Karolet looked angrily at the two people standing in front of him, who had been sent to monitor the Duke of Rometesia, but now these two men were not only blue and swollen, but one of them was beaten to the point that his eyes were swollen into a slit, not only that, but their clothes were also stripped naked, and when they were found, these two men were lying naked in front of the Archon's residence.

Carolet felt insulted, and it was an insult, and it was clear that the Roman Duke of Tracia had no respect for the Andalusian consul at all.

"Okay, you're going to be cleaned up by him," Carolet looked at the two subordinates and said angrily, as the master of Seville, his people were severely taught a lesson by a foreign nobleman, which made Carolet very unhappy, and what made him even more dissatisfied was that the other party was obviously very clear about his actions, these two people said before that they were caught by the other party's people who were not watching outside the house of the Duke of Rometesia, which means that the other party knew that they were watching from the beginning, "Tell me, have you seen that duke?" ”

"Yes, my lord," said one of his men, whose mouth was also bulging, in a muffled tone, "the duke told us to tell you that he would bring you the man you wanted to see, though he hoped that this was the last time he was spied on, or else ......"

"Otherwise, he will send you neither naked men, but only human heads."

The other looked at Carolet in fear after speaking, they knew very well what a cold person this fat archon always smiled, except for the commoners, even those minor nobles were afraid of him from the bottom of their hearts, and now that the nobleman who didn't know where he came from humiliated him so much, it was obviously impossible for the archon to give up.

Carolet's fat cheeks twitched, and the arrogance of the Duke of Rometesia made him feel incredible, and he even thought that maybe he should send troops to capture the duke directly.

But he finally suppressed this crazy idea, as long as he recalls carefully, it will be found that the Duke of Romatesia has never shown any signs of being a person with Don Bavi, he only said that Don Bavi felt threatened and hid, and even if he could, he could say that it was just a personal grudge between Carolet and Don Bavi, even if everyone knew who Carolet was doing things for, but Isabella obviously would not stand up for her favored servants in this matter, at least in order to completely eradicate Don Bavi. Before Bavi was the biggest obstacle and could reach into the territory of the great nobles with impunity, Isabella could not have risked standing in opposition to all the nobles.

"Find Don Bavi," Carolet, who had been silent, suddenly instructed the man next to him, "he doesn't want this to be an excuse in the Queen's hands, so he must follow our methods." Find him, and then I don't want to see him as a person again. ”

"Your Excellency, you want to ......"

"He's missing, and even better, so that if he encounters a robber, it might be too unfortunate. Isn't it surprising that Duke Buharanse was killed by a couple of robbers who stood in the way? Carolet said, then suddenly frowned, "But we have to find him first, send enough men, be quick, remember I don't want to hear any more bad news." ”

The subordinate nodded silently and stepped back, it was obvious that the archon was very angry at this time, and it was because of this that he gave such an order.

The relationship between Isabella and Don Bavi has always been complicated.

As the man who stood up for her in her most difficult times, Don Bavi was arguably the greatest contributor to Isabella's dynasty, but also regarded as the greatest obstacle, and was also regarded as the biggest obstacle, and was also the first goal of Isabella's attempt to unify all of Castile and thus lay the foundation for a unified kingdom with Aragon in the future.

This is destined to see that there is no relaxation between the two.

Even many years ago, Don Bavi had already guessed such an outcome, and now all this is just an explosion of contradictions between the two sides after all these years have been accumulated.

"A civil war, a civil war." Carolet muttered to himself, he knew what the consequences of his decision would be, and he didn't do it just because of Alexander's insult to him, he was worried that Don Bavi would actually give his fief to the Vatican.

Carolet knew that this was absolutely unacceptable, that the Queen could not have wanted to see such a situation, so the only way he could do that was to find Don Bavi before he publicly announced his decision, and kill him if necessary!

Otherwise, it may really be, as he said, a civil war will break out.

By this time, Carolet regretted that he had not mentioned the Duke of Rometesia in his previous report to the Queen, and it now seemed that this man, if not in collusion with Don Bavi, was likely to be an accomplice of Alexander VI's reach out to Castile.

"This is Castile, and this is not a peaceful place." Carolet muttered quietly as she let the servant put on a thick coat for him.

James sat on a large cask, his legs swaying back and forth slowly, his heels slamming against the cask beneath him with a dull thud.

The barrels were filled with rum, a fermented wine made from sugar cane, which has become a must-have for many sailors when they go to sea, and the price of both sugar and rum is rising because of the situation in Crete, Europe's largest producer of sugar.

The Venetians had completely withdrawn from Kythira, and now their fleets rarely crossed the demarcation line of the Ionian Islands, which meant that they had completely abandoned their colonies in the Mediterranean, and although some Venetians still stubbornly held on to some of the Cretan fortresses, it was clear that the Mediterranean colonies ruled entirely by Venice no longer existed.

Because of this, Crete is now a very strange place, in addition to the natives of the island, there are a small number of Venetian strongholds on the west side of the island, and on some small islands not far from the east of the island, the Ottomans have also established some semi-permanent bridgeheads, and the Ottoman navy can land anywhere in Crete at any time.

But for some reason, the Ottomans did not seem to be in a hurry to enjoy the delicacy that was already in front of them, and their fleets often passed by near Crete in great force, sometimes so close that they could go ashore in small boats at any time if they wished.

But they didn't, and the Ottoman fleet didn't seem to be so interested in pursuing the Adriatic Sea with victory, which gave the island another force a rare time.

In addition to the aborigines, the largest population on Crete today is not the Venetians, let alone the Ottomans who are testing the defense of Crete, but the Cretan plantations that began to appear more than two years ago, and the people's army established by the workers of these plantations.

These workers, who had been recruited from all over Europe, spoke different languages and came to Crete with their own customs, and most of these people were bachelors who had no homes, jobs and land, which meant that these people had no more concerns.

After being assigned to the plantations, they were tasked with protecting them while working on them, which led to the first exposure of spears and muskets to many people.

Thus was born the Cretan plantation wardrobbers, who in one fell swoop curbed the decline in sugar production caused by the fear of losing a large number of people due to the war, and in addition to making a large profit from providing sugar for the tables of Europeans, as sugar production gradually stabilized, rum brewing became another lucrative good.

However, all this is based on the almost constant flow of labor from Europe to Crete, which has even gradually formed a small industry, and many people know that in Crete, although life is a little harder, but it can make money, at a time when farmers are gradually losing their land due to successive poor harvests, and the cities cannot accommodate so many landless people, it seems that going to Crete has become a good choice.

But even those who earned their money by transporting labor did not know that most of those who were sent to the Cretan plantations did stay as plantation workers, while some were sent elsewhere.

A place far from Crete, or even from the European continent.

The barrel clattered beneath him, and James was thinking about his own thoughts.

Alexander's promise made his heart inevitably become agitated.

Although his adventures at sea gave him a lot of sweetness, he knew he couldn't be a pirate forever.

James wanted to be a greater navigator than his older brother Christopher Columbus, and now an opportunity lay in front of him.

Being an admiral, not a pirate, is tempting.

Even James remembered Christopher's request for a title of nobility before he explored the Atlantic.

The Columbus family was not a prestigious family in Genoa, and it has always been a strong desire for the family to become a nobleman, but this is not so easy in Genoa.

In pursuit of wealth and the fulfillment of his desire to become an aristocracy, Christopher Columbus pinned his hopes on the exploration of new routes, but now things have clearly changed with Isabella's change of attitude towards him.

James felt that he was probably the only hope for the Columbus family, Christopher was having a hard time, and he was facing a great opportunity.

James couldn't help but think of the bright prospects Alexander described to him, which made him finally make a decision after a long time of hesitation.

"Let's go in," said James, jumping from the barrel, whipping his boots with his horsewhip to sort of tidy up a little, and then he led his men towards the Merchant's Exchange.

In the Merchant's Exchange, groups of merchants are arguing and bargaining, and the importance of the future New World has gradually become apparent.

The exotic and exotic plant seeds brought to the continent from the new colonies attracted the attention of too many people who really knew the value of these things, but it was enough to make the merchants rush to the trade because of the staggering profits.

When James walked into the exchange, someone looked at him curiously, but perhaps because he didn't look like a businessman, no one greeted him.

For those who have been in and out of this exchange all year round, many have developed a pair of eyes that can see people, they know who has money in their hands and who is bluffing, and the servants here are very unkind to those brokers and traffickers who think of white wolves with empty gloves, they will throw people directly from the windows into the garbage heaps on the streets, or even into the stinky gutters, to the people of the merchant exchange, the traditions here are sacred and inviolable, even the archons must follow the ancient rules after entering this door.

James looked around, and finally his gaze fell on a few well-dressed men.

James would have taken a fancy to those men, not because they looked like rich people, but because he knew them.

"Who is the richest man in the city of Saville, now I can name a few names." James looked at the men and muttered to himself, then walked over to them.

"Is there anything wrong with you?" A servant suddenly approached James and stopped him: "If you want to talk to my master about business, you can wait a little longer. ”

Looking at the servant, James did not speak, but pulled out his musket directly from his belt and fired a shot at his chest!

The deafening sound of gunfire instantly alarmed everyone, after a short period of stunned, the exchange instantly sounded a burst of exclamation, the merchants were so frightened that they scattered and fled, some people crowded towards the gate, when they found that they didn't know when the gate of the exchange had been tightly closed, and there were a few big people who didn't look like good people blocked there, people immediately scattered and fled, some hid in the nearest place where they could hide, and some ran towards the open window, ready to jump out of the window to escape.

"That's why I don't like businessmen, I always want to avoid responsibility, but when I make money, I never think about paying the price." James muttered as he slowly reloaded his musket, then he raised his gun and pulled the bolt on a merchant who had finally broken free from the crowd and clumsily straddled one leg out of the windowsill.

"Bang~"

A gunshot rang out, and the merchant threw himself out of the windowsill as if he had been struck by an invisible fist, and as he listened to the muffled sound of the heavy object falling outside, James looked helplessly at the still smoking muzzle, and then pouted.

"I was just trying to persuade him not to do anything stupid," James said lamentingly, "but it seems to have a bit of ammunition loaded." ”

The merchants were so frightened by the sudden appearance of the ferocious robber that no one dared to climb the windowsill that seemed to be easy to climb over, and all looked in horror at this terrible man who had come out of nowhere.

"I think you're scared, but don't worry," James said, holding a musket in one hand and pulling out the sword at his waist with the other, and after slashing the jaws of the two panicked businessmen in front of him with the sharp tip of his sword, he smiled to the two men with a self-proclaimed amiable smile, "Actually, I'm here to talk to you about business." ”

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