Chapter 149: Columbus departs again
Archbishop Rovere finally set off, accompanied by him, Schwartz and 2000 veterans, and a large number of ships ...
Most of these ships were seized from Denmark, and they were basically Kirk sailboats. Of course, the ship where Archbishop Rovere and Schwartz are located is a 500-ton battleship, with thick skin and flesh resistance. After all, Archbishop Rovere is a future pope who is of high value and cannot afford to lose.
In order to allow the fleet to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar smoothly, Marin arranged Kohler, with a large amount of gold and silver, to bribe the commander of the Spanish fleet in Gibraltar to let them open one eye to the fleet, so that the Spaniards would not find the army.
Even the 5,000 soldiers and horses were transported by sailors disguised as merchant ships. After all, Marin is going to make a big one this time, and he cannot let people know his movements in advance.
Fortunately, Pisas, commander of the Gibraltar Fleet, is a master of money. Before Marin transported 5000 soldiers and horses through the Strait of Gibraltar, he sent the Pisas 2000 gold coins in advance. As a result, Pisas took the fleet to the "routine cruise" on the coast of Morocco opposite the agreed date. This time, Marin also intends to do the same, let Pisas leave the Spanish fleet early, deliberately stagger Marin's fleet, so as not to let the Spanish kings know the situation ...
Before leaving, Archbishop Rovere specially asked an astrologer who followed him to gossip and chose a "Zodiac Day" before he set off. In this regard, Marin said very speechless, but did not have the courage to point it out. After all, father-in-law or something, so terrible ...
Moreover, the Holy See was originally a superstitious religious organization. Do you specifically point out that when people are superstitious, are they looking for smoking, smoking, or smoking? No, this is no longer to find a smoker, but to want to be tied to the fire stake and serve as a human barbecue ...
During the time waiting for the "Zodiac Day", Marin wrote the music score of the famous religious Divine Comedy "TheMass" with the help of Da Vinci (that is, Ma Lin humming, Da Vinci wrote the music ...) , And then arranged for a priest who sang good performance to follow Schwartz.
Anyway, while sailing on the sea, everyone is fine. Marin simply arranged that the missionary who sang well and understood the music would teach everyone to sing the Latin version of the Divine Comedy "TheMass" on board.
In later generations, many people mistakenly believe that "TheMass" is an SS song. In fact, this has nothing to do with the SS, but it is from the Bran poetry of the medieval Bavarian monastery.
Moreover, "TheMass" sung by the ERA choir is in Latin, not German. Therefore, "TheMass" is actually a magnificent religious song. Even Marin, who didn't understand Latin before passing through later generations, heard this song with passion. If the devout believers listened, it was estimated that the blood would explode and give him a kitchen knife, he would dare to attack Jerusalem ...
After letting Leonardo help write the score, Marin actually let his guards sing "TheMass". However, Marin found that without the cooperation of later generations of electronic sounds, if he sang "TheMass", the magic of this song would have to be reduced by one level.
Even with the simple dubbing of musical instruments, "TheMass" can only be regarded as a very good good song, not the crazy **** song of later generations.
However, in this era of serious lack of good songs, it is not an exaggeration to say that "TheMass" is a Divine Comedy. After hearing this song, Archbishop Rovere danced with excitement, and said that if he became the pope, he would use this song as a sacred song promoted by the Holy See, and let it be sung throughout Europe ...
"Boy, you made a contribution. I can imagine that when our seven thousand troops sang" TheMass "neatly into the city of Rome, the guys were surprised and shocked inside! Ah ha ha ha ha ..." What a cool thing, Archbishop Rovere patted Marin's shoulder and laughed happily.
Marin probably also thought of the 7 thousand East Friesian veterans, taking a neat pace, singing "TheMass" in unison, and then entering the city of Rome. Then, he was also boiling blood ...
Watching Lao Zhang and Schwartz and others board the ship and leave, Marin suddenly remembered something and said to Kohler:
"Kohler, send someone to Lyle County and call me Columbus!"
"Yes!"
The next day, Columbus drove from his own manor in Lyle County to the palace of Aurich and listened to the orders of Marin.
"Christopher, do you remember what I planned to ask you to find the Cuban island?" Marin motioned Columbus to sit down and said this.
Before the war with Denmark, Marin was actually ready to let Columbus lead the team to the Caribbean Sea again, looking for the Cuban island, and drew the Spanish royal family to use Cuba as the territory of Columbus.
However, because of the outbreak of the war with Denmark, Marin needed enough warships to fight a decisive battle against Denmark. Therefore, at that time, Marin did not have enough ships for Columbus, and he could only postpone sending Columbus to find the Cuban island sailing plan.
Now that the Danish navy has been eliminated, Marin can free his hand. When I sent off my father-in-law Archbishop Rovere just now, Marin suddenly remembered on the pier, and now he can send Columbus to find the Cuban island ...
However, this time, Marin not only asked Columbus to find the Cuban island, but had other plans ...
In fact, let Columbus go to Cuba Island without any difficulty. Because, Columbus has discovered Hispaniola (Haiti) before, and Cuba is just west of Haiti.
This time, as long as you first find the island of Hispaniola based on experience, you can follow the coastline of the island to the west and successfully find the island of Cuba. Then, when you come back, you can apply to the Spanish kings to use Cuba Island as your baron's territory. At the same time, Columbus would also, at Marlin's command, propose to use his own land, the Cuban Island, and exchange it with Marin for a native land-filled land. I believe that for this "little request", the Spanish kings will still give face ...
When Marin took out a map of the Caribbean Sea drawn from memory, he was surprised when he saw the map of Cuba Island:
"The island of Cuba is so big?"
Columbus will of course be surprised, because the area of Cuba Island is as high as 100,000 square kilometers, which is almost equivalent to the area of Portugal. Where is this island used as a baron? It ’s enough to be a kingdom.
However, this island is too remote and hot compared to Europe and is not a livable place. Moreover, development also requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Columbus, a little navigator, had no financial resources to develop the island. It might as well be used to exchange with Marin in exchange for the manor that has been reclaimed, including the serfs in the manor ...
"Well, it's that big. But, when you report to the Spanish Kings, don't tell them that the Cuban island is so big, but be vague, just say it's probably smaller than the island of Hispaniola ..."
Columbus soon understood that if the Spanish kings knew that Cuba was so big, they would also regret it. However, if they say that the area is not large, they can easily get legal procedures.
In order to deceive the twin kings of Spain, Marin also took out another fake map, drawing only a small part of the island of Cuba near Haiti, to prove that this Cuban island is not big ...
"Oh, this time, discovering this Cuban island is actually secondary. Your main task is to find this place!"
On that real map of the Caribbean, Marin pointed his hand to the isthmus of Panama south of the Caribbean ...
"Where is this?" Columbus looked at the "S" shaped isthmus of Panama, puzzled.
"This is called Panama. After passing through this narrow isthmus, you will reach the Pacific ..." Marin pointed to the bottom of the isthmus of Panama.
"This is the ocean?" Columbus asked curiously.
"Yes, Christopher, there is nothing wrong with the earth you guessed before, all the way to the west, and indeed to India!" Marin said affirmatively.
"You mean, you can reach India through the Pacific Ocean?" Columbus's eyes brightened. For a navigator like him, discovering new land and sea is also very interesting.
"Yes, but this Pacific Ocean is very wide, many times wider than the Atlantic Ocean. Across the Pacific Ocean, we first arrived in China, not India!"
Finally, Marin took out another brief map of the world from the drawer and showed it to Columbus. This map of the world was drawn by Marin with a quill pen. However, the outline of the Americas and the outlines of Eurasia and Africa are basically drawn. As for Australia and Antarctica, it was intentionally not drawn.
"I get it, I get it! Master, do you want to occupy the entire Panama first, and then use this as a springboard to go through the Pacific Ocean to China?" Columbus exclaimed excitedly.
"Well, it ’s good to know what you have in mind. Remember, this is the most important secret. It is absolutely not allowed to let the third person know, even your wife and son. If, I know you have leaked this secret, you and Family members will be chased! "Marin warned with a stern face.
"Well, I understand, I swear, I will never divulge this secret! But ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Please adults, you must give me the responsibility of discovering China!" After that, Columbus knelt down on one knee.
For navigators like Columbus, in addition to the benefits, it is the name of Qing Shi that attracts him the most. If you can become the first navigator in Europe to discover China, what if you bet on life? Anyway, as long as Cuba is discovered this time, his younger son is properly a baron, and future generations are not worried about food and clothing.
"Yes, but you have to remember, do n’t reveal the secret of Panama below the Pacific Ocean. When the Spaniard asks you, do n’t reveal the secret of Panama on the other side of the ocean. Even if one day, someone knows that there is ocean on the other side, you have to cheat They said that there was a sea of terror with violent winds and waves all day, the entrance to **** ... "
Columbus nodded quickly, and he did not want other navigators to know the existence of the Pacific Ocean. In this way, no one and he robbed the opportunity to find China.
After Columbus touched the Bible and vowed to keep it secret, Marin asked him to go back and prepare for the nautical affairs. As Columbus was about to step out of the room door, Marlin's voice came from behind:
"If you find Panama this time, you will receive a bonus of 10,000 gold coins!"
Hearing this astronomical figure, Columbus nearly fell. You know, Pope Alexander VI helped his son buy a hereditary earl collar from the Spanish kings, and it only cost 50,000 gold coins. 10,000 gold coins, that is, 35,600 grams of gold, will be put on hold for future generations. Even if it is calculated at a low price of 300 grams, it is worth more than 10 million. It is definitely a huge wealth that can change the destiny of life ...
A few days later, Columbus was ready, with 200 loyal and reliable sailors with certain combat effectiveness carefully selected by Marin, boarded three "250" class armed merchant ships, and embarked on the journey to the Americas again ...
