King of German Mercenaries

The moment Marlin saw Prince John appear, an idea came to his mind. After seeing that Prince John did not show a greedy expression, he immediately made up his mind.

Previously, Marin had been worried that the Spanish kings did not believe that he had discovered India and brought back a lot of spices, and planned to bring a boatload of spices to prove it. However, now that Prince John happened to come to the Canary Islands, with the prince's endorsement, the two kings could not believe it.

Then, Malin took the prince to visit Columbus' fleet. Seeing the mountains of spices, the prince's mouth couldn't close for a long time...

Of course, Marin didn't let Prince John watch it for nothing. In order to let the prince speak for himself, he decided to give the prince a favor:

"John, I'll give you 100,000 pounds of spices to sell as an agent. Are you confident?" Marin's solution was to give some of the spices to the prince for sales, so that he could share some profits.

"This...I...I have no experience in selling spices..." Prince John was still too young to see the huge benefits. If it were another shrewd person, I'm afraid I couldn't wait to agree.

"What's the matter? You are the crown prince. You can find a few big businessmen to help you sell it, and they dare to refuse? Besides, Princess Margaret grew up in the Netherlands. She must understand business. Point." Princess Margaret and Prince Philip grew up in Ghent, the city of industry and commerce, and are naturally no strangers to business.

"Right……"

"Hehe, the price of spices in Europe now looks like 10 shillings per pound, I will give you 7 shillings per pound, and I will make sure you make a lot of money..." Currently in Europe and southern Europe, because it is close to Venice, the price of spices is 10 shillings per pound. Shilling or so. In northern Europe and other places, the price is even higher.

"The difference of 3 shillings per pound..." The prince calculated it, and was shocked to find that he had a difference of 300,000 shillings to make. Of course, you have to put in the cost. But even a profit of 200,000 shillings is a full 40,000 gold coins to earn...

Although the prince is simple, he is not stupid. With such a good opportunity, he certainly wouldn't let it go. So, he nodded heavily, and smiled at the favor that Marin gave him...

The relationship between the two parties was good, and with the fact that Marin deliberately sent money, it naturally became more intimate.

After Columbus and others rested in Las Palmas for two days, Marin also set off and decided to go to Spain. And Prince John, who also returned with them, arranged to receive the 100,000 pounds of spices from Marlin.

Along the way, Marin shared his thoughts with the prince, which surprised the prince:

"Marin, do you mean to give this benefit to Spain? Do you know? The Spanish royal family's income for a year has not yet 1 million gold coins..." These days, only a rich country like Venice has almost the same amount of financial revenue. 2 million gold coins. In other countries, even a superpower like France, the annual fiscal revenue is no more than a million gold coins. Other major countries have not reached this level. As strong as Spain, Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile together, they add up to only 900,000 gold coins, and they have to pay the cost of supporting a huge army and bureaucracy.

"I can't do anything either, John, as you can see, the spice trade is so profitable, how could the Portuguese allow a little guy like me to continue to participate in it. I can guarantee that if they know of my existence next time, they may send troops to intercept me. ferry!"

"But... if Spain comes to do it, the Portuguese will also be unhappy..."

"Are you stupid? John! Huge profits over a million gold coins, what about Portugal's opposition? Could Spain be afraid of Portugal?"

"But we are indeed not their opponents at sea..."

"You won't put pressure on the Portuguese on land? The Portuguese army is scum. You only need to send out a large army and make a gesture of encircling Lisbon, and see if he dares to object..."

"That's okay?" The prince was a little dumbfounded.

Obviously, he hadn't heard the story of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao" in ancient China.

After Marin told him the story of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao", the prince was relieved...

Although he is relatively simple, he is not stupid. Facing the interests of more than one million gold coins (Spain can make the scale larger), the prince certainly wants it.

So, before arriving in Spain, Prince John, under the bombardment of Marin's opinions, has already accepted the idea of ​​​​pounding Marin's back. Moreover, this pot is back, although there is trouble on the upper body, but the profit will make any monarch in Europe very excited...

After arriving in Spain, Marin unloaded the 100,000 pounds of spices promised to the prince in Cadiz, and then Columbus's fleet, led by Draka and several other captains, returned to East Frisland first, while Marin brought With Columbus, and the prince went to Toledo, the capital of Spain...

"Father, mother, lend me money!" As soon as the prince returned to the palace, he directly found the two Spanish kings who were chatting, and shouted for money. He asked for the money to pay for the 100,000 pounds of spices that Marin gave him.

"I want money? John, didn't I ask you to inspect the Canary Islands? Why do you suddenly want to borrow money? Did you get into trouble?" Ferdinand II reprimanded with a stern face.

"No, no, I want 140,000 ducats for 100,000 pounds of spices!"

"140,000 ducats? Can you buy 100,000 lbs of spice? John, have you been deceived? 100,000 lbs of spice should be worth 200,000 ducats?" In Europe, the Venetian ducat is a common gold coin, so Spain People use this too.

"No, it was sold to me by Marin at a low price, and let me make money together!" Then, Prince John told about the matter of waiting with Marin to the Columbus fleet, and explained that Columbus was the first to discover India and Buy back a lot of spice things. Feeling the importance of the matter, the twin kings hurriedly summoned Marin and Columbus...

"Both Your Majesty are well!" Marin and Columbus bowed.

"Are you Columbus?" The Spanish kings looked curiously at Columbus wearing a Zorro mask.

Columbus took off his mask, revealing the scratched face, but through the outline, the two kings still recognized Columbus who served them...

"By the way, Earl of Marin, you and John said that you would dedicate the drawings of the Indian route to us. Why is this?"

"Your Majesty, the profits of India's trade are terrifyingly high, and this minister cannot afford such huge profits!"

"Is there any more money?" Isabella I asked with interest.

"It's not that it's too much, it's that I'm afraid that the money will be spent..." Marin said with a wry smile.

"how to say?"

"My minister sent 4 ships to India this time, bringing with him more than 20,000 gold coins. But do your two majesty know? This time, the minister can earn millions of gold coins!"

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