Chapter 41: Syphilis
Columbus's voyage not only brought wealth and high-yielding crops to Europe, but also brought a disease - syphilis.
After Columbus returned from his first voyage, syphilis quietly took root on the continent.
In the Americas, the power of syphilis is also terrifying.
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On November 3, 1493, a large fleet led by Columbus arrived on the land of "India" for the first time. It was a Sunday, and the sailors were in high spirits and sang the "Virgin Mary" at dawn. The green parrots flutter in flocks like thrushes that could only be seen by people from 500 years ago. Columbus named the island Dominica.
"Let's move for a while, of course, mosquitoes are not something to mess with! Infected themselves are responsible. "Ferdinand asked Alonso Córdoba to convey the message to the soldiers of the second detachment that his own fresh force must be taken care of, and the others will be whatever they want.
"The best thing to do now is to use physical means." Ferdinand put on the mosquito net directly, no matter how many mosquitoes you have, one tent will cover it. In this era, mosquitoes here are not easy to mess with, not to mention malaria, abscess infections are commonplace, he doesn't plan to get off the boat here, and Juana hides under the mosquito net when he is fine. Westerners used to be bad at it. During the Rio Olympics, mosquito nets got the name of "Chinese enchantment", what kind of thing......
"Dangerous mountains and valleys, green forests and green bamboos, red flowers and green willows, warm sun and wind...... Let's make you happy for a while. "The gang will soon learn why the flowers of the Americas are so red.
"Our soldiers, absolutely not touch women, rapists are directly executed! They had sworn to God before they came. "Ferdinand believes in them, it is difficult for people to restrain their desires, but the second team of people are all professional single dogs, red light insulators, cuckold ninjas, and separated little overlords carefully selected by him, each of them has better self-control than his predecessor, don't worry too much, but emphasize that it is still necessary." In the New World, such a thing as a single dog should be done as a career. It's not funny at all, it's their lives. Alonso, as I relayed that parable, told them that the king's command - that all men are born single dogs! ”
Well? I seem to have forgotten something?
Oh, Ferdinand remembered that syphilis had already begun to spread in Barcelona by this time, first to the poor, and then to the nobles, whose relatives of the royal family of Aragon were among the first to be infected.
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One day in April 1493, a sailor did something indescribable in the dead of night. Of course, he did not suffer misfortune because of this, but he brought misfortune to others.
By the time he returned home in March, the sailor had already noticed some very unusual symptoms of his own. He had some chancre lumps on his body, but the rest of the body was healthy, and he didn't think it was a big deal. Also, the physical hygiene of Europeans in that era...... Luckily, there were Queen Isabella and Ferdinand, both of whom were bath lovers......
But by mid-April, the sailor's lower limbs had ulcerated, and he was terrified, believing that it was the result of a night of love in Barcelona, and that he had no idea of the dewy love affair in the New World.
"Ahh
In June, the second stage of symptoms appeared, and the sailor felt unwell and weak, he had nausea, vomiting, fever, and body aches every day. He was already late in his illness, and Captain Hiramatsu was already dying.
After a few short days, these symptoms disappeared. The tossed half-dead sailor thought ......
"But what you think is only what you think!" Ferdinand gave Juana a complete account of the symptoms and experience of syphilis, there is nothing to avoid, of course, no one dares to do anything bad to Her Royal Highness the princess, but it is still necessary to say that the current Europeans, with syphilis, are worried about their lives.
At the beginning of July, the sailors waited for the final verdict.
Blindness, then death. If he dies, he will also be sterilized.
"Just like I was in history." The reason why Ferdinand did not have children with his newly married French princess for eleven years was probably (almost certainly) because he also had syphilis.
"Your Majesty, you say that our relatives also have this terrible disease, called syphilis? How did they get it? "Well, Ferdinand just talked about the symptoms.
"You better ask them in person, if they're too embarrassed to answer. You can ask whatever you want, except for your cousin Ferrante - but he will probably be dead by the time you go back, and everyone has this disease! "Ferdinand knew that with the exception of his cousin (who died in 1494 at the age of 71), the entire royal family of Aragon was suffering from this disease, all in Barcelona. With the report of the Niederhogg group, Ferdinand now knew what day, night, room, and woman each of them had contracted the disease. He didn't have the mood to gossip at all, which was a great shame and disgraced the royal family.
The report of the Nidhogg group is not only that, but the courtiers of Ferdinand have a prevalence of 80% - it has only been five months since the spread began. Ferdinand's heart is broken at the moment, wife, my court is full of garbage, please be comforted, you have to lend me some people. Oh, and the royal family and courtiers spread the disease to Rome – yes, you guessed it, His Holiness the Pope and his son were not spared......
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"Now you all know!" Holding a simple horn, Ferdinand could hardly get ashore and give a speech to the Reclamation Corps.
"What a terrible disease!" Ferdinand shouted loudly as he waved the case report in his hand. That's right, the sailor was infiltrated and monitored by the Nidhogg team from April to July. Even the brothel he frequented had countless informants, seven spies were burning the fire of gossip, following wherever they went, and six people were arranged to peep in three shifts, and even the nanny was infiltrated - of course, this is the only key case, especially to create a typical one, otherwise the newly established Spanish top intelligence department has so many people staring at one person, the elite soldiers and strong generals are in Sardinia and Portugal, and there are some spies used to uproot the ambush of Portugal and France.
Ferdinand, who might have the ability to at least save his life, did not come to his aid. Just kidding, His Majesty is wasting some tech tree time helping people like you? Let's use it as a negative teaching material.
“…… Therefore, as a member of the Reclamation Corps, everyone is born a single dog, especially here and now, a single dog is our career, and a single dog is our glory! Take care of yourself, don't give Qingqing her life......"
"Our slogan is—"
Ferdinand raised a specially made flag. With a red bottom, a thin-waisted, lame hound, standing alone, with a holy cross on his head and a crown of thorns on his feet, all three are pure white and look full of stubbornness.
"Cross on head, thorn on foot, lame powerhouse, celibate."