The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin was actually very unwilling to give up the Spice Islands to Spain. After all, the Spice Islands were the cornerstone of the subsequent rise of the Dutch Empire. In fact, the most important cornerstones of the Dutch colonial empire were the Spice Islands and Java.

The Spice Islands provided important profits to the early Dutch Empire, while Java provided a large amount of food to the Dutch colonial empire. Later, commercial crops such as sucrose and rubber were provided. Without the success of colonizing the Spice Islands, the early Dutch Empire might not have risen so fast.

Therefore, Marin is actually very reluctant to give the Spice Islands to Spain. However, no matter how reluctant he was, there was nothing he could do. After all, the current Marin can't eat the Spice Islands. Because of his weak strength, he can only adopt the mode of making a fortune in silence. If you dare to be high profile, you will be robbed in minutes.

Marin began to envy Juan III. The two were the same age, but their backgrounds were very different. When Marin crossed over, he was still a wandering knight who had been kicked out of his house and almost starved to death. As for Juan, his parents are kings, the son of two kings, he can be said to be the son of heaven. Born, he was destined to inherit the huge kingdom of Castile and Aragon. Of course, the premise is that he does not die.

As the most legitimate heir to the two great powers, Juan III was born to be king. Moreover, the two countries he wants to inherit are both powerful countries.

If Marin crossed over to Juan III, it would be incredible, and he could directly open Wushuang to occupy the world. However, what Marin crossed was still Marin, just a poor knight. To outsiders, it is already a great miracle that he can earn his current wealth. But if you want to open Wushuang, it's still early. At least, Marin's current strength is not enough to compete with Portugal and Spain for hegemony at sea.

Therefore, Malin knew that the Spice Islands were very profitable, so he still had to reluctantly send the Spice Islands out, just to divert the attention of the Spaniards.

Of course, if it was good intentions to send the Spice Islands, then it would not be so good to incite Spain to send troops to Morocco.

It is true that with the Spanish phalanx taught by Marin and the famous generals like Gonzalo, Spain will not be able to attack Morocco.

However, after the capture of Morocco, it was the beginning of the Spaniard's fall...

What country is Morocco? Allah teaches the country! That's the existence of life for the sake of faith!

Perhaps, in the age of hot weapons, the fanatical belief of Allah is useless. However, in this era when the machete cavalry is still fierce, the followers of Allah are not easy to mess with.

What's more, Spain's purpose is not only to occupy Morocco, but also the task of transforming the natives into Christians. This is incredible, you let the followers of Allah give up their beliefs? People are not afraid of death, but are they afraid that you will force him to convert?

Therefore, even if Morocco can be captured in the early stage, when converting to religion in the later stage, the Spaniards will have a good understanding of the fanaticism and fearlessness of Allah...

In the age of science, people still dare to perish with others. In this age before science has emerged, religious fanaticism is more common. Not to mention the teaching of Allah, in this era, even Christians, there are many fanatics.

Therefore, in the subsequent conversion operations, large-scale bloodshed will inevitably break out between the two sides. At that time, it was the time when Spain was struggling.

In later generations, as strong as the old beauty, it will also be deeply mired in the Vietnam War, and the Soviet Union will also be defeated in Afghanistan. Therefore, even under the influence of Marin, Spain is very rich, and it will be deeply caught in the wave of Moroccan resistance. At that time, in order to suppress the resistance of the Moroccans, Spain's financial expenditure must be an astronomical figure...

Anyway, Spain's secret loss is fixed. And, even if they suffered a loss, they would still be grateful to Marin. Why? Because in the long run, as long as it controls the entire territory of Morocco, the territorial area of ​​Spain will nearly double.

Even if it is not peaceful in the short term, in a few decades or even a hundred years, if Morocco is successfully Christianized by Spain,

Definitely a big plus. Even if the colonial era is over, Morocco can be regarded as the Spanish mainland. Because Morocco and Spain are only separated by a narrow strait, it is easy to assimilate into an inherent territory.

Moreover, the Moroccan region has the best climate in North Africa. In the area north of the Atlas Mountains, there is more precipitation due to the influence of Atlantic water vapor and cold northern air. Morocco is arguably the most rainy place in North Africa. If it weren't for the Nile River in Egypt, Morocco would be the most livable and civilized place in North Africa.

Not only that, the climate of Morocco is similar to that of Spain. Spaniards move to Morocco without any discomfort. Moreover, it is separated by a narrow Strait of Gibraltar, which is also very convenient to control.

Therefore, in the long run, occupying Morocco and Christianizing the place is absolutely in line with Spain's strategic interests.

In the original history, the reason why Spain did not occupy Morocco was because Spain, when it was most powerful, controlled the huge American colonies, which led Spain to focus on the Americas.

Moreover, the Habsburg family that ruled Spain at that time was so keen to blend into the European hegemony in the German region, and also fought to the death with the Dutch... In the end, they became weaker and weaker in these boring disputes and consumption. When they were unable to compete for hegemony in Europe, they found that conquering Morocco might not be so easy...

In modern times, Spain's national strength has recovered, and when it wanted to annex Morocco again, the French jumped out and stole Morocco. In the face of France, which is much stronger than themselves, the Spaniards could only swallow their voices and were forced to treat the barren Western Sahara as a colony...

In short, the Spaniards missed a great opportunity to turn Morocco on the other side of the sea into their own province. Otherwise, the land area of ​​Spain in later generations can be increased by more than 440,000 square kilometers.

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Now, with the help of Marin, the Spaniards have easily acquired the spice trade, a fast-growing project, and accumulated a large amount of capital. In the era of mercenaries, Spain obviously had enough strength to destroy Morocco.

As long as it can occupy Morocco, and then slowly purge and massacre it, I believe that in a few hundred years, Morocco will definitely turn the Constantinople area into the Istanbul area just like Turkey occupied Constantinople. As long as Morocco is Christianized, there will be no resistance.

Moreover, Marin also gave Juan III a plan to permanently control Morocco-to win over the Berbers and expel the Arabs...

Arabs are more independent and more difficult to deal with. With the Arabs there, the Spaniards would not even think about ruling Morocco in peace.

In fact, Arabs are also outsiders. The real natives of the area are the Berbers. It was the Arabs who invaded this area during the expansion of the Arab Empire and ruled the area for seven or eight hundred years. And the Berbers, under the Byzantine Empire, were even in the Christian areas, of course, the Greek Orthodox parishes. After the Arab Empire annexed it, the locals were converted to Allah.

Anyway, the Berbers are like the black natives of India. They were originally the masters of the land, but after being conquered, they became servants, but they were not as miserable as the black Indians.

So, Berbers are used to being ruled, and it is not difficult for them to convert. However, if the Arabs are converted, they will die forever. However, now Morocco's Arabs are almost half (and even more than half of later generations). Even if you want to slaughter, you can't kill millions of people... If you really want to do that, how is it different from the devil?

Therefore, the best way to deal with them is to expel them. The reason is simple - aren't you Arabs? Back to your Arabian Peninsula! Anyway, just drive east. Just drive them out of Morocco, wherever they make trouble.

As long as the fiercest Arabs are driven away, the remaining Berbers will be much easier to deal with.

However, this process may take decades to complete. After all, the Arabs will never sit still. Moreover, they are reluctant to leave the humid Morocco and go back to the corner of the Arabian Peninsula to eat sand?

Therefore, during this period, the two sides will inevitably have many battles of life and death...

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When the Spaniards and Moroccan Arabs were in a life-and-death contest, Marin could take the opportunity to develop his strength and strengthen himself. When the Spaniards completely annexed Morocco, and when they look back and want to expand, they will find that - oh, Marin's empire is no longer something they can compete with...

In short, Morocco is a big cake, but a big cake that is easy to eat and hold. Moreover, it is still a pit, a big pit that can hold Spain for many years... 8) For more wonderful novels, welcome to visit everyone's school