The Rise of the European Emperor

With the "treasure map" in his arms, Marin entered the living room of Ferdinand II's temporary residence with the permission of Ferdinand II, and saw Ferdinand II sitting on a chair.

So, Marin quickly ran two steps forward, bent over and saluted:

"I have seen Your Majesty!"

"Excuse me, Earl of Marin!" Ferdinand II was still very respectful to Marin.

The reason why Marin is called an earl, not a duke. It's because Marin also has the title of "Count of the Wild" in Spain. Although Marin did not need to pay any tribute to Spain, he had to abide by the status of monarch and minister there.

Ferdinand II had a very good impression of Marin, why? Because Marin saved his only son's life!

For Ferdinand II, the other daughters are optional, and the son Prince Juan is the most important. In the original history, when Prince Juan died, he was suspected of contracting a lung disease, which was a terrifying disease that caused death. But Ferdinand II went up and hugged his son's body and cried bitterly, as if the sky was falling. However, Queen Isabella I was not so excited, but watched from a distance, daring not to come forward, for fear of being infected by her son. It can be seen that Ferdinand II was a father who loved his son like his life.

However, Ferdinand II completely ignored his daughter. After the death of the mad woman Juana's husband, the handsome King Philip, in order to control the power of the Kingdom of Castile, Ferdinand II imprisoned his daughter Juana in the name of "madmen cannot exercise power" so as to facilitate her control of Castile. The power of the kingdom of Tilia. Therefore, Ferdinand II is a typical patriarch. Now, Prince Juan is still alive and kicking, making Ferdinand II very pleasing to Marin.

"By the way, Count Marin, what are you doing here for this negotiation between Spain and Portugal?" Ferdinand II was very curious about seeing Marin in Rome at this time.

"I was called by His Majesty the Pope. My mission is to introduce the details of Africa to the two His Majesty. Simply put, I am the one in charge of the explanation." Marin said calmly.

"Commentary? It's really interesting. Let a powerful prince with the title of duke be the commentator? The Pope's handwriting is really big..." Ferdinand II laughed.

"Cough cough - that's because the relationship between the minister and the Pope is very good..." Marin deliberately revealed some of his relationship with the Pope. Anyway, many people are speculating. From Marin lending troops to Julius II, escorting him back to Rome, and helping to attack Florence, everyone can see that Marin and Julius II have a good relationship.

"Oh? Is it? Can you tell me in detail why?" Ferdinand II was obviously very interested in this kind of gossip.

"It's like this. At the beginning, His Majesty Julius II had a bad relationship with the last Pope (in fact, they were enemies. Only considering the close relationship between Alexander VI and Spain, Marin said this on purpose.). Then, His Majesty Julius II went into hiding in France. However, after Louis XII came to the throne, he formed an alliance with His Majesty Alexander VI. His Majesty Julius II was afraid of being given to His Majesty Alexander VI by the French, so he left France By chance, he came to East Frisian and met the minister by chance..."

"Why didn't you tell His Majesty Alexander VI the news at that time? In that case, it was a great achievement." Ferdinand II asked curiously.

"In the beginning, I didn't know that he was Archbishop Rovere. I just made friends with him by chance. After I became friends, how could I betray him?" Malin said without changing his face.

"Well, that's right. But I have a question. That is, why did His Majesty Julius II happen to return to Rome with your army after His Majesty Alexander VI died?" Ferdinand II was very skeptical about this issue. He suspected that it was Julius II's hand on Alexander VI. It's just that he didn't have any evidence, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

"Is this the case, wasn't the minister canonized as the Duke of Egypt by His Majesty Maximilian I before? Then,

The minister planned to send troops to conquer Egypt. "

"At the same time, His Majesty Julius II also planned to go to Egypt with the ship. Unexpectedly, he encountered a merchant ship leaving Rome at sea, and heard the news of His Majesty Alexander VI's death. So, His Majesty Julius II made a decisive decision and hired Schwartz and his 7,000-strong army to escort him back to Rome to participate in the papal election..." This kind of statement Marin and Julius II had already discussed, Naturally speaking, there is no pressure, and it is very reasonable.

"Well, you are such a lucky guy!" Ferdinand II no longer bothered about this matter. Because it is useless to tangle. Alexander VI came closer to Spain, but he was dead. To complain about a dead man is not a stupid thing a king should do.

"Since you have a good relationship with His Majesty the Pope, then, Count Marin, can you reveal some inside information to me?" Ferdinand II looked at Marin eagerly.

"Your Majesty, I am here for this!"

"Let's talk about it!" Ferdinand II said impatiently.

"That's right, His Majesty the Pope was very embarrassed. However, I took out a map drawn by my teacher, Einstein Daxian when he traveled to Africa..."

"Your teacher also traveled to Africa?" Ferdinand II was a little surprised.

"Of course, my teacher has not only traveled to Africa, but also traveled throughout Asia. Before, the reason why Columbus was able to discover India earlier than Da Gama was actually because I gave Columbus a rough map, which made him find it smoothly. India," Marin boasted proudly.

"Ah? So powerful?" Ferdinand II was a little surprised. You know, before this, only a very small number of Venetian merchants had been to India. But the spices of the Venetians were also shipped by Arabs and Egyptians, and even the Venetians knew little about India, let alone the conditions on the coast of Africa. Marin's teacher can know that route, it looks really amazing. You know, before the Portuguese set off, they only knew the situation on the coast of West Africa north of the Cape of Good Hope, and did not know the situation on the other side of East Africa.

"Of course, my teacher, but a great traveler, has traveled the entire Eurasian and African continents!" Marin continued to pretend to be proud.

"So, does your teacher know the situation of that great empire in the east?" Ferdinand II asked eagerly.

"I know!" Marin nodded without hesitation.

"Let's talk about it!" Ferdinand II said impatiently...