Chapter 337: Humiliated lame (below)
"Your Majesty, the Pope has disclosed this kind of news before. He said that he intends to make Spain and Portugal divide the two gold-producing countries in Africa ..." Marin said softly.
"Oh, how to divide?" Ferdinand II asked with great interest.
"Whoever obtained Zimbabwe will also have the right to own Morocco. Those who won the Songhai Empire will not."
"That's a balance?" Ferdinand II, as a veteran politician, naturally understands the truth.
"Your Majesty, in fact, this is not a balance. Because, after all, the Holy See once assigned Africa to Portugal. Spain can get one of the two gold-producing countries, in fact, it is a meat cut on the Portuguese ... plus India wants to Half to Spain, it is estimated that His Majesty King Manuel I of Portugal wants to kill you all ... "
"This ... is not wrong. At first, we mistakenly believed in Columbus, thinking that the wild islands were India, and only then signed the stupid treaty of the Treaty of Todd Silas ... Alas, I really want to fight Columbus 1 again Dayton ... "Columbus, who was far away from East Frisian's house, suddenly felt a tight chrysanthemum ...
"Your Majesty, this is your excuse!" Marin took the opportunity to flicker.
"How to say?"
"The premise of signing the Treaty of Todes Silas was that Spain had discovered India?"
"Yes, we thought Columbus discovered India ..." Ferdinand II said honestly.
"That's not enough? As for this repentance, you said that Columbus deceived Spain, as well as the Holy See and the Pope's lord. In fact, the premise of the signing of the Treaty of Todes Silas is that Spain has discovered India ... … "
"Yeah ..." Ferdinand II patted his head, very much in agreement with Marin's statement.
Since the premise of signing the Treaty of Todes Silas was that Spain had already discovered India, the Spaniards demanded their rights in India this time. They were justified, not the Portuguese. Thinking of this, Ferdinand II's rocker was straighter.
"So, for what reasons should I intervene in African affairs? Even if I want to get Zimbabwe, the Portuguese will not agree?"
"This is simple. You announced that you would exchange it with the Portuguese with a wild continent, won't it?"
"What if the Portuguese refuse to?"
"Then you abandon the wild continent directly and declare that you will share Africa with Portugal?"
"Give up the wild continent? I'm so willing ..." Ferdinand II was a little bit reluctant.
"Your Majesty, you occupy the wild continent at the same time, and you want to divide Africa with the Portuguese. Do you think it is reasonable to do this? If you really want to do this, you will ignore it and the Holy See will not support you. In addition, Portugal People will probably be so angry that they want to kill you ... "
"That's also ... but Zimbabwe's gold is not as much as the Songhai Empire ..." Ferdinand II still couldn't bear the gold of the Songhai Empire.
"Your Majesty, don't look at Zimbabwe's gold as much as the Songhai Empire. However, Zambia in northern Zimbabwe is the place with the most copper in the world ..."
"The most copper? How much?" Ferdinand II was puzzled.
"According to my teacher's estimate, here, that is, the plateau area north of the Zambezi River, the total copper reserves may reach 30 million tons ... er, which is 66.1 billion pounds ..."
"661 billion?" Ferdinand II began to think that Marin said 6.61 million, and then he jumped up with excitement:
"What are you talking about? 66.1 billion pounds?" Ferdinand II almost fainted. This number is too scary.
Previously, the 33,000 pounds carried by the “Golden Sultan” of Mansa Musa scared Ferdinand II, not to mention the 66.1 billion pounds.
Although, the price of copper is far inferior to gold. However, at this time in Europe, 180 pounds of copper can also be exchanged for one pound of gold. 66.1 billion pounds, can it be changed ... Well, I count ... Ferdinand II spread the parchment on the spot, dipped the ink with a quill pen, and began to count. In the end, he got a horrible number-equivalent to 367 million pounds of gold ...
Ferdinand II was barely seated, and Marin helped him in time.
"Too ... too exaggerated ... so much copper ..."
"Your Majesty, if so much copper is really mined, I'm afraid copper will depreciate ..." Marin reminded.
"It's okay, even if it depreciates 100 times, it also has 3.67 million pounds of gold, which is a lot more than one hundred times the 33,000 pounds that Mansa Musa carried that year ..." The mathematics of Ferdinand II is very good, look Didn't come from the physical education teacher ...
"However, so much copper cannot be mined out at once ..." Marin reminded.
"That would be ... but as long as this place is occupied and 33,000 pounds of gold are mined every year, it is enough ..." Ferdinand II remembers the amount of gold that Mansa Musa carried. .
"Your Majesty is brilliant!" Marin was actually snickering in his heart. Seeing Ferdinand II agree to give up that "horrible" wild continent, Marin was happy to die.
Where is it so easy to mine copper mines in hot Africa? Moreover, this data was explored in later generations. With the current technology in Spain, it is not bad to be able to explore one-tenth of copper mines. Then, it is very difficult to mine.
This series of exploration and mining can steadily drag Spain in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Then, their eyes turned to the north, and naturally they would not pay attention to the South Africa area south of the Lin River.
South Africa, but Marin wants to win. There are not only large amounts of gold mines, but also huge reserves of chromite, which is of great industrial significance.
Therefore, Marin threw Zambia's copper to attract the attention of the Spaniards, allowing them to invest their human resources in the north instead of South Africa south of the Linhe.
Moreover, with the technical strength of Europeans in this era, it is unrealistic to want to mine copper mines on a large scale without machines. Every year, thousands of tons of copper are produced, which scares people to death. At most, the copper price has fallen. However, it is impossible to make Spain soar.
In the final analysis, it is a pit, a pit that drags on Spain's national power, a pit that is more than Zimbabwe's gold ...
However, such a big pit ignited Ferdinand II's blood ...
Ferdinand II felt that his body was about to explode, and he walked around excitedly, then stared at Marin deadly and asked:
"Marin, are you sure there is so much copper in that place?"
"I'm sure and sure, and, you can swear!" Zambia's copper descendants are very famous, Marin did not lie. However, whether Spain can find all copper mines in this era, Marin can't guarantee it ...
Moreover, the Zambia region is almost 750,000 square kilometers in size. Even if the plateau area is explored once, it will take decades. Anyway, this pit is so great, just waiting for Spain to jump ...
"Your Majesty, even the coastal areas of Mozambique are very rich and can develop sugar cane cultivation." Marin pointed to the part of Mozambique on the map and told Ferdinand II.
"It's also tropical there?"
"Of course, and also, your majesty can directly buy black slaves locally for use in plantations."
Marin is not false at all. There are frequent wars among African tribes, and the other party is captured as slaves. Buying slaves locally is very cheap. Moreover, no long-distance transportation is required. In fact, Marin is very strange. Since Africa and the Americas have similar climates, why not engage in plantations in Africa?
Later I realized that it turned out that Africa is the territory of the Portuguese. The Portuguese are weak chickens on land and cannot afford to conquer the black tribes on land ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Therefore, they can only buy POWs as black slaves and trade with the black tribes through trade. .
Therefore, African plantations did not begin to develop until the Europeans invaded Africa in the 19th century. Now, the Portuguese seem to have opened sugar cane plantations only on Sao Tome Island.
The Spanish Army was much stronger than Portugal, especially after the emergence of the Spanish phalanx. Spain ran into Europe for a hundred years. It was not until the line of Morris and Gu Erye appeared that the Spanish Army began to decline. However, taking the Spanish phalanx to go to those indigenous tribes in Africa, there is no problem at all.
Use the Spanish phalanx to sweep the black tribes on the fertile land by the big river in Mozambique, occupying a good location. Then, use cheap commodities to buy tamed prisoners of war from other black tribes as black slaves, and develop sugar cane plantations or even spice plantations on the spot. Don't be too promising ...
Marin explained this idea to Ferdinand II in detail. Ferdinand II was even more explosive, and the whole person walked around the room to relieve the excitement. Then, he yelled:
"I want Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique! I want gold, and a lot of copper ... well, and sugar cane ..."
However, in Marin's eyes, Ferdinand II, who walked around excitedly and groaned from time to time, was just like Teacher Fan Wei who "take two steps to try" ...
Anyway, Marin can conclude that Ferdinand II has been "flapped" by himself ... 8)
