Along the coastline, first to the east and then to the northeast, the Mediterranean Sea at this time is blowing a very strong southwesterly wind, which makes the navigation much smoother, and the ship can cut through the waves without even opening a full sail.

The journey from Malaga to Valencia was smooth, as it was always along the coastline, so the bow and mast were always surrounded by large flocks of seagulls, which swooped out from the boat with loud chirps, picked up the fish in the water, quickly flew up to the bow and landed, and then continued to pounce on the water after eating up the food.

However, these seagulls also apparently caused a lot of trouble for the travelers, as the guano that fell from the overhead from time to time made the people on board curse, and because of them, they were often far away, and it was likely that the seagulls were spotted by the enemy because of their earth-shattering chirps and hovering.

This reminded Alexander that there seemed to be a special duty on the ship to drive the seagulls from very early times, and that the men who were sent to do so were very good archers, who would use a high-pitched whistling arrow to kill and intimidate the seabirds that had been circling around the ship in order to drive them away.

Alexander had an idea, and he asked Schell to select a few hunters from the Balkans who were good marksmanship, and then have them take turns on the ship to deal with the seabirds.

Listening to the constant stream of gunfire, and looking at the corpses of birds that were sometimes shot down occasionally over a long period of time, Alexander felt that he should pay attention to the accuracy of the flintlock pistol.

Naturally, muskets of this era have not yet been rifled, or even if there are indeed people who are ignorant of the problem of the accuracy of firearms, they cannot solve this problem for a while due to various technological reasons.

Alexander had two short muskets sent to him by Josha, and the real wonder of this murderous weapon, which was so beautifully made as a work of art, was not the jewels and the elaborate engravings on the body of the spears that they were two weapons that were genuinely engraved with whirling rifling and could be loaded from the breech.

It was only after looking at the two muskets, which had been made entirely by hand by ingenious craftsmen that he knew that such a thing was destined to be a luxury gift, and that it was obviously unrealistic to use this technology in the mass production of large-scale equipment for troops at this time.

In fact, it is surprising that in this Age of Enlightenment, when the use of firearms was first introduced, among the many whimsical and even whimsical designs, there was a popular front-loading breech gun that was once popular on the battlefield.

This convenient method of filling gunpowder with a replacement for special medicine kits was very popular, and although special medicine kits of different sizes were widely used in Alexander's army, he was still amazed by the active thinking of the people of this era.

Alexander even saw a strange revolver-like cannon on his now-locked ship, which had leaked the repeating musket technique that he was so proud of, but he soon discovered that it was more like a miniaturized version of the original Katyusha rocket launcher than an old revolver.

In order to understand the power of this artillery, Alexander was given a chance to observe live fire with a small bag of gold coins, and then he saw the spectacle of several shells shooting out at the same time.

"It seems that we still underestimate the Castilians," Alexander said to Schell next to him after watching the Times shooting, looking at the guard officer who was also shocked by the shooting, Alexander sighed slightly, "I believe Gompati must want to see this weapon." ”

Schell nodded, he felt that this kind of artillery was a little scary, and imagined that if he fought an enemy with such weapons, he believed that even the Balkans would feel terrified.

"But don't worry," Alexander said to the somewhat gloomy Balkans, "if you look closely, you will see that this kind of cannon has a seemingly small but important disadvantage when firing, and if these barrels are connected to the shell, the whole cannon will vibrate because of the time of the shell's firing, so that it will not be very accurate." ”

Schell moved his lips, he wanted to say that if it was in the face of a dense formation, even if there was some deviation, it would not be too much of a problem, but seeing that the duke didn't seem to care very much, Schell, who was originally a little uneasy, slowly relaxed his heart.

"Isabella's army is indeed more difficult to deal with than I thought, but believe me, as long as the two sides do not form a big gap in weapons, it is often here that the key to victory is here."

Alexander pointed to his forehead, he had never underestimated the Spanish army, let alone dared to take Gonzalo lightly, so as he said, when the two sides were almost the same in terms of weapon technology, it was the general's command art and the army's fighting level that determined the victory.

"We're going to win against them, maybe it's a little difficult, but it's going to be us who will win in the end."

Alexander still looked at the cannons with interest, and two more dull gunshots rang out, the sharp chirping of seagulls lingering overhead, and Alexander's eyes were already on a promontory that had protruded into the sea in front of him.

Turning there, the ship will head north, which proves that Valencia is not far away.

Peloto Caderon has clearly felt a little depressed and even angry these days.

In the days since his return to Valencia, he has made all sorts of hints to Maria de Luna on more than one occasion, and even once when the two of them were alone, he boldly blocked Maria de Luna and asked her in a questioning tone why she ignored him.

To Cadelon's surprise, however, the Duchess of Gandino reprimanded him very unceremoniously, and even warned him that if he continued to pester himself, he would "know that he knew that he was powerful".

This made Caderon realize that things might not be the same as he had thought before, and that Maria de Luna clearly didn't want to have anything to do with him anymore, and she left him aside like a lover who was tired of being toyed with by the noblewomen, something that Caderon had never thought of before.

If Caderon had previously been apprehensive about the possibility of being entangled with the Duchess again, he was now angry that he had been neglected.

He wondered if the Duchess was already married, and after secretly noticing it, he really found all kinds of clues.

The merchant named Tiego was very suspicious, and without any evidence, almost entirely relying on the keen sense of "catching the adulterer", Caderon quickly set the target of his suspicion on Tiego, especially after hearing that the merchant had invested a lot of money to help the Duchess set up a large-scale luxury workshop in the Dukedom of Gandino without expecting anything in return, Caderon was convinced that he was not wrong.

Tyego did not know that he had become a thorn in the side of Caderon, he was somewhat overconfident in himself, and he and Maria de Luna were indeed very careful, they had not had a tryst since Alexander VI returned to Valencia, and he was careful every time he came to see the Duchess.

Tiego enjoyed his almost clandly relationship with Maria de Luna, especially when he was excited by the fact that she was the widow of the Borgia family, which gave Tiego an inexplicable sense of accomplishment.

But now he was more concerned about Alexander's imminent meeting with the Pope, and Normezi had been sent to a villa in the countryside of Valencia, where he could recuperate, which would have helped him somewhat from his growing condition.

Normezzi had already fulfilled his mission, and in the days that followed, almost every two or three days he received news from Ulrius from Barriadot, and considering the poor traffic from the capital of Castile to Valencia, you can see how much effort it took for Ulrius to send everything that happened in Valriduode to Valencia in such a timely manner.

Philip's symptoms are getting worse dramatically, and after spending a lot of money, he gets the news from the people in the palace that Philip is bedridden, which is different from what Normetti said before.

According to Normezi, although Philip had contracted the disease before, because Ferdinand had returned to Valriariddod, Philip had to drag his body tormented by illness to attend several important royal family gatherings.

Philip knew very well that his father-in-law was always planning to cause him some trouble, and he even suspected that Ferdinand's conspiracy might be involved in Juana's many good deeds that had broken him many times before.

So now, although he is seriously ill, he still insists on appearing in front of Ferdinand, and he wants to demonstrate to his father-in-law in this way.

But then he couldn't hold on any longer, and Philip hadn't been seen for several days in the news that Uliuu had recently sent, and even the people in the court didn't know much about him, which made Tiego wonder how far his condition had deteriorated, and speculate about what would happen to Barriariddode.

Sure enough, a few days later, the news came that made Thiego extremely excited, and Juana and his mother had an unusually violent confrontation in front of many people.

The reason for the conflict was that the queen wanted to send Philip to the castle in the highlands, located on the other side of the Douro River, which runs through the city.

The castle of the Highlands was a mountain fortress that defended the Barriaridud in the early years, and its unique location allowed the castle to control many of the city's arteries on the side of the Douro River, and later as the situation changed, the castle of the Highlands gradually lost its role because it was no longer threatened by outsiders, and it was once used as a prison for prisoners, but in the Isabella era it was converted into a palace.

Isabella insisted that Philip be sent to the castle in the heights for treatment, not so much for the sick as for Juana.

Although Uliu's description is not detailed enough, Thiego can roughly photograph how bad Philip is by now, but according to what Uliuda heard, Juana stayed by her husband's side all day, even though he was already "said to have a foul smell that even a servant doing dirty work could not stand anymore." ”

Ulius paid for a doctor who had treated Philip, and when it came to the patient's condition, the doctor tried several times to refuse to describe it in detail because of anxiety and fear, but Uliuu got this description from him: "We don't know where this terrible disease came from, it looks like a body cursed by the devil, and the princess has always been by the prince's side, and she even kisses the sores that have rotted and suppurated with her lips, which makes many people vomit bile when they see it." ”

Because of this, fearing that this terrible disease would be contagious, Isabella had to order Philip to be sent to the castle in the Highlands, which infuriated Juana so much that she openly clashed with Isabella in front of many people.

Angered, Isabella ordered her daughter to be imprisoned at court after denouncing her, but Ferdinand, who had just returned to Valaridodode, suddenly expressed support for Juana's concern for her husband.

He first had Juana sent news about Philip every day, and then finally one day, he had Juana help escape from the palace.

When Isabella found out, it was too late, and Juana fled to the castle in the Highlands, where she and Philip were locked in one of the castle's towers, not even allowing the maids and doctors to approach.

In Uliu's letter, it concludes: "As I write this, the Queen and the Princess are still 'in a confrontation', and it is not clear who will finally give in, at least for now." ”

Tiego was so excited that he left the city for the manor after thinking of sharing the news with Normezi, and he didn't notice that anyone was watching him secretly.

After determining that Tiergo was the "adulterer", Caderon was convinced that he must have some kind of plot, perhaps to seize the property of the Duchess of Gandino or to obtain some other advantage from her, and he believed that the merchant had the same plans as himself, so he kept his eyes on Tiergo.

Tiego's sudden departure from the city caught Caderon's attention, and because he couldn't fake others, Caderon had to keep an eye on himself.

He followed Tiego out of the city, and then walked all the way into the country, until he saw him enter a manor.

Caderon secretly made a note of this place, and he did not rush in, but planned to find an opportunity to find out the details of this manor.

Thiegor had not been in the manor for long, and he would come to Normezi not only to tell him the good news, but also to reconfirm to the Knoll media the extent of the disease.

But after looking at Normezi lying on the bed, imagining that Philip, who was said to be in a much worse situation, Tiego felt a little bit about the infatuation of the princess Juana.

Normezzie was pleased to hear that Philip's condition had deteriorated, but he was obviously more concerned about Ferdinand's actions, and when he heard that Ferdinand had secretly helped Juana escape into the castle in the Highlands, Normezi, who had endured great pain, struggled out of bed and sat up in excitement.

"That's it! This is Ferdinand! He roared in a hoarse voice with difficulty and excitement, and the saliva that flowed from between his festering lips and the stinking yellow pus flowed down to his neck, making Tygo feel sick.

"I'm terrible right now," Normezzi looked at Tiego mockingly, "but believe me, Philip will be even worse, if you see what it is like for those who are sick in Rome to know that hell does not exist only after death. ”

Tygo was uncomfortable with Normezi's almost morbid madness, and he hastily took his leave after instructing his servants to take good care of Normezi, and it all fell into the eyes of Caderon, who had been staring at him from outside the manor.

Cadron wanted to know who Thiego had come to see, so he quietly approached the manor to observe the movement inside, and after making sure that there were not many guards, he carefully identified the direction and remembered the features, and then he hurried away to return to Valencia.

For the next few days, Caderon had been secretly staring at Tiego, but he found that the man seemed to be only a little strange, and that he had spent the rest of his time in the "East India Company office".

Cadron waited patiently, hoping to find more flaws in Tiego, after all, he didn't know who lived in the manor, maybe not a significant person, or just one of his mistresses.

Cadron knew that even if Tiego had a lover, it didn't seem like much to Maria de Luna, so he felt he needed to get more hands on him.

But before he could continue to watch, an incident that surprised Caderon disrupted his plans.

After a dinner with the Pope, Maria de Luna suddenly reported to Alexander VI something that surprised everyone.

"What did you say?" The hand that was wiping the juice from the side of his mouth with a handkerchief suddenly sudden, and Alexander VI's otherwise calm face quickly swept over a blush that had swelled up from overexcitement.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you heard it right, that Gombray has already arrived in Valencia." Maria de Luna seemed to be much lighter when she finished saying this, and she met the Pope's gloomy gaze and said slowly, "His ship is now on Prison Island, and he is waiting for your summons." ”

"Really?" The Pope's hands were still in the same position, and he looked at Maria de Luna for a while, and then gently threw the handkerchief on the table, "I didn't know you had anything to do with him. ”

"It's just someone ......"

Maria de Luna tried to explain, but was stopped by Alexander VI, and the Pope, who seemed to be in better spirits before, suddenly seemed to have become much older, and he stood up with some difficulty, and after glancing at Maria de Luna through the table, he turned away without saying a word.

Cadron left after the Pope, wondering how Maria de Luna had come into contact with Alexander, when he suddenly remembered that the merchant named Tiego seemed to have visited the Duchess of Gandino during the day.

So that Tiego has something to do with Cambrai?!

Thinking of this, Caderon couldn't help but be startled at first, and then a wave of ecstasy welled up in his heart.