Chapter 336: Fucked lame (middle 2)
"Where should I colonize?" Ferdinand II was a little lost.
"Your Majesty, you can colonize India!" Marin "reminded".
"India? India also has a large population, and I don't know if I can beat it ..." Ferdinand II was clear about India's wealth. After all, his men inspected there for a long time.
"Your Majesty, India is different from China. China is a unified and powerful country. India is a fragmented region. Can you beat the strong but not the weak?" Marin said very eloquently in Mughal. Before the establishment of the dynasty, India was indeed torn apart, and it was easier to conquer. Otherwise, Babur in Afghanistan cannot enter India. The Spaniards have mastered Marin's "invented" large-scale phalanx.
"What do you mean?" Ferdinand II's eyes brightened.
"Find a small state in southern India and occupy it as a foothold. Then, gradually eat up India and become the master of India!"
"Your Majesty, you know, India is the origin of pepper, and other products are also abundant. As long as it occupies all of India, you will become a great emperor not weaker than the emperor of the Chinese dynasty. Europe has no emperor position, you can Coronation as the Indian emperor ... "Marin bewitched.
"India ... Emperor ..."
"Yes, India also has a population of almost 100 million. You have occupied all of India, isn't it the great emperor of hundreds of millions of Indians?"
"It seems like this ... but, is India so good?"
"Relax, Your Majesty, the Indians are now torn apart. If you are united, you may not be able to fight. But one by one, in a few decades, India is Spain ..."
"It seems such a reason ..." Ferdinand moved.
In the eyes of Marin, His Majesty Ferdinand II is like Fan Wei who was limped by Uncle Benshan ...
Moreover, although India at this time is indeed torn apart. But in northern India, Babur, a descendant of the Timur Empire, has established a powerful kingdom in Afghanistan. With only one opportunity, Babur ’s iron ride can go south, occupy the richest Ganges Plain, and control the weakened Sultanate of Delhi.
Even if Spain can gain a foothold in India, it will certainly be difficult to capture too many regions if it invests too little force. When they finally expand to the north, they will encounter the Mughal Empire ...
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Of course, that will be the future. For now, Marin's plan is to flick Ferdinand II to Africa and hide and hide with Lao Hei ...
So, Marin made a salute to Ferdinand II:
"Your Majesty, although India is rich, but because of the large population there, the princes are not weak. So, it takes a long time. It may take tens of hundreds of years ..."
Ferdinand II was suddenly silent. Indeed, it would take a long time to rely on Spain alone to conquer a large country like India. At that time, he could not see it. Perhaps, his son Prince Juan could see ...
"But ..." Marin deliberately sold a pass.
"But what?" Ferdinand II was really attracted.
"Why not Your Majesty's eyes on Africa?"
"Africa? Is there anything worthy of attention in Africa?" Ferdinand II was puzzled. In his view, Africa is also richer in Egypt and Morocco, and no other place should give him.
"Please see this map ..." Marin pointed to the map of Africa on the table, that is, the "treasure map" (Map Jun: Did you finally think of me ...).
"Sanghai Empire?" Ferdinand II quickly saw Marin's Songhai Empire marked in Latin, which was very conspicuous.
"I don't know if your majesty has heard of the legend of 'Golden Sultan'?" Marin said mysteriously.
Ferdinand II first forced him for a while, and then said:
"Appreciate further details……"
Obviously, Ferdinand II's history is relatively scum. However, he is the king, and naturally someone explained it to him. For example, isn't Marin in front of him a good narrator ...
Marin happened to need to flicker Ferdinand II, so he happily acted to understand:
"A long, long time ago ... Ayah ... It was in the early 14th century that West Africa had a Mali empire that occupied the western part of the present Songhai empire. Of course, the Mary empire still exists today, but it was stripped of it Essence area ... that is ... the area where gold is produced ... "
"Gold?" Ferdinand II, who had just been careless just moments ago, his eyes lit up. Obviously, this is a wealthy king ...
"Yes, at that time, the gold produced by the Mali Empire accounted for half of the world ..."
"Reliable information?" Ferdinand II was excited. Half of the world's gold production ... This is the rhythm to be developed ...
"Absolutely reliable!" Marin vowed to promise that this was said by historians of later generations.
"From 1324 to 1325, the Mali empire Sultan Mansa. Musa, once brought a large team to the pilgrimage to Mecca."
"This team carries a lot of gold, so scary gold ..."
"How many?" Ferdinand II asked enthusiastically.
"My teacher has been to Egypt, and the Egyptians recorded it like this-'In front of the line is a 500-man hand holding a golden rod to open the road, each carrying 6 pounds of gold. Then a gold transportation team of 100 camels, each camel carrying With 300 pounds of gold '... "
"God! That is to say-his team brought 33,000 pounds of gold?" Ferdinand II said in horror. This number scared Ferdinand II.
"Yes, those gold can mint 4.2 million gold coins!" Marin reported the calculated data.
"4.2 million gold coins ..." Ferdinand II's saliva is coming out.
"Then do you suggest that I occupy this Songhai Empire?" Ferdinand II wiped the corner of his mouth and asked.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, there is another golden country in Africa. Please allow me to introduce ..."
"There is another gold-producing country? Where?"
"Here!" Marin pointed to the map of Africa ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Zimbabwe? "Ferdinand II saw the Latin label on the map.
"Yes, on the inland plateau of southeastern Africa. Here, there is a very rare stone city in southern Africa. This country is rich in gold. Every year, Arab merchants go deep inland from the coast to trade with Zimbabweans. Use fabrics, glass and other commodities to exchange local gold, ivory and copper mines ... "
"So, this Zimbabwe, gold production is not as much as the Songhai Empire?" Ferdinand II thought and asked.
"Yes." Marin did not lie.
"Then I might as well **** the Songhai Empire!"
"But, your majesty, Africa turned out to be the Portuguese territory. You are about to open the Songhai Empire, and the Portuguese will desperately work with you."
"That's too ..." Thinking of fighting with Manuel I, son-in-law, on the boat, Ferdinand II knew Marin didn't talk nonsense.
"However, Zimbabwe's gold is not as much as the Songhai Empire ..." Ferdinand II was a little distressed.
However, Marinko will not tell Ferdinand II that the South African RAND region south of the Limpopo River has the world ’s largest gold mining area with total gold reserves of tens of thousands of tons ...
But that is Marin ’s welfare for himself, and he will not tell the Spaniard ...
