"And where am I going to colonize?" Ferdinand II lost his mind. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, you can colonize India!" Marin "reminded".

"India? India also has a large population, and I don't know if I can beat it...... "Ferdinand II was clear about the wealth of India. After all, his men had been there for a long time.

"Your Majesty, India and China are different. Huaxia is a unified and powerful country. India, on the other hand, is a fragmented region. The strong can't beat the weak, can't you beat the weak? Marin is right when he says that before the Mughal dynasty was established, India was indeed divided and relatively easy to conquer. Otherwise, Babur, who is in Afghanistan, would not have been able to enter India. And the Spaniards mastered the large phalanx "invented" by Marin, and they still have the strength to fight.

"What do you mean?" Ferdinand II's eyes lit up.

"Find a small state in southern India and occupy it as a foothold. Then, gradually encroach on India and become the master of India! ”

"Your Majesty, you know that India is the source of pepper, and other products are also abundant. As long as you occupy all of India, you will become a great emperor who is not weaker than the emperors of the Chinese Dynasty. There is no place for an emperor in Europe, you can be crowned emperor of India......" Marin said bewilderedly.

"India...... The Emperor ......"

"Yes, India has a population of almost 100 million. You have conquered all of India, aren't you the great emperor of hundreds of millions of Indians? ”

"That seems to be the case...... It's just, is India that easy to fight? ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Indians are now divided, and if they are united, you may not be able to defeat them. But one by one, in a few decades, India is Spain's......"

"That seems to be the case......" Ferdinand was moved.

In Marin's eyes, His Majesty Ferdinand II is like Fan Wei who has been fooled and lame by Uncle Benshan at this time......

And, although India at this time was indeed divided. But in northern India, Babur, a descendant of the Timurid Empire, had already established a powerful kingdom in Afghanistan. With just one opportunity, Babur's Iron Cavalry could move south, occupy the richest plain of the Ganges, and take control of the weakened Delhi Sultanate.

Even if Spain were able to gain a foothold in India, it would certainly not be able to capture too many areas if it committed too few troops. When they finally expand to the north, they will encounter the Mughal Empire in full swing......

……

Of course, that's all for later. For now, Marin's plan is to trick Ferdinand II into playing hide-and-seek with the old black in Africa......

So Marin saluted and said to Ferdinand II:

"Your Majesty, although India is rich, because there is too much population there, the princes are not weak. So, that takes a long time. It may take tens or hundreds of years ......"

Ferdinand II was silent for a moment, indeed, it would take a long time to conquer a country as large as India, relying on Spain alone. And at that time, he couldn't see it. Perhaps, his son, Prince Juan, can see ......

"But ......" Marin deliberately sold a pass.

"But what?" Ferdinand II was intrigued.

"Why doesn't Your Majesty set his sights on Africa?"

"Africa? Is there anything worth paying attention to in Africa? Ferdinand II was puzzled. In his opinion, Africa is richer than Egypt and Morocco, and other places are not given to him.

"Please look at this map......" Marin pointed to the map of Africa spread out on the table, which is the "treasure map" (Map-kun: Do you finally remember me...... ）。

"Songhai Empire?" Ferdinand II soon saw the Songhai Empire, which Marin marked in Latin, was very conspicuous.

"I wonder if Your Majesty has heard of the legend of the 'Golden Sultan'?" Marin said mysteriously.

Ferdinand II was stunned for a moment, and then he said:

"I want to hear ...... detail"

Obviously, Ferdinand II's history is rather scummy. However, he is the king, so naturally someone will explain it to him. For example, isn't Marin in front of him a good commentator......

Marin just needed to fool Ferdinand II, so he excitedly acted as a commentator:

"Once upon a time...... Ah......h It was at the beginning of the 14th century that there was a Mali Empire in West Africa, and they occupied the western part of what is now the Songhai Empire. Of course, the Mary Empire still exists, but it has been deprived of the essence area by the Songhai Empire...... That is...... Regions where gold is produced......"

"Gold?" Ferdinand II, who was careless just now, instantly lit up his eyes, obviously, this was a king who was obsessed with money......

"Yes, back then, the Mali Empire produced half of the world's ...... of gold"

"Reliable information?" Ferdinand II was excited. accounts for half of the world's gold production...... This is the rhythm to be developed......

"Absolutely reliable!" Marin swore that this was what later historians said.

"In 1324~1325, the Sultan Mansa of the Mali Empire. Musa, who once made a pilgrimage to Mecca with a large contingent. ”

"This team carries a lot of gold, a frightening amount of gold......"

"How many?" Ferdinand II asked with interest.

"My teacher went to Egypt, and the Egyptians wrote that 'at the head of the procession were 500 men with gold rods in their hands, each carrying six pounds of gold. This was followed by a gold convoy of 100 camels, each carrying 300 pounds of gold '......'.

"Oh God! That is to say - his team brought 33,000 pounds of gold? Ferdinand II said in horror. This figure simply frightened Ferdinand II.

"Yes, that gold, you can mint 4.2 million gold coins!" Marin reported the data that had been calculated a long time ago.

"4,200,000 gold coins......" Ferdinand II's saliva was about to flow.

"Then you mean to suggest that I occupy this Songhai Empire?" Ferdinand II asked, wiping the saliva from the corners of his mouth.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, there is another golden country in Africa, please allow me to introduce ...... to you"

"And a gold-producing country? Where is it? ”

"Here!" Marin pointed to a map of Africa.

"Zimbabwe?" Ferdinand II saw the Latin annotations on the map.

"Yes, on the inland plateaus of the southeastern region of Africa. Here, there is a stone town that is very rare in southern Africa. The country is rich in gold, and every year Arab traders go inland from the coast to trade with the Zimbabweans, exchanging cloth, glass and other commodities for gold, ivory and copper ore......

"So, this Zimbabwe does not produce as much gold as the Songhai Empire?" Ferdinand II thought for a moment and asked.

"Yes." Marin wasn't lying.

"Then I might as well snatch the Songhai Empire!"

"But, Your Majesty, Africa was the territory of the Portuguese. If you open your mouth, you will ask for the Songhai Empire, and the Portuguese will fight with you. ”

"That's ...... too" remembering the fight he had with his son-in-law Manuel I on the ship, Ferdinand II knew that Marin was not talking nonsense.

"However, Zimbabwe does not have as much gold as the Songhai Empire...... "Ferdinand II was a little distressed.

However, Marin would not tell Ferdinand II that the Rand region of South Africa, south of the Limpopo River, has the largest gold mining area in the world, with total gold reserves of tens of thousands of tons......

That's a benefit that Marin left to himself, and he won't tell the Spaniards......