It was also a coincidence that the speedboat sent by Baron Sandro to the mainland for verification encountered a Spanish fleet on the way to the Canary Islands. Even more coincidentally, the person in charge of the tour is Prince John, Crown Prince of Spain.
The Spanish flags are flying on both sides, so it is natural to greet each other. Therefore, Sandro's messenger simply asked His Highness the Prince himself for confirmation.
As a witness present at the time, Prince John naturally knew the truth of the matter very well. So, Prince John nodded directly to admit the truth of the matter. In this way, the messenger did not have to return to the port of Cadiz, but turned around and went to Las Palmas with the prince's fleet.
His Royal Highness is the same age as Marin, and is now 21 years old. The Spanish kings naturally wanted to train their sons, so they sent Prince John to inspect the navy and lead the fleet to the Canary Islands.
This job is not dangerous. Because, in the Atlantic, Spain has no enemies. Although Portugal is powerful, it will not attack Spanish ships at will. Because, the two sides signed a peace treaty a long time ago, "dividing up" the world. Moreover, Spain is not easy to mess with.
Just talking about the fleet led by Prince John is not easy to mess with. 6 warships, loaded with soldiers and artillery. Moreover, their displacement, the smallest is about 180 tons.
Prince John was still very grateful to Marin for saving his life. Moreover, he felt sorry for Marin who only asked for a few points of colonial rights in the "Wild Continent". After all, the Wild Continent is not India. It seems that there is no oil and water at all, and a lot of manpower and material resources have to be spent to explore the route. Besides, sailing is dangerous. If you encounter shipwreck, even if you are unlucky.
A few days ago, the latest news came from Germany. Marin, who had rescued him at the beginning, actually relied on a baronie with only a few small islands to send troops to capture an earl country, and made rapid progress, sweeping the entire earl country within half a month. What surprised him, Prince John, was that Marin was still a descendant of the former earl who was overthrown in that earl country, and had the legal right of succession. Regarding this, his father-in-law, Maximilian I, also acknowledged it, and by the way sent a message to his daughter, Margaret of Austria, the wife of Prince John. So Prince John heard about it from his wife.
Margaret of Austria is now five months pregnant and is raising her baby in Toledo, the capital of Castile. Thinking of this, Prince John was a little grateful to Marin. Because, if Marin hadn't saved him, he would have died. His wife, Princess Margaret, will also become a widow and will not leave any children. Regardless of whether Margaret is pregnant with a boy or a girl, as long as she survives, she will become the heir next to Prince John of the Kingdom of Aragon and Castile, and will not be cheap for his sisters.
Prince John is very reluctant to let the descendants of the king of Portugal become the heirs to the Spanish throne after his death, even if it is the son of his eldest sister...
Because, when Marin rescued the prince last time, he provocatively said that the prince's illness may be murdered by the Portuguese. After all, the prince fell ill, but after attending the wedding of the elder sister and Manuel I, the possibility of the Portuguese murdering him was extremely high. After all, as long as the prince dies, the first heir is his eldest sister, Princess Isabella. It seems that the possibility of Manuel I murdering the prince is extremely high.
Moreover, it seems that because the appearance of Marin interfered with history, Princess Isabella, who was supposed to die in childbirth in 1498, did not die in childbirth, and gave birth to a healthy Prince Miguel safely. Of course, it's useless to survive, because Prince John didn't die and made his wife Margaret pregnant. As long as the child survives, the other Spanish princesses will stand aside.
Because his wife is pregnant, Prince John is in joy. The gratitude to Marin is naturally very sincere. When he heard that Marin was staying in Las Palmas, the prince who happened to be going to the Canary Islands to inspect, hoped to talk to Marin. As a young man with ideals, Prince John is also very interested in Marin's experience of being able to win an earl country by relying on the baronies of several small broken islands. At his age, it is the age of worshiping heroes. Thinking that Marin was as old as him, and had such great military exploits, Prince John was also extremely envious. At the same age, he has just been sent out by his parents to exercise, and Marin has already built an uncle country by himself and has become the existence that dominates a country.
Of course, Marin's important position knows Prince John's thoughts, and he will definitely spray him in the face - Nimad, I worked hard to conquer a small country of more than 3,000 square kilometers, and I still have to face the pressure of the Saxons. You are born to be destined to inherit the huge Spain, a big country with hundreds of thousands of square kilometers and a population of more than 8 million, how envious of me? I'm so envious of you, I'm so envious...
If Marin is given another choice to travel through, in this era of Western Europe, Marin will decisively choose to time travel to become Louis XII or Henry VIII, which is definitely an opportunity to take over a powerful country safely. For example, if Marin crosses over to become Louis XII, as long as he is given ten years, he promises to build France, which is already too tyrannical, into a cosmic country, and then wave a big stick to crush the whole of Europe... Unfortunately, he is not, He just crossed over and became a wandering knight. Therefore, he has to obtain everything by himself bit by bit, and he has to face various challenges and blows on the road to success...
Marin was taken aback when he first saw Prince John. In particular, Prince John brought a fleet over...
Marin was worried to death in his heart. He was afraid that the prince would see Columbus's spice fleet, his eyes would turn red, and he would become malicious.
However, after getting in touch with the prince for a few days, Marin discovered that although Prince John was the son of the scheming Spanish double king, he probably had never been exposed to dark things since he was a child. Prince John was 21 years old, and he was still very naive. very kind…
It's no wonder that Prince John, as the only son of the Spanish double king, has been the number one baby in Spain since he was a child. He has been cared for since he was a child, and he has no chance to see the dark side. His natural character is still pure.
Prince John's parents, who grew up in a crisis since they were young, have a relatively strong sense of crisis, so they are naturally more accommodating. Although Isabella I was noble since she was a child, her elder brother Enrique IV was not good to her. Because they are half brothers and sisters. Enrique IV also changed back and forth in the marriage of Isabella I, randomly designating a marriage partner for Isabella I. In the end, Isabella I had to fight by fleeing marriage, fled to Aragon, and married Ferdinand II.
It is precisely because of all kinds of bad experiences in childhood that Isabella I was trained to be scheming since she was a child, otherwise she would not have successfully escaped marriage.
And Ferdinand II was not the heir to the throne since he was a child. In front of him, there is a big brother Charlie and sister Blanca. Juanna, the mother of Ferdinand II, was also the second wife of King Juan II of Aragon, but Juanna was more scheming and good at "gong fights". Under her bewitching, Juan II went ruthless They killed their son and daughter by their ex-wife respectively, clearing the way for Ferdinand II to succeed to the throne. Growing up in such an environment of palace fighting, Ferdinand II was naturally very scheming...
But Prince John, the son of the two kings, had no one to fight with him since he was a child. Several sisters also arranged to get married, so they would not fight with him. Therefore, without a sense of crisis, Prince John naturally did not exercise any vicious scheming. Even during the chat, the outspoken Prince John was tricked by Marin to keep a lot of Spanish secrets...
Of course, Marin would not underestimate Prince John because of this. Because Prince John's wife, Margaret of Austria, is a strong woman.
You know, in the original history, after the death of the prince, Margaret returned to the Netherlands where she grew up as a widow. Later, after the death of the handsome king Philip, he was entrusted by his father Maximilian I to regent the Netherlands and teach his young nephew Charles V. During the regency of the Netherlands, the Netherlands flourished, Antwerp became a famous trade center in Europe, and the Netherlands became the most important purse of the Habsburg family. Charles V was even brought up by the aunt Margaret, and she also taught him. And the prestige of Charles V is known to anyone who has read European history. Therefore, no matter how innocent Prince John is, with such a scheming wife behind him, there will be no big troubles in the future.
Fortunately, Princess Margaret was raising her baby in Toledo and did not come with Prince John. Otherwise, with Margaret's scheming growing up in the complicated struggle of the Dutch court, after seeing so many spices in the Columbus fleet, she might encourage the prince to kill and rob...
After letting go of his heart, Marin began to call Prince John brothers and brothers, and bragged with the prince every day, saying that he had ambushed King Charles VIII of France, defeated the Frisian noble republic that was stronger than himself, and quickly captured the East Frisian Counties. Using novel techniques, everyone exaggerated their experience, blowing themselves up as a great military commander, and fooling the simple Prince John into a daze. After a while, Prince John has a tendency to become a fan of Marlin...
This can't be blamed on Prince John's stupidity. In fact, the three wars in which Marin became famous are indeed legendary. In each of them, the weak defeated the strong, and they were all big victories. In the face of the hard facts, coupled with the bragging of Marin's YY novel, it is not surprising that the young and uninformed Prince John is convinced...