Chapter 324: South to Rome

The time for negotiations between the two countries on the Treaty of Todd Silas is getting closer and closer. Marin, as an important participant, also needs to be present.

This time the negotiations were of high specifications and were attended by the kings of West and Portugal in person. Spain came from Ferdinand II, and Isabella I was not in good health recently and did not participate. The Portuguese came from King Manuel I, the eldest son-in-law of Ferdinand II.

Although he is a son-in-law, he is the monarch of the two countries after all. Moreover, Ferdinand II also had a son. Therefore, these are two people with different interests, of course, we must be careful.

In fact, when Alexander VI presided over the signing of the Treaty of Todd Silas, it was an extremely hasty decision in itself. How can the two countries on the Iberian Peninsula be qualified to divide the world?

You know, Portugal has a population of only 1.5 million, and even a declining Morocco ca n’t beat it, so it can only bully the old and uncivilized Brazilian Indians.

Spain is better, with a population of 6.5 million, but it can only play a game in front of the Native American empire that uses stone tools in the Americas. Otherwise, let ’s not say, we do n’t ask you to conquer half of the earth. Try to conquer France ...

In short, the Treaty of Todd Silas is a ridiculous treaty. Two small kingdoms that are not overlords on the European continent, actually say that they want to divide up the world, which makes people laugh. If the French were keen on sailing, they would have beaten these two countries to live their lives.

The reason why such a wonderful treaty appeared was mainly created by the former Pope Alexander VI. Moreover, this treaty is mainly intended to favor Spain. Because the time of signing the treaty was 1494. At that time, Portugal had not yet opened a route that bypassed Africa to India. The Spaniards have discovered America by Columbus. However, Columbus has always insisted that the Americas is India, which caused the Spaniards to make a wrong judgment and think that they have got India. Then there was the Treaty of Todd Silas.

However, it was originally in the history that Da Gama's fleet returned a large amount of spices from real India before Isabella I knew that she had been deceived. As a result, Columbus was quickly neglected, and the post of Governor of Columbus was dismissed, and he was imprisoned. Before the Spanish invaded and occupied the Aztec Empire in Mexico in 1519, Spain and Portugal suffered a lot.

However, the Spanish Pope Alexander VI, who defended the interests of Spain, died as early as 1503. The Spaniards wanted to revise the Treaty of Todes Silas, but they did not receive the approval and support of Julius II.

In this time and space, because of Marin's intervention, the Spaniards discovered India in advance and forcibly intervened in Indian trade, and ignored the occupation and development of the Americas.

The attitude of the new Pope Julius II also changed, in order to support his son-in-law Marin, this time, Julius II decided to support the Spaniards to compete for India. However, the interest of the Americas needs to be ceded.

Marin did not need to participate in this meeting, but because of the need to focus the attention of two countries, Spain and Portugal, on the two African gold-producing countries. Therefore, Marin intends to go out in person to explain in detail the situation of the two gold-producing countries in West Africa, the Songhai Empire and the Great Zimbabwe Empire, to Spain and Portugal.

Of course, Marin did not have any good intentions. Although the Songhai Empire and the Great Zimbabwe Empire are relatively stale, they are also landlocked countries in Africa with bad weather. Spain and Portugal want to occupy and control these two countries, it takes a long time, and a lot of energy and manpower and material resources.

In this way, the attention of the two countries is drawn to the interior of Africa, and Marin can develop in the Americas with peace of mind. In addition, Marin also intends to run the trade routes of the Ming empire and gain huge profits from trade.

After Spain and Portugal finally occupied and controlled the two golden countries, they found that the Americas had been firmly occupied by Marin, and the trade routes of the Ming Empire were also controlled by Marin ...

At that time, Marin's strength will exceed that of the two countries. Even if there is a fight, Marin will be fearless.

In fact, as long as Marin built 100 500-ton Huffman-class warships, and then had enough gunpowder to fire indefinitely, he would definitely have the ability to hang Spain and Portugal. After all, Spain and Portugal currently do not have professional warships equipped with reinforced side rails, and they cannot withstand the firepower of 100 Hoffman-class battleships. The light bronze guns on the Spanish and Portuguese battleships could not touch the side of the Hoffman-class battleships. In the future, Marin will cover the side of the Hoffman-class battleship with white iron, and it will be more resistant.

However, there are a total of 4,000 heavy artillery on 100 warships. Even if only half of the artillery fires, it is also 2,000 artillery. Every salvo, it will cost ten thousand pounds of gunpowder. How much gunpowder does it cost in a day? Therefore, without developing Chile's saltpeter, Marin did not have the confidence to let the warships slam. Just like the original British Empire in history, if it were not for India, which is rich in saltpeter, there would not be so many gunpowder supply fleets.

Therefore, this time when going south, Marin strived to put the focus of the two countries on the African continent. In this way, you can make a fortune in America.

To this end, Marin has racked his brain these days and used beautiful fairy-tale language to describe the gold-rich Songhai Empire and the Great Zimbabwe Empire. Of course, there is endless bragging. For example, the Songhai Empire Palace is covered with gold. The citizens of the Great Zimbabwe Empire have gold in their homes, and even use gold to make urinals ...

Then, in the Stone City of the Great Zimbabwe Empire, Marin borrowed the legend of the Arabs, saying that there is a treasure trove of King Solomon established by the descendants of King Man Solomon, the son of King Solomon and Queen Sheba (the legendary first emperor of Ethiopia) .

Europeans do not listen to the legend of treasures, which seems to be their greatest interest. Marin wrote this basically based on the hobby of European adventurers. Moreover, he is not responsible for these rumors. Because these rumors are indeed from the Arabs. At that time, Marin had to shamelessly add the phrase "According to legends handed down from generation to generation" in the text. When the time comes, they can't find the treasure, they can only blame the Arabs for spreading the legend ...

In addition, Marin had a plan to go south to Rome this time, to avoid the incident of George Duke of Saxony besieging the Principality of Geddes.

why? Because Duke George organized a group attack on the Principality of Geddes, he would definitely call his cousin, Emperor Maximilian I. By that time, Maximilian I had to send an army to help the war because of his affection. After all, the rebellion in the Flemish area was still settled by Duke Albrecht, the father of George. The emperor wants to pay back this love.

Marin's greatest fear is that Maximilian I dragged himself into the water while reluctantly sending troops to help. After all, he was a nominal subordinate of Maximilian I. If the emperor called, would he go or not?

Seeing that George's coalition forces will soon be formed ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ If Maximilian I's whim allows him to send troops to help, it will be more pitted. His army is very powerful, and if he really helped George defeat the Principality of Geddes, he would pit himself. And it doesn't work if you don't work, don't you hit the emperor's face?

So, after thinking about it, Marin decided to go out to escape and avoid the matter.

Marin was invited by the Pope to Rome to assist in negotiations, and Maximilian I couldn't say much. When Marin left, Schwartz, who was in charge of domestic military affairs, could refuse to send troops on the grounds that "Marin was no longer able to dispatch troops without authorization."

As a result, Maximilian I had no idea what to say. After all, he had to let Marin send troops. After all, that was not his business.

Moreover, this time Marin decided-the two sides will not produce results, so he will not go back in Rome ...

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