The Rise of the European Emperor

The Spaniards were panicked by news of a syphilis outbreak in the "Wild Continent", and many ministers even suggested withdrawing the colonists on Hispaniola. Because Spain's earnings on Hispaniola are far from expectations.

Moreover, since the Indian route was established, the Spanish court can completely gain much more benefits through the Indian spice trade than on Hispaniola, and there is no need to care about the American colonies at all.

Even some radical ministers said that the Treaty of Tordesillas should be revisited by taking the opportunity of replacing the new pope, and the syphilis-ridden savage continent and the Portuguese should be exchanged for the benefits of eastern trade. In this way, the Spaniards can also monopolize the interests of India's trade.

This idea made the Spanish court and opposition very excited. However, the Spanish kings also understand that the Portuguese are not fools, how could they agree to this? If this is forcibly wanted, then a war will inevitably break out between the two countries. Therefore, sharing India's trade interests with Portugal is the most likely. It's just that India's trade interests are so great, and it is really reluctant to share with the Portuguese...

But in any case, the Spanish court at this time has formed a unified opinion - the place full of syphilis in the wild continent is really not a good place...

Coincidentally, Columbus also came back at this time...

After several months of expeditions, Columbus headed south from the western end of the island of Cuba, and after a tour of the Yucatan Peninsula, went south to Panama.

Taking the map given by Marin, Columbus repeatedly compared and was shocked to find that there was no mistake...

In other words, Einstein, Marin's teacher, was a real seafaring man. And myself, in front of others, is incomparably small...

Following Marin's map guide, Columbus discovered a place called Colon on the Isthmus of Panama. Of course, there are no cities here. However, Marin was stunned to note that this is Cologne...

On the edge of this "Cologne City" is a harbor called Limon Bay. After confirming this place, Columbus recorded the longitude and latitude of the Port of Cologne so that later captains could find the place. Because, Marin told him, it will definitely be developed here in the future. After all, after the Isthmus of Panama is the legendary Pacific Ocean. And once you cross the Pacific Ocean, you can reach China in Columbus's dream.

Columbus had already snatched the honor of "discovering" the Indian route from Da Gama under Marin's direction. This time, he intends to win the honor of "discovering" China again. As for Einstein, Marin's teacher, who had long been able to draw maps, Columbus selectively forgot.

Columbus believed that although the big man named "Einstein" discovered those places first.

However, since he did not announce the news, he did not receive the honor of "first discovery". Although, it is a bit unkind to use the map drawn by "Einstein" to "discover". However, Mr. Einstein is said to be an ascetic, an ascetic who does not care much about fame and fortune. Since the ascetic monks are indifferent to fame and fortune, it is better to give yourself the honor of "discovering" those places...

Moreover, his employer, Marin, seems to support him in doing so...

Marin is a disciple of the great sage, an ascetic named "Einstein", and he is also the inheritor of Einstein's knowledge. The heirs of others agree on which honors they will receive. Compared to Einstein himself, he wouldn't trouble himself...

Of course Einstein wouldn't bother Columbus, because he wasn't born yet...

Columbus originally wanted to land and investigate, but before departure, Marin repeatedly warned Columbus that he was forbidden to land in Panama. Because, Marin remembers, the poisonous insects and mosquitoes in Panama are very powerful, and if they are bitten, it is easy to change to the deadly yellow fever.

Columbus was a great sailor, and of course Marin was reluctant to let him die. Therefore, Marin strictly prohibited Columbus from landing in Panama to prevent him from accidentally being bitten by poisonous mosquitoes.

As for Columbus himself, he didn't want to die in vain, and finally gave up his plan to land on shore. After soaking the hull in the freshwater river and letting the maggots get out, Columbus took the fleet all the way east to Grenada.

Because of the sextant, Columbus could easily detect the direction of Grenada, where latitude and longitude were recorded. As long as the fleet has the same latitude as Grenada, and then sails straight to the east, it will definitely reach Grenada.

However, between Panama and Grenada, it is not all ocean. The Guajira Peninsula in northeastern Colombia, for example, is in the way. Of course, this is not a problem, as long as it is easy to bypass.

Of course, when bypassing the Guajira Peninsula, Columbus also recorded the local latitude and longitude by the way. In fact, on the map for Columbus, Marin specifically marked the Guajira Peninsula, including Lake Maracaibo below the Guajira Peninsula.

For these two places, Marin actually attaches great importance to it. Because the Guajira Peninsula has coal resources, the steam engine will be developed in the future, which can be used as an important coal supply point.

As for Lake Maracaibo, let alone the famous oil producing area of ​​later generations. Why is Venezuela so obsessed? Not because of the oil as a support?

Of course, Marin will never want to use the oil in Lake Maracaibo in his life, and the internal combustion engine is not so easy to do. Drilling oil wells is a major technical problem. Therefore, the coal of the Guajira Peninsula is much more realistic than the oil of Lake Maracaibo.

When Columbus arrived on Grenada Island, Aben's fleet had only left shortly after. After a few days of repairing on the island of Grenada, Columbus followed the route of Aben, intending to make a trip to Spain. Because, he is going to seek the title of "Baron of Cuba" from the Spanish kings, and intends to make the island of Cuba his own territory. Then, apply for the title of Cuba Island and "Baron of Cuba", exchange a baron title with Marin, and then give it to his youngest son Fernando. In this way, my two sons will become hereditary barons in the future, and they both have fertile farmland and an annual income of tens of thousands of gold coins...

Columbus's fleet arrived at the port of Cadiz behind the mourning ship in Hispaniola, and when Columbus arrived in Toledo, the capital of the Kingdom of Castile (the Spanish capital was not Madrid at this time), the syphilis was The panic that has come has permeated the entire Spanish court and opposition.

Therefore, for Columbus's request to become a baron of Cuba, no one in the Spanish court opposed it.

The Spanish ministers looked at Columbus with contempt, because it was Columbus who brought the terrifying disease of syphilis from the wild continent back to Europe. If Columbus didn't have his brains to explore the wild continent and deceive everyone that it was India, Europeans would not have intersected with the natives on the wild continent. At the same time, syphilis, a terrible disease, will not be brought back to Europe, causing so much panic.

Therefore, there was no objection to Columbus's claim to the island of Cuba as a territory. They wished that Columbus would go to Cuba and become the lord of Cuba, then contracted syphilis, festered and died...

When Columbus went to go through the formalities to make the island of Cuba his barony, it went very smoothly. Those officials, like sending the god of plague, rushed Columbus to fight. It seems that if you talk to Columbus for one more word, you will get syphilis.

In this way, under the panic of the Spanish government and opposition because of syphilis, Columbus did not suffer any setbacks, so he easily obtained the authorization of the Spanish double kings, became a Cuban baron, and got the ownership of the island of Cuba.

Next, what Columbus has to do is to return to East Frisian, hold the appointment document, and exchange with Marin for a native baron title and corresponding fief to his second son...