The Rise of the European Emperor

The Spanish envoy Gonzalez felt very strange seeing Marin taking advantage of it. You know, Marin buys goods at 90% of the market price, which is almost equivalent to not making money. God knows why Marin is so happy.

Because the relationship between Spain and the North Sea country is very good, Gonzalez asked curiously:

"Your Majesty Marin, you get the goods at a high price, and the profit is not high. Why are you so happy?"

Marin choked suddenly—yes, why are you so happy? It's unreasonable...

Marin rolled his eyes, and then explained to Gonzales with a "sincere face":

"It's like this, as you know, I occupied a small island in the Far East and established an uncle country, and surrendered to the Ming Empire in the east. Tell me, if I offer a mirror like this in the name of a subject, the Ming Empire will Will the emperor be very happy, and when he is happy, will he be willing to reward me with a lot of silk and porcelain?" Marin did not disclose that he was able to purchase freely in the Ming Dynasty, but only said that he had obtained the qualification of "tributary trade" to avoid Stimulate other countries, especially Portugal...

Gonzalez understood in seconds——

"I understand, the emperor of the Ming Empire will definitely like this kind of magical glass mirror. At that time, according to the custom of the East, the rebate will definitely be very generous... Your Majesty is really brilliant..."

Unlike the original history of not knowing the Ming Dynasty, because Spain participated in the Indian trade in this time and space, and also occupied the Spice Islands, and had a lot of contact with the "Ming Dynasty vassal states" in Southeast Asia, so the Spaniards also know what "tributary trade" is. Son. In short, it is a matter of you donating one tael of gold, and the Ming Empire will reward you with two taels of gold.

So much so that the Spaniards now intend to establish a country based on the Spice Islands, and then follow Marin to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the Spaniards didn't know that Marin had secretly bribed the ministers in the Ming Dynasty and spread the news. The core of the news was that there was nothing good in the West except the North Sea country, and they were all pirates...

Therefore, it is still very difficult for the Spaniards to learn from the success of the Beihai Kingdom's tribute. Because, first of all, the people of the Ming Dynasty looked down on Fanyi, and Marin, a sinister man, played tricks behind his back...

Historically, people in the Ming Dynasty couldn't tell the difference between Spain and Portugal, and they both called it Francier. This time, Marin also intends to mislead the Ming Dynasty, making them mistakenly think that Spain is Portugal, and not giving them the opportunity to pay tribute...

However, the Spaniards obviously don't know that Marin has plotted against them behind their backs, and they are still dreaming of learning Marin's tribute to success...

After Marin's statement spread, the Portuguese who heard the news suddenly became distraught...

why? Because the Portuguese really planned to use a rare item to please the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty,

In exchange for Ming Dynasty's forgiveness and approval. Apparently, a glass mirror would be a good commodity in exchange for the favor of a young Ming emperor.

However, this time, due to lack of preparation and hesitation of the Portuguese envoy, none of the five mirrors was snatched.

If Beihai was the first to take the glass mirror as a tribute, Portugal would have little chance. Therefore, after the Portuguese envoy Jose heard about Marin's plan, his face changed drastically...

Therefore, Jose immediately sent a flying pigeon letter to the native land, asking the native land to authorize him to buy a glass mirror at a high price from the other 4 people, and then, before the Beihai Kingdom, dedicated the glass mirror to the Ming Dynasty emperor. In this way, the emperor, who is said to be fond of novelty and a bit of mischief, may allow the Portuguese to pay tribute and trade as soon as he likes it. It's not like now, I can only be a pirate...

It's just that Jose didn't know that the Portuguese fleet had already suffered a disastrous defeat at this time. Da Gama, the great hero who discovered India, also fled back to Malacca in embarrassment at this time, and recuperated in Malacca. Because Da Gama vomited a lot of blood after his defeat in Hong Kong Island, and became seriously ill from anger, so he had to go to Malacca to recuperate. Moreover, Da Gama didn't know how to explain the loss of so many warships. You know, he was almost going to be an earl. Now that he lost this battle, his Earl's dream is basically hopeless...

A few days later, Jose, who finally got the approval, stopped the rich and powerful French envoy and asked to buy a glass mirror at a high price...

The French are very rich and care about face, so when they buy mirrors, they always buy two. The Portuguese envoy José offered a price of more than 30,000 gold coins before taking a mirror from the French.

The next step is to compare whose glass mirrors will be sent to the Ming Dynasty first. However, Marin is very clear-it is impossible for the Portuguese to preempt...

why? If you follow the normal route, it will take at least 10 months for the Portuguese to transport the glass mirrors to the Far East. However, if the North Sea country takes the smooth sailing route in the Pacific Ocean, it will take about 5 months to count the time to cross the Pacific Ocean, which is twice as long as the Portuguese.

Therefore, no matter how the Portuguese think of a way, they will not be faster than Marin. After all, it is difficult to make up for the huge difference in time of four or five months. What's more, the Portuguese are here, and it is very time-consuming to transport the glass mirrors bought at a high price from the French back to the mainland.

So, before leaving Venice, Marin looked at the Portuguese full of pity - comparing time with me? What about trouble?

Since the top gaff sail was developed, the time to travel from the eastern Atlantic Ocean to the eastern coast of North America has been shortened from two to three months to more than a month. Even, counting the time to travel south to the Caribbean Sea, it would add up to just over two months. There is no way, the top-sprit sail runs so well in the north-south route that it ignores the headwind at all, even if it runs against the wind, it runs very fast. In addition, it only takes two or three months to cross the Pacific Ocean, and the total will definitely not exceed half a year, usually more than five months. However, the Portuguese still use old-fashioned sails, and it will take more than 10 months at the fastest to travel from the mainland to Daming, which is really incomparable.

Before leaving the city of Venice, Marin triumphantly greeted the Portuguese envoy José, and openly provoked, agreeing that the Beihai Congress and the Portuguese would compare who would send the glass mirror to Daming as a tribute first...

Looking at the triumphant Marin, the Portuguese envoy Jose gritted his teeth angrily...

"Hmph! Do you really think my great Portuguese is a vegetarian? You wait..."

Therefore, when Marin left Venice and went north to return to the country, Jose also sent a secret letter with a carrier pigeon, strongly suggesting that the mainland send a fleet to the Cape Verde Islands and the Cape of Good Hope to try every means to intercept the transport ships of the North Sea State. Not for anything else, just to stop the Beihai Kingdom from dedicating the glass mirror to the playful young emperor of the Ming Empire before Portugal...

However, the Portuguese didn't know at all that Marin contacted the Ming Dynasty and did not take the Cape of Good Hope route at all, but quietly took the Pacific route.

However, in order to paralyze the Portuguese, Marin still decided to send several ships to take the Cape of Good Hope route. Then, it was deliberately detained and delayed by the Portuguese to paralyze the Portuguese.

Then, when the Portuguese "preemptively" sent the glass mirror to the Far East with complacency, they would find that the North Sea country had already offered the glass mirror...