King of Mercenaries Chapter 268

Published at 14th of June 2023 05:17:03 AM

At this time, Draka, who was in charge of trade with the fleet, also rushed to Marin's temporary residence with his ledger to report his work ...

大 "Master!" Draka didn't have the confidence to give Marin a hug, but saluted directly.

嗯 "Well, good job, Draka, how's it going?"

大 "Master, this time we bought a total of 400,000 pounds of spices, equivalent to 181 tons; in addition, there are 35 tons of copper, 30 tons of saltpeter, and a few large boxes of relatively popular rubies and other rare things ..."

等等 "Wait, Draka, did you buy the soybeans?" Marin interrupted. Marin has long known about spices and other things, but he still values ​​soybeans. Because soybeans are an excellent feed for warhorses and important oil-producing crops.

"Yes, the subordinate bought ten sacks of soybeans. By the way, my lord, is soybean the kind of yellow bean?"

"Yes, that's it!" Soy is also called soy.

那就 "That's good, that's good ..." Draka breathed a sigh of relief, but he was afraid to do something wrong. He is an apprentice to Kohler, although he is about the same age as Kohler. Kohler taught him to learn how to settle accounts. Of course, he was also literate himself, and he had read in a church school for two years. Marin also lacked manpower and used Kohler's apprentices. No way, noble nobles are unwilling to take refuge. Even now that he is the earl, he will have to wait until the Saxons are defeated and his position stabilizes. As a civilian, Draka also attached great importance to the opportunity given by Marin. Because, these years, it is too difficult for civilians to come up with something. Therefore, he must seize every opportunity. Just one failure is enough to get him back into shape.

"Well, Draka, you sent someone to show me a small bag of soybeans." Marin decided to inspect the goods with his own eyes, so that there would not be a strange soybean-like exotic species over Asan.

Quickly, Draka made a handful of soybeans from the boat, and Marin took a look and felt right. When you chew it in your mouth, the familiar taste stimulates the taste buds ...

"Draka, you've done your best. When I go back, I'll seal you a jazz!" Marin patted Draka's shoulder with satisfaction.

谢 "Thanks ... Thank you, Lord Baron ..." Drakat became instantly incoherent. Being promoted from a civilian to a nobleman is no less than a mortal being immortal in a fantasy novel ...

咳 "Ahem, my lord is now Earl ..." The guard captain Garland who had been playing soy sauce for a long time reminded him.

"Earl?" Draka's head was foggy.

Garland immediately turned on the manual mode and told Drakar about Marin's great achievements in the past two years, and he listened to Drakar for a moment. After lingering for a long time, Draka didn't know how to evaluate Marin's magical deeds, just thumbs up:

"Master, you are really tall ..."

Columbus, who was sitting aside, was awake from the gold coins in his head. He couldn't understand the German conversation between Marin and Draka, but he was happy to say to Marin in Latin:

"Master, this voyage is really amazing. We insist on drinking the medicine you requested to soak in water, and only 3 people died during the whole process!"

怎么 "Why are you dead?" Marin frowned.

"It was not scurvy that died, but some fever (maybe malaria or something). You know, India is hotter ... These three people, the doctors put a lot of blood on them, but it was not good, and then weak. The land died ... "

Marin's head was suddenly full of black lines-good people let you bleed many times and you may lose too much blood and die, let alone the patients ... It seems that we must let Mozgen and Butter train a few apprentice. By the time of the next voyage, there will be several doctors on board. So as this time, the quack doctor on board only knows to bleed and bleed ...

He was talking, and Prince John came over there. These days, Marin and Prince John are fighting fiercely, and the relationship is very close.

"Marin, why are you leaving in such a hurry? My Royal Toledo team is still waiting to equalize the score. How can you suddenly run away ..." Prince John cried dissatisfied. These days, his Royal Toledo team has failed to beat Marin's Frislan Count once. Not even a draw had been won, and all were lost. But Prince John refused to lose, so he challenged every day. Not to mention, since learning a few hands with Marin, Prince John has noticed that the team's defender is behind the defense, and the goal is really less. After playing halfway today, the Real Toledo team lost a goal. There is hope to equalize ...

哦 "Oh, the sailing fleet I'm waiting for is back, and of course I have to come back and check it out ..." Marin said indifferently.

"His Royal Highness Prince Juan ..." Columbus was taken aback when he saw Prince John. Columbus, who spent several years in the Spanish court, naturally knew Spain's most noble heir to the throne. So when I saw Prince John, I was shocked. And Juan, also John's Spanish pronunciation. Like the name Charlie, in Spanish, it is pronounced Carlos ...

"Why, do you know me? Well, what are you doing with a mask? Who are you?" Prince John now saw Columbus sitting by the side.

"I ..." Columbus didn't know how to answer at this time. Because he is now aliased to Captain Zorro. As for whether to reveal his identity, he looked at Marin.

Marlin coughed and said to Prince John:

"John, he is Columbus ..."

什么 "What? He is Columbus? That navigator? You recruited him? And why is he wearing a mask?"

"Well, when I was passing by Italy, I encountered Columbus who was having a difficult time, so I recruited him to do things for me ..." Marin explained to Prince John and reminded Columbus side by side-I helped you when you were in the worst Do n't think of betrayal ...

Sure enough, Columbus changed his face when he heard Marin's words. Of course, under the protection of the mask, no one could see the change in his face. He remembered the tragic time he was hiding in the Italian countryside. During that time, he couldn't even drink the wine, and his wife always quarreled about leaving him ...

"As for why he wore a mask, it was because his face was caught by an angry prostitute and a girl was broken, so he had to wear a mask ..."

噗 "噗-ah ha ha ha ..." Prince John laughed. He remembered that it seemed that Columbus's sailors brought back syphilis, which caused the Pope to issue a decree prohibiting prostitutes, which caused prostitutes and girls to break their business and lose their source of life. Then, a group of angry prostitutes and girls beat Columbus, who was stripped of his title, to the street. Unexpectedly, Columbus's face was disfigured by the angry prostitutes ...

Columbus's face turned black. For this history, he was unwilling to mention it, and he was not willing to be laughed at by others. However, at this time the joke was about the powerful Prince of Spain, and he was helpless.

After smirking enough, Prince John asked curiously again:

"Marin, what do you hire him for? Is it to explore the colony of the barren continent?" Thinking of the original agreement that allowed Marin to open several colonies in the barren continent, Prince John made such a conjecture.

But Marin shook his head:

"His Royal Highness, I asked him to look for real India ..."

"True India?" Prince John stayed a little, then asked:

"Is it not long said that the area to the west he found is a barren continent, not India?"

"That's right, I can't find India in the west. So I asked him to explore in the east and found India?"

"East? Did you go to India through the Portuguese territory?" Prince John's face changed. At sea, even the mighty Spain is not an opponent of the Portuguese.

"Yes, Your Highness, I purchased the right to trade in India from Her Majesty the Pope for 5 years ..."

"Oh, I remember, two years ago, the Pope wanted to use India's trading power to exchange titles and territories with his father and mother. The father and mother refused because it was too nihilistic ..."

After Alexander VI sold the trading rights to Marin for 5 years, UU read the book www.uukanshu. com did reveal to the Spanish Kings and wife the right to authorize Spain to trade in India. However, the Spanish Kings considered that the Indian route is currently unavailable, and doing so may be hostile to Portugal, plus the opening of the Lion of Alexandre VI, requiring two counts and related territories. Therefore, the Spanish Kings declined the Pope's kindness.

"Really? But, His Highness, Columbus, he has successfully discovered the real India, and is full of spices back ..." After that, Marin immediately stared at Prince John's expression ... if Prince John showed a greedy expression , Marin will immediately let Columbus board the ship and leave the Spaniards without a chance to eat black ...

What made Marin relieved was that Prince John didn't show greed. However, it was shocked:

"Spices ... laden?" Prince John stuttered in surprise. He knew that Columbus had brought four ships. Although they were not large, it was scary to use "full load".

You know, for a grand court banquet, it only costs hundreds of pounds of spices. How many banquets will be held when the four ships are fully loaded ...

The simple prince seemed not too sensitive to money, otherwise, he must have all gold coins in his eyes. However, he also knows that spices are very rare. Even in the royal palace, only the royal family members can often be late for spices. Many aristocrats are not often able to eat spices. It is not until the banquet is held that they will take out the spices to enjoy and ... display ... The way that Marin was afraid of eating roasted meat dipped in pepper was very popular among the nobles, and it was a symbol of status and status ...

So, he was very shocked that Columbus brought back four boats of spices ...

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