Unbeknownst to Mahmoud Sultan, the discovery of the Kuala Lumpur tin mines did not bring him prosperity and happiness, but rather brought him calamity – the muskets and cannons that Marin had given him had indeed repelled a Portuguese attack. However, the development and fame of the Kuala Lumpur tin mines strengthened the desire of the Portuguese to conquer the Sultanate of Malacca......

In the end, the Kingdom of Malacca was ruthlessly won by the Portuguese...... Of course, that's for later......

Although Columbus is perverted, he can be regarded as inadvertently doing Marlin a favor. Why? If the Portuguese had discovered that Malacca had been under fire, they might not have attacked the Sultanate of Malacca again. However, the existence of super tin mines in Kuala Lumpur has the Portuguese salivating. So, in the end, Portugal captured the Sultanate of Malacca...... This is because tin ore is a strategic resource in Europe. After all, tin metal is an important ingredient in casting bronze cannons. And there is a shortage of tin mines in Europe, and when such a large tin mine is found in Kuala Lumpur, how can the greedy Portuguese let it go?

However, it was also in Marin's interest for Portugal to defeat the Kingdom of Malacca. Why? Because Malacca is a vassal of the Ming Dynasty. The vassal was destroyed by the Portuguese, and it is strange that the Ming allowed Portuguese trade......

Of course, the Portuguese are not too much of a loss. Although they have lost Daming's trade qualifications, the Kuala Lumpur Super Tin Mine can indeed bring them huge benefits. You know, because of the lack of tin ore, the price of tin ore in Europe is not even below that of copper......

It wasn't until they reached the ship that Columbus remembered that he seemed to have forgotten one of Marin's confessions and warned the Sultanate of Malacca to be careful of the Portuguese ......

Fortunately, Sultan Mahmud sent envoys to Guangzhou to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty with Columbus's fleet, and by the way, to ask for a craftsman who smelted tin......

So, Columbus invited the envoys of Malacca to come over and translate them through Arabic (Malacca is a halal country, so naturally it understands Arabic, otherwise how to read the scriptures?). He repeatedly emphasized to him that if an evil country called Portugal occupies the royal city of Malacca one day, he must send an envoy to Daming for help......

The Malacca envoy looked at Columbus like a madman, and thought that Columbus had too many girls and was insane...... Still, he took note of the reminder. Many years later, when Malacca was really attacked by Portugal, he immediately remembered Columbus's original reminder and went to Daming to ask for help...... And this also avoids the fact that it took many years in history to remember to send people to Daming for help......

Of course, this call for help is also in vain. Because, it is unlikely that the Ming Dynasty will send troops to the South Seas to fight with the Portuguese. However, it led to the Ming and the Portuguese tearing their faces. In the end, it was Marin who made the profit......

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However, it is too early to say this. Why? Because the Portuguese don't have time to take care of this side of the Strait of Malacca. Because, at this stage, the greatest task of Portugal is to unite with Spain and squeeze the power of Venice out of the Indian spice trade. Spain and Portugal then divided the European spice trade market......

Therefore, when the scumbag navigator Columbus took a group of girls to Guangzhou, the Spanish Portuguese Union and the fleet were intercepting all spice merchant ships that did not belong to Spain and Portugal in the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean. This combined fleet, consisting of 27 large warships of more than 200 tons, sailed through the Arabian Sea and intercepted ships at sight. If spices are found on board, they are confiscated. Of course, other belongings were also looted. Anyone who dared to stop the ship for "inspection" was sunk with artillery......

It can be said that this Spanish Portuguese alliance and fleet are a group of sea bandits. Although in the name of "inspection", as long as the ship stopped by them, almost no one was spared. If you don't resist, it's okay, just rob you of your goods and money, and then let you get out of the boat empty. If you dare to resist, you can either simply sink the ship, or take the ship by jumping ship through the broadside battle. At that point, the captives will not be spared - they will be put into sacks and thrown into the sea to feed the fish......

In fact, both the Spaniards and the Portuguese were well aware that their main competitors in the spice trade were none other than the Venetians and the Egyptians, the Venetians' partners. Of course, there are also some merchant ships from other Arab countries, including some local Indian merchant ships.

It's just that he was warned by Marin. Therefore, at this time, the Indian Ocean had long been devoid of Venetian merchants' merchant ships. Fearing being sacked by Spanish and Portuguese warships, and bent on digging the Suez Canal, the Venetians simply disposed of all merchant ships in the Indian Ocean and concentrated on digging the canal......

Of course, the Venetians have thought of other ways as well. For example, if you want to go overland, you can continue to get some spices to sell back to Europe. The route originally chosen by the Venetians was through northern India, then overland into Persia and then to Azerbaijan in northern Persia, arriving at the Black Sea ports. The Venetian navy could have reached into the Black Sea, at least, in this era, the Ottoman Turkish navy could not be compared with the Venetian navy.

However, the cost of land transportation may be much higher than that of sea transportation. However, considering that spices are valuable goods, it is not a loss to travel by land. At most, make most of the profit less, but there is still a profit.

But the problem is that Persia is now in a precarious situation and is in the midst of a civil war. The newly rising Safavid dynasty is waging a civil war to purge the Aries dynasty that it has destroyed. As a result, the situation in Persia is now very chaotic.

Moreover, the founder of the Safavid dynasty, the 19-year-old Shah (equivalent to king) Ismail I, was in high spirits at this time. Invincible and invincible, the young Shah did not take others seriously. The Venice mission to Persia was directly expelled by Ismail I on the grounds that "Persia does not deal with infidels", and was not even given a chance to negotiate......

In fact, this is Ismail I who has not suffered a loss, and is currently in the midst of self-expansion, how can he put the heroes of the world in his eyes? It was not until after the occupation of Iraq, the defeat of the battle with the powerful Ottoman Turkey, and the beating of the powerful Ottoman Turkey, that Ismail I would recognize the reality, and then take the initiative to contact Venice and other countries in Europe to fight against Turkey together. But now, the young Shah has not yet suffered the loss of the Turkish brand "European steamroller", and is arrogant......

In desperation, Venice had no choice but to abandon the land route plan, and instead forbear, wait until the Suez Canal is dug up, and then compete with Spain and Portugal......

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However, Venice retreated ahead of schedule, but Venetian trading partner Egypt was out of luck. Most of the merchant ships carrying spices looted by the Spanish Portuguese Union and the fleet were ships of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt. The spice trade was an important source of tax revenue for Egypt, and the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt had a very prosperous life by personally participating in the spice trade and collecting taxes from Venetian spice merchants. However, the actions of the Spanish Portuguese Federation and the fleet directly violated the interests of Egypt. In addition, during the sweep of the Spanish Portuguese Union and the fleet, the rest of the Arab merchants, including the merchants of Ottoman Turkey and Oman, as well as the merchant ships of some Indian states such as Calicut, were attacked by the Spanish Portuguese Union and the fleet to varying degrees. So, a kind of anger is spreading in these countries......