Chapter 12: Crossing the Atlantic
“? Oh,mierda!? Estoy=harto=de=tus=quejas!”
(Oh, fuck off!) I'm tired of you complaining! )
(Oh,fuck=off! I'm=tired=of=your=complaints!)
We don't know if such a vulgar statement ever came from the mouth of the second discoverer of the New World (the Vikings also had human rights) (presumably probable), but we do know that Columbus had a big fight with Martin Alonso Pinzon on the way across the Atlantic! One day in early October, arguing about the direction in which they should go.
The question of what direction to take should be left to Columbus, because Columbus's strategy was to keep the latitude constant.
In those days, if there was any way to keep the ship sailing in a rough direction for more than a month in the sea area that never reached where the land could not be seen, there would be only the method of navigation at equal latitude, and the sea was not land, and some things could not be solved by a compass and a compass. Or to the south? Or do you want to sail back east? Or did he actually travel through the country, and with a modern mechanical watch that had been timed in Palos early in the morning, and wanted Columbus to divert to Florida, or even help him find gold, buy Manhattan, and discover the Pacific Ocean (via the Isthmus of Panama)? Change the fortunes of Columbus and Spain in history, and look up to Ferdinand? That's why the quarrel broke out? Then he didn't succeed, so he simply left alone with the ship, but because he had been at home for too long, he didn't know the specific route and had to go back to Columbus, and during this time, out of a certain modern hobby, he carried out SM on a certain good-looking Indian girl......
After all, in the politically correct environment, many of us know that Europeans brought smallpox and flu to the Americas, but we don't know that the spread of disease is a two-way communication, and Europeans are the first to be harmed, but this can't blame the Indians, because this special disease, if you get it, most of them are not doing anything serious, If you're one of the first to be infected, it's definitely ......
And then from the gentle township (really gentle township???) The traverser brother who came to his senses, regretted it, he shouldn't have been so impulsive in the first place, and now he is cornered, right? Why didn't you just show the clock at that time? Do you have to hide it? Of course, Columbus may not be believed when it is revealed, after all, the clocks of that era could not withstand the turbulence of navigation, but at least there was a chance, he could grab Columbus by the collar and tell him: "See clearly!" This is the table of the Celestial Empire, you know! This is engraved with the words of the Celestial Empire, have you seen it! The Celestial Empire is full of gold and silver, you know! The products of the Celestial Empire must be high-quality, you know! Dude, I can measure longitude, you know! Just north is Florida, you know? There are continents in the north, you know! Manhattan can be bought for just a few ducats, you know! It's not China or Japan at all, you know! You discovered the New World, you know! I'm saving your fate, you know! I come from the future, you know! ”
Alas, you might be locked up as mentally ill! Forget it, we're in good luck (???) He tried to explain to Columbus that he had no ill will to leave alone, but Columbus didn't believe him at all, and accused him of finding and getting the gold alone! Discover the glory of "India" exclusively! The traverser couldn't argue with it, because he did find the gold and gave it to himself and his men, but now he suddenly realized that the glory of discovering the New World was the key! So he began to claim that he was the first to discover land, anyway, according to history, Columbus had to go to Lisbon to show off, and my ship was supposed to be the fastest! And it can also be said that Columbus was a spy!
But before he officially decided to turn around, a storm at sea blew him to Galicia, and he had to sail south, and it was then that he remembered that from Columbus to Lisbon in history, he didn't seem to be there...... The traverser, who understood what was going on, drove the ship south like mad to Palos in an attempt to proclaim his glory, when Columbus caught up with him, but it was too late! Our traveler has contracted some indescribable disease......
“Fuck! Why! Why do it! Why am I a part of the original history?! Whyyyyyyyyyy———”
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The above is the real situation, what should happen to a starting point man who has vomited a stallion suddenly travels hundreds of years ago, it's not funny at all, there is no protagonist aura, the same beginning, can we do better than him?
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In the middle of the night on September 18, 1492, the sky was clear, the moon and stars were scarce, heaven and man were at war, and the two hearts were one......
"I haven't seen land for twelve days......" Columbus sighed on the deck, the voyage without seeing land for a long time made the sailors very uneasy, many sailors had a higher background than Columbus and the commoners, and they were not willing to bury their lives on a voyage that did not know where to go.
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Ten minutes later, a dark shadow entered the captain's room, and a shocking event erupted, full of evil conspiracies and false lies, for which countless historians were in a state of indignation and indignation, and the wounds it inflicted on posterity could not be healed until 515 years later. This incident has a horrific name -
"Columbus tampering with logbook incidents"
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From then on, Columbus constantly falsified the logbook to make the sailors think that he was not so far away from the Canary Islands, a move that caused later historians to suffer from the fact that he was unable to recover his course, which was, in the words of Wanwan Island, "an act of no cooking, abandoning nonanal, and losing the canopy"!
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"Dude, I have to say, as we cross the ocean, I feel more and more afraid, and every hour, the fear in my heart grows more and more intense, and the hope of seeing the land we are looking for is gradually fading......"
"Yes, the king and queen risked our lives for uncertain gains......"
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"I believe that Mr. Columbus, with the King and His Majesty, did you not see His Majesty himself running to the abbey of Rabida and singing with the monks to see us off? The monks even interrupted their morning prayers......"
It was Rodrigo de Triana who said this, who was on the fastest ship, the Pinta.
…… Columbus and Pingsong had a quarrel that was very unpleasant, and Admiral Dayang thought that Pingsong was challenging his authority, so he resented him: "? Mi=cerebro=está=enfermo,pero=quépuedes=hacer?” (It's true that I'm sick in the head, but what can you do with me?) )
Captain Hiramatsu is also uncomfortable, I, a traverser, kindly help you change your fate, why don't you appreciate it: "Que=mierda,=tu=mamá=y=papá." (TMD, your mom and dad.) )
The quarrel has nothing to do with the ancestors, and the scolding is not as good as the family, and whoever starts to greet the eighteenth generation of the other party's ancestors first will be left behind, and everyone finally agrees to sail in the direction set by Columbus. And now it is October 1, 1492, and on this holy day, the sailors see the branches with green leaves floating on the surface of the sea and the trunks of trees scraped by storms, and the land is not far away, and praise the all-knowing and all-powerful Lord.
"Ideals make us strong, break through the darkness of the barrier......" his own opinion began to prevail, Columbus happily sang (conquer heaven), this song seems to be prepared for him, every time it is sung, it can make the sailors cry, this month, it is by this song, the sailors did not have the idea of throwing Columbus into the sea, he did not have to think of sweet words as in history, but directly led to the song." Ideals make us strong and never give up hope...... "Rodrigo should also reconcile, he does not know what kind of injustice he will suffer in his original history.
As Columbus firmly believed, the Garden of Eden was not far away, and even the flaming sword of the Angel of Wisdom could not stop him from crossing the mighty ocean.
It's time for the suffering to end.
On the morning of October 12, 1492, Rodrigo sang softly on deck.
"Through tears can be seen, the twinkling starlight ......"
Suddenly, he shouted, "La=tierra!" ”
Columbus then also saw land.
He fell to his knees and wept with joy.
Through tears, you can see the twinkling starlight.
Through the wind and rain followed, the light of life.