Not to mention that Governor Cotton of Laayoune felt that it was mysterious, even Marin, a traverser, felt very incredible when he heard the report. You know, Timbuktu is far away on the edge of the desert deep in the interior of West Africa.

But it was so dramatic that Mosingen was reported to have led a small caravan of camels, each dressed in the white robes necessary for a desert man, to pass through the small oases of the Sahara Desert under the guidance of the Black Nuyaya. Although it was very hard, I was lucky not to die of thirst. After all, every oasis you go to, you can replenish fresh water. Wearing a full-body white robe can reflect the sunlight as much as possible and reduce the evaporation of sweat.

As for Mosingen himself, in addition to his strong physique and amazing will, he also brought an oil-paper umbrella to shade the sun, which further reduced the burns of the scorching sun in the desert.

It turned out that Mosingen had returned to China once at the beginning of the year and took a fancy to an oil-paper umbrella obtained from Daming. Then, the guy took the oil-paper umbrella to Laayoune. It hardly rains all year round, but the sun is poisonous. By chance, in order to avoid the scorching sun, Mosingen used an oil-paper umbrella as a parasol. Unexpectedly, the effect is very good. Because he was protected from the direct exposure of the scorching sun, he was much more comfortable walking in the desert.

This time across the desert, his Berber slaves and black slaves wore white robes and led camels. As for himself, holding an oil-paper umbrella, he walked with ease. Because the sun can't hit his body, he just feels stuffy, but he can't feel the heat of the sun.

However, with an umbrella, he can't spare his hands to do anything else. After all, an umbrella is meant to be held in your hand. Moreover, after a long time, you have to change hands.

If you can hold a parasol without using your hands......

Suddenly, Ma Lin's mind came to mind the picture of Lin Qingxia wearing a wide hat and a white veil on her face in "New Dragon Gate Inn......

"That's right, Hat!" Marlin slapped the table excitedly.

This is the standard configuration of chivalrous women walking in the desert, in order to protect from the sun, and can not affect the drawing of knives and slashing people, the heroines who walk in the desert often carry hats. Sometimes, there is a white gauze hanging down from the edge of the hat to protect it from the wind and sand.

However, if the hat is too big, it looks a bit heavy. Then, Marin thought of a kind of umbrella hat umbrella that could be worn on his head in later generations. This kind of umbrella is worn on the head, which is more labor-saving. Moreover, the occlusion range is also large.

It's just that it also has hidden dangers, and if the wind is strong, the head wearing a hat and umbrella will also be tilted by the strong wind......

Therefore, this kind of hat umbrella is only suitable for places where the wind is light. And just like that, the Sahara Desert is a place where the wind is not very strong. Even if it's windy, that's not a bad thing. It's cool when it's windy.

However, the umbrella is not strong enough and is cumbersome to produce. Therefore, in order to be lazy, Marin directly combined the characteristics of the hat and the hat umbrella to design a hat umbrella!

What is a hat umbrella? It is to use the frame of the hat, and then cover it with an umbrella cloth, which becomes the so-called "hat umbrella".

Because of the umbrella cloth, the hat can "cut corners". To what extent did Marin's "hat umbrella" cut corners?

His "hat umbrella", the entire hat, is only a frame made of a few wooden strips. Moreover, the shape of the frame is particularly interesting. What's an interesting way.? Because it looks like the logo of the Mercedes Benz of later generations......

In other words, the framework of the so-called "hat umbrella" he engaged in is a circle with a three-pointed star. Whether it is a circle or a three-pointed star, it is made of wooden strips. In this way, the wood is saved, and the whole hat is naturally very light. Then, the "Mercedes-Benz logo" is covered with a piece of cloth, and it becomes a hat umbrella for shading. Of course, there is also a round hat ring attached to the "Mercedes-Benz logo" to make it easy to wear on the head.

Overall, this hat umbrella is lighter than an oil-paper umbrella. Moreover, if you wear it on your head, it does not hinder your hands from working.

In addition, the rounded brim of the hat is not as easy to poke into the camel's eyes as the pointed end of the rib on the edge of the hat.

In normal times, members of the camel team can wear umbrellas on their heads to shield them from the scorching sun when crossing the desert. In case of strong winds, the umbrella is taken off and tied to the camel's back......

Once the design was complete, Marin ordered a batch of umbrellas to be shipped to Laayoune by clipper for the camel caravan.

At the same time, Marin also strictly ordered that it was strictly forbidden to divulge any secrets of Timbuktu's trade routes, so as not to alarm the Portuguese.

Today, the Portuguese have come to see Timbuktu as something in their pockets. If they knew that Beihai had contacted Timbuktu, they wouldn't have to ask Marin for a route?

Marin still wants to make a few more money secretly, how can he be willing to give it up easily?

But if it was discovered by the Portuguese, it would have to give way. Because, if he doesn't follow the rules, the Portuguese will also go to rob the Americas.

Historically, the Portuguese colonized Brazil in strict accordance with the "Papal Meridian" demarcated by the Treaty of Todesillas. Of course, they had long been aware of the existence of Brazil, and only then did they propose that the boundary had been deliberately moved 270 leagues to the west. Later, it was true that the Portuguese did not compete for the Americas outside of Brazil.

However, the Spaniards were tricked. They later colonized the Philippines in the East, effectively defaulting. But the problem is that when the "Pope Meridian" was demarcated, everyone was not sure that the earth was round, so the eastern boundary was not determined. And Spain, it was on the basis of this loophole that it colonized the Philippines. According to the Spaniards, they came to the Philippines from the Americas to the west, and it is not a breach of contract.

In other words, Spain and Portugal still respect the dividing line drawn by the Holy See. Even if Spain later cheated, it found a loophole and did not dare to overthrow it.

Of course, they will certainly not overturn the decision of the Holy See. Because, if the rules of the Holy See are overturned, other countries can ignore the rules and encroach on their territory.

In fact, in the early days, the rest of Western Europe was really jealous of Spain and Portugal, but they did not dare to cross the line. It's like the British, who didn't dare to rob the Americas in the first place, but only sent pirate ships to rob the Spaniards of the gold ships.

However, after the "Thirty Years' War", the prestige of the Holy See was swept away, and Britain and France, the two Western European powers, began to ignore the regulations of the Holy See and went directly to North America to grab territory. Jamestown, Britain's first North American colony, was, after all, the end of the Thirty Years' War was the rout of Catholicism. The Holy See, as the helmsman of Catholicism, was naturally swept away by its majesty at that time.

In fact, after the wars of religion in the mid-16th century, the prestige of the Holy See plummeted. It's just that Yu Wei is still there. By the end of the Thirty Years' War, the Holy See would become the Holy See of Italy, and a large country like Britain and France would not be able to do anything like Rome.

However, at the moment before the outbreak of the Wars of Religion, neither Marin nor Portugal could easily cross the line. Unless, with the permission of the other party.

Therefore, Marin's decision on the Timbuktu gold trade route was to quietly enter the village, and those who shot were not ......

By the time Portugal discovered Timbuktu with all odds, Marin would have already made enough gold in Timbuktu! After all, Timbuktu's gold can be obtained only with salt. Other Marlin may be lacking, but salt is really how much there is! He was only worried about whether there was enough gold on the Timbuktu side to exchange it for ......