Marin quickly found the blacksmith shop that specialized in manufacturing screw press oil presses. Blacksmith shops in this era can make anything. It can be made as small as sewing needles and iron nails, as large as oil presses.
The blacksmith shop that Marin found was the best one in the city of Milan for making screw press oil presses. So Marin waved his hand, smashed it with gold coins, and hired 10 craftsmen in the blacksmith shop, together with the boss (the boss is also an excellent craftsman) and hired them away. When Marin took out a lot of gold coins, the craftsmen's eyes were straightened. Moreover, Marin directly offered a high salary of 2 shillings per day. With this treatment, even the owner of the blacksmith shop couldn't resist the temptation. You know, their blacksmith shop does not have big business every day. On average, the daily profit is only about 1 shilling. Working with Maring is more than opening a blacksmith shop, and you don't have to take risks.
And after Marin hired these 10 craftsmen who are good at making screw squeeze oil presses, he was in a good mood, so he started to play in Milan...
On a bridge in the north of the city, Marin stood and watched the surrounding scenery, as well as...beauties...
There are many beautiful women in Italy. Of course, it doesn't mean that Italian women are beautiful, but that women here are good at dressing themselves. Even if they go out to buy a needle and thread, Italian women will dress themselves up beautifully. This habit became popular during the Renaissance, and it is the time when it is all the rage.
Marin saw that the aunts who came out to buy vegetables were all beautifully dressed. As for those young women, let alone.
No, Marin saw a seventeen or eighteen-year-old beauty approaching slowly, but her brows were tightly frowned, as if she had encountered some trouble. And she was holding a paper bag in her hand, and she didn't know what was wrapped in it.
However, Marin took a closer look at her appearance and almost fell off the bridge in fright:
"Damn it! Is this the Mona Lisa?"
Marin calmed down, observed carefully again, and found that it was indeed very similar to Mona Lisa. Of course, Leonardo da Vinci's famous work "Mona Lisa" was completed around 1503, when Mona Lisa was about 22 years old. And now it is 1499, and the girl who looks like Mona Lisa in front of me is just seventeen or eighteen years old, and it is very likely that she is Mona Lisa herself...
Marin was instantly excited, Mona Lisa! That is a goddess who has been famous in the world for 500 years! No matter in history class or art class, "Mona Lisa" is an eternal classic and an important topic that cannot be ignored.
Marin has seen the "Mona Lisa" too many times, so he is naturally familiar with its appearance. However, the Mona Lisa in front of me is not smiling, but frowning...
"Beautiful lady, where have we met? Is your name Mona Lisa?" Marin stepped forward impatiently and asked in Latin.
The beautiful woman who was walking frowning paused slightly, and looked at Marin frowning. Marin thought that the other party could not understand Latin, and wanted to ask an Italian translator to help. Unexpectedly, the beauty spoke, also in Latin, but not very proficient:
"Sir, I think you have misunderstood the person. My name is Lisa Giocondo, not Mona Lisa..."
"Lisa Giocondo? Yes, there is such a saying!" Who is the Mona Lisa? There are many versions, and one of the widely circulated versions is—Mona Lisa's real name is Lisa Giocondo, the wife of a merchant in Florence. However, that was in 1503. And the "Mona Lisa" in front of me is only seventeen or eighteen years old, obviously not married yet...
At this time, Marin has confirmed that the "Mona Lisa" in front of him is the Mona Lisa written by Leonardo da Vinci. So, he used his brains... Of course, Marin didn't use his brains on the beauty of Mona Lisa, but used his brains on the oil painting...
"Mona Lisa" is Leonardo da Vinci's most classic painting and the most expensive oil painting in the world. It is also a national treasure of France, a world power, and its value is immeasurable.
Marin took Da Vinci to East Frisia, which made the immortal world famous painting "Mona Lisa" lose the chance of birth. However, the Mona Lisa is right in front of my eyes, and Marin decided to coax this beauty into East Frisia as a model, and then ask Ada to paint her an oil painting... oh no, a few paintings... Then, these Oil paintings can be stored in Marin's palace, as the treasure of the palace, to improve the style of Marin's palace...
Then, Marin followed Lisa Jiaokondo with a deadpan face, and started to talk...
"Mona Lisa" is still very young after all, not enough vigilance. After Marin revealed his identity as the earl, the little girl regarded him as a good person. Induced by Marin's words, the little girl said everything.
It turned out that the little girl's father was also a painter who had served in the court of Milan and was a colleague of Da Vinci, and they had a good relationship with each other...
Marin suddenly realized, no wonder Da Vinci was willing to paint for it later in Florence. It turned out that she was the daughter of an old friend...
However, just a few years ago, the father of "Mona Lisa" probably suffered from lung disease due to long-term exposure to toxic dyes for painting. It's not the deadly kind, but it's deadly. Because her father can no longer work because of this. Not only that, but also need to spend a lot of money, take medicine to maintain. Besides, the price of medicine is not cheap...
Therefore, the "Mona Lisa" family immediately changed from being rich to abject. Just now, the little girl went to the pharmacy to ask her father to buy medicine.
Because of the high cost of medicine, Lisa Giocondo's family is already struggling to survive and is about to go bankrupt. Before that, a middle-aged wealthy Florentine businessman fell in love with Lisa Giocondo and wanted to marry her as his stepmother (the businessman's wife died before), and Lisa was having a headache for this matter.
If it was a young businessman, Lisa might have agreed directly. However, that was a man in his forties or fifties. In modern times, maybe he is still middle-aged and can live for a long time. But in this idea, people in their 40s and 50s, because of poor medical conditions, will die someday. It is not good if the husband dies not long after the marriage, and the life of a widow is very difficult.
However, the conditions given by the businessman are very generous - he will pay for Lisa's father's medical expenses in the future...
For this reason, the "Mona Lisa" hesitated. Although she doesn't like that uncle, her father really needs medicine to support his life...
Mona Lisa, who was suffering from inner torment, happened to meet Marin who came out to play...
Marin was worrying about how to abduct the "Mona Lisa" to be Da Vinci's model. Hearing about this situation, he shouted luck...
Lisa's father's medical expenses are nothing to Marin. Moreover, the mild lung disease her father suffers from may be cured by two Mongolian doctors...
So he said to Lisa:
"Miss Lisa, I have two miraculous doctors from the east under my command, who may be able to cure your father..."
"Really? Lord Marin, please help me!" "Mona Lisa" immediately smiled when she heard that her father might be cured.
Marin shuddered all over - this is the taste, this is the recipe! Mona Lisa's smile!
"There is no problem with this, helping others is my biggest hobby!" Marin said shamelessly.
"only… "
"Just what?" Lisa Giocondo asked.
"I'm going back to my country soon, and it's impossible for my two doctors to stay in Milan. In order to facilitate treatment, your father may need to return to my territory with us..."
"But... our family can't afford the travel expenses and expenses to go to East Frisia..." Lisa Giocondo hesitated immediately.
"It's okay, it's just a little money, I don't care!" Marin said boldly.
Just kidding, if the world-famous painting "Mona Lisa" appears and is collected by Marin, what is the money for raising a few people and treating diseases...