Chapter 218： Easy access to Cuba Island

The Spaniards were panicked by the news of the "barren continent" syphilis outbreak, and many ministers even suggested withdrawing the colonists on the island of Hispaniola. Because Spain ’s gains on Hispaniola are too different from expectations.

Moreover, since the Indian route, the Spanish court has been able to obtain much more benefits from the Indian spice trade than on the island of Hispaniola. There is no need to care about the American colonies.

Even some radical ministers said that they should take the opportunity of replacing the new pope to revise the Treaty of Todes Silas and exchange the benefits of Eastern trade with the wild syphilis continent and Portuguese. In this way, the Spaniards can also monopolize the benefits of Indian trade.

This idea makes the Spanish government and opposition very excited. However, the Spanish kings also understand that the Portuguese are not stupid, how could they agree to this? If you want to do this forcibly, then a war will inevitably erupt between the two countries. Therefore, it is most likely to share India ’s trade interests with Portugal. It's just that India's trade benefits are so great, and it is really reluctant to share with the Portuguese ...

But in any case, at this time, the Spanish courts all formed a unified opinion-the place on the wild mainland that is full of syphilis, is it really a good place ...

Coincidentally, Columbus is back at this time ...

After several months of exploration, Columbus went south from the west end of the Cuban island and went to the Yucatan Peninsula for a circle before going south to Panama.

Holding the map given by Marin, Columbus repeatedly compared, and was shocked to find out-there was no error ...

In other words, Einstein, the teacher of Marin, is a real nautical man. And myself, in front of others, is extremely small ...

Following the guidance of Marin's map, Columbus discovered a place called Cologne above the Panama Isthmus. Of course, there are no cities here. However, Marin Leng is annotated, here is Cologne ...

Next to this "Cologne City" is a harbor called Limon Bay. After determining this place, Columbus recorded the latitude and longitude of the Port of Cologne, so that the subsequent captain could find the place. Because, Marin told him that it must be developed here in the future. After all, after the Panama Isthmus, it is the legendary Pacific Ocean. And once across the Pacific, you can reach Columbus's dream of China.

Under the guidance of Marin, Columbus had snatched the honor of "discovering" the Indian route from Da Gama. This time, he intends to grab the honor of "discovering" China again. As for Einstein, Marin's teacher who could have drawn the map long ago, Columbus selectively forgot.

Columbus believed that although the big man named "Einstein" discovered those places first. However, since he did not publish the news, he did not receive the "first discovery" award. Although, I used the map drawn by "Einstein" to "discover" some kindness. However, Mr. Einstein is said to be a bitter monk, a bitter monk who does not care about fame and fortune. Since the ascetic monks are indifferent to fame and fortune, it is better to "discover" the honors of those places than to give yourself ...

Moreover, his employer, Marin, seems to support himself to do so ...

Marin was a disciple of the great monk named "Einstein" and the inheritor of Einstein's knowledge. The heirs of the family agree on which honors they will receive. Compared to Einstein himself, he wouldn't trouble himself ...

Of course Einstein would not trouble Columbus because he was not born yet ...

Columbus originally wanted to land for inspection, but before leaving, Marin repeatedly warned Columbus to prohibit him from landing in Panama. Because, Marin remembers, the poisonous insect mosquitoes in Panama are very powerful, and if bitten, it is easy to get deadly yellow fever.

Columbus was a seafaring general, and of course Marin was reluctant to die. Therefore, Marin strictly prohibited Columbus from landing in the Panama area to avoid accidentally being stung by poisonous mosquitoes.

As for Columbus himself, he did not want to die in vain, and eventually gave up his plans to go on shore. After soaking the hull in the Tamsui River and letting the maggots leave, Columbus took the fleet eastwards to Grenada.

Because of the sextant, Columbus can easily detect the direction of Grenada where latitude and longitude have been recorded. As long as the latitudes of the fleet and Grenada are the same, and then sailing all the way east, Grenada will surely be reached.

However, not all oceans are between Panama and Grenada. For example, the Guajira Peninsula in northeastern Colombia blocked the road. Of course, this is not a problem, just go around easily.

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

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

As for Lake Maracaibo, not to mention, the famous oil producing area in later generations. Why is Venezuela so dangling? Isn't it because of oil?

Of course, Marin did not want to use the oil from Lake Maracaibo in his life. The internal combustion engine is not that easy. Drilling oil wells is a major technical problem. Therefore, the coal in the Guajira Peninsula is more realistic than the oil in Lake Maracaibo.

When Columbus arrived on Grenada, Aben's fleet did not leave long before. After a few days of repairs on Grenada, Columbus followed Aben's route and planned to go to Spain. Because he is going to ask the Spanish kings for the title of "Cuba Baron" and intends to use the Cuban island as his territory. Then, he applied for the titles of Cuba Island and "Baron of Cuba", exchanged a baron title with Marin, and gave it to his young son Fernando. In this way, both of his sons will become hereditary barons in the future, and they all have fertile farmland with annual income of tens of thousands of gold coins ...

Columbus's fleet arrived in the port of Cadiz after the funeral ship on the island of Hispaniola. When Columbus arrived in Toledo, the capital of the Kingdom of Castile (the Spanish capital is not Madrid at this time), the syphilis band The panic sentiment has filled the entire Spanish government and opposition.

Therefore, regarding Columbus's request to become a baron of Cuba, there was no opposition from Spain.

Spanish ministers looked at Columbus with contempt, because it was Columbus who brought the terrible disease of syphilis back to Europe from a wild continent. If Columbus did not have a feverish mind to explore the wild continent and deceived everyone into saying that it was India, Europeans would not intersect with the natives on the wild continent. At the same time, the terrible disease of syphilis will not spread back to Europe, causing so much panic.

Therefore, there was no objection that Columbus wanted Cuba as a territory. They were anxious that Columbus ran to the Cuban island as a lord, then contracted syphilis, and his body rotted to death ...

When Columbus went through the process of taking Cuba as his baron, it went very smoothly. Those officials, like the **** of plague, sent Columbus to play quickly. It seems that if you say more to Columbus, you will get syphilis.

In this way, in the atmosphere of panic and turmoil caused by syphilis in Spain, Columbus, without any setbacks, easily obtained the authorization of the Spanish kings, became the baron of Cuba, and took ownership of the island of Cuba.

Next, what Columbus had to do was to return to East Friesland, take the appointment paper, and exchange Marin for a native baron title and the corresponding enclave for his second son ...