Carlo Botta soon appeared in the doorway.
When he learned that the man before him was Count Costantini, who held considerable influence in political circles, he hurriedly and courteously invited him into the villa. Costantini sat down on the sofa and asked curiously, "Mr. Botta, did someone anger you just now?"
At this, Botta's face immediately flushed red again. He turned, fetched a book from the study, and threw it down in front of him, saying through gritted teeth, "Take a look. What exactly have those arrogant, ignorant Milanese been saying?"
"They actually said they were the artistic center of the Apennine, and that nowhere else had any true art at all."
"Oh, they also said Tuscan was spoken only by country bumpkins, and that Lombard was the truly elegant language. Hmph, all they did was copy a few French words. They're simply the mongrels of language!"
Costantini picked up the book in surprise and saw large gilt letters printed on the cover: Great Milan.
He opened the book and could tell from the table of contents that this was a work introducing the history of the Duchy of Milan.
Only, the starting date in the table of contents was actually 700 AD!!
He could not help frowning and said subconsciously, "The Duchy of Milan should have been established by the Visconti Family in the fourteenth century..." "You're right!" Botta said, as though he had met a kindred spirit. "In the eighth century, Milan was still nothing but a few poor little villages. And they dare call that the embryonic form of the Duchy of Milan!"
"They also said that at the time, the rest of the Apennine was inhabited only by barbarians."
"Too ridiculous! As everyone knows, Florence already existed when the Roman Empire was founded, and afterward it