Seeing Marin look like he had taken advantage of a big advantage, the Spanish envoy Gonzalez felt very strange. You know, Marin takes the goods at a market price of 9%, which is almost equivalent to not making money, God knows why Marin is so happy.

Because Spain had a good relationship with the North Sea Kingdom, Gonzalez asked curiously:

"Your Majesty Marin, you take the goods at a high price, and the profit is not high, why are you so happy?"

Marin choked up - yes, why so happy? Isn't that reasonable......

Marin rolled his eyes, then explained to Gonzalez "with a look of sincerity":

"That's right, as you know, I occupied a small island in the Far East and built a kingdom to pay tribute to the Ming Empire in the east. You say, if I offer this kind of mirror in the name of my vassals, will the emperor of the Ming Empire be very happy, and when he is happy, will he be willing to reward me with a lot of silk and porcelain? Marin did not disclose that he was free to purchase in the Ming Dynasty, but only said that he had obtained the qualification of "tributary trade", so as not to provoke other countries, especially Portugal......

Gonzalez understands in seconds-

"I understand, this kind of magical glass mirror, the emperor of the Ming Empire must have liked it very much. When the time comes, according to the custom of the East, the rebate will definitely be very generous...... Your Majesty is really clever......"

Unlike the original history of the Ming Dynasty, because of this time and space, Spain participated in the trade of India, also occupied the spice islands, and had a lot of contact with the "Ming Dynasty vassal countries" in Southeast Asia, so the Spaniards also knew what the "tributary trade" was. In short, it is a matter of you offering one tael of gold, and the Ming Empire will give you two taels of gold in return.

So much so that the Spaniards now intend to build a state based on the Spice Islands, and then follow Marin's example to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the Spaniards didn't know that Marin had long been secretly bribing ministers in the Ming Dynasty and spreading the news, and the core of the news was that except for the Beihai Kingdom, there was no good thing in the West, all of them were pirates......

Therefore, it is still very difficult for the Spaniards to learn the tributary success of the Beihai Kingdom. Because, first of all, the people of the Ming Dynasty looked down on Fanyi, and Ma Lin, a yin person, was behind his back......

Historically, the people of the Ming Dynasty could not distinguish the difference between Spain and Portugal, and they were all called Franco. This time, Marin also intended to mislead the Ming Dynasty into believing that Spain was Portugal and not giving them the opportunity to pay tribute......

However, the Spaniards obviously did not know that Marin was already plotting against them behind their backs, and they were still dreaming of learning from Marin's tributary success......

When Marin's story spread, the Portuguese who learned the news were furious......

Why? Because the Portuguese really planned to curry favor with the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty with a rare item, in exchange for the forgiveness and recognition of the Ming Dynasty. Obviously, glass mirrors would be a good commodity to be exchanged for the favor of the young emperors of the Ming Dynasty.

However, this time, due to the lack of preparation and hesitation of the Portuguese envoys, none of the five mirrors were grabbed.

If the Beihai Kingdom preemptively took the glass mirror as a tribute, then Portugal would not have much chance. Therefore, when the Portuguese envoy José heard about Marin's plan, his face changed greatly......

Therefore, Jose immediately sent a flying pigeon to the locals, asking the locals to authorize him to buy a glass mirror from the other four people at a high price, and then, before the Beihai Kingdom, presented the glass mirror to the Ming emperor. In this way, the emperor, who was said to be fond of novelties and a little foolish, was pleased, and allowed the Portuguese to pay tribute. Like now, you can only be a pirate......

It's just that José didn't know that the Portuguese fleet had suffered a crushing defeat at this time. And Da Gama, the great hero who discovered India, also fled back to Malacca in embarrassment at this time, and recuperated in Malacca. Because, after Da Gama's defeat on Hong Kong Island, he vomited a lot of blood and became seriously ill, so he could only go to Malacca to recuperate. Moreover, having lost so many ships, da Gama did not know how to explain it. You know, he's almost going to be made an earl. Now that this defeat has made his earl dream basically hopeless......

A few days later, Jose, who finally got the approval of the agreement, stopped the French envoy with deep pockets and asked for a glass mirror at a high price......

The French are very rich and save face, so people buy mirrors for both. The Portuguese envoy José made a price and took out a sky-high price of more than 30,000 gold coins to take a mirror from the French.

Next, it is to compare whose glass mirrors were sent to the Ming Dynasty first. However, Marin was well aware - the Portuguese could not get the first ......

Why? It would take at least 10 months for the Portuguese to transport the glass mirrors to the Far East. If the North Sea country takes the route of the Pacific Ocean, the time to cross the Pacific Ocean will be about 5 months, which is twice as long as that of the Portuguese.

Therefore, no matter how the Portuguese try to figure it out, they will not be faster than Marin. After all, the huge difference in time of four or five months is difficult to make up. What's more, the Portuguese are here, and it is very time-consuming to ship the glass mirrors bought from the French at a high price.

So, before leaving Venice, Marin looked at the Portuguese with a look of pity - compared to me with time? What's the trouble?

Since the upper edge of the jisper sail was made, the time from the eastern Atlantic to the eastern coast of North America has been shortened from two or three months to more than a month. Even, counting the time to go south to the Caribbean, it adds up to more than two months. There is no way, the upper edge of the cross sail runs in the north-south direction is too good, ignoring the headwind at all, even if it runs against the wind, it is very fast. In addition, it only takes two or three months to cross the Pacific Ocean, which adds up to absolutely no more than half a year, and generally more than five months. The Portuguese still use old-fashioned sails, and it takes more than 10 months to get from the mainland to the Ming Dynasty at the earliest, which is really incomparable.

Before leaving the city of Venice, Marin greeted the Portuguese envoy Jose triumphantly, and openly provoked, agreeing that the Beihai Congress and the Portuguese would compete with each other, and who would send the glass mirror to the Ming Dynasty as a tribute......

Looking at the triumphant Marin, the Portuguese envoy José gritted his teeth in anger......

"Humph! Do you really think my great Portuguese is a vegetarian? You're waiting......"

Therefore, when Marin left Venice and returned to China, José also sent a secret message with carrier pigeons, strongly suggesting that the mainland send a fleet in the Cape Verde Islands and the Cape of Good Hope to intercept the transport ships of the North Sea Kingdom by all means. If nothing else, just to stop the Beihai Kingdom and prevent the Beihai Kingdom from dedicating the glass mirror to the young and playful emperor of the Ming Empire before Portugal......

However, the Portuguese did not know that Marin contacted the Ming Dynasty and did not take the Cape of Good Hope route at all, but quietly took the Pacific route.

However, in order to paralyze the Portuguese, Marin still decided to send a few ships along the Cape of Good Hope route. Then, deliberately detained and delayed by the Portuguese, it was used to paralyze the Portuguese.

Then, when the Portuguese proudly "preemptively" sent the glass mirror to the Far East, it will be found that the North Sea Kingdom has already offered the glass mirror......