, and said with a smile: "It's only in this era, Your Majesty. In this era when merchants can have power, Lorenzo, who has the talent of an excellent merchant, can exert his strength.

"He will be more powerful in the age to come, Floros.

"I think this is only caused by the weak power of the royal family. Fraulos said firmly: "Just because there have been no good kings for several generations, these businessmen have taken control of local power. If they wait until a great man descends from heaven, they will be eradicated... As the ancients said, it is true that they have indeed carried out a separatist regime and bought some power with capital. This is indeed a problem caused by the lack of good kings for several generations …Leonardo raised his head, staring at Jovraolos with his clear blue pupils: "But also because of this—this is the reason why the virtuous king system was eliminated.

"We can't guarantee that the king will always be wise, and the heirs of the royal family can't always be excellent and surpass ordinary people. As long as there is a generation of Nanwang, he will often ruin the country built by several generations of Ziwang.

"So we need to find a different way ... to spread the power and give it to many people.

"It will never be the best way, Your Majesty."

"It's never the best way.

Leonardo replied: "What stands in front of him in today's society is the difference engine moved from Verrocchio's workshop. It has been built 80% of the time. It can almost run, but there are still some details. Optimization.

"We can't go up to the sky, Floros. Even if I find a way to let people go to the sky, free from the constraints of the earth, and invent machines that can make all food. Make the river flow with milk... The final contradiction will still not be resolved, it will only be It will be covered up by new problems." Leonardo replied calmly in a clear voice: If barbarians are allowed to acquire high technology, they will never become modern people, but will become people who learn to hold high technology. barbarian.

"How superstitious they were in gods in the past, they will be superstitious in science and technology now. What they see from advanced technology is not the scientific thought in it, not the countless sage thoughts and flashes of wisdom and evil, but how to use it to satisfy their poverty. all the desires of the imagination.

He stood up, patted the difference engine, and looked back at Floros.

Fa asked, "What is this, Floros?"

"That's right. But more importantly, it is a new kind of thought. All tools are extensions of the human body, and it will be an extension of the human brain. Leonardo looked at the huge difference engine and sighed: "It's just a prototype. People will improve this computing machine from generation to generation, liberating brain power step by step. From this year onwards, the speed of scientific and technological progress of mankind will be faster than one year. more labor.

"But people create more fruits of labor, don't they. The world has indeed changed, and you are the witnesses.

Leonardo smiled: "And this is what we got.

"But what do you get out of it?"

Floros thought for a while, and asked: "Should we delay the development of the difference engine... This will allow you to invent more things. It will make your influence in this life even greater. It is your invention .The money you earned originally belonged to you. You earned a lot of fame. Some people will even compare them with you...think that the merits are equal." Floros said in a deep voice.

"Why not?" But Leonardo asked back: "Is the person who invented the ruler and pen superior to the person who drew? The person who invented the beaker and the measuring cylinder is more important than all chemists." Great? Is the invention of the **** more important than all the farmers since then?"

…

Floros froze for a moment.

"You care too much about me, Floros," Leonardo smiled. "The inventions I make are not essentially different from those they made, and I am not superior to them. They just use I have lost my tools, and what they use to make money and earn fame is the thoughts and wisdom in their brains. This is what they deserve, and no one can take it away.

Leonardo added.