The Rise of the European Emperor

Archbishop Rovere finally set off, accompanied by Schwartz and 2000 veterans, and a large number of ships...

These ships, mostly captured from Denmark, are basically Kirk sailboats. Of course, the ship where Archbishop Rovere and Schwartz are located is a 500-ton battleship, with rough skin and thick flesh and resistance to shelling. After all, Archbishop Rovere is the future pope, and he cannot afford to lose.

In order to allow the fleet to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar smoothly, Marin arranged for Kohler, with a large amount of gold and silver, to bribe the Spanish fleet commander in Gibraltar to turn a blind eye to the fleet, lest the Spaniards discover the movement of the army.

Even the previous 5,000 soldiers and horses were basically transported by sailors disguised as merchant ships. After all, Marin is going to make a big one this time, so he can't let people know his movements in advance.

Fortunately, Pisas, the commander of the Gibraltar fleet, is a greedy master. Before Marin transported 5,000 soldiers and horses through the Strait of Gibraltar, he sent Pisas 2,000 gold coins in advance. As a result, Pizas took the fleet to the opposite coast of Morocco on a "routine cruise" on the agreed date. This time, Marin also planned to do the same, let Pisas take the Spanish fleet to leave early, and deliberately staggered Marin's fleet, so as not to let the two kings of Spain know the situation...

Before leaving, Archbishop Rovere specially asked an astrologer who followed him to make a fortune and chose an "auspicious day" before leaving. In this regard, Marin said he was speechless, but did not have the courage to point it out. After all, father-in-law or something, so scary...

Moreover, the Holy See was originally a superstitious religious organization. You pointed out that when people are superstitious, are they looking for smack, smuggling, or smuggling? No, this is no longer about smoking, but wanting to be tied to the stake and grilled as human flesh...

During the period of waiting for the "auspicious day", Marin wrote down the score of the later famous religious divine comedy "The Mass" with the help of Da Vinci (that is, Marin hummed, Da Vinci wrote the score... ), and then arranged for a good singing priest to follow Schwartz.

Anyway, on the way at sea, everyone is fine. Marin simply arranged for the missionary, who was good at singing and who knew music notation, to teach everyone to sing the Latin version of the Divine Comedy "The Mass" on the boat.

In later generations, many people mistakenly believe that "The Mass" is an SS song. In fact, it has nothing to do with the SS at all, but "Bran Poems" from a medieval Bavarian monastery.

Also, the ERA chorus sang "The Mass" in Latin, not German. So, "The Mass" is actually a majestic religious song. Even Marin, who didn't know Latin before he passed through the later generations, was excited when he heard this song. If a devout believer listens, it is estimated that his blood will explode, give him a kitchen knife, and he will dare to attack Jerusalem...

After having Leonardo da Vinci help write the score, Marin actually had his guards sing "The Mass". However, Marin found that without the cooperation of later generations of electronic music, if you sing "The Mass" a cappella, the magic of the song will drop by a level.

Even if it is dubbed with the current crude instruments, "The Mass" can only be regarded as a very good song, not the crazy Divine Comedy of the later generations.

However, in this era of severe lack of good songs, it would be no exaggeration to say that "The Mass" is a divine comedy. When Archbishop Rovere heard the song, he danced with excitement, and said that when he became the Pope, he wanted to make this song a hymn that the Holy See focused on promoting, and let it be sung throughout Europe...

"Boy, you've done a good job. I can imagine that when our 7,000-strong army entered the city of Rome neatly singing "The Mass", those guys were surprised and shocked in their hearts! Ahahahaha..." He seemed to think what a cool thing,

Archbishop Rovere patted Marin on the shoulder and laughed happily.

Marin probably also thought of the 7,000 East Frisian veterans, marching in a neat pace, singing "The Mass" in unison, and entering the city of Rome, and then, his blood boiled...

After watching the old husband, Schwartz and others board the boat and leave, Marin suddenly remembered something and said to Kohler:

"Kohler, send someone to Lyle County and call me Columbus!"

"Yes!"

The next day, Columbus rode from his own manor in Lyle County to the palace of Aurich, waiting for Marin's orders.

"Christopher, remember what I planned to ask you to go to Cuba Island?" Marin said this after he motioned for Columbus to sit down.

Before the war with Denmark, Marin was actually ready to let Columbus lead the team to the Caribbean again to find the Cuban island, and brought it to the Spanish royal family to regard the Cuban island as Columbus's territory.

However, because of the outbreak of the war with Denmark, Marin needed enough warships to fight a decisive naval battle with Denmark. Therefore, Marin did not have enough ships for Columbus at that time, so he could only postpone the voyage plan of sending Columbus to find the island of Cuba.

Now that the Danish navy has been wiped out, Marin has his hands free. When he was sending off his father-in-law Archbishop Rovere just now, Marin suddenly remembered on the dock that he can now send Columbus to find Cuba...

However, this time, Marin not only asked Columbus to find Cuba, but had other plans...

In fact, there was absolutely no difficulty in getting Columbus to find Cuba. Because Columbus had already discovered the island of Hispaniola (Haiti), and the island of Cuba is just west of Haiti.

Columbus this time, as long as he finds Hispaniola first based on his experience, he can follow the coastline of the island to the west and find Cuba smoothly. Then, after returning, you can apply to the Spanish double kings to make the island of Cuba your own baronial domain. At the same time, Columbus will also follow Marin's instructions and propose to exchange his own fief, Cuba Island, with Marin for a local fief full of fertile fields. I believe that for this "small request", the two kings of Spain will still give face...

When Marin took out the map of the Caribbean Sea that he had drawn from memory, and saw the map of the island of Cuba, Columbus was taken aback:

"The island of Cuba is so big?"

Columbus, of course, would be surprised, because the island of Cuba covers an area of ​​100,000 square kilometers, almost the size of Portugal. Where is this island that was used as a barony? It is enough to use it as a kingdom.

However, this island, compared to Europe, is too remote and hot to be a livable place. Moreover, development also requires a lot of human and material resources. Columbus, a small navigator, did not have the financial resources to develop the island. He might as well exchange it with Marin for the reclaimed manor, including the serfs in the manor...

"Well, it's that big. But when you report to the Spanish kings, don't tell them that Cuba is so big, but rather vaguely say that it's probably smaller than Hispaniola..."

Columbus soon understood that if the Spanish kings had known the size of the island of Cuba, they would have regretted it. But if the expressway is small, it is easy to get legal procedures.

In order to deceive the two kings of Spain, Marin also took out another fake map, and only drew a small part of the island of Cuba close to the island of Haiti, in order to prove that the island of Cuba is not big...

"By the way, this time, finding this Cuban island is actually secondary. Your main task is to find this place!"

On that real map of the Caribbean Sea, Marin pointed to the Isthmus of Panama on the southern side of the Caribbean Sea...

"Where is this?" Columbus looked at the "S"-shaped Isthmus of Panama, puzzled.

"This is Panama. After passing through this long and narrow isthmus, it reaches the Pacific Ocean..." Marin pointed to the underside of the isthmus of Panama.

"This is the ocean?" Columbus asked curiously.

"Yes, Christopher, your guess that the earth is round before is correct. Going all the way to the west, you can indeed reach India!" Marin said with certainty.

"You mean, through the Pacific Ocean, you can reach India?" Columbus's eyes lit up. For a navigator like him, discovering new land and sea is also very interesting.

"Yes, but this Pacific Ocean is very wide, many times wider than the Atlantic Ocean. Crossing the Pacific Ocean, we first arrive in China, not India!"

After speaking, Marin took out another abbreviated map of the world from the drawer and pointed it to Columbus. This world map was drawn casually by Marin with a quill pen, somewhat distorted. However, the outline of America and the outline of Eurasia and Africa are basically drawn. As for Australia and Antarctica, they were deliberately left out.

"I understand, I understand! Your lord, do you want to occupy the entire Panama first, and then use this as a springboard to pass through the Pacific Ocean to China?" Columbus exclaimed excitedly.

"Well, you know what you have in mind. Remember, this is the most important secret, and it is absolutely not allowed to let a third person know, even your wife and son. If, I know that you have leaked this secret, you and The family will be hunted down!" Marin warned with a stern face.

"Well, I understand, I swear, I will never reveal this secret! But please, my lord, you must give me the heavy responsibility of discovering Huaxia!" After that, Columbus knelt down on one knee.

For a navigator like Columbus, in addition to his interests, it is the history that attracts him the most. If you can become the first navigator in Europe to discover China, what if you risk your life? Anyway, as long as Cuba is discovered this time, his youngest son will be a baron properly, and future generations will not have to worry about food and clothing.

"Yes, but you have to remember, don't reveal the secret of the Pacific Ocean below Panama. When the Spaniards ask you, don't reveal the secret of the sea on the other side of Panama. Even if one day someone knows that there is a sea there, you have to lie They say that there is a sea of ​​terror with strong winds and waves all day long, and it is the entrance to hell..."

Columbus nodded quickly, and he didn't want other navigators to know the existence of the Pacific Ocean. In this way, no one will compete with him for the chance to discover Huaxia.

After Columbus stroked the Bible and swore secrecy, Marin sent him back to prepare for the voyage. When Columbus was about to step out of the room door, Marin's voice came from behind him:

"If you successfully discover Panama this time, the bonus will be 10,000 gold coins!"

Hearing this astronomical number, Columbus nearly fell. You know, Pope Alexander VI helped his son buy a hereditary earldom from the Spanish double king, and it only cost 50,000 gold coins. 10,000 gold coins is 35,600 grams of gold. Even if it is calculated at a low price of 300 grams per gram, it is worth more than 10 million yuan. It is definitely a huge wealth that can change the fate of life...

A few days later, Columbus was ready, and took 200 loyal and reliable sailors carefully selected by Marin with certain combat effectiveness, boarded three "250" class armed merchant ships, and set foot on the journey to the Americas again...