Chapter 217: Frightened spanish
On the Atlantic Ocean, after several months of voyage, Aben and the ships under his command went through the Canary Islands to Grenada and then returned.
Of course, instead of following the old route to the east coast of North America, but following the Spanish route, I went directly to Spain and carried out the plan to scare the Spanish.
The ships docked in the port of Cadiz in southern Spain. Because the Americas were not developed, the port of Cadiz was not yet prosperous. Of course, because it was used as a home port for trade to India, it has also begun to develop.
However, the trade to India only happens once every two years. Therefore, the prosperity of the port of Cadiz is currently far behind Barcelona, the port on the Mediterranean coast. Because, Barcelona and Sicily, Sardinia and Mallorca are very frequent, and it is also an important foreign trade port in Spain. The volume of ships in and out of the two ports is still incomparable.
But in any case, the port of Cádiz, as an emerging commercial port, is Spain's most important port on the Atlantic Ocean and has begun to prosper.
Aben ’s ships, flying the flag of the Count of the Barbarians of Spain, belong to the “own” ship, and they can naturally dock at the port of Cadiz at will.
After going ashore, Aben wore a captain's suit and looked for a crowded tavern in a sullen area to drink. After Aben left, a sailor who changed the sailor costume and put on the clothes of ordinary Spanish, and also understood Spanish, as a "daycare", also followed the footsteps of Aben and entered the tavern, but he did not Ben sat together.
Abben's shining big bald head, aging face, and a captain's suit made him a story-teller. After drinking for a while, it turned out that someone came up to talk. Of course, it's not that men find acquaintances with women, nor gays, but because of curiosity.
You should know that in this era, the cause of big navigation has just started, and Spain is one of the leaders of big navigation. Naturally, the people of the country are very interested in big navigation. The port of Cádiz is a seaside port. A captain who appeared in a tavern in a seaside port is obviously a captain who has “experienced the world” who has traveled across the ocean. Therefore, many people talk to these captains, in fact, they just want to hear the legends outside, and want to know how the world outside is like.
This is not gossip, but an important source of information. In the port of Cadiz, many brokers like to inquire about the captains and sailors who have gone overseas in the tavern. If you can find valuable news, it can be used to exchange money with those in need.
In front of him, the Spanish named Torres staring at the bald arbon is a broker who likes to soak up news in the tavern.
"Hey, brother, don't you feel lonely if you drink alone? Don't mind if I sit down?" After that, Torres sat down on his own without waiting for Aben to answer.
Although Aben was drinking, he felt a little excited in his heart-here comes the good show ...
After all, it was the first acting, and Arben was still a little nervous. However, Torres is a two-faced face. He doesn't care about the face that Aben has become distorted due to nervousness, but starts to introduce himself.
After a while, Aben finally calmed down his tense mood, and his face returned to normal ...
"Oh, brother, look at your servant, where did you come back from?"
"Wild continent, Grenada ..." Aben replied mumblely.
"Wow, the wild continent, that is a new world, must be very interesting? Can you tell me something new there?"
After thinking about it, Aben told Torres the story of the war between the Arawaks and the Caribbean on Grenada, and told the characteristics of the Caribbean people who like to eat people, to Torres.
"Gosh, will the Caribbean eat people? What a terrible and brutal barbarian!" Torreston was shocked. Although the European continent fought and killed many times, the cannibalism is still extremely rare.
"Yeah, so it is very difficult for our Lord Earl to colonize Grenada!"
"Then, why hasn't our Spanish colony Hispaniola heard of cannibalism?" Torres is a well-informed broker who is naturally not easy to fool. The island of Hispaniola, as the only American colony in Spain now, is indeed in the territory of the relatively friendly Arahuaca, and there is really no eating incident.
"Well, that's because the territory occupied by Spain happens to be located within the friendly Arawak territory. If you encounter a Caribbean territory, it's hard to say."
After talking, the bald abbin dipped his finger in the wine, and simply drew the situation of the Caribbean Sea on the table:
"This is the Greater Antilles in the north, where the peaceful Arawak people live. The Hispaniola island occupied by the royal family is in this area."
"And Grenada, which our Lord Earl occupied, is in the Lesser Antilles in the south. This is where the carnivorous Caribbeans and the peaceful Arawaks intersect."
"Grenada was originally a site of the Arawaks, but it was often attacked by the Caribbean. This year alone, it was attacked by 20 (Aben deliberately exaggerated, actually only once, was beaten back).
"Every time there is an attack, the old Governor of Grenada, George, must sound the alarm. All those working outside the castle must withdraw to the city as soon as possible, relying on the cover of the city wall to resist the attack of the cannibal Caribbean."
"Fortunately, the Caribbean are not good at siege. Otherwise, if they are broken, hundreds of colonists on the island will be grilled and eaten ..."
"Uh ... so scary?" Torres, the "scene person" who had seen the world, was also bluffed by these exaggerated "facts".
"There are more terrifying ..." Aben first looked around, then leaned into Torres' ear and asked in a mysterious tone:
"Brother, have you heard of Amway ... Abu ... syphilis?"
"I have heard of it." Torres nodded honestly. This thing, after the "Pope Order", has become famous all over Europe. As a well-informed "scene man", Torres naturally heard of it, and knew that it was brought back from the wild continent by Columbus sailors.
"I told Nian that the terrible virus, syphilis, is a common disease that many people have on the wild continent ..."
"Ah? How is it possible? Isn't syphilis sore and pus all over the body, and ulcerated to death?" Torres had also heard about the trauma of syphilis patients.
"You're right, but that's what happened after the Europeans got syphilis. In fact, those wild indigenous people seem to be able to tolerate this disease. If they suffer from us, they will die of whole body ulcers. The people over there are covered with erythema and acne, not deadly. "This was Marlin who gave it to Aben and it was half-truth. It is true that the Indians are very resistant to syphilis, but it is not only erythema and acne, but also sores and pus, but it is not as terrible and fatal as white people.
"That's what happened?" Torres was shocked, but as a qualified broker, he immediately wrote down this important message.
"So, the colonizers must not touch the wild Aboriginal women, they won't do it at all. Those Aboriginal women, when looking at health, may be infected with syphilis. As long as they sleep with them, there is a high probability of contracting syphilis. Grenada ... … "
"What's wrong with Grenada?" Torres asked curiously.
Aben quietly looked around and whispered:
"The syphilis broke out in the Grenada colonists, and 20 people died ... And the coffins of the 20 dead people were on my boat, and they were going to be transported back to East Friesland ..." Aben breathed alcohol in his mouth. , Seems drunk. However, what is said in this state is most convincing.
"What? There are 20 dead bodies with syphilis on your ship? How dare you put it on the ship?" Torres jumped in fright. In the eyes of Europeans, syphilis, which causes people to rot and die, is a very miserable disease, very terrifying.
"What are you afraid of? I filled the coffin with lime." Aben said indifferently.
"That's dangerous too!" Torres didn't dare to approach Aben anymore, fearing that A itself also suffered from syphilis ...
At this time, the dragon suit sailor who had been waiting for a long time at the edge finally appeared. He touched Torres with his shoulder and gave him a wink. Torres noticed and immediately walked aside:
"Brother, what is it?"
"Brother, you see, this is such a serious matter. If the guy's boat continues to stay on the dock, it may cause syphilis to infect people on the shore. Or, let's go to the official and let the official drive away the boat? In this way, we are safe. "
"It makes sense, it makes sense. I'll go to the police officer here, maybe there is a bounty ..." After that, Torres went directly to the checkout, and then hurried to the city's main palace to report ...
After hearing this, Marcus, the owner of Cádiz, was taken aback. He immediately took action, mobilized the army, rushed to the tavern, drove Aben to the pier, and dared not approach Aben. Then, Aben had no choice but to board the ship and returned to sail ...
Marcus did not dare to conceal this matter ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ immediately reported to the Spanish kings. Even the exaggerated news that Aben told Torres about "most of the indigenous people on the wild continent suffer from syphilis, but not lethal" was also reported.
Originally, the Spanish kings may doubt such news. Coincidentally, shortly after Abben's ship left, the ship that reported the funeral on Hispaniola also arrived.
When the Spanish kings were still doubtful about the news of "syphilis outbreak" in Grenada, from the island of Hispaniola, the bad news of the same syphilis outbreak came. Moreover, the 500 colonists of Santo Domingo directly killed 230 people, which is more terrifying than the island of Grenada.
Moreover, the fact that the colonists of Santo Domingo and the girls were in contact with each other, and the fact that they were still infected with syphilis, made the twin kings of Spain immediately believe the false news that "most people in the wild continent have syphilis.
So, the frightened Spaniard decided that-the wild continent is a place where syphilis is rampant. Without knowing who started it, the Spanish began to call the wild continent the "syphilis continent" ...
Even Isabella I began to wonder if colonizing Hispaniola was a correct decision ...
