King of German Mercenaries

Marin took a group of people, loaded two carriages of crushed lemon leaves, and left the lemon orchard where the last leaves were picked, and began to plan to return north.

Now, Da Vinci is also honest. At the beginning, Da Vinci wanted to call for help when he saw a stranger. However, whenever he was about to cry out, Kahn's hand knife, a professional knockout expert, accurately hit the back of his neck, and then Leonardo passed out on the spot without any sequelae.

In order to watch Da Vinci, Kahn is now riding in a carriage with him, and when he sees that Ada wants to call someone, he is knocked unconscious very quickly...

After many times, Da Vinci was also desperate. Leonardo da Vinci was a man who cherished his life, otherwise he would not have written the Da Vinci manuscript in cipher form. It seems that he also knows that if these things are published, they may be burned to death by the Holy See. Therefore, his manuscript was never published while he was alive. Seeing that there was no hope of getting out of trouble, Marin offered him delicious food again. In the end, Da Vinci has accepted his fate...

On the way back to the north, Marin was riding a horse and walking on a country road in a good mood. Suddenly, a drunkard came to the front of the road...

This is not important, the key is that this drunk also wears a mask made of black cloth on the upper half...

"Zorro?" Marin asked curiously as the drunk approached. Then, he reacted by himself, Zorro is American, and it is still in the 19th century...

"Fox?" The drunkard was stunned. Zorro means fox in Spanish.

"Hey, sir, your mask is very nice. You wear it like a knight. But don't all rangers show up at night?" Marin asked casually in Latin. Then, he suddenly realized that he was used to communicating with Da Vinci in Latin these days. At this moment, random Italian drunks come across Latin. However, he doesn't know Italian either...

The drunk was stunned, and suddenly said:

"I'm not a ranger, sir. My name is Christopher!" replied the masked drunk in Latin. Ranger is not a good reputation, almost equivalent to robber. Most people are reluctant to admit that they are rangers.

"Christopher? Are you Columbus?" Marin had never seen Christopher used as a surname or first name. The only person who has ever heard of that name is Columbus.

However, Columbus was hurt badly by Marin's suggestion. Not to mention the loss of the title and job, most of the original property was also confiscated.

After Columbus was expelled by the Queen of Spain, he had no choice but to go to Portugal to try his luck. However, Portugal is full of sailing talents, and there is no shortage of people at all. And, according to the papal meridian, the Portuguese could only go east, not west. So, Columbus failed to get a job in Portugal.

In desperation, Columbus returned to his hometown of Genoa. However, the prostitutes in the city learned that Columbus, the culprit who prevented them from receiving customers, was coming, and often a group of people came to block the door and force them, so that the Columbus family did not dare to go out.

In desperation, Columbus had to sell his city residence in Genoa and buy a small manor in the countryside to live in...

Moreover, after that, Columbus dared not use Columbus's surname, and simply called himself Mr. Christopher. However, Columbus was very discouraged because he was full of talents and had nowhere to show. As a result, he often hangs out in bars in town, and is often drunk. Moreover, because they did not know how to farm, Columbus's farms were not well managed, resulting in financial constraints.

As for Columbus' masks, bronze masks were originally used. However, the bronze mask was too heavy and uncomfortable to wear. Also, bronze masks are expensive. When looking for a job in Portugal, Columbus later sold the bronze mask for food. Then, put on a cheap and lightweight black cloth mask...

Usually, if Marin asked him if he was Columbus, the alert Columbus would definitely deny it. However, he was drunk now. When Marin asked, Columbus was stunned and asked back:

"How do you know I'm Columbus?" Then,

He was shocked, thinking that someone was going to kill him, and he was more than half awake.

"Are you really Columbus?" Marin got excited, dismounted and circled around the masked drunk man, looking left and right, up and down...

"Sir, what do you want to do?" Columbus, who would be sober, was scared. In particular, in front of it, there are hundreds of cavalry. He didn't have a weapon, so he could only hold the glass bottle of wine in his hand tightly as a self-defense weapon.

"Don't do anything, I just admired the name for a long time!" Marin then touched his pocket and found that he didn't bring a pen and paper. Otherwise, it would be nice to have Columbus autograph.

Columbus relaxed when he saw that there was no malice on Marin's face. Then, he was not very sober, because he had been suppressed for too long, and he needed to find someone to talk to. Then, he actually pulled Marin, sat on the side of the road, and began to complain.

Marin was surprised at first, but felt guilty when he learned that Columbus had been discredited and his title and property repossessed because of the Pope's decree.

Others do not know, that it was the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I who first discovered syphilis and wrote to the Pope. But Marin knew very well that this was clearly his own suggestion. It's just that the emperor pretends to take credit and gain fame, and he can't say anything. After all, he still has to rely on the emperor to eat.

It's just that Columbus, who should have been regarded as a hero, was disregarded because he exposed the source of syphilis. Marin expressed guilt.

Right now, according to Columbus, his whole family can only eat black bread with miscellaneous ingredients every day. Even if you want to get drunk in town, save it, go only once in a few days...

Feeling uneasy, Marin decided to make some compensation for the sailing hero. However, when he opened his pockets to get the gold coins, a thought flashed through his mind...

"Since I want to send people to India to trade...why...why don't you recruit Columbus, an old sailor in the maritime world?"

Columbus bravely found the American continent without any nautical charts. If you give him a world map and let him accompany Da Gama, the success rate must be higher...

Columbus Tail Da Gama? Marin thought the idea was brilliant. And, it's funny. It is very amusing to have a sailing giant behind another sailing giant.

The reason why Columbus led the team to Da Gama instead of going it alone is because sailing is not easy, especially the great sailing in the age of sailing.

When sailing, not only hydrological conditions and reef distribution, etc., but also monsoon issues must be considered. Because the ships of this era are all sail powered, the choice of wind direction is very important. There is no wind or headwind, which greatly affects the navigation.

Therefore, following Da Gama to mix can also be a lot more comfortable. Moreover, the Portuguese prepared the hydrographic and monsoon data from the west coast of Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. A trip to the West African coast, with the Portuguese, will be very easy.

When it comes to the East African coast, it is not troublesome. Because Marin knew that after Da Gama arrived in Malindi, the local sheikh sent the famous Arab navigator Ahmed Ibn Majid as a navigator to lead Da Gama's fleet across the Arabian Sea to India .

The reason why Chief Malindi sent Majid to help Da Gama lead the voyage is said to be because he learned that Da Gama and the chief of Mombasa were in conflict. And Chief Malindi and Chief Mombasa had a grudge, so Chief Malindi sent Majid to help Da Gama lead the way in order to win over Da Gama and deal with Mombasa with him.

The reason why Chief Malindi looked at Da Gama as an ally was that he believed that the artillery on Da Gama's ship was very powerful, and hoped to buy the Portuguese artillery in the future.

But in reality, Da Gama was just using Chief Malindi. His purpose is only to open up Indian routes, and he has no intention of helping Chief Malindi.

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Marin's plan was to follow Da Gama on the West African coast, and on the East African coast, continue to follow Da Gama for the first half. But when Da Gama stopped in Mombasa, he did not stop and sent Columbus north to Malindi. Then, he deliberately said that he had a grudge against Mombasa, tried to form an alliance with Malindi, and gave the chief two artillery pieces, tricking the chief to send Majid to lead Columbus...

In this way, Da Gama lost the pilot of such an excellent navigator as Majid, and the future is uncertain. Columbus, on the other hand, could take advantage of the situation to arrive in India first. As for Da Gama's life and death, what does it have to do with Marin?

Thinking of this, Marin was in a good mood and laughed. Columbus, who was sitting next to him, felt a little chill in his heart...

After Marin opened his mouth to solicit, Columbus agreed without thinking much. Because, he is so poor that he can't even drink wine, what else is there to pick? If there is no more money, his wife will soon divorce him...

For a better life, for the family, Columbus immediately accepted Marin's solicitation. Even Columbus didn't mention the harsh conditions of the 10% return he asked for the Queen of Spain.

However, Marin considers that Columbus is now stinking in Europe because of syphilis. To avoid trouble, Marin suddenly had an idea:

"Christopher, in order to prevent you from being attacked by others, when you go outside, use a pseudonym!"

"Okay, sir, what pseudonym do you think I should use?"

"How is Zorro?"

"it is good!"

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In this way, the great navigator Columbus transformed himself into Captain Zorro, and with this name, he gained a great reputation...

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