After Columbus accepted Marin's solicitation, he quickly rushed back to his small farm, packed up and prepared to leave. At this time, his wife was pulling weeds on the family's small farm, and her hands were covered with blood blisters.
Columbus's wife was very dissatisfied with the current life. At the beginning, when he married Columbus, he valued that Columbus was a navigator with dreams, and he hoped to be rich and wealthy. In the past few years, she has indeed become rich and famous, and she is still very beautiful. She often goes to and from the Spanish court to participate in various receptions and dances. Unfortunately, I don’t know who exposed the syphilis brought back by the Columbus fleet. Columbus was immediately confiscated most of his property, and the family was forced to return to Genoa, and then forced to hide in the countryside...
Unfortunately, neither Columbus nor his wife, Beatrice of Portugal, were good at farming. Therefore, the family was very unlucky. Even the two sons of Columbus had to work in the field at a young age, and their hands were covered with blood.
Columbus would have had to discuss it with his wife, but Beatrice had bought the life of a peasant woman. I heard that someone was willing to recruit a husband, so I agreed without even thinking about it.
Satisfied with Beatrice's positive response, Marin immediately expressed his willingness to provide the Columbus family with a large house and servants in Tenburg. In this regard, the two sons of Columbus also cheered.
Walking on the way north, Marin and Columbus chatted about sailing:
"Christopher, do you find it difficult for this voyage?"
"How many ships are you willing to provide, my lord? How many sailors?"
Marin thought for a while and said:
"I can supply 4 ships, two Carracks, ordered in Portugal and Spain, not smaller than your ship to America. And two Kirks, both warships, about the size of your flagship to America Smaller. And, put on about 20 guns... As for the sailors, 160 is enough, right?"
"Very good. 160 sailors are basically enough, but the artillery is a little less. If possible, it is best to go to Portugal to purchase a few more artillery, preferably with a larger caliber."
"You can have this! Kohler, come here!"
"Master, what's the matter?"
"You send someone to Portugal to buy a few more 6-pound, 8-pound, and 10-pound bronze cannons, and bring them back with that Carrack sailboat!"
"Master, it's a lot of money..." Kohler immediately said with a bitter face.
"Didn't we just withdraw a sum of money? Take out 20,000 gold coins and buy it!"
"Okay, I'll send someone right away..." The expression on Kohler's face was painful. Turning his head, Kohler took out 20,000 gold coins and ordered his most trusted deputy, Draka, to leave the main force with 20 guards and head towards Portugal. Draka's whole family was on Texel, as were the twenty fighters with him, and there was no fear of them running away with the money. Moreover, Marin can choose them to do things, and they are basically reliable people.
Columbus immediately looked at Marin with admiration. Originally, he knew that Marin was just a baron, and he thought that Marin's great voyage was a bit of a feat. But for Marin to take out 20,000 gold coins at will, it is also impressive. Only those with such financial resources are qualified to engage in great voyages.
Suddenly, Columbus thought of something, changed his face, and said to Marin:
"My lord, this subordinate suddenly thought of something..."
"you say."
"Does your lord know about the Treaty of Tordesillas?"
"Yes, the Pope's meridian..."
"My lord, you have not obtained permission to trade in the east. I am afraid that the Portuguese will attack my fleet based on this!"
"That's a problem..."
Marin thought about it for a while, and it was true that the Portuguese were not good at it. Participating in the voyage to India by yourself, in the eyes of the Portuguese, is definitely an act of grabbing food. And the "Treaty of Tordesillas" arbitrated by the Pope before, the Portuguese will definitely attack Columbus' fleet according to this treaty, how to break it? Marin was lost in thought...
Columbus also thought for a long time, and finally said:
"My lord, this subordinate has a solution..."
"speak!"
"You also know that the Pope's meridian was promulgated by the Pope, so why don't we let the Pope grant us one more privilege?"
"You mean..."
"My lord, have you heard of the Borgia family where the Pope belongs?"
"Know!"
"This family is the most greedy and vicious. It is said that this family often uses a slow poison called 'cantrella' to poison political opponents or wealthy people they target. After poisoning each other, they will often swallow Lose the other party's property... "
Hearing these terrible plots, Marin was terrified—Nimma was so scary. Marin actually knew about these broken things about the Borgia family. Because of these things, later generations of Laomei once specially filmed an American drama called "The Borgia Family". In the play, the Borgia family is a greedy, vicious, and depraved evil family, which can be said to be the earliest Italian mafia.
Moreover, the legendary poison "Cantrella" is also very magical, and it is a special chronic poison. Anyone who is poisoned usually dies within a week or two.
And the method of detoxifying this chronic poison is also very strange. It is said that Alexander VI and his son also took their own poison by mistake. Alexander VI did not escape this disaster and died in pain. And his illegitimate son, Caesar, used a very weird detoxification method - cut open the stomach of a living mule, drilled into it, and immersed his body in hot blood and internal organs...
"Christopher, what do you and I mean by mentioning the Borgia family?"
"The Borgia family is the most greedy, my lord, as long as you offer 10,000 gold coins as a bribe, I think you can definitely get the qualification to trade in India! The qualification to carve up the world cannot be bought, but the qualification to send ships to India for trade is It should be available!"
"Bribe? How to operate?"
"Find the pope's most favored illegitimate son, Caesar Borgia, and bribe him to help him speak!"
"Why don't you go directly to the Pope?"
"My lord, will the Pope openly accept bribes? Shameless?" Columbus said speechlessly.
Even though Alexander VI is very evil, but the basic face is still necessary. It is impossible for him to personally face some dark matters.
"It makes sense, let's go to Rome to find Caesar Borgia!"
"My lord, please remember not to drink their wine!"
"I know, isn't it Cantrella? I know how to interpret it..."
"What?" Columbus was taken aback.
Marin talked about the detoxification method from the TV series, but Columbus was worried:
"My lord, even if your detoxification method is true, you must not tell it. Otherwise, the Borgia family will definitely fight you forever..."
Marin thought about it too, he broke his hole card, and it would be strange if he didn't work hard with you. Moreover, Marin is not an opponent of the Borgia family at all now. Fortunately, no one else was present at the conversation between Marin and Columbus, and his subordinates were also hanging behind, unable to hear clearly.
"I'll watch out, Christopher, we're off to Rome!"
Then, Marin commanded the team to turn around and head straight for Rome...