After receiving the news from Marin's flying pigeon, Julius II was extremely speechless - his son-in-law was really greedy. He was given the right to appoint bishops, but it was not enough, and he still wanted to fight the idea of "tithing......

It doesn't work to give it directly to Marin, it's too much of a rule break. What if other countries claim this right? Therefore, it is impossible for Julius II to publicly declare that the "tithes" of the Americas are at Marin's disposal.

So, he came up with a solution, and that was to allow the Archbishop of America to use the "tithes" of the American kingdom for his mission in the Americas.

Of course, the specific privilege granted by Julius II was to allow the Archbishop of America to decide for himself what half of the "tithes" were to be used for himself, after consulting with the King of America. However, it is best used for missionary work and to improve the living facilities of the locals......

In other words, Julius II's mandate is interpreted as allowing you to take half of the "tithes" of the Americas and use them to build the infrastructure of the Americas. For example, building roads and bridges, or building churches or something.

And the other half of the "tithes", which Julius II stipulated, must be used for Christian affairs. For example, building a church or something. Specifically, it is the same sentence, "It is up to the Archbishop of America and the King of America to decide for themselves."

In other words, although Julius II did not explicitly give the "tithes" of the Americas to Marin, it was also given in disguise. After all, the Archbishop of America was nominated and appointed by Marin, dare to be disobedient? Disobedient Marin will not be nominated. Coupled with the power of regional bishops, it is not too easy to reach out to the "tithes" of the Americas.

As for the inability of the Holy See to collect "tithes" from the Americas, the Roman Cardinal also had no opinion. After all, Julius II gave a good reason - they still had to pay for the construction of new churches and missions......

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As for the capture of 100,000 people on the island of Haiti, Julius II also adopted Marin's suggestion and planned to form a papal investigation team to conduct field investigations in Santo Domingo and Guantanamo, Cuba, in order to clear Marin's suspicion.

Marin proposed that the vassal states that were very rumor-mongering should send observers, and Julius II did so. However, some of the German vassal states suspected of spreading rumors flatly denied the rumors and were unwilling to send observers. However, three of the vassal states were ecclesiastical vassal states, and they could not withstand the pressure of the Holy See, so they had no choice but to send a senior priest to accompany the investigation team to the Americas. In addition, there were also two secular princes who did not believe in evil, and each sent a representative, ready to observe with the group to see if the Holy See was protecting Marin.

But it won't happen so quickly, because the castle at Guantanamo hasn't been repaired yet. In addition, it takes time to cut down trees and plant sugar cane. Therefore, the mission will not set out until at least six months later. At that time, the Guantanamo side was almost ready.

In addition, due to the need to prove the "danger" of the colony to the mission as soon as the mission arrived, Marin postponed the original order for Tara to send troops to quell the rebellion on the island of Haiti as soon as reinforcements arrived, and instead had Tara send troops to defeat the resistance of the indigenous Carlos after the mission left.

And the existence of Carlos, the real leader of the resistance, can also allow Marin to "play" the "unmanageable" drama of the colony.

You know, Carlos originally had 3,000 resistances. If left unchecked, it is estimated that by the time the investigation team arrives, Carlos will have seven or eight thousand resistances. Moreover, its recurve bow will be made more and more. In addition to the fact that the arrowheads are still only made of stone (the natives do not smelt metal), the combat effectiveness of this rebel army will be very impressive.

Of course, this means that in the face of an ordinary army, the combat effectiveness of these people is not weak. But if Marin sent 2,000 officers and soldiers dressed in rhinoceros leather armor...... The enemy's recurve bows and stone arrows will be in vain and will be resigned to defeat......

But before the rebels were destroyed, Marin was looking forward to their siege of Santo Domingo. At the very least, it is possible to scare the papal investigation team and the observers of the 5 German vassal states.

Those rebels are not the same as the resistance army arranged by Marin in Guantanamo, on the Guantanamo side, Marin will just let the 1,000 "puppet army" make a show and create enough momentum. But in Santo Domingo, it is expected that there will be an uphill battle to be fought.

And if you want the rebels to besiege Santo Domingo when the investigation team arrives, this is also easy, as long as you send a small group of elites, go to provoke first, and then kill a few people on the other side to provoke the opponent, and the opponent will run to besiege Santo Domingo. When the time comes, the defenders of Santo Domingo can fight a brutal and bloody siege in front of the investigation team, scaring and scaring those members of the investigation team and the observers of the five vassal states with blood.

The gang was stimulated, and naturally they would go back and publicize the dangers they had seen with their own eyes. Then, Marin also achieved his goal......

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Of course, that was half a year later. And now, Marin has just forcibly recruited 2,000 masons to build a castle in Guantanamo with ships of red bricks and cement and other building materials.

As for the 4,000 Hungarian prisoners of war selected by Kleiman, they have just joined the 1,000 veterans of the North Sea State selected by the Marin faction, and they are currently being reorganized. It is estimated that it will take two or three months to send a mission to the island of Cuba. After all, these Hungarian prisoners of war were not familiar with the training methods of the North Sea State army and were not professional enough.

According to the tradition of the Beihai Army, recruits are required to undergo three months of recruit devil training to enlist. Although these Hungarian prisoners of war also participated in the Hungarian peasant uprising, they were not professional and required rigorous training before they could barely be considered soldiers......

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While dealing with the affairs of the American colonies, Marin also had to review various documents from various parts of the country and other colonies.

After arranging the islands of Cuba and Haiti, Marin approved a document from the Laayoune colony. The document states that Mosingen is leading another expedition to Timbuktu......

Speaking of the Mosingen expedition to Timbuktu, it is impossible to mention the first two expeditions of Mosingen. For the first time, Mosingen was guided by two black slaves to come to Timbuktu by mistake and exchange for dozens of pounds of golden sand. This then caught Marin's attention, and Mosingen was given the go-ahead to make another expedition with the intention of opening a trade route for salt and gold from Timbuktu.

However, Mosingen's second expedition did not go well......

Last year, Mosingen took a total of 100 Egyptian slaves trained in Mamluk cavalry and 20 musketeers to Timbuktu. At the same time, he also brought 5,000 pounds of bags of salt, which he planned to exchange for gold.

But on this second expedition, Mosingen missed......

Originally, Mosingen's team had successfully arrived in Timbuktu, and had successfully exchanged for the same weight as table salt. However, on the way home, they ran into huge trouble......

Because of Mosingen's appearance, the interests of many old North African businessmen were violated. As a result, several caravans immediately turned their faces, intending to destroy Mosingen's team.

However, Mosingen's forces were strong and fought back against several groups of North African caravans that were planning to attack them.

Then, Mosingen swelled......

After defeating several groups of provocative enemies, the men burst with self-confidence and said that they intended to monopolize the salt and gold trade of Timbuktu. Then, completely other bearded North African merchants......

These bearded North African merchants who dared to cross the Sahara Desert were not good at it. Ordinary people would not have the courage to cross the dangerous and scorching heat of the Sahara Desert.

One family could not win against Mosingen, so they united dozens of families and made up 1,400 scimitar cavalry......

Moreover, the commander of this coalition was Nasera, a merchant from Egypt. Nasera served in the cavalry army of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt and also served as a mid-ranking officer. However, because they were not Mamluks of Turkic origin, but natives (the Mamluks of Egypt excluded natives), they were not reused. Later, he had a conflict with a Mamluk nobleman, and after fighting the other party, he was expelled from the Egyptian army. Then, in order to make a living, Nasera was hired by Salah, a large Egyptian merchant who traveled between Egypt and Timbuktu, to protect Salah as he traveled between Egypt and Timbuktu and traded gold.

This time, Mosingen brought 100 pseudo-Mamluk cavalry from Egyptian slaves, plus 20 musketeers, and the strength was too strong for the other families to fight alone, so dozens of families joined forces and elected Nasera, who had been a cavalry officer, as the commander-in-chief.

Nasella is cunning, he knows that the opponent is very strong in combat, and there are muskets, and it is difficult to take advantage of a head-on conflict. So, he sent 500 of the weakest scimitar cavalry to attract Mosingen's attention on the front. The remaining 900 men were then divided into two parts and flanked from the left and right rear of Mosingen......

After Mosingen's 100 pseudo-Mamluk cavalry charged, hundreds of scimitar cavalry suddenly rushed out from the left and right rear......

These scimitar cavalry, composed of the bodyguards of bearded merchants, were not as powerful as the pseudo-Mamluk cavalry trained in Mamluk cavalry, but they were outnumbered and sneaked from behind......

So, Mosingen's second expedition suffered a crushing defeat, with 46 of the 100 pseudo-Mamluk cavalry killed and 7 musketeers. Not only that, but the 5,000 pounds of gold and gold sands that were traded were also robbed by the enemy......

Even Mosingen himself was seriously injured, and his abdomen was cut by a scimitar......

If it weren't for the fact that the bearded merchants had a conflict over the ownership of the 5,000 pounds of golden sands, and began to tear themselves apart, and did not care about the pursuit, it is estimated that Mosingen would have died near Timbuktu on his second expedition......

This time, Corton, the governor of Laayoune, bought 800 pseudo-Mamluk cavalry from Egypt from Egypt, plus 100 musketeers who were put together, and their strength was greatly enhanced.

Mosingen also actively asked for war this time, intending to make up for the mistake of last time, sweep those bearded merchants of North Africa for Marin, and completely control this golden trade route in the Sahara Desert......

Marin looked at it and thought there was nothing wrong. Moreover, Mosingen is also familiar with the route, plus he suffered a loss last time, so he should be careful this time. So he approved Collton and Mosingen's plan to go on another expedition, expecting them to win the desert battle and rob him of the windfall profits of the Sands trade......