Chapter 2048： Can I get 1 pen after the offense is over?

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As smart as the traveler Marin, there are unexpected times. For example, this time, the Portuguese did not have radio technology and did not set up an intelligence point in the Mamluk dynasty. However, they used a method that has been effective since ancient times-the ability of money!

After the fiasco of Dagama's fleet, he sent a clipper to send the news back to Portugal's stronghold in India-Surat. The Portuguese trade representative of Surat, Santos, felt that if the message was sent back to the country by merchant ship, God knows when it will be delivered. Therefore, he used his imagination to find a way to quickly send information back to the country-using the Venetian...

Surat State is located in the northwest of the Indian peninsula and is an important transit point for the spice trade. Before the Portuguese entered India, it was the world of Venetian merchants.

After Portugal and Spain blocked the Arabian Sea, the Venetian merchants' sea route to transport pepper to Egypt by sea was cut off, and only land could go.

In addition, after the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt lost to Turkey, relations with Persia, which also lost to Turkey, quickly improved. Then, the overland pepper trade route was opened up.

Originally in history, after the Mamluk dynasty was defeated in the Battle of Dabiq Steppe, it was driven by Turkey in the second year and was directly destroyed. Therefore, opening up Persia's land pepper trade route was in vain. But in this time and space, because of the strong support of Marin, the Mamluk dynasty built a large number of fortifications in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, which hindered Turkey's southward route.

Therefore, in this time and space, the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt was able to retaliate through the land pepper trade route. Although the share was squeezed by Spain and Portugal to become very small. But as long as they are willing to pay high prices, there will always be Indian merchants willing to sell pepper to Venetian merchants.

Originally, the Portuguese had a firm attack on the overland pepper trade routes of the Venetian merchants. However, now that the representative of Santos wants to quickly send the news back to Portugal, the fastest way is really to rely on the Venetians. After all, the Venetian not only successfully passed Persia and Egypt, but also controlled the eastern half of the Mediterranean east of the Italian peninsula.

Santos found a Venetian merchant named Sameni and promised him a certain share of the pepper trade. Then, in the face of interests, the Venetian businessman named Sameni decisively put aside the hatred of the country and the family and chose to cooperate with Santos.

This is the merchant, the classic Venetian merchant. When interests are damaged, he will fight you desperately. But if one's own interests are satisfied, he will instantly change his face or even change the door...

Then, Sameni used his land-based influence to relay the letter to Alexandria, Egypt in a way of changing horses and not changing people, and delivered a secret security. Then, the branch of the Sameni family in Alexandria relayed the power and sent the secret letter to Venice in the speedboat of the galley.

Then, this secret letter was sent to the Portuguese embassy station in Venice. When the Portuguese envoy got the information, he was taken aback, and used carrier pigeons to quickly send the news back to Lisbon. So, in just 5 months, Portugal received the news, instead of more than a year as Marin estimated...

Among them, the one that wasted the most time was Dagama sending a speedboat to Surat State to send news, and the Sameni family to send news to Venice by speedboat. The message transmission on land is faster than the sea. After all, changing people without changing horses is similar to the eight hundred li expedited in ancient China, and the speed is still quite fast. As for the homing pigeon, let alone, super fast. The only weakness is that carrier pigeons are easily eaten by hawks on the way.

In other words, the Portuguese trade representative Santos, with the ability to use money, bought a Venetian merchant who was mixed in India, and immediately broke through the restrictions of the country and the camp, and realized the rapid transmission of news.

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Of course, those are to be investigated later. But now, for Marin, how to respond to the Portuguese is the most important thing.

To be honest, if there are no other strong enemies, Marin really won't be ashamed of the Portuguese. Even in the fight, Marin beat me more than half of Portugal. But because of the threats of the German princes and France, Marin had to temporarily suppress the idea of ​​fighting with Portugal, and first made false claims.

However, it would be too shameful to just bow your head and be soft. After all, Portugal is not among the top European countries. In terms of land influence, it is inferior to German princes such as Saxony and Bohemia. If you are directly subdued, you will not only lose face, but will also greatly reduce your prestige.

Therefore, Marin wanted to appease the Portuguese this time without being too humble.

In addition, if it can make a profit, it is also excellent...

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How to deal with it? Marin thought about it. Because of the sudden incident, Marin, who thought it was still early, didn't have any prepared countermeasures, so he could only edit now...

While thinking about things, Marin tapped his fingers on the desk. Inadvertently, he raised his head and glanced at the outline map of the Eurasian and African continent he had drawn by himself on the wall.

This map was drawn by Marin himself when he was bored. It is only an outline map and not marked in detail. There is no indication of the existence of the American continent and no detailed information on the Far East. After all, information in the Americas is now confidential, and the Far East is also semi-secret.

Taking a look at the Cape of Good Hope at the bottom of the African outline map, Marin was suddenly stunned...

"The Cape of Good Hope... The Cape of Good Hope..."

Marin remembered that last time he seemed to plan to train an agent in Portugal to run the Cape of Good Hope. Moreover, according to Kohler's feedback, it seems that the people of the former minister of Portugal's João II, whom he selected, also gave a positive response. After all, they are now being suppressed by Manuel I, and life is very difficult.

"Or, I would simply follow the donkey downhill, and in the name of apologizing, propose a'high price' to buy the Cape of Good Hope and even South Africa?" Marin was lost in thought...

But after a long thought, Marin shook his head slightly...

It is not difficult to buy the Cape of Good Hope But when it comes to the problem, the South African gold mining area is too far away from the Cape of Good Hope. If you buy it together with the Cape of Good Hope, is it going to buy hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land? In such a big place, you can imagine with your nose that Portugal will definitely offer sky-high prices. After all, Portugal's mainland is also 100,000 square kilometers, which is several times or even ten times the size of the mainland, and it is the main navigation route to the east. It is difficult for a lion to open a mouth.

And if you buy the land in inland Johannesburg directly, fools can see the problem. If the Portuguese becomes suspicious, send someone to check it out, and they will definitely reveal the stuffing...

Therefore, Marin has to seize the opportunity to buy the South African Rand gold mining area this time, without arousing the suspicion of the Portuguese, and at a low cost...

Taking advantage of the opportunity of offending the Portuguese, taking the opportunity to pretend to make amends, buying an African colony under the name of Portugal, and including the South African Rand gold mine, Marin was also quite quick-witted. But when it came to the question, how to do it specifically, Marin was also puzzled for a while...

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