Occupy the pit,The second chapter is still in the codeword.,Please wait a moment to refresh.,Thank you.,About 15 minutes......

——————————————————————————————————————————————

The return of the expedition team, Ma Lin naturally knew about it for the first time. Because, on the day the fleet arrived in the port of Lisbon, the Portuguese North Sea spies sent the news back with carrier pigeons. In the following days, the carrier pigeons were basically released once a day, and the situation of the day was constantly reported.

"Has it started to be promoted in Portugal? Very good! Marin smiled, and that was exactly what he wanted to see.

For Marin, the main threats to his colonization of the Americas were Portugal, Spain, and France. But France is currently being suppressed by England and Spain, and warships cannot go to sea, so it can only be regarded as a hidden threat, which is not yet available.

Only Portugal and Spain, which were strong enough and had strong seafaring capabilities, were able to compete with Marin for the Americas. Therefore, Marin gave priority to the objects of scare, that is, Portugal and Spain.

Because the expedition came back from the Azores, it naturally stopped at the port of Lisbon first, and then went to Marin to colonize Spain, the second threat in the Americas.

In fact, reprisals against the Silva family's territory have already begun and news has reached Lisbon. But when the expedition passed through the Azores, the reprisals against the Silva family had not yet begun. Silva also gave a warm welcome to the expedition's ships in Angra de Marísmo. Seeing that there was no valuable cargo on the expedition's ship, he didn't make up his mind. Although it is said that the rare animals captured by the fleet are indeed precious, it is a pity that these things are unique to the Savage Continent, and he is robbed, and he can't make a move, so he naturally won't make up his mind. It's just that he didn't know that while he was entertaining the expedition, his own hometown was turned upside down......

The Barony of Silva, near the city of Bragança, was a terrible time. Because, a lot of terrible things happened in the territory during this time.

First, a batch of several thousand pounds of cork was looted, and then the entire territory was attacked in various ways......

In the famous wineries of Silva's territory, mobs attacked them in the middle of the night, and the old oak barrels were cut by the mobs with sharp chisels, and the aromatic wine gushed out of the barrels and flowed all over the ground. When the winery arrived the next morning, they were horrified to find that the entire underground storage room of the winery was filled with fragrant wine, and it was still overflowing outward......

The proficient person in charge of the winery reported to the territory steward Les, and the old butler Les hurriedly mobilized more than a dozen private soldiers from the territory to investigate, however, nothing was found......

In order to track down these thugs, the Rice steward even dispatched experienced hunters and hounds to smell the scent. It's a pity that these thugs are professional. They scattered two things along the way, scaring the hounds half to death – they used the droppings powder of the African Barbary lion to sprinkle on the land, scaring the local hounds into coming......

It is important to know that animals have a habit of marking their territory with their droppings. The lion, on the other hand, often hunts and kills a variety of animals, including dogs. Before they die, these canines often emit a special smell because of fear, which humans can't smell, but dogs have a smart nose and can smell it. Therefore, many butchers who kill dogs are covered with the despair left by the dog because of fear when killing the dog and the breath of death emitted by fear. When a dog smells this smell, it is too scared to move.

Obviously, there is no shortage of this smell on the lion's body, and this smell is also mixed in the feces. And the Barbary lion is a lion endemic to North Africa, often close to the pastures of Arabs and Berbers, and dogs are not lacking in food. Even, wolves, the "big cousins" of some dogs, often eat them, and their feces naturally smell of despair and fear of canine creatures.

Marin knew this principle, so he sent people to infiltrate the Moroccan area, and bought some dried dung used by Barbary lions to mark their territory from experienced mountain people, and made it into powder, mixed with some slaughtered dog fur and bone meal, etc., which became a very frightening thing for dogs.

As long as it is sprinkled on the place where the dog passes, it can scare the dog to stop. Either trembling with fear, or hesitating and not daring to move forward, it is useless for the master to beat and scold.

So, after the local hounds smelled the Barbary lion and the smell of the death of their own kind and even the "big cousin", they refused to move forward......

In this way, the investigation will naturally not be able to continue. Then the hunter can only judge by the footprints. But when they got to the river, the footprints were gone—it turned out that a small boat had already answered and taken the people away...... The dog was scared, and the hunter couldn't find the footprints, so the tracking could not continue. Therefore, Steward Rice can only be angry, and then issue a bounty, and there is no follow-up......

But it wasn't over, and a few days later, a fire broke out in the hayshed area where the timber was stacked at Barony Silva's lumberyard. The tens of thousands of logs in the lumber yard were burned to the ground, and only a small part remained......

You know, these tens of thousands of logs, most of which are oak, are specially placed in a straw shed to dry. Once they have dried for a year or two, the logs are transported to the shipyard where they are used to build the ship. That's why the lumberyards are hoarding so much wood. But it was burned down by a fire......

"Poof-" Steward Rice was furious, and after spitting out a mouthful of blood, he fainted......

Then, Steward Rice became angry and could only lie down to recuperate. But just a few days after he recuperated, his condition began to improve, and bad news came - several cattle farms in the barony's name belonging to the baron's name had been invaded by unknown persons. These unknown people poisoned the feed of the cattle and killed thousands of cattle heads in several cattle farms!

These poisoned cattle are not even able to eat meat because they are soaked in toxins in their blood. Unlike cattle that die or are killed, beef can still be eaten......

"It's over! It's over! The Baron knows about it, and he'll kill me! Old Rice began to fear in his heart.

Rui. Silva's own sister can be given as a gift, and she is already unkind, how can she care about a housekeeper? So, old Rice began to get scared......

But it is useless to be afraid, as a servant of the Silva family, the life and death of the Less steward family are in the hands of Baron Rui Silva. Therefore, even if he was terrified, he could only send people around to investigate. At the same time, they sent someone to report the case to the government and asked the government to send someone to investigate the case......

After thinking about it for a while, Lady Steward finally sighed, wrote a letter, and sent someone to Lisbon. Then, when there is a ship to the Azores, bring it to Rui. Silva. As for Rui. When Silva found out, how to get angry and deal with him, he could only resign himself to fate and see God's mood......