"I ...... I'm not convinced...... We Portugal are the overlords of the seas...... "Manuel I said with a strong grip. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, Ferdinand II had the idea that Marin had given a few years earlier. So, he said leisurely:

"I admit that Portugal is the hegemon of the sea. But so what? We, Spain, are the hegemon of the Iberian Peninsula. If you want to mix in the Iberian Peninsula, you have to be honest. You can sink all the ships of Spain. But I don't care, I can send a big army to take Lisbon and capture you all and toss around......"

"Even France, the number one power on the European land, was driven out of Italy by us, and now Spain is the hegemon on the European land. Little Portugal, if you don't accept it, just give it a try......" After speaking, Ferdinand II looked at the ceiling with his head held high, looking lonely as a master.

Manuel I didn't expect it before, but now that I think about it, it's true. The Spanish Army was indeed too strong. At least, throw a few streets from Portugal. Now, they have defeated the French army again, and they call themselves the hegemon of the European continent, which is not bragging...... At the very least, there is no pressure to beat Portugal......

No matter how reluctant they were, the Portuguese had to admit that even if they wiped out all the Spanish ships, they would not shake the Spanish state. However, if the Spaniards took Lisbon, they would destroy the foundations of Portugal. Therefore, Portugal had no choice but to accept its fate against the coercion of such a scoundrel as Spain.

Manuel I understood that it was impossible for Portugal to monopolize the interests of India. However, remembering the division of Africa in the plan, he became angry again:

"Well, let's not talk about India's interests. But what do you want for Africa's interests? Don't you have a savage continent? "How could Manuel I, who had long regarded Africa as a Portuguese reserve, tolerate Spanish predation?

"Yes, Spain feels that it can't manage so much land. Therefore, it was decided to give up the colonial rights of the Savage Continent. Moreover, the Holy See also felt that Spain did not deserve to have such a large colony......" Ferdinand II shrugged his shoulders and began to shirk his responsibilities.

"Unworthy?" Manuel I was a little puzzled.

"Yes, not deserved. Spain only succeeded in the conquest of the Kingdom of Granada. Therefore, it is too exaggerated to have a place as big as the Savage Continent. Therefore, the Holy See intends to take back ownership of the Savage Continent and redistribute the colonial ......"

"So you assign Spain to Africa? Is it so robbing Portugal of its interests? Manuel I said with some anger.

"Aha, Spain doesn't deserve a wild continent. Anyway, however, Spain also expelled the pagans from the Iberian Peninsula. What about Portugal? A bunch of greedy merchants wouldn't deserve so many colonies. Besides, is Portugal capable of occupying such a large colony? ”

"It's none of your business! Also, you gave up the Savage Continent, probably because of the terrible diseases and monsters over there, right? Don't think I don't know! Manuel I said angrily.

Ferdinand II smiled wryly, indeed, he made up his mind to give up the wild continent after reading Columbus's "Diary of Savage Terror" and Marin's persuasion.

"Then the Savage Continent will have no owner?" Manuel I asked curiously.

"Not the ownerless, but waiting for someone who has made a great contribution to the Holy See to pick it up. For example, if Portugal can convert all the blacks in the areas it currently controls to Christians, the Holy See will reward you with large swaths of land on the wild continent. Likewise, the same is true of Spain, as long as the Kingdom of Naples is handed over to the Holy See......"

Ferdinand II immediately digressed from the subject, he was not happy to give away the kingdom of Naples, which he regarded as a treasure.

"Also, if any of you can capture Jerusalem and hold it, the entire savage continent will be your ......," Julius II tempted. Ferdinand II and Manuel I rolled their eyes in unison - that was too difficult......

To be honest, it is not difficult to capture Jerusalem, and if you gather tens of thousands of more troops, you can always fight it. However, if you want to hold on, it will be difficult. After all, there are quite a lot of white-robed brothers in West Asia and North Africa, and with so many Arab scimitar cavalry pressing over, who can guarantee that they can hold it?

……

After the stick was played, Julius II decided to give Portugal a sweet date, so that Portugal would not react violently, so that the Holy See would lose its majesty.

So, he beckoned and waved to Marin, who was waiting on the side:

"Marin come here, tell His Majesty Manuel about the Golden Country of Africa!"

"El Doraden?" Manuel I was immediately interested. Didn't the Portuguese explore the African coast in search of this thing......

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Marin said as he spread out a map of Africa in front of Manuel I, and then said:

"Your Majesty, you have heard of Mansa, the 'Golden Sultan'. The deeds of Moses? ”

Manuel I had naturally heard of it, after all, on the coast of Guinea in West Africa, Portuguese merchants had contact with the now declining Malian Empire, and naturally heard of the most extravagant monarch in the history of the Malian Empire.

Of course, Manuel I had only heard some distorted legends, and he couldn't be sure. However, Marin told him that his teacher "Albert Einstein" had seen a story about the "Golden Sultan" Mansa during his travels in Egypt. A detailed account of Moses.

Marin then told Manuel I what had been told to Ferdinand II......

"What? Mansa. Did Muses really bring 33,000 pounds of gold on his pilgrimage? Manuel I was also surprised. In the past, although he knew a little about the legend of the "Golden Sultan", he was also skeptical. However, Marin told him with certainty that it was true, how not to surprise him......

"It's true, according to records, that Mansa. When Moussa passed through Cairo, he squandered gold, causing the price of gold in Cairo to plummet, and it did not recover for 20 years. For this, you can send someone to Egypt to check the relevant historical sources, which are from 1324 to 1325. ”

Seeing that Marin said it with such certainty, Manuel I had to believe it. Moreover, the Portuguese had heard of some of these stories in their contact with the weakened Malian Empire. It's just that there is no confirmation. After all, the Portuguese did not believe the rhetoric of the black Africans. However, the account of the Egyptians should be credible.

"Your Majesty, look, this is Timbuktu on the banks of the Niger River......" Marin pointed to a location on the map.

"Wait...... Is this Timbuktu the legendary gold trading center of the Mali Empire? "Manuel I obviously knew a lot about the history of the Mali Empire, not as white as Ferdinand II.

"Yes, it's that Timbuktu." Kim Sultan' Mansa. The 33,000 pounds of gold that Musa brought to Mecca were actually collected from taxes collected in the trade markets of Timbuktu. You can get that much gold just by collecting taxes, and if you take this city......"

Before Marin could finish speaking, both Manuel I and Ferdinand II had eyes shining in unison......

However, thinking of Zambia's 66.1 billion pounds of copper, Ferdinand II forcibly suppressed his desire for Timbuktu.

"Are you sure you're in this position?" King Manuel I of Portugal swallowed and asked excitedly.

In fact, in Europe, the legend of Timbuktu has long been circulated. However, it was a city in the desert, far inland. Europeans have only heard its legends, but do not know its exact location. As a result, Timbuktu has not been found for hundreds of years. The first time Europeans occupied Timbuktu was already in 1894. At that time, Timbuktu's gold trade had long since declined. There are two main factors - one is that the gold in the Mandinka Plateau is almost mined. The gold of the coastal Gold Coast (Ghana) and Guinea was plundered directly from the coastal areas by Western colonizers. In this way, the inflow of gold into Timbuktu naturally decreased.

"Oh yes, Your Majesty Manuel, I heard from my teacher that in 1496, the then Emperor of the Askia Dynasty of the Songhai Empire, Muhammad. Dur had carried 300,000 gold coins and made a 'second golden pilgrimage', although this time there was no Mansa. Mussan's time was large. However, the Askia dynasty was only established in 1493, and naturally there were not many gold reserves. But if Portugal gets Timbuktu, I believe it ......"

Manuel I nodded, letting nature know what Marin was talking about. Moreover, he planned to send someone to Cairo to check whether there were these two golden pilgrimages. If the 1496 pilgrimage is true, then Timbuktu is clearly a strategic point of great value and worthy of Portuguese occupation.

However, he frowned and looked at Zimbabwe and other places on the map for Spain, and asked:

"Over there?"

"The place that was given to Spain, this part of Zimbabwe, also has gold. It's just that not as much as in West Africa. All in all, it's much less than in West Africa. Therefore, the Pope intended to hand over Morocco to Spain for conquest. The ultimate goal is to turn Morocco into a Christian region as well...... Marin explains.

"What ...... Portuguese trading point in Morocco"

"When Spain takes control of Morocco, presumably Portuguese merchants will not be able to operate......"

Manuel I nodded, naturally understanding this truth. If the Spaniards had occupied Morocco, they would never have ceded the benefits of trade to the Portuguese. Moreover, Portugal did not have the confidence to defeat so many Moroccan cavalry. It's okay to get a few pillboxes along the coast, and to march inland, which is not something that the Portuguese army can do......

It's just that Manuel I is so unwilling to let Spain occupy the golden country called Zimbabwe......

At this time, Julius II spoke:

"If Portugal accepts this suggestion, then I will make the decision and award the colonial rights of China to Portugal for monopoly!" Julius II sent another large sweet date......

Manuel I was short of breath - Huaxia, it is said to be a place richer than India, it seems to be worth it...... His original disappointment, with this compensation, has long flown out of the clouds. Even, Manuel I was a little snickering......

Of course, he didn't know the trap in this sentence - the colonial power of China, which was simply a pit......

Naturally, Ferdinand II knew the power of the Ming - Marin had told him before. So, he didn't have any objections......

At this time, the Ming Empire was in full swing and was in a period of strength, how could the Portuguese covet it if they were just five scum of land warfare? Giving the colonial rights of the Ming Empire to Portugal is no different from not saying it...... It's just that Portugal doesn't know the strength of the Ming Empire......

From the first time they came to the East until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese failed to complete the colonization of the Ming Dynasty. The only Macau, which is still a foothold obtained through bribery, is not yet a colony. Because, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, Macao has always been managed by Chinese magistrates, the Portuguese here, and there is no consular jurisdiction, until 1887, Portugal took advantage of the fire to rob, and the decline of the Manchu Qing signed the "Sino-Portuguese Peace and Commerce Treaty", only to obtain the right to manage Macau.

Therefore, it is useless to give him the right to colonize China in land warfare. This sweet date, the Portuguese don't have such a big appetite to eat.

Of course, Manuel I didn't know, and he was still enjoying himself......

Then, the two countries finally signed a treaty of reconciliation, agreeing to the partition of Africa and the sharing of the spice trade in India.

Even, the treacherous and cunning Julius II, in order to trap Venice, privately suggested that the two countries organize a joint fleet to intercept the Arab spice carriers that supplied the Venetians. And this is exactly what the two countries mean. After all, one less competitor means they get a bigger share. Thus, although they were at odds with each other, the two countries agreed to form a joint fleet to strike at the interests of the Venetians.

But where the treaty was not obvious, Julius II added the following paragraph - in view of the mediation contribution of Marin, Earl of East Friesland, in the negotiations between the two countries, the colonization of the Japanese archipelago, the large and small Ryukyu islands (including the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan) was granted to Marin. Feng. Hoffman......

For this reason, Marin also specially assured the two kings that Japan was a poor country in materials, far less rich than China. Then, Manuel I agreed......

Because of this treaty, Spain and Portugal later became jealous of Marin's extensive exploitation of gold and silver in Japan. But at that time, Marin's wings were already full, and it was not something they could easily offend......