The Rise of the European Emperor

"What, the Spanish army withdrew to the north? It also demolished the city of Marrakech?" Marin was a little surprised to see the intelligence sent by Kohler's spies sent to Spain.

According to Marin's plan, Spain should play hide-and-seek with the remnants of the Vatas dynasty all day long, and then spend a lot of money and food. In this way, even if Spain occupies the huge profits from the spice trade in India, it will be wasted on the battlefield in Morocco.

However, Gonzalo de Cordoba, a half-disciple of Marin (Marin once taught him the "Marin phalanx" and is regarded as his half-teacher), was so courageous that he was willing to give up southern Morocco. First stabilize the northern region, which surprised Marin. The most important thing is that both Ferdinand II and Juan III agreed...

"It seems that the Spaniards are not stupid..."

Marin was a little disappointed. He originally wanted to use the war in Morocco to deplete Spain's national strength. As a result, the Spaniards were willing to give up the south and concentrate on running the north first. This is difficult, because it is much less difficult to concentrate on managing the northern part of Morocco, which is close to the Spanish mainland.

Marin was a little anxious. If Spain could eat the whole of Morocco, the Spaniards would be free to do something else. If they set their sights on America again... Marin's current naval strength is not enough to dominate the Americas...

Fortunately, when he saw the last piece of information, Marin became happy...

The last piece of information is that the notorious Spanish Inquisition is eager to take control of religious affairs in the northern part of Morocco occupied by the Spanish army...

Who were the people of the Inquisition? That is a bunch of lunatics who are keen to persecute heretics. Letting them go to Morocco to make a fuss will only force those Allah believers in Morocco. As long as this group of people is messing around in northern Morocco, the Moroccan Allahs will definitely rise up and rebel. At that time, it will definitely be enough for Spain to drink a pot.

But Marin didn't think it was enough, so he decided to act secretly, let the lunatics of the Inquisition make things bigger, stimulate the Moroccans to the greatest extent, and arouse their resistance.

So, Marin told Kohler:

"You sent spies to bribe the priests of the Spanish Inquisition who took over the religious affairs of Morocco, and encouraged them to confiscate the property of those Allah believers who refused to convert to Catholicism in Morocco, and expel those people from Morocco or burn them directly!"

Marin's idea was very sinister, and he didn't worry that the priests of the Inquisition would not take the bait. why? Because one of the "confiscation of the property of heretics" will make the priests of the Spanish Inquisition flock to it.

Moreover, this is not the first time the Spanish Inquisition has done this. For example, in mainland Spain, the Spanish Inquisition confiscated the property of wealthy Jewish businessmen who refused to convert to Catholicism. In 1492, 200,000 Jews with wealth and technology were expelled by the Spanish Inquisition. Of course, the property of those Jews was confiscated. In the end, many of those Jews were taken to Turkey by the Turkish Sultan Basayet II, which promoted the development of Turkish printing and other technologies, and also promoted the progress of culture.

Therefore, they are absolutely familiar with letting the notorious Spanish Inquisition do this kind of shitty thing of grabbing the property of heretics. Even if Marin didn't push secretly, they would do so. It's just that after Marin's secret push, they may be more motivated.

However, it should be pointed out that the Arabs and Berbers in Morocco are not cowardly Jews, but a group of fierce men who can ride horses and wield machetes.

The Jews have been oppressed by Europeans for thousands of years, and they have long been oppressed to the point of losing the courage to resist. Moreover, everyone in Europe shouted and beat the Jews, and there were almost no supporters, and they would undoubtedly lose if they wanted to resist.

The Arabs in Morocco are different from the Berbers. They are nomads who can ride horses and use machetes to chop people.

If they were robbed of all their property and expelled from the country, they would certainly not let it go.

At that time, they will definitely rise up and fight the Spaniards. At that time, what Marin will have to do is to send horses and scimitars to those unwilling Arabs and Berbers...

However, it seems wrong for Marin to do this. So Marin asked Kohler to repeat his old tricks, and went to the Venetians and the French, and asked them to secretly support the Moroccans to resist. Anyway, the two countries have enmity with the Spaniards, and they must be willing to make trouble for the Spaniards.

What's more, Marin will also remind the Venetians and the French to secretly fund the Watas dynasty. For example, providing money, food and weapons.

Because Marin heard that the Spaniards did not block the southern coast of Morocco. As long as the Venetians and the French secretly send ships to the southern coast of Morocco and quietly provide money, food and weapons to the remnants of the Wattas dynasty, the Wattas dynasty can continue to persist.

Moreover, the weapons needed by Moroccan cavalry are very simple. As long as they have machetes and war horses, they can fight.

Even if the Spaniards wanted to block the southern coast of Morocco, it would be difficult to do so. After all, Spain in this era does not have satellites and radars to monitor the entire southern coast.

Even in the later generations with satellites and radars, smuggling along the coast was rampant. After all, as long as you sail in the middle of the night, you can easily avoid the blockade of the Spanish fleet.

And France is the easiest to secretly support the Watas dynasty, because France can quietly send ships directly to the southern coast of Morocco through ports along the Atlantic Ocean. Unlike Venice, if you want to send a ship to the southern coast of Morocco, you need to first pass through the Strait of Gibraltar controlled by the Spanish, and the possibility of being discovered is very high. And the French ships can sail on the wide Atlantic Ocean, as long as they are careful, they are less likely to be discovered...

As long as the Wattas dynasty can obtain external support, it will not collapse due to the loss of its main financial source. In this way, they can persist longer and continue to make trouble for the Spaniards...

...

After arranging these things, the time has entered November. At this time, it is already the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. There are basically no tropical storms in the oceans of the northern hemisphere. The biggest danger is probably a floating iceberg similar to the one encountered by the Titanic.

However, as long as you do not sail recklessly at night and observe carefully at all times, the probability of accidents is not high. After all, floating icebergs are not as severe as tropical storms and can be avoided.

Marin is now on a ship and can reach Panama by the end of the year. Then, take a boat across the Pacific Ocean from Panama City and arrive at the Ming Dynasty. From Panama to the west to the Ming Empire, because the journey is smooth and smooth, it will take three months to arrive. And the time period happens to be in spring. Tropical storms such as typhoons in the western Pacific mainly occur from May to September. As long as you go out in time, you can just avoid the typhoon season. As long as it does not encounter a powerful storm like a typhoon, even if it encounters a larger sea storm, Marin's 10 warships will certainly not sink. As long as there are 10 battleships remaining, even if the battleship Marin was on sank, Marin can be rescued to another ship and escape the catastrophe...

In this way, after preparing everything necessary for sailing, Marin took Dürer and other entourages, boarded the ship, and headed for Colon Bay in Panama. Then, land there, cross the Isthmus of Panama, join the 10 warships waiting there, and then head to Daming. Calculating the time, that fleet is almost arriving in Panama City...

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