Archbishop Rovere finally set off, accompanied by Schwartz and 2000 veterans, as well as a large number of ships......

Most of these ships, captured from Denmark, were basically Kirk galleons. www.biquge.info Of course, the ship on which Archbishop Rovere and Schwartz were located was a 500-ton battleship, with thick skin and shelling. After all, Archbishop Rovere is the future pope, and he is too valuable to lose.

In order to allow the fleet to pass through the Strait of Gibraltar smoothly, Marin arranged for Kohler, with a large amount of gold and silver, to bribe the commander of the Spanish fleet in Gibraltar to turn a blind eye to the fleet, so as not to let the Spaniards find out about the movement of the army.

Even the 5,000 soldiers and horses before were basically transported by sailors disguised as merchant ships. After all, Marin has to make a big deal this time, and he can't let people know his movements in advance.

Fortunately, Pisas, the commander of the Gibraltar fleet, was a greedy man for money. Previously, Marin transported 5,000 soldiers and horses through the Strait of Gibraltar, and sent 2,000 gold coins to Pisas in advance. As a result, Pisas went on a "routine cruise" with the fleet to the opposite Moroccan coast on the agreed date. This time, Marin also planned to do the same, letting Pisas leave early with the Spanish fleet, deliberately staggering Marin's fleet, so as not to let the Spanish kings know about the situation......

Before leaving, Archbishop Rovere specially asked one of the astrologers who followed him to take a hexagram and choose an "auspicious day of the zodiac" before setting out. In this regard, Marin said that he was speechless, but he did not have the courage to point it out. After all, the father-in-law or something, it's so scary......

Moreover, the Holy See is originally a superstitious religious organization, so why do you point out that people are superstitious, are they looking for a draw, looking for a draw, or looking for a draw? No, this is no longer looking for a draw, but wants to be tied to the stake and used as a barbecue......

During the period of waiting for the "auspicious day of the zodiac", Marin wrote down the score of the famous religious comedy "The Mass" with the help of Leonardo da Vinci (that is, Marin hummed and Leonardo da Vinci wrote the score...... ), and then arranged for a good priest to follow Schwartz in action.

Anyway, on the way to the sea, everyone was fine. Marin simply arranged for the missionary, who was good at singing and knew music notation, to teach everyone to sing the Latin version of the Divine Comedy "The Mass" on the ship.

In later generations, many people mistakenly thought that "The Mass" was an SS song, but in fact, it had nothing to do with the SS at all, but from the "Bran Poems" of the medieval Bavarian monastery.

Moreover, the ERA choir sang "The Mass" in Latin, not German. So, "The Mass" is actually a majestic religious song. Even Marin, who didn't know Latin before the later generations traveled, was excited when he heard this song. If the devout believers listened to it, it was estimated that the blood would explode, and if he was given a kitchen knife, he would dare to attack Jerusalem......

After asking Leonardo da Vinci to help write the score, Marin actually had his guards sing "The Mass". However, Marin found that without the cooperation of later generations of electronic music, if he sang "The Mass", the magic of this song would drop by a notch.

Even with the current rudimentary instrumental dubbing, "The Mass" can only be regarded as a very good song, not the crazy divine comedy of later generations.

However, in an era of a severe lack of good songs, it is not an exaggeration to say that "The Mass" is a divine comedy. When Archbishop Rovere heard this song, he danced with excitement and said that when he became the Pope, he would make this song a key hymn promoted by the Holy See, so that it could be sung throughout Europe......

"Boy, you've made a meritorious service. I can imagine the amazement and shock of those guys when our army of 7,000 entered the city of Rome singing "The Mass" in unison! Ahahahaha......" As if thinking of something cool, Archbishop Rovere patted Marin on the shoulder and laughed happily.

Marin probably also thought of the 7,000 East Frisian veterans, marching in unison and singing "The Mass" into the city of Rome, and then, he was also enthusiastic......

After seeing the old man and Schwartz and others board the ship and leave, Marin suddenly remembered something and said to Kohler:

"Kohler, send someone to Lyle County and call me Columbus!"

"Yes!"

The next day, Columbus rode from his estate in Lyre County to the palace of Aurich to listen to Marin's orders.

"Christopher, remember when I was going to ask you to go to the island of Cuba?" Marin motioned for Columbus to sit down, and then brought up the conversation.

Before the war with Denmark, Marin was actually ready to let Columbus lead the team to the Caribbean again to find the Cuban island, and asked the Spanish royal family to regard the island as Columbus's territory.

However, due to the outbreak of the war with Denmark, Marin needed enough ships to fight a decisive battle at sea with Denmark. Therefore, Marin did not have enough ships for Columbus at that time, so he had to postpone the voyage plan to send Columbus to find the island of Cuba.

Now that the Danish Navy has been wiped out, Marin is free. When he saw off his father-in-law, Archbishop Rovere, Marin suddenly remembered on the dock that it was time to send Columbus to find the island of Cuba......

However, this time, Marin did not just ask Columbus to look for the island of Cuba, but had other plans......

In fact, it was not at all difficult for Columbus to find the island of Cuba. This is because Columbus had already discovered the island of Hispaniola (the island of Haiti), and the island of Cuba is just west of the island of Haiti.

This time, Columbus, as long as he found Hispaniola first, based on experience, could follow the coastline of the island to the west and successfully find the island of Cuba. Then, after returning, he can apply to the Spanish kings to make the island of Cuba his barony. At the same time, Columbus would also follow Marin's instructions and propose to exchange his fiefdom Cuba Island with Marin for a local fief full of fertile land. I believe that for this "small request", the Spanish double king will still give face......

When Marin took out a map of the Caribbean from memory, and saw a map of the island of Cuba, Columbus was shocked:

"Is the island of Cuba so big?"

Columbus would have been surprised, of course, because the island of Cuba is 100,000 square kilometers, almost the size of Portugal. Where is this island used as a barony? It is enough to be a kingdom.

However, the island, compared to Europe, is too remote and hot to be a place to live. Moreover, development also requires a lot of manpower and material resources. Columbus, a small navigator, did not have the financial resources to develop the island, so it was better to exchange it with Marin for the manor that had been cultivated, including the serfs on the manor......

"Well, it's that big. But when you report to the Spanish kings, don't tell them that the island of Cuba is so big, but be vague and say that it's probably ...... smaller than Hispaniola."

Columbus soon understood that if the Spanish kings knew that the island was so big, they would have repented. But if the area is not large, it will be easy to get legal procedures.

In order to deceive the two kings of Spain, Marin also took out another fake map, drawing only a small part of the island of Cuba near the island of Haiti, in order to prove that the island of Cuba is not a big ......

"By the way, this time, the discovery of this Cuban island is actually secondary. Your main task is to find this place! ”

On that authentic map of the Caribbean, Marin pointed to the Isthmus of Panama on the southern edge of the Caribbean Sea......

"Here?" Columbus looked at the "S"-shaped Isthmus of Panama and was a little puzzled.

"It's called Panama, and after this narrow isthmus, you get to the ...... of the Pacific Ocean," Marin said, pointing below the Isthmus of Panama.

"This is the Great Ocean?" Columbus asked curiously.

"Yes, Christopher, you are not wrong in your previous guess that the earth is round, all the way to the west, and it can indeed reach India!" Marin affirmed.

"You mean, through the Pacific Ocean, you can get to India?" Columbus's eyes lit up. For a navigator like him, discovering new land and sea is also very interesting.

"Yes, but this Pacific Ocean is very wide, many times wider than the Atlantic Ocean. Across the Pacific, we arrived first in China, not India! ”

With that, Marin took out another sketchy map of the world from a drawer and pointed it out to Columbus. This map of the world was drawn by Marin with a quill pen and was somewhat distorted. However, the outline of the Americas and the outline of Eurasia and Africa are basically drawn. As for Australia and Antarctica, they were deliberately not drawn.

"I see, I see! My lord, do you want to occupy the whole of Panama first, and then, using it as a springboard, through the Pacific Ocean, to China? Columbus exclaimed excitedly.

"Well, you can count it. Remember, this is the most important secret and it is absolutely not allowed for a third person to know, even your wife and son. If, I know, you leak this secret, you and your family will be hunted down! Marin warned with a grim face.

"Well, I see, I swear, I'll never reveal this secret! However, please leave the task of discovering Huaxia to me! With that, Columbus got down on one knee.

For a navigator like Columbus, in addition to profit, it is the history that attracts him the most. If he could become the first navigator in Europe to discover China, what if he risked his life? Anyway, as long as Cuba is discovered this time, his youngest son will be a baron properly, and future generations will not have to worry about food and clothing.

"Yes, but you have to remember not to reveal the secrets of Panama that lies below the Pacific Ocean. When the Spaniards ask you, don't reveal the secret that there is a sea on the other side of Panama. Even if one day someone knows that there is a sea over there, you have to lie to them that it is a terrifying sea with strong winds and waves all day long, and that it is the entrance to hell......"

Columbus nodded hurriedly, he didn't want other navigators to know about the existence of the Pacific Ocean. In this way, no one will snatch the opportunity to discover Huaxia with him.

After Columbus caressed the Bible and swore secrecy, Marin sent him back to prepare for the voyage. Just as Columbus was about to step out of the door, Marin's voice came from behind him:

"If you successfully discover Panama this time, you will receive a bonus of 10,000 gold coins!"

Hearing this astronomical number, Columbus almost fell. You know, Pope Alexander VI helped his son buy a hereditary county from the Spanish kings, and it only cost 50,000 gold coins. 10,000 gold coins, that is, 35,600 grams of gold, put aside in the future, even according to the low price of 300 grams, it is worth more than 10 million, which is definitely a huge wealth that can change the fate of life......

A few days later, Columbus finished preparing and took 200 loyal and reliable sailors with certain combat effectiveness carefully selected by Marin, boarded three "250" class armed merchant ships, and set out on the journey to the Americas again......